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Special Meeting
March 15, 2021
The City Council of the City of Palo Alto met on this date in virtual
teleconference at 5:00 P.M.
Participating Remotely: Burt, Cormack, DuBois, Filseth, Kou, Stone, Tanaka
Absent:
Closed Session
1. CONFERENCE WITH CITY ATTORNEY
Subject: Written Liability Claim Against the City of Palo Alto
By Joel Domingo Alejo (Claim No. C20-0037)
Authority: Government Code Section 54956.9(e)(3).
MOTION: Council Member Filseth moved, seconded by Council Member
Cormack to go into Closed Session.
MOTION PASSED: 7-0
Council went into Closed Session at 5:06 P.M.
Council returned from Closed Session at 6:46 P.M.
Mayor DuBois announced no reportable action.
Special Orders of the Day
2. Presentation by the Palo Alto Player and Proclamation.
NO ACTION TAKEN
Agenda Changes, Additions and Deletions
MOTION: Mayor DuBois moved, seconded by Vice Mayor Burt to continue
Agenda Item Number 6A, “PUBLIC HEARING: Finance Committee
Recommends the City Council Approve the Park, Community, and Library
Development Impact Fee Justification Study…” to a date uncertain.
MOTION PASSED: 6-1 Cormack no
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Minutes Approval
3. Approval of Action Minutes for the March 1, 2021 City Council Meeting.
MOTION: Vice Mayor Burt moved, seconded by Mayor DuBois to approve
the Action Minutes for the March 1, 2021 City Council Meeting.
MOTION PASSED: 7-0
Consent Calendar
MOTION: Council Member Cormack moved, seconded by Council Member
Stone to approve Agenda Item Numbers 4-6.
4. Authorize Transmittal of the 2020 Comprehensive Plan Annual
Progress Report to the Office of Planning and Research and the 2020
Housing Element Annual Progress Report to the Department of
Housing and Community Development.
5. Adoption of an Ordinance Adopting an Administrative Amendment to
the 2019 California Fire Code, Palo Alto Municipal Code Section
15.04.075 (Definitions Added to Section 202).
6. Ordinance 5518 Entitled, “Ordinance of the Council of the City of Palo
Alto to Rename Foothills Park to Foothills Nature Preserve; to Adjust
Attendance Limits at the Preserve; and to Amend the Fiscal Year 2021
Municipal Fee Schedule to add new Daily Entry Discounts and Annual
Pass Fees at the Preserve (FIRST READING: February 22, 2021
PASSED 7-0).”
MOTION PASSED: 7-0
Action Items
Mayor DuBois advised that Agenda Item Number 8 will be heard before
Agenda Item Number 7.
6A. PUBLIC HEARING: Finance Committee Recommends the City Council Approve the Park, Community, and Library Development Impact Fee
Justification Study; Approve Adjustments to Park, Community Center,
and Library Development Impact Fees; Adopt an Ordinance Updating
Park Land In-lieu fees; and Direct Staff to Implement the Impact Fee
Updates With the Fiscal Year 2022 Budget (Continued From March 8,
2021).(This item is continued to a date uncertain.)
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8. Approval of the Response to the Grand Jury Report "Why Aren't There
More Female Fire Fighters in Santa Clara County".
MOTION: Council Member Filseth moved, seconded by Mayor DuBois to
approve the City’s response to the 2019-2020 Santa Clara County Civil
Grand Jury Report entitled, “Why Aren’t There More Female Firefighters in
Santa Clara County”.
MOTION PASSED: 7-0
Council took a break at 8:17 P.M. and returned at 8:28 P.M.
7. PUBLIC HEARING/QUASI JUDICIAL: Castilleja School Project 1310
Bryant: Conditional Use Permit (CUP) Amendment to Increase the
Student Enrollment cap to 540 Students With Phased Enrollment and
Campus Redevelopment, a Variance to Replace Campus Gross Floor
Area and Architectural Review Approval of the Campus
Redevelopment. Zone District: R-1(10,000). Environmental Review:
Final Environmental Impact Report (EIR) Published July 30, 2020;
Draft EIR Published July 15, 2019.
MOTION: Council Member Kou moved, seconded by Council Member
Cormack to discuss the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) portion of this
item before other items.
MOTION PASSED: 5-2 DuBois, Filseth no
MOTION: Vice Mayor Burt moved, seconded by Council Member Stone to
direct Staff to:
A. Treat the underground parking facility as an underground garage and
not as a basement; and
B. Return to Council with an alternative text change counting all the
underground garage as floor area;
i. Return to Council with an alternative of not counting floor area
or partially counting floor area; and
ii. Evaluate the implication of the text change on other properties in
R-1 zones.
INCORPORATED INTO THE MOTION WITH THE CONSENT OF THE
MAKER AND SECONDER to direct Staff to have an independent analysis of
the existing floor area both above and below ground. (New Part C)
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SUBSTITUTE MOTION: Council Member Tanaka moved, seconded by
Council Member Kou to continue this item to March 29, 2021.
SUBSTITUTE MOTION FAILED: 2-5 Burt, Cormack, DuBois, Filseth, Stone
no
MOTION AS AMENDED: Vice Mayor Burt moved, seconded by Council
Member Stone to direct Staff to:
A. Treat the underground parking facility as an underground garage and
not as a basement;
B. Return to Council with an alternative text change counting all the
underground garage as floor area;
i. Return to Council with an alternative of not counting floor area
or partially counting floor area; and
ii. Evaluate the implication of the text change on other properties in
R-1 zones; and
C. Have an independent analysis of the existing floor area both above and
below ground.
MOTION AS AMENDED PASSED: 4-3 Cormack, Filseth, Tanaka no
Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 12:19 A.M.
ATTEST: APPROVED:
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City Clerk Mayor
NOTE: Action minutes are prepared in accordance with Palo Alto Municipal
Code (PAMC) 2.04.160(a) and (b). Summary minutes (sense) are prepared
in accordance with PAMC Section 2.04.160(c). Beginning in January 2018, in
accordance with Ordinance No. 5423, the City Council found action minutes and the video/audio recordings of Council proceedings to be the official
records of both Council and committee proceedings. These recordings are
available on the City’s website.
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