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Tuesday, January 22, 2019
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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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. Public comment may be addressed to the full City Council via email at City.Council@cityofpaloalto.org.
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
Closed Session
Public Comments: Members of the public may speak to the Closed Session item(s); three minutes per speaker.
1.CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS
THIS ITEM WILL NOT BE HEARD THIS EVENING
2.CONFERENCE WITH CITY ATTORNEY
Subject: Written Liability Claim Against the City of Palo Alto
By Mary Bartholomay (Claim No. C17-0057)
Authority: Government Code Section 54956.9(e)(3)
REVISED
5:00-5:15 PM
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Agenda Changes, Additions and Deletions
City Manager Comments 5:15-5:25 PM
Oral Communications 5:25-5:55 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.
Consent Calendar 5:55-6:00 PM
Items will be voted on in one motion unless removed from the calendar by three Council Members.
3.Approval of a Revenue Agreement With the County of Santa Clara in
the Amount of $250,000 Over two Years for Support of Intensive Case
Management in Connection With Housing Subsidies to be Provided by
the County of Santa Clara for Palo Alto’s Homeless
4.Review and Acceptance of the Annual Status Report on Developers
Fees for Fiscal Year 2018; and Adoption of a Resolution Making
Findings Regarding Unexpended Stanford Research Park/El Camino
Traffic Impact Fees in the Amount of $1,376,491 and San
Antonio/West Bayshore Area Traffic Impact Fees in the Amount of
$828,208
Action Items
Include: Reports of Committees/Commissions, Ordinances and Resolutions, Public Hearings, Reports of Officials,
Unfinished Business and Council Matters. 6:00-6:15 PM
5.PUBLIC HEARING: on Objections to Weed Abatement and Adoption of
a Resolution Ordering Weed Nuisance Abated (CONTINUED FROM
JANUARY 14, 2019)6:15-7:30 PM
6.Approval of the Second Amended and Restated Agreement for Solid
Waste, Recyclable Materials, and Compostable Materials Collection and
Processing Services With GreenWaste of Palo Alto, Inc. in the
Estimated Average Annual Amount of $22,183,000; and Approval of
an Addendum to the 2008 Mitigated Negative Declaration for City-wide
Waste Hauling Service as Adequate and Complete Under the California
Environmental Equality Act (CEQA)7:30-10:00 PM
7.Discussion and Project Update on Connecting Palo Alto and
Consideration of the Following Actions: A) Separate From Study all
Alternatives for the Palo Alto Avenue Crossing (Closure and Hybrid)
and Include Palo Alto Avenue in a Separate Comprehensive Planning
Effort; B) Separate From Study the Bicycle and Pedestrian Crossing of
the Caltrain Corridor in the Vicinity of Loma Verde Avenue and Assess
Feasibility in a Future Study; C) Address the Rail Committee’s
MEMOW/ VIDEO
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Recommendation Regarding a Tunnel by Modifying the Alternative to
be South of Oregon Expressway Only and Further Explore the Scope
and Budget for an Alternative With Freight Trains on the Surface and
Passenger Trains Underground for the Meadow and Charleston
Crossings; and D) Adopt a Modified List of Grade Separation
Alternatives (CONTINUED FROM DECEMBER 17, 2018)
State/Federal Legislation Update/Action
Council Member Questions, Comments and Announcements
Members of the public may not speak to the item(s)
Adjournment
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Additional Information
Informational Report
City of Palo Alto Utilities Update for the Fourth Quarter of Fiscal Year 2018
Public Letters to Council
January 22, 2019