HomeMy WebLinkAbout2014-06-23 Ordinance 5257ORDINANCE N0.5257
ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
AMENDING THE BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2014 TO
PROVIDE TO ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION OF $75,000 IN
THE STANFORD RESEARCH PARK TRAFFIC IMPACT FEE
FUND AND $25,000 IN THE CITYWIDE TRAFFIC IMPACT
FEE FUND FOR A TOTAL OF $100,000 AND TO TRANSFER
THIS APPROPRIATION TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT
FUND FOR CIP PL-12000 FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A
CONCEPT PLAN LINE STUDY FOR TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENTS
TO PAGE MILL ROAD BETWEEN I-280 AND ALMA STREET
The Council of the City of Palo Alto does ordain as
follows:
SECTION 1. The Council of the City of Palo Alto finds
and determines as follows~
A. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 12 of Article
III of the Charter of the City of Palo Alto, the Council on
June 10, 2013 did adopt a budget for fiscal year 2013; and
B .. The County of Santa Clara is preparing an update to
the Comprehensive Expressway Study to evaluate the
conditions of expressways for near and long-term growth;
and
C. There are three expressways within the City of Palo
Alto that will be included in the study. They are Page Mill
Rd-Oregon Expressway traversing the city east to west;
Foothill Expressway entering Palo Alto from the South and
ending at Page Mill Rd before turning into Junipero Serra
Blvd through the north half of the City; and Central
Expressway terminating at the southern border of the City
at Mountain View and turning into Alma Street through Palo
Alto; and
D. As part of the City of Palo Alto's traffic
mitigation efforts, participation in the Concept Plan Line
study will be useful in securing regional transportation
grant funds and facilitate more detailed construction
efforts for future transportation capital improvement
projects; and
E. Sufficient funds are
Stanford Research Park/El Camino
participate in the study; and
available in the
Development Fund to
F. Sufficient funds are available in the
Citywide Traffic Impact Fee Fund to participate in the
study; and
G. The additional appropriation of $75,000 from
the Stanford Research Park/El Camino Development
Fund and
$25,000 from the Citywide
be transferred in total
Fund for CIP PL-12000
Improvements) to fund
participation in the study.
Traffic Impact Fee Fund will
to the Capital Improvement
(Parking and Transportation
the City of Palo Alto's
SECTION 2. The sum of Seventy Five Thousand
Dollars ($75,000)
transferred from the
Development Fund to
CIP PL-12000
Improvements) .
is hereby appropriated and
Stanford Research Park/El Camino
the Capital Improvement Fund for
(Parking and Transportation
SECTION 3. The sum of Twenty Five Thousand
Dollars ($25,000) is hereby
appropriated and transferred from the Citywide Traffic
Impact Fee Fund to the Capital Improvement Fund for CIP
PL-12000 (Parking and Transportation Improvements).
SECTION 4. As provided in Section 2.04.330 of the
Palo Alto Municipal Code, this
ordinance shall become
effective upon adoption.
SECTION 5. The above referenced project areas
are categorically exempt from the
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under
Section 15301c of the CEQA Guidelines as repair,
maintenance and/or minor alteration of the existing
facilities and no further environmental review is
necessary.
INTRODUCED AND PASSED: June 2 3, 2 014
AYES: BERMAN, BURT, HOLMAN, KLEIN, KNISS, PRICE, SCHARFF,
SCHMID, SHEPHERD
NOES:
ABSTENTIONS:
ABSENT:
ATTEST:
&kJL~ City Clerk
flJr City Attor
or o Planning and
nity Environment