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Special Meeting
May 18, 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
arrived at 7:00 P.M.
Absent:
Agenda Changes, Additions and Deletions
None
Study Session
1. 955 Alma St [21PLN-00013]: Request for Prescreening of a Proposal to Rezone the Subject Site From RT-35 to Planned Community/Planned
Home Zoning (PHZ) and Redevelop the Site With a new 4-Story Mixed-
use Development That Includes 36 Residential Studios, 6,348 Square
Feet of Office Space, and a Below Grade Parking Facility.
Environmental Assessment: Not a Project; any Subsequent Formal
Application Would be Subject to California Environmental Quality Act
(CEQA) Review. Zoning District: RT-35 (Residential Transition District)
South of Forest Avenue (SOFA) II Coordinated Area Plan (CAP).
NO ACTION TAKEN
2. 2239 Wellesley (21PLN-00045): Request by Cato Investments, LLC for
Prescreening of Their Proposal to Rezone the Properties at 2239 and
2241 Wellesley from R-1 (Single Family Residential) to Planned Community/Planned Home Zoning (PHZ) and to Redevelop the Site
With a 24-Unit Multi-family Development. Environmental Assessment:
Not a Project; any Subsequent Formal Application Would be Subject to
California Environmental Review Act (CEQA) Review.
NO ACTION TAKEN
Council took a break at 7:26 P.M. and returned at 7:37 P.M.
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ACTION MINUTES
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Sp. City Council Meeting
Action Minutes: 05/18/2021
Consent Calendar
MOTION: Mayor DuBois moved, seconded by Council Member Cormack to
approve Agenda Item Number 3.
3. Adoption of Ordinances Responding to State Housing Bills Regarding
Density Bonus and Affordable Housing. Environmental Assessment:
Exempt Pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3).
MOTION PASSED: 7-0
Action Items
4. PUBLIC HEARING / QUASI-JUDICIAL: 181 Addison Avenue
[20PLN-00300] Request for Review of a Preliminary Parcel Map With
Exception and Variance to Subdivide one Existing lot Into two Parcels
With Less Than the Minimum 60 Foot Frontage. Environmental
Assessment: Consistent With Previously Adopted Environmental
Impact Report (EIR) for the City's Comprehensive Plan. Zoning
District: R-2 (Two Family Residential) Within the South of Forest
Avenue (SOFA) II Coordinated Area Plan (CAP).
Public Hearing opened at 7:46 P.M.
Public Hearing closed at 7:49 P.M.
MOTION: Council Member Kou moved, seconded by Council Member Stone
to adopt a Record of Land Use (RLUA) approving the request for a
Preliminary Parcel Map with Exception and Variance based on findings and
subject to conditions of approval.
MOTION PASSED: 7-0
5. Direction to Staff Regarding 2023-31 Regional Housing Needs
Allocation Appeal.
MOTION: Mayor DuBois moved, seconded by Vice Mayor Burt to direct
Staff to prepare and file an appeal of the City’s Regional Housing Needs
Allocation, based on Staff’s identified technical errors and elements from the
January 21, 2021 letter sent to the Association of Bay Area Governments
(ABAG) Executive Board Members.
INCORPORATED INTO THE MOTION WITH THE CONSENT OF THE
MAKER AND SECONDER “…with the letter read, approved, and signed by
the Mayor”.
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Sp. City Council Meeting
Action Minutes: 05/18/2021
MOTION AS AMENDED: Mayor DuBois moved, seconded by Vice Mayor
Burt to direct Staff to prepare and file an appeal of the City’s Regional Housing Needs Allocation, based on Staff’s identified technical errors and
elements from the January 21, 2021 letter sent to the Association of Bay
Area Governments (ABAG) Executive Board Members, with the letter read,
approved, and signed by the Mayor.
MOTION AS AMENDED PASSED: 5-2 Cormack, Tanaka no
Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 9:40 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
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