East Palo Alto City Council November 18, 2021 Minutes Page 1 of 3
EAST PALO ALTO CITY COUNCIL
STUDY SESSION MINUTES
EPA Government Center
2415 University Ave, First Floor – City Council Chamber East Palo Alto, CA 94303
I. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL
The meeting was called to order by Mayor Carlos Romero at 6:00 p.m.
Attendee Name Title Status Arrived
Carlos Romero Mayor Remote
Ruben Abrica Vice Mayor Late 6:09 PM
Lisa Gauthier Councilor Remote
Antonio Lopez Councilor Remote
Regina Wallace-Jones Councilor Remote
II. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA
Motion: Lisa Gauthier Second: Regina Wallace-Jones
Unanimous motion pass
III. STUDY SESSION
Patrick Heisinger presented staff report along with Matt Raimi from Raimi and Associates.
Council discussed the project.
Public Comments:
Kenia Najar
Cristal Montes
Fili
Raquel Lima
Julisa
Cristina Becerra
Danita Churchill
Kim Diamond
Zaineb Qazwuni
Christopher Kao
Andrea Osgood
Nora Melendez
Rick Solis
Fabian Sanchez
Alok Gupta
Eileen McLaughlin
Alice Kaufman
Gail Wilkerson (2)
East Palo Alto City Council November 18, 2021 Minutes Page 2 of 3 Mario Mendoza
Moana K
Patricia Lopez
Cornelia Cathrine Fletcher (2)
Vignesh Swaminathan
Domingo Huerta (2)
Laura Rubio
Quynh (2)
Randy Olsen
Michelle Trejo Saldivar
Heather
Federico Andrade
Sergey Romanovsky
Julian
Blair Volckmann
Q Smith
Juan Estrada (2)
Adrienne Bryant (2)
Stewart Hyland (2)
Robert Jones
Uhila Makoni
Edwin Magana Lopez
Evelyn Stivers
Marisela Ramos
Sean Ripley (2)
Roomin Parikh
4 asked questions from public responded by Matt and Council.
Isaac Stevenson
Aline Jaminais-Grellier
Jeff Poetsch
Ofelia Bello (2)
Anna Romanovskaia
Mark Guinan
Annette
Gita Dev
Jennifer Chang Hetterly w/Sierra Club
East Palo Alto City Council November 18, 2021 Minutes Page 3 of 3
1. Actions Related to the Ravenswood Business District Specific Plan Update Motion: Carlos Romero Council Agree to study scenario 2.82, 3.35 Second: Ruben Abrica
RESULT: APPROVE [3 TO 2]
MOTION BY: Romero
SECOND: Abrica
AYES: Romero, Abrica, Gauthier
NAYS: Lopez, Wallace-Jones
IV. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 10:18 p.m.