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SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES
April 23, 2024
6:00 PM
In Person Meeting Location: Teleconference via Zoom:
Millbrae Council Chambers https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81399368182 621 Magnolia Avenue For dial-in comments, call 1-669-444-9171 Millbrae, California Meeting ID: 813 9936 8182
CALL TO ORDER MILLBRAE CITY COUNCIL Video Time: 4:45
Mayor Anders Fung called the meeting to order at 6:02 p.m.
Councilmember Ann Schneider reported that she has the need to participate remotely under AB 2449 "Just Cause" and the Brown Act. Councilmember Schneider responded to the following questions to address the AB 2449 requirements:
1) Please generally describe the circumstances relating to the need to participate remotely.
Response: Flu
• Please confirm that you will have audio and video throughout the meeting.
Response: Yes.
3) Lastly, please disclose if there are any individuals over the age of 18 present in the room and, if so, the general nature of their relationship with you.
Response: None.
ROLL CALL: Mayor Anders Fung, Councilmembers Angelina Cahalan, Gina Papan, and Ann Schneider.
Three members of the City Council are present in the Council Chambers.
Councilmember Schneider participated remotely and has not exceeded the AB 2449 annual limits as of this meeting:
Just Cause no more than two times a year - current count 1 • Remote participation under AB 2449 no more than three months, or 20% of regular meetings a year - current count 1
The City provided two-way audiovisual platform, so the public can remotely hear and visually observe the meeting.
Vice Mayor Goodman joined the meeting at 6:05 p.m.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE U.S. FLAG
LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The Millbrae City Council acknowledges that we occupy the unceded ancestral, traditional, and contemporary homeland of the Ramaytush Ohlone peoples, who are the original inhabitants of the San Francisco Peninsula. We wish to pay our respects to the Ancestors and Relatives of the Ramaytush Community and to affirm their sovereign rights as First Peoples. We recognize that the Ramaytush Ohlone have lived in harmony with nature for millennia, and that to achieve a truly ecologically sustainable future for Millbrae, we must embrace Indigenous traditional ecological knowledge in how we care for the city's lands, waters, and all its people. We will continue to uplift and 418
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foster a meaningful relationship with the Ramaytush Ohlone community, and we encourage all to visit www.ramaytush.orgto learn more about the Ramaytush Ohlone people.
CLOSED SESSION Video Time: 04:40
There was no public comment regarding closed session items; the City Council convened into Closed Session to consider:
Conference with Legal Counsel - Existing Litigation
Closed Session held pursuant to Government Code §54956.9(a) City of Millbrae v. California High Speed Rail Authority, et al., Sacramento Central District Superior Court Case No. 34-2022-80004016
ADJOURN CITY COUNCIL MEETING Video Time: 47:12
Adjourned to the regularly scheduled City Council meeting at 7:00 p.m.
The video recording of the meeting is available on Millbrae Community Television YouTube website. You can click on the link below to view the recording of the entire meeting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrkfRFHpGfl
Minutes were approved on June 11, 2024.
BY: APPROVED:
Elaine Tran
City Clerk