HomeMy WebLinkAbout2013-01-22 City Council AgendasCITY OF PALO ALTO
CITY COUNCIL Special Meeting
Council Chambers
January 22, 2013
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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* The agenda now includes time estimates for each section or item. These 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.
Call to Order
City Manager Comments *6:00-6:10 PM
Oral Communications *6:10-6:25 PM
Members of the public may speak to any item not on the agenda; three minutes per speaker. Council reserves the right to limit the duration of Oral Communications period to 30 minutes.
Consent Calendar *6:25-6:30 PM
Items will be voted on in one motion unless removed from the calendar by two Council Members.
1. Finance Committee Recommendation to Accept the Utilities Reserves
Audit
2. Policy and Services Committee Recommendation to Accept the Audit of
Employee Health Benefits Administration
3. Policy and Services Committee Recommendation to Accept the Contract
Oversight Audit
4. Policy and Services Committee Recommendation to Accept the Auditor's
Office Quarterly Report as of September 30, 2012
5. Appointment of 2013 Emergency Standby Council
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6. Colleague’s Memo From Mayor Scharff and Council Member Klein
Regarding Council’s Ad hoc Committee on Infrastructure
Agenda Changes, Additions and Deletions
HEARINGS REQUIRED BY LAW: Applications and/or appellants may have up to ten minutes at the outset of the
public discussion to make their remarks and put up to three minutes for concluding remarks after other members of the public have spoken.
OTHER AGENDA ITEMS: Public comments or testimony on agenda items other than Oral Communications shall be
limited to a maximum of three minutes per speaker.
Action Items
Include: Reports of Committees/Commissions, Ordinances and Resolutions, Public Hearings, Reports of Officials, Unfinished Business and Council Matters.
7. Public Hearing: Adoption of a Resolution Amending the Transportation
Element of the Comprehensive Plan to Incorporate the Palo Alto Rail
Corridor Study and Approval of a Negative Declaration *6:30-7:15
PM
8. Review and Approval of the Palo Alto City Council Rail Committee
Guiding Principles *7:15-8:00 PM
9. Response to Colleague’s Memo on Employee Benefits: Pension
*8:00-9:30 PM
10. 2013 State Legislative Priorities *9:30-10:15 PM
11. Library Advisory Commission Viability Report *10:15-10:45 PM
12. Colleague’s Memo from Mayor Scharff, and Council Members Klein and
Price Regarding the Length of City Council Meetings
*10:45-10:55 PM
Council Member Questions, Comments and Announcements *10:55-11:00 PM
Members of the public may not speak to the item(s)
Adjournment
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PUBLIC COMMENT Members of the Public are entitled to directly address the City Council/Committee concerning
any item that is described in the notice of this meeting, before or during consideration of that item. If you wish to
address the Council/Committee 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/Committee,
but it is very helpful.
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Additional Information
Schedule of Meetings
Schedule of Meetings
Tentative Agenda
Tentative Agenda
Informational Report
Annual Review of the City Council Procedures and Protocols
Public Letters to Council Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4