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MINUTES OF APRIL 8, 2025
SPECIAL MEETING OF THE SAN GABRIEL CITY COUNCIL
CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Menchaca called the special meeting of the San Gabriel City Council to order at 5:37 P.M. on Tuesday, April 8, 2025, in the Council Chamber at City Hall, 425 South Mission Drive, San Gabriel, California, 91776.
ROLL CALL
Council Members Present:
Council Members Absent:
Staff Members Present:
1. PUBLIC COMMENT- None.
Tony Ding, Jorge Herrera Avila, John Wu, Vice Mayor
Eric Chan, and Mayor Denise Menchaca
None.
Assistant City Attorney Martin Koczanowicz, Acting
Community Development Director Samantha Tewasart,
Assistant City Clerk Marilyn Bonus, and Management
Assistant Adam Yang.
2. INTERVIEWS AND APPOINTMENTS TO THE CIVIL SERVICE, COMMUNITY
SERVICES, DESIGN REVIEW, HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND CULTURAL
RESOURCE, AND PLANNING COMMISSIONS
Assistant City Clerk Bonus announced that due to a resignation, staff recommends that the application period be reopened for the Community Services Commission, with interviews to be rescheduled for May 2025.
Interviews of the following applicants were conducted:
Design Review Commission
Raymond Cheng
Erlinda Romo
Janet Sanchez
Luoya Tu
Historic Preservation and Cultural Resource Commission
Kyle DeVriendt
Eric Urena
Eric Weeks
Planning Commission
Feng Li
Gary Liu
Jerry Schwartz
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RECESS AND RECONVENE
The meeting was recessed at 7:10 P.M. and reconvened at 7:1 S P.M. with all Counci l Members present.
The City Council voted on appointments as follows:
Civil Service Commission - 2 Positions
Doug Richter and Howard Fong were reappointed for two-year terms ending May 31, 2027, by a vote of 5-0 as follows:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
DING, HERRERA AVILA, WU, CHAN, MENCHACA
NONE
NONE
NONE
Design Review Commission - 3 Positions
Order Applicants Ding Herrera Avila Wu Chan
1 Raymond Cheng X X X
2 Erlinda Romo X X X X
3 Janet Sanchez X
4 Luoya Tu X X X X
Menchaca
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Historic Preservation and Cultural Resource Commission - 3 Positions Order Applicants Ding Herrera Avila Wu Chan Menchaca
1 Kyle DeVriendt X X X X X
2 Eric Urena X X X X X
3 Eric Weeks X X X X X
Planning Commission - 2 positions
Order Applicants Ding Herrera Avila Wu Chan Menchaca
1 Feng Li X X X X
2 Gary Liu X
3 Jerry Schwartz X X X X X
I The following were appointed to two-year terms from June 1, 2025 - May 31 , 2027:
Civil Service Commission
Doug Richter
Howard Fong
Design Review Commission
Raymond Cheng
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Erlinda Romo
Luoya Tu
Historic Preservation and Cultural Resource Commission
Kyle DeVriendt
Eric Urena
Eric Weeks
Planning Commission
Feng Li
Jerry Schwartz
3. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 7:53 P.M.
Respectfully submitted:
Approved this 6th day of May, 2025:
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