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MINUTES
REGULAR MEETING
City Council of the Town of Colma
Meeting Held Remotely via Zoom.us
Wednesday, June 8, 2022
7:00 PM
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND ROLL CALL – 7:00 PM
Mayor Fisicaro called the meeting to order at 7:01 p.m.
Council Present –Mayor Helen Fisicaro, Council Members Joanne F. del Rosario, John Irish Goodwin and Diana Colvin were present. Vice Mayor Raquel Gonzalez was absent.
Staff Present – City Manager Brian Dossey, City Attorney Christopher Diaz, Administrative Services Director Pak Lin, Chief of Police John Munsey, Director of Public Works Brad Donohue, City Planner Farhad Mortazavi, City Clerk Caitlin Corley and Administrative Technician Abigail Dometita were in attendance.
The Mayor announced, “As always, we are accepting public comments through email or the zoom chat function—you can email our City Clerk at [email protected] or use the chat function to let her know which item you would like to speak on. Please keep your comments to 3 minutes or less. Thank you.”
ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA
Mayor Fisicaro asked if there were any changes to the agenda; none were requested. She asked for a motion to adopt the agenda.
Action: Council Member del Rosario moved to adopt the agenda; the motion was seconded by Council Member Colvin and carried by the following vote:
Name Voting Present, Not Voting Absent
Aye No Abstain Not Participating
Helen Fisicaro, Mayor
Raquel Gonzalez
Joanne F. del Rosario
John Irish Goodwin
Diana Colvin
4 0
PRESENTATIONS
ALLICE President Junior Flores and ALLICE representatives Malou Aclan and Jennifer Jimenz Wong gave a presentation on ALLICE A-List.
Jan Pepper, CEO of PCE gave an update on Peninsula Clean Energy. Mayor Fisicaro read a proclamation in recognition of Juneteenth Independence Day. Mayor Fisicaro stated, “Earlier today we had a wonderful event at the Community Center to raise the Flag of the Philippines and present a proclamation in honor of Philippine
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Independence Day. We were honored to be joined by Mr. Neil Frank R. Ferrer, the Consul General of the Republic of the Philippines in San Francisco. Many other members of the community also joined us to celebrate and recognize the Filipino and Filipino American Community.”
She then read a section of the proclamation.
PUBLIC COMMENTS
Mayor Fisicaro opened the public comment period at 7:38 p.m. Resident Dennis Fisicaro made a comment. The Mayor closed the public comment period at 7:41 p.m.
CONSENT CALENDAR
1.Motion to Accept the Minutes from the May 25, 2022 Regular Meeting.
2.Motion to Approve Report of Checks Paid for May 2022.
3.Motion to Reconfirm Findings and Determinations Under Resolution No. 2021-33 and Assembly Bill 361 for the Continuation of Virtual Meetings.
4.Motion to Adopt a Resolution Adopting a List of Projects for Fiscal Year 2022-23 Funded by SB 1: the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017.
5.Motion to Adopt a Resolution Calling and Giving Notice of the General Municipal Election to be Held on November 8, 2022, for the Election of Two City Council Members, Requesting the Board of Supervisors of San Mateo County to Consolidate Said Election with the Statewide General Election of Same Date Pursuant to Elections Code Section 10403 and Related Matters.
Action: Council Member Goodwin moved to approve the consent calendar items #1 through 5; the motion was seconded by Council Member del Rosario and carried by the following vote:
Name Voting Present, Not Voting Absent
Aye No Abstain Not Participating
Helen Fisicaro, Mayor
Raquel Gonzalez
Joanne F. del Rosario
John Irish Goodwin
Diana Colvin
4 0
PUBLIC HEARING
6.ADOPTION OF THE FY 2022-23 ANNUAL BUDGET
Administrative Service Director Pak Lin presented the staff report. Mayor Fisicaro opened the public hearing at 7:51 p.m. and seeing no one request to speak, she closed the public hearing. Council discussion followed.
Action: Council Member del Rosario moved to Adopt a Resolution Appropriating Funds and Adopting the Annual Budget for Fiscal Year 2022-2023; the motion was seconded by Council
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Member Colvin and carried by the following vote:
Name Voting Present, Not Voting Absent
Aye No Abstain Not Participating
Helen Fisicaro, Mayor
Raquel Gonzalez
Joanne F. del Rosario
John Irish Goodwin
Diana Colvin
4 0
NEW BUSINESS
7.F STREET RETAINING WALL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT – BID PACKAGE APPROVAL Director of Public Works and Planning Brad Donohue presented the staff report. Mayor Fisicaro opened the public comment period at 8:06 p.m. and seeing no one request to speak, she closed the public comment period. Council discussion followed.
Action: Council Member del Rosario moved to Approve the Bid Document Package, Authorize Staff to Advertise the Notice Inviting Bids for the F Street Retaining Wall Improvement Project, and Authorize the City Manager to Approve Changes to the Plan Documents as Needed or Required; the motion was seconded by Council Member Colvin and carried by the following vote:
Name Voting Present, Not Voting Absent
Aye No Abstain Not Participating
Helen Fisicaro, Mayor
Raquel Gonzalez
Joanne F. del Rosario
John Irish Goodwin
Diana Colvin
4 0
8.DRAFT HOUSING ELEMENT
City Planner Farhad Mortazavi and Assistant Planner Alvin Jen presented the staff report.
Mayor Fisicaro opened the public comment period at 8:40 p.m. and seeing no one request to speak, she closed the public comment period. Council discussion followed.
Action: Council Member Goodwin moved to Direct the City Manager to Transmit the Draft Housing Element with Comments to the Department of Housing and Community Development for Review; the motion was seconded by Council Member del Rosario and carried by the following vote:
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Name Voting Present, Not Voting Absent
Aye No Abstain Not Participating
Helen Fisicaro, Mayor
Raquel Gonzalez
Joanne F. del Rosario
John Irish Goodwin
Diana Colvin
4 0
COUNCIL CALENDARING
The next Regular Meeting will be on Wednesday, June 22, 2022 at 7:00 p.m.
REPORTS
City Manager Brian Dossey gave an update on the following topics:
There will be Closed Session on Monday, June 13, 2022 at 5:00 p.m. The Cypress Lawn Tree Tour will be on Saturday, June 18, 2022 and there are still open seats.
The Annual Pride Flag Raising will be on Wednesday, June 22, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. Stewart Chevrolet has agreed to purchase two automated license plate readers.
ADJOURNMENT
Mayor Fisicaro adjourned the meeting at 8:48 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Caitlin Corley
City Clerk