HomeMy WebLinkAbout2005-12-19 City Council Summary Minutes
Special Meeting December 19, 2005
1. Budget Amendment Ordinance 4890 entitled “Ordinance of the City of
Palo Alto in Approval of the Amount of $965,000 to Provide an
Additional Appropriation for the Implementation of the Charleston/
Arastradero Corridor Trial and the Gunn High School
Driveway/Arastradero Road Intersection and Roadway Modifications” ...27
APPROVAL OF MINUTES ..........................................................................29
COUNCIL COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, AND ANNOUNCEMENTS ........................29
CLOSED SESSION...................................................................................29
FINAL ADJOURNMENT: The meeting adjourned at 6:35 p.m. ........................29
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The City Council of the City of Palo Alto met on this date in the Council
Chambers at 6:05 p.m.
Present: Beecham, Burch, Cordell, Kishimoto, Morton, Mossar, Ojakian
Absent: Freeman, Kleinberg ORAL COMMUNICATIONS None.
1. Budget Amendment Ordinance 4890 entitled “Ordinance of the City of
Palo Alto in Approval of the Amount of $965,000 to Provide an
Additional Appropriation for the Implementation of the Charleston/
Arastradero Corridor Trial and the Gunn High School
Driveway/Arastradero Road Intersection and Roadway Modifications”
Council Member Cordell stated she would not participate in the item due to a conflict of interest because she owned property within 500 feet of the Charleston Corridor.
Director of Planning and Transportation Steve Emslie said the City could take
advantage of a planned resurfacing project that would cover approximately
50 percent of the Arastradero/Charleston Corridor cost for restriping. The
Page Mill Road/Hanover Street intersection improvement was fully funded by
the Stanford Research Park Impact Fees and was proceeding. Staff highly
recommended the improvements to be made to the Gunn High School driveway.
Council Member Mossar asked whether she would be conflicted because her
husband worked for Stanford University.
City Attorney Gary Baum advised it was determined there was no conflict,
either under Government Code 1090 or under the Fair Political Practices
Commission (FPPC) Section 18705.3(b)2.
Council Member Mossar said the action before Council would not set or
change fees.
Council Member Ojakian asked the City Attorney whether his Hewlett
Packard employment would fall under the same rationale.
Mr. Baum said the issue would be the same.
Martha Bowden, 27833 Saddle Court, Los Altos Hills, asked staff to measure
the traffic flow at Terman Middle School. She requested the implementation
of the Arastradero Road/Charleston Corridor plan to begin at Gunn High
School.
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Karen Sundback, 4045 Ben Lomond Drive, said she supported the current
plan. Safety remained an issue in the Arastradero Road/Charleston Corridor.
Penny Ellson, 513 El Capitan Place, said the use of the Stanford Research
Park Impact Fee and the Budget Amendment Ordinance should be approved
to move the Arastradero Road/Charleston Corridor plan forward.
Thomas A. Vician, Sr., 3718 Redwood Circle, urged unanimous approval of
the Arastradero Road/Charleston Corridor Plan.
Herb Borock, P.O. Box 632, said when the Council set the Transportation
Impact Fee, they indicated the fee should fund 100 percent of the intersection improvements.
MOTION: Council Member Kishimoto moved, seconded by Morton, to
approve the following:
• The use of $690,000 in funds from the Stanford Research Park Traffic
Impact Fee for the traffic signal and roadway modifications at the
Gunn High Driveway/Arastradero Road intersection, as a capacity
improvement to provide adequate alternative mitigation of impacts
addressed in the Citywide Land Use and Transportation Study Draft
Environmental Impact Report and the Environmental Impact Report for
the 1998-2010 Comprehensive Plan, as allowed for under Section
16.45.060 (f) of the Palo Alto Municipal Code;
• The Budget Amendment Ordinance in the amount of $965,000 to
increase funding in the Capital Improvement Program (CIP) for the
Charleston/Arastradero Corridor Project (CIP PL-5002) in 2005-2006
from $100,000 to $1,065,000 to fund the implementation of the of the
Charleston/Arastradero Corridor Trial and the Gunn High School
Driveway/Arastradero Road Intersection and Roadway Modifications,
during the summer of 2006. Also, to include proposed changes to
Section E of Proposed Budget Amendment Ordinance;
• Direct staff to send a letter to the Palo Alto Unified School District
Board of Education transmitting the City Council’s action and
requesting that the District relocate the 2006 summer school program
tentatively scheduled for Gunn High School.
Council Member Kishimoto said the project would help Palo Alto move
forward.
Council Member Morton said he was pleased the project was moving
forward.
Council Member Ojakian said he would support the motion; there was a
large safety issue.
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Mayor Burch said he appreciated the neighbors who attended that evening’s
meeting to show their support.
MOTION PASSED 6-0, Cordell abstaining, Freeman, Kleinberg absent. APPROVAL OF MINUTES MOTION: Council Member Ojakian moved, seconded by Beecham, to approve the minutes of the City Council Meeting of November 14, 2005. MOTION PASSED 5-0, Cordell, Freeman, Kleinberg, Mossar absent COUNCIL COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, AND ANNOUNCEMENTS Council Member Ojakian noted the new Council Chambers microphone, and
reported he and Co-Chair Lanie Wheeler have begun work on the Police
Building Blue Ribbon Committee, which will have the first Committee
meeting at 7 p.m. on January 5, 2006 at Cubberley Community Center.
The Council adjourned to a Closed Session at 6:30 p.m. CLOSED SESSION 2. CONFERENCE WITH CITY ATTORNEY -- EXISTING LITIGATION
Subject: Hartford Property & Casualty Ins. Co., et al. v. City of Palo
Alto, Kentucky Fried Chicken, et al., Santa Clara County Superior Court
No. : 1-05-CV-036449
Authority: Government Code section 54956.9(a)
The City Council met in Closed Session to discuss matters regarding existing
litigation as described in Agenda Item No. 2.
Mayor Burch announced there was no reportable action taken.
FINAL ADJOURNMENT: The meeting adjourned at 6:35 p.m. ATTEST: APPROVED:
City Clerk Mayor
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