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Home My WebLink About2016-04-18 City Council Action MinutesCITY OF PALO ALTO CITY COUNCIL ACTION MINUTES Page 1 of 5 Special Meeting April 18, 2016 The City Council of the City of Palo Alto met on this date in the Council Chambers at 5:02 P.M. Present: Berman arrived at 6:24 P.M., Burt, DuBois, Filseth, Holman, Kniss, Schmid, Wolbach Absent: Scharff Closed Session 1. CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS Authority: Government Code Section 54956.8 Property: ITT Transmitter Site, Assessor Parcel Numbers: 008-05-001 and 008-05-005, Palo Alto, CA 94301 Agency Negotiators: James Keene, Lalo Perez, Hamid Ghaemmaghami Negotiating Parties: Globe Wireless and City of Palo Alto Under Negotiation: Acquisition of Easement: Price and Terms of Payment. 1A. CONFERENCE WITH CITY ATTORNEY—POTENTIAL LITIGATION Significant Exposure to Litigation Under Section 54956.9(d)(2) (One Potential Case, as Defendant) – Phase 2, Downtown Residential Preferential Parking District 1. MOTION: Council Member Holman moved, seconded by Council Member Filseth to go into Closed Session for Agenda Item Number 1. MOTION PASSED: 7-0 Berman, Scharff absent MOTION: Council Member Kniss moved, seconded by Council Member DuBois to go into Closed Session for Agenda Item Number 1A. MOTION PASSED: 7-0 Berman, Scharff absent ACTION MINUTES Page 2 of 5 City Council Meeting Action Minutes: 4/18/16 Council went into Closed Session at 5:03 P.M. Council returned from Closed Session at 6:23 P.M. Mayor Burt announced no reportable action. Agenda Changes, Additions and Deletions None. Minutes Approval 2. Approval of Action Minutes for the April 4, 2016 Council Meeting. MOTION: Council Member Kniss moved, seconded by Council Member Berman to approve the Action Minutes for the April 4, 2016 Council Meeting. MOTION PASSED: 8-0 Scharff absent Consent Calendar MOTION: Council Member Kniss moved, seconded by Council Member Holman, third by Council Member Schmid to pull Agenda Item Number 3- Approval of the Concept Plan for Bicycle and Pedestrian Improvements… to be heard at a date uncertain. MOTION: Council Member Kniss moved, seconded by Council Member Holman to approve Agenda Item Numbers 4-9. 3. Approval of the Concept Plan for Bicycle and Pedestrian Improvements Along Amarillo Avenue, Bryant Street, East Meadow Drive, Montrose Avenue, Moreno Avenue, Louis Road, Palo Alto Avenue, and Ross Road. 4. Approval of a Contract With O'Grady Paving, Inc. in the Amount of $1,557,662 for the Palo Alto Various Streets Resurfacing Project STPL 5100(022), Capital Improvement Program Project PE-86070. 5. Approval of Amendment No. One to Contract Number S15159331 With DocuSign to Increase the Total Amount Not-to-Exceed $279,000 (from ACTION MINUTES Page 3 of 5 City Council Meeting Action Minutes: 4/18/16 $225,000) Over Three Years by Adding $36,000 to Year One and $18,000 to Year Two for Additional Training and Support Services. 6. Approval of Contract Amendment No. Two to Contract Number C15154454 With Integrated Design 360 for Residential Landscape Plan Review and Landscape Permitting Consultancy Services and Term Extension of One Year Adding $365,535 for a Not-to-Exceed Amount of $878,261. 7. Approval of a Four Year Contract Number C16162436 With TJKM in the Amount of $800,000 and a Four Year Contract Number C16163381 With Fehr and Peers in the Amount of $800,000 for Transportation Engineering Project Support Services, Transportation Engineering Resources, and Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation Plan Support. 8. Resolution 9582 Entitled, “Resolution of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Scheduling the City Council Winter Closure for 2016 and Setting the Annual Council Reorganization Meeting on Tuesday, January 3, 2017.” 9. Approval of a Wastewater Enterprise Fund Contract WC-14001 With Ranger Pipelines, Inc. in the Amount of $3,386,018 for Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation Project 27 in the Downtown North, Crescent Park, Community Center and Leland Manor Neighborhoods, and Approval of a Budget Amendment Increasing the Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation Project 27 Budget (WC-14001) in the Amount of $700,000. MOTION PASSED: 8-0 Scharff absent Action Items 10. Review Annual Earth Day Report and Provide Direction to Staff Regarding Sustainability and Climate Action Plan (S/CAP), Including Feedback Regarding 80 Percent by 2030 Greenhouse Gas Reduction Target, Guiding Principles and Decision Criteria, Implementation Priorities, and Next Steps. MOTION: Mayor Burt moved, seconded by Council Member DuBois to: A. Adopt a goal of 80 percent greenhouse gas reduction by 2030, calculated utilizing the 1990 baseline; and ACTION MINUTES Page 4 of 5 City Council Meeting Action Minutes: 4/18/16 B. Direct Staff to return within two months with a process for integration of the Sustainability and Climate Action Plan (S/CAP) with the Comprehensive Plan Update; and C. Support the general framework of the S/CAP; and D. Support the S/CAP Guiding Principles, which are to be reviewed and formally adopted within six months. MOTION PASSED: 8-0 Scharff absent Council took a break from 9:40 P.M. to 9:48 P.M. 11. PUBLIC HEARING: Adoption of an Ordinance Establishing a Single Story Overlay District for 202 Homes Within the Royal Manor Tract Number 1556 by Amending the Zoning Map to Re-Zone the Area From R-1 Single Family Residential and R-1 (7,000) to R-1(S) and R-1(7000)(S) Single Family Residential With Single Story Overlay. The Proposed Royal Manor Single Story Overlay Rezoning Boundary Includes 202 Properties Addressed as Follows: Even Numbered Addresses on Loma Verde Avenue, Addresses 984-1058; Even and Odd-Numbered Greer Road Addresses, 3341-3499; Even and Odd- Numbered Kenneth Drive Addresses, 3301-3493; Even and Odd- Numbered Janice Way Addresses, 3407 to 3498; Even and Odd- Numbered Thomas Drive Addresses, 3303-3491; Odd-Numbered Addresses on Stockton Place, 3315-3395; and Odd-Numbered Louis Road Addresses, 3385 to 3465. Environmental Assessment: Exempt From the California Environmental Quality Act Per Section 15305. The Planning and Transportation Commission Recommends Approval of a Single Story Overlay for Royal Manor. Council Member Schmid advised he would not be participating in this Agenda Item because he owns real property within the proposed Single-Story Overlay. Council Member Wolbach advised he would not be participating in this Agenda Item because he owns real property within the proposed Single- Story Overlay. Council Members Schmid and Wolbach left the meeting at 9:50 P.M. ACTION MINUTES Page 5 of 5 City Council Meeting Action Minutes: 4/18/16 Public Hearing opened at 10:02 P.M. Public Hearing continued to May 2, 2016. Inter-Governmental Legislative Affairs None. Council Member Questions, Comments and Announcements Council Member Holman reported her attendance at the Cooley Landing ribbon cutting in East Palo Alto on Saturday. The event was well attended, including by numerous elected officials. On Sunday, she attended the Magical Bridge Playground’s first anniversary event. The Magical Bridge Foundation has been formed to support the Playground. Council Member Holman joined close to 600 families at the 11th Annual Blossom Birth and Family Fair on Sunday. Council Member DuBois requested an update from the Local Transportation Funding Committee. Mayor Burt advised that polling results will be shared with the Council. Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 11:54 P.M.