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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2011-11-28 City Council Action Minutes 11/28/2011 . ACTION MINUTES Special Meeting November 28, 2011 The City Council of the City of Palo Alto met on this date in the Council Chambers at 7:01 P.M. Present: Burt, Espinosa, Holman arrived @ 7:03 P.M., Klein, Price, Scharff, Schmid, Shepherd, Yeh Absent: CONSENT CALENDAR MOTION: Council Member Klein moved, seconded by Vice Mayor Yeh to pull Agenda Item No. 2, to become Agenda Item No. 3a. MOTION: Vice Mayor Yeh moved, seconded by Council Member Holman to approve Agenda Item Nos. 1,3. 1. Approval of Purchase Order With Mythics in the Amount of $122,790.91 for Oracle Licensing and Maintenance. 2. Finance Committee Recommendation that the Council Approve and Accept the Updated Retiree Medical Actuarial Study. 3. Approval of Final Map to Merge Four Parcels into a 3.62 Acre Parcel for Condominium Subdivision Into a Hotel Unit and 26 Residential Units, Located at 4301 and 4329 El Camino Real. MOTION PASSED for Agenda Item Nos. 1,3: 9-0 AGENDA CHANGES, ADDITIONS, AND DELETIONS 3a. (Former No. 2) Finance Committee Recommendation that the Council Approve and Accept the Updated Retiree Medical Actuarial Study. 2 11/28/2011 MOTION: Vice Mayor Yeh moved, seconded by Council Member Schmid to approve and accept the Updated Retiree Medical Actuarial Study. INCORPORATED INTO THE MOTION WITH THE CONSENT OF THE MAKER AND SECONDER that Staff is to schedule a meeting with Mr. Bartell and full Council prior to the Finance Committee Mid-year Review. MOTION AS AMENDED PASSED: 9-0 ACTION ITEMS 4. Transmittal of the Highway 101 Pedestrian/Bicycle Over/ Undercrossing Feasibility Study; Recommendation of Adobe Creek Overcrossing as Preferred Option to Further Study and Approval of Amendment with Santa Clara Valley Water District for Extended Use of Adobe Creek Undercrossing. MOTION: Council Member Shepherd moved, seconded by Council Member Holman to accept Staff recommendations to: 1. Accept the Highway 101 Pedestrian/Bicycle Over/Undercrossing Feasibility Study; 2. Direct Staff to proceed with the recommended option of an overcrossing at Adobe Creek; and 3. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute the attached amendment to the Lease (Joint Use) Agreement with the Santa Clara Valley Water District and the City to allow extended use of the current undercrossing and to execute further amendments with similar terms until the overcrossing is available. INCORPORATED INTO THE MOTION WITH THE CONSENT OF THE MAKER AND SECONDER to direct Staff to investigate a bridge design competition. MOTION AS AMENDED PASSED: 9-0 5. Approval of Negative Declaration, Adoption of the MTC Resolution 9211 entitled “Resolution of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Approval of CIP Establishment and Ratifying Contract with RBF Consulting for the California Avenue – Transit Hub Corridor Streetscape Project”. 3 11/28/2011 MOTION: Council Member Scharff moved, seconded by Mayor Espinosa to approve the Negative Declaration for the project. MOTION PASSED: 9-0 MOTION: Council Member Klein moved, seconded by Council Member Price to: 1) adopt Resolution to authorize the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) to submit an application for the California Avenue – Transit Hub Corridor Streetscape project to the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) and to commit local-match funding for the project, 2) Establish a new Capital Improvement Program (CIP) project entitled California Avenue – Transit Hub Corridor Streetscape Project, and 3) Reaffirm the agreement with RBF Consulting for the design of the California Avenue – Transit Hub Corridor Streetscape project with funding from the CIP project. MOTION PASSED: 9-0 COUNCIL MEMBER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, AND ANNOUNCEMENTS Vice Mayor Yeh spoke about two items recently discussed at the Local Government Advisory Committee for Assembly Member Gordon. The first was related to CALPERS transparency and televising their meetings, and the second dealt with lowering the bond approval limits by voters. ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjourned in memory of Former Mayor Jim Burch at 11:26 P.M.