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Home My WebLink About2021-02-22 Ordinance 5516 1 0222_20210225_ts24 Ordinance No. 5516 Emergency Ordinance of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Amending the Fiscal Year 2021 Municipal Fee Schedule to Add New Daily Entry Discounts and Annual Pass Fees for Foothills Park; and Amending PAMC Section 22.04.150(k) to Adjust Attendance Limits at Foothills Park. The Council of the City of Palo Alto ORDAINS as follows: SECTION 1. Findings and Declarations. The City Council finds and declares as follows: A. The City’s Foothills Park is reserved for park, playground, recreation, or conservation purposes by Palo Alto Municipal Code (PAMC) 22.08.090 et seq.; B. Since December 2020, Foothills Park has reached its capacity limit multiple times per day on several days. For example, in December 2020, on days when the park reached capacity, an average of about 400 vehicles were turned away per day; C. The majority of visitors try to park near the park entrance area, Boronda Lake, Orchard Glen Picnic Area, and Vista Hill, which results in people parking and walking in inappropriate locations causing damage to natural areas and potentially creating unsafe conditions for pedestrians and bicyclists; D. Based in part on recommendation from the Parks and Recreation Commission, the City Council desires to add new fees to its Fiscal Year 2021 Municipal Fee Schedule to add new discounts for single day entry and an annual pass for motor vehicles to enter Foothills Park; E. Based on recommendation from the Parks and Recreation Commission, the City Council also desires to amend the attendance limits at Foothills Park to between 300 to 650 persons; and F. The City Council finds that this emergency ordinance is urgently required in order to preserve the public peace, health and safety pursuant to PAMC section 2.04.270(d). SECTION 2. The Council of the City of Palo Alto amends the Fiscal Year 2021 Municipal Fee Schedule by adopting the new single-day discounts and annual pass fees for Foothills Park as set forth in Exhibit “A” and incorporated here by reference. SECTION 3. Subsection (k) of Palo Alto Municipal Code section 22.04.150 (Foothills Park) is hereby amended as follows (deleted text in strikethrough, new text underlined): (k) No more than five-hundred 650 people shall be permitted in Foothills Park at any one time. (1) The City Manager or designee may limit attendance at Foothills Park to no less than 400 people establish a capacity limit in the range of 300 to 650 people at Foothills DocuSign Envelope ID: D3ED03CC-77B3-474F-85DE-BBE438C7E332 2 0222_20210225_ts24 Park in order to protect the health, safety, and welfare of park users; to protect the natural resources in the park; and/or due to limits in parking, facilities, or staff availability. The City shall not distinguish between residents and non-residents in setting any limits under this subsection. (2) The following persons shall not count toward the limit in this subsection: visitors with reservations in the Towle Campground, Oak Grove Picnic Area, and Interpretive Center Meeting Room; City-sanctioned recreation and education groups (including City-run programs for summer camps, field trips, and community partner youth groups); group permit holders; City-sanctioned park volunteers; and visitors arriving in a vehicle with a valid disabled person parking placard or license plate . SECTION 4. The fees in this Ordinance are for voluntary entrance and/or use of government property. Pursuant to Art. XIII C, Section I(e)(4) of the California Constitution, these fees are not a tax. SECTION 5. The Council finds that this project is exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) sections 15301 (Existing Facilities) and 15323 (Normal Operations of Facilities for Public Gatherings). // // // // // // // // // // // // DocuSign Envelope ID: D3ED03CC-77B3-474F-85DE-BBE438C7E332 3 0222_20210225_ts24 // SECTION 6. This emergency ordinance shall be effective immediately upon adoption pursuant to PAMC section 2.24.330(a)(4). Section 3 of this emergency ordinance shall supersede the park limits codified in PAMC section 22.04.150(k) as detailed in Section 3 of Ordinance 5514 (adopted February 1, 2021; to become effective on or about March 4, 2021) and Section 3 of Emergency Ordinance 5515 (adopted February 1, 2021). This emergency ordinance shall remain in effect until subsequent ordinance repeals this emergency ordinance. INTRODUCED: February 22, 2021 PASSED: BURT, CORMACK, DUBOIS, FILSETH, KOU, STONE, TANAKA AYES: NOES: ABSENT: ABSTENTIONS: ATTEST: ____________________________ ____________________________ City Clerk Mayor APPROVED AS TO FORM: APPROVED: ____________________________ ____________________________ Deputy City Attorney City Manager ____________________________ Director of Community Services ____________________________ Director of Administrative Services DocuSign Envelope ID: D3ED03CC-77B3-474F-85DE-BBE438C7E332 4 0222_20210225_ts24 Attachment A Fiscal Year 2021 Municipal Fee Schedule Community Services Fees Open Space, Parks, & Golf Park Activities – Foothills Park Foothills Park – daily entry for motor vehicles $6 per vehicle per day; Free for City-designated park volunteers, active military, veterans, students with ID who are driving, and vehicles with a valid disabled person parking placard or license plate. Foothills Park – annual pass for motor vehicles (Annual pass allows entry for a motor vehicle holding 9 people or less.) $65 per year for non-residents; $50 per year for Palo Alto residents and City employees; 25% discount for seniors (60+); Free for active military, veterans, and low- income visitors; (Discount/free pass can be applied to non- resident and resident pass). DocuSign Envelope ID: D3ED03CC-77B3-474F-85DE-BBE438C7E332 Certificate Of Completion Envelope Id: D3ED03CC77B3474F85DEBBE438C7E332 Status: Completed Subject: Please DocuSign: ORD 5516 Emergency Ordinance Amending FY21 Municipal Fee Schedule to Add Annua... Source Envelope: Document Pages: 4 Signatures: 6 Envelope Originator: Certificate Pages: 2 Initials: 0 Danielle Kang AutoNav: Enabled EnvelopeId Stamping: Enabled Time Zone: (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) Comments: yes 250 Hamilton Ave Palo Alto , CA 94301 Danielle.Kang@cityofpaloalto.org IP Address: 199.33.32.254 Record Tracking Status: Original 2/25/2021 11:04:18 AM Holder: Danielle Kang Danielle.Kang@cityofpaloalto.org Location: DocuSign Security Appliance Status: Connected Pool: StateLocal Storage Appliance Status: Connected Pool: City of Palo Alto Location: DocuSign Signer Events Signature Timestamp Tim Shimizu Tim.Shimizu@CityofPaloAlto.org Deputy City Attorney Security Level: Email, Account Authentication (None)Signature Adoption: Pre-selected Style Using IP Address: 199.33.32.254 Sent: 2/25/2021 11:08:48 AM Viewed: 2/25/2021 11:32:33 AM Signed: 2/25/2021 11:33:07 AM Electronic Record and Signature Disclosure: Not Offered via DocuSign Kiely Nose Kiely.Nose@CityofPaloAlto.org Director, Administrative Services/CFO City of Palo Alto Security Level: Email, Account Authentication (None) Signature Adoption: Uploaded Signature Image Using IP Address: 73.70.132.132 Sent: 2/25/2021 11:33:09 AM Viewed: 3/1/2021 9:31:12 AM Signed: 3/1/2021 9:32:18 AM Electronic Record and Signature Disclosure: Not Offered via DocuSign Kristen O'Kane Kristen.O'Kane@CityofPaloAlto.org Assistant Director Community Services City of Palo Alto Security Level: Email, Account Authentication (None) Signature Adoption: Pre-selected Style Using IP Address: 67.188.116.181 Sent: 3/1/2021 9:32:19 AM Viewed: 3/1/2021 9:32:55 AM Signed: 3/1/2021 9:36:19 AM Electronic Record and Signature Disclosure: Not Offered via DocuSign Ed Shikada Ed.Shikada@CityofPaloAlto.org Ed Shikada, City Manager City of Palo Alto Security Level: Email, Account Authentication (None) Signature Adoption: Pre-selected Style Using IP Address: 199.33.32.254 Sent: 3/1/2021 9:36:21 AM Viewed: 3/1/2021 10:40:38 AM Signed: 3/1/2021 10:41:30 AM Electronic Record and Signature Disclosure: Not Offered via DocuSign Signer Events Signature Timestamp Tom DuBois tomforcouncil@gmail.com Security Level: Email, Account Authentication (None) Signature Adoption: Pre-selected Style Using IP Address: 24.5.55.204 Sent: 3/1/2021 10:41:33 AM Viewed: 3/1/2021 2:46:33 PM Signed: 3/1/2021 2:46:54 PM Electronic Record and Signature Disclosure: Not Offered via DocuSign Beth Minor beth.minor@cityofpaloalto.org City Clerk City of Palo Alto Security Level: Email, Account Authentication (None) Signature Adoption: Pre-selected Style Using IP Address: 199.33.32.254 Sent: 3/1/2021 2:46:59 PM Viewed: 3/1/2021 2:54:54 PM Signed: 3/8/2021 7:26:22 AM Electronic Record and Signature Disclosure: Not Offered via DocuSign In Person Signer Events Signature Timestamp Editor Delivery Events Status Timestamp Agent Delivery Events Status Timestamp Intermediary Delivery Events Status Timestamp Certified Delivery Events Status Timestamp Carbon Copy Events Status Timestamp Witness Events Signature Timestamp Notary Events Signature Timestamp Envelope Summary Events Status Timestamps Envelope Sent Hashed/Encrypted 2/25/2021 11:08:48 AM Certified Delivered Security Checked 3/1/2021 2:54:54 PM Signing Complete Security Checked 3/8/2021 7:26:22 AM Completed Security Checked 3/8/2021 7:26:22 AM Payment Events Status Timestamps