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Special Meeting
December 04, 2018
Chairperson Scharff called the meeting to order at 2:03 P.M. in the
Community Meeting Room, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, California.
Present: Filseth, Kou, Scharff, Tanaka
Participating Remotely: Tanaka participating from the Prince Park Tower
Tokyo, 4-8-1 Shibakoen Minato, Tokyo, 105-8563 Japan
Agenda Items
1. Discussion and Recommendation to the City Council to Accept the
Macias Gini & O'Connell's Audit of the City of Palo Alto's Financial
Statements as of June 30, 2018 and Management Letter.
MOTION: Chair Scharff moved, seconded by Vice Mayor Filseth to
recommend to the City Council that the Finance Committee review and
forward to the City Council for approval the City of Palo Alto’s audited
financial statements for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, and the
accompanying reports provided by Macias Gini & O’Connell LLP.
MOTION PASSED: 4-0
2. Discussion and Recommendation to Approve the Fiscal Year (FY) 2018
Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) and Approve Budget
Amendments in Various Funds.
Tanaka left the Meeting at 2:39 PM
Finance Committee took a break from 2:40 PM and returned at 2:40 PM (No
Quorum)
Council Member Tanaka rejoined the meeting at 2:43 PM
MOTION: Chair Scharff moved, seconded by Vice Mayor Filseth to
recommend to the City Council to have the Finance Committee forward to
the City Council for its approval:
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1. Amendments to the Fiscal Year (FY 218 Budget Appropriation for
various funds as identified in Attachment B - Exhibit 1 and various
capital projects as identified in Attachment B - Exhibit 2; and
2. The City’s FY 2018 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR)
(Attachment C); and
3. Move $2 million to BSR to Infrastructure Reserve.
MOTION PASSED: 3-0 Tanaka Abstain
3. Review of Near Term Capital Projects at the Regional Water Quality
Control Plant and Recommendation to Adopt a Resolution Declaring
Intention to Reimburse Expenditures Related to the Four Capital
Projects from the Proceeds of the Bonds to be Issued by the City for
the Wastewater Treatment Fund.
MOTION: Chair Scharff moved, seconded by Vice Mayor Filseth to
recommend that the City Council approve of a Resolution (Attachment A)
declaring the City’s intention to reimburse expenditures made for related
capital improvement projects from the proceeds of bonds to be issued by the
City’s Regional Water Quality Control Plant (RWQCP), Wastewater Treatment
Fund, for a not-to-exceed amount of $85 million.
MOTION PASSED: 4-0
Finance Committee took a break from 4:00 PM to 4:06 PM
4. Discussion and Recommendation to the City Council to Approve the
Chambers Audio Visual Phased Design Upgrade Approach.
Council Member Tanaka left the Meeting at 4:26 PM
MOTION: Chair Scharff moved, seconded by Vice Mayor Filseth to
recommend to the City Council to proceed with Phases 1 through 4 of the
Audio Visual project, with the exception of the Audio Video links via the
network.
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INCORPORATED INTO THE MOTION BY THE MAKER AND SECONDER
to include moving Phase 4 elements (with the exception of the Audio Video
links) into Phase 3.
MOTION AS AMENDED PASSED: 3-0 Tanaka absent
MOTION: Chair Scharff moved, seconded by Council Member Kou to
recommend to the City Council to have all Phases be completed together,
rather than using a multi-year phased approach.
MOTION PASSED: 2-1 Filseth no, Tanaka absent
ADJOURNMENT: Meeting was adjourned at 5:09 P.M.