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MINUTES
Special Meeting
of the Gardena City Council
on the City of Gardena’s Housing Element
Wednesday, January 26, 2022
In order to minimize the spread of the COVID 19 virus, Governor Newsom has issued Executive Orders that temporarily suspend requirements of the Brown Act. Please be advised that the Council Chambers are closed to the public and that some, or all, of the Gardena City Council Members may attend this meeting telephonically.
The Special Meeting of the City Council of the City of Gardena, California, was held via Zoom and was called to order at 7:02 p.m. on Wednesday, January 26, 2022; Mayor Tasha Cerda presiding.
1. ROLL CALL
Present: Mayor Tasha Cerda; Mayor Pro Tem Rodney G. Tanaka; Council Member Mark E.
Henderson; Council Member Art Kaskanian; and Council Member Paulette C. Francis. Other City officials and employees present: City Manager Clint Osorio; City Attorney Carmen Vasquez; Assistant City Attorney Lisa Kranitz; Community Developm ent Director Greg S.
Tsujiuchi; Senior Planner Amanda Acuna; and City Clerk Mina Semenza.
2. SPECIAL MEETING
Senior Planner Amanda Acuna, along with Consultant Veronica Tam of Veronica Tam & Associates gave a PowerPoint presentation based on the following:
2.A PUBLIC HEARING: RESOLUTION NO. 6542 Amending the Gardena General Plan by Adopting the 6th Cycle 2021-2029 Gardena Housing Element and Directing Staff to File a Notice of Exemption.
Mayor Cerda opened the Public Hearing at 7:30 p.m.
Consultant Tam, along with Assistant City Attorney Kranitz, and Senior Planner Acuna answered all questions.
Mayor Cerda closed the Public Hearing at 7:50 p.m.
It was moved by Mayor Pro Tem Tanaka, seconded by Council Member Kaskanian, and carried by the following roll call vote to Adopt Resolution No. 6542:
Ayes: Mayor Pro Tem Tanaka and Council Members Kaskanian, Henderson, Francis, and Mayor Cerda
Noes: None
Absent: None
3. PUBLIC COMMENT
No one from the Public spoke, but an email was received and made part of the record from Matthew Gelfand, Counsel for Californians for Homeownership, who was in opposition of the 6th Cycle 2021-2029 Gardena Housing Element.
4. ADJOURMENT
At 7:54 p.m., Mayor Cerda adjourned to the Joint Special Meeting/ Workshop of the Gardena City Council and the Planning Environmental Quality Commission at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, January 27, 2022.
TashalCerda, Mayor
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MINA SEMENZA
City Clerk of the City of Gardena and
Ex-officio Clerk of the Council
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Becky Romero, Deputy City Clerk