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Home My WebLink About2019-09-16 City Council Agendas City 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. Monday, September 16, 2019 Special Meeting Council Chambers 5:00 PM Council Member Tanaka will be Participating From Percolata, 6F, Maple Plaza Nanhai Road Nanshan, Shenzhen, China 518052 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 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. 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 Study Session 5:00-6:00 PM 1. Study Session With the City's Federal Lobbyist Related to Federal Legislation Closed Session 6:00-6:30 PM 2. CONFERENCE WITH CITY ATTORNEY-EXISTING LITIGATION Santa Clara County Superior Court Case No. 18CV328469 (One Case, as Defendant)–Jay Greer v. City of Palo Alto Authority: Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1) 2 September 16, 2019 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. Agenda Changes, Additions and Deletions City Manager Comments 6:30-6:40 PM Oral Communications 6:40-6:55 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 6:55-7:00 PM Items will be voted on in one motion unless removed from the calendar by three Council Members. 3.Approval of Contract Number C20174826 With Monterey Mechanical Co. in an Amount Not-to-Exceed $450,000 to Provide On-call Emergency and Critical Construction Services at the Regional Water Quality Control Plant, Wastewater Treatment Fund Capital Improvement Program Project WQ-19002 4.Approval of a Funding Agreement With the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) for 2016 Measure B Local Streets and Roads Program Funding 5.Approval of Contract Number S19175846 With WRA, Inc. in an Amount Not-to-Exceed $93,237 to Conduct a Matadero Creek Study for the North Ventura Coordinated Area Plan (NVCAP) 6.Vote to Endorse the Slate of Candidates for the Peninsula Division’s Executive Committee for 2018-19 and Direct the City Clerk to Forward to Seth Miller, the Regional Public Affairs Manager for the Peninsula Division, League of California Cities the Completed Ballot for the City of Palo Alto Action Items Include: Reports of Committees/Commissions, Ordinances and Resolutions, Public Hearings, Reports of Officials, Unfinished Business and Council Matters. 7:00-8:00 PM 7.Staff and Utilities Advisory Commission Recommends That the City Council Adopt a Resolution Amending Rule and Regulation 20 to Allow Neighborhood Self-funding of Certain Subsurface Equipment 8:00-9:15 PM 8.Evaluation and Discussion of Potential Revenue Generating Ballot Measures and Confirmation of Finance Committee Recommended Parameters for Tax Structure and Further Analysis; and Approval of a Budget Amendment in the General Fund 9:15-10:15 PM 9.Caltrain Business Plan - Direction to Staff Regarding Comments on the Draft Long Range Service Vision Q&A Q&A Q&A MEMO 3 September 16, 2019 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. 10:15-10:30 PM 10.Designation of Voting Delegate and Alternate for the League of California Cities Annual 2019 Conference, to be Held October 16-18, 2019 in Long Beach, CA State/Federal Legislation Update/Action 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. MEMO 4 September 16, 2019 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 Council/Standing Committee Meetings Finance Committee Meeting Cancelled September 17, 2019 Sp. City Council Meeting Closed Session CANCELLED September 17, 2019 Sp. City School Committee Meeting Cancelled September 19, 2019 Schedule of Meetings Schedule of Meetings Tentative Agenda Tentative Agenda Informational Report Proclamation Establishing September 13-22, 2019 as Welcome Week in Palo Alto Public Letters to Council Set 1