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ACTION MINUTES
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Regular Meeting
October 2, 2017
The City Council of the City of Palo Alto met on this date in the Council
Chambers at 6:08 P.M.
Present: DuBois, Filseth, Fine, Holman, Kniss, Kou, Tanaka, Wolbach
Absent: Scharff
Human Relations Commission
Present: Alhassani, Chen, Lee, O’Nan, Stinger
Absent: Brahmbhatt, Gordon Gray
Study Session
1. Joint Session of the Human Relations Commission and the City
Council.
Council took a break from 7:01 P.M. to 7:14 P.M.
2. 2321 Wellesley Street [17PLN-00030]: Request for a Prescreening for
a Zoning Map Amendment to Change the Subject Property From R-1 to
RMD (NP) to Construct a Two-family Residence. Environmental
Assessment: Prescreening is not a Project. The Formal Application Will
be Subject to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Review.
Zoning District: R-1 (Single-family Residential).
NO ACTION TAKEN
3. 470 Olive Avenue [17PLN-00215]: Request for a Prescreening to
Re-zone a Portion of the Subject Property From R-1 (Single Family
Residential) to CS (Service Commercial). Environmental Assessment:
Prescreening is not a Project. The Formal Application Will be Subject
to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Review.
NO ACTION TAKEN
ACTION MINUTES
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City Council Meeting
Action Minutes: 10/2/17
Agenda Changes, Additions and Deletions
Staff requests to pull Agenda Item Number 7- Approval of Amendment
Number Three to Contract Number C14152025 With SP… to be heard
October 16, 2017 on the Consent Calendar.
Minutes Approval
4. Approval of Action Minutes for the September 5 and September 11,
2017 Council Meetings.
MOTION: Council Member Wolbach moved, seconded by Council Member
Filseth to approve the Action Minutes for the September 5 and September
11, 2017 Council Meetings.
MOTION PASSED: 8-0 Scharff absent
Consent Calendar
Council Member Wolbach registered a no vote on Agenda Item Number 8-
SECOND READING: Adoption of an Ordinance Establishing a Permitting
Program for Tobacco…
MOTION: Council Member Holman moved, seconded by Council Member
Kou to approve Agenda Item Numbers 5-6, 8.
5. Selection of Applicants to Interview on October 24, 2017 for the
Architectural Review Board, the Historic Resources Board, and the Planning & Transportation Commission.
6. Approve a Budget Amendment in the Capital Improvement Fund to
Recognize and Appropriate SB 1 Funding in the Amount of $385,376 to
the Capital Improvement Program Project PE-86070, Street
Maintenance.
7. Approval of Amendment Number Three to Contract Number
C14152025 With SP Plus for Valet Parking Services to Extend the
Contract Term to March 2, 2018.
8. Ordinance 5418 Entitled, “Ordinance of the Council of the City of Palo
Alto Establishing a Permitting Program for Tobacco Retailers to be
Administered by Santa Clara County (FIRST READING: September 18,
2017 PASSED: 7-1 Wolbach no, Kou Absent).”
MOTION FOR AGENDA ITEM NUMBERS 5-6 PASSED: 8-0 Scharff absent
MOTION FOR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 8 PASSED: 7-1 Wolbach no,
Scharff absent
ACTION MINUTES
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City Council Meeting
Action Minutes: 10/2/17
Action Items
9. PUBLIC HEARING: Adoption of an Ordinance as Recommended by the
Finance Committee to Amend the Fiscal Year 2018 Municipal Fee
Schedule to Reflect Development Services Cost of Services Study and
a Reserve Fund Policy.
Public Hearing opened and closed at 10:39 P.M. without public comment.
MOTION: Council Member DuBois moved, seconded by Council Member
Kou to adopt an Ordinance to adopt a reserve policy for the Development
Services Department and amend the Fiscal Year 2018 Municipal Fee
Schedule to adjust the Development Services Municipal Fees, based on the
completion of Phase Two of a Cost of Services Study.
MOTION PASSED: 7-1 Tanaka no, Scharff absent
Inter-Governmental Legislative Affairs
None.
Council Member Questions, Comments and Announcements
Council Member Filseth announced his attendance, along with the
attendance of Assistant City Manager/Utilities General Manager Ed Shikada,
and several Utilities Advisory Commissioners at the Northern California
Power Agency (NCPA’s) Annual Meeting last week. He shared the NCPA is the agency which provides access to the state electrical grid for City of Palo
Alto Utilities. The topic of Community Choice Aggregators (CCA’s) and their
impact on the energy market was discussed at length during the Annual
Meeting. Projections included that CCA’s, along with municipal utilities may
one day be the primary providers of electricity while Pacific Gas and Electric
(PG&E) and Southern California Edison would cease serving energy
customers but retain their power generation and transmission roles. Greater
regional coordination among utility providers and/or regional regulation of
such providers was also discussed. He announced that several NCPA
members, including the City of Palo Alto are participating in litigation against
the Bureau of Reclamation. This litigation alleges overcharging for
hydrodynamic electricity by the Bureau.
Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 10:48 P.M.