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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
JOINT CITY COUNCIL/
PLANNING COMMISSION STUDY
SESSION SPECIAL MEETING
Tuesday, March 4, 2025 7:00 PM
1. CALL TO ORDER - Mayor Martínez Saballos called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.
2. ROLL CALL - Council Members Chu, Gee, Howard, Padilla, Sturken, Vice Mayor Eakin and Mayor Martínez Saballos. Council Member Howard participated remotely from 907 Katherine Avenue, Redwood City.
Planning Commissioners Cornejo, Finch, Hunter, Vice Chair Koch and Chair Crnogorac.
Staff present: City Manager Melissa Stevenson Diaz, City Attorney Veronica Ramirez and City Clerk Yessika Castro.
3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE - Council Member Chu led the Pledge of Allegiance.
4. PUBLIC COMMENT
There was no public comment.
5. STUDY SESSION
5.A. Joint Study Session on the Life Sciences Office and Laboratory proposal known as Redwood Life located at 800 – 3400 Bridge Parkway
Community Development Director Jeff Schwob and consultant Eric Yurkovich from Raimi & Associates gave the staff presentation.
Project applicant Peter Fritz from Longfellow gave a presentation.
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The following members of the public provided comments:
• Adelaide Nye
• Mary Morrissey Parden
• Ken Chan
• Henry Yu on behalf of Louis Kuang
• Sarah Maugin
• Johnny Darosa
• Chuck Scholtz
• Rona Gundrum
• Amy Buckmaster
• Felicia Basques
• Anthony Urbina
• Nels Delander
• Steven Goodale
• Nina Goodale
• Anthony Nuanes
• Scott Beale
• Sue Nix
• Sigal Eylon
• Marc Nix
• Thomas Gomez
• Carol Ford
• Richard Hedges
• Roger Haeussler
• Vidyut Lingamneni
• Brigitte and Earl Aiken
• Jeff Scheibels
• Corey Smith
• Kristin Mercer
• Christine Padilla
• Alejandro Santillan
• Jenny Li
At 8:38 p.m., the City Council and Planning Commission took a brief recess.
At 8:55 p.m., the City Council and Planning Commission resumed the meeting.
Recommendation:
Hold a Study Session to receive:
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MINUTE BOOK NO. 69
1. An update on the City-led community outreach efforts;
2. An overview of the sensitivity analyses and other studies done to evaluate the original project proposal;
3. An overview of public comment received;
4. An estimated timeline for project consideration; and
5. Feedback from individual members of the Planning Commission and City Council regarding a development project alternative to be evaluated along with the original project proposal during the environmental review process.
CEQA:
This study session is not a project under CEQA as defined in CEQA Guidelines, section 15378, because it has no potential for resulting in either a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment. However, once the refined “Project Alternative” is defined/refined, the “Project”, the “No Project” and the “Project Alternative” would be subject to environmental review under CEQA.
The City Council and Planning Commission provided feedback on project alternatives to be evaluated along with the original project proposal during the environmental review process. No formal action was taken.
11. ADJOURNMENT - Mayor Martínez Saballos adjourned the Study Session at 10:49 p.m.
Respectfully submitted.
Yessika Castro, City Clerk, CMC, CPMC
Approved at the City Council meeting on March 10, 2025.