HomeMy WebLinkAbout2014-11-10 Ordinance 5282ORDINANCE NO. 5282
ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO AMENDING
THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2015 TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL
APPROPRIATION OF $80,280 IN THE GENERAL BENEFITS FUND FOR THE
TRIAL CALTRAIN GO PASS PROGRAM FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2015
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 Ill of the Charter of the City of Palo
Alto, the Council on June 16, 2014 did adopt a budget for Fiscal Year 2015; and
B. On February 10, 2014 the City Council authorized the City Manager to enter into an
Agreement with the Peninsula Joint Powers Board to participate in the Caltrain Go Pass
Program for City of Palo Alto employees as a pilot program.
C. The Caltrain Go Pass Program provides City funded train passes to City of Palo Alto
employees working in the downtown core as an incentive to ride public transit in order to
reduce automobile trips and free up parking in the Civic Center Garage.
D. As part of the pilot SO City employees signed up for the Caltrain Go Pass Program
freeing up SO parking passes in the Civic Center Garage.
E. The City intends to continue the pilot for calendar year 201S.
SECTION 2. Therefore, the sum of Eighty Thousand Two Hundred Eighty Dollars
. ($80,280) is hereby appropriated in the General Benefits Fund for the Caltrain Go Pass Program
and the ending fund balance in the General Benefits Fund is decreased by Eighty Thousand Two
Hundred Eighty Dollars ($80,280).
SECTION 3. As provided in Section 2.04.330 of the Palo
Alto Municipal Code, this ordinance shall become effective upon adoption.
SECTION 4. The Council of the City of Palo Alto hereby finds that this is not a project
under the California Environmental Quality Act and, therefore, no environmental impact
assessment is necessary.
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INTRODUCED AND PASSED: November 10, 2014
AVES: BERMAN, BURT, HOLMAN, KLEIN, PRICE, SCHARFF, SCHMID, SHEPHERD
NOES:
ABSENT: KNISS
ABSTENTIONS:
NOT PARTICIPATING:
ATIEST:
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APPROVED:
Senior Assistant City Attorney