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MILLBRAE CITY COUNCIL
SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES
OCTOBER 7, 2024
6:00 PM
LIFORN
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: 02:55
Mayor Anders Fung called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m.
ROLL CALL: Mayor Anders Fung, Vice Mayor Gina Papan, and Councilmember Ann Schneider.
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, www.ramaytush.org to learn more about the Ramaytush Ohlone people.
CITY COUNCIL INTERVIEWS Video Time: 03:38
Following the certification of the July 23, 2024, Special Election results, the Millbrae City Council directed staff to start accepting applications to fill the District 2 and District 4 vacancies while keeping the option of calling a special election open. Both seats are for a partial term ending December 8, 2026.
The application deadline was October 1, 2024 at 5 p.m. Six applicants applied and are scheduled to be interviewed The applications are listed below in the order they were received by Districts:
District 2 Applicants District 4 Applicants
• Sissy Yan Riley • Chris Hackley
• John F. Mufarreh • Dzuong (Bob) Nguyen
• Donald Kung • Paul Seto
Mayor Fung outlined the process of the City Council Interview. Each candidate will have 18 minutes to answer the same two questions posed by each Councilmember, a 2-minute opening statement, and a one-minute closing statement. To ensure fairness, candidates are asked to turn off their phones and are not permitted to watch or listen to the proceedings while in the waiting room. Once interviewed, candidates may remain in the Council Chamber.
The order in which candidates will be interviewed by the district was completed by an online randomizer:
District 2 District 4
Sissy Yan Riley • Paul Seto
• John F. Mufarreh • Chris Hackley
• Donald Kung • Dzuong (Bob) Nguyen
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The following members of the public spoke regarding this item:
Tom Brocher • Nathan Chan
• Jean Wong Albert Yam
: Dan stegnik
John Macalik
• Gina Miranda
The City Council will discuss filling the Council vacancies at the regular October 8, 2024 City Council meeting.
ADJOURN CITY COUNCIL Video Time: 2:04:20
There being no further business to discuss, the City Council adjourned at 8:01 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=7fuwnZLOs4w
Minutes approved on January 14, 2025.
BY:
Elaine Tran, CMC
City Clerk