Planning Commission - Regular Meeting
The Menlo Park City Council held a brief special meeting on September 8, 2026, to conduct a roll call and immediately adjourn into a closed session regarding anticipated litigation.
About this meeting
- Government Body
- Planning Commission
- Meeting Type
- Planning Commission
- Location
- Menlo Park, CA
- Meeting Date
- September 8, 2026
Transcript
3 sections
Hello, I am Mayor Betsy Nash, and welcome to the September 8th special City Council meeting. This is a hybrid meeting with City Council, City staff, and members of the public participating virtually and at the City Hall Downtown Conference Center. Please note public comment speaker time may be limited if there are more than 10 speakers on an item. We also ask that if you are in person, please submit your speaker cards to the City Clerk at this time. Roll call. I would like to introduce City Council members and staff present. In the downtown conference room are myself, Mayor Benzie Nash, City Council members Drew Combs, Jeff Schmidt, and Cecilia Taylor. Vice Mayor Jennifer Wise will join us shortly. Staff present include Assistant City Manager Stephen Stolte, City Attorney Neera Doherty, and Deputy City Clerk Sarah Sandoval. Our agenda tie is Closed Session C1, Conference with Legal Counsel, Anticipated Litigation. Paragraph 2 of Subdivision D of Government Code Section 54956.9, Significant Exposure to Litigation, One Case. Deputy City Clerk Sandoval, please call for public comment on this closed session item.
Thank you, Mayor Nash. At this time, there are no members of the public in the room with us, but I would invite anyone online who would like to make a public comment to use the raised hand feature at the bottom of your screen. If you're calling in from a landline or cell phone, you can raise your hand by pressing star nine. Once again, if you would like to make public comment on this item, you can use the raise hand feature at the bottom of your screen. This will be our final call for public comment on item C1. Okay, we're now seeing no hands or comments.
Please continue. City Council will now adjourn to the closed session and intends to reconvene at approximately 630 PM for or a report out. Hello, I am Mayor Betsy Nash, and we are reconvening the special September 8th City Council meeting. I would like to introduce City Attorney Doherty for a report out from the closed session. Thank you, Mayor. There is no reportable action. Thank you. And we are now adjourned.
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