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Monday, November 13, 2017
Special Meeting
Council Chambers
5:00 PM
Agenda posted according to PAMC Section 2.04.070. Supporting materials are available in
the Council Chambers on the Thursday 11 days preceding the meeting.
PUBLIC COMMENT
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TIME ESTIMATES
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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
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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 5:00-5:30 PM
1. Appointment of two Candidates to the Architectural Review Board and
Four Candidates to the Historic Resources Board for Terms Ending
December 15, 2020; and two Candidates to the Planning and
Transportation Commission for Terms Ending December 15, 2021
2. Special Recognition for Police and Fire Personnel who Responded to
the Wildfires in Napa, Sonoma, Lake, and Mendocino Counties in
October 2017
3. Meritorious Awards Recognizing the Cardiac Lifesaving Skills of two
Individuals at the 2017 Annual Moonlight Run & Walk
4. Proclamation Honoring Pickleball in Palo Alto
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Agenda Changes, Additions and Deletions
City Manager Comments 5:30-5:40 PM
Oral Communications 5:40-5:55 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 5:55-6:00 PM
5.Approval of Action Minutes for the October 30, 2017 Council Meeting
Consent Calendar 6:00-6:05 PM
Items will be voted on in one motion unless removed from the calendar by three Council Members.
6.Adoption of a Resolution Declaring Weeds to be a Public Nuisance and
Setting January 22, 2018 for a Public Hearing for Objections to
Proposed Weed Abatement
7.SECOND READING: Adoption of an Ordinance of the Council of the City
of Palo Alto Repealing Chapter 9.17 (Personal Cultivation of Marijuana)
of Title 9 (Public Peace, Morals and Safety) of the Palo Alto Municipal
Code; Repealing Ordinance No. 4422; and Amending Chapters 18.04
(Definitions) and 18.42 (Standards for Special Uses) of Title 18
(Zoning) to Prohibit Medical Cannabis Dispensaries and Prohibit
Commercial Cannabis Activities, Except for Deliveries. Environmental
Assessment: The Ordinance is Exempt in Accordance With Section
15061(b)(3) of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
Guidelines (FIRST READING: October 30, 2017 PASSED: 9-0)
8.SECOND READING: Adoption of an Ordinance Updating the Fiscal Year
2018 Municipal Fee Schedule to Adjust Development Services
Department Fees (FIRST READING: October 2, 2017 PASSED: 7-1
Tanaka no, Scharff Absent)
9.Direct Staff to Return to Policy and Services Committee With
Amendments to the Municipal Code for the Regulation of Seismic
Vulnerable Buildings (Continued From October 16, 2017)
Action Items
Include: Reports of Committees/Commissions, Ordinances and Resolutions, Public Hearings, Reports of Officials,
Unfinished Business and Council Matters.
6:05-10:00 PM
10.PUBLIC HEARING: Adoption of a Resolution Certifying the Final
Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the Comprehensive Plan
Update; a Resolution Adopting Findings Pursuant to the California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Related to Significant Environmental
Q&A
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Impacts, Mitigation Measures and Alternatives; a Statement of
Overriding Considerations and a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting
Program; and a Resolution Adopting the Updated Comprehensive Plan
Dated June 30, 2017 With Desired Corrections and Amendments,
Which Comprehensively Updates and Supersedes the City's 1998-2010
Comprehensive Plan, Except for the Housing Element Adopted in
November 2014. (This is the Third Public Hearing; the First Hearing
was on October 23, 2017, Continued to October 30, 2017 and Further
Continued to November 13, 2017.)
Inter-Governmental Legislative Affairs
Council Member Questions, Comments and Announcements
Members of the public may not speak to the item(s)
Adjournment
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Additional Information
Standing Committee Meetings
Sp. Policy and Services Committee Meeting November 14, 2017
City/School Committee Meeting November 16, 2017
(THIS AGENDA PACKET WILL BE PRODUCED ON NOVEMBER 9, 2017)
Schedule of Meetings
Schedule of Meetings
Tentative Agenda
Tentative Agenda
Informational Report
City of Palo Alto Investment Activity Report for the First Quarter, Fiscal Year
2018
Council Roster
Public Letters to Council
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