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Home My WebLink About2008-03-10 City Council Agendas 1 03/10/08 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 March 10, 2008 6:30 PM ROLL CALL CLOSED SESSION 1. CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATOR Agency Negotiator: City Manager and his designees pursuant to Merit Rules and Regulations (Frank Benest, Russ Carlsen, Darrell Murray, Sandra Blanch, Lalo Perez, Nick Marinaro) Employee Organization: Palo Alto Fire Chiefs’ Association Authority: Government Code Section 54957.6(a) STUDY SESSION 2. The City’s Response to the Next Gen Challenge SPECIAL ORDERS OF THE DAY 3. Selection of Candidates for Interviews for the Architectural Review Board REPORT 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. APPROVAL OF MINUTES January 7, 2008 January 14, 2008 03/10/08 2 CONSENT CALENDAR Items will be voted on in one motion unless removed from the calendar by two Council Members. 4. 2nd Reading Adoption of an Ordinance Rezoning Approximately 1.81 Acres of Caltrans-Owned Land, Located at the Southwest Corner of Caltrans Right-of-Way at San Antonio Avenue and U.S. 101 (Bayshore Freeway) North of the Terminus of Transport Road, from Public Facilities District (PF) to General Manufacturing District (GM) for 1001 San Antonio Avenue (Ciardella’s) (passed on 2/11/08 on an 8-0 Barton not participating) 5. 2nd Reading Adoption of Ordinance Approving and Adopting a Park Improvement Plan for Alexander Peers Park (passed on 2/19/08 on a 9-0) 6. 2nd Reading Adoption of Ordinance Amending Section 18.08.040 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code (the Zoning Map) to Change the Classification of Property at 449 -451 Addison Avenue, Two-Family Residential District (R-2) to PC Planned Community (passed on 2/19/08 on a 9-0) 7. Adoption of a Resolution of Intent to Establish Underground Utility District No. 45 (Palo Alto Avenue, Alma Street, High Street, Lytton Avenue and Cambridge Avenue) by Amending Section 12.16.020 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code CMR:157:08 ATTACHMENT 8. Appointment of 2008 Emergency Standby Council Members CMR: 154:08 9. Approval of Blanket Purchase Order with Olin Chlor Alkalai Products in an Amount Not to Exceed $488,749 for the Purchase of Bulk Sodium Hypochlorite for the Water Quality Control Plant and Approval of Two One Year Extensions CMR:148:08 ATTACHMENT 10. Approval of Contract with Alfatech Cambridge Group in the Total Amount of $569,280 for Construction Management Services for the Civic Center Infrastructure Improvements – Capital Improvement Program Project PF-01002 CMR: 160:08 ATTACHMENT 11. Adoption of a Resolution Approving Amendment No. 1 to the Long- Term Power Purchase Agreement with Ameresco Keller Canyon, L.L.C. for the Purchase of Electricity Generated by Landfill Gas for a Term of 03/10/08 3 20 Years and an Amount Not to Exceed $21.7 Million CMR: 150:08 ATTACHMENT 12. Adoption of Two Resolutions Supporting the City’s Application for Funding from the Urban Forestry Grant Program Entitled “an Urban Forest for Every City,” as Provided Through Propositions 40 and 84, for (1) an Urban Forestry Management Plan Grant and (2) an Urban Forestry Inventory Grant CMR:155:08 ATTACHMENT 13. Approval of the Expenditure of $290,000 in Capital Improvement Program Funds Through a Contract with the Palo Alto Art Center Foundation to Develop and Complete the Planning and Design Phase for the Renovation and Capital Improvements to the Palo Alto Art Center Capital Improvement Project PF-07000 (Art Center Electrical and Mechanical Upgrades) CMR:107:08 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 five minutes per speaker unless additional time is granted by the presiding officer. The presiding officer may reduce the allowed time to less than five minutes if necessary to accommodate a larger number of speakers. UNFINISHED BUSINESS PUBLIC HEARINGS 14. Adoption of an Ordinance Adding Chapter 18.14 (“Below Market Rate Housing Program”) to Title 18 (“Zoning”) of the Palo Alto Municipal Code CMR:161:08 ATTACHMENT 15. Approval of Mitigated Negative Declaration, Site and Design and Record of Land Use Action to Allow (1) Architectural and Landscape Architectural Changes to Two Open Space (OS) District Homes at 3220 and 3230 Alexis Drive, (2) Screening Vegetation on Adjacent Foothills Park Land, and (3) Expansion of the Project Site to Include an Adjacent, Vacant OS Parcel at 3208 Alexis Drive to be Graded, Landscaped and Used for Driveway Access, a Spa and a Perimeter Pathway CMR:156:08 ATTACHMENT REPORTS OF COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS 03/10/08 4 ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS REPORTS OF OFFICIALS COUNCIL MATTERS COUNCIL COMMENTS, ANNOUNCEMENTS, AND REPORTS FROM CONFERENCES Members of the public may not speak to the item(s). CLOSED SESSION This item may occur during the recess or after the Regular Meeting. Public Comments: Members of the public may speak to the Closed Session item(s); three minutes per speaker. 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