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COUNCIL MEMBERS
Rick Bonilla, Mayor
Diane Papan, Deputy Mayor
Amourence Lee
Joe Goethals
Eric Rodriguez
CITY OF SAN MATEO
Special Meeting Minutes
City Council
City Hall
330 W. 20th Avenue
San Mateo CA 94403
www.cityofsanmateo.org
July 18, 2022
Conference Room C 5:30 PM
Special Meeting
CALL TO ORDER
Roll Call
Present: Mayor Bonilla, Council Members: Lee, Goethals and Rodriguez Deputy Mayor Diane Papan teleconferenced into this meeting from: 1354 North Bundy, Los Angeles CA 90049 STUDY SESSION (Note: Due to technical live streaming issues, item 1 was moved to the Council Chambers and followed item 2)
1. Pedestrian Malls – Draft Design
Kathy Kleinbaum, Assistant City Manager, and Connie Goldade, Community Design + Architecture, presented information on the draft schematic design proposal for short-term improvements to the pedestrian malls on B Street between 1st and 3rd Avenues. Council asked questions of staff.
Public Comment - Raayan Monteshemi encouraged adding bike lockers, suggested repurposing funding to complete a downtown circulation assessment. Kevin Lucido asked questions regarding why modern type style items were chosen instead of the existing architecture style. Max Mautner stated he is grateful that the topic is being discussed and a priority is to make it safer for non-car transit. Jonathan New was happy to see first steps to incorporate design but proposed just paint the crosswalks. Tyson Mao would like to promote extension of the pedestrian mall towards Baldwin Street.
Council asked additional questions of staff and discussion ensued. Consensus was for immediate improvements with furniture, planters, trees and bushes. Regarding the street painting the preference was to focus on the social justice art project that has already been on the Council priority list.
CLOSED SESSION
Following the opportunity for public comment, there were no speakers, the City Council convened into Closed Session at 6:34 p.m. to consider:
2. Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation
(Paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of Government Code Section 54956.9) Name of Case: Danielle M. v. City of San Mateo, San Mateo Superior Court Case No.: 22-CIV-01066
ADJOURNMENT – The meeting adjourned at 6:58 p.m.
APPROVED BY: SUBMITTED BY:
Rick Bonilla, Mayor Patrice Olds, City Clerk DocuSign Envelope ID: F46F9E8B-450F-44E4-BCC7-0BE6A5CBFB04