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Special Meeting
January 25, 2016
The City Council of the City of Palo Alto met on this date in the Council
Chambers at 5:04 P.M.
Present: Berman, Burt, DuBois, Filseth, Holman, Kniss, Scharff, Schmid
arrived at 5:06 P.M., Wolbach arrived at 5:05 P.M.
Absent:
Special Orders of the Day
1. Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District Measure AA Update.
Agenda Changes, Additions and Deletions
Staff requests Agenda Item Number 19- FY 2015 Performance Report, the
National Citizen Survey™… be continued to January 30, 2016.
Minutes Approval
2. Approval of Action Minutes for the January 11, 2016 Council Meeting.
MOTION: Vice Mayor Scharff moved, seconded by Council Member Berman
to approve the Action Minutes for the January 11, 2016 Council Meeting.
MOTION PASSED: 9-0
Consent Calendar
MOTION: Council Member Holman moved, seconded by Council Member
DuBois to approve Agenda Item Numbers 3-13, and 15.
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Vice Mayor Scharff advised he would not participate in Agenda Item Number
10- Approve… Komuna Palo Alto, LLC… because he owns real property within
500 feet of a City owned parking structure.
Council Member Kniss advised she would not participate in Agenda Item
Number 10- Approve… Komuna Palo Alto, LLC… because she owns real
property within 500 feet of a City owned parking structure.
3. Approval and Authorization for the City Manager to Extend the Term of
the Construction Inspection Services Contract With Canus Corporation
(C13145442) to July 31, 2016 With no Change to the Total Amount.
4. Review and Acceptance of Annual Status Report on Development
Impact Fees for Fiscal Year 2015.
5. Policy and Services Committee Recommendation to Accept the
Auditor's Office Quarterly Report as of September 30, 2015.
6. Finance Committee Recommendation to Accept Macias Gini &
O'Connell's Audit of the City of Palo Alto's Financial Statements as of
June 30, 2015, and Management Letter.
7. Approval of a Contract With O'Grady Paving Inc. in the Amount of
$1,988,344 for the FY 2016 Alma Street and Middlefield Road Paving
Project.
8. Approval of Amendment Number Two to Contract Number C14149978
With Dyett & Bhatia Urban and Regional Planners in the Amount of
$42,000 to Complete/Provide Downtown Cap Study Policy
Recommendations and Analyze Scope of Downtown Basement
Conversions to Office Space.
9. Approval of Amendment Number Three to the Palo Alto-Stanford Fire
Protection Agreement With the Board of Trustees of the Leland
Stanford Junior University Extending the Term for one Year for a Total
Fee of $6.5 Million, and Amendment of the FY 2016 Budget to Reduce
the General Fund Budget Stabilization Reserve by $675,000 to Offset a
Reduction in FY 2016 Fire Department Revenues (CONTINUED FROM
DECEMBER 7 and 14, 2015).
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10. Approve and Authorize the City Manager or His Designee to Execute a
25-year Lease Agreement With Annual Lease Payments of $20,000
Between the City and Komuna Palo Alto, LLC Covering Four City-
Owned Parking Structures for: (1) Construction and Operation of Solar
Photovoltaic Systems, With the Potential to be a Palo Alto Clean Local
Energy Accessible Now (CLEAN) Program Participant; and (2)
Installation of City-Owned Electric Vehicle Chargers and Infrastructure.
11. Policy and Services Committee Recommendation Regarding 2016 City
Council Priority Setting and Annual Retreat.
12. Ordinance 5376 Entitled, “Ordinance of the Council of the City of Palo
Alto Amending Chapter 9.14 (Smoking and Tobacco Regulations) of
the Palo Alto Municipal Code to Include E-Cigarettes, Change Signage
Language, and Include Additional Enforcement Options (FIRST
READING: January 11, 2016 PASSED: 9-0).”
13. Ordinance 5377 Entitled, “Ordinance of the Council of the City of Palo
Alto Amending Title 5 (Health and Sanitation) and Title 18 (Zoning) of
the Palo Alto Municipal Code to Require all Businesses to Subscribe to
Recycling and Compost Services and Comply With Refuse Sorting
Requirements (FIRST READING: January 11, 2016 PASSED: 9-0).”
14. Approval of Agreement With Empowerment Institute on Cool Block
Small Pilot Program (Continued to February 1, 2016).
15. Review and Approval of a Draft Process Letter From the City of Palo
Alto to the California High Speed Rail Authority and Caltrain.
MOTION FOR AGENDA ITEM NUMBERS 3-9, 11-13, 15 PASSED: 9-0
MOTION FOR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 10 PASSED: 7-0 Kniss, Scharff
not participating
Council took a break from 5:42 P.M. to 5:52 P.M.
Study Session
16. Study Session With Stefan Heck Regarding Innovation, Energy, and
Transportation Issues.
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17. Study Session Regarding Ongoing Preparation of a Sustainability/
Climate Action Plan (S/CAP) to Update and Replace the City's 2007
Climate Protection Plan.
18. Study Session on the Parks, Trails, Natural Open Space, and
Recreation Master Plan.
19. FY 2015 Performance Report, the National Citizen Survey™, and
Citizen Centric Report.
Inter-Governmental Legislative Affairs
None.
Council Member Questions, Comments and Announcements
Council Member Kniss announced two events taking place on Thursday
night, the California League of Cities, Peninsula Division Quarterly Dinner,
and the High Speed Rail Authority, Local Policy Maker Group Meeting.
Mayor Burt announced an introduction to the Project Safety Net Director
Mary Gloner on Wednesday night.
Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned in memory of Dr. R. Hewlett Lee
at 11:29 P.M.