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the Thursday preceding the meeting.
Special Meeting
November 1, 2010
6:00 PM
ROLL CALL
STUDY SESSION
1. Joint Meeting With Parks and Recreation Commission Regarding Parks
and Recreation Issues
ATTACHMENT
COUNCIL CHAMBERS
7:00 PM or as near as possible thereafter
SPECIAL ORDERS OF THE DAY
2. Presentation by the Housing Trust of Santa Clara County
CITY MANAGER COMMENTS
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
Members of the public may speak to any item not on the agenda; three minutes per speaker. Council reserves the
right to limit the duration or Oral Communications period to 30 minutes.
CONSENT CALENDAR
Items will be voted on in one motion unless removed from the calendar by two Council Members.
3. Adoption of a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Sign Up To
Four Successive One-Year Term Extensions of the Letter of Agreement
07-SNR-01080 to Facilitate the Provision of Hydroelectric Consulting
Services by Palo Alto Utilities Staff Members to the Western Area
Power Administration and the United States Bureau of Reclamation
CMR 401:10 AND ATTACHMENT
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4. 2nd Reading: Recommendation From the Council Ad-Hoc Committee to
Adopt of an Ordinance Amending Section 2.23.050 of Chapter
2.23 of Title 2 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code to Add the
Subjects of Wastewater Collection and Fiber Optics to the
Purposes and Duties of the Utilities Advisory Commission
(First reading October 18, 2010 – Passed 7-2, Holman, Schmid no)
CMR 398:10 AND ATTACHMENT
5. Approval of Extension of Library Advisory Commissioner Mark Hoose’s
Term to January 31, 2014 and Waiver of Appointment Process Set
Forth in Palo Alto Municipal Code Section 2.24.030
ATTACHMENT
6. Approval of Amended Bylaws to the Santa Clara County Cities
Association
ATTACHMENT
AGENDA CHANGES, ADDITIONS, AND DELETIONS
HEARINGS REQUIRED BY LAW: Applications and/or appellants may have up to ten minutes at the outset of the
public discussion to make their remarks and put up to three minutes for concluding remarks after other members
of the public have spoken.
ACTION ITEMS
Include: Public Hearings, Reports of Committees/Commissions, Ordinances and Resolutions, Reports of Officials, Unfinished Business and Council Matters
7. Authorize the City Manager to Decline a New Power Purchase
Agreement Offer From Ameresco Butte County LLC That Could
Otherwise Partially Replace the Recently Terminated Ameresco Butte
County LLC Power Purchase Agreement
CMR 394:10 AND ATTACHMENT
8. High Speed Rail Update
CMR 404:10 AND ATTACHMENT
COUNCIL MEMBER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
Members of the public may not speak to the item(s).
ADJOURNMENT
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