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Home My WebLink About2016-10-17 City Council AgendasCity Council 1 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. October 17, 2016 Regular Meeting Council Chambers 6:00 PM Agenda posted according to PAMC Section 2.04.070. Supporting materials are available in the Council Chambers on the Thursday 10 days preceding the meeting. PUBLIC COMMENT Members of the public may speak to agendized items; up to three minutes per speaker, to be determined by the presiding officer. If you wish to address the Council on any issue that is on this agenda, please complete a speaker request card located on the table at the entrance to the Council Chambers, and deliver it to the City Clerk prior to discussion of the item. You are not required to give your name on the speaker card in order to speak to the Council, but it is very helpful. TIME ESTIMATES Time estimates are provided as part of the Council's effort to manage its time at Council meetings. Listed times are estimates only and are subject to change at any time, including while the meeting is in progress. The Council reserves the right to use more or less time on any item, to change the order of items and/or to continue items to another meeting. Particular items may be heard before or after the time estimated on the agenda. This may occur in order to best manage the time at a meeting or to adapt to the participation of the public. To ensure participation in a particular item, we suggest arriving at the beginning of the meeting and remaining until the item is called. 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. Call to Order Special Orders of the Day 6:00-6:10 PM 1.Life Saving Recognition Ceremony to Recognize Police and Fire First Responders for Saving a Young Man Agenda Changes, Additions and Deletions City Manager Comments 6:10-6:20 PM Oral Communications 6:20-6:35 PM Members of the public may speak to any item NOT on the agenda. Council reserves the right to limit the duration of Oral Communications period to 30 minutes. Minutes Approval 6:35-6:40 PM 2.Approval of Action Minutes for the September 26 and October 4, 2016 Council Meetings MEMO 2 October 17, 2016 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. Consent Calendar 6:40-6:45 PM Items will be voted on in one motion unless removed from the calendar by three Council Members. 3. Utilities Advisory Commission Recommendation That the City Council Adopt a Resolution Amending Utility Gas Rate Schedules G-1, G-1-G, G-2, G-2-G, G-3, G-3-G, G-10 and G-10-G, to Include a Separate Transportation Charge as a Discrete Pass-Through Component and to Reduce the Distribution Charge by the Initial Transportation Charge Amount of $1.1088 per Therm Effective November 1, 2016 4. Approval of Contract No. C17164199 With Kennedy/Jenks Consultants in the Total Not-to-Exceed Amount of $466,318 to Provide Design Services for the new Primary Outfall Line at the Regional Water Quality Control Plant - Wastewater Treatment Fund Capital Improvement Program Project WQ-80021 5. Annual Review of Williamson Act Contract Renewals, Approval of Non- Renewal for APN 351-05-050 and Approval of Exemption Under Section 15317 of the California Environmental Quality Act 6. Adoption of Three Resolutions to Execute State Revolving Fund (SRF) Financial Assistance Applications, Designate the Amount of Project Expenditures to be Reimbursed by SRF Proceeds, and Pledge Revenue for Repayment of SRF Loans; Amend the 2009 SRF Assistance Agreement; and Authorize Contract Amendments With RWQCP Partners Mountain View and Los Altos, East Palo Alto Sanitary District, and the Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University for the Funding of the Sludge Dewatering and Load Out Facility, the Primary Sedimentation Tank Rehabilitation, the Fixed Film Reactor Rehabilitation, and the Laboratory Environmental Services Building for the Wastewater Treatment Enterprise Fund Facilities at the Palo Alto Regional Water Quality Control Plant (RWQCP) 7. Policy and Services Committee Recommendation to Accept the Disability Rates and Workers' Compensation Audit 8. Policy and Services Committee Recommendation to Accept the City Auditor's Office Fiscal Year 2017 Proposed Work Plan 9. Policy and Services Committee Recommendation to Accept the City Auditor's Office Quarterly Report as of June 30, 2016 10. SECOND READING: Adoption of an Ordinance Amending the City’s Minimum Wage Ordinance to Align With the Santa Clara Cities Association Recommendation to Increase the Minimum Wage to $15 3 October 17, 2016 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. per Hour in Three Steps: $12 on 1/1/2017; $13.50 on 1/1/2018; $15.00 on 1/1/2019; and a CPI Increase After 2019 Indexed to the Bay Area CPI With a 5 Percent Cap and no Exemption (FIRST READING: Sept. 26, 2016 PASSED: 9-0) Action Items Include: Reports of Committees/Commissions, Ordinances and Resolutions, Public Hearings, Reports of Officials, Unfinished Business and Council Matters. 6:45-7:30 PM 11. Approval of 2000 Geng Road as the Temporary Location for Fire Station No. 3 During Construction of the Replacement Fire Station No. 3 7:30-9:00 PM 12. Discussion and Direction Regarding Parameters of an Ordinance Strengthening Retail Protections in Downtown and the South of Forest Area (SOFA II) Inter-Governmental Legislative Affairs 9:00-9:30 PM 13. Request for City Council Endorsement of Santa Clara County Measure A, an Affordable Housing Bond Measure Council Member Questions, Comments and Announcements Members of the public may not speak to the item(s) Adjournment AMERICANS WITH DISABILITY ACT (ADA) Persons with disabilities who require auxiliary aids or services in using City facilities, services or programs or who would like information on the City’s compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990, may contact (650) 329-2550 (Voice) 24 hours in advance. 4 October 17, 2016 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. Additional Information Standing Committee Meetings Finance Committee Meeting October 18, 2016 Schedule of Meetings Schedule of Meetings Tentative Agenda Tentative Agenda Informational Report Agreement With East Palo Alto to Temporarily Relocate Baylands Interpretive Center Programs to Cooley Landing During Renovations of the Baylands Interpretive Center Public Letters to Council October 10, 2016 October 17, 2016 Sp. City / School Commitee Meeting October 20, 2016