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ACTION MINUTES
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Regular Meeting
October 13, 2020
The Policy and Services Committee of the City of Palo Alto met on this date
by virtual teleconference at 7:03 P.M.
Present: Cormack (Chair), Filseth, Kou
Absent:
Agenda Items
1. Staff Recommends the Policy and Services Committee Recommend the
City Council Accept the Status Updates on Recommendations From the
Community Services Department Fee Schedule Audit.
MOTION: Council Member Kou moved, seconded by Chair Cormack to
recommend the City Council accept the Status of Audit Recommendations
resulting from the City Auditor’s Community Services Department Fee
Schedule Audit.
INCORPORATED INTO THE MOTION WITH THE CONSENT OF THE MAKER AND SECONDER TO close this audit.
MOTION AS AMENDED RESTATED: Council Member Kou moved, seconded
by Chair Cormack to recommend the City Council accept the attached Status
of Audit Recommendations resulting from the City Auditor’s Community
Services Department Fee Schedule Audit and to close this audit.
MOTION AS AMENDED PASSED: 3-0
2. Discussion Regarding the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of
Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) as a Component of Citywide
Diversity and Inclusion.
MOTION: Chair Cormack moved, seconded by Council Member Kou to
recommend the Council direct Policy and Services Committee continue
discussion of this item; direct Staff return in a month with a range of options
for next steps, including cost and time frames, reconciling this work with the
work of the Ad Hoc Committee on Diversity and Inclusion, such as specific
areas to focus on, to consider the first format, such as a summit, an audit, a
ACTION MINUTES
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Policy & Services Committee Meeting
Action Minutes: 10/13/2020
subcommittee or another partner such as a university; and to have Staff
connect with Palo Alto Unified School District.
MOTION PASSED: 3-0
Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 8:26 P.M.