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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2012-07-23 City Council Action Minutes 07/23/2012 ACTION MINUTES Special Meeting July 23, 2012 The City Council of the City of Palo Alto met on this date in the Council Chambers at 4:39 P.M. Present: Burt, Espinosa, Holman, Klein, Price, Scharff (arrived at 5:28 P.M.), Schmid, Shepherd, Yeh Absent: SPECIAL ORDERS OF THE DAY 1. Recognition of Website Advisory Committee. 2. Appointment to the Planning and Transportation Commission for One Unexpired Term Ending on July 31, 2013. First Round of voting for the Planning and Transportation Commission for one unexpired term ending on July 31, 2013: Voting For Michael Alcheck: Burt, Espinosa, Klein, Price, Scharff, Shepherd Voting For Susan Fineberg: Holman, Schmid, Yeh Voting For Doria Summa: Voting For Mark Weiss: Voting For Henry Wong: City Clerk, Donna Grider announced that Michael Alcheck with 6 votes was elected to the one unexpired term ending on July 31, 2013. APPROVAL OF MINUTES MOTION: Council Member Espinosa moved, seconded by Council Member Price to approve the minutes of April 16, 2012. MOTION PASSED: 8-0 Scharff absent 2 07/23/2012 CONSENT CALENDAR MOTION: Council Member Shepherd moved, seconded by Council Member Price to approve Agenda Item Nos. 3-16. 3. Request for Approval of Master Services Agreement Between the City of Palo Alto and Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. for Internet Connectivity Services. 4. Policy and Services Committee Recommendation Regarding Massage Ordinance. 5. Approval of a Contract with Valentine Corporation in The Amount of $1,947,368.50 for Channing Avenue/Lincoln Avenue Storm Drain Improvements - Phase II, Capital Improvement Program Project SD- 11101. 6. Approval of a Contract with O'Grady Paving, Inc. in the Amount of $2,135,714, for the 2012 Asphalt Paving Project, the 3rd of 6 Contracts in the 2012 Street Maintenance Program Project (CIP PE-86070). 7. Resolution 9275 entitled “Resolution of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Establishing Fiscal Year 2012-13 Secured and Unsecured Property Tax Levy for the City of Palo Alto’s General Obligation Bond Indebtedness (Measure N)”. 8. Appeal of Director’s Architectural Review Approval of Site Improvements Associated with the Conversion of an Existing Building to an 86 Room Hotel with Ground Floor Restaurant and a Design Enhancement Exception (DEE) and Sign Exceptions at 180 Hamilton Avenue (Casa Olga). 9. Selection of Voting Delegate and Alternate for the League of California Cities Annual Conference. 10. Adoption of an Ordinance Approving and Adopting a Plan for Improvements to Cogswell Plaza. 11. Approval of a Record of Land Use Action for the Reconstruction of the Historic Residence at 564 University Avenue. 12. Resolution 9276 entitled “Resolution of the Council of the City of Palo Alto to Authorize the City Manager to Purchase Electricity Resource Adequacy Capacity Products for Calendar Year 2013 in an Amount Not to Exceed $2 Million”. 3 07/23/2012 13. Submittal of Mitchell Park Library and Community Center Bi-Monthly Construction Contract Report. 14. Approval of an Agreement with Van Scoyoc Associates Inc. for Up to Three Years in an Amount not to Exceed a Total of $303,000 for Federal Legislative Representation. 15. Direction to City Clerk to Use the Secretary of States’ Randomized Alphabet Drawing for the Order of Candidates’ Names on the November 6, 2012 Ballot. 16. Policy and Services Committee Recommendation to Accept the Policy for Administering the Employee Ethics Hotline. MOTION PASSED: 8-0 Scharff absent ACTION ITEMS 17. Resolution 9277 entitled “Resolution of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Amending Section 1401 of the Merit System Rules and Regulations to Adopt a New Memorandum of Agreement with Service Employees’ International Union Local 521”. MOTION: Council Member Shepherd moved, seconded by Council Member Schmid to adopt the resolution amending Section 1401 of the Merit System Rules and Regulations to adopt a new Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between the City of Palo Alto and Service Employees’ International Union (SEIU), Local 521 effective July 1, 2012 through December 1, 2013. MOTION PASSED: 8-0 Scharff absent 18. Resolution 9278 entitled “Resolution of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Implementing Terms for Police Managers' Association Pursuant to Government Code Section 3505”. MOTION: Council Member Schmid moved, seconded by Council Member Klein to adopt the resolution implementing the changes described to certain terms and conditions of employment for employees in the Police Managers’ Association. MOTION PASSED: 8-0 Scharff absent 19. Finance Committee recommendation to Reconfigure the Palo Alto Golf Course, and Staff Recommendation to Negotiate an Amendment to Existing Contract with Golf Course Architect Forest Richardson & 4 07/23/2012 Associates to Complete Finance Committee's Recommended Design and Environmental Impact Analysis for up to $336,835. MOTION: Council Member Burt moved, seconded by Council Member Price to direct Staff to: 1) pursue Golf Course redesign Option G, which adds space for up to three full-size athletic fields and re-configures the entire Golf Course for the Palo Alto Municipal Golf Course to mitigate impacts from the San Francisquito Creek realignment project, and; 2) authorize the City Manager to negotiate an amended contract with Golf Course Architect Forrest Richardson & Associates to complete said design and environmental impact analysis for up to $336,835.00 (in order to pursue the final designs for the Golf Course). INCORPORATED INTO THE MOTION WITH THE CONSENT OF THE MAKER AND SECONDER that this Fall the Finance Committee will assess the risk and assumptions inherent in Option G and funding options prior to proceeding with the project. MOTION PASSED: 9-0 The City Council took a break from 7:30 P.M. until 7:50 P.M. MOTION: Council Member Shepherd moved, seconded by Vice Mayor Scharff to continue Agenda Item No. 20 to a date uncertain. MOTION WITHDRAWN BY THE MAKER MOTION: Council Member Shepherd moved, seconded by Council Member Schmid to move Agenda Item No. 20 to the end of the meeting, to become Agenda Item No. 23a. MOTION PASSED: 8-1 Price no 21. Public Hearing: Adoption of a Resolution 9279 entitled “Resolution of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Confirming Weed Abatement Report and Ordering Cost of Abatement to be a Special Assessment on the Respective Properties Described Therein”. Public hearing opened and closed without public comment at 7:59 P.M. MOTION: Council Member Shepherd moved, seconded by Council Member Price to adopt the resolution confirming the report and ordering abatement costs to be a special assessment on the properties specified in the report. MOTION PASSED: 9-0 5 07/23/2012 22. Approval of Detailed Sidewalk and Plaza Design for California Avenue Transit Hub Corridor Streetscape Improvements Project. MOTION: Council Member Price moved, seconded by Vice Mayor Scharff to approve the proposed California Avenue Transit Hub Corridor Streetscape project street alignment, including sidewalk widening and plaza design, and direct Staff to continue the final design. SUBSTITUTE MOTION: Council Member Holman moved, seconded by Council Member Schmid to direct Staff to meet with merchants to establish specific criteria to measure success for a trial of traffic only utilizing the existing parking configuration and striping that layout 15 foot wide travel lanes, one in each direction, and 3 foot colored bands on the outside of each 15 foot lane, if measured criteria cannot be determined, the City will move forward with the plan. SUBSTITUTE MOTION FAILED: 2-7 Holman, Schmid yes MOTION PASSED: 9-0 23a. (Former Agenda Item No. 20) Consideration of a Vote of Support for the Revote High Speed Rail Initiative. MOTION: Council Member Klein moved, seconded by Council Member Price to continue Agenda Item No. 23a to September 4, 2012, to be the first Action item heard. MOTION PASSED: 9-0 23. Public Hearing: Proposed Revenue Increases and Expenditure Reductions for Animal Services. Public hearing opened at 11:42 P.M. Public hearing closed at 11:48 P.M. MOTION: Vice Mayor Scharff moved, seconded by Council Member Klein to adopt the municipal fee charges related to animal services, and the expenditure reductions. AMENDMENT: Council Member Holman moved, seconded by Council Member XXXX to direct Staff to return to Council before the end of the year with: 1) a financial report; 2) the type and number of services performed (spay, neuter, and adoptions trend); and 3) a plan for additional products and services. 6 07/23/2012 AMENDMENT FAILED DUE TO THE LACK OF A SECOND MOTION PASSED: 9-0 COUNCIL MEMBER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, AND ANNOUNCEMENTS Council Member Klein reported on attending the Bay Area Water Supply and Conservation Board of Directors meeting last week. The citizens of San Francisco have obtained enough signatures to direct a committee to study ways to drain Hetch Hetchy Reservoir and find another water source. The issue that will be brought to Council after the break as there is concern that only San Francisco residents will be able to vote on this measure and it affects many other cities in the Bay Area. Council Member Burt requested that the meeting be adjourned in memory of Sally Ride. Mayor Yeh reported that the flags in front of City Hall have been flying at half-staff and the meeting will be adjourned in memory of the Aurora, Colorado shooting victims. ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjourned in memory of former astronaut Sally Ride, and all the victims of the Aurora, Colorado shooting at 12:18 A.M.