Council Express: Keys, Compliments and Barbs

Welcome to a new feature on South San Francisco Patch: City Council Express

In addition to providing full news articles on key issues before the city council, @SSFPatch will live Tweet city council meetings using the hashtag #citycouncil. Then we'll provide a transcript of the Twitter feed in a Patch article so that you can see everything that happened at the meeting at a glance. Clarifications to the Tweets are provided in brackets.

7:48 p.m. #Doodle4Google winner Matteo Lopez gets certificate of recognition and key to the city.

7:49 p.m. Representative of Assemblymember Jerry Hill gives Matteo Lopez a certificate of recognition on behalf of the people of CA.

7:51 p.m. Police chief Michael Massoni gives award to preschool teacher David Vasquez who saved local three-year-old from choking.

7:50 p.m. Police chief Michael Massoni awards officers who were first responders after the San Bruno gas pipeline explosion.

7:52 p.m. Fire department awards officers for response to San Bruno pipeline explosion and for administering youth training program.

7:53 p.m. Residents who want to make energy-efficient upgrades can go to energyupgradecal.org to learn of rebates available, up to $4000 [according to presentation by Energy Upgrade California]

7:57 p.m. Gonzalez announces: May 30 at 10am there will be a Memorial Day ceremony for fallen soldiers at the Eternal Flame sculpture #citycouncil

8:01 p.m. Matsumoto: Would like a moratorium on smoke shops until council can set guidelines. City atty instructed to draft guidelines #city

8:02 p.m. Matsumoto: June 1 6:30 neighborhood watch in Westborough Rec Center--brochures, information about how to stay safe. #citycouncil

8:03 p.m. New Supervisor Dave Pine has said he would like to come to South City to meet and talk to residents #citycouncil

8:04 p.m. Richard Garbarino: Would like to adjourn in memory of Richard Solomon, longtime neighbor and very good friend. #citycouncil

8:06 p.m. Mullin: BayBio's lease is up in 2012; wants staff to do outreach to keep them in South San Francisco #citycouncil

8:15 p.m. District will move forward on letter asking that SSF not be split in assembly or senate districts in CA redistricting #citycouncil

8:26 p.m. Council passes consent calendar #citycouncil

8:28 p.m. City council passes ordinance banning medical marijuana dispensaries in ssf again as an administrative matter #city council

8:45 p.m. Mullin and Addiego are sitting out part of Planning presentation because of potential property interest conflicts #citycouncil [Mayor Kevin Mullin’s family owns property close to Kaiser Hospital, which is part of the area in the El Camino/Chestnut plan under discussion tonight. He recused himself from this portion of the meeting, but Council member Mark Addiego returned to the dais after resolving his potential conflict.]

10:30 p.m. Heated discussion on El Camino/Chestnut plan during public comment. Public comment now closed. #citycouncil

10:31 p.m. Gonzalez, Garbarino and Addiego say they want a more visual presentation of the plans that will illustrate 120 foot buildings #citycouncil

10:50 p.m. Council continues the public hearing on the El Camino/Chestnut Plan until its second meeting in July. No vote on the issue. #citycouncil