1 CITY COUNCILMEMBER REPORT
Meeting: March 18, 2025
Reporting Councilmember: Councilmember Sheila Mohan
Report Dates: 2/25/25 to 3/10/25
Item Date, Title, and Description:
2/26/25: As a member of Silicon Vally Clean Energy Finance Committee, I attended the first Finance meeting for 2025 at which staff made a presentation on the mid-year budget, and explained the planning process going forward which included a comprehensive assessment of risks and opportunities expected in the next year.
2/26/25: Attended the State of the City event presented by Mayor Chao. Her comments touched on housing developments in the City, loss of retail, and loss of sales tax revenue.
2/28/25: Attended a prep session organized by City staff on the mid-year FY 2024-25 City’s budget. Despite significant loss of revenues in sales tax and transient occupancy tax, the City appears to have averted major cuts in services and staff. Much of the credit goes to City Manager and Department Heads for making difficult reductions in expenditures and arriving at creative solutions to minimize impact on the community.
3/5/25: Accompanied by City Staff, I visited the Simian Property site and the wall that has sparked concerns from the neighborhood. The Interim City Attorney has scheduled a closed session of the City Council to deliberate on this.
3/7/25 I participated in a panel discussion conducted by Tudip Technology in honor of International Women’s Day. I was one of 4 speakers who responded to questions on unconscious gender bias, income inequality and my personal story.
3/7/25: Meeting with neighborhood block leaders in the Rancho San Antonio neighborhood – and discussed the City’s Neighborhood Block program, its purpose and its community impact.
City Council Councilmember Report
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