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CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES CLOSED SESSION MINUTES FOR Meeting of March 3, 2021 As Approved by the City Council at their regular meeting of March 16, 2021. The public is advised that pursuant to Government Code Section 54957.5 all writings submitted to the City Council are public records and will be made available for review. Please note that minutes are not verbatim minutes and are meant to be the City’s record of a summary of actions that took place at the meeting. City Council video recording are kept for a period of one year from date of meeting. Notice: All resolutions and ordinances introduced and/or adopted under this agenda are waived of all reading of entire resolution(s) and ordinance(s). The Sebastopol City Council welcomes you to its meetings that are generally scheduled for the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month. Your interest and participation are encouraged and appreciated. SIMULTANEOUS MEETING COMPENSATION DISCLOSURE (Government Code § 54952.3): Members of the City Council receive no additional compensation as a result of convening a joint meeting of the City Council and Successor Agency to the Former Community Development Agency. SB 751 Legislative bodies of local agencies must publicly report: (1) any action taken and (2) the vote or abstention on each action taken by each member present for the action at a meeting. ****GOVERNOR’S EXECUTIVE ORDER N-29-20**** **RE CORONAVIRUS COVID-19** CITY COUNCL MEETINGS WILL BE CONDUCTED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE GOVERNOR’S EXECUTIVE ORDERS WHICH SUSPENDS CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS OF THE RALPH M. BROWN ACT. This meeting complies with the Sonoma County Health Officer’s COVID-19 Order to Shelter in Place issued on March 17, 2020, and pursuant to California Governor Newsom’s Executive Order N-29-20 issued on March 17, 2020. CORONAVIRUS DISEASE (COVID-19) ADVISORY To protect our constituents, City officials and City staff, the City requests all members of the public to follow the California Department of Health Services’ guidance and the County of Sonoma’s Public Health Officer Order for the Control of COVID-19 restricting group events and gatherings and maintaining social distancing. Consistent with Executive Order N-29-20, in-person participation by the public will not be permitted and no physical location from which the public may observe the meeting will be available. Remote public participation information follows this agenda. Page 1 of 3 The public is advised that pursuant to Government Code section 54957.5 all writings submitted to the City Council are public records and will be made available for review. NOTICE: All Resolutions and Ordinances introduced and/or adopted under this agenda are waived of all reading of entire resolution(s) and ordinance(s). The Sebastopol City Council welcomes you remotely to its meetings that are generally scheduled for the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month. Your interest and participation are encouraged and appreciated. SIMULTANEOUS MEETING COMPENSATION DISCLOSURE (Government Code § 54952.3): Members of the City Council receive no additional compensation as a result of convening a joint meeting of the City Council and Successor Agency to the Former Community Development Agency SB 751 Legislative bodies of local agencies must publicly report: (1) any action taken and (2) the vote or abstention on each action taken by each member present for the action at a meeting. City Council Regular Meetings are available in real time and archived on Livestream. Important Notice The City of Sebastopol shows both live broadcasts and Video Archive of City Council Meetings over the Internet. Your attendance at this public meeting may result in the recording and broadcast of your image and/or voice. • Here is the link: http://bit.ly/sebcctv There are times that the meetings may not be live streamed due to technical issues; if that is the case, the meeting will be video-taped and uploaded as soon as possible to the City Web Site. Anyone using abusive, vulgar, offensive, threatening, or harassing language, personal attacks of any kind or offensive terms that target specific individuals or groups will be muted and removed from the meeting. 9:30 am Convene Special City Council Meeting (ZOOM VIRTUAL FORMAT) – Closed Session CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Glass called the regular meeting to order at 9:30 am. ROLL CALL: Present: Mayor Una Glass – By video teleconference Vice Mayor Sarah Gurney – By video teleconference Councilmember Neysa Hinton – By video teleconference Councilmember Diana Gardner Rich - By video teleconference Councilmember Patrick Slayter -By video teleconference Absent: None Staff: City Manager/City Attorney Larry McLaughlin Assistant City Manager/City Clerk Mary Gourley PUBLIC COMMENT: (Prior to adjournment into Closed Session, the public may speak up to 3 minutes on items to be addressed in Closed Session). There were none. ADJOURN INTO CLOSED SESSION: Mayor Glass adjourned into closed session. 1. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION Page 2 of 3  Gov’t Code sect. 54956.9(d)(1): Name of Case: Ronald Austin v. City of Sebastopol, Sonoma County Superior Court Case No. SCV-266414 ADJOURNMENT OF CLOSED SESSION: Mayor Glass adjourned the closed session. RECONVENING OF OPEN SESSION OF CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING: Mayor Glass reconvened the special city council meeting – closed session. REPORT OUT OF CLOSED SESSION: There was no report out. ADJOURNMENT OF CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING Mayor Glass adjourned the meeting at 10:30 am. Meeting was adjourned to the Special City Council Meeting -Study Session of March 10, 2021 at 8:30 am. Respectfully Submitted: Mary C. Gourley Assistant City Manager/City Clerk, MMC Page 3 of 3