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Special Meeting
March 22, 2021
The City Council of the City of Palo Alto met on this date in virtual
teleconference at 5:01 P.M.
Participating Remotely: Burt, Cormack, DuBois, Filseth, Kou, Stone, Tanaka
Absent:
Special Orders of the Day
1. Appointment of a Candidate to an Unfinished Term on the Planning and
Transportation Commission.
First Round of voting for one position on the Planning and Transportation
Commission with a term ending December 15, 2021.
Voting For:
Bobi Adle
Doug Burns
Bryna Chang Burt, DuBois, Kou, Stone
Rebecca Eisenberg
Kathy Jordan Filseth, Tanaka
Kevin Ma
Jessica Resmini Cormack
Beth Minor, City Clerk, announced that Bryna Chang with 4 votes was
appointed to the unfinished term on the Planning and Transportation
Commission.
Agenda Changes, Additions and Deletions
None.
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Minutes Approval
2. Approval of Action Minutes for the March 08, 2021 City Council Meeting.
MOTION: Vice Mayor Burt moved, seconded by Council Member Kou to
approve the Action Minutes for the March 08, 2021 City Council Meeting.
MOTION PASSED: 7-0
Action Items
3. 855 El Camino Real (20PLN-00252): Adoption of an Ordinance
Amending Chapter 18.16 of Title 18 of the Municipal Code to Allow Some
Ground Floor Medical Office use With a Commensurate Increase in the
Overall Office use Allowed at the Site Subject to Limitations.
Environmental Assessment: Exempt From the Provisions of the
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) in Accordance With
Guideline Section 15301 (Existing Facilities). Zoning District: CC
(Community Commercial).
MOTION: Council Member Tanaka moved, seconded by Council Member
Cormack to:
A. Adopt an Ordinance to permit limited medical office use on the ground
floor at Town and Country Village; and
B. Find the Ordinance exempt from the California Environmental Quality
Act (CEQA) in accordance with CEQA Guidelines Section 15301 (existing
facilities).
INCORPORATED INTO THE MOTION WITH THE CONSENT OF THE
MAKER AND SECONDER to allow up to ten percent of retail like medical
services, direct Staff to return to Council at the second reading of this
Ordinance with a definition for this new retail category, and this would be for leases commencing within the next two years.
MOTION AS AMENDED: Council Member Tanaka moved, seconded by
Council Member Cormack to:
A. Adopt an Ordinance to permit limited medical office use on the ground
floor at Town and Country Village with the following changes:
i. Allow up to ten percent of retail like medical services, direct Staff
to return to Council at the second reading of this Ordinance with
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a definition for this new retail category, and this would be for
leases commencing within the next two years; and
B. Find the Ordinance exempt from the California Environmental Quality
Act (CEQA) in accordance with CEQA Guidelines Section 15301 (existing
facilities).
MOTION AS AMENDED FAILED: 3-4 DuBois, Filseth, Kou, Stone no
MOTION: Vice Mayor Burt moved, seconded by Council Member Cormack to direct the Planning and Transportation Commission to review the proposed
Ordinance for inclusion of a retail health definition and a two-year limit to
execute a lease.
INCORPORATED INTO THE MOTION WITH THE CONSENT OF THE MAKER AND SECONDER to direct Staff to bring the Ordinance back to
Council for consideration before the Council’s summer break.
MOTION AS AMENDED: Vice Mayor Burt moved, seconded by Council
Member Cormack to:
A. Direct the Planning and Transportation Commission to review the
proposed Ordinance for inclusion of a retail health definition and a two-
year limit to execute a lease; and
B. Direct Staff to bring the Ordinance back to Council for consideration
before the Council’s summer break.
MOTION AS AMENDED PASSED: 4-3 DuBois, Filseth, Kou no
Council took a break at 7:20 P.M. and returned at 7:31 P.M.
4. Approval of the Revised Community and Economic Recovery Workplan
and a Budget Amendment in the General Fund.
MOTION: Mayor DuBois moved, seconded by Council Member Cormack to:
A. Approve of the City of Palo Alto’s Community and Economic Recovery (CER) workplan (Parts A-I and K), including the revised recommended
prioritized projects contained within the four CER elements: Managing
through the pandemic, Community wellness and wellbeing, Focused
business support, and City priority initiatives; and
B. Approve an amendment to the Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 Budget
Appropriation Ordinance in the General Fund by:
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i. Decreasing the COVID-19 Recovery: Contact Tracing expense
appropriation by $50,000; and
ii. Increasing the COVID-19 Recovery: Business and Communication
Support expense appropriation by $50,000; and
C. Approve the CER workplan, Part J: Exploration of potential ballot
measure.
MOTION SPLIT FOR THE PURPOSE OF VOTING
MOTION PARTS A and B PASSED: 7-0
MOTION PART C PASSED: 6-1 Tanaka no
5. Review of and Potential Direction Regarding Planned Fiscal Year 2021
Capital Projects.
Council took a break at 9:18 P.M. and returned at 9:25 P.M.
MOTION: Council Member Filseth moved, seconded by Council Member
Tanaka to direct Staff to find an additional $2.5 million in savings in the Fiscal
Year 2021 capital project contracts planned to be approved by the end of June
2021.
MOTION PASSED: 7-0
6. Adoption of a Park Improvement Ordinance for Renovations at Ramos
Park (Continued From March 8, 2021).
MOTION: Council Member Cormack moved, seconded by Mayor DuBois to
adopt the Park Improvement Ordinance for renovation of the playground and
park amenities and installation of a restroom at Ramos Park, with the removal
of Section D. 5.
MOTION PASSED: 7-0
7. Colleagues' Memo: Discussion and Adoption of Resolution 9947 Entitled,
“Resolution of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Denouncing, Condemning and Combating Racism, Xenophobia, and Intolerance
Against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the City of Palo Alto.”
MOTION: Council Member Kou moved, seconded by Council Member Tanaka
to adopt the Resolution Denouncing, Condemning and Combating Racism,
Xenophobia, and Intolerance Against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in
the City of Palo Alto.
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MOTION PASSED: 7-0
Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 11:20 P.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
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