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MILLBRAE CITY COUNCIL
SPECIAL AND CONTINUED MEETING MINUTES
August 6, 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: 04:52
Mayor Anders Fung called the special and continued meetings to order at 6:02 p.m.
ROLL CALL: Mayor Anders Fung, Vice Mayor Maurice Goodman, Councilmembers Gina Papan, and Ann Schneider. Councilmember Angelina Cahalan is excused.
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 foster a meaningful relationship with the Ramaytush Ohlone community, and we encourage all to visit www.ramaytush.org to learn more about the Ramaytush Ohlone people.
CONTINUED item from July 23, 2024 Regular City Council meeting:
Video Time: 05:49
19. Discuss and Consider Ordering the Submission of a Measure on Article 34 of the California Constitution for the November 5, 2024 General Municipal Election and Setting Priorities for Filings - ACTION
City Manager Tom Williams introduced David Lim from Richard Watson Gershon (RWG) as the City's new City Attorney.
City Attorney David Lim thanked the City Council for the opportunity and introduced himself.
City Manager Williams presented the report and read the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors August 7, 2024 agenda title into the record: "Item No. 1 - Receive a report from County staff about the work and consultation that the Board of Supervisors directed regarding the proposal to place on the ballot at the November 5, 2024 General Presidential Election an Article 34 ballot measure and provide direction regarding any future steps."
The Council asked questions and provided comments.
The following members of the public spoke regarding this item:
Patricia Lam
• Karen Lobo
Motion by Fung/Schneider to continue the item to August 7, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. Continued City Council meeting. Motion carried 4-0 by roll call vote.
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There is Council consensus to cancel the August 7, 2024 Continued City Council meeting if the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors takes no action on pursuing the Article 34 ballot measure.
PUBLIC COMMUNICATION Video Time: 21:58
• Donald Davey
• Joe Teresi
• Alice Kuang
CONSENT CALENDAR Video Time: 30:37
Adopt Resolution No. 24-69 Authorizing an Increase in the Project Budget for the Nearshore Outfall Restoration Project in the Amount of $20,000 for a Total Project Budget of $1,005,057, and Authorizing the City Manager or Designee to Execute Contract Changer Orders with Disney Construction, Inc. up to the Total Project Budget - ACTION Adopt Resolution No. 24-70 Authorizing the City Manager or designee to execute a professional services agreement with GHD Incorporated for the SFO Pump Station Rehabilitation Design Project, and authorizing the City Manager to execute all change orders up to the design project contingency of $24,002 for a total design project amount not to exceed $184,017 - ACTION Approve, by motion, a request from the Millbrae Chamber of Commerce for parking lot and street closures and fee waivers for the Art and Wine Festival on August 31-September 1, 2024 - ACTION (Removed for a separate consideration)
Approve, by motion, a request from the Millbrae Chamber of Commerce for street closure and fee waivers for the Holiday Tree Lighting on December 7, 2024 - ACTION There was no public comment on the Consent Calendar.
Motion by Papan/Schneider to approve the Consent Calendar except Item #3. Motion carried 4-0 by roll call vote.
3. Approve, by motion, a request from the Millbrae Chamber of Commerce for parking lot and street closures and fee waivers for the Art and Wine Festival on August 31-September 1, 2024 - ACTION Video Time: 30:37
The Council asked questions and provided comments.
Councilmember Schneider stated that she has been a paid Chamber member since 2014 and was not allowed to attend the Chamber meeting.
City Manager Williams stated for the record that, as elected officials, they must abide by the Brown Act. If three Councilmembers had been in attendance, it could violate the Brown Act. Councilmember Papan is the Council-designated liaison to the Chamber of Commerce, and Mayor Fung attended as the City is also a member of the Chamber.
There was no public comment regarding this item.
Motion by Papan/Goodman to Approve, by motion, a request from the Millbrae Chamber of Commerce for parking lot and street closures and fee waivers for the Art and Wine Festival on August 31-September 1, 2024. Motion carried 4-0 by roll call vote.
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NEW BUSINESS Video Time: 42:32
Discussion and Direction on the City's position on the Article 34 of the California Constitution Measure Proposed by the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors for the November 5, 2024 General Election - ACTION
City Manager Tom Williams presented the report.
The Council asked questions and provided comments.
The following members of the public spoke regarding this item:
• Stephen Rainaldi
• Ken Smith
Stella Lau
• Karen Lobo
Alice Kuang
• Dan Stegink
Motion by Papan/Schneider to adopt Resolution No. 24-71 Opposing the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors Article 34 Measure Proposed by the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors for the November 5, 2024 General Election. Motion carried 3-0-1 by roll call vote with Vice Mayor Goodman abstaining.
COUNCIL COMMENTS Video Time: 57:25
Councilmembers reported on their respective appointed committees, boards, and subcommittees. View the meeting recording for reporting.
ADJOURN CITY COUNCIL
With no further business to discuss, the City Council Special Meeting adjourned at 6:57 p.m. and continued the July 23, 2024 Regular meeting to August 7, 2024, at 6:00 pm.
The video recording of the meeting is available on Millbrae Community Television YouTube channel. You can click on the link below to view the recording of the entire meeting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEvWIIOwg8A
Minutes were approved on October 22, 2024.
BY: _ APPROVED:
Elaine Tran, CMC
City Clerk Mayor