Minutes — Redwood City City Council, December 16, 2024

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MINUTE BOOK NO. 69

MAYOR ELMER MARTÍNEZ SABALLOS APPROVED MINUTES

VICE MAYOR KAIA EAKIN
COUNCIL MEMBER ISABELLA CHU 1017 MIDDLEFIELD ROAD

COUNCIL MEMBER JEFF GEE REDWOOD CITY, CA

COUNCIL MEMBER DIANE HOWARD

COUNCIL MEMBER MARCELLA PADILLA

COUNCIL MEMBER CHRIS STURKEN

CITY COUNCIL

SPECIAL MEETING
Monday, December 16, 2024 6:00 PM

1. CALL TO ORDER - Mayor Martínez Saballos called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m.

2. ROLL CALL - Council Members Chu, Gee, Howard, Padilla, Sturken, Vice Mayor Eakin and Mayor Martínez Saballos.

Staff present: City Manager Melissa Stevenson Diaz, City Attorney Veronica Ramirez and City Clerk Yessika Castro.

3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE - Council Member Sturken led the Pledge of Allegiance.

4. PRESENTATIONS/ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

4.A. Recognition of the Winners of the RethinkWaste Poster Contest Meghan Pletsch from RethinkWaste gave an overview and introduced contest winners Catherine Xue from Sandpiper School, Luna Cardenas from Kennedy Middle School, and Tobias Dark from Kennedy Middle School.

5. PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR, MATTERS OF COUNCIL INTEREST AND ITEMS

NOT ON THE AGENDA

The following members of the public provided comments:
• Mike Flynn
• Amador Garcia
• Jose Farias
• Pam Evans
• Nick Nickle
• Edward Stancil

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6. CONSENT CALENDAR

Motion and second, Howard and Gee, to approve all items on the Consent Calendar, passed unanimously by electronic vote.

6.A. Adopt a resolution amending the City of Redwood City's Classification and Salary and Wage Plan and amending the full -time equivalent employee tables in the adopted Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Budget (905) Reso 16268

Recommendation:

Adopt a resolution:

1. Amending the City of Redwood City's Classification and Salary and Wage Plan to establish a new classification of Housing Management Analyst I/II and amending the salary ranges for the confidential employee group and X151 Office Clerical Level II classifications; and

2. Amending the adopted Fiscal Year 2024 -2025 Budget to update the full -time equivalent employee tables for the City Manager’s Office.

CEQA:

This is not a project under California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)

6.B. Resolution approving and authorizing submission of the State of California Governor's Office of Emergency Services Form 130 designating personnel to act as the agents for the City of Redwood City when seeking financial assistance after a disaster (704)

Recommendation:

Adopt a resolution designating the City Manager, Assistant City Manager, and Finance Director as agents authorized to execute and file the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services’ Form 130 on behalf of the City of Redwood City for the purpose of obtaining financial assistance related to any existing or future grant program.

CEQA:

This is not a project under California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)

6.C. Approve December 9, 2024 City Council Minutes (301)

6.D. Approve claims and checks from December 16, 2024 to January 13, 2025 and the usual and necessary payments through January 13, 2025 (303)

7. PUBLIC HEARINGS

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7.A. Updated Parks Impact Fee and Transportation Impact Fee Project Lists for FY 2024 -25 in compliance with Government Code Sections 66016.5 and 66002 (501) Reso 16269 Reso 16270

Community Development Director Jeff Schwob gave a presentation.

There was no public comment.

Recommendation:

1. Adopt a resolution adopting an updated Parks Impact Fee Project List as the Capital Improvement Plan for the Parks Impact Fee Program in compliance with Government Code Sections 66016.5 and 66002; and

2. Adopt a resolution adopting an updated Transportation Impact Fee List as the Capital Improvement Plan for the Transportation Impact Fee Program in compliance with Government Code Sections 66016.5 and 66002.

CEQA:

The AB 602 requirement for a Public Hearing to adopt the Annual Parks and Transportation Impact Fee Project Lists by proposed resolution is not considered a project under Public Resources Code Section 21605 and CEQA Guidelines Section 15378 as the amendments will not result in a direct physical change in the environment or a reasonably foreseeable indirect change on the environment. In addition, the proposed resolutions are exempt under CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b) (3) as it can be seen with cert
ainty that there is no possibility of causing a significant effect on the environment. When and if specific park and transportation projects are developed and proposed for implementation, the environmental impacts of such projects will be evaluated in accordance with CEQA and City practice.

Motion and second, Howard and Gee to:

The motion passed unanimously by electronic vote.

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8. STAFF REPORTS

8.A. Downtown & Central Redwood City Plan Community Engagement Strategy (600) Community Development Director Jeff Schwob introduced the item, and Principal Planner John Francis and consultant Poonam Narkar from WRT gave a presentation.

The following members of the public provided comments:
• Shishir Bhat
• Katie Causey

Recommendation:

By motion, approve Community Engagement Strategy prepared by staff and consultants for the Downtown & Central Redwood City Plan effort.

CEQA:

This is not a project under California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)

Motion and second, Howard and Sturken to approve Community Engagement Strategy prepared by staff and consultants for the Downtown & Central Redwood City Plan effort, passed unanimously by electronic vote.

9. STUDY SESSIONS

9.A. Study Session on State Route 84 (Woodside Rd.)/U.S. 101 Interchange Reimagined Project (702)

City Manager Melissa Stevenson Diaz introduced the item, and consultant Leo Scott from Gray Bowen Scott gave a presentation.

There was no public comment.

Recommendation:

Receive an update on the State Route 84 (Woodside Rd.)/U.S. 101 Interchange Reimagined Project. This is a Study Session, and no action will be taken at this meeting.

CEQA:

Negative Declaration

A Study Session was held. No action was taken by the Council.

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10. MATTERS OF COUNCIL INTEREST

10.A. City Council Member Report of Meetings and Conferences Attended

A. City Council Report of Meetings/Conferences Attendance Council Member Howard reported on December 12 the C/CAG Board meeting, where Vice Mayor Eakin was appointed to the OneShoreline Board, and the December 13 and 16 Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) meetings.

10.B. City Council Committee Reports - None

10.C. City Manager (Oral) Update
City Manager Melissa Stevenson Diaz reported on the following:
• Recent storm event response
• Holiday closure of City administrative offices from December 24 – January 1, and extended business hours at City Hall beginning January 2, 2025 • Quality of life issues at Sequoia Station, and response efforts by City and Caltrain

11. ADJOURNMENT - Mayor Martínez Saballos adjourned the meeting at 9:17 p.m.

Respectfully submitted.

Yessika Castro, CMC, CPMC, City Clerk

Approved at the City Council meeting on January 13, 2025.

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