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Ordinance No. 5096
Ordinance of the Council of the City of Palo Alto
Amending Section 2.23.050 of Chapter 2.23 of Title 2
of the Palo Alto Municipal Code to Add the Subjects
of Wastewater Collection and Fiber Optics to the
Purposes and Duties of the Utilities Advisory
Commission
NOW, THEREFORE, the Council of the City of Palo Alto does ORDAIN as
SECTION 1. Section 2.23.050 of Chapter 2.23 of Title 2 of the Palo Alto
Municipal Code is hereby amended to read, as follows:
2.23.050. ' Purpose and duties.
(a) The purpose of the utilities advisory commission shall be to advise the city
council on present and prospective long-range planning and policy and major program
and project matters relating to the electric utility, gas utility, water utility, wastewater
collection utility, fiber optics utility and recycled water matters, excluding daily
operations. .
(b) The utilities advisory commission shall have the following duties:
(1) Advise the city council on long-range planning and policy matters
pertaining to:
(A) Development of the electric utility, gas utility, water utility,
wastewater collection utility, fiber optics utility, and the recycled water resource;
(B) Joint action projects with other public or private entities
which involve, affect or impact the electric utility, gas utility, water utility, wastewater
collection utility, fiber optics utility, and the recycled water resource;
(C) Environmental aspects and attributes of the electric utility,
gas utility, water utility, wastewater collection utility, fiber optics utility, and the recycled
water resource;
(D) Water and energy conservation, energy efficiency, and
demand side management; and
(E) . Recycled water matters not otherwise addressed in· the
preceding subparagraphs (A) through (D);
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(2) Review and make recommendations to the city council on the
consistency with adopted and approved plans, policies, and programs of any major
electric utility, gas utility, water utility, wastewater collection utility, fiber optics utility,
or the recycled water resource;
(3) Formulate and review legislative proposals regarding the electric
utility, gas utility, water utility, wastewater collection utility, fiber optics utility and the
recycled water resource, to which the city is a party, in which the city has an interest, or
by which the city may be affected;
(4) Review the electric utility, gas utility, water utility, wastewater
collection utility, and fiber optics utility capital improvement programs, operating
budgets and related reserves, and rates, and the recycled water program, budget, and rate,
and thereafter forward any comments and recommendations to the finance committee or
its successor;
(5) Provide advice upon such other matters as the city council may
from time to time assign.
The utilities advisory commission shall not have the power or authority to cause
the expenditure of city funds or to birid the city to any written, oral or implied contract.
(c) The utilities advisory commission may, subject to its city c.ouncil-
approved bylaws and at the discretion of the city council, foster and facilitate engagement
with the general public, not excluding representatives of commerce and industry, in
regard to the utility matters referred to in subsections (b )(1 )(A) through (E)
SECTION 2. The Council finds that the addition of duties and purposes of
the Utilities Advisory Commission to Chapter 2.23 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code does
not meet the definition of ~ project under the California Environmental Quality Act
pursuant to California Public Resources Code Section 21065, and therefore no
environment impact assessment is necessary.
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