HomeMy WebLinkAbout2019-08-05 City Council Action MinutesCITY OF PALO ALTO CITY COUNCIL
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Special Meeting
August 5, 2019
The City Council of the City of Palo Alto met on this date in the Council
Chambers at 5:05 P.M.
Present: Cormack; DuBois arrived at 5:06 P.M.; Filseth arrived at 5:40 P.M., Fine; Kniss arrived at 6:32 P.M., Kou, Tanaka
Absent:
Study Session
1. Study Session With the Palo Alto Art Center Foundation.
NO ACTION TAKEN
Special Orders of the Day
2. Proclamation Recognizing National Night Out 2019.
NO ACTION TAKEN
Agenda Changes, Additions and Deletions
None
Minutes Approval
3. Approval of Action Minutes for the June 17 and 24, 2019 Council
Meetings.
MOTION: Council Member Cormack moved, seconded by Vice Mayor Fine
to approve the Action Minutes for the June 17 and 24, 2019 Council
Meetings.
MOTION PASSED: 6-0 Kniss absent
Consent Calendar
Council Member Kou registered a no vote on Agenda Item Number 6.
Council Member Tanaka registered a no vote on Agenda Item Number 9.
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Sp. City Council Meeting
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MOTION: Council Member DuBois moved, seconded by Council Member
Cormack to approve Agenda Item Numbers 4-10.
4. Resolution 9853 Entitled “Resolution of the Council of the City of Palo
Alto Authorizing the Filing of an Application to the State of California
Housing and Community Development Department for the Senate Bill
(SB) 2 Planning Grant Program; Environmental Assessment: Exempt
Under California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section
15061(b)(3).”
5. 3877 El Camino Real [19PLN-00068]: Request for Approval of a Final
Map to Create a one lot Airspace Subdivision for 18 Condominium
Units (one Commercial Space, six Residential Flats, and 11
Townhouses). The Final Map Also Includes Access and Utility
Easements. Environmental Assessment: Exempt From Provisions of
the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) in Accordance With
Guidelines Section 15268(b)(3) (Ministerial Projects). Zoning District:
Service Commercial (CS).
6. SECOND READING: Ordinance 5474 Entitled “Ordinance of the Council
of the City of Palo Alto, 1700 & 1730 Embarcadero Road [18PLN-
00186]: Request Zoning Map Amendment, Site and Design Review
and Design Enhancement Exception to Allow the Demolition of an
Existing 18,000 Square Foot Vacant Restaurant Building and a 15,700
Square Foot Audi Service Building, and Construction of two new
Automobile Dealerships Totaling 84,900 Square Feet. The Zoning Map
Amendment Would Change the Zoning Designation From CS(D) and PC
to CS(D)(AD) for Both Parcels. (FIRST READING: June 24, 2019
PASSED: 6-1 Kou no).
7. Policy and Services Recommends the City Council Accept the Business
Registry Audit.
8. Approval of the Appointment of Geoffrey (Geo) Blackshire as Fire
Chief.
9. SECOND READING: Ordinance 5475 Entitled “Ordinance of the Council
of the City of Palo Alto Amending Chapter 5.20 (Refuse Collection) of
Title 5 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code Related to the Storage, Sorting, Collection and Removal of Refuse, Including Restrictions on the Type
and Color of Refuse Collection Bags and Other Modifications to Make
Waste Sorting More Effective and Facilitate Monitoring; and Finding the
Ordinance to be Exempt Under California Environmental Quality Act
(CEQA) (FIRST READING: June 24, 2019 PASSED: 6-1 Tanaka no).”
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Sp. City Council Meeting
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10. Selection of Applicants to Interview for an Unfinished Term on the
Architectural Review Board.
MOTION PASSED FOR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 4-5, 7-8, 10: 7-0
MOTION PASSED FOR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 6: 5-1 Kou no, Kniss
absent
MOTION PASSED FOR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 9: 5-1 Tanaka no, Kniss
absent
Closed Session
11. CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS
Authority: Government Code Section 54956.8
Property: Cubberley Conveyance Property and Leased Site,
4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, CA
Assessor’s Parcel Nos. 147-08-052 and 053
Agency Negotiators: Ed Shikada, Kristen O’Kane, Molly Stump,
Terence Howzell, Kiely Nose, David Ramberg, and Sunny Tong
Negotiating Parties: City of Palo Alto and Palo Alto Unified School
District
Under Negotiation: Lease Price and Terms of Payment (ASD).
12. PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION
Title: City Manager, City Attorney, City Clerk
Authority: Government Code Section 54957 (b).
MOTION: Council Member Cormack moved, seconded by Vice Mayor Fine
to go into Closed Session.
MOTION PASSED: 7-0
Council went into Closed Session at 6:32 P.M.
Council returned from Closed Session at 10:15 P.M.
Mayor Filseth announced no reportable action.
Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 10:15 P.M. in memory of the
victims of gun violence in Gilroy, California, El Paso, Texas, and Dayton,
Ohio, as well as in honor of long-time community member Stephanie Munoz
who passed away on August 1, 2019.