HomeMy WebLinkAbout2020-08-31 City Council Summary MinutesCITY OF PALO ALTO CITY COUNCIL
FINAL MINUTES
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Special Meeting
August 31, 2020
The City Council of the City of Palo Alto met on this date in virtual
teleconference at 6:02 P.M.
Present: Cormack, DuBois, Filseth, Fine, Kniss; Kou arrived at 7:07 P.M.,
Tanaka
Absent:
Special Orders of the Day
1. Interviews of Candidates for the Human Relations Commission and Public
Art Commission.
The City Council interviewed the following applicants for the Human Relations
Commission:
A. Sunita de Tourreil
B. Paula Rugg
F. Sofia Fojas
C. Nilofer Chollampat
D. Curt Kinsky
E. Lestina Trainor
The City Council interviewed the following applicants for the Public Art
Commission:
A. Marilyn Gottlieb-Robert
B. Harriet Stern
C. Nia Taylor (Incumbent)
D. Hsinya Shen (Incumbent)
FINAL MINUTES
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Sp. City Council Meeting
Final Minutes: 08/31/2020
Oral Communication
Rob Levitsky said the Council spent a large portion of their meeting discussing an oak tree at 2300 Webster Street. He questioned why this discussion was
not dealt with at a lower level. Over the past 20 years there was an arborist
assigned to the Planning Department, but since the arborist left there was a
lack of integrity for the Tree Ordinance. There needed to be a stronger focus
on this.
Benafsha Irani noted that over the past two years, the exit at Highway 101
and University Avenue was filled with trash, graffiti and weeds; cleanliness
was not being practiced on a regular basis. This area was known as one of
most affluent neighborhoods in the Bay Area and it did not represent the
Crescent Park neighborhood. She urged the Council to help remove the debris.
Vice Mayor DuBois confirmed that Ms. Irani did send an email about the debris
near the exit at Highway 101; he was not sure if that was Palo Alto or not.
Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 8:16 P.M.