Remarks by Julie McMillan
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Yeah, hold off on for a second. Letha, we need to adjust your volume on our end.
Mayor. Hey, can I just interrupt you? Please. We cannot read that document. I'm wondering if you could send it to the town clerk and they could print it out so that we could have a hard copy to follow along.
See the document, but we cannot see the full line. Understood. Yeah, yeah.
have it printed we can also be that you might be able to zoom in I'll zoom in yeah just give me just a sec yeah can we try that first mayor because I'm it might take a while I'd have to take a recess to figure out how to fix that document I you know in the future I think it would be great if we could have a hard copy of this PowerPoint to follow along and make notes on the actual hard copy okay that's better is that better yep yeah thank you doctor
Okay, and then. It was it was my understanding that, assuming we stay as a member of Ross valley fire that we would only need one one engine, not a reserve engine is that correct krista.
Yeah. Sorry. Assuming we stay with Ross Valley Fire, isn't it true that we would only need one fire engine and not a reserve engine?
And traditionally stations have two engines in Station 10? Tiburon Fire? Excuse me? Does Tiburon Fire have two engines at Station 10?
Okay, so to be safe, we should assume a regular engine and potentially a reserve engine unless we get confirmation from Chief Mahoney that
Karen Grove- And then I just wanted to follow up on elizabeth's question about the phasing it was my understanding that the CAC plan and maybe Jeff you can. City Council Chambers L' illuminate. City Council Chambers L' It was my understanding that the that this would be phased that the initial building would have the option to have fire. Assuming the operating costs for fire could be addressed is that wrong.
So the word to use is optionality, Joey's word.
Any other questions by council members, Matt?
It's my job. Can we stop? Stop. Stop. Gensler, can you try to address Matt's question?
because you can easily may have some this is not the time to campaign, it's not a campaign Julie, this is the cross of the matter Matt ask a question.
So I have a follow-up to that. When you are prepared to do the cost estimates, I am assuming there's going to be two cost estimates, one without this space for the apparatus and the three bedrooms and then the other one would include those assuming that you know we would want to know the cost for fire going forward is that a correct assumption mayor if I if I may respond your question and ask for menon's and Letha's input on my response my understanding in terms of the scope of work that we've engaged with with
Okay. Any more questions from council members? Public comment on this item? Anyone in the chamber for public comment?
Thank you. Okay, anyone else in the chamber who wants to give public comment? Zach, anyone online?
City Council Chambers and Zach is there anyone else online no one online there okay so we'll bring it back for. discussion. City Council Chambers. I think we need to have guidance. My view is that I agree with what Dan said. I think we need to have two cost estimates. One with the space, the optionality for a fire station and then the other would be, you know, building out the three bedrooms and two bathrooms and the apparatus bay, et cetera. City Council Chambers, So that if down the road, we do somehow secure funding for the operations of a fire station, we will know what the magnitude of…
I guess the flip side is there. I have heard from many people that they are concerned that we would go ahead and build out a fire station when we don't have the funding to operate a fire station. So I think the flip side is true also that there would be just as many people or many people who would vote against a bond if we were to propose having a fully outfitted fire station and space for a fire station when we don't yet have the operating operational funding. So I hear what you're saying, Elizabeth, in terms of jeopardizing the general obligation bond. But the flip side is true, too. There…
So I think staff, and Gensler probably have heard what the views are. Krista, are there any other issues, or Gensler, are there any other issues that you would like our feedback on?
My only comment slash question is I would love to get a copy of your PowerPoint so that I could see it
Hasn't that already happened? Yes, that has already happened. That was one of our first exercise.
Okay. Yep. Okay, thank you, Team Gensler. Great job. Thank you. We'll see you again soon. And with that, our meeting is adjourned.
The special meeting of the Ross Town Council for Wednesday, September 23, 2026 to order. Has the agenda been posted?
Item number three is public comment for special meeting agenda items, but I think we will take the public comment. during each agenda item. So we will move on to number four, which is Town Council to receive and review applications for Town Council appointment, provide each applicant an opportunity to address and respond to questions from the council, and either one, move to appoint one of the applicants to fill the remainder of Councilmember Kershaw's term, or two, provide further direction on the process for filling the vacancy, including the option of calling a special election. Clerk?
Steve, you can sit at the table if you'd like. That might be more comfortable. I wanted to thank everyone for applying for the Town Council appointment. We have carefully reviewed your written applications, and thank you for taking so much time to complete them so thoroughly and thoughtfully. This afternoon, we will ask each of you three questions, which you received earlier this afternoon, and you will have up to two minutes to respond to each question. You don't have to take the whole amount of time. Then at the end, there will be a wrap-up question for you to add anything that you haven't…