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ACTION MINUTES
Special Meeting
May 5, 2014
The City Council of the City of Palo Alto met on this date in the Council
Chambers at 5:05 P.M.
Present: Berman, Burt, Holman, Klein, Kniss arrived @ 5:13 P.M., Price,
arrived at 5:11 P.M., Scharff, Schmid, Shepherd
Absent:
Study Session
1. Review of Planning and Transportation Commission Recommended
Revisions of all Elements of the Comprehensive Plan.
MOTION: Council Member Klein moved, seconded by Council Member Burt for Council to respond to the three questions that Staff is proposing, but also
to review the Planning and Transportation Commission Draft Comprehensive
Plan to indicate agreement or disagreement with major policies, but not to
wordsmith it.
INCORPORATED INTO THE MOTION WITH THE CONSENT OF THE
MAKER AND SECONDER that the first round of Council comments would be
8 minutes in length.
MOTION AS AMENDED PASSED: 7-2 Kniss, Price no
MOTION: Council Member Klein moved, seconded by Council Member Holman to schedule a special City Council meeting the first available
Saturday in June for discussion of the Comprehensive Plan regarding policy
direction.
MOTION FAILED: 4-5 Burt, Holman, Klein, Schmid yes
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MOTION: Council Member Burt moved, seconded by Council Member
Holman to have Staff return with a Consent Calendar item for removal of
Floor Area Ratio (FAR) from the California Avenue Concept Plan.
MOTION PASSED: 8-1 Price no
Special Orders of the Day
2. Proclamation Expressing Appreciation to the Electric Vehicle (EV) Task
Force for Outstanding Public Service.
Council Member Burt read the Proclamation into the record.
Agenda Changes, Additions and Deletions
James Keene, City Manager stated that Staff requests Agenda Item Number
8 be continued to May 19, 2014.
Minutes Approval
MOTION: Vice Mayor Kniss moved, seconded by Council Member Berman
to approve the minutes of March 24 and April 7, 2014.
MOTION PASSED: 9-0
Consent Calendar
MOTION: Vice Mayor Kniss moved, seconded by Council Member Schmid
to approve Agenda Item Numbers 3-7, 9 and 10 with at places changes.
Council Member Klein registered a no vote on Agenda Item Number 4.
3. Resolution 9409 entitled “Resolution of the Council of the City of Palo
Alto Determining That Net Energy Metering Aggregation Will Not Result
in Increased Cost-Shifting to Non-Participants.”
4. Update on 2013 Know Your Neighbor Grant Program and Direction to
Continue Pilot for One Year.
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5. Approval of a Contract Amendment with Bibliotheca, Inc. Extending
the Term to June 30, 2017 and Adding An Amount Not to Exceed
$300,000 for the Ongoing Purchase of a Radio Frequency Identification
System (RFID) for the Palo Alto City Library - Capital Improvement
Program Project TE-06001.
6. Recommending Council Authorize the City Manager to Approve Law
Enforcement Regional Data Sharing Agreement (“Memorandum Of Understanding For The South Bay Information Sharing System South
Bay Region Node”).
7. Resolution 9410 entitled “Resolution of the Council of the City of Palo
Alto Amending and Restating the Administrative Penalty Schedule and
Civil Penalty Schedules for Certain Violations of the Palo Alto Municipal
Code and the California Vehicle Code Established by Resolution No.
9209.”
8. Adoption of a Resolution Approving the Proposed Google Network Hut
License Agreement.
9. Budget Amendment Ordinance 5244 entitled “Budget Amendment
Ordinance of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Amending the Budget
for Fiscal Year 2014 to Adjust Budgeted Revenues and Expenditures in
Accordance with the Recommendations in the FY 2014 Midyear Budget
Review Report.”
10. Approval of Municipal Code Amendment to Mandate Reporting of
Rabies Vaccinations.
MOTION PASSED/FAILED for Agenda Item Numbers 3, 5-7, 9 and 10:
9-0
MOTION PASSED FOR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 4: 8-1 Klein no
Action Items
11. PUBLIC HEARING: Adoption of a Resolution 9411 entitled “Resolution
of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Approving the Proposed Fiscal
Year 2015 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Funding
Allocation and the 2015 Draft Action Plan.”
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MOTION: Mayor Shepherd moved, seconded by Vice Mayor Kniss to: 1)
adopt the funding Resolution allocating CDBG funding as recommended by
Staff in the 2015 Action Plan; 2) authorize Staff to submit the 2015 Action
Plan to the Department of Housing and Urban Development by the May 15,
2014 deadline; and 3) authorize the City Manager, on behalf of the City, to
execute the 2015 application and Action Plan for CDBG funds and any other
necessary documents concerning the application and to otherwise bind the City with respect to the application and commitment of funds, and 4)
beginning with CDBG 2016 cycle, Staff to provide pertinent information
describing the Microenterprise Assistance Program.
INCORPORATED INTO THE MOTION WITH THE CONSENT OF THE
MAKER AND SECONDER to refer the Microenterprise Assistance Program to
Finance Committee.
MOTION PASSED: 9-0
12. Comprehensive Plan Update - Review of the Comprehensive Plan
Update Community Engagement Plan and Community Leadership
Group.
Inter-Governmental Legislative Affairs
None
Council Member Questions, Comments and Announcements
None
The City Council went into the Closed Session at 10:00 P.M.
Closed Session
13. CONFERENCE WITH CITY ATTORNEY – EXISTING LITIGATION
City of Palo Alto v. Regional Water Quality Control Board, San
Francisco Bay Region: Petition for Review and Reconsideration of
Failure to Act on Application for Section 401 Water Quality Certification
of the City of Palo Alto Municipal Golf Course Reconfiguration Project,
and Request to Hold Petition in Abeyance (petition filed April 1, 2014,
before the California State Water Resources Board)
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Request for Reconsideration to the Regional Water Quality Control
Board, San Francisco Bay Region (letter filed April 1, 2014)
Authority: Government Code section 54956.9
Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 10:30 P.M.
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