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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.
Regular Meeting
Council Chambers
February 2, 2004, 7:00 p.m.
ROLL CALL
SPECIAL ORDERS OF THE DAY
1. Appointments to the Parks and Recreation Commission
2. Selection of Candidates to Interview for the Utilities Advisory
Committee
3. Learning Research Network (LERN) Recognition Award
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 Oral Communications period to 30 minutes
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
December 15, 2003
CONSENT CALENDAR
Items will be voted on in one motion unless removed from the calendar by a Council Member.
LEGISLATIVE
4. 2nd Reading - Ordinance of the Council of the City of Palo Alto
Approving and Adopting Plans for a Native Plant Potting Area in
the City-Owned Baylands at the Duck Pond Maintenance Yard
(1st reading passed 01/12/04, 9-0)
5. 2nd Reading – Ordinance of the Council of the City of Palo Alto
Establishing the Downtown Palo Alto Business Improvement
District in the City of Palo Alto (1st reading passed 01/12/04, 9– 0)
6. CMR:132:04 Resolution of the Council of the City of Palo
Alto Levying an Assessment for Fiscal Year 2003-2004 in
Connection with the Downtown Palo Alto Business
Improvement District
7. Approval of Resolutions of Intention to Amend the Contract with
California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CALPERS) and
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International Association of Firefighters (Local 1319, IAFF) and to
Authorize Side Letter Agreement for Change to Employer Paid Member
Contributions
Resolution of the Council of the City of Palo Alto to Commence
Paying and Reporting the Value of Employer Paid Member
Contributions for Fire Department Personnel (IAFF)
8. CMR:135:04 Palo Alto Historical Association Recommendation
to Rename "Arastradero Preserve" as the "Enid Pearson
Arastradero Preserve"
Ordinance of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Amending Palo
Alto Municipal Code Section 22.08.330 to Formally Rename the
Dedicated Parkland Called the "Arastradero Preserve" as the
"Enid Pearson Arastradero Preserve"
Resolution of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Renaming the
Arastradero Preserve as the Enid Pearson Arastradero Preserve
ADMINISTRATIVE
9. CMR:123:04 Amendment No. One to Existing Contract No.
S1128584 with URS Greiner-Woodward-Clyde, Inc. in the amount of
$26,740 to Provide Engineering Design Services for Electrical and
Plumbing Systems Associated with the Construction of an Automotive
Washing Facility
10. CMR:130:04 Contract with Monterey Mechanical Co. in the
amount of $519,880 for the Operations Building Heating, Ventilation,
and Air-Conditioning Upgrade Project at the Regional Water Quality
Control Plant (Wastewater Treatment Capital Improvement Program
Project WQ-80021)
11. Referral to Finance Committee to Consider Participation in a Lawsuit
against the State of California to Invalidate the Preemption of One-
Quarter Cent of Local Sales Tax as Part of the "Triple Flip"
COUNCIL COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
AGENDA CHANGES, ADDITIONS, AND DELETIONS
HEARINGS REQUIRED BY LAW: Applicants and/or appellants may have up to ten minutes at the outset of the public
discussion to make their remarks and 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
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12. CMR:126:04 Public Hearing: The City Council of Palo Alto will
consider adopting a resolution declaring Council policy to mitigate
development impacts and initiate proceedings to establish a
transportation impact fee Citywide. (Continued from 1/20/04)
Resolution of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Declaring
Council Policy to Mitigate Development Impacts and Initiating
Proceedings to Establish a Transportation Impact Fee
PUBLIC HEARINGS
*13. CMR:118:04 Public Hearing: The City Council will consider the
provisions of Section 8.08.020 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code,
declaring that all weeds growing upon any private property or in any
public street or alley, as defined in Section 8.08.010 of the Palo Alto
Municipal Code, constitute a public nuisance, which nuisance must be
abated by the destruction or removal thereof
Resolution of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Ordering Weed
Nuisance Abated
*This item is quasi-judicial and subject to Council's Disclosure Policy
14. Public Hearing: The City Council will consider an ordinance amending
Section 18.01.060 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code (the Zoning Code),
which relates to the City Attorney's authorization to initiate and
prosecute criminal and civil actions to abate zoning violations as public
nuisances. The ordinance will clarify the code section's intent that the
City Attorney be permitted, rather than mandated, to initiate civil
actions to abate zoning violations.
Ordinance of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Amending Title
18 (Zoning), Chapter 18.01 (Adoption, Purposes and
Enforcement), Section 18.01.60 (Noncompliance a Public
Nuisance) of the Palo Alto Municipal Code Relating to the City
Attorney's Authorization to Initiate and Prosecute Criminal and
Civil Actions to Abate Zoning Violations as Public Nuisances
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS
ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS
REPORTS OF OFFICIALS
15. Service Efforts and Accomplishments Report 2002-03
COUNCIL MATTERS
16. Scheduling of Council Vacation
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Resolution of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Scheduling the
City Council Vacation for Calendar Year 2004
COUNCIL COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
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CLOSED SESSION
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