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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
July 15, 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 four speakers: Eric M, Mark C, Jesse Dolan, and Rick Bonilla spoke regarding Item #1, the City Council convened into Closed Session at 5:12 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
2 Conference with Legal Counsel - Existing Litigation, Workers' Compensation (Paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of Government Code Section 54956.9 Name of the case: Ryan Cronin
Council reconvened at 5:58 p.m.
STUDY SESSION
3. Train Horn Noise – Status Update
Tina Pham, Senior Engineer, and Karen Magallanes, Assistant Engineer, gave the presentation on the status of efforts to minimize train horn noise impacts.
Public Comment: Angus Chander, Kevin Simpson, Rick Bonilla, Peter Martin, Lily Jow, Kevin Jow, Lorraine Walters, Chris Mirena, Jennifer Martin, Darya Savage, Michael Weinhauer, Bing Luo, Peter Morgan spoke to the item.
Council commented and asked questions of staff.
Council consensus was for the closure at Villa Terrace, consideration of a temporary closure at East Belleview and would like more community outreach and additional deliberation.
ADJOURNMENT –The meeting adjourned at 7:18 p.m.
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APPROVED BY: SUBMITTED BY:
Lisa Diaz Nash, Mayor Martin McTaggart, Deputy City Clerk