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CITY COUNCIL
November 9, 2015
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 preceding the meeting.
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PUBLIC COMMENT
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presiding officer. If you wish to address the Council on any issue that is on this agenda, please complete a speaker
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Council, but it is very helpful.
TIME ESTIMATES
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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 6:00-6:15 PM
1. United States Military Veterans Proclamation
2. Presentation of Award of Accreditation by the American Public Works
Association (APWA)
Agenda Changes, Additions and Deletions
City Manager Comments 6:15-6:25 PM
Oral Communications 6:25-6:40 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 6:40-6:45 PM
3. Approval of Action Minutes for the August 31, September 9, 15, 21,
and 28, 2015 Council Meetings
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Consent Calendar 6:45-6:50 PM
Items will be voted on in one motion unless removed from the calendar by three Council Members.
4. Approval of the Renewal of a Public-Private Partnership Agreement
Between the City of Palo Alto and TheatreWorks, Palo Alto Players and
West Bay Opera for the Use of the Lucie Stern Community Theatre
5. Finance Committee Recommendation to Approve the Release of a
Request for Proposal to Explore Options for the Delivery of the
Aquatics Programs and Services 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.
6:50-7:50 PM
6. PUBLIC HEARING: Adoption of an Ordinance Establishing a Single
Story Overlay District for 83 Homes Within the Los Arboles Tract by
Amending the Zoning Map to Rezone the Area From R-1 Single Family
Residential and R-1 (7,000) to R-1(S) and R-1(7,000)(S) Single Family
Residential With Single Story Overlay. Environmental Assessment:
Exempt From the California Environmental Quality Act per Section
15305
7:50-9:15 PM
7. Discussion and Direction Regarding the Midtown Connector Project
(Formerly Known as the Matadero Creek Trail Project)
9:15-10:15 PM
8. Proposed Expansion of Palo Alto's Plastic Foam Ordinance (Ordinance
5039)
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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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.
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Additional Information
Standing Committee Meetings
Sp. City Council Meeting-Closed Session November 10, 2015
Policy and Services Committee Meeting November 10, 2015
Schedule of Meetings
Schedule of Meetings
Tentative Agenda
Tentative Agenda
Public Letters to Council
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