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City Council City Manager Mayor Neysa Hinton Larry McLaughlin Vice Mayor Diana Rich lmclaughlin@Cityofsebastopol.org Sandra Maurer Assistant City Manager/City Clerk, MMC Jill McLewis Mary Gourley Stephen Zollman mgourley@Cityofsebastopol.org CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA CLOSED SESSION MEETING Special Meeting of Monday – August 28, 2023 9:00 am Special Meeting Start Time: 9:00 am The City Council Regular Meeting will be held in Person and Virtual /Remote Participation. In Person Location: Sebastopol City Hall, 7120 Bodega Avenue, Sebastopol, CA 95472. Remote/Virtual Participation: Zoom Link below is to be used for providing public comment. Topic: City Council Closed Session City Clerk Performance Evalua�on Time: Aug 28, 2023 09:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Mee�ng htps://us02web.zoom.us/j/83774507043?pwd=ZkFTYk52YmNDWEhvTjJpUVlKMFZ2Zz09 Mee�ng ID: 837 7450 7043 Passcode: 540375 One tap mobile +16699006833,,83774507043#,,,,*540375# US (San Jose) +16694449171,,83774507043#,,,,*540375# US Dial by your loca�on • +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) • +1 669 444 9171 US Mee�ng ID: 837 7450 7043 Passcode: 540375 Find your local number: htps://us02web.zoom.us/u/kcADLk9tH CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL PUBLIC COMMENT This is a Special Meeting, pursuant to provisions of Government Code §54957, this is the time provided for members of the public to address the City Council regarding matters of municipal concern for the item listed below (maximum of three minutes per speaker) prior to adjournment into Closed Session. City Council Adjourn Into Closed Session on the Following Matter(s): CLOSED SESSION AGENDA ITEM: 1. PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION Government Code section 54957 (b) Title: City Clerk Adjournment of Closed Session Convene Open Session of the Special City Council Meeting Report out of Closed Session ADJOURNMENT OF REGULAR MEETING: The Special City Council Meeting Closed Session will be adjourned to the Regular Meeting of September 5, 2023, at 6:00 pm (In Person and Remote/Zoom Virtual Meeting Format). American Disability Act Accommodations/Accessibility: A request can be made orally or in writing, and submitted to the ADA Coordinator by email: building@cityofsebastopol.org or to the City Clerk’s Office so as to avoid delay in reviewing and processing the request. Requests can be made by contacting the ADA Coordinator’s Office at (707) 823-8597, via email at building@cityofsebastopol.org or by mailing such a request to the ADA Coordinator’s Office located at 7425 Bodega Avenue, Sebastopol, CA. Note that if you contact the ADA Coordinators Office, via mail, you need to make the request early enough that a response can be timely provided. If you have any questions regarding this meeting, please contact the City at Email: info@cityofsebastopol.org or citycouncil@cityofsebastopol.org or please call: 707-823-1153. 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. The Sebastopol City Council welcomes you in person or 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. COUNCIL PROTOCOLS FOR MEETING: This in person and virtual/remote meeting is compliant with the Governor’s Executive Order allowing for a deviation of teleconference rules required by the Brown Act. Traditional Brown Act and AB 2449 requirements can be utilized for all City Council meetings as long as required notice and posting is conducted per the Brown Act. Please Note the presiding member of the legislative body conducting a meeting or their designee may remove, or cause the removal of, an individual for disrupting the meeting. Prior to removing an individual, the presiding member or their designee shall warn the individual that their behavior is disrupting the meeting and that their failure to cease their behavior may result in their removal. The presiding member or their designee may then remove the individual if they do not promptly cease their disruptive behavior. This paragraph does not apply to any behavior described in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (b). (b) As used in this section: (1) “Disrupting” means engaging in behavior during a meeting of a legislative body that actually disrupts, disturbs, impedes, or renders infeasible the orderly conduct of the meeting and includes, but is not limited to, one of the following: (A) A failure to comply with reasonable and lawful regulations adopted by a legislative body pursuant to Section 54954.3 or any other law. (B) Engaging in behavior that constitutes use of force or a true threat of force. (2) “True threat of force” means a threat that has sufficient indicia of intent and seriousness, that a reasonable observer would perceive it to be an actual threat to use force by the person making the threat.