City of Menlo Park 701 Laurel St., Menlo Park, CA 94025 tel 650-330-6600 menlopark.gov City Council
SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES
Date: 12/21/2022
Time: 6:00 p.m.
Locations: Teleconference and
City Council Chambers
751 Laurel St., Menlo Park, CA 94025
Special Session
A. Call To Order
Vice Mayor Taylor called the meeting to order at 6:04 p.m.
B. Roll Call
Present: Combs, Mueller, Nash, Taylor, Wolosin
Absent: None
Staff: City Manager Justin I. C. Murphy, City Attorney Nira F. Doherty, Assistant to the City Manager/City Clerk Judi A. Herren
C. Agenda Review
None.
D. Regular Business
D1. Recognition of outgoing City Councilmember
Charles Stone recognized City Councilmember Mueller.
Henry Riggs recognized City Councilmember Mueller.
Mickie Winkler recognized City Councilmember Mueller. Adina Levin recognized City Councilmember Mueller.
Pam Jones recognized City Councilmember Mueller.
City Councilmember Combs read the proclamation (Attachment).
City Councilmember Mueller accepted the proclamation.
D2. Consider and interview candidates and adopt a resolution appointing a member to the office of Menlo Park City Council for District 5 for the unexpired term of City Councilmember Mueller (Staff Report #22-247-CC)
City Clerk Judi Herren made the presentation (Attachment).
The City Council interviewed the following candidates:
Mark Noble
Thom Phan – unable to participate in interview process.
City of Menlo Park 701 Laurel St., Menlo Park, CA 94025 tel 650-330-6600 menlopark.gov Edward Schor
Maria Doerr
Robin Glass
The City Council took a recess at 7:56 p.m.
The City Council reconvened at 8:14 p.m.
The City Council interviewed the following candidates:
Paul Studemeister
Catherine Carlton
Diana No – unable to participate in the interview process. Noria Zasslow
Nicole Kemeny
Sally Cole
The City Council took a recess at 9:19 p.m.
The City Council reconvened at 9:29
Jenny Michel spoke in support of appointing Maria Doerr. Caitlin Darke spoke in support of appointing Catherine Carlton.
The City Council discussed continuing the item to a future meeting, providing the applicants with more information on serving on the City Council through a candidate information session, and impacts of postponement to the Housing Element timeline.
ACTION: Motion and second Combs/ Nash, to continue this item to January 9, 2023 at 5 p.m., passed 4-0 (Mueller abstain)
D3. Swearing in of new City Councilmember
This item was continued to January 9, 2023.
E. Adjournment
Vice Mayor Taylor adjourned the meeting at 10:14 p.m.
Judi A. Herren, Assistant to the City Manager/ City Clerk These minutes were approved at the City Council meeting of January 24, 2023.
City Council Special Meeting Minutes
December 21, 2022
rorlamation
Honoring Menlo Park City Councilmember
Ray Mueller
WHEREAS, Ray Mueller was first elected at-large to the City Council in 2012 and 2016, and elected to represent District 5 in 2020; and WHEREAS, Ray Mueller was selected as Vice Mayor in 2013 and 2018, and served as Mayor in 2014 and 2019; and WHEREAS, Ray Mueller has championed local causes that benefit members of the community, including: personally recruiting a business group to take over the Guild Theatre, which was renovated into a live entertainment venue, construction of miles of bike lanes and sidewalks on routes to Hillview and La Entrada Middle Schools including on Santa Cruz Avenue and Sharon Road; and· WHEREAS, Ray Mueller initiated the outdoor dining parklet program to the City as Mayor, in 2014, advocated for outdoor dining space during the pandemic, and supported the adoption of an urgency ordinance to help support and reactivate local businesses by temporarily allowing expanded dining and retail options on the sidewalk, in on-street parking spaces, public parking plazas and/or privately-owned shopping areas and parking lots; and
WHEREAS, Ray Mueller, in 2019, created a youth advisory committee to engage youth in local government, has taught leadership classes at the Menlo Park Boys and Girls Club, and hosted numerous school groups at City Hall for civics teaching days; and WHEREAS, Ray Mueller approved transformative transit oriented developments along the El Camino Real corridor finally eliminating the blight from abandoned empty car.lots that plagued the City for over a decade; and · WHEREAS, Ray Mueller is an advocate for affordable housing and served on the board of LifeMoves, one of the largest homeless services provJders in S_ilicon Valley, and worked with Meta _(formally_ Facebook) to add housing units on its proposed campus expansion, to construct a new community center and library while Mayor in 2019, and created the Neighborhood Service Center/ police substation io Belle Haven in 2014; and · ·
WHEREAS, Ray Mueller, in addition to his City Council services, has served as liaison for a variety of boards, including, the County of s·anta Clara Stanford Community Resources Group, where he negotiated contributions to the Menlo Park City School District related· to studentincrease created by Stanford housing development, and the Housing Enaowm.ent and_ Regional Trust (HEART) Board Member Agency Committee (MAC), assisting to engage with cities that are not on the HE.A.RT Board and to provide them with the opportunity to comment on HEART's financial and program activities; and WHEREAS, Ray Mueller adopted the City's first CO2 reduction target in 2013, served on the Peninsula Clean Energy board , and in 2016 voted to enroll all City facilities in ECO 100 (100% renewable electricity) including City buildings, street lights arid electric vehicle charging s~~tions, and in 2020 adopted the City's Climate Action Plan; and WHEREAS, Ray Mueller, as Mayor in 2014, was instrumental in the formation of Menlo Spark, a nonprofit working regionally to promote Climate Action Policy; and
WHEREAS, Ray Mueller approved solar power installations for City Hall, the Arrillaga Family Gymnastic Center.and Gymnasium, Onetta Hifrris Community Center and the Corporation Yard, funded energy retrofits in City facilities, which generated cost savings and benefits· to the environment, and funded the transition to LED streetlights in Menlo Park; and W.HEREAS, Ray Fv1u~ller always brought cre~tive, outside the box solutions, seeking to maximize benefits to all stakeholders and reduce if:lpacts to residents ~nd businesses affected by changes; and . . - .
WHEREAS, Ray Mueller has been a leader in the community demonstrating passionate direction over the past years, exemplifying a commitment to the individual idea as well as the neighborhood concern; protection of privacy rights, and_ p_rq_motion of transparency; and WHEREAS, Ray Mueller is the.first Menlo P~~k City Councilmember and former M~yor elected t~ the ·s~n Mateo Cciunty Board of Supervisors, and the City knows how fortunate the County is to have gained such an engaged, t~oughtful, and passionate _member; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT PROCLAIMED that
the City Council recognizes and ~qnors Ray
Mueller for his dedication and service to the Menlo
Jy.
AGENDA ITEM D-1 City Council Special Meeting Minutes
December 21, 2022
CONSIDER AND INTERVIEW CANDIDATES AND ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPOINTING A MEMBER TO THE OFFICE OF MENLO PARK CITY COUNCIL FORDISTRICT 5 FOR THE UNEXPIRED TERM OF CITY COUNCILMEMBER MUELLER Judi A. Herren, City Clerk D2-PRESENTATION
City Council Special Meeting Minutes December 21, 2022 Page 4 of 10 The City Council consider and interview candidates
Adopt a resolution appointing a member to the District 5 term expiring December 2024
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
2 City Council Special Meeting Minutes December 21, 2022 Page 5 of 10 November 17, 2022 – Received City Councilmember Mueller notice of resignation
November 30, 2022 – City Council directed staff to pursue the appointment process
December 3-20, 2022 – Published and advertised notice of vacancy December 1 – 20, 2022 at 5 p.m.: Accepted applications December 18, 2022 – Published received applications 3 BACKGROUND
City Council Special Meeting Minutes December 21, 2022 Page 6 of 10 Established by Resolution No. 6775
Before beginning the interviews, the city clerk will randomly selected the order of candidates Each candidate is allotted up to five minutes to introduce themselves to the City Council – Time limits shall be strictly enforced
Each City Councilmember will have an opportunity to ask questions of the candidates from the list of questions in the questionnaire and follow-up questions to responses that the candidate provided to the questionnaire Public comment will be taken after the City Council has asked all questions of all the candidates
The City Council will discuss and deliberate the candidates. 4 INTERVIEW PROCESS
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1. The city clerk provide ballots to each City Councilmember
2. Each City Councilmember will circle one candidate they wish to nominate
3. The candidate with the most nominations will be brought up for a motion
A motion to appoint must be supported by a majority of the City Council in order for an appointment to be made
4. If no candidate receives more nominations than any other candidate, any City Councilmember may move to appoint one of the candidates
5. If that motion to appoint fails, return to Step 1.APPOINTMENT PROCESSESTABLISHED BY RESOLUTION NO. 6775 5 City Council Special Meeting Minutes December 21, 2022 Page 8 of 10 OPTION
Defer the appointment of a District 5 City Councilmember – Requires a vote of the City Council, to continue this agenda to a time and date certain.– Potential meeting dates are:
• Thursday, December 22 at 6 p.m. (hybrid)• Friday, December 23 at 6 p.m. (virtual only)• Monday, December 26 at 6 p.m. (virtual only)• Tuesday, December 27 at 6 p.m. (virtual only) 6 City Council Special Meeting Minutes December 21, 2022 Page 9 of 10
THANK YOU
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