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ACTION MINUTES
Special Meeting
August 6, 2014
The City Council of the City of Palo Alto met on this date in the Council
Chambers at 6:00 P.M.
Present: Berman, Burt, Holman, Klein, Price, Scharff, Schmid, Shepherd
Absent: Kniss
Closed Session
1. PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION - GOAL SETTING
Title: City Auditor
Authority: Government Code Section 54957 (b)
The City Council returned from the Closed Session at 7:09 P.M. and Mayor
Shepherd advised no reportable action.
Oral Communications
None
Action Items
2. PUBLIC HEARING: Comprehensive Plan Update – Discussion of Alternative
Futures & Issues for Consideration in the Environmental Impact Report (EIR “Scoping” Meeting). The City will Prepare a Programmatic
Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the Update of its Comprehensive
Plan. Staff will Summarize Input Received at Recent Public Meetings and
Invite Comments and Suggestions from the Public and the City Council
Regarding the Alternatives and Issues that Should be Included for Analysis
in the EIR(Continued from August 4, 2014).
Public Hearing reopened at 7:10 P.M.
Public Hearing closed at 7:25 P.M.
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ACTION MINUTES
MOTION: Council Member Scharff moved, seconded by Council Member
Schmid to direct Staff to: 1) return to Council with revised scoping scenarios
for the Comprehensive Plan to include revised data input from Council, and
2) return with a plan on parking, traffic, density issues, and move these
things forward in a reasonably short period of time.
MOTION WITHDRAWN BY THE MAKER
MOTION: Council Member Price moved, seconded by Mayor Shepherd to direct Staff to: 1) proceed with the preparation of the Environmental Impact
Report (EIR) analysis, taking into consideration input received during the
scoping period, and based on the four conceptual alternatives, with specified
modifications and refinements that have been requested by the Council, and
2) return to Council with the data on the historic growth of the City within 30
days.
SUBSTITUTE MOTION: Council Member Klein moved, seconded by Council
Member Burt to continue this item. Direct Staff to return as soon as possible
with; 1) a menu and present a work plan for studies underway with respect
to traffic, parking, and zoning for Council review; 2) suggestions on a
revised breadth and scope of the Comprehensive Plan update; 3) baseline
data regarding environmental issues to be considered in the Environmental
Impact Report (EIR); and 4) Staff to schedule a study session for Council to
consider options for potential changes to the commercial portions of the
Zoning Code and Zoning Map.
SUBSTITUTE MOTION PASSED: 7-1 Price no, Kniss absent
ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjourned at 11:16 P.M.
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City Council Meeting
Action: 08/06/14