Town Council Meeting: August 6, 2014

6:00 PM – Call to order and Adjourn to Closed Session on the following matters:

CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL  – ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
Government Code section 54956.9(d)(2) and (e)(1): two cases

CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – EXISTING LITIGATION
Government Code §54956.9(d)(1)
Egger, et al. v. Gardner, Marin Superior Court No. CV1401704

CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATOR pursuant to Government Code Section 54957.6 Agency designated representative: Garrett Toy, Town Manager; Employee: Police Chief

Reconvene in Open Session at the Women’s Club, 46 Park Road:

7:00 PM – CALL TO ORDER – PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

ROLL CALL

APPROVAL OF AGENDA AND AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING

ANNOUNCEMENT OF CLOSED SESSION ACTION

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Town Council Workshop/Forum re: 10 Olema and School Street Plaza, Wednesday, Sept. 17, Women’s Club
• Art Show: Artist-in-Residence Matt Tasley and Friends, Friday, August 22, 7-10 PM, Fairfax Pavilion
• Fairfax Food Pantry, Saturdays 9-1, Fairfax Community Church, 2398 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, volunteers needed
• One vacancy on PARC (applications at Town Hall and on Town website)
• Fairfax Farmers Market every Wednesday, Bolinas Park, 4-8pm

PRESENTATIONS

• Introduction and oath of new Police Officer Nicholas Acton

CONSENT CALENDAR

1. Adoption of a Resolution setting the Living Wage pursuant to the annual review requirements of section 8.56.020 of the Town Code
2. Approval of Financial Reports for June 2014
3. Approval of minutes for the July 2nd, 12th, and 24th Town Council meetings
4. Appreciation of community contributions to the Sustainable Garden at the Women’s Club
5. Reassignment of Town Council representative and alternate to the Association of Bay Area Governments
6. Purchase of two Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacon (RRFB) systems in an amount not to exceed $18,150 for the Center Blvd. mid-block crossings
7. Approval of social security payments for part-time employees and the adoption of a resolution adopting a Part Time, Temporary, and Seasonal (PTS) 457 Deferred Compensation Plan for those PTS employees not covered under the Town’s CalPERS retirement plan
8. Adoption of a resolution in support of a statewide and national ban on non-therapeutic uses of antibiotics in livestock production, and the Protection of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act / Prevention of Antibiotic Resistance Act (PAMTA/PARA)

PUBLIC HEARINGS

9. Adoption of Ordinance No. 781, an Interim Urgency Zoning Ordinance of the Town Council of the Town of Fairfax Prohibiting Approvals of Formula Businesses and Formula Restaurants within the Highway Commercial (CH) Zoning District during the Pendency of the Town’s Adoption of Permanent Zoning Regulations and Declaring the Urgency Thereof

REGULAR AGENDA

10. Discuss/consider residents’ petition regarding the noise ordinance
11. Second reading, by title only, and adoption of Ordinance No. 780 to Repeal Ordinance No. 778, a zoning ordinance that amended Town Code Chapters 5.52, 17.012, 17.020, 17.092, 17.096, and 17.104, and added Chapter 17.130, rezoned all parcels then-zoned Highway Commercial (CH) to Central Commercial (CC) Zone, rezoned APN 002-112-13 and 001-104-012 from Limited Commercial (CL) to Planned Development District (PDD); rezoned APN’s 174-070-17 and 174-070-50 from UR-7 to PDD, added a Public Domain (PD) Zone, rezoned selected parcels to Public Domain (PD), provided for the supremacy of the Zoning Map over the text in event of discrepancy, corrected typographical errors, and updated the Town Zoning Map to reflect these zoning changes, in its entirety. CEQA: exempt per 14 C.C.R. § 15061(b)(3).
12. Designate Councilmembers to author ballot arguments and rebuttals, if needed, for the renewal of the Special Municipal Services Tax (a.k.a. Measure I) and designate co-signators for said arguments and rebuttals
13. Introduction and first reading, by title only, of Ordinance No. 783, an Ordinance of the Town Council of the Town of Fairfax Amending Title 8 (“Health and Safety”) of the Town Code to Add Chapter 8.14 (“Collection, Recycling, and Disposal of Waste Generated from Construction, Demolition, and Renovation Projects”).  CEQA: exempt per 14 C.C.R. §§ 15061(b)(3) and 15308
14. Introduction and first reading, by title only, of Ordinance No. 784, an Ordinance of the Town Council of the Town of Fairfax Amending Title 8 (“Health And Safety”) of the Town Code By Adding Chapter 8.19 (“Paper Bag Reduction” To Reduce Paper Bag Waste By Imposing a Ten Cent Charge at the Point of Sale”).  CEQA: exempt per § 14 C.C.R. §§ 15061(b)(3), 15307, and 15308.
15. Discuss/consider revisions to sign ordinance regarding non-commercial signs
16. Discuss/consider a Fairfax rent control ordinance and residents’ petition for a One-Year Moratorium on Rent Increases

ADJOURNMENT

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