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Special Meeting
August 24, 2020
The City Council of the City of Palo Alto met on this date in Virtual
Teleconference at 5:04 P.M.
Participating Remotely: Cormack, DuBois, Filseth, Mayor Fine, Kniss, Kou,
Tanaka
Absent:
Minutes Approval
1. Approval of Action Minutes for the August 10, 2020 City Council Meeting.
MOTION: Council Member Cormack moved, seconded by Council Member Kniss to approve the Action Minutes for the August 10, 2020 City Council
Meeting.
MOTION PASSED: 7-0
Consent Calendar
MOTION: Council Member Kniss moved, seconded by Mayor Fine to approve
Agenda Item Numbers 2 and 3.
2. Approval of Contract Number C21179389 With Teichert Construction in
the Amount of $1,904,325 for the Page Mill Road Safety Improvements
Project (HSIPL-5100(029), Capital Improvement Program Street
Maintenance Project (PE-86070).
3. Ordinance 5504 Entitled “Ordinance of the Council of the City of Palo
Alto Amending Palo Alto Municipal Code Chapters 18.52 and 18.54
Adjusting Parking Requirements to Facilitate EVSE Installation,
Compliance With Accessibility Laws, Parking Substitutions, and Parking
Lot Re-striping and Maintenance. Environmental Assessment: This
Project is Exempt From the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
in Accordance With CEQA Guidelines Section 15301, 15302, 15303, and
15061(b)(3) (FIRST READING: August 10, 2020 PASSED: 7-0).”
MOTION PASSED: 7-0
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Sp. City Council Meeting
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Action Items
3A. Staff and Utilities Advisory Commission Recommend the City Council Adopt a Resolution 9913 Entitled “Resolution of the Council of the City
of Palo Alto Amending the City’s Electric Supply Portfolio Carbon Neutral
Plan and Electric Utility Reserves Management Practices (Continued
from August 17, 2020).
MOTION: Council Member Kniss moved, seconded by Council Member Filseth
to:
A. Adopt a Resolution amending the Carbon Neutral Plan to:
i. Modify the definition of carbon neutrality to use an hourly carbon
emissions accounting standard;
ii. Minimize electric supply portfolio costs by authorizing the
exchange of bundled RECs from the City’s long-term renewable
resources (Bucket 1 RECs) for Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS)
eligible, unbundled RECs (Bucket 3 RECs), to the maximum extent
possible, while maintaining compliance with the state’s RPS
regulations (“REC Exchanges”);
iii. For calendar years 2020 through 2024, authorize the purchase of
RPS-eligible, unbundled RECs (Bucket 3 RECs) as needed to
neutralize any residual emissions resulting from the difference
between emissions calculated under an annual accounting and
hourly accounting methodology; and
B. Direct Staff to return to Council in 2022 to review the authorization to
minimize electric supply portfolio costs via REC Exchanges.
INCORPORATED INTO THE MOTION WITH THE CONSENT OF THE
MAKER AND SECONDER to add a new Part C, “that for the first two years, two-thirds of proceeds go to electrical rate relief and one-third toward
emission reduction programs”.
MOTION AS AMENDED: Council Member Kniss moved, seconded by Council
Member Filseth to:
A. Adopt a Resolution amending the Carbon Neutral Plan to:
i. Modify the definition of carbon neutrality to use an hourly carbon
emissions accounting standard;
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ii. Minimize electric supply portfolio costs by authorizing the
exchange of bundled RECs from the City’s long-term renewable resources (Bucket 1 RECs) for Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS)
eligible, unbundled RECs (Bucket 3 RECs), to the maximum extent
possible, while maintaining compliance with the state’s RPS
regulations (“REC Exchanges”);
iii. For calendar years 2020 through 2024, authorize the purchase of RPS-eligible, unbundled RECs (Bucket 3 RECs) as needed to
neutralize any residual emissions resulting from the difference
between emissions calculated under an annual accounting and
hourly accounting methodology;
B. Direct Staff to return to Council in 2022 to review the authorization to
minimize electric supply portfolio costs via REC Exchanges; and
C. For the first two years, two-thirds of proceeds go to electrical rate relief
and one-third toward emission reduction programs.
MOTION AS AMENDED PASSED: 7-0
MOTION: Council Member Kniss moved, seconded by Mayor Fine to:
A. Direct Staff to return to Council with a review of the Carbon Neutral Plan
by the end of 2024 to evaluate the effectiveness of these policy changes
and to modify them if necessary (with a particular focus on reviewing
the use of Bucket 3 RECs to neutralize any residual emissions resulting
from the switch to an hourly emissions accounting methodology); and
B. Create a Cap and Trade Program Reserve in the Electric Fund which will
hold revenues from the sale of carbon allowances freely allocated to the
electric utility under the State’s Cap and Trade Program.
MOTION PASSED: 6-1 Filseth no
Council took a break at 6:25 P.M. and returned at 6:35 P.M.
4. Recommendation to Accept the Human Relations Commission Report on
Their Review of 8 Can’t Wait Policies in Relation to Current Palo Alto
Police Department (PAPD) Policies, and Direction to the City Manager
Regarding Revisions to Police Policies.
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MOTION: Council Member Filseth moved, seconded by Council Member Kniss
to:
A. Accept the Human Relations Commission (HRC) report on their review
of 8Can’tWait policies in relation to current Palo Alto Police Department
(PAPD) practices; and
B. Review and accept the Palo Alto Police Department response, and direct
the City Manager to revise Use of Force policies including ideas such as:
i. Chokeholds, strangleholds, lateral vascular neck restraints, chest
compressions, or any other intentional tactics that restrict blood
flow to head or neck be explicitly prohibited.
INCORPORATED INTO THE MOTION WITH THE CONSENT OF THE MAKER AND SECONDER to add more comprehensive use of force language
with respect to de-escalation and to add de-escalation tactics as listed.
INCORPORATED INTO THE MOTION WITH THE CONSENT OF THE
MAKER AND SECONDER to revise the deadly force application to require
officers to evaluate each situation in consideration of the circumstances in
each case and to use other available resources and techniques when
reasonably safe and feasible to do so, including that an officer must reasonably
believe the use of deadly force is necessary to justify its use.
INCORPORATED INTO THE MOTION WITH THE CONSENT OF THE
MAKER AND SECONDER that the policy include the concept of shooting as a
last resort, consistent with the HRC and PAPD objectives.
INCORPORATED INTO THE MOTION WITH THE CONSENT OF THE
MAKER AND SECONDER to direct Staff to return to Council with the final Police Department Policy, including all 8Can’tWait policies and department
feedback
Council took a break at 9:46 P.M. and returned at 9:56 P.M.
INCORPORATED INTO THE MOTION WITH THE CONSENT OF THE
MAKER AND SECONDER to direct Staff to return with proposed language to
be included in the use of force policy.
INCORPORATED INTO THE MOTION WITH THE CONSENT OF THE MAKER AND SECONDER to direct Staff to consider moving the pointing of a
weapon or the discharge of a weapon to the use of force section of the policy
manual.
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MOTION AS AMENDED: Council Member Filseth moved, seconded by
Council Member Kniss to:
A. Accept the Human Relations Commission (HRC) report on their review
of 8Can’tWait policies in relation to current Palo Alto Police Department
(PAPD) practices, and
B. Review and accept the Palo Alto Police Department response, and direct
the City Manager to revise Use of Force policies including ideas such as:
i. Chokeholds, strangleholds, lateral vascular neck restraints, chest
compressions, or any other intentional tactics that restrict blood
flow to head or neck be explicitly prohibited;
ii. Add more comprehensive use of force language with respect to
de-escalation and to add de-escalation tactics as listed;
iii. Revise the deadly force application to require officers to evaluate
each situation in consideration of the circumstances in each case
and to use other available resources and techniques when
reasonably safe and feasible to do so, including that an officer
must reasonably believe the use of deadly force is necessary to
justify its use;
iv. The policy include the concept of shooting as a last resort,
consistent with the HRC and PAPD objectives;
v. Direct Staff to return with proposed language to be included in the
use of force policy;
vi. Direct Staff to consider moving the pointing of a weapon or the
discharge of a weapon to the use of force section of the policy
manual; and
C. Direct Staff to return to Council with the final Police Department Policy,
including all 8Can’tWait policies and department feedback.
MOTION AS AMENDED PASSED: 7-0
5. Update and Potential Direction on City of Palo Alto's Race and Equity
Work.
NO ACTION TAKEN
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Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 11:32 P.M. in deep gratitude of
the firefighters and first responders fighting the wildfires in the area.