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Special Meeting
Tuesday, May 12, 2015
Chairperson Burt called the meeting to order at 7:02 P.M. in the Community
Meeting Room at 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, California.
Present: Berman, Burt (Chair) DuBois, Wolbach
Absent:
Agenda Items
1. Legislative Update and Review and Approval of the Draft Fall 2015
Semi-Annual Legislative Strategic Initiatives.
MOTION: Council Member Berman moved, seconded by Chair Burt to
recommend the City Council approve the Fall 2015 Semi-Annual Legislative
Strategic Initiatives document with the following changes:
A. Under the Top Seven Fall 2015 Semi-Annual Legislative Strategic
Initiatives add “with a priority on non-Green House Gas (GHG)
emitting energy sources;” and
B. Change the title of the Employee Relations and Risk Management
Section to make it more clear and change it so that it’s clear it’s
referring to public employees only; and
i. Under Employee Relations and Risk Management replace in Item
A, “focusing” with “focus”, “corruption” with “abuse”, and add
“and” after “abuse;” and
C. Under the Environmental Section:
i. Replace Item A with, “with a priority on non-Green House Gas
(GHG) emitting energy sources;” and
ii. Replace Item H with, “reduce the approval requirement to below
two-thirds of voters for capital projects;” and
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iii. Item H should be removed from the Environment Section and
placed in Local Control Section; and
iv. Replace Item L with, “advocate for programs and policies that
promote advanced low emission vehicle technology and
encourage or promote alternative fuels with a priority on non-
Green House Gas (GHG) emitting energy sources;” and
v. Add Item M, “reduce airplane noise and its impact on the City;”
and
D. Replace Housing Section Item A with, “advocate for Association of Bay
Area Governments (ABAG) housing mandate reform via a revised
formula for housing allocations and reforms to elements of the State
Density Bonus law that are counterproductive to the jobs/housing
imbalance;” and
E. Replace Transportation Section Item A with, “support or oppose
legislation that is consistent with the Palo Alto City Council Rail
Committee Guiding Principles;” and
F. Add Item C, “pursue and advocate for grade separation funding.”
MOTION PASSED: 4-0
At this time the Committee heard Agenda Item Number 3.
3. City Auditor's Office Fiscal Year 2016 Proposed Work Plan.
MOTION: Council Member Berman moved, seconded by Council Member
DuBois to recommend the City Council approve the Fiscal Year (FY) 2016
Proposed Audit Work Plan and direct the Auditor to return to the Policy and
Services Committee after conducting a preliminary review to
determine whether an audit of the Transferable Development Rights (TDR)
sites would be warranted and if so, the preliminary scope and time required
to conduct the audit.
MOTION PASSED: 4-0
2. Discussion and Direction on Expansion of City Smoking Ordinance to
Multi-Family Housing, Adding Electronic Cigarettes, and Restricting
Sales of Tobacco Products and E-Cigarettes.
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Council Member Berman advised he would not be participating in this
Agenda Item because he lives in multi-family housing.
MOTION: Chair Burt moved, seconded by Council Member DuBois to
continue recommendation Number One to a date uncertain and direct Staff
to return to the Policy & Services Committee with further information
regarding:
A. Engineered protections to prevent migration of carcinogens such as
exhaust systems for venting through the roof lines; and
B. Cleaning processes to convert a smoking unit (both tobacco and e-
cigarette) to a non-smoking unit; and
C. How potentially harmful materials are transferred and in what amounts
they become dangerous; and
D. Benchmarking with other cities’ multi-family Ordinances and how they
allow smoking (partial units, smoking areas designated, condo
exemption process, disclosure process, etc.); and
E. Possible legal contradiction with medical marijuana law.
MOTION PASSED: 3-0 Berman not participating
MOTION: Council Member DuBois moved, seconded by Council Member
Berman to direct Staff to draft an Ordinance making e-cigarettes subject to
the same regulations as the current Smoking Ordinance and return to the
City Council for review and adoption.
MOTION PASSED: 4-0
MOTION: Council Member DuBois moved, seconded by Council Member
Berman to direct Staff to enact a tobacco retail license program and return
to the City Council for review and approval.
MOTION PASSED: 4-0
Adjournment: Meeting was adjourned at 11:07 P.M.