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Special Meeting
May 22, 2023
The City Council of the City of Palo Alto met on this date in the Council Chambers and by virtual
teleconference at 5:30 P.M.
Present In Person: Burt, Kou, Lauing, Lythcott-Haims, Stone, Tanaka, Veenker
Present Remotely:
Absent:
Special Orders of the Day
1. Proclamation Honoring Thomas Foon Chew
2. Proclamation Honoring Birge Clark
NO ACTION
Agenda Changes, Additions and Deletions
NO ACTION
Public Comment
Closed Session
3. PUBLIC EMPLOYEE APPOINTMENT Authority: Gov Code section 54957(b) Titles: City Clerk
4. CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS Unrepresented Employee: City Clerk City
representatives: Sandra Blanch Authority: Government Code Section 54957.6
MOTION: Council Member Lythcott-Haims moved, seconded by Vice Mayor Stone to go into
Closed Session.
MOTION PASSED: 7-0
Council went into Closed Session at 6:01 P.M.
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Sp. City Council Meeting
Action Minutes: 05/22/2023
Council returned from Closed Session at 7:35 P.M.
Mayor Kou announced no reportable action.
Council Member Questions, Comments and Announcements
Study Session
AA1. FY 2024 Proposed Operating and Capital Budget - Finance Committee Update and Council
Budget Discussion
NO ACTION
Consent Calendar
Mayor Kou registered a no vote on Agenda Item Number 8.
MOTION: Council Member Lauing moved, seconded by Vice Mayor Stone to approve Agenda
Item Numbers 5-10.
MOTION PASSED ITEMS 5-7, 9-10: 7-0
MOTION PASSED ITEM 8: 6-1, Kou no
5. Approval of Minutes from May 8, 2023 Meeting
6. Approve the Services Agreement between the City of Palo Alto and the Peninsula Corridor
Joint Powers Board (Caltrain) for the Connecting Palo Alto Grade Separation Projects and
Authorize the City Manager to Execute the Agreement; CEQA status – not a project.
7. Approval of Amendment No. 1 to Contract No. S20178516 with Hohbach-Lewin, Inc. to
increase compensation by $10,000 and to extend the Contract Term through March 30,
2026 for On-Call Structural Engineering Services for various Public Art Installations; CEQA
Status – Not a Project.
8. SECOND READING: Adopt an Ordinance Continuing the Interim Parklet Program Until
March 31, 2024 (FIRST READING: May 8, 2023 PASSED 6-1, Kou no)
9. Amendment to Palo Alto Municipal Code Title 18 Chapter 18.42, Standards for Special
Uses, to Codify Firearms Sales Limitations Ordinance; CEQA status—exempt under CEQA
Guidelines section 15061(c)(3).
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Sp. City Council Meeting
Action Minutes: 05/22/2023
10. Adoption of a Permanent Ordinance Amending Titles 18 and 21 to Implement State
Housing Legislation from the 2021 Legislative Session, Including SB 9. Environmental
Analysis: Exempt from Environmental Analysis under CEQA Guidelines Section
15061(b)(3) and Government Code Sections 66411.7(n) and 65852.21(j). The Planning
and Transportation Commission (PTC) has recommended Council adopt the ordinance.
Closed Session
AA2. CONFERENCE WITH CITY ATTORNEY- EXISTING LITIGATION; Subject: Yes In My Backyard,
et al. v. City of Palo Alto; Santa Clara County Superior Court Case No. 23-CV-410811 (One
Case, as Defendant); Authority: Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1)
MOTION: Council Member Veenker moved, seconded by Council Member Lythcott-Haims to go
into Closed Session.
MOTION PASSED: 7-0
Council went into Closed Session at 10:15 P.M.
Council returned from Closed Session at 11:09 P.M.
Mayor Kou announced no reportable action.
Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 11:10 P.M.
ATTEST: APPROVED:
____________________ ____________________
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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