From: Rick Ballard
To: City Council (San Mateo)
Cc: Clerk
Subject: Public comment, council meeting item 16, City Council Priority List Date: Monday, March 18, 2024 2:51:31 PM
Dear City Council,
Regarding the City Council priority list to be reviewed this evening, I am writing to urge you to support priorities which help us achieve our climate goals and our development into a more livable city, with emphasis on cycling, pedestrianization, and public transit.
Our decarbonization objectives are critical to meeting our climate responsibilities as a first-world community.
Climate change is an existential risk; doing our part to mitigate it is our fundamental human responsibility, and must not be deferred.
A thriving mixed-use downtown is a key part to a livable city. Please preserve the priority to complete the pedestrianization of B st (both blocks). Please support other priorities which make downtown more bike- and pedestrian-friendly, support small businesses, and support housing density near transit and small business.
Increasing the use of biking, walking, and public transit are necessary for our climate goals, and are a requirement to support a livable city, benefiting resident health, small business, neighborhood cohesion, child-friend urban design, and resident happiness. Please support priorities which make this possible, including quick-build bicycle/pedestrian projects, the annual transportation review, and the bicycle and pedestrian master plans.
Thank you,
- Richard Ballard
San Mateo Resident
From: Gary Trott 2
To: Clerk
Cc: "Gary Trott"
Subject: 2024-25 Objectives City Council mtg 3/18/24
Date: Friday, March 15, 2024 9:37:29 AM
Dear Mayor Diaz Nash, Deputy Mayor Newsom, and City Council members Loraine, Hedges and Lee:
I am writing to you regarding the City Council meeting on March 18, old business agenda topic. I urge you to formally adopt and support the following three areas of the Objectives:
1. Socially Responsible Investing Strategy
Please adopt elements of the San Mateo County, Socially responsible investment strategy, from 17-Jan-2023 page 3. Specifically, divest and no have to future investments in fossil fuels, tobacco, and guns.
2. Transportation
Encourage San Mateo residents to get out of their cars by completing the 2020 Bicycle Master Plan and the Pedestrian Master Plan by funding the high and medium priority projects.
3. Decarbonization of all Buildings
Continue to support the City Council Objective:
Establish policies to decarbonize existing buildings and infrastructure and eliminate methane gas use by 2030. See the nine points presented to the city council at the study session of 16- Jan-2024
Thank you for your hard work
Regards
Dr. Gary Trott
San Mateo Resident
From: L. Eberhart
To: Clerk
Subject: 2024-25 Objectives, City Council Meeting 3/18/24 Date: Saturday, March 16, 2024 9:05:42 AM
Dear Mayor Diaz Nash, Deputy Mayor Newsom, and City Council members Loraine, Hedges and Lee:
I am writing to you regarding your City Council meeting on March 18. I urge you to formally adopt the following three areas of the Objectives:
1) Adopt the County of San Mateo investment strategy, dated January 17, 2023, specifically the Socially Responsible Investment Strategies, found on page 3 of that document.
2)
Continue to support the City Council Objective: Establish policies to decarbonize existing buildings and infrastructure and eliminate methane gas use by 2030. 3) Address the nine points presented to the City Council at its study session of January 16, 2024.
To assure the success of the above objectives, we support these specific Council Priorities from its "blue sky" session on February 3:
a) Objectives 3 and 32, proposed as "Items Staff Request Retaining" . b) Priority 1 proposed by Mayor Diaz Nash.
We thank you for your hard work on the City Council Objectives for FY 2024-25 Leane Eberhart
From: Megan Mei Zhu
To: Clerk
Subject: 2024-25 Objectives, City Council Meeting 3/18/24 Date: Friday, March 15, 2024 10:41:57 PM
Dear Mayor Diaz Nash, Deputy Mayor Newsom, and City Council members Loraine, Hedges and Lee:
I am writing to you regarding your City Council meeting on March 18. I'm a constituent of San Mateo County and work in San Mateo. I urge you to formally adopt the following three areas of the Objectives:
Socially Responsible Investing Strategy
1) Adopt the County of San Mateo investment strategy, dated January 17, 2023, specifically the Socially Responsible Investment Strategies, found on page 3 of that document. 2) Continue the City's commitment to having no investments in fossil fuels, tobacco, and guns. 3) Acknowledge that the largest banks in the United States are heavily invested in fossil fuels, and this needs to stop.
4) Acknowledge that fossil fuel investments underperform the market, are risky, and are speculative.
Transportation Improvements
In order to improve safety and encourage San Mateo residents to get out of their cars, do the following:
1) Complete the 2020 Bicycle Master Plan and the Pedestrian Master Plan including full funding of all high and medium-high priority projects.
2) Support and fully fund the Complete Streets Program. 3) Support and fully fund the Local Roadway Safety Plan presented to the Sustainability and Infrastructure Commission on March 13, 2024.
4) Support and fully fund the improvements in the General Plan Circulation and Land Use element, to be considered by the City Council on March 18.
Decarbonization of all buildings
1) Continue to support the City Council Objective: Establish policies to decarbonize existing buildings and infrastructure and eliminate methane gas use by 2030. 2) Address the nine points presented to the City Council at its study session of January 16, 2024.
Support for City Council Objectives
To assure the success of the above objectives, we support these specific Council Priorities from its "blue sky" session on February 3:
a) Objectives 3 and 32, proposed as "Items Staff Request Retaining" . b) Priority 1 proposed by Mayor Diaz Nash.
c) Priority 1 proposed by Deputy Mayor Newsom.
d) Priorities 1 and 2 proposed by Council Member Loraine. e) Priority 1
proposed by Council Member Hedges.
f) Priority 1 proposed by Council Member Lee.
Thank you for your hard work on the City Council Objectives for FY 2024-25 Megan Zhu
From: Jayden Wan
To: Clerk
Subject: 2024-25 Objectives, City Council Meeting 3/18/24 Date: Monday, March 18, 2024 6:35:18 AM
Dear Mayor Diaz Nash, Deputy Mayor Newsom, and City Council members Loraine, Hedges and Lee:
I am writing to you regarding your City Council meeting on March 18. I urge you to formally adopt the following three areas of the Objectives:
Socially Responsible Investing Strategy
1) Adopt the County of San Mateo investment strategy, dated January 17, 2023, specifically the Socially Responsible Investment Strategies, found on page 3 of that document.
2) Continue the City's commitment to having no investments in fossil fuels, tobacco, and guns.
3) Acknowledge that the largest banks in the United States are heavily invested in fossil fuels, and this needs to stop.
4) Acknowledge that fossil fuel investments underperform the market, are risky, and are speculative.
Transportation Improvements
In order to improve safety and encourage San Mateo residents to get out of their cars, do the following:
1) Complete the 2020 Bicycle Master Plan and the Pedestrian Master Plan including full funding of all high and medium-high priority projects. 2) Support and fully fund the Complete Streets Program. 3) Support and fully fund the Local Roadway Safety Plan presented to the Sustainability and Infrastructure Commission on March 13, 2024. 4) Support and fully fund the improvements in the General Plan Circulation and Land Use element, to be considered by the City Council on March 18.
Decarbonization of all buildings
1) Continue to support the City Council Objective: Establish policies to decarbonize existing buildings and infrastructure and eliminate methane gas use by 2030. 2) Address the nine points presented to the City Council at its study session of January 16, 2024.
Support for City Council Objectives
To assure the success of the above objectives, we support these specific Council Priorities from its "blue sky" session on February 3:
a) Objectives 3 and 32, proposed as "Items Staff Request Retaining" . b) Priority 1 proposed by Mayor Diaz Nash.
c) Priority 1 proposed by Deputy Mayor Newsom.
d) Priorities 1 and 2 proposed by Council Member Loraine. e) Priority 1 proposed by Council Member Hedges.
f) Priority 1 proposed by Council Member Lee.
We thank you for your hard work on the City Council Objectives for FY 2024-25.
Best,
Jayden Wan
Burlingame High School
San Mateo Youth Climate Action
From: Robert Zhou
To: Clerk
Subject: 2024-25 Objectives, City Council Meeting 3/18/24 Date: Friday, March 15, 2024 1:25:18 PM
Dear Mayor Diaz Nash, Deputy Mayor Newsom, and City Council members Loraine, Hedges and Lee:
I am writing to you regarding your City Council meeting on March 18. For the sake of terminating pollution and improving the health of our city and world, I urge you to formally adopt the following three areas of the Objectives:
Socially Responsible
Investing Strategy
1) Adopt the County of San Mateo investment strategy, dated January 17, 2023, specifically the Socially Responsible Investment Strategies, found on page 3 of that document.
2) Continue the City's commitment to having no investments in fossil fuels, tobacco, and guns.
3) Acknowledge that the largest banks in the United States are heavily invested in fossil fuels, and this needs to stop.
4) Acknowledge that fossil fuel investments underperform the market, are risky, and are speculative.
Transportation Improvements
In order to improve safety and encourage San Mateo residents to get out of their cars, do the following:
1) Complete the 2020 Bicycle Master Plan and the Pedestrian Master Plan including full funding of all high and medium-high priority projects. 2) Support and fully fund the Complete Streets Program. 3) Support and fully fund the Local Roadway Safety Plan presented to the Sustainability and Infrastructure Commission on March 13, 2024. 4) Support and fully fund the improvements in the General Plan Circulation and Land Use element, to be considered by the City Council on March 18.
Decarbonization of all buildings
1) Continue to support the City Council Objective: Establish policies to decarbonize existing buildings and infrastructure and eliminate methane gas use by 2030. 2) Address the nine points presented to the City Council at its study session of January 16, 2024.
Support for City Council Objectives
To assure the success of the above objectives, we support these specific Council Priorities from its "blue sky" session on February 3:
a) Objectives 3 and 32, proposed as "Items Staff Request Retaining". b) Priority 1 proposed by Mayor Diaz Nash.
c) Priority 1 proposed by Deputy Mayor Newsom.
d) Priorities 1 and 2 proposed by Council Member Loraine. e) Priority 1 proposed by Council Member Hedges.
f) Priority 1 proposed by Council Member Lee.
We thank you for your hard work on the City Council Objectives for FY 2024-25 Robert Zhou (he/him/his)
From: Marty Jordan
To: Clerk
Subject: 2024-25 Objectives, City Council Meeting 3/18/2024 Date: Saturday, March 16, 2024 12:08:43 PM
I am writing to you regarding your City Council meeting on March 18. I urge you to formally adopt the following three areas of the Objectives:
Socially Responsible Investing Strategy
Adopt this strategy and please continue the City’s commitment to having no investments in fossil fuels, tobacco and guns which do nothing but bring harm.
The largest banks in the US are heavily invested in fossil fuels and this must stop.
City government investment vehicles are a great place to do this. Overall, these investments underperform in the market.
Green energy investments are much better
and reflect the City’s commitment to healthy living for its residents.
Transportation Improvements
Complete the 2020 Bicycle Master Plan and the Pedestrian Master Plan including full funding of all high and medium-high
priority projects.
Support and fully fund the Complete Streets Program.
Support and fully fund the Local Roadway Safety Plan presented to the Sustainability and Infrastructure Commission on March 13, 2024.
Support and fully fund the improvements in the General Plan Circulation and Land Use Element.
Decarbonization of all buildings
Continue to support the City Council Objectives – Establish policies to decarbonize existing buildings and infrastructure and eliminate methane gas use by 2030.
Address the nine points presented to the City Council at its study session of 1/16/2024.
Support for City Council Objectives
To ensure the success of the above, I support these specific Council Priorities from its “blue sky” session on 2/3/2024:
Objectives 3 and 32
Priorities 1 and 2
Thank you for all your hard work in equitably representing the residents of San Mateo.
Marty Jordan
From: Belinda Chlouber
To: Clerk
Subject: 2024-25 Objectives, City Council Meeting
Date: Sunday, March 17, 2024 3:52:48 PM
Dear Mayor Diaz Nash, Deputy Mayor Newsom, and City Council members Loraine, Hedges and Lee:
I am writing to you regarding your City Council meeting on March 18. I urge you to formally adopt the following three areas of the Objectives:
Socially Responsible Investing Strategy
1) Adopt the County of San Mateo investment strategy, dated January 17, 2023, specifically the Socially Responsible Investment Strategies, found on page 3 of that document.
2) Continue the City's commitment to having no investments in fossil fuels, tobacco, and guns.
3) Acknowledge that the largest banks in the United States are heavily invested in fossil fuels, and this needs to stop.
4) Acknowledge that fossil fuel investments underperform the market, are risky, and are speculative.
Transportation Improvements
In order to improve safety and encourage San Mateo residents to get out of their cars, do the following:
1) Complete the 2020 Bicycle Master Plan and the Pedestrian Master Plan including full funding of all high and medium-high
priority projects.
2) Support and fully fund the Complete Streets Program. 3) Support and fully fund the
Local Roadway Safety Plan presented to the
Sustainability and Infrastructure Commission on March 13, 2024. 4) Support and fully fund the improvements in the General Plan Circulation and Land Use element, to be considered by the City Council on March 18.
Decarbonization of all buildings
1) Continue to support the City Council Objective: Establish policies to decarbonize existing buildings and infrastructure and eliminate methane gas use by 2030. 2) Address the nine points presented to the City Council at its study session of January 16, 2024.
Support for City Council Objectives
To assure the success of the above objectives, we support these specific Council Priorities from its "blue sky" session on February 3:
a) Objectives 3 and 32, proposed as "Items Staff Request Retaining" . b) Priority 1 proposed by Mayor Diaz Nash.
c) Priority 1 proposed by Deputy Mayor Newsom.
d) Priorities 1 and 2 proposed by Council Member Loraine. e) Priority 1 proposed by Council Member Hedges.
f) Priority 1 proposed by Council Member Lee.
From: Wendy Chou
To: Clerk
Subject: Clean and healthy fossil-free buildings, transportation, and investing Date: Saturday, March 16, 2024 2:50:11 PM
Dear Mayor Diaz Nash, Deputy Mayor Newsom, and City Council members Loraine, Hedges and Lee:
Thank you very much for inviting San Mateans to participate during the process of recognizing the City Council's Objectives. I appreciate the sense of community- oriented inclusion — for example, being able to attend the "Blue Sky" meeting where many ideas were proposed. I would like to highlight what are, to me, the three most important areas of interest:
Socially Responsible
Investing Strategy
1) Adopt the County of San Mateo investment strategy (January 17, 2023), specifically the Socially Responsible Investment Strategies, found on p. 3 of that document.
2) Continue the City's commitment to having no investments in fossil fuels, tobacco, and guns.
3) Acknowledge that the largest banks in the United States are heavily invested in fossil fuels, and this needs to stop.
4) Acknowledge that fossil fuel investments underperform the market, are risky, and are speculative.
Reason: I would like to see San Mateo support the much broader (and growing) movement across the U.S. and world to invest responsibly and in a manner consistent with long-term sustainability.
Transportation Improvements
In order to improve safety and encourage San Mateo residents to get out of their cars, do the following:
1) Complete the 2020 Bicycle Master Plan and the Pedestrian Master Plan including full funding of all high and medium-high
priority projects.
2) Support and fully fund the Complete Streets Program. 3) Support and fully fund the
Local Roadway Safety Plan presented to the
Sustainability and Infrastructure Commission on March 13, 2024. 4) Support and fully fund the improvements in the General Plan Circulation and Land Use element, to be considered by the City Council on March 18.
Reason: Streets that encourage less automotive transport are SAFER streets for all.
During the pandemic, people realized that it was more enjoyable to use streets for activities like walking, biking, and dining — not just driving.
Decarbonization of all buildings
1) Continue to support the City Council Objective: Establish policies to decarbonize existing buildings and infrastructure and eliminate methane gas use by 2030. 2) Address the nine points presented to the City Council at its study session of January 16, 2024.
Reason: This issue is the most important one facing our city. We can't go backwards into the fossil fuel past. We need to embrace clean energy and electrification, starting with buildings.
Support for City Council Objectives
To assure the success of the above objectives, we support these specific Council Priorities from its "blue sky" session on February 3:
a) Objectives 3 and 32, proposed as "Items Staff Request Retaining" . b) Priority 1 proposed by Mayor Diaz Nash.
c) Priority 1 proposed by Deputy Mayor Newsom.
d) Priorities 1 and 2 proposed by Council Member Loraine. e) Priority 1 proposed by Council Member Hedges.
f) Priority 1 proposed by Council Member Lee.
Thank you for your diligence on advancing City Council's Objectives for FY 2024-25 and I look forward to the final result.
Sincerely,
Wendy Chou
Resident of San Mateo