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Home My WebLink About2014-10-27 City Council Action MinutesCITY OF PALO ALTO CITY COUNCIL ACTION MINUTES Page 1 of 5 Special Meeting October 27, 2014 The City Council of the City of Palo Alto met on this date in the Council Chambers at 6:02 P.M. Present: Berman, Burt, Holman, Klein, Kniss, Price, Scharff, Schmid arrived @ 6:07 P.M, Shepherd Absent: Closed Session 1. CONFERENCE WITH CITY ATTORNEY- EXISTING LITIGATION Subject: Sterling Park, et al. v. City of Palo Alto, Santa Clara County Superior Court, Case No. 109-CV-154134 Subject Authority: Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1) The City Council reconvened from the Closed Session at 6:57 p.m. and Mayor Shepherd announced that Council voted 9-0 to settle the case. Consent Calendar MOTION: Mayor Shepherd moved, seconded by Council Member Scharff, third by Council Member Holman to pull Agenda Item Number 2 to be heard second under Action Items, to become Agenda Item Number 8a. MOTION PASSED: 9-0 MOTION: Council Member Klein moved, seconded by Council Member Berman to approve Agenda Item Numbers 3-7. 2. Approval of a Two-Year Contract with Flint Strategies For a Communications and Outreach Contract to Support the Our Palo Alto Initiative and the Planning and Community Environment Department at a Cost Not to Exceed $175,000. ACTION MINUTES Page 2 of 5 City Council Meeting Action Minutes 10/27/14 3. Resolution 9464 entitled “Resolution of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Amending Utilities Rules and Regulations 15 (Metering), 21 (Special Water Utility Regulations), 22 (Special Gas Utility Regulations), and 23 (Special Wastewater Utility Regulations).” 4. Approval of Contract with Graham Contractors, Inc. in the Amount of $445,586 for Palo Alto Airport Runway and Taxiway Rehabilitation Project AP-15003; Approval of Contract for a Five Year Term with Mead & Hunt in the Amount Not to Exceed $250,000 for On-Call Consulting Services; Approval of Contract for a Five Year Term with C&S Engineers, Inc. for On-Call Consulting Services in the Amount Not to Exceed $250,000; Adoption of a Budget Amendment Ordinance 5277 entitled “Budget Amendment Ordinance of the Council of the City of Palo Alto to Adopt and Fund Capital Improvement Program Project AP-15003 in the Amount of $540,000 and to Defund and Close Capital Improvement Program Project AP-15001 Temporary Airport Terminal Resulting in Savings of $180,000; and Allocate Funds in the Amount of $40,000 to the Airport Enterprise Fund Operating Budget to Fund the Cost of Repairs to Palo Alto Airport Terminal.” 5. Budget Ordinance Amendment 5278 entitled “Budget Amendment Ordinance of the Council of the City of Palo Alto for $200,000 in Financial Contribution to the Housing Trust Silicon Valley.” 6. Approval of Mutual Cooperation and Support Agreement Between (YCS) for Youth and Teen programs in Partnership with the Community the City of Palo Alto and Youth Community Services Services Department. 7. Approval of Council Appointed Officer Committee Recommendation to Appoint Beth Minor as Acting City Clerk. MOTION PASSED for Agenda Item Numbers 3-7: 9-0 Action Items 8. Palo Alto Shuttle Program Expansion - Presentation of Phase 2 Alternatives. MOTION: Vice Mayor Kniss moved, seconded by Council Member Price to provide direction on next steps including potentially: ACTION MINUTES Page 3 of 5 City Council Meeting Action Minutes 10/27/14 (1) Increasing the frequency of service on the existing Crosstown Shuttle Route (to 30 minutes headway from existing 60 minutes), (2) Soliciting private-sector funding to offset the costs of a new West Shuttle Route from the University Caltrain Station into the Shoreline Business District in Mountain View, and not start the shuttle until funding was secured, (3) Design trial service between Downtown/University Avenue and the Stanford Shopping Center Trolley in Summer 2015, (4) Direct Staff to discuss with PAUSD the reinstatement of an earlier adopted policy to provide appropriate funding on an annual basis to the City to support shuttle services that benefit students, and discuss additional methods to decrease student vehicular traffic, (5) Direct Staff to begin to explore what kind of alternative technology exists that can be used that would open up the taxi/van information world to single person travel from home to destination, (6) Direct Staff to return with cost metrics on a per rider basis for the shuttles, (7) Direct Staff to return with plans to build a robust and user friendly application, and (8) Direct Staff to return with additional consideration of shuttle service for west of El Camino Real, including Stanford Research Park employment nodes. MOTION PASSED: 9-0 Mayor Shepherd continued Agenda Item Number 8a to another meeting. 8a. (Former Agenda Item Number 2) Approval of a Two-Year Contract with Flint Strategies For a Communications and Outreach Contract to Support the Our Palo Alto Initiative and the Planning and Community Environment Department at a Cost Not to Exceed $175,000. 9. Council Direction on Selection of Voting Delegate for the National League of Cities Annual Business Meeting on Saturday, November 22, 2014. ACTION MINUTES Page 4 of 5 City Council Meeting Action Minutes 10/27/14 MOTION: Mayor Shepherd moved, seconded by Council Member Scharff to designate Vice Mayor Kniss as the voting delegate and Council Member Holman as the alternate voting delegate. MOTION PASSED: 9-0 10. Cubberley Community Center Lease Status and Update. MOTION: Council Member Scharff moved, seconded by Council Member Price to discuss this in Closed Session. MOTION PASSED: 9-0 Inter-Governmental Legislative Affairs None Council Member Questions, Comments and Announcements None The City Council went into Closed Session at 10:32 P.M. Closed Session 11. CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS, CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54956.8 Properties: Cubberley Community Center, 4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto 94306 (including 8 acres owned by the City of Palo Alto and remaining acres owned by the Palo Alto Unified School District); and Ventura School site, 3990 Ventura Court, Palo Alto 94306 Agency Negotiators: James Keene, Lalo Perez, Joe Saccio, Hamid Ghaemmaghami, Greg Betts, Rob De Geus, Thomas Fehrenbach, Molly Stump Negotiating Parties: City of Palo Alto and Palo Alto Unified School District Under Negotiation: Lease and/or Purchase/Sale* ACTION MINUTES Page 5 of 5 City Council Meeting Action Minutes 10/27/14 *Purchase/sale is listed to comply with Brown Act legal requirements, and includes other transactions such as easements, options, rights of first refusal and land exchanges. The City is not considering selling any of its interests in Cubberley or Ventura. The City Council reconvened from the Closed Session at 11:15 P.M. and Mayor Shepherd advised no reportable action. ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjourned at 11:15 P.M.