Town Council Meeting: January 13, 2016

AGENDA
REGULAR FAIRFAX TOWN COUNCIL MEETING
Fairfax Women’s Club, 46 Park Road
Wednesday, January 13, 2016, at 7:00 p.m.
Preceded by a Special Meeting  at 7:00 p.m. at Fairfax Women’s Club

REGULAR FAIRFAX TOWN COUNCIL MEETING
And a Special Meeting in Open Session at the Fairfax Women’s Club

7:00 PM – Call to order the Regular Meeting – PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
 
ROLL CALL
 
APPROVAL OF AGENDA AND AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING
 
MEETING PROTOCOL
The Mayor shall maintain order at the meetings. The Council and the audience are expected to refrain from using profane language and/or ridiculing the character or motives of council members, staff, or members of the public and to maintain the standards of tolerance and civility. Please turn off all cellular phones or place in silent mode.

The Town Council will review the agenda at 10:00 P.M. to ascertain which items, if any, will be continued to another meeting. Any matter not started by 11:30 P.M. will be continued to an adjourned or regular council meeting unless the Council votes to suspend this rule.

INTRODUCTION
Introduction of new Town employee, Zoning Technician Michelle Levenson – Planning Director

INTERVIEWS AND APPOINTMENTS

1. Interview and appointment of Fairfax Representative to the Marin/Sonoma Mosquito & Vector Control District Board of Trustees – Town Clerk

Supplemental Item

PRESENTATIONS

2. Marijuana: Truth and Consequences – Noah Block, High School Volunteer, Marin County Youth Court
3. Marin Villages – Lisa Brinkmann, Executive Director

CONSENT CALENDAR

4. Accept Financial Statement and Disbursement Reports November 2015 – Finance Director
5. Approval of minutes for the December 2, 2015, Town Council meetings – Town Clerk
6. Reappointment of Planning Commissioner Laura Kehrlein – Town Clerk
7. Approval of a contract with Sustainable Fairfax to implement the mandates of the Zero Waste grant including public education and outreach services related to recycling and green waste – Town Manager
8. Approve purchase of 26 recycling and trash stations to replace the existing receptacles and add new stations in the downtown area – Town Manager
9. Adopt a Resolution Authorizing Submittal of Application for CalRecycle Payment Programs and Related Authorizations – Town Manager

COUNCIL REPORTS AND COMMENTS (Brief announcements and reports on Councilmember assignments, committees and activities, including reports from meetings attended at Town expense)

TOWN MANAGER’S REPORT

PUBLIC HEARINGS

10. Introduction and first reading by title only of an Ordinance Amending Section 17.138.010 (‘Emergency Homeless Shelter Standards’) of Title 17 (‘Zoning’) of the Fairfax Town Code, amending on-site management provisions – Planning Director

Supplemental Item

11. Introduction and first reading by title only of an Ordinance Amending Chapters 17.048 (‘Residential Second Units’), 17.076 (‘RS-7.5 Single Family Residential Zone, Medium Density’), 17.080 (‘RS-6 Single Family Residential Zone, High Density’),  17.084 (‘RD 5.5-7 Residential Zone, High Density’), 17.116 (‘SF-RMP Single-Family Residential Master Planned District’), and 17.124 (‘UR Upland Residential Zone’), of Title 17 (‘Zoning’) of the Fairfax Town Code to allow and regulate Junior Second Units within existing single family residences – Planning Director

Supplemental Item

Supplemental Item 2 (meeting handout)

12. Introduction and first reading by title only of an Ordinance Adding a New Article III (‘Medical Marijuana Cultivation’) to Town Code Chapter 17.138 (‘Regulations Applying in Multiple Districts’) of Title 17 (‘Zoning”) of the Fairfax Town Code, to ban marijuana cultivation with exemptions for personal cultivation for qualified patients and primary caregivers – Town Manager, Planning Director

Supplemental Item

REGULAR AGENDA

13. Discussion/consideration of legal non-conforming uses and structures as they pertain to residential second units and request the Planning Commission to make recommendations to the Council regarding the Second Unit Amnesty Ordinance and revisions to the Second Unit Ordinance to encourage the development and legalization of second units – Town Manager, Planning Director
14. Discuss/consider Council Committee Assignments – Town Clerk

SPECIAL MEETING, Fairfax Women’s Club

Special Meeting Agenda

REGULAR AGENDA

1. Authorize the Mayor to send a letter to the State Senate in support of AB 21, an urgency measure which removes from State statute the provision that local medical marijuana cultivation regulations must be in effect as of March 1, 2016 in order to maintain local control – Town Manager

ADJOURNMENT

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