Redwood City City Council
May 14, 2024

Jeff Gee, Mayor
Lissette Espinoza-Garnica, Vice
Mayor
Alicia C. Aguirre, Council Member
Kaia Eakin, Council Member
Diane Howard, Council Member
Elmer Martinez Saballos, Council
Member
Chris Sturken, Council Member

MEETING LOCATION

CITY OF REDWOOD CITY

COUNCIL CHAMBERS
1017 Middlefield Road
Redwood City, CA 94063
www.redwoodcity.org
Virtual via Zoom:
redwoodcity.zoom.us
Meeting ID: 994 8182 5639

CITY COUNCIL

SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA
Tuesday, May 14, 2024
5:30 PM
Please turn off all electronic devices before the start of the meeting to prevent disruptions PURSUANT TO THE RALPH M. BROWN ACT, THIS MEETING WILL BE HELD IN PERSON. To maximize transparency and public access, while the primary meeting takes place at the Redwood City meeting location, members of the public may attend in person at the Redwood City meeting location, or observe the remotely as provided below.

OBSERVE THE MEETING REMOTELY: To observe the meeting via Zoom, visit redwoodcity.zoom.us, select “Join” and enter Meeting ID 994 8182 5639.

PUBLIC COMMENT: All public comments are subject to a 2-minute time limit unless otherwise determined by the Mayor, in accordance with the City Council's Guide to Communications & Business, available here.

Public comment is accepted in person at the physical meeting location, or via email to [email protected]. If submitting comments by email, please indicate the corresponding agenda item number in the subject line. Emailed comments within the City’s subject matter jurisdiction received by 4:30 p.m. on the meeting date may be read into the record during the meeting at the Mayor’s discretion and in any event will be made part of the final meeting record.

AGENDA MATERIALS:

City Council agenda materials, released less than 72 hours prior to the meeting, are available to the public at the City Clerk’s Office, 1017 Middlefield Road and Redwood City Library, 1044 Middlefield Road, Redwood City, CA 94063, in a public binder at each City Council meeting, and on the City’s website at www.redwoodcity.org.

AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT:

The City Council will provide materials in appropriate alternative formats to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Please send a written request to Yessika Castro, City Clerk, at 1017 Middlefield Road, Redwood City, CA 94063 or e-mail address [email protected] including your name, address, phone number and brief description of the requested materials and preferred alternative format or auxiliary aid or service at least 24 hours before the meeting.

1. CALL TO ORDER

2. ROLL CALL

3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE - Led by Council Member Sturken

4. PUBLIC COMMENT

5. BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES INTERVIEWS
City Council will interview Arts Commission applicants for appointment to four full-term seats expiring May 31, 2028, and one partial term seat expiring May 31, 2026
o9 applicants:
Samie Goodman – D6
Paul Naas – D2
Stephanie Noon – D6
Taylor Pope – D7
Ashley Quintana– D2
Sweekriti Ratnam – D1
Neha Sharma – D7
Pamela Swint – D5
Anna Westendorf – D2
City Council will interview Board of Building Review applicants for appointment to three full-term seats expiring May 31, 2028
o3 applicants:
Daniel Mauldin – D7
John Philpott – D6
Wayne Wiebe– D7
City Council will interview Board of Port Commissioners applicants for appointment to three full-term seats expiring July 31, 2028 o6 applicants:
Chu Chang – D1
Michael Claire – D2
Daniela Gasparini – D7
Andrew Johnson – D4
Hugh Loveless – D6
Michael Verdone – D7

City Council will interview Housing and Human Concerns Committee applicants for appointment to three full-term seats expiring May 31, 2028 o14 applicants:
Jesus Andres – D3
Clinton Cheng – D6
Max Discher – D3
Victor Farias – Unincorporated
Priscilla Freeman – D2
Anestasia Grandy – D1
Albert Lowe – D5
Marlen Medine – Unincorporated
Caden Morey – D7
Alexa Munguia – D3
Kimberly Ochoa – D4
Cedric Sanders – D2
Elan Scheinman– D7
Ange Vail – D3
City Council will interview Library Board applicants for appointment to two full- term seats expiring June 30, 2028
o9 applicants:
Sait Furkan Teke – D2
Anne Callery – D7
Jesse Davie-Kessler – D4
Meighan Friedsam – D6
Rob Leadbeater – D5
Mairyn Rees – D2
Adam Riley – D4
Aravind Somanchi – D5
Vera Warrick – D7
City Council will interview Parks, Recreation and Community Services Commission applicants for appointment to three full-term seats expiring May 31, 2028 o14 applicants:
Yoshabelle Blanco – D4
Wendy Calvert – D7
Hinda Chalew – D6
Jared Flatow – Unincorporated
Bao Lam – D7
Isabelle Ling – D1
Natasha Nummedal – D2
Marcella Padilla Ng– D7
Courtney Rogerson – D6
Ellie Rottinghuis – D1
Mary Scavarda – Unincorporated

Guillermo Surraco – Unincorporated
Darryl Vince Valencia – Unincorporated
Erica Zabala – Unincorporated
City Council will interview Planning Commission applicants for appointment to two full-term seats expiring June 30, 2028, and one partial term expiring June 30, 2026
o13 applicants:
Nathan Creswell – D7
Maggie Cornejo – D2
Sarahi Espinoza Salamanca – D5
Dylan Finch – D2
Kimberly Koch– D2
Anthony Lazarus– D7
Jason Lee – D4
Ronald Pagni – D4
Ramona Raybin – D1
Paul Sanfilipo – D7
George Saman – D4
Ceaundra Thomas – D1
Nathaniel Warriner – D2
City Council will interview Senior Affairs Commission applicants for appointment to four full-term seats expiring May 31, 2028
o8 applicants:
Stephen Arum – D5
Alfredo Chorro – D6
Mary Francis – D7
Yaja Gonzalez – D5
Stacy Harris – D7
Jacqueline Hartman – D7
Bill Newell – D4
Mercedes Roses – Unincorporated

6. ADJOURNMENT - The next City Council meeting is scheduled for May 20, 2024