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Special Meeting
October 3, 2013
The City Council of the City of Palo Alto met on this date in the Council
Chambers at 4:30 P.M.
Present: Berman, Burt, Holman, Klein, Kniss, Price, Scharff, Schmid,
Shepherd
Absent:
ACTION ITEMS
1. Continued Discussion of Palo Alto Transportation Demand Management
Plan (Continued from September 16, 2013).
MOTION: Council Member Klein moved, seconded by Mayor Scharff that:
In order for the City Council to determine whether one or more Transportation
Demand Management (TDM) Districts as proposed on the Colleagues’ memorandum
or as reasonably modified would be legal, effective, practical and economic for any
or all of the University Avenue, California Avenue, East Meadow Circle and Stanford
Research Park Business District, the City Council hereby directs the City Manager
and the City Attorney as follows:
City Attorney – Advise the Council whether such TDM Districts would be legal and if
so what laws and legal procedures and processes would apply to them;
City Manager – 1) Prepare a preliminary report on the proposed TDM Districts, at a
cost of not more than $100,000 in staff time, (a) setting forth staff’s initial views on
TDM Districts, (b) outlining the steps necessary for an in-depth study of TDM
Districts and its timeline, (c) identifying any local or regional governments that
have TDM Districts comparable to that proposed in the Colleagues’ memorandum
and (d) advising whether the services of a consultant would be needed for a more
detailed, in-depth study of such proposed TDM Districts and if so what the
consultant would be expected to do and his/her expected cost.
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City Council Meeting
Final Action Minutes: 9/30/13
2) Organize one or more Study Sessions on TDM Districts with (a) appropriate
speakers with relevant experience in TDM programs such as Stanford’s and Contra
Costa County’s and (b) outreach to various stakeholders including but not limited to
adjacent residential neighborhoods and potentially effected business interests to
attend and participate in such Study Session(s).
3) Advise the Council on other possible solutions to the City’s traffic and parking
problems.
Schedule – The reports from the City Attorney and the City Manager shall be due
not later than January 20, 2014 and the initial Study Session shall take place not
later than February 03, 2014.
INCORPORATED INTO THE MOTION WITH CONSENT OF THE MAKER AND
SECONDER: to add at the end of “City Manager” Section B “including the
monitoring and enforcing any TDM project”.
AMENDMENT: Council Member Schmid moved, seconded by Council
Member Holman to add at the end of “City Manager” Section B “any special
characteristics that may be relevant for a mixed use district”.
AMENDMENT FAILED: 4-5, Klein, Berman, Shepherd, Scharff, Price no
INCORPORATED INTO THE MOTION WITH CONSENT OF THE MAKER AND
SECONDER: to add “and or programs” after TDM throughout the Motion.
MOTION AS AMENDED PASSED: 8-1, Price no
ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjourned at 5:32 P.M.