Elmer Martínez Saballos, Mayor
Kaia Eakin, Vice Mayor
Isabella Chu, Council Member
Jeff Gee, Council Member
Diane Howard, Council Member
Marcella Padilla, 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
Council Member Chu participating
remotely from the following location:
3049 Page Street
Redwood City, CA 94063
Council Member Gee participating
remotely from the following location:
Renaissance Orlando Sea World
6677 Sea Harbor Drive
Orlando, FL 32821
SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA
Monday, June 2, 2025
6:00 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 meeting remotely as provided below.
OBSERVE THE MEETING REMOTELY: City Council meetings are broadcast live to Redwood City residents on Astound Broadband cable Channel 26 and Comcast cable Channel 27, AT&T U-verse Channel 99 and streamed live via the City’s website www.redwoodcity.org. To observe the public portion of this 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 locations, 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 5:00 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.
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1. CALL TO ORDER
2. ROLL CALL
3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE - Led by Council Member Howard
4. PUBLIC COMMENT
5. CLOSED SESSION
5.A. Closed session regarding existing litigation pursuant to California Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1)
SUBJECT: CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION Closed session regarding litigation that has been initiated formally pursuant to California Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1):
Name of Cases: Hannig Environmental Research
Organization (HERO) v. City of
Redwood City, et al., San Mateo
County Superior Court Case No.
23CIV03421
Phil Eliason v. City of Redwood City,
et al., San Mateo County Superior
Court Case No. 21CIV02128
Joseph Echema v. Redwood City Fire
Department, et al., San Mateo County
Superior Court Case No. 21CIV01571
6. ADJOURNMENT - The next City Council meeting is scheduled for June 9, 2025 2 ATTY/DOCS-CLOSSEDSESS/2025 ALL/06-02-25 EXISTING LITIGATION – HANNIG 2, ELIASON, ECHEMA REV: 05-19-25 MI
MEMORANDUM FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY
CONCERNING A CLOSED SESSION BEFORE
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY
TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
FROM: Veronica Ramirez, City Attorney
SUBJECT: CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION
Closed session regarding litigation that has been initiated formally pursuant to California Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1):
Name of Cases: Hannig Environmental Research Organization (HERO) v.
City of Redwood City, et al., San Mateo County Superior Court Case No. 23CIV03421
Phil Eliason v. City of Redwood City, et al., San Mateo County Superior Court Case No. 21CIV02128
Joseph Echema v. Redwood City Fire Department, et al. , San Mateo County Superior Court Case No. 21CIV01571
A closed session will be held on June 2, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter as the matter may be called, for the purpose of conferring with and/or receiving advice from your legal counsel.
Dated: June 2, 2025
_____________________________
Veronica Ramirez
City Attorney
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