City Council Special Meeting Minutes – 6/3/2024 Page 1
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COUNCIL MEMBERS
Lisa Diaz Nash, Mayor
Rob Newsom Jr., Deputy Mayor
Rich Hedges
Amourence Lee
Adam Loraine
CITY OF SAN MATEO
Special Meeting Minutes
City Council
City Hall
330 W. 20th Avenue
San Mateo CA 94403
www.cityofsanmateo.org
June 3, 2024
City Hall Council Chambers 5:00 PM
Special Meeting
CALL TO ORDER at 5:00 p.m.
Roll Call
Present: Mayor Diaz Nash, Deputy Mayor Newsom, Council Members: Hedges, Lee, and Loraine AB 2449 Requests and Considerations for Meeting Participation by Teleconference due to Just Cause or Emergency Circumstances – there were no requests.
CLOSED SESSION
Following 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.
Employee Organizations: Police Sergeants’ Association, San Mateo City Employees Association, SEIU Maintenance and SEIU Non-Merit Part-Time
Council reconvened at 6:10 p.m.
STUDY SESSION
2. General Plan and Housing Element Implementation Plans – Overview and Council Direction Zachary 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