City Council Special Meeting Minutes – 4/7/2025 Page 1
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COUNCIL MEMBERS
Rob Newsom Jr., Mayor
Adam Loraine, Deputy Mayor
Nicole Fernandez
Danielle Cwirko-Godycki
Lisa Diaz Nash
CITY OF SAN MATEO
Special Meeting Minutes
City Council
City Hall
330 W. 20th Avenue
San Mateo CA 94403
www.cityofsanmateo.org
April 7, 2025
City Hall Council Chambers 5:30 PM
Special Meeting
CALL TO ORDER at 5:30 p.m.
Roll Call
Present: Mayor Newsom, Deputy Mayor Loraine, Council Members: Fernandez, Cwirko-Godycki, and Diaz Nash AB 2449 Requests and Considerations for Meeting Participation by Teleconference due to Just Cause or Emergency Circumstances – there were no requests.
STUDY SESSION
1. US 101 / SR 92 Direct Connector — Update
Carolyn Mamaradlo and Amy Linehan, San Mateo County Transportation Authority, gave the presentation and status update about the US-101/SR-92 Direct Connector project.
Public Comment:
Organized presentation by Mike Swire stated they oppose this project. Eugene Johnson, Rick Sakuda, Laura Wood, Jim Jensen, Kevin Simpson, Olivia McNally, Michael Lim, Laurie Watanuki, Mareva Godfrey, Robert Whitehair, Anna Kuhre, Christina Herlitz, Michael Ragan, Peter Mandle, Sheri Boles, Pete Moncheck, Seema Patel, Tom Lease, Giselle Godoy, Elaine Salinger, Karen Cutler, Vikash, Nikki Huth, James Cutler, Andrew Lamond, Victoria Tung, Susan Manheimer, Eddylee Alvarado, Stu Bruns, Giuliano Carlini, Abibat Rahman-Davies, Jordan Grimes, Annie Tsai, Melina Norton, Taso Zografos, and Laurie Hietter spoke in opposed to this project.
Council consensus was for Mayor Newsom and Council Member Cwirko-Godyki to co-author a letter of opposition to the San Mateo County Transportation Authority, City/County Association of Governments, Caltrans, Assembly Member Papan, and Senator Becker on the project; and invite the City of Foster City to join the letter. Council Member Fernandez asked for letter to C/CAG and asked Council Member Diaz Nash to convey as liaison in which she agreed.
ADJOURNMENT –The meeting adjourned at 7:10 p.m.
APPROVED BY: SUBMITTED BY:
Rob Newsom, Jr., Mayor Martin McTaggart, City Clerk