Novato Unified board meeting, date not confirmed yet
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Novato Unified board discusses workforce housing density options for two district sites 58:48
- A district staff member presented density options for education workforce housing at the San Andreas and Meadow Annex sites and asked the board what level of density it was comfortable with for each site. 58:48
- A speaker at public comment asked the board to approve a San Andreas option that would keep the aquatic areas and to choose the lowest density option to limit the expected increase in traffic; when asked which option was preferred for San Andreas, a trustee said Option 2, keeping the wetland area. 1:48:22
Item by item (7)
- Opening, closed session and agenda 2:44
- A trustee reported that the board met in closed session on personnel matters and on negotiations with labor groups, with the items listed as information only. 3:54
- The board took up approval of the agenda and the consent agenda, and no trustee asked to pull a consent item. 4:39
- The chair recorded 7 votes and 3 student advisory votes in favor on both the agenda and the consent agenda. 4:39
- Student and board announcements 5:48
- Student representatives described homecoming events, a musical theater production and athletics at their schools. 5:48
- Speakers reported attending a staff development day, committee meetings, a school site visit and community events. 10:07
- A district official said a Sunrise Rotary event raised $18,000 for the Career Technical Education program at Novato High. 16:45
- Elementary school curriculum presentation 17:34
- Budget reduction process 39:43
- A staff member said the district has a $6.5 million ongoing structural deficit and proposed a matrix to evaluate programs, with decision-making meetings on November 17th, December 1st and December 15th. 42:00
- The staff member asked whether the board supported phased decision-making, the matrix approach and a restoration priority framework. 47:51
- In response to a trustee's question, the staff member said the November 17th meeting would include a reduction of teaching positions because enrollment is lower. ~50:59
- Workforce housing density options 58:17
- A staff member said the board had set a target range of 80 to 100 units for employees and that facility funds being used cannot be spent on general fund deficits. 58:48
- The staff member presented options for the San Andreas site, including Option 2, which leaves much of the aquatic resources areas untouched and shows a total of 130 units. 1:11:35
- The staff member said staff would return with a single plan for each site at the January 26th meeting and that a community meeting would be held November 9th. 1:33:00
- Public comment on workforce housing 1:44:22
- Board discussion of housing options 2:18:49
- A staff member said the district intends to own the duplexes at San Andreas and that the higher the density there, the more value can be put into Meadow Annex. 2:20:04
- Asked which option was preferred for San Andreas, a trustee said Option 2, keeping the wetland area. 2:32:09
- A staff member said staff was looking toward a blend of options 3 and 4 for Meadow Annex and would try to add units to all the options. 2:57:25
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I love the idea of the parking underneath and the townhomes or apartments over. And the fact— one of the big things for me is always parking, making sure that we have decent amount of parking so it doesn't impact the rest of the community.Diane Gasson · Board member2:31:13
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Video: posted by the district as “Novato Unified School District Regular Board Meeting 10/20/2026”