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San Carlos City Council/Successor Agency to the
Redevelopment Agency/Housing Authority Special Meeting
Conducted Remotely in Accordance with Assembly Bill 361 January 05, 2023 4:00 PM
MINUTES
ROLL CALL
City Council Present: Adam Rak, Mayor
Ronald Collins, Vice Mayor
Sara McDowell, Councilmember
Pranita Venkatesh, Councilmember
City Council Absent:
John Dugan, Councilmember
Staff Present:
Jeff Maltbie, City Manager
Crystal Mui, City Clerk
Gregory Rubens, City Attorney
1. CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Rak called the meeting to order at 4:01 PM.
2. PUBLIC COMMENT
Debbie Baldocchi, resident, thanked the City for their proactive work on repairing storm drains, which likely mitigated floods from the current storm.
Elizabeth Rossi, resident, expressed appreciation to City staff for being resilient in addressing the effects of the storms.
3. NEW BUSINESS
a. Consideration of Adopting a Resolution Ratifying and Extending the Proclamation of the Existence of a Local Emergency Caused by the Existing and Continuing Threat of Atmospheric River Storms.
MOTION : Adopt Resolution 2023 -001 Ratifying and Extending the Proclamation of the Existence of a Local Emergency Caused by the Existing and Continuing Threat of Atmospheric River Storms.
MOVER: Ronald Collins
SECONDER: Sara McDowell
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AYES: McDowell, Venkatesh, Collins, Rak
NAYS:
ABSENT:
RESULT:
None
Dugan
Motion Passed 4 – 0 – 1
City A ttorney Greg Ruben provided background on the recent at mospheric river storms and spoke on the importance of extending a declaration of emergency.
Public Comment
Caller with a phone number ending in 333 commented that she missed the presentation of the item due to technical difficulties in joining the meeting and questioned where to obtain information on financial assistance for business es affected by the storms.
City Manager Jeff Maltbie provided a summary of the pre sentation and noted that should financial information be available for businesses, staff will publish the information on the City website.
Mayor Rak reques ted that the information be posted on social media as well.
Council thanked staff for their work o
n addressing the storm and proactively
communicating with the public.
4. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjourned at 4:46 PM.
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Crystal Mui,
City Clerk