May 14, 2024 City Council Special Meeting

___________________________________________________________________________ CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES May 14, 2024 PAGE 1 MINUTE BOOK NO. 69 MAYOR JEFF GEE APPROVED MINUTES VICE MAYOR LISSETTE ESPINOZA-GARNICA COUNCIL MEMBER ALICIA C. AGUIRRE 1017 MIDDLEFIELD ROAD COUNCIL MEMBER KAIA EAKIN REDWOOD CITY, CA COUNCIL MEMBER DIANE HOWARD COUNCIL MEMBER ELMER MARTINEZ SABALLOS COUNCIL MEMBER CHRIS STURKEN CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING Tuesday, May 14, 2024, 5:30 PM 1. CALL TO ORDER – Mayor Gee called the meeting to order at 5:35 p.m. 2. ROLL CALL – All Council Members were present. Staff present: City Attorney Veronica Ramirez joined via zoom, and City Clerk Yessika Castro. 3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE – Council Member Aguirre led the pledge of allegiance. 4. PUBLIC COMMENT There was no public comment. 5. BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES INTERVIEWS City Council interviewed nine applicants for the Arts Commission for appointment to four full-term seats expiring May 31, 2028, and one partial term seat expiring May 31, 2026:  Samie Goodman – D6  Paul Naas – D2  Stephanie Noon – D6  Taylor Pope – D7  Ashley Quintana– D2  Sweekriti Ratnam – D1  Neha Sharma – D7  Pamela Swint – D5  Anna Westendorf – D2 City Council interviewed three applicants for the Board of Building Review for appointment to three full-term seats expiring May 31, 2028:  Daniel Mauldin – D7

___________________________________________________________________________ CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES May 14, 2024 PAGE 2 MINUTE BOOK NO. 69  John Philpott – D6 (not present, submitted written responses to interview questions)  Wayne Wiebe– D7 City Council interviewed five applicants for the Board of Port Commissioners for appointment to three full-term seats expiring July 31, 2028:  Chu Chang – D1  Michael Claire – D2  Daniela Gasparini – D7 (not present, submitted written responses to interview questions)  Hugh Loveless – D6  Michael Verdone – D7 City Council interviewed fourteen applicants for the Housing and Human Concerns Committee for appointment to three full-term seats expiring May 31, 2028:  Jesus Andres – D3 (not present)  Clinton Cheng – D6 (not present, submitted written responses to interview questions)  Max Discher – D3  Victor Farias – Unincorporated (not present)  Priscilla Freeman – D2 (not present, submitted written responses to interview questions)  Anestasia Grandy – D1  Albert Lowe – D5  Marlen Medine – Unincorporated  Caden Morey – D7  Alexa Munguia – D3 (not present)  Kimberly Ochoa – D4 (not present)  Cedric Sanders – D2 (not present)  Elan Scheinman– D7 (not present, submitted written responses to interview questions)  Ange Vail – D3 (not present) City Council interviewed eight applicants for the Library Board for appointment to two full-term seats expiring June 30, 2028:  Sait Furkan Teke – D2 (not present, submitted written responses to interview questions)  Anne Callery – D7  Jesse Davie-Kessler – D4  Meighan Friedsam – D6 (not present)  Rob Leadbeater – D5 (not present)  Mairyn Rees – D2

___________________________________________________________________________ CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES May 14, 2024 PAGE 3 MINUTE BOOK NO. 69  Adam Riley – D4 (not present, submitted written responses to interview questions)  Aravind Somanchi – D5 (not present) City Council interviewed thirteen applicants for the Parks, Recreation and Community Services Commission for appointment to three full-term seats expiring May 31, 2028:  Yoshabelle Blanco – D4  Wendy Calvert – D7  Hinda Chalew – D6  Jared Flatow – Unincorporated  Bao Lam – D7 (not present, submitted written responses to interview questions)  Isabelle Ling – D1  Natasha Nummedal – D2  Marcella Padilla Ng– D7  Courtney Rogerson – D6  Ellie Rottinghuis – D1  Guillermo Surraco – Unincorporated  Darryl Vince Valencia – Unincorporated (not present)  Erica Zabala – Unincorporated (not present) City Council interviewed twelve applicants for the Planning Commission for appointment to two full-term seats expiring June 30, 2028, and one partial term expiring June 30, 2026:  Nathan Creswell – D7  Maggie Cornejo – D2  Sarahi Espinoza Salamanca – D5  Dylan Finch – D2  Kimberly Koch – D2  Anthony Lazarus – D7  Jason Lee – D4  Ronald Pagani – D4 (not present, submitted written responses to interview questions)  Ramona Raybin – D1  Paul Sanfilipo – D7 (not present)  George Saman – D4  Nathaniel Warriner – D2 City Council interviewed eight applicants for the Senior Affairs Commission for appointment to four full-term seats expiring May 31, 2028:  Stephen Arum – D5  Alfredo Chorro – D6

___________________________________________________________________________ CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES May 14, 2024 PAGE 4 MINUTE BOOK NO. 69  Mary Francis – D7 (not present)  Yaja Gonzalez – D5 (not present, submitted written responses to interview questions)  Stacy Harris – D7 (not present)  Jacqueline Hartman – D7  Bill Newell – D4  Mercedes Roses – Unincorporated 6. ADJOURNMENT – Mayor Gee adjourned the meeting at 8:25 p.m. Respectfully submitted. Yessika Castro, CMC, CPMC City Clerk Approved at the June 10, 2024 City Council meeting.

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