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San Mateo council approves consent calendar, adopts CDBG year-end report
Summary
The City Council approved routine consent calendar actions, including participation in opioid settlement agreements and the city strategic plan, and unanimously adopted the 2024–25 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report for CDBG funds.
San Mateo City Council voted unanimously on several routine items on Sept. 15 and approved the city's year-end federal block-grant report.
The council approved the consent calendar (Items 4'7) by a 5'0'00 vote and later adopted Item 8, the City of San Mateo strategic plan, after additional questions and brief discussion. The council also approved Item 10, the Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER) for the city's Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program, by a 5'0'00 vote.
Why it matters: Consent-calendar approvals move routine city business forward without separate hearings; the CAPER documents how federal CDBG funds were spent in fiscal year 2024'25 and is required for ongoing entitlement status and future grant compliance.
The consent calendar items listed on the agenda were: - Item 4: City council meeting minutes, approval (no additional discussion reported). - Item 5: Participation in national opioid settlement agreements, approval. - Item 6: Decommission plant processes cleaning project, bid rejection. - Item 7: Ordinance adoption to add youth commissioners to the Senior Advisory Commission. - Item 8: City of San Mateo strategic plan approval (pulled for questions by a council member; after clarifications council voted to adopt).
During the meeting, Council Member Sviatkowski asked a series of operational and logistics questions about the city strategic plan process, including where the "blue sky" priority-setting sessions would be held and how boards and commissions would be engaged. Staff said those sessions are typically held offsite (community college) for a more informal setting, but the council could direct a different location; staff also said they would send invitations directly to commission chairs and would return information about recording feasibility. Council Member Lisa Diaz Nash and other council members thanked staff for revisions that made the plan easier for the public to access, including an executive summary and clearer formatting.
On Item 10, the CAPER, Jennifer Mora, housing specialist, described the city's use of entitlement CDBG funds for fiscal year 2024'25 (entitlement: $753,571). She told council the money funded seven public-service grants that served 17,572 unduplicated individuals (Samaritan House was cited as a large service provider), two minor-home-repair projects serving four homes (Rebuilding Together Peninsula), economic development technical assistance programs serving 64 small-business clients, and fair-housing services handled by Project Sentinel. The report also highlights other city accomplishments, such as completion and occupancy of the 225-unit Kiku Crossing affordable housing development.
Mayor Robert Newsome Jr. called for the roll and the clerk recorded the unanimous votes approving the items. The CAPER will be submitted to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development as required.
Votes at a glance: - Consent calendar (Items 4'7, excluding Item 8 which was pulled for discussion): approved, motion carried 5'0'00. - Item 8 (City of San Mateo strategic plan): pulled for questions, then adopted, motion carried 5'0'00. - Item 10 (CAPER 2024'25): adopted for submittal to HUD, motion carried 5'0'00.
What's next: The city will file the CAPER with HUD and staff will return with information requested during the strategic-plan discussion, including options for recording blue-sky sessions and follow-up on factual items council members raised.
