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Home My WebLink About2018-10-15 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, October 15, 2018 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 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 Public Comments: Members of the public may speak to the Closed Session item(s); three minutes per speaker. 1. Joint Study Session With the Palo Alto Youth Council Closed Session 6:00-8:00 PM 2. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – ANTICIPATED LITIGATION Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(2) and (e)(1) Five Potential Cases Study Session 8:00-9:00 PM 3. Request for a Pre-screening of a Proposal to Rezone the Property at 788 San Antonio Road From Service Commercial (CS) to Multiple- Family Residential (RM-40) and to Redevelop the Site With a Four- story, Approximately 53,000 Square Foot, 54-unit (Including Eight 2 October 15, 2018 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. Below Market Rate Units) Residential Project and a Below-grade Parking Garage. Environmental Assessment: Not a Project; any Subsequent Formal Application Would be Subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) (Continued From September 17, 2018) Agenda Changes, Additions and Deletions City Manager Comments 9:00-9:10 PM Oral Communications 9:10-9:30 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 9:30-9:35 PM Items will be voted on in one motion unless removed from the calendar by three Council Members. 4. Approval of Contract Number C18170648 With Salas O'Brien in the Total Amount Not-to-Exceed $267,872 to Provide Design Services for the Medium Voltage Electrical Distribution Network (12kV Loop) Rehabilitation (WQ-80021) at the Regional Water Quality Control Plant 5. Annual Review of Williamson Act Contract Renewals Within the City of Palo Alto 6. Approval and Authorization for the City Manager to Execute the Electric Overhead Construction Services Contract Number C19172366 With Hot Line Construction, Inc. for a Total Not-to-Exceed Amount of $4,500,000 Over Three Years 7. Approval of the Primary Sedimentation Tanks Rehabilitation and Equipment Room Electrical Upgrade Project Preliminary Design, Capital Improvement Program Project WQ-14003, at the Regional Water Quality Control Plant; and Finding the Project Exempt Under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Sections 15301(b) and (e)(1) 8. Policy and Services Committee Recommendation to Accept the Continuous Monitoring Audit: Green Purchasing 9. Approval of Revisions to the Palo Alto Field and Tennis Court Use Policy 10. Adoption of an Ordinance Amending Chapter 4.62 (Citywide Minimum Wage) of the Palo Alto Municipal Code to Correct and Clarify That the First Consumer Price Index (CPI) Adjustment to the Minimum Wage Will Occur in 2020 3 October 15, 2018 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. 11. Authorization to Increase Legal Services Agreement With the Law Firm of Conrad & Metlitzky, LLP in the Amount of $180,000 for a Total Not- to-Exceed Amount of $265,000 for Litigation Defense Services 12. Approval of a Professional Services Contract With the Municipal Resource Group (MRG) for Transportation Support Services, Operational Review, and Staff Coaching in an Amount Not-to-Exceed $150,000 Through December 30, 2021; and to Amend the FY 2019 Budget Appropriation to Decrease the Non-departmental Budget by $150,000 and to Increase the Transportation Division Budget by $150,000 13. QUASI-JUDICIAL: 567 Maybell Avenue [15PLN-00248]: Adoption of a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Execute an Agreement Regarding Applicant's Request for Deferral of Affordable Housing In-lieu Fees for a Project That Includes the Development of 16 Single- family Homes. Environmental Assessment: Not a Project. Zoning Districts R-2 and RM-15 14. Approval of Contract Number C19173185 With Siemens Industry, Inc. in an Amount of $1,600,753 for the Colorado Power Station Transformer Replacement; Authorization to Negotiate and Execute Related Change Orders in the Amount of $240,113, for a Total Not-to- Exceed Amount of $1,840,866, and Approval of an Electric Capital Improvement Fund Budget Amendment 15. Approval of a Proposed Grocery Store Related to Planned Community Ordinance Number 5069 (College Terrace Centre) Based on the Finding That the Proposed Grocery Tenant Would Likely be Comparable in Quality of Produce and Services as JJ&F as it Existed and Operated on December 7, 2009 at 2180 El Camino Real Action Items Include: Reports of Committees/Commissions, Ordinances and Resolutions, Public Hearings, Reports of Officials, Unfinished Business and Council Matters. 9:35-9:50 PM 16. Adoption of a Resolution Authorizing the Delivery and Sale of Certificates of Participation (COPs) in a Principal Amount Not-to- Exceed $50 Million to Finance the Construction of the California Avenue Parking Garage; Declaring the Intention to Reimburse Expenditures Related to the California Avenue Parking Garage From Proceeds of the COPs; Approving, Authorizing and Directing the Execution of Certain Lease Financing Documents; Approving a Preliminary Official Statement; and Authorizing and Directing Certain Related Actions 4 October 15, 2018 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. AT THIS TIME COUNCIL WILL TEMPORARILY ADJOURN AND CONVENE AS THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION, THEN RECONVENE AS THE CITY COUNCIL 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. 5 October 15, 2018 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 October 15, 2018 October 16, 2018 October 17, 2018 October 18, 2018 Standing Committee Meetings Public Improvement Corporation Meeting Sp. Finance Committee Meeting Sp. Rail Committee Meeting Sp. City School Liaison Committee Meeting Schedule of Meetings Schedule of Meetings Tentative Agenda Tentative Agenda Informational Report Significant Gifts to the City, Fiscal Year 2018 Independent Police Auditor's Second Report for 2017 Proclamation Honoring Fire Prevention Week, October 7-13, 2018 Public Letters to Council 10/8/2018 10/15/2018