City Council Special Meeting Minutes – 10/03/2022 Page 1
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
October 3, 2022
City Hall Council Chambers 5:30 PM
Special Meeting
CALL TO ORDER -
Roll Call
Present: Mayor Bonilla, Deputy Mayor Papan, Council Members: Lee, Goethals, and Rodriguez Remote: Council Member Lee from 59617 Keiki, Haleiwa HI 96712
STUDY SESSION
1. City Council Strategic Plan – Mid-Cycle Updates
Denise Garcia, Management Analyst, provided a presentation on the Fiscal Year 2022-23 Strategic Plan Timeline Mid-Cycle review. Council had no questions of staff.
Public Comment – Commenting with disappointment that Council did not adopt full reach codes: Robert Whitehair, Michelle Hudson, Anjuli Mishra and Alex Wagonfeld. Raayan Montashemi encouraged funding and approving of active transportation improvements. Council asked questions of staff.
Council provided comments on clarifying their direction on item #27 in the strategic directions with regard to reach codes and City Manager Corbett indicated staff will update the Strategic Plan to better articulate Council’s direction from the last meeting in the January update to make the item clearer.
2. Boards and Commissions Policy Considerations and Campaign Finance Dashboard Review Martin McTaggart, Deputy City Clerk, provided a presentation on Council policy direction for boards and commission appointment criteria, compensation, ex-officio youth seats and youth engagement, amended language with regard to the mayor rotation in the Council Guidelines and presentation of the newly launched Campaign Dashboard. Council asked questions of staff.
Public Comment – Lisa Diaz Nash recommended that all commissions receive contribution and stated her support of amending citizenship requirements for commissioners.
Council directed staff bring back for further study or action compensation for board members and commissioners and a process to change the qualification to be an elector of the City for service on boards and commissions. Council expressed full support for the Park and Recreation ex officio youth member and unanimous agreement on the proposed Guidelines change on selection of mayor. Council commended the great work on the Campaign Dashboard.
ADJOURNMENT – The meeting adjourned at 6:56 p.m.
APPROVED BY: SUBMITTED BY:
Rick Bonilla, Mayor Patrice Olds, City Clerk DocuSign Envelope ID: DC14AF93-FFCB-4EC9-8B45-E656F7E133CC