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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2013-02-02 City Council Action MinutesCITY OF PALO ALTO CITY COUNCIL DRAFT ACTION MINUTES Page 1 of 3 Special Meeting February 2, 2013 The City Council of the City of Palo Alto met on this date at the Palo Alto Art Center at 8:30 A.M. Present: Berman, Burt, Holman, Klein, Kniss, Price, Scharff, Schmid, Shepherd Absent: 1. Discussion and Possible Adoption of Council Priorities for 2013. MOTION: Council Member Kniss moved, seconded by Vice Mayor Shepherd to name Infrastructure as a Council Priority for 2013. INCORPORATED INTO THE MOTION WITH THE CONSENT OF THE MAKER AND SECONDER to name the Priority “Infrastructure Strategy and Funding.” AMENDMENT TO MOTION: Council Member Schmid moved, seconded by Council Member Price to add technology as a subcategory of Infrastructure Strategy and Funding. AMENDMENT TO MOTION FAILED: 3-6 Berman, Burt, Klein, Kniss, Scharff, Shepherd no AMENDMENT: Council Member Schmid moved, seconded by Council Member Price to postpone selecting Council Priorities on any single item until the full list of Council Priorities is agreed on. AMENDMENT TO AMENDMENT: Council Member Klein moved, seconded by Council Member Price to make Motions regarding individual Priorities hold until a final Motion can be made adopting the list of 2013 City Council Priorities as a whole. AMENDMENT AS AMENDED PASSED: 9-0 DRAFT ACTION MINUTES Page 2 of 3 City Council Meeting Draft Action Minutes: 11/5/12 MOTION RESTATED: Council Member Kniss moved, seconded by Vice Mayor Shepherd to name “Infrastructure Strategy and Funding” as a Council Priority for 2013 and to make Motions regarding individual Priorities hold until a final Motion can be made adopting the list of 2013 City Council Priorities as a whole. MOTION AS AMENDED PASSED: 9-0 MOTION: Council Member Burt moved, seconded by Council Member Schmid to establish as a Council Priority for 2013, subject to the final vote, “The Future of the Downtown Districts.” INCORPORATED INTO THE MOTION WITH THE CONSENT OF THE MAKER AND SECONDER to change the language “Downtown Districts” to “Downtown and California Avenue.” AMENDMENT TO MOTION: Council Member Price moved, seconded by Council Member Holman to change “The Future of Downtown and California Avenue.” to “Downtown and California Avenue Districts: Urban Design and Transportation.” AMENDMENT TO AMENDMENT: Council Member Kniss moved, seconded by Council Member Price to add “Parking.” SUBSTITUTE MOTION: Council Member Kniss moved, seconded by Council Member Burt to make this a City Council 2013 Priority pending the final vote, and to have the City Manager work on the specific verbiage over lunch and have Council revisit when reconvened. SUBSTITUTE MOTION PASSED: 6-3 Berman, Klein, Schmid no MOTION: Council Member Kniss moved, seconded by Council Member Klein that Technology and the Connected City be a City Council Priority for 2013. MOTION PASSED: 9-0 MOTION: Council Member Holman moved, seconded by Council Member Price that “Healthy Communities” be a City Council Priority for 2013. MOTION FAILED: 4-5, Burt, Klein, Kniss, Scharff, Shepherd no MOTION: Council Member Kniss moved, seconded by Council Member Klein to have three priorities versus four for 2013. DRAFT ACTION MINUTES Page 3 of 3 City Council Meeting Draft Action Minutes: 11/5/12 MOTION PASSED: 6-3 Holman, Price, Schmid no MOTION: Council Member Schmid moved, seconded by Council Member Price to have weighted voting on the three Priorities. SUBSTITUTE MOTION FAILED: 2-7 Price, Schmid yes MOTION: Council Member Klein moved, seconded by Vice Mayor Shepherd to approve the three Council Priorities “Infrastructure Strategy and Funding, the Future Downtown and California Avenue Districts: Urban Design, Transportation, Parking, and Livability, and Technology and a Connected City.” MOTION PASSED: 9-0 2. Discussion of Guiding Principles and Core Values. MOTION: Vice Mayor Shepherd moved, seconded by Council Member Kniss to postpone this item and have an “in-depth discussion of guiding principles and core values” at the second retreat. INCORPORATED INTO THE MOTION WITH THE CONSENT OF THE MAKER to have Council Members send three suggestions in writing to the Mayor. INCORPORATED INTO THE MOTION WITH THE CONSENT OF THE MAKER to return to the Policy and Services Commission to form a process. MOTION PASSED: 9-0 ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjourned at 2:10 P.M.