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Home My WebLink About2025-08-11 City Council Action MinutesCITY COUNCIL ACTION MINUTES Page 1 of 4 Regular Meeting August 11, 2025 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, Lauing, Lu, Reckdahl, Stone, Veenker Present Remotely: Absent: Lythcott-Haims Agenda Changes, Additions and Deletions Public Comment Council Member Questions, Comments and Announcements Study Session 1.4256 El Camino Real [25PLN-00095]. Request for Council Prescreening to Rezone the Subject Property from Commercial Services to Planned Community/Planned Home Zoning and to Allow Construction of a Multi-Family Apartment Complex with 120 Units in a Six-Story Structure on a 25,950-Square-Foot (0.6 Acre) Site. CEQA Status: Not a Project. NO ACTION 2.332 Forest Avenue [25PLN-00130]. Request for Council Prescreening to Rezone the Subject Property from Multifamily Residential (RM-40) to Planned Home Zoning (PHZ) and to Allow Construction of a New Multi-Family Apartment Complex with 82 units in an Eight-Story Structure on a 25,000 Square Foot (0.57 Acre) Site. CEQA Status: Not a Project. NO ACTION Docusign Envelope ID: 552004C1-D5AF-4354-9E2A-13CEE9A89378 Page 2 of 4 City Council Meeting Action Minutes: 08/11/2025 ACTION MINUTES Consent Calendar Councilmember Lu Recused from Agenda Item Number 7 and 13. Vice Mayor Veenker Recused from Agenda Item Number 13. MOTION: Vice Mayor Veenker moved, seconded by Mayor Lauing to approve Agenda Item Numbers 3-15. MOTION PASSED ITEMS 3-6, 8-12, 14-15: 6-0-1, Lythcott-Haims Absent MOTION PASSED ITEM 7: 5-0-1-1, Lythcott-Haims Absent, Lu Recused MOTION PASSED ITEM 13: 4-0-1-2, Lythcott-Haims Absent, Lu, Veenker Recused 3.Approval of Minutes from June 9, June 16, and June 17, 2025 Meetings 4.Ordinance Adopting the 2025 Fire Hazard Severity Zone Map Issued by the State Fire Marshal 5.Adoption of Memorandums of Agreement with the Palo Alto Police Officers’ Association (PAPOA) and the Palo Alto Police Managers Association (PMA) for Terms Ending June 30, 2028, and Corresponding Salary Schedules; CEQA Status – Not a Project 6.Adoption of a Resolution Establishing Fiscal Year 2026 Property Tax Levy for General Obligation Bonds (Measure N Libraries) 7.Adopt a Resolution to Modify Evergreen Park-Mayfield Residential Preferential Parking Program Employee Permit Allotment and Zone Revisions and Create New Two-Hour Parking Areas Adjacent to El Camino Real; CEQA Status: Exempt pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Sections 15061(b)(3) and 15301. 8.Adopt a Council Chambers Use Policy as recommended by the Policy and Services Committee and Adopt an Ordinance Adding Use of Council Chambers Fees to the FY 2026 Municipal Fee Schedule; CEQA status: Not a project 9.Approval of Five (5) On-Call Consulting Contracts to Provide Long Term Planning Policy Development support for the Planning and Development Services over a Five-Year Term, as needed: 1) Aaron Welch Planning, 2) Ascent Environmental, Inc. 3) Lexington Planning LLC, 4) PlaceWorks, Inc., 5) Raimi & Associates Inc. in an amount not to exceed $2,000,000; CEQA Status: Not a Project. 10.Approval of Increase of Construction Contingency for Contract No. C24189237 with SAK Construction, LCC in the amount of $1,800,000, Funded by the Wastewater Treatment Enterprise Fund for the Joint Intercepting Sewer Rehabilitation (Phase 1) Project (WQ 24000), and Approval of a Budget Amendment in the Wastewater Treatment Fund; Docusign Envelope ID: 552004C1-D5AF-4354-9E2A-13CEE9A89378 ACTION MINUTES Page 3 of 4 City Council Meeting Action Minutes: 08/11/2025 CEQA Status - Exempt under CEQA Guidelines Section 15301 (Repairs to Existing Facilities) 11.Approval of Amendment No. 1 to Contract No. C22182051 with EPI-USE Labs LLC to Increase the Compensation by $939,675 for the City’s AWS Cloud and SAP Basis Support Services and Extending the Term by 12 months to December 31, 2026; CEQA status - exempt under 15061(b)(3). 12.Approval of Amendment #1 to Contract C23184669A With LifeMoves to Extend the Contract by Two Years Through July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2027 in the Amount of $512,377 for a Total Contract Value Not To Exceed $972,377 for the Provision of Homeless Outreach Service; and Amend the FY 2026 Budget in the General Fund and the Permanent Local Housing Allocation (PLHA) Grant Fund; CEQA Status – Not A Project. 13.QUASI-JUDICIAL. 3150 El Camino Real [24PLN-00231]: Approval of a Vesting Tentative Map to Merge Five Parcels Together to Create One 111,030-Square-Foot Parcel to Facilitate Construction of 368 New Residential Rental Units. CEQA Status: Streamlined CEQA Review in Accordance with Section 15183. Zoning District: CS (Service Commercial). 14.FIRST READING: Adoption of an Ordinance to align chair and vice chair selection language for the Parks and Recreation Commission (Palo Alto Municipal Code Ch. 2.25) and the Architectural Review Board (Palo Alto Municipal Code Ch. 2.21) with the City’s other Boards, Commissions, and Committees (BCCs); and Adoption of a Resolution doing the same for the Storm Water Management Oversight Committee – CEQA Status: Not a Project 15.FIRST READING: Adoption of an Ordinance Adding PAMC Chapter 16.15 to Restate Procedures for Expedited Permitting of Electric Vehicle Charging Systems to Comply with State Law. CEQA Status: Exempt under CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3). City Manager Comments Ed Shikada, City Manager Action Items 16.PUBLIC HEARING: Consideration of Objections for Weed Abatement Assessments; and Adoption of Resolution Confirming the Weed Abatement Report and Ordering Abatement Costs to be a Special Assessment on the Properties Specified in the Report; CEQA status - categorically exempt. Docusign Envelope ID: 552004C1-D5AF-4354-9E2A-13CEE9A89378 Page 4 of 4 City Council Meeting Action Minutes: 08/11/2025 ACTION MINUTES MOTION: Council member Reckdahl moved, seconded by Council member Stone to a dopt a resolution confirming the report and ordering abatement costs to be a special assessment on the properties specified in the report (Attachment A). MOTION PASSED: 6-0-1, Lythcott-Haims Absent 17.Approval of Resolutions Amending the Amended and Restated Water Supply Agreement Between the City and County of San Francisco and Wholesale Customers in Alameda County, San Mateo County and Santa Clara County and the Updated Tier 2 Drought Response Implementation Plan; CEQA Status: Not a Project and Categorically Exempt under CEQA Guidelines Sec. 15307, 15308 MOTION: Councilmember Stone moved, seconded by Councilmember Lu to approve two resolutions: 1.Amending the Amended and Restated Water Supply Agreement between the City and County of San Francisco and Wholesale Customers in Alameda County, San Mateo County and Santa Clara County (Attachment A) and; 2.Approve the updated Tier 2 Drought Response Implementation Plan (Attachment B). MOTION PASSED: 6-0-1, Lythcott-Haims Absent Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 10:02 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. Docusign Envelope ID: 552004C1-D5AF-4354-9E2A-13CEE9A89378