The URL can be used to link to this page

Home My WebLink About2014-05-19 City Council Action MinutesCITY OF PALO ALTO CITY COUNCIL ACTION MINUTES Special Meeting May 19, 2014 The City Council of the City of Palo Alto met on this date in the Council Conference Room at 6:00 P.M. Present: Berman, Burt, Holman, Klein, Kniss arrived at 6:15 P.M., Price, Scharff, Schmid, Shepherd Absent: None Closed Session 1. CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS City Designated Representatives: City Manager and his designees pursuant to Merit System Rules and Regulations(James Keene, Lalo Perez, Joe Saccio, Kathryn Shen, Dania Torres Wong, Eric Nickel, Catherine Capriles, Geo Blackshire, Melissa Tronquet, Mark Gregerson, Nancy Nagel, Molly Stump, Walter Rossman) Employee Organization: International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF), Local 1319 Authority: Government Code Section 54957.6(a) 2. CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS City Designated Representatives: City Manager and his designees pursuant to Merit System Rules and Regulations (James Keene, Lalo Perez, Melissa Tronquet, Joe Saccio, Molly Stump, Walter Rossman, Nancy Nagel, Dennis Burns, Mark Gregerson, Kathryn Shen, Dania Torres Wong) Employee Organization: Palo Alto Police Officers Association (PAPOA) Authority: Government Code Section 54957.6(a) MOTION: Council Member Scharff moved, seconded by Council Member Klein to move Agenda Item Number 12 forward to be heard at this time, and renumbered as 2A. MOTION PASSED: 8-0 Page 1 of 4 ACTION MINUTES Closed Session 2A. (Former No. 12) CONFERENCE WITH CITY ATTORNEY-Existing Litigation Subject: Donald Sipple, et al. v. City of Alameda, et al., Los Angeles County Superior Court, Case Number: BC462270 Subject Authority: Government Code section 54956.9(a) The City Council reconvened from the Closed Session at 7:00 P.M. Consent Calendar MOTION: Vice Mayor Kniss moved, seconded by Council Member Scharff to approve Agenda Item Numbers 3-7, with changes to Agenda Item Number 5B- the Park Improvement Ordinance which will have a first reading on June 2, 2014. MOTION: Council Member Burt moved, seconded by Council Member Holman to remove Agenda Item Number 4 from the Consent Agenda. MOTION FAILED DUE TO THE LACK OF A THIRD COUNCIL MEMBER 3. Approval and Authorization for the City Manager to Execute an Electric Enterprise Fund Construction Contract with Cal Electro Inc. In a Total Not to Exceed Amount of $650,100 to Rebuild the Underground Electric Distribution System in Areas Along Middlefield Road, San Antonio Road and Fabian Way. 4. Policy & Services Committee Recommendation to Adopt an Ordinance Amending the Municipal Code to Change the Regular Meeting Start Time from 7:00pm to 6:00pm; Amend the Council’s Procedures to Reflect the 6:00pm Meeting Start Time. 5a. Resolution 9414 entitled “Resolution of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Authorizing the City Manager to Accept on Behalf of the City of Palo Alto, a Grant of $150,000 Made by the County of Santa Clara for the Purpose of Funding the Construction of the Magical Bridge Playground at Mitchell Park” and Adoption of the Related Budget Amendment Ordinance 5245. 5b. The Magical Bridge Playground Design/Construction Agreement - Between the City of Palo Alto and the Friends of the Magical Bridge; and Adoption of a Budget Amendment Ordinance 5246 entitled “Budget Amendment Ordinance of the Council of the City of Palo Alto for Fiscal Year 2014 to Provide an Additional Appropriation in the Page 2 of 4 City Council Meeting Action Minutes: 5/19/2014 ACTION MINUTES Amount of $1,874,182 for the Magical Bridge Playground Capital Project (PG-12006) and $30,000 for the Art in Public Places Capital Project (AC-86017)”. 6. Budget Amendment Ordinance 5247 entitled “Budget Amendment Ordinance of the Council of the City of Palo Alto in the Amount of $80,000 for the Furniture and Technology for Library Projects Capital Improvement Project LB-11000 for a New Monument Sign, Supported by Transfers from the Library Development Impact Fee Fund ($40,000) and Community Center Development Impact Fee Fund ($40,000).” 7. Ordinance 5248 entitled “Ordinance of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Mandating Reporting of Rabies Vaccinations (First Reading: May 5, 2014 PASSED: 9-0)”. MOTION PASSED: 9-0 Action Items 8. Consideration of Finance Committee Referral to the Human Relations Commission Regarding Additional Funding for Human Resource Allocation Process Agencies (This item was continued from May 12, 2014). MOTION: Council Member Burt moved, seconded by Council Member Holman to approve Finance Committee recommendation that the Human Relations Commission review the funded agencies in Human Services Resource Allocation Process to identify the most critical needs that were requested and unable to be allocated for FY 2015, not to exceed the amount initially requested by those agencies with the following guidelines: 1) include any critical and new and emerging needs that the Human Relations Commission has identified, as well as critical needs that were identified previously but unable to be allocated in the previous budget cycle; and 2) not to exceed the additional $200,000 that was requested in aggregate that was not funded at the beginning of the prior two-year cycle. AMENDMENT: Council Member Berman moved, seconded by Vice Mayor Kniss to replace Number 2 in the Motion to: “not to exceed $31,620 for both the 2-year and 6-year agencies for FY 2015”. AMENDMENT PASSED: 5-4 Burt, Holman, Price, Schmid no Page 3 of 4 City Council Meeting Action Minutes: 5/19/2014 ACTION MINUTES MOTION AS AMENDED PASSED: 8-1 Price no MOTION: Council Member Scharff moved, seconded by Council Member Klein to move Agenda Item Number 11 forward to be heard before Agenda Item Number 9. Inter-Governmental Legislative Affairs 11. Discussion and Recommendation on the Proposed Santa Clara County Transportation Project Sales Tax Increase. MOTION: Council Member Scharff moved, seconded by Mayor Shepherd to refer this to the Policy and Services Committee for discussion and recommendation to Council. MOTION PASSED: 9-0 9. Resolution 9415 entitled “Resolution of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Calling a Special Election to Modernize the Telecommunications Provision of the Utility Users Tax Ordinance.” MOTION: Vice Mayor Kniss moved, seconded by Council Member Scharff to adopt the Resolution calling a special election to modernize the telecommunications provision of the Utility Users Tax Ordinance and eliminate the Discount Tax Rate for a small number of commercial customers who use large volumes of water, gas and electric utilities. AMENDMENT: Council Member Scharff moved, seconded by Council Member Berman to reduce the tax rate for the telecommunications portion of the Utility Users from 5% to 4.75%. AMENDMENT PASSED: 5-4 Holman, Kniss, Price, Shepherd no MOTION AS AMENDED PASSED: 9-0 10. Proposed Changes in Development Impact Fees: Implementation of New Public Safety Facility and General Government Facilities Fees. ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjourned at 11:03 P.M. Page 4 of 4 City Council Meeting Action Minutes: 5/19/2014