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Council Creates Housing and Homeless Committee Applications currently being accepted through January 6th Post Date: 11/18/2022 2:30 PM The Novato City Council recently established a new Housing and Homeless Committee whose purpose will be to provide information and make well-informed recommendations to the City Council regarding housing and homeless issues within the City. The Committee will be comprised of seven members, two of whom will be Marin County Homeless Union representatives. Members must reside within City limits. If you’re interested in serving on the committee—apply now! Applications are being accepted for this committee through January 6, 2023, at 5pm. Apply online at novato.org/applyonline or contact the City Clerk Laura McDowall at 415.899.8986 or lmcdowall@... for a paper application. 开云体育 on a City Commission is a great opportunity to get involved in your community and participate in local government. Learn more about this new committee and other City Commissions, Committees and Boards at novato.org/ccb.

Housing Element Update: Public Review Draft Now Available Review and submit comments by 11:59pm on December 18, 2022 Post Date: 11/18/2022 4:18 PM The City of Novato has released its 6th Cycle Housing Element for 30 days of public review. The complete Draft Housing Element Update is available for public review and comment until 11:59pm on December 18, 2022. Please provide your comments via email to housingelement@... or via mail to: Housing Element Update, City of Novato 922 Machin Avenue Novato, CA 94945 The draft is set for discussion with the Novato Planning Commission on Monday, November 28th and the Novato City Council on Tuesday, December 6th. These will be discussions only; no action will be taken. We welcome your feedback!

Novato Parks & Recreation Fall Activity Guide Now Available for Viewing Registration for Fall programming opens Tuesday, August 9 Post Date: 08/04/2022 11:42 AM Registration opens Tuesday, August 9 for Novato Parks and Recreation’s fall programs and activities, but the Fall Digital Activity Guide is now available for viewing in preparation for opening day. Our fall youth programs include favorites such as our youth basketball leagues, toddler music, baking classes for kids, performing arts, gymnastics, dance, and taekwondo. Fall programming at Margaret Todd Senior Center for adults and seniors features sewing, ballroom dance, chair exercise, pickleball clinics, yoga, tai chi and many more. Novato Parks & Recreation is thrilled to be hosting adult athletic leagues! Gather your team and register for our Men’s Basketball and Co-ed Volleyball fall leagues. We are also offering a variety of special events this fall including outdoor Movies at Pocket Park, the Fall “Trash to Treasures” Flea Market, and the Not-So-Scary Halloween Magic Show! Don’t forget we also have three free concerts offered in August too! Concerts on the Green on August 5 & 19 and the Hamilton Hot Amphitheater Nights on August 27. For more information about all of our event please visit novato.org/events. “We’re so excited to bring our community classes, events, and programs they look forward to every time we launch a new activity guide,” said Katie Gauntlett, Parks and Recreation Director. “This launch is even more exciting as we just recently received the honor of our Gymnastics Center being voted the Best Children’s Indoor Sports Center in Marin — for the fourth time! We hope you join us at the gym or any of our other wonderful facilities for our #NovatoFUN fall programs!” Visit novatofun.org today to add camps and classes to your “Wish List” so that you are prepared when registration opens on Tuesday, August 9. Questions? Please call 415.899.8975 or email novatofun@....

Interested in Running for Novato City Council? / ?Le interesa postularse para el Concejo Municipal de Novato? Nomination period open now through August 12 / El período de nominación está abierto ahora y cierra el 12 de Agosto Post Date: 08/02/2022 5:30 PM Espa?ol Abajo If you have an interest in serving your community, file to run for City Council Districts 2, 4 and 5 now through August 12 at 5pm. If an incumbent does not file by the deadline, the nomination period is automatically extended within that specific district to August 17, 2022 (non-incumbents only). This will be the first district-based election for Districts 2 and 4 since the 2019 establishment of Novato’s five council districts. The current councilmembers for these two districts were voted in at-large in 2017; therefore, there is no incumbent councilmember for these seats. This means that there will be no extension of the nomination period in Districts 2 and 4 should the current councilmembers choose not to run for re-election City Council candidates must: Reside and be a registered voter in the district in which they seek election at the time nomination papers are issued. Gather signatures of individuals on a nomination petition who are registered voters in the district for which they are running. File all other paperwork and complete all other steps, as required, prior to the close of the nomination period. As of August 2, nomination papers have been taken out as follows: District 2 – two potential candidates District 4 – four potential candidates District 5 – one potential candidate A full listing of those who have taken out and filed nomination papers, as well as information about Novato’s by-district elections, is available at novato.org/elections. For more information or to make an appointment to run for the Novato City Council, please contact City Clerk Laura McDowall at (415) 899-8986 or lmcdowall@.... Si le interesa servir a su comunidad, postule como candidato/a para los Distritos del Concejo Municipal 2, 4 y 5 ahora hasta el 12 de agosto a las 5pm. Si un concejal de turno no se declara antes de la fecha límite, el período de nominación se extiende automáticamente en ese distrito específico hasta el 17 de agosto de 2022 (sólo para candidatos nuevos). ?sta será la primera elección basada en distritos para los Distritos 2 y 4 desde el establecimiento en 2019 de los cinco distritos concejales. Los concejales actuales para estos dos distritos fueron elegidos por la población general en 2017, así que no hay concejales de turno para estas vacantes. Esto significa que no habrá extensión al período de nominaciones para Distritos 2 y 4 si los concejales actuales deciden no postularse para la reelección. Un candidato a Concejal Municipal debe: Vivir en y ser votante registrado en el distrito para el cual se postula en el momento de postularse a la vacante. Juntar firmas en una petición de nominación de individuos que son votantes registrados en el distrito al cual se postula. Completar todo el demás papeleo y los otros pasos, según sea requerido, antes del cierre del período de nominaciones. Hasta el 2 de agosto, postulaciones de nominación se han registrado según lo siguiente: Distrito 2 – dos candidatos potenciales Distrito 4 – cuatro candidatos potenciales Distrito 5 – un candidato potencial Un listado completo de las personas que se han postulado y completado los papeles de nominación, además de información sobre las elecciones por distrito en Novato se puede encontrar en novato.org/elections. Para más información o para hacer una cita para postularse al Concejo Municipal de Novato, por favor contacte a la Secretaria Municipal Laura McDowall al (415) 899-8986 o lmcdowall@....

Novato City Council Nomination Period Opens July 18 / Período de nominaciones para el Concejo Municipal de Novato comienza el 18 de julio Three council seats open for November 2022 election / Tres vacantes en el concejo abiertas para la elección de noviembre de 2022 Post Date: 07/12/2022 4:00 PM Espa?ol Abajo On Tuesday, November 8, 2022, Novato will hold an election for three City councilmember seats. Novato’s City Council is composed of five members who are elected by-district, meaning that those interested in running for council must reside and be a voter in the district that they represent and are elected only by registered voters residing in that district. The following three seats are up for election this November: Councilmember District 2 – Full term of four years Councilmember District 4 – Full term of four years Councilmember District 5 – Partial term of two years The Nomination Period in which candidates can file to run for City Council in Districts 2, 4 and 5 opens on July 18, 2022 and closes on August 12, 2022. However, if an incumbent does not file by the deadline, the Nomination Period is automatically extended within that specific district to August 17, 2022 (non-incumbents only). City Council candidates must: Reside and be a registered voter in the district in which they seek election at the time nomination papers are issued. Gather signatures of individuals on a nomination petition who are registered voters in the district for which they are running. File all other paperwork and complete all other steps, as required, prior to the close of the nomination period. For more information or to make an appointment to run for the Novato City Council, please contact City Clerk Laura McDowall at (415) 899-8986 or lmcdowall@.... This will be the first district-based election for Districts 2 and 4 since the 2019 establishment of Novato’s five council districts. Councilmember Districts 1, 3 and 5 were voted upon in the November 2019 election to serve five-year terms ending in 2024. Following a councilmember resignation in District 5 in 2021, the Council appointed a member to serve until the November 2022 election – voters will decide who will serve the remainder of this term. Additionally, last month Marin County voters elected Novato Mayor Eric Lucan to the Marin County Board of Supervisors. Mayor Lucan will not begin his term as County Supervisor until January 2023, and he will continue to serve on the Novato City Council until that time. Once Mayor Lucan vacates his council seat, the process to fill an unexpected vacancy requires that the Council either fill the seat by appointment or call for a special election within 60 days from the commencement of the vacancy. Want to learn more about your Novato City Council District? Please visit novato.org/elections to enter your address into our interactive district map — find your district and which councilmember represents you! El martes 8 de noviembre de 2022, Novato tendrá una elección para tres vacantes en el Concejo Municipal. El Concejo Municipal de Novato está compuesto por cinco miembros, quienes se eligen por distrito. Esto significa que las personas interesadas en postularse para el concejo deben residir y ser votante en el distrito que representan y que sólo son elegidos por los votantes registrados que viven en ese distrito. Las siguientes vacantes se elegirán en noviembre: Concejal de Distrito 2 – término complete de cuatro a?os Concejal de Distrito 4 – término complete de cuatro a?os Concejal de Distrito 5 – término parcial de dos a?os El período de nominaciones durante el cual los candidatos pueden postularse para el Concejo Municipal en los Distritos 2, 4 y 5 abre el 18 de julio de 2022 y cierra el 12 de agosto de 2022. Sin embargo, si un concejal de turno no se postula antes de la fecha límite, el período de nominaciones se extiende automáticamente para ese distrito específico, hasta el 17 de agosto de 2022 (sólo para candidatos nuevos). Un candidato a Concejal Municipal debe: Vivir en y ser votante registrado en el distrito para el cual se postula en el

Housing Element Update Community Survey & Environmental Impact Report Scoping Meeting Take our online survey now and save the date for our June 21 meeting Post Date: 06/08/2022 4:30 PM Espa?ol Abajo We want to hear from you! The City of Novato invites you to share your input on Novato’s housing challenges and opportunities. The Housing Element is a mandatory element of the General Plan that assesses housing needs in the city and establishes policies and programs for addressing those needs. The City is currently engaged in the process of updating this important tool for the period of 2023 - 2031. Take Our Online Survey Our Housing Element Update Community Survey is designed to capture the diverse community perspective on housing-related issues in the City of Novato. Your feedback will inform the Planning Commission and City Council on the community’s highest priorities for updating the goals, policies, and programs of the Housing Element. Our online community survey in now available at novato.org/opennovato. Please complete this survey by Monday, June 20, 2022 at 11:59pm. Attend an Upcoming Meeting Join us on Tuesday, June 21 at 6pm on Zoom for an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) Scoping Meeting. Provide your input on environmental issues that should be addressed in the Housing Element Update’s EIR. You can access this meeting by joining via this direct meeting link with passcode: 753716 or by visiting our website. The EIR Notice of Preparation is available to review online. The EIR will evaluate potential environmental impacts associated with the 6th Cycle Housing Element Update. The analysis will compare changes and resulting impacts related to policies that may be updated from the current Housing Element (5th Cycle), as well as land use changes from the Novato General Plan 2035 adopted in October 2020. Because no specific development projects are being proposed as part of the Housing Element Update, the analysis will not be parcel-specific. Rather, the analysis will focus on the reasonably foreseeable direct and indirect physical environmental effects that could result from zoning and land-use changes under the Housing Element Update and project alternatives. To learn more about the Novato’s Housing Element Update, please visit novato.org/housingelement. Encuesta comunitaria sobre la actualización al elemento de vivienda y Reunión sobre el ámbito del informe de impacto ambiental Responda a nuestra encuesta en línea ahora y guarda la fecha para nuestra reunión del 21 de junio ?Queremos su opinión! La Ciudad de Novato lo invita a compartir sus comentarios sobre los desafíos y las oportunidades relacionadas a la vivienda en Novato. El Elemento de Vivienda es un elemento obligatorio de Plan General que evalúa las necesidades de vivienda en la ciudad y establece políticas y programas para abarcar a esas necesidades. La Ciudad está actualmente pasando por el proceso de actualizar esta herramienta importante para el período de 2023-2031. Responda a nuestra encuesta en línea Nuestra encuesta comunitaria sobre la actualización al Elemento de Vivienda está dise?ada para entender las perspectivas diversas de la comunidad sobre temas relacionados a la vivienda en la Ciudad de Novato. Sus comentarios informarán a la Comisión de Planificación y el Concejo Municipal sobre las prioridades más importantes de la comunidad respecto a la actualización de las metas, las políticas y los programas del Elemento de Vivienda. Nuestra encuesta comunitaria está disponible ahora en novato.org/opennovato. Por favor complete la encuesta antes del lunes 20 de junio de 2022 a las 11:59pm. Asistir a una reunión próxima ?nase a nosotros el martes 21 de junio a las 6pm por Zoom para una Reunión sobre el ?mbito del Informe de Impacto Ambiental (EIR por sus siglas en inglés). Podrá compartir sus comentarios sobre los temas ambientales que deberían abarcarse en el EIR para la actualización del Elemento de Vivienda. Puede acceder a esta reunión por este enlace directo con el código: 753716 o al visitar nuestro sitio web. El Aviso de Preparación del EIR está

Novato City Council Resumes In-Person Public Meetings In-person and virtual participation options available Post Date: 04/07/2022 5:00 PM The Novato City Council will return to in-person meetings under a hybrid model beginning on Tuesday, April 12 at 6pm. The meeting will be held at Novato City Hall, 901 Sherman Avenue, and members of the public are welcome to provide public comments during the meeting in-person or virtually through Zoom. As always, eComments can be submitted online for City Council meetings at novato.org/ecomment. The eComment period opens once the agenda is posted and closes 3 hours before the meeting begins. The Novato Planning Commission plans to return to in-person meetings under this same hybrid model. All other Commissions, Committees and Boards will resume meeting in-person only. To view upcoming meeting details, please visit novato.org/calendar. Instructions on how to participate and provide public comment at the City’s public meetings are available in the meeting agendas which are posted at least 72 hours in advance of the meeting at novato.org/agendas. In alignment with state guidance, masking in indoor public settings is strongly recommended for all persons, regardless of vaccination status.

Council Creates Sustainability Commission — Apply Today! Applications currently being accepted through May 1 Post Date: 04/06/2022 7:00 PM The Novato City Council recently approved a new Sustainability Commission that will focus on matters related to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, sea level rise, and other environmental issues. “The Sustainability Commission will play a vital role advising the City Council on sustainability, climate action, and adaptation priorities as we address the challenges of our changing climate both now, and into the future,” said Sustainability Coordinator and Commission Staff Liaison Gretchen Schubeck. “I’m looking forward to supporting the Commission to engage with our community on these important initiatives and work towards mobilizing communitywide action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.” This Commission will be comprised of five regular members appointed by the City Council. Four members must reside within City limits and one seat is available to a member residing in the unincorporated area or who works in Novato. The Commission also includes up to two seats for Novato Unified School District (NUSD) high school Student Commissioners. NUSD has established Student Commissioner eligibility guidelines and is coordinating the student application, interview and selection process. If you’re interested in sustainability and serving your community — apply now! Applications are being accepted for this new commission through May 1, 2022 at 5pm. 开云体育 on a City Commission is a great opportunity to get involved in your community and participate in local government. Learn more at novato.org/ccb.

Novato Parks & Recreation Summer Activity Guide Now Available for Viewing Registration for summer programming opens Monday, April 4 in new registration system Post Date: 03/31/2022 4:50 PM Registration opens Monday, April 4 for Novato Parks and Recreation’s summer camps and programs but the Summer Activity Guide is now available for viewing in preparation for opening day. With the debut our new ActiveNet online registration system, it’s now even easier for our community to sign up for #NovatoFUN! Our summer programs, beginning June 13, include our traditional summer camp favorites such as Camp Ton-Of-Fun and Gymnastics Full and Half Day Camps, plus the addition of a variety of specialty camps that will pique your child’s creativity and interest this summer season. Specialty camps include basketball, theater and performing arts, comic book creations, Pokemon LEGO engineering, robotics with LEGO, baking and dance. The new Activity Guide includes summer programming at Margaret Todd Senior Center for adults and seniors including tap dancing, yoga, qi gong, sewing and tailoring, line dancing, fit and fun, chair aerobics and many more. Additionally, Novato Parks & Recreation is thrilled to be welcoming back all adult athletic leagues! Gather your team and register for our summer leagues including bocce, cornhole, volleyball, softball, and basketball. “Our team has been working hard behind the scenes to launch this new and improved registration system for our community just in time for our summer programs and classes,” said Deputy Director Katie Gauntlett. “With summer just around the corner, we encourage families to log into our new system and create their account early, so they are prepared for registration day on Monday, April 4, as our most popular camps and classes are sure to fill up.” Our new registration system, ActiveNet, will make registering yourself, your camper, or your team easier than ever with a user-friendly platform and easy to navigate functionality. Visit novato.org/regforfun to create your new family account today so you are prepared to reserve your spot when registration opens on Monday, April 4. You can even add camps and classes that you want to register for to your “Wish List” making registering and checkout a breeze! Questions? Please call 415.899.8975 or email novatofun@....

Novato State of the City Now Online Watch City Manager Adam McGill’s 2022 State of the City Address Post Date: 03/17/2022 6:00 PM On Tuesday evening, City Manager Adam McGill presented Novato’s 2022 State of the City Address which included a look back on 2021 and highlights of upcoming projects and programs for the new year. Some topics included: Sustainability; City Budget; Strategic Plan; Housing; Homelessness; Redistricting; and Upcoming City Council elections. The speech was streamed live via Zoom, on the City’s website and Novato Community Television (NCTV). Watch Novato’s 2022 State of the City Address online now or view the presentation. It will also be rebroadcast on NCTV Channel 27 on Monday through Sunday at 12:30pm, 3pm, and 5pm, as well as at 7pm on Saturday and Sunday only.

??? ???????? & ?? ?????! Your Novato City Council meets Tuesday, January 25 at 6pm via Zoom — and they want to hear from you! The eComment period remains open until 3pm Tuesday for you to weigh in on agenda items before the meeting. Your comments are sent directly to the City Council to review and consider prior to the meeting. Agenda items include, but are not limited to: - A public hearing on the redrawing of Novato's City Council voting districts and review of submitted draft maps. Map submission period remains open, draw and submit your own draft map at novato.org/elections; - A Public Hearing and potential adoption of a resolution to prohibit unwarranted excavation on newly paved streets as part of the Annual Pavement Rehabilitation Program; - Review of City's Commissions, Committees and Boards to identify efficiencies and ensure alignment with Council's goals and objectives; - Discussion regarding potential amendments to Novato Political Fairness Campaign Act; and more. Submit eComment, see full agenda or join the live meeting at novato.org/agendas.

New Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem Appointed Council selects Lucan and Wernick to serve one-year posts Post Date: 12/14/2021 7:30 PM At tonight’s meeting, the Novato City Council appointed Mayor Pro Tem Eric Lucan as the new Mayor, and Councilmember Susan Wernick as Mayor Pro Tem. Each will serve in that capacity for one year. Outgoing Mayor Pat Eklund passed the Mayoral Gavel to Mayor Pro Tem Eric Lucan during the Council’s virtual reorganization meeting. “As a Novato native, it really is an incredible honor to serve as Mayor, and I want to thank my Council colleagues for giving me this opportunity again,” stated Mayor Lucan. “Our residents are looking for local government to solve issues not just talk about them, to make things simpler not more complicated, and I think we have an opportunity continue to restore faith in local government as we all continue to work together.” This will be Lucan’s third time serving as Mayor of Novato. Novato is a “general law” city, which means its governance structure is specified by state law, and its Council selects the Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem for one-year terms. The Mayor signs official documents, presides at Council meetings and acts as the official head of the City at public and ceremonial occasions, but has no additional power on the Council. “I’m grateful to my colleagues for having the confidence to nominate and appoint me as Mayor Pro Tem,” said Mayor Pro Tem Wernick. “I look forward to learning more and having a good year.” Completing her seventh term as Mayor, outgoing Mayor Pat Eklund stated, “I want to thank all of the councilmembers for the honor of serving as Mayor this past year. Looking back over this past year, I think this Council has worked better together as a team which has allowed us to accomplish a lot. I look forward to continuing to work with all the councilmembers and our new mayor and mayor pro tem. I know if we continue this strong connection that we’ve developed, there’s nothing that we can’t accomplish together.” The next meeting of the Novato City Council will be January 11, 2022. Video of the reorganization will be available at novato.org/watchmeetings. For more information about the City Council, please visit novato.org/citycouncil.

Novato Police Announces 2022 Strategic Plan Community Survey We want to hear from you! Online survey closes on December 3 Post Date: 11/15/2021 6:28 PM As part of the Novato Police Department's 2022 Strategic Plan, we have initiated the planning process to gain insight on the priorities of the Novato community and increase community collaboration. To help accomplish this goal, we invite you take a brief survey to share concerns affecting the Novato community and provide a comment about our performance. The Novato Police Department is pleased to announce that our Strategic Planning Community Survey can now be accessed at novato.org/opennovato. To have your voice heard, please complete this community survey by Friday December 3, 2021. Please take a few moments to complete this survey and feel free to share this link with other residents within our community. We place value on your input and will use your feedback to develop our police department's strategic plan to address concerns within the community. The survey results will be presented to our community and City Council at council meeting later this Fall. To received updates on Novato Police’s Strategic Planning process and other information, please register to receive e-mail or SMS alerts through Nixle at local.nixle.com/register/ or by texting your zip code to 888-777.

Draw and Submit Your Own District Map / Dibuje y presente su propio mapa de distrito Map-drawing tool now available online / Una herramienta para dibujar mapas está disponible en línea ahora Post Date: 11/11/2021 3:00 PM Espa?ol abajo The City of Novato is currently in the process of redrawing its City Council election district boundaries, and we want to hear from you! New census data is used every 10 years to redraw district lines to reflect how the local population has changed so that each district remains substantially equal in population. Help reshape Novato’s voting districts by drawing and submitting your own proposed district map using the online district map-drawing tool — a paper map option will also be available soon. After submitting a proposed map through the map-drawing tool, you must email novatocouncil@... and include your published map name for it to be considered. Completed paper maps may also be submitted by email to novatocouncil@... or mailed/dropped off to: ATTN: City Clerk City of Novato 922 Machin Avenue Novato, CA 94945 All maps will be published on the City’s website at least five days before the next redistricting public hearing, and a draft map must be published on the website for at least seven days before being adopted as a final map. The redistricting process must be completed by April 17, 2022. The City Council will consider all valid maps at upcoming public hearing before adopting a final map. Map-drawing tools, including demographic information and a detailed user guide to assist with the drawing of district boundaries, are available at novato.org/elections. La Ciudad de Novato está actualmente en el proceso de redibujar los límites de los distritos de elección para el Concejo Municipal ?y queremos su opinión! Los nuevos datos del Censo se usan cada 10 a?os para volver a dibujar las líneas de los distritos para reflejar los cambios en la población local para que cada distrito siga sustancialmente igual en términos de población. Ayude a reformar los distritos de votación de Novato al dibujar y presentar su propio propuesto de mapa de distrito usando la herramienta en línea para dibujar mapas – una opción de mapas de papel también estará disponible pronto. Después de presentar un mapa propuesto a través de la herramienta para dibujar distritos, debe enviar un correo electrónico a novatocouncil@... e incluir el nombre de su mapa publicado para que se considere. Mapas de papel finalizados también se pueden presentar por correo electrónico a novatocouncil@... o enviado/entregados a: ATTN: City Clerk City of Novato 922 Machin Avenue Novato, CA 94945 Todos los mapas se publicarán en el sitio web de la Ciudad al menos cinco días antes de la próxima sesión pública de reordenación, y un mapa borrador debe estar publicado en el sitio web por al menos siete días antes de ser adoptado como un mapa final. El proceso de reordenación debe completarse al 17 de abril de 2022. El Concejo Municipal considerará todos los mapas válidos en la próxima sesión pública antes de adoptar a un mapa final. Las herramientas para dibujar mapas, incluyendo información demográfica y una guía detallada para el usuario para ayudar con la creación de límites de los distritos, están disponibles en novato.org/elections.

Council to Consider Update of City Fee Schedule Proposed Fee Schedule available to review online Post Date: 11/04/2021 11:00 AM At their upcoming meeting on Tuesday, November 9 at 6pm, the Novato City Council will conduct a public hearing to consider adopting a resolution to update and establish user and regulatory fees for fee-related City services. The City of Novato charges fees for a variety of specific services provided including, but not limited to: Building fees, e.g. - permitting of new construction or modifications to existing structures Planning fees, e.g. - entitlement review and review for compliance with the zoning code Land Development Engineering fees, e.g. - review and inspection of requests for subdivision and grading Encroachment Permitting fees, e.g. - for work or activities conducted in the city right-of-way Police Department fees, e.g. - vehicle impound and false alarm response fees The City of Novato has been working with ClearSource Financial Consulting to complete a citywide user and regulatory fee study. The fee study provides an up-to-date analysis of the City’s current costs of providing fee-related services while also ensuring that the City maintains compliance with state and local policies, and continues to meet the needs of the community. As part of a general cost recovery strategy, local governments adopt user fees to fund services provided or required due to the request or action of an individual or entity. User and regulatory fees are set according to the estimated reasonable cost of service. A fee for service ensures that an individual or entity bears most, if not all, of the cost incurred by the City to provide that service. When a fee does not fully cover the cost for service another City revenue source subsidizes the cost – in most cases, the General fund. The benefits of reviewing and updating user fees include: Reducing the need for General Fund subsidy which would increase the revenues that can be used for services and activities available to all Novato community members. Providing a pattern of consistency with information for forecasting and decision-making purposes. Helping meet service level expectations by collecting fees to fund the existing level of services provided. Keeping pace with general cost inflation. Avoiding fee spikes that are more likely to occur when municipalities leave fees unchanged for a multi-year period and encouraging equity among fee payers. The Proposed Fee Schedule is available to review online at novato.org/finance. Additional information about the upcoming public hearing will be posted with the Council meeting agenda, at least 72 hours in advance of the meeting, at novato.org/agendas.

Council Appoints Mark Milberg to District 5 Seat Milberg’s first Council meeting will be Tuesday, November 9 Post Date: 10/27/2021 3:00 PM At their regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday, October 26, the Novato City Council unanimously voted to appoint Mark Milberg as a City Councilmember to fill the current District 5 seat vacancy until the November 8, 2022 Statewide General Election. At a special meeting held on October 12, Council voted to accept applications to fill the seat vacated by former Councilmember Amy Peele on September 15, in lieu of holding a special election. During last night’s meeting, Council interviewed three candidates that met the eligibility requirements for the seat. Milberg, whose Council term is effective October 27, stated “I am really honored to be at this position tonight to be able to see about joining the Novato Council. I am very respectful for all the Council is doing and I feel the tremendous growth in being able to work together is august to many of us in the community.” Milberg has served on the Novato Citizens Finance Advisory/Oversight Committee since 2018, and prior to his appointment to Council served in the role of Vice Chair. An employee at Ultragenyx, a local biotech company, Milberg is their current Senior Director of Clinical Outsourcing. Milberg has a BS in Human Development from UC Davis, a MS in Social Welfare from UC Berkeley and an MBA from San Francisco State University. Mayor Pat Eklund commented “Mark Milberg recognizes the importance of building relationships and making sure that people are heard and respected. Mark’s experience on the Novato Citizens Finance Committee and knowledge in city finance is critical. I look forward to the Council working together over this next year with a new councilmember.” To watch this meeting or view the staff report, visit novato.org/watchmeetings.