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ACTION MINUTES
Special Meeting
June 4, 2014
The City Council of the City of Palo Alto met on this date in the Council
Chambers at 6:08 P.M.
Present: Berman, Burt, Holman, Klein, Kniss, Price, Scharff, Schmid,
Absent: Shepherd
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
None
ACTION ITEMS
1. Approval of Letter Regarding Santa Clara County Transportation Project Sales Tax Increase (CONTINUED FROM JUNE 2, 2014).
MOTION: Council Member Klein moved, seconded by Council Member
Scharff to authorize Staff to draft the letter that is included in the packet,
regarding the Santa Clara County transportation tax, including changing the
date in the second paragraph to June 4th.
AMENDMENT: Council Member Schmid moved, seconded by Council
Member Holman to remove the last sentence in the 2nd paragraph and
replace it with, “Without the additional 1/8 cent the amount going to Bart
and Caltrain should be equalized”.
AMENDMENT FAILED: 2-6 Holman, Schmid yes, Shepherd absent
MOTION PASSED: 8-0 Shepherd absent
2. Council Direction to Staff on Potential Housing Site for Inclusion in the
2015-2023 Housing Element Update and on Submittal of an
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Administrative Draft for the State's Initial Review (CONTINUED FROM
JUNE 2, 2014).
MOTION: Council Member Scharff moved, seconded by Council Member
Holman to direct to Staff to:
1) include the following residentially-zoned sites in the Administrative
Draft of the 2015-2023 Housing Element to meet the City’s Regional
Housing Needs Allocation requirement and provide a buffer likely to be
acceptable to HCD:
23 existing units at the Colorado Park development,
32 residential second units (i.e. small accessory or “in-law units”),
146 additional units at Fry’s site, 340 Portage Ave., and
168 units at the CS zoned San Antonio sites;
2) submit the Administrative Draft to HCD for preliminary review by end
of June; and
3) continue to identify more transit-rich housing sites including in the
downtown and the California Avenue area after HCD certification as
part of the Comprehensive Plan Update process and consider
exchanging sites along San Antonio and sites along South El Camino
that are outside of identified “pedestrian nodes” for the more transit-
rich identified sites after the City has met the statutory deadline for
housing element certification”.
AMENDMENT: Council Member Schmid moved, seconded by Council
Member XXXX to replace bullet 3 in the Motion above with “ To identify
up to 100 transit-rich housing sites in downtown and California Avenue as
part of the Comprehensive Plan Update process and consider exchanging
sites along San Antonio and sites along South el Camino that are outside
of identified “pedestrian nodes” for the more transit-rich identified sites
before the City deadline for housing element certification.
AMENDMENT FAILED DUE TO THE LACK OF A SECOND
MOTION PASSED: 6-1 Schmid no, Price, Shepherd absent
ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjourned at 8:17 P.M.
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