San Mateo City Council
June 3, 2024

City Council Special Meeting Minutes 6/3/2024 Page 1
COUNCIL MEMBERSLisa Diaz Nash, MayorRob Newsom Jr., Deputy MayorRich HedgesAmourence LeeAdam LoraineCITY OF SAN MATEOSpecial Meeting MinutesCity CouncilCity Hall330 W. 20th AvenueSan Mateo CA 94403www.cityofsanmateo.orgJune 3, 2024City Hall Council Chambers 5:00 PMSpecial MeetingCALL TO ORDER at 5:00 p.m.Roll CallPresent: Mayor Diaz Nash, Deputy Mayor Newsom, Council Members: Hedges, Lee, and LoraineAB 2449 Requests and Considerations for Meeting Participation by Teleconference due to Just Cause or Emergency Circumstancesthere were no requests. CLOSED SESSIONFollowing the opportunity for public comment, there were five speakers: Eric Morkve, Leon Bowles, Raul Perez, Steve, and Rico of SEIU 521 spoke on their statement of purpose. The City Council convened into Closed Session at 5:16 p.m. to consider:1.Conference with Labor Negotiators (Government Code Section 54957.6)City designated representatives: Yumi Maeda, Karen Huang, Abby Veeser and Stacey Cue.and SEIU Non-Merit Part-TimeCouncil reconvened at 6:10 p.m.STUDY SESSION2.General Plan and Housing Element Implementation Plans Overview and Council DirectionZachary Dahl, Community Development Director, gave a presentation on the 32 implementation actions to start and complete in 2025 and requested feedback from Council on the implementation actions. Public Comment: Karim Sarraf urged the city to adopt AB 1033 to help the city achieve its housing element goals.Questions and comments from Council included: Where have we imbedded the need and opportunity to implement new state laws that will help streamline production? Interest was expressed in opting in to all pro-housing legislation. The council provided direction to proceed with the implementation plans as staff outlined,identify opportunities streamline implementation, where possible, and return to the council with regular updates.ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 6:58 p.m.APPROVED BY: SUBMITTED BY:Lisa Diaz Nash, Mayor Martin McTaggart, City Clerk