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Home My WebLink About2009-11-16 City Council Agendas 1 11/16/09 MATERIALS RELATED TO AN ITEM ON THIS AGENDA SUBMITTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL AFTER DISTRIBUTION OF THE AGENDA PACKET ARE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION IN THE CITY CLERK’S OFFICE AT PALO ALTO CITY HALL, 250 HAMILTON AVE. DURING NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS. Agenda posted according to PAMC Section 2.04.070. A binder containing supporting materials is available in the Council Chambers on the Friday preceding the meeting. Special Meeting Council Chambers November 16, 2009 6:00 PM ROLL CALL STUDY SESSION 1. Quarterly Update on City Activities related to the High Speed Rail Project CMR 432:09 & ATTACHMENT 7:30 or as soon as possible thereafter SPECIAL ORDERS OF THE DAY 2. Adoption of a Resolution Expressing Appreciation to Rosemary Ralston Upon Her Retirement ATTACHMENT 3. Adoption of a Resolution Expressing Appreciation to Jannette Huber Upon Her Retirement ATTACHMENT 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. 4. Approval of a Contract with Elite Landscaping Incorporated in the Amount of $1,220,075 for Construction of Greer Park Renovation and Pump Station Replacement - Capital Improvement Program Project PE- 09002 CMR 423:09 & ATTACHMENT 11/16/09 2 MATERIALS RELATED TO AN ITEM ON THIS AGENDA SUBMITTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL AFTER DISTRIBUTION OF THE AGENDA PACKET ARE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION IN THE CITY CLERK’S OFFICE AT PALO ALTO CITY HALL, 250 HAMILTON AVE. DURING NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS. 5. Approval to Utilize the State of California CALNET II (CALNET 2) Contracts to Order Telecommunications Services Through SBC Global Services, Inc. dba AT&T Global Services for City-Wide Telecommunications Services in an Amount not to exceed a Total of $760,000 Through January 2012 CMR 427:09 & ATTACHMENT 6. Approval of a Utilities Enterprise Fund Purchase Order with DitchWitch Bay Area in the Total Amount of $285,945 for Delivery of an All Terrain Directional Boring Unit – Capital Improvement Program Projects GS- 02013 and GS-03007 CMR 419:09 & ATTACHMENT 7. Finance Committee Recommendation to Accept the City Auditor’s Office Fiscal Year 2010 Work Plan ATTACHMENT 8. Adoption of Two Resolutions: (1) Adopting a Compensation Plan for Management and Professional Personnel and Council Appointees and Rescinding Resolution Nos. 8844, 8845, 8915, 8950 and 8988, and (2) Amending Section 1701 of the Merit System Rules and Regulations to Incorporate the 2009-2010 Compensation Plan for Management and Professional Personnel and Council Appointees CMR 435:09 & ATTACHMENT 9. Request for Authorization to (1) Increase Existing Agreement with the Law Firm of Musick, Peeler & Garrett, LLP by an Additional $52,000 for a Total Contract Not to Exceed Amount of $102,000; (2) Increase the Existing Agreement with the Law Firm of Liebert Cassidy Whitmore by an Additional $60,000 for a Total Not to Exceed Amount of $145,000; and (3) Increase the Existing Agreement with Ferguson Praet & Sherman by an Additional $50,000 for a Total Not to Exceed Amount of $115,000 ATTACHMENT 10. Adoption of an Ordinance Approving and Adopting a Plan of Improvements to the Junior Museum & Zoo to Construct a New Bobcat Exhibit and to Replace Fencing and Walkways – Capital Improvement Program Project AC-10000 CMR 431:09 & ATTACHMENT 11/16/09 3 MATERIALS RELATED TO AN ITEM ON THIS AGENDA SUBMITTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL AFTER DISTRIBUTION OF THE AGENDA PACKET ARE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION IN THE CITY CLERK’S OFFICE AT PALO ALTO CITY HALL, 250 HAMILTON AVE. DURING NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS. 11. Adoption of a Resolution Expressing Appreciation to Mei Wong Upon Her Retirement ATTACHMENT 12. Adoption of a Resolution Expressing Appreciation to Sridhar Bilgiri Upon His Retirement ATTACHMENT 13. Adoption of a Resolution Expressing Appreciation to Sandra Domingo Upon Her Retirement ATTACHMENT 14. Adoption of a Resolution Expressing Appreciation to Adam Nowak Upon His Retirement ATTACHMENT 15. Adoption of a Resolution of the Expressing Appreciation to Jerzy Siegenfeld Upon His Retirement 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. OTHER AGENDA ITEMS: Public comments or testimony on agenda items other than Oral Communications shall be limited to a maximum of three minutes per speaker. UNFINISHED BUSINESS ACTION ITEMS Include: Public Hearings, Reports of Committees/Commissions, Ordinances and Resolutions, Reports of Officials, and Council Matters 16. Approval of a Mitigated Negative Declaration for the California Avenue Streetscape Improvements, Phase I; Approval of a Street Tree Replanting Plan on California Avenue from El Camino Real to the Caltrain Station as Part of the California Avenue Improvements Capital Improvement Program Project PE-07005; Approval of a Change Order in Amount of $96,200 with Suarez & Munoz Construction, Inc. and Deferral of the California Avenue Street Improvements Phase II Including Tree Replanting at the Fountain Plaza Area Located Near the 11/16/09 4 MATERIALS RELATED TO AN ITEM ON THIS AGENDA SUBMITTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL AFTER DISTRIBUTION OF THE AGENDA PACKET ARE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION IN THE CITY CLERK’S OFFICE AT PALO ALTO CITY HALL, 250 HAMILTON AVE. DURING NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS. Park Boulevard/California Avenue Intersection, Addition of New Street Furniture, and Street Repaving and Restriping Until Community Outreach and Public Review is Complete (continued by Council Motion on October 05, 2009) CMR 433:09 & ATTACHMENT PUBLIC COMMENT 17. Public Hearing Adoption of an Ordinance Amending the Palo Alto Municipal Code Chapter 18.08.040 (the Zoning Map), Chapter 18.30(C) (the Ground Floor (GF) Combining District), and Chapter 18.18 (the Downtown Commercial Community (CD-C) Zone District) to Modify Restrictions on Ground Floor Uses in the Downtown Area (continued by Council Motion on November 09, 2009) CMR 420:09 & ATTACHMENT 18. Public Hearing Approval of a Tentative Map and Record of Land Use Action to Create Six Commercial Condominium Units Within an Existing Office Building at 164 Hamilton Avenue CMR 428:09 & ATTACHMENT COUNCIL MEMBER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, AND ANNOUNCEMENTS Members of the public may not speak to the item(s). 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