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Council approves Live on the Avenue series, mid-year budget amendment and committee appointments
Summary
The Town Council approved the 2025 Live on the Avenue summer series with a 5 p.m. street closure and voted to adopt a mid-year budget amendment and to reappoint members to the Arts and Open Space committees.
San Anselmo's Town Council on Feb. 11 approved a slate of routine but consequential items: the town's Live on the Avenue summer music series, a mid-year budget amendment that included several small transfers and technical changes, and a set of appointments to the Arts Commission and Open Space Committee.
Live on the Avenue: The council approved the summer concert series for 2025, moving the street closure to begin at 5 p.m. and music hours to roughly 6 to 8:30 p.m., with the street reopened by 9:30 p.m. Staff told council Central Marin Police Authority had agreed to provide enforcement coverage for the 5-to-6 p.m. hour through a mix of personnel (cadets, community-service officers or officers) and that staffing costs were expected to be modest; exact line-item allocations were not specified in the meeting record.
A representative of the Chamber of Commerce supported the revised hours and urged ongoing consultation with merchants; a number of downtown business owners thanked staff for adjustments and asked the town to form an advisory committee to assist with band selection, operations and merchant outreach.
Mid-year budget amendment: Finance staff presented a mid-year review and proposed technical adjustments to the FY 2024-25 budget. Changes included a small estimated decrease to sales tax revenue, an increase to plan-check revenue and matching plan-check expense, and transfers to the special-events fund to support the Live on the Avenue program. Finance reported the net impact to the general fund was modest (an increase of $864) and that the town's reserve policy (20 percent target) remained met; staff said the town's audited reserves were about 28 percent at June 30, 2024. Council approved the resolution amending the 2024-25 budget.
Committee appointments: The council reappointed or appointed members to two advisory bodies. Motions on the floor named Mark Owen, Grace Angel and Tanya Henry for the Arts Commission and Danny Kreps, Renee Voss and Jamie Mackey for the Open Space Committee; those appointments were approved by council vote.
Procedure and votes: Each item was moved and seconded at the Feb. 11 meeting and approved by a vote of the council. No member requested that these items be continued for additional public hearings.
Why it matters: The Live on the Avenue decision affects downtown traffic patterns, merchant operations and public-safety resource use for several summer weekends; the budget amendments keep town accounts aligned with recent activity and identified needs. The advisory-board appointments fill volunteer posts that advise staff and council on cultural and open-space matters.
Ending: Staff will implement the Live on the Avenue schedule and return to council or the appropriate committees as needed on operational matters. Budget changes were recorded in the town's accounting system, and newly appointed volunteers will begin their terms on the specified advisory bodies.
