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POLICY AND SERVICES COMMITTEE
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Policy and Services Committee Special Meeting
Action Minutes 06/13/17
Special Meeting
Tuesday, June 13, 2017
Chairperson Wolbach called the meeting to order at 6:06 P.M. in the
Community Meeting Room, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, California.
Present: Kniss, Kou, Wolbach (Chair)
Absent: DuBois
Agenda Items
1. Consideration of a City Ordinance Protecting Personal Privacy in the
Acquisition and use of Surveillance Technologies by the City.
MOTION: Chair Wolbach moved, seconded by Vice Mayor Kniss to
recommend the City Council adopt an Ordinance establishing criteria and
procedures for protecting personal privacy when considering the acquisition
and use of surveillance technologies by the City with an emphasis on public
privacy, personally identifiable information, including acquisition from any
source, data acquisition, data retention and data dissemination.
INCORPORATED INTO THE MOTION WITH THE CONSENT OF THE
MAKER AND THE SECONDER to add to the Motion “and to consider the
Staff proposed Ordinance tenets as a basis for the Ordinance.”
MOTION RESTATED: Chair Wolbach moved, seconded by Vice Mayor Kniss
to recommend the City Council adopt an Ordinance establishing criteria and
procedures for protecting personal privacy when considering the acquisition
and use of surveillance technologies by the City with an emphasis on public
privacy, personally identifiable information, including acquisition from any
source, data acquisition, data retention and data dissemination, and to
consider the Staff proposed Ordinance tenets as a basis for the Ordinance.
MOTION PASSED: 3-0 DuBois absent
2. Recreational and Medical Marijuana: Review and Discussion of State
Law Developments and Input to Staff on Next Steps, Including
Possible Ordinance Adopting Local Regulations Regarding Commercial
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Marijuana Activity, Outdoor Cultivation, and Marijuana Dispensaries.
This Action is Exempt Under Section 15061(b)(3) of the California
Environmental Quality Act.
MOTION: Vice Mayor Kniss moved, seconded by Chair Wolbach to
recommend the City Council:
A. Send a proposed Ordinance and zoning code amendments to the
Planning and Transportation Commission for review during the
summer; and
B. Change the outdoor cultivation sunset provision in the Ordinance from
indefinite to 2018; and
C. Direct Staff to research maximum delivery size, regulations around
delivery vehicle safety and business regulations, and information about
sales and/or excise taxes.
MOTION PASSED: 3-0 DuBois absent
The Committee took a break from 7:49 P.M. until 7:56 P.M.
3. Request for Proposals for a Consulting Firm to Assist the City of Palo
Alto and Palo Alto Unified School District With Master Planning of the
Cubberley Community Center.
MOTION: Council Member Kou moved, seconded by Vice Mayor Kniss to
recommend the City Council direct the Community Services Department to
release a Request for Proposals (RFP) for a Consulting Firm to assist the City
of Palo Alto and Palo Alto Unified School District with master planning of the
Cubberley Community Center, including a negotiated cost sharing
agreement.
INCORPORATED INTO THE MOTION WITH THE CONSENT OF THE
MAKER AND THE SECONDER to add to the Motion “and that the
negotiation will not cause a delay to the RFP.”
MOTION RESTATED: Council Member Kou moved, seconded by Vice Mayor
Kniss to recommend the City Council direct the Community Services
Department to release a Request for Proposals for a Consulting Firm to
assist the City of Palo Alto and Palo Alto Unified School District with master
planning of the Cubberley Community Center, including a negotiated cost
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sharing agreement, and that the negotiation will not cause a delay to the
RFP.
MOTION PASSED: 3-0 DuBois absent
4. Staff Recommendation That the Policy and Services Committee
Recommend the City Council Accept the Status Update of the Audit for
Contract Oversight: Trenching and Installation of Electric Substructure.
MOTION: Vice Mayor Kniss moved, seconded by Council Member Kou to
recommend the City Council accept the Status of Audit Recommendations for
the Contract Oversight: Trenching and Installation of Electric Substructure
Audit.
MOTION PASSED: 3-0 DuBois absent
5. Utilities Department: Cross Bore Inspection Contract Audit.
MOTION: Vice Mayor Kniss, seconded by Chair Wolbach to recommend the
City Council accept the Utilities Department: Cross Bore Inspection Contract
Audit.
MOTION PASSED: 3-0 DuBois absent
Future Meetings and Agendas
ADJOURNMENT: Meeting was adjourned at 9:03 P.M.