City Council Special Meeting Minutes – 11/07/2022 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
November 7, 2022
Council Chambers 5:30 PM
Special Meeting
CALL TO ORDER -
Roll Call
Present: Mayor Bonilla, Council Members: Lee, Goethals and Rodriguez
Deputy Mayor Papan arrived at 5:35 p.m.
CLOSED SESSION
Following the opportunity for public comment, there were no speakers, the City Council convened into Closed Session at 5:32 p.m. to consider:
1. Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation, Workers' Compensation (Paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of Government Code Section 54956.9 Name of claimant: William Davenport
The City Council reconvened at 5:43 p.m.
STUDY SESSION
Following the opportunity for public comment, there were no speakers, the City Council convened into Closed Session to consider:
2. Draft 2023-2031 Housing Element Study Session
Eloiza Murillo-Garcia, Housing Manager, provided a presentation on the history of the Housing Element effort.
Zachary Dahl, Deputy Director of Community Development, provided an overview of the 91 comments received, outlined the activity that needs to take place for the eight-year housing element cycle, and explained the next steps in the process. He requested direction on 13 comments called out regarding responses to the California Department of Housing and Community Development’s comment letter on the City’s Draft Housing Element.
Council asked questions of staff. Staff and Consultant Diana Elrod responded to questions. Prasanna Rasiah, City Attorney, responded to question regarding exposure to lawsuit.
Public Comment – Ken Abreu expressed the need to deal with the housing crisis on a regional basis. Jeremy Levine stated this Council is not moving in a direction to make substantial changes. Karyl Eldridge, One San Mateo, commented on impact of non-dense housing on affordability. Mitch Speigle spoke of implementation issues. Jordan Grimes stated there are a myriad of issues with the staff report.
Council asked additional questions of staff.
The City Council convened to the Regular Meeting at 7:05 p.m. and reconvened to the Study Session at 10:41 p.m.
Further discussion ensued and staff felt confident in moving forward with Council recommendations.
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ADJOURNMENT – After a moment of silence, the meeting adjourned in honor of Lory Lorimar Lawson, Margaret Donnellan, and Linda McCoy at 11:34 p.m.
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