CITY OF CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
 

Mayor Dale Byrne, Councilmembers Jeff Baron, Hans Buder, Bob Delves, and Alissandra Dramov

Contact: 831.620.2000 www.ci.carmel.ca.us

 All meetings are held in the City Council Chambers
East Side of Monte Verde Street
Between Ocean and 7th Avenues

City Council Special Meeting

Monday, February 3, 2025

4:30 PM

HYBRID MEETING ATTENDANCE OPTIONS

This meeting will be held in person and via teleconference ("hybrid"). The public is welcome to attend the meeting in person or remotely via Zoom, however, the meeting will proceed as normal even if there are technical difficulties accessing Zoom. The City will do its best to resolve any technical issues as quickly as possible. To view or listen to the meeting from home, you may also watch the live stream on the City's YouTube page at: https://www.youtube.com/@CityofCarmelbytheSea/streams. To participate in the meeting via Zoom, copy and paste the link below into your browser.

https://ci-carmel-ca-us.zoom.us/j/81991221369 Webinar ID: 819 9122 1369 Passcode: 055985 Dial in: (253) 215-8782
HOW TO OFFER PUBLIC COMMENT
The public may give public comment at this meeting in person, or using the Zoom teleconference module, provided that there is access to Zoom during the meeting.  Zoom comments will be taken after the in-person comments.  The public can also email comments to cityclerk@ci.carmel.ca.us.  Comments must be received at least 2 hours before the meeting in order to be provided to the legislative body.  Comments received after that time and up to the beginning of the meeting will be made part of the record.  
4:30 PM
CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL
EXTRAORDINARY BUSINESS
A.Presentation on Fire Preparedness in the Village (Estimated time - 20 min)
PUBLIC APPEARANCES

Members of the public are entitled to speak on matters of municipal concern not on the agenda during Public Appearances. Each person's comments shall be limited to 3 minutes, or as otherwise established by the Chair. Persons are not required to provide their names, however, it is helpful for speakers to state their names so they may be identified in the minutes of the meeting. Under the Brown Act, public comment for matters on the agenda must relate to that agenda item and public comments for matters not on the agenda must relate to the subject matter jurisdiction of this legislative body. If a member of the public attending the meeting remotely violates the Brown Act by failing to comply with these requirements of the Brown Act, then that speaker will be muted.

ORDERS OF BUSINESS
A.Discuss City Policy C89-02: City Council Meetings/Orders of Council/Agenda Packets/Minutes of Meeting and Agenda Distribution and provide direction to City Administrator (Estimated time - 10 min)
CONSENT AGENDA (Estimated time - 5 min)

Items on the consent agenda are routine in nature and do not require discussion or independent action. Members of the Council, Board or Commission or the public may ask that any items be considered individually for purposes of Council, Board or Commission discussion and/ or for public comment. Unless that is done, one motion may be used to adopt all recommended actions.

1.January 7 & 13, 2025, Special Meeting Minutes and January 14, 2025, Regular Meeting Minutes
2.December 2024 Monthly Reports
3.December 2024 Check Register Summary
4.Resolution 2025-09 rescinding and replacing Resolution 2024-094, authorizing the City Administrator to establish and adopt the new class specification and salary schedule of Library Associate, adopt revisions to the current Librarian I and II classes and new salary schedules in accordance with Municipal Code 2.52.590(B)
5.

Resolution 2025-010 authorizing the consumption of alcohol at the Farmers' Market Third Thursday events in 2025

 

6.

Resolution 2025-011, authorizing the serving of alcohol on public property, and the erection of tents on public property for the Carmel Art Festival

7.

Resolution 2025-012 Authorizing a refund of Design Study application fees, associated with DS 24-331 (Susko), in the amount of $1,869.75 to Holdren Lietzke Architecture

ORDERS OF BUSINESS
Orders of Business are agenda items that require City Council, Board or Commission discussion, debate, direction to staff, and/or action.
8.Resolution 2025-013 receiving the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024 (Estimated time - 60 min)
9.Resolution 2025-014 for a Professional Services Agreement with Conti, LLC, with a not to exceed value of  $110,543, to complete Audio/Visual upgrades to the Council Chambers (Estimated time - 10 min)
10.Discussion on establishing a Financial Stewardship Workgroup and an Emergency Preparedness Workgroup (Estimated time - 20 min)
CLOSED SESSION
A.

Public Employee Performance Evaluation pursuant to Government Code Section 54957;

Title: City Administrator

PUBLIC COMMENT - limited to items on Closed Session
ADJOURNMENT
2.Correspondence Received After Agenda Posting

This agenda was posted at City Hall, Monte Verde Street between Ocean Avenue and 7th Avenue, Harrison Memorial Library, located on the NE corner of Ocean Avenue and Lincoln Street, the Carmel-by-the-Sea Post Office, 5th Avenue between Dolores Street and San Carlos Street, and the City's webpage http://www.ci.carmel.ca.us in accordance with applicable legal requirements. 

SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL RECEIVED AFTER THE POSTING OF THE AGENDA
Any supplemental writings or documents distributed to a majority of the City Council regarding any item on this agenda, received after the posting of the agenda will be available for public review at City Hall located on Monte Verde Street between Ocean and Seventh Avenues during regular business hours.

SPECIAL NOTICES TO PUBLIC
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the City Clerk's Office at 831-620-2000 at least 48 hours prior to the meeting to ensure that reasonable arrangements can be made to provide accessibility to the meeting (28CFR 35.102-35.104 ADA Title II).