HomeMy WebLinkAbout1994-11-07 City Council Summary Minutes Regular Meeting November 7, 1994 1. Public Employee Performance Evaluation ................. 74-41 2. Public Employee Performance Evaluation ................. 74-41 1. Announcement of New Memberships in the Woman's Club of Palo Alto .............................................. 74-42 2. Proclamation Honoring Judy Kleinberg re "Safer Summer" Program for Teens ...................................... 74-42 3. Resolution Expressing Appreciation to Jack Sutorius for Outstanding Public Service as a Member of the Utilities Advisory Commission .................................... 74-42 4. Resolution Expressing Appreciation to Carl Hoffner for Outstanding Public Service as a Member of the Utilities Advisory Commission .................................... 74-43 ORAL COMMUNICATIONS ......................................... 74-43 APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF SEPTEMBER 19 AND 26, 1994 ............ 74-43 5. Contract between the City of Palo Alto and Poulke and Steinle, Inc. for Overhead Line Reconstruction in the Barron Park Area ....................................... 74-44 6. Contract between the City of Palo Alto and California Roofing Company to Reroof a Portion of Mitchell Park Community Center ....................................... 74-44 7. Contract between the City of Palo Alto and California Roofing Company to Reroof Building L at Cubberley Community Center ....................................... 74-44 8. Confirmation of Council Priorities for Fiscal Year 1995-96 ................................................ 74-44 9. Utilities Advisory Commission recommends to the City Council approval of Supplement No. 3 to the Northern California Powers Agency Joint Powers Agreement Authorizing Membership for the Port of Oakland ......... 74-44 10. Palo Alto Medical Foundation Development Agreement - Public Review of Compliance ............................ 74-44
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11. Resolution 7368 entitled "Resolution of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Declaring Weeds to be a Nuisance and Setting a Hearing .................................. 74-44 12. Ordinance 4241 entitled "Ordinance of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Amending the Budget for the Fiscal Year 1994-95 to Accept a Grant from the California Municipal Utilities Association to Support a Compact Fluorescent Lamp Marketing Program ............. 74-44 13. Ordinance 4242 entitled "Ordinance of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Authorizing an Amendment to the Contract Between the City Council of the City of Palo Alto and the Board of Administration of the California Public Employees' Retirement System (PAPOA) ............ 74-44 14. Ordinance 4243 entitled "Ordinance of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Amending Section 18.08.040 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code (the Zoning Map) to Change the Classification of Property known as 245 Lytton Avenue and 305-337 Emerson Street (former Peninsula Times Tribune Site) from RM-30, CD-C(P) and PC (Ord. 3111) to PC ..................................................... 74-45 15. Conference with City Attorney-Potential Initiation of Litigation ............................................. 74-45 16. PUBLIC HEARING: The Comprehensive Plan Policies and Programs Document prepared by the Comprehensive Plan Advisory Committee. The document contains recommended policies and programs for guiding Palo Alto's future. The policies and programs were organized into six areas: Community Design, Governance and Community Services, Business and Economics, Housing, Transpor-tation, and Natural Environment. The policies and programs would provide recommended policy direction for preparation of the Draft Comprehensive Plan and Master Environmental Impact Report (EIR) during Phase III of the Comprehensive Plan Update .......................... 74-45 17. Mayor Liz Kniss, Vice Mayor Joe Simitian, and Council Members Ron Andersen and Micki Schneider re Report on League of California Cities Conference held October 23-25, 1994, in Long Beach, California .................... 74-61 ADJOURNMENT: The meeting adjourned at 10:45 p.m. to an Adjourned City Council Meeting on Wednesday, November 9, 1994 ................................................ 74-62
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The City Council of the City of Palo Alto met on this date in the Human Resources/Council Conference Room at 6:00 p.m. PRESENT: Andersen, Fazzino (arrived at 6:10 p.m.), Huber, Kniss, McCown, Rosenbaum, Schneider, Simitian (ar-rived at 6:08 p.m.), Wheeler ORAL COMMUNICATIONS None. CLOSED SESSIONS 1. Public Employee Performance Evaluation Subject: City Manager June Fleming
Authority: Government Code ∋54957 2. Public Employee Performance Evaluation Subject: City Attorney Ariel Calonne
Authority: Government Code ∋54957 Public Comment None. Mayor Kniss announced that no action was taken. ADJOURNMENT: The meeting adjourned at 7:10 p.m.
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The City Council of the City of Palo Alto met on this date in the Council Chambers at 7:10 p.m. PRESENT: Andersen, Fazzino, Huber, Kniss, McCown, Rosenbaum, Schneider, Simitian, Wheeler SPECIAL ORDERS OF THE DAY 1. Announcement of New Memberships in the Woman's Club of Palo Alto Georgia Spears, 1953 Edgewood Drive, Member, Palo Alto Woman's Club, welcomed its newest members--Mayor Kniss; Council Members McCown, Schneider, and Wheeler; City Manager June Fleming; and City Clerk Gloria Young. Julie Jerome, 726 Greer Road, Palo Alto Unified School District Board Member, presented to Ms. Spears three applications for admittance to the Palo Alto Woman's Club by Palo Alto Unified School District (PAUSD) Board President Susie Richardson, PAUSD Board Member Diane Reklis, and herself. Dorothy Archbuckle, Palo Alto Woman's Club, 475 Homer Avenue, displayed a picture of Mary Campbell who was the founder of the Palo Alto Woman's Club and noted the charter of the organization. 2. Proclamation Honoring Judy Kleinberg re "Safer Summer" Program for Teens Mayor Kniss presented the proclamation to Judy Kleinberg. Council Member McCown thanked Ms. Kleinberg for her tremendous contributions to the City. Council Member Andersen said he appreciated Ms. Kleinberg's effort in working with the youth. Mayor Kniss thanked Ms. Kleinberg for the number of volunteer hours that she had given to the community. Julie Jerome, 726 Greer Road, Palo Alto Unified School District Board Member, read a letter from Palo Alto Unified School District (PAUSD) Board President Susie Richardson which thanked Ms. Kleinberg for her tremendous support to the youth of Palo Alto. Judy Kleinberg accepted the acknowledgment on behalf of all of the people who supported the effort that summer which included employees of PAUSD and the City of Palo Alto. She also compli-mented City Manager June Fleming, Superintendent of Schools Jim Brown, and the Downtown business community. 3. Resolution Expressing Appreciation to Jack Sutorius for Outstanding Public Service as a Member of the Utilities Advisory Commission MOTION: Vice Mayor Simitian moved, seconded by Fazzino, to adopt
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the Resolution. Resolution 7365 entitled "Resolution of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Expressing Appreciation to Jack Sutorius for Outstanding Public Service as a Member of the Utilities Advisory Commission" MOTION PASSED 9-0. Jack Sutorius said he was pleased to have served on the Utilities Advisory Commission and, in particular, with Carl Hoffner. He was also pleased that the City Council selected Mark Chandler to be a member of the Utilities Advisory Commission. He thanked the City Council for its acknowledgment. 4. Resolution Expressing Appreciation to Carl Hoffner for Outstanding Public Service as a Member of the Utilities Advisory Commission MOTION: Council Member Fazzino moved, seconded by Schneider, to adopt the Resolution. Resolution 7366 entitled "Resolution of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Expressing Appreciation to Carl Hoffner for Outstanding Public Service as a Member of the Utilities Advisory Commission" MOTION PASSED 9-0. Carl Hoffner said it was his pleasure to serve on the Utilities Advisory Commission. He applauded the City Council for establish-ing the Commission. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS Herb Borock, 2731 Byron street, spoke regarding Sand Hill Road Extension's 20th Anniversary. Edmund Power, 2254 Dartmouth Street, spoke regarding honesty in government (letter on file in the City Clerk's Office). Claudio Martinez, Box 273, spoke regarding bones of antiquity, concert, archaeology, diamonds, and artwork of May Shockley. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF SEPTEMBER 19 AND 26, 1994 MOTION: Council Member Fazzino moved, seconded by Wheeler, to approve the Minutes of September 19, 1994, as submitted. MOTION PASSED 9-0. MOTION: Council Member Fazzino moved, seconded by Wheeler, to approve the Minutes of September 26, 1994, as corrected. MOTION PASSED 9-0.
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CONSENT CALENDAR MOTION: Council Member Fazzino moved, seconded by Schneider, to approve Consent Calendar Item Nos. 5 - 14. 5. Contract between the City of Palo Alto and Poulke and Steinle, Inc. for Overhead Line Reconstruction in the Barron Park Area; change orders not to exceed $60,000 6. Contract between the City of Palo Alto and California Roofing Company to Reroof a Portion of Mitchell Park Community Center; change orders not to exceed $7,000 7. Contract between the City of Palo Alto and California Roofing Company to Reroof Building L at Cubberley Community Center; change orders not to exceed $10,000 8. Confirmation of Council Priorities for Fiscal Year 1995-96 9. Utilities Advisory Commission recommends to the City Council approval of Supplement No. 3 to the Northern California Powers Agency Joint Powers Agreement Authorizing Membership for the Port of Oakland Resolution 7367 entitled "Resolution of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Approving and Authorizing the Execution of Supplement No. 3 to the Joint Powers Agreement of the North-ern California Power Agency" 10. Palo Alto Medical Foundation Development Agreement - Public Review of Compliance 11. Resolution 7368 entitled "Resolution of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Declaring Weeds to be a Nuisance and Setting a Hearing" 12. Ordinance 4241 entitled "Ordinance of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Amending the Budget for the Fiscal Year 1994-95 to Accept a Grant from the California Municipal Utilities Association to Support a Compact Fluorescent Lamp Marketing Program" Resolution 7369 entitled "Resolution of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Authorizing the Acceptance of a Grant from the California Municipal Utilities Association to Partially Defray the Costs of Development of a Compact Fluorescent Lamp Marketing Program" 13. Ordinance 4242 entitled "Ordinance of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Authorizing an Amendment to the Contract Between the City Council of the City of Palo Alto and the Board of Administration of the California Public Employees' Retirement System (PAPOA)" (1st Reading 10/17/94, PASSED 7-0, Huber, Simitian absent) 14. Ordinance 4243 entitled "Ordinance of the Council of the City
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of Palo Alto Amending Section 18.08.040 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code (the Zoning Map) to Change the Classification of Property known as 245 Lytton Avenue and 305-337 Emerson Street (former Peninsula Times Tribune Site) from RM-30, CD-C(P) and PC (Ord. 3111) to PC" (1st Reading 10/17/94, PASSED 7-0, Huber, Simitian absent) MOTION PASSED 9-0 for Item Nos. 5 - 9, 11, and 12. MOTION PASSED 8-0 for Item No. 10, McCown "not participating." MOTION PASSED 7-0-2 for Item Nos. 13 and 14, Huber, Simitian "abstaining." CLOSED SESSION The item may occur during the recess or after the Regular Meeting. 15. Conference with City Attorney-Potential Initiation of Litiga-tion Subject: Potential initiation of litigation on one separate matter
Authority: Government Code ∋54956.9(c) Public Comments None. PUBLIC HEARINGS 16. PUBLIC HEARING: The Comprehensive Plan Policies and Programs Document prepared by the Comprehensive Plan Advisory Commit-tee. The document contains recommended policies and programs for guiding Palo Alto's future. The policies and programs were organized into six areas: Community Design, Governance and Community Services, Business and Economics, Housing, Transportation, and Natural Environment. The policies and programs would provide recommended policy direction for preparation of the Draft Comprehensive Plan and Master Environmental Impact Report (EIR) during Phase III of the Comprehensive Plan Update Mayor Kniss said it was a benchmark time for the City, and the Council would begin the final planning process that would take the City through the next 15 to 20 years. She outlined the process that would be followed during the procedure. She said at 10:30 p.m. that evening, the public hearing would be continued to an Adjourned Meeting on Wednesday, November 9, 1994. She asked that the members of the public keep their comments general and that before each of the meetings devoted to the Comprehensive Plan review (the Plan), there would be an hour that would be devoted to a public hearing. She referred to the staff report (CMR:496:94) which indicated review dates of November 9, November 15, November 29, December 7, December 15, and December 19, 1994, and asked the Council to indicate its preference.
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Council Member Fazzino was not available on November 29, December 7, and December 15, 1994. Council Member Andersen was not available on December 7. He asked that consideration be given to December 8, 1994. Vice Mayor Simitian said the Santa Clara County Cities Association would meet on that date and select a new member to the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC). He believed it was important that an outstanding representative be selected to the MTC hopefully from the Palo Alto City Council. He recommended that Monday, December 19, 1994, not be included in the dates since many people traveled during the holidays and might not be available for comment. Council Member Fazzino was concerned that the Council would be in a decision-making mode after the November 9, 1994, meeting. It would probably be the most important series of decisions that the Council would make, and he believed that all the Council Members should endeavor to be at the meetings. He was troubled that the Council was not consulted on the selection of the dates. He encouraged a schedule, even if it went into the beginning of January 1995, that accommodated all of the Council. Council Member McCown clarified the Council would not start its discussion and action until after the completion of the public hearings on November 9, 1994. She said if the Monday, December 19, 1994, meeting were deleted, there would still be four meetings devoted to the Plan. She said there might not be sufficient time to complete the process even if the December 19, 1994, meeting were held, and a date early in January 1995 might be more realis-tic. Mayor Kniss said two other dates could be in place by January 1995. City Manager June Fleming said staff would consult with each Council Member on the dates that the entire Council would be available and schedule those dates. Mayor Kniss clarified the Council had agreed on the proposed dates; and if seven Council Members were not present, the meeting would be canceled. She urged the Council to be diligent and follow the schedule as shown on Attachment B of the staff report (CMR:496:94) so the process would be completed by the end of 1995. Council Member Fazzino was very concerned about the Council's moving toward final decisions with only seven Council Members present. He did not believe there should be a rush for judgment prior to the holidays. Each of the Council Members should have an opportunity to participate. He asked the Mayor to work with the City Manager and come up with a schedule which went into January 1995 that accommodated every member of the Council. Mayor Kniss agreed to work with the staff and come up with a
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schedule that accommodated the entire Council. She urged the Council to try to stay on track with the schedule. Ms. Fleming agreed it was a benchmark time for the City. The Comprehensive Plan was revised in 1973 through 1976 and updated in 1980. The Plan was extremely important to the community since it laid out its future. Staff would not do a major update until four or five years after adoption of the Plan. Another total revision would not be done for another 10 to 15 years. The ingredients of the Plan were the basic pieces, and the pieces would be shaped into the Comprehensive Plan document. The document would not occur until after the staff had received all the input and began its work with a professional editor who would draft a plan which would be reviewed by Comprehensive Plan Advisory Committee (CPAC), boards, commissions, and the Council. The Council would then make the final decisions and approve the Comprehensive Plan. The Council had had 100 percent input from the staff during the process, and the staff's comments were integrated into the document that had been presented to the Council that evening. Director of Planning and Community Environment Ken Schreiber said the purpose of the process over the next few months was for the Council to identify the goals, policies, and programs that would be in the new draft Plan. The draft Plan would not look like the document before the Council that evening. The Council would decide what policies and programs would go into the document, and then staff would structure a plan that was best able to communi-cate those actions. He noted that the process did not involve final decisions. An Environmental Impact Report (EIR) would need to be prepared, and the final decision-making process would occur in mid- or late 1995. The Council was embarking upon a critical process which would shape the draft Plan that would be the subject of the draft EIR and would also receive extensive public review in 1995. The Council was beginning a process that would reflect in the new Plan the Council's wishes, desires, and visions for Palo Alto. The Council should have a sense of ownership of the Plan when it was adopted and acquiring that ownership should start that evening and in the forthcoming review process. The Council directed CPAC to not assume existing policies and programs and directed CPAC to have a bottoms-up and open process which CPAC had done. Staff commended CPAC for its scope of work and its recommendations. While staff did not agree with everything that CPAC recommended, CPAC had fulfilled the Council's charge at the beginning of the process. Staff had identified in the staff reports dated September 30, and November 7, 1994 (CMR:496:94), a variety of policy observations. He highlighted that the overarching policy theme from staff's perspective that had emerged from CPAC's work was that City policy should in a coordinated way seek to protect and enhance Palo Alto's sense of community. Traditionally, Palo Alto had had a much stronger sense of community than most suburban areas. Many of CPAC's recommendations focused on perceived obstacles to have an integrated community whether they were physical, procedural, or service issues. There was an understanding that Palo Alto was more than a residential community. The recommendations before the Council presented a more integrated and balanced relationship of
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residential and nonresidential land uses. Enhancing commercial and service elements was important both for the larger sense of community and for activities that generated municipal revenue. The revenue was necessary to sustain and enhance the local governmental programs that were critical in making Palo Alto a very special place. Mayor Kniss asked the City Attorney to clarify the legal issues that would be involved in the process. City Attorney Ariel Calonne said since 1987 when the impact of the former President Reagan's appointments to the Supreme Court had taken effect, there was a far more conservative United States Supreme Court. Staff had found that private property rights were being accorded more deference than during the time frame when the existing Comprehensive Plan was developed. He said the City could expect to be not only enabled by the Comprehensive Plan but also constrained by it. The opportunities that it created for the City's future would also be constrained and it would limit not only the staff and boards and commissions but also the Council's discretion. The comment that the Council needed to take ownership of the Comprehensive Plan, while it was true in the early 1970s, was true to the point of being a critical legal issue at least over the next several years. He summarized it was a very serious task as well as one demanding a lot of vision since it would both empower and constrain the present Council and its successors. Sandy Eakins, Co-Chairperson, Comprehensive Plan Advisory Commit-tee, said the City was a living institution, and no important living institution was ever finished. She was pleased to announce that representatives of the Planning Department at Stanford University had asked to meet and discuss growth boundaries with the CPAC Editing Committee. Anthony Klein, Comprehensive Plan Advisory Committee member, said the CPAC was appointed by the Council to assist the Council in the difficult task of drafting the City's Comprehensive Plan for the next 15 years. Palo Altans from all parts of the community were chosen to produce a series of visions, goals, policies, and programs that would embrace the first years of a new century. From the beginning, the CPAC had acted as a prism--focusing a tremendous amount of citizen input into the document before the Council. Through a series of outreach programs, surveys, walks, talks, and workshops, CPAC had taken thousands of comments and tried to distill them into a series of options for the Council's consideration. CPAC recognized from the beginning that Palo Alto had a terrific blend of beautiful residential areas, vital businesses, accessible natural environments, and unparalleled civic services. The question for CPAC was how to preserve and improve upon that winning combination in future years. Preserva-tion alone could not work. On the threshold of a new millennium, there were constant and fundamental changes that could not be stopped or ignored. To maintain the elements of Palo Alto, it was vital that Palo Alto rode the whirlwind and creatively harnessed its forces. That was the principal basis underlying the entire draft document. There were four central themes that appeared
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throughout the document. Palo Alto would need to grow in the future years and provide a greater number of affordable living options for Palo Alto residents, to revitalize certain areas of town, and to at least maintain its strong local economy in order to become the place everybody wanted it to be or to preserve what was presently enjoyed. Palo Alto was already in a position where all but the affluent could not afford to buy a home. It was the City's responsibility and in its best interest to create more affordable housing. The City needed to continue to encourage a robust local economy. In each instance, it would require intelligent reuse of existing or presently underutilized space. The resultant growth or increased density had to be creatively and sensitively channeled to maintain and enhance the quality of life the community now enjoyed. Certain work and living options were contemplated in the draft document as were some key community design elements to make a denser environment and more visually pleasing pedestrian-friendly place. The goal also was to make Palo Alto a more user-friendly place. Much of the comments received indicated the citizens' interaction with government could be improved. Access to information needed to be improved, and City processes needed to be more clear and simple to allow businesses and residences to make the most of their opportunities. Communication to the government and from the government to the people needed to be more free and easy. The City could work better with the businesses and inhabitants of the community in a cooperative partnership so that consensus could be built. There were technical solutions to the problems, but more importantly there were people-based solutions as well. User friendliness did not apply strictly to governance. The community design, business, natural environment, and transportation elements of the draft document all contemplated a pedestrian-friendly, community-oriented City where people could congregate locally and patronize businesses within walking distance from their homes. Palo Alto was viewed as a diverse but cohesive community made up of unique and special neighborhoods. Each neighborhood had a particular flavor and style that should be nurtured by the City's planning decisions. Revitalization that some of the neighborhoods needed would be required over the next 15 years which would provide an opportunity to create models for a better place to live and work. The City's and the community's duty extended beyond the next 15 years in terms of protecting the natural environment. Palo Alto was a beautiful place because for generations its predecessors had maintained it as a green place. The City needed to preserve, defend, and expand its open spaces and needed to care for the environment in all its aspects. Palo Alto had always treasured its trees, but maintenance and replanting had fallen behind in recent years. In addition, everybody still depended upon the automobile for lack of convenient alternatives. The natural environment was more than the foothills or the baylands. It was an integral part of the community, and the planning decisions needed to be sensitive to those needs. The Planning Commission recommended in 1992 that the City develop a new Comprehensive Plan, and that the Plan should take a serious look at the vision the City shared by a broad spectrum of its community members. It was stated at that time that a new Comprehensive Plan would provide a framework of values for future City officials. The
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completed Comprehensive Plan would provide the framework of values to guide future policymakers. Planning Commission Chairperson Victor Ojakian wanted to discuss the Planning Commission's (the Commission) approach with the document and the support the Planning Commission would provide the Council during its discussion of the matter. He said the ingredi-ents in the document equalled 1,050 goals, policies, and programs. The Council had a monumental task to consider and evaluate each of items. The Commission had held 12 meetings to review the document. In addition to the 12 meetings, Planning Commissioners Beecham, Schmidt, and Carrasco were actively involved on the CPAC. He and Commissioner Cassel also actively participated on the CPAC. The Commission's approach was outlined on page 17 of the staff report (CMR:496:94). Each of the goals, policies, and programs had been reviewed and given a letter grade. The letter grade indicated whether it should be retained, put in the appendix or the text, or deleted. That approach was used to vote on each item. A Council Member made the observation to him prior to the meeting that a goal or a policy might have been left out of the program or vice versa. The Commission's approach was not to look at how each item would be tied together but to give a vote of confidence to each item. He pointed out the consistency in voting by the Commission. In most cases, the Commission tended to support the staff comments, corrections, or changes and took a pragmatic approach rather than the charge given to the CPAC to be visionary. The Commission asked itself whether it was an item that was workable over the next 15 years and could become a reality. In some cases, the Commission voted against or deleted items that it felt did not meet that criterion. A three-member standing committee had been appointed to continue to review the document, and the members would also be involved in attending the Council meetings. He noted that the staff had recommended the Council take a similar approach and perhaps form a joint committee with the CPAC members. He hoped the Council would incorporate the Commission's subcommittee in the discussions. There would be at least two Commissioners in attendance at the Council meetings to be certain that the Council received a full view of the items. At the beginning of each session, a Commissioner would be present to make brief comments on that section of the document. Planning Commissioner and past Chairperson Kathryn Schmidt said the Comprehensive Plan was the Commission's most important charge. She highlighted the policies and programs that the Commission supported or did not support in the Comprehensive Plan. Under Business and Economics, the Commission strongly supported business and economics as noted in the goals of that section which promoted the vitality of Palo Alto's business environment, balanced business and environmental needs, and capitalized on the unique strength and diversities of the districts. The concept of encouraging the diversity of businesses which included nurturing established areas, rehabilitating aging retail areas, and recruiting new businesses was also supported as the idea of encouraging private/public partnerships and promoting Palo Alto as a business-friendly City. The Commission recognized the unique relationship with Stanford University to work with Stanford in
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areas of mutual concern and interest. It also agreed that the City needed to modify and simplify its regulations as appropriate to encourage business development, sustain the competitive position of the Stanford Shopping Center, and extend Sand Hill Road to El Camino Real consistent with neighborhood and community interests. The Commission supported nurturing the Stanford Research Park and recommended evaluation of a location for the hotel and conference center rather than support of a specific location. It believed El Camino Real needed some additional study and encouragement for revitalization and that the South of Forest Area (SOFA) should be studied after the Palo Alto Medical Founda-tion's plan was complete. The Council would need to address: 1) support of small locally owned retail, 2) density increases at both the Stanford Shopping Center and the Stanford Research Park, and 3) solutions for El Camino Real. Under Housing, the Commission had retained much from the existing Comprehensive Plan Housing Element which was a thorough and good element. The CPAC recommendation provided new emphasis on affordable housing options, particularly for low- and very low-income populations. The Commission thought the emphasis on greater density housing along transit corridors and near intermodal transit centers that was supported in sections other than housing was important and believed there should be zones for new types of housing, e.g., live/work situation and mixed-use housing that would include housing over commercial. The existing and wonderful neighborhoods in Palo Alto should be maintained and enhanced. Under Transportation, the Commission supported the idea of reducing reliance on the automobile and providing alternatives to the automobile, e.g., shuttle system. Roadways should be improved for all users, and the idea of analyzing the concept of a residential arterial was supported by the Commission. The impacts of traffic on neighborhoods and improved parking management should be reduced, but the Commission did not support the idea of paid parking in Palo Alto. Parking alternatives should be found that would help improve the commercial vitality of areas. The bike and pedestrian systems in Palo Alto should be improved, and the Commission added per staff's recommendation to incorporate the Congestion Management Agency (CMA) recommendations for cities. Under Transportation, the Commission supported CPAC's ideas of long-term infrastructure needs beyond 15 years. Transportation needs required a lot of money and time to become a reality, and it was essential to work with other communities and obtain outside funding. The residential arterial designation under Transporta-tion was supported by the Commission. There were major roadway changes proposed for El Camino Real, e.g., to reduce the number of lanes and add light rail, but traffic solutions were a long-term problem. Under Natural Environment, the Commission believed Palo Alto had already done much to preserve open space through the existing Comprehensive Plan, and the CPAC had brought forward ideas of repairing, restoring, and integrating the creeks and riparian corridors for pedestrian and bicycle use. The ideas were good; however, the riparian corridor setback idea was not brought forward by the Commission as part of the Plan. The urban forest should be protected and restored. Policies that sustained long-term water supply and quality, air quality, continuing programs for hazardous materials management, energy conservation and
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alternatives, and emergency preparedness were supported by the Commission. The need for community education about the environment was added as an element by the Commission. Under Governance and Community Services, the Commission supported the goals of building community and more citizen participation and communication but less avidly than by CPAC. Neighborhood associations should be encouraged for community building and distribution of information, for example, for emergency prepared-ness, but the Commission was not in favor of additionally sanctioned private councils of neighborhoods. Volunteers and commissions should be used, but it took additional staff time to coordinate the efforts of volunteers and commissions. Electronic communication was encouraged but online interactive communication during City Council meetings was not. A streamlined planning process that was workable and reasonable should be created that encouraged early public outreach. The City should work with other neighboring communities and with the Palo Alto Unified School District (PAUSD). The Commission suggested that Palo Alto's long-term infrastructure requirements be analyzed. Issues in the section were the official authority of neighborhood associations and further discussion of the requirement for developers to meet and negotiate with neighborhood associations in the planning process. Under Community Design, the Commission supported the new section that tried to unify the Comprehensive Plan in three dimensions and supported the idea that Palo Alto initiate some coordinated area plans in certain areas. The concept of rockable neighborhoods within the framework of districts and centers was appropriate. The centers and the entrances to Palo Alto should be enhanced, the residential neighborhoods preserved, and the edges and transitions between zones reviewed. Better design of the public realm should be promoted, including pedestrian and bike environment. The Commission supported staff's comments that the urban limit line was not an issue because Stanford had been observing it over the past years. The Commission responded to staff comments as noted in CPAC recommendations that El Camino Park was not the right proposal in the Plan. Zone designation should be added for new types of housing. The major issue was that the Community Design element was very long and there might be areas that could be condensed or eliminated after going through the other elements. She thanked CPAC and staff for their outstanding efforts. Vice Mayor Simitian referred to the Natural Environment section and the statement that the Commission believed the riparian setbacks were a good idea but it was not part of the Plan. He asked for more detail and rationale on that conclusion Ms. Schmidt said it was difficult to explain the rationale but recalled that there was a split vote and the issue received a "C" designation which meant that it was acceptable but was not in the top 50 percent. Vice Mayor Simitian said the Council had to make a set of deci-sions based upon the material presented and would benefit most by hearing people's thoughts on the issues.
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Council Member Fazzino said the summation of issues was excellent. He referred to the Governance section and asked for the Commission's rationale regarding its concern about moving too far in the direction of online interactive communication. Ms. Schmidt said the idea that each Council Members would be able to receive questions from the public online during the Council Meeting went too far. Council Member Fazzino clarified the concern was that public communication would turn into private communication and that not everyone in the process would have access to information that was being shared. Mr. Ojakian said the intent was to make it a more inclusive process, and there was concern that that would make it an exclu-sive process. Only the people who had access to a computer would be able to communicate with the Council Member. Mayor Kniss suggested that the Governance section be considered last since the Council had questions concerning that section. Council Member McCown agreed with Mayor Kniss. Since Governance was a new concept and there was no General Plan or Comprehensive Plan in the state that had a similar element, it would be worth-while to conclude with that section. She said the Community Design section had duplicated an enormous amount of ideas that were in the first four main elements. She asked whether the timing would allow for the staff to go through the Community Design element after the Council had covered the other elements and note which items in that element had already been dealt with in the prior four elements. The Council could focus on items in the Community Design that were unique to that section that were not covered by previous action. It would streamline the Community Design section. Mayor Kniss said other Council Members had made similar comments regarding that section. Ms. Fleming agreed with the direction and said staff would return the document to the Council after that had occurred. Vice Mayor Simitian asked the staff to look at the issue of integration. The City was required under state law to produce a Comprehensive Plan which was internally consistent with integrated elements, and one of the reasons that some of the pieces might be in the first four areas as well as in the Community Design area was that it was important to make the elements fit together. Council Member McCown was not suggesting that the elements of Transportation should not be in Community Design, but the Council did not need to discuss the elements twice. The next editing stage could determine how it should be integrated. RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION: 9:15 P.M. - 9:36 P.M.
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The City Council met in Closed Session to discuss a matter involving potential initiation of litigation as described in Agenda Item No. 15. Mayor Kniss announced that no action was taken. CONTINUANCE OF ITEM NO. 16 Council Member Fazzino explained that he would be unable to attend the Council meeting on November 9, 1994, but would view the videotape prior to the next City Council meeting. Mayor Kniss declared the Public Hearing open. Yoriko Kishimoto, 251 Embarcadero Road, said Council should ask itself whether the City needed another major arterial, since the Comprehensive Plan process was the only process by which the question could be asked. If the City needed another major arterial, the question was where it would be placed and how it would be funded. Given traffic safety concerns and the community fabric, 30,000 or more cars could not be placed in the community safely. Eventually, the City would be asked to purchase houses, relocate schools, and spend hundreds of millions of dollars to build another Oregon Expressway in the City. If the City did not want another Oregon Expressway, it should take seriously the CPAC recommendations about investing in a more mixed-modes transporta-tion system, take the first step toward market-based pricing represented by paid parking, take steps to restore and keep the current residential arterial, and help reduce speeds through permanent design and lane changes. The Council should consider whether it was time to say "no" to further commercial and automo-bile growth in Palo Alto. Although change and restructuring was needed, it was important to know why more commercial development should be approved to service a population which had been stable for decades. The Planning Commission recommendation contained two surprising changes, one of which was the almost total elimination of all policies protecting the community against noise. Another new policy introduced in transportation, marked TR1-L, read "within limits of State law, approve a project based on overall benefits regardless of traffic impact on particular intersections." Such a policy went 180 degrees against a basic tenet. If land uses changed, the transportation system had to change. Stanford Research Park had been established without the citizens of Palo Alto being told that an Oregon Expressway would be necessary. Stanford Shopping Center had been established without assuming Willow Expressway would be built. A strong link between approval of a development and preparation to pay the financial and political price of changing the transportation system in a corresponding manner should be built in the Plan. Trish Mulvey, 527 Rhodes Drive, President of Save San Francisco Bay Association and Board Member of Greenbelt Alliance, supported watershed and open space protection and improving water quality and habitat in creeks, the Baylands, and the Bay. She thanked CPAC for proposals which accomplished the objectives while protecting the economic vitality and quality of life in the
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community. Mr. Carrasco's summarization of CPAC's goals was important for the community. The Planning Commission deleted a few of CPAC's recommendations and stated the recommendations were not a priority or appropriate, including urban growth boundaries, intensity of nonresidential development, and string corridor protection. In March 1994, Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) Executive Board adopted a menu of land use policy recom-mendations. ABAG's first recommendation for location and inten-sity of urban development was to "encourage firm urban growth boundaries that enable achievement of objectives for housing, jobs and other development, and for the conservation of agriculture, environmentally sensitive land uses, and other open space lands." She hoped Council would follow that recommendation and make it a priority. The nonresidential development guidance should be harmonized for sight coverage limits with the Floor Area Ratio (FAR) Council adopted in 1989 as a result of the Citywide land use and transportation study. If harmonized with the other CPAC priorities highlighted in the staff comments, the 1989 guidance should not be abandoned. For natural resource protection and management, the same ABAG menu stated, "inventory and encourage preservation of significant plant communities, aquatic resources and wildlife habitat, and movement corridors, and development watershed management strategies to protect, enhance, and restore wetlands and riparian areas and reduce pollutants and runoff within the estuary." It should be established as a City priority in the top 50 percent, with supporting mapping and identification. Council should adopt the CPAC recommendation for a protective buffer for the creeks of 100 feet along the proposed exception criteria. She urged Council to support appropriate agreements with Stanford to establish firm urban growth boundaries, encourage appropriately designed and located development in order to protect open space and natural resources, and protect against pollution and flood flows. The Planning Commission recommendations contrary to such objectives should be changed or reconsidered. Kate Feinstein, 1600 Bryant Street, co-chairperson of the Palo Alto Tree Task Force (TTF), said the Council should take a long-term view of the community. Whenever the quality of life was spoken of Palo Alto, the things most remembered about the City included tree-lined streets. The quality of the urban forest was of great importance to the community and enhanced the quality of life, property values, and a sense of well-being. While the TTF report was yet to be completed, recent field surveys had confirmed its worst expectations about the condition of Palo Alto's street trees. In 1989, 75 percent of Palo Alto's street trees had been rated good, while the latest survey revealed only 39 percent of its street trees were rated good. In 1989, 25 percent were rated fair, and the latest survey showed the number had increased to 53 percent only fair. The City of Mountain View had recently conducted a similar survey, and 82 percent of its street trees were in good condition; therefore, Palo Alto's condition change was not attributable to the drought alone. The TTF believed the condition of the City's entire urban forest was deteriorating because of competition with in-fill and infrastructure. CPAC had incorporated some TTF suggestions into the Natural Environment elements of the Plan, but direct and indirect references to trees
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were insufficient to guarantee the survival of Palo Alto's urban forest. Specific wording had been submitted to the Planning Commission which the TTF hoped Council would adopt into the Plan. If specific wording were not included, site plans containing pictures of trees which would not survive because of a lack of adequate soil, water, drainage, air, light, or canopy space would be encouraged. Council was asked to consider placing more specific wording about habitat into the Plan. Council Member Andersen asked that the TTF report be made avail-able when Council discussed the Natural Environment section of the Plan. Ms. Feinstein said the TTF had discussed the possibility of expediting at least a recommendation and finding for Council. The report itself would be much longer, and although almost ready, work was still being done on final wording, figures, evidence, etc. Mayor Kniss asked if the TTF had established whether the problem was a drought or maturity issue. Ms. Feinstein said some of the trees had reached the end of their life cycles, but it was a combination of drought, lack of mainte-nance, roots cut for sidewalks, etc., which occurred during a drought. Trees plainly showed signs of severe stress. Debbie Mytels, 2824 Louis Road, represented the San Francisquito Creek Watershed Planning Group (CReMP), a group consisting of over 30 representatives of local government, community, and land owner groups throughout the five cities and two counties into which the San Francisquito Creek watershed fell. A number of people had signed a letter, including representatives from San Mateo County, Woodside, Portola Valley, and Stanford, which had been submitted to Council pointing out the value of creekside setbacks. Such a broadly diverse group of people thought it was important to have in the Plan some specific and consistent setback requirements because of: 1) erosion of the creek, which could underpin buildings and roads and contribute to sediment loads which negatively affected wildlife habitats; 2) allow for a sponge area by which the creek could absorb more water during a heavy rain event, preventing flooding; 3) provide a buffer zone for native plants and animals living along the corridor; and 4) help the City avoid or minimize the costs of infrastructure repair and help maintain the natural environment. Council was encouraged to include a specific and consistent creekside setback. Trevor Taylor, 347 Chestnut Avenue, said he and his wife moved to Palo Alto because it was a community with more open space areas for expansion, where pollution and automobile traffic had de-creased, where population and construction densities had leveled off, where there was a focus toward a better quality of life, and where progressive steps were being taken toward such a goal. He and his wife were disappointed with the initial draft from the Planning Commission. Overall, the Commission seemed to be persuaded by the interests of business and growth. It was
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evidenced by the specific growth and construction proposals in the Plan which had been presented alongside conflicting and vague suggestions regarding the kinds of improvements people in the community valued. Rather than moving toward a goal of increased quality of life through the reduction of consumption, pollution, and expansion, the Commission proposed Palo Alto add more commer-cial and industrial buildings and additional paving. It would bring people, require more consumptive services, and result in a lowered quality environment. The services required to bring water, electricity, sanitation, and sewage, to new buildings would tax already overburdened services and increase costs for all. The environmental damage which would occur would outweigh and probably economically negate any benefits increased taxes would generate. Furthermore, statistics showed that most Palo Altans were employed locally. Employment at new facilities would come from elsewhere, thereby increasing traffic, pollution, and the overall daytime population, as well as decreasing the attractiveness of Palo Alto as a place to call "home." Kristen Graham Taylor, 347 Chestnut Avenue, said she and her husband felt Palo Alto had only paid lipservice to policies of pollution reduction, traffic noise and vibration reduction, expansion of open space and green space, and other improvements to the quality of life. The Plan would result in more traffic, people, cement, pollution, and consumption of already slim resources. She supported the minority report by Robin Bayer and Magic for no net increase in commercial and industrial construc-tion in the Plan. Stopping growth in such a sector would slow the further degradation of the environment and the quality of life in Palo Alto. Steps could then be taken toward a community where quality of life came first. Craig K. Breon, 22221 McClellan Road, Cupertino, Santa Clara County Audobon Society and the Steering Committee of the Watershed Planning Process for San Francisquito Creek, worked around Santa Clara County on many creek and stream issues. Lengthy written comments had been submitted (on file in the City Clerk's Office) summarizing the rationale for habitat, water quality, flood control, erosion, maintenance of property values, recreation, aesthetics, and an ethic of wildness. He hoped Council would reinstate the language recommended by CPAC or similar language on a riparian setback provision. Creek protection guidelines and guidelines for development along creeks should be created. A setback number of 100 feet was an important beginning and would not mean the City could not be flexible in dealing with innovative or constrained development proposals. It was difficult to have in-fill development with a lot 25 feet from the creek and require a setback of 100 feet, but it was possible to teach people about the harm of putting nonnative vegetation next to a creek or setback trades. A zone could be created whereby Council could closely examine how development affected the creeks and it would allow staff to work with developers, and planners on language which would affect the zone. Eventually, a policy could be established which paid tribute to what remained of Palo alto's creeks and examined what had already been lost to ascertain whether restoration was possible. In years past, people paid
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close attention to the wetlands but had ignored some of the value of riparian corridors, especially intact healthy corridors filled with healthy vegetation. Focus had moved and people were cur-rently doing much work in riparian corridors, finding the corri-dors were very sensitive and valuable. The two-year San Jose Riparian Corridor Study revealed it was not always best to put "less obtrusive uses," e.g., backyards, near a creek. Sometimes it was better to place a road with a buffer zone near a creek to separate private uses. A policy should be created which addressed the situation. Stephen C. Rottenborn, Stanford University student, 36b Barnes-Escondido Village, had studied the plant and animal communities of repairing ecosystems in the South Bay for the past two years in order to gauge the importance of repairing systems and maintaining high biodiversity. The preliminary results of his studies confirmed what other studies had suggested, that repairing habitat was the single most important habitat type in California in terms of the number of species and organisms it supported. He had also studied the effects of urbanization and habitat alteration on riparian animal communities. Quality riparian habitat, even in urban settings, could support very high animal diversity if left relatively undisturbed. Any alteration of the habitat or the hydrologic regime which supported the habitat could adversely affect the animal communities. It demonstrated the importance of protecting the habitat which remained along the City's streams. Maintenance of protective buffers between development and riparian systems was the only way riparian systems could persist in the face of increasing urbanization. Unfortunately, it was extremely difficult to conceive of well-controlled research to determine what setback distances would be necessary to preserve the ecological integrity of riparian systems. However, research on the ecological roles of streamside areas indicated such setbacks reduced disturbances of riparian animal communities, reduced runoff of sediments and toxins into streams and ultimately into the San Francisco Bay, allowed for the maintenance of important natural hydrological processes, increased future options for flood control, and allowed for potential habitat restoration in the future. Council should consider the importance of the City's riparian systems both to natural ecosystems and the residents of Palo Alto, and incorporate a 100-foot setback from riparian systems into the design of the Plan. Robin Bayer, 381 Oxford Avenue, quoted the maxim "think globally, act locally." Palo Alto was the residents' corner of the earth, not to despoil, but to enjoy and protect so others might enjoy it in the future. Palo Alto residents should not prosper at the expense of other people and places but develop and change it in ways which set a positive example of cooperation for mutual benefit. The City had had official comprehensive plans since the 1960s. During the 30 years, the quality of life in the community had declined in many measures. Currently, Palo Alto was noisier, dirtier, and more dangerous than it had been before adoption of the first Comprehensive Plan. Major streets were jammed and neighborhoods were invaded by shortcutters. Trees were dying. Soil and water were contaminated. The sewage treatment plant
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spewed illegal effluent into the Bay. Graffiti, guns, and panhandling issues begged the question of where the City was going. The Plan currently in effect, adopted nearly 15 years before, claimed to build "a framework for establishing the limits of growth and development in Palo Alto consistent with maintaining the City's high quality of life." The question was what the City had actually done under the Plan. Tall buildings blocked views, shaded gardens, and destroyed the privacy of homes and yards. Two-income earners working long hours could barely afford the same home a single income once sufficed to purchase. Recruitment of so many adults into the commercial exchange economy depleted the pool of people available to voluntarily maintain the fabric of the community for its schools, participatory government, and service organizations. Few Palo Altans wanted such a change. The key question was why the community had not received what it wanted, a question which had not been addressed during the CPAC meetings over the past two years. Cynics said the planning process was a sham designed to lend an aura of legitimacy to exploitation and destruction. She preferred to think people simply failed to understand that a successful plan must be founded in the lessons of experience, must articulate a vision which reflected the aspirations of residents, and must contain an internally consis-tent set of goals and performance standards. City staff, outside consultants, and CPAC leadership repeatedly refused to address the requisites but proceeded without defining a sound analytical framework, without developing alternative courses of action and considering the consequences of each, without respecting the desires of Palo Alto residents as expressed when surveyed, and without producing a set of well-defined internally consistent goals with measurable performance standards. As a newcomer to the political process, she had been shocked at how little attention had been given to the laws of nature, which humans must obey, or to the will of the public whom she aimed to serve. She was dismayed by the way in which ideas were challenged, not by facts and reason, but by ad hominem attack, deceit, coercion, and manipulation of process. Council had the ability to require that Palo Altans be provided choices. It was important to know the real consensus of growth, stability, and contraction. Some colleagues from Magic Sustainable City Project had attended the current meeting to discuss why it thought an ecological approach was essential, what its vision was for Palo Alto, what it thought of the draft plan and the process by which it was produced, and what it thought about a no net growth of commerce and industry proposal. Linda Elkind, 2040 Tasso Street, appeared on behalf of the Committee for Green Foothills, and asked for support of a number of policies which had been removed because of the recommendation of the Planning Commission. The policies had to do with the preservation of the natural environment and were critical to the livability of Palo Alto residents and neighbors. She concurred with the recommendations contained in the letter from the CReMP process and addressed by Mr. Breon and others. There had been a mass movement in the direction of setbacks. In literature dating back to the 1960s, individuals had acknowledged the importance of riparian corridor setbacks. Ms. Mulvey had mentioned ABAG's
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statement about policies for riparian corridor setbacks. A letter would be forthcoming from the Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB) and the Santa Clara Valley Water District (SCVWD) in which both agencies stated that in order to carry forward the programs, land use next to creeks should take into consideration setbacks. Other local governments were moving toward that thinking including San Jose, Cupertino, Marin County, Santa Cruz County and City, Napa, Alameda, Berkeley, San Ramon, Sacramento, San Luis Obispo, and Santa Rosa. The San Francisco Estuary Project identified that protecting the quality of the stream in the San Francisquito Creek watershed was essential to maintaining a healthy estuary in the San Francisco Bay. The language in the proposed Plan contained a number of issues which should be included. The statement of purpose as to why a riparian setback was necessary and why it was necessary to protect corridors should be more complete and specific. It should include the rationales stated by Ms. Mytels. Flood protection, sediment and erosion control, water quality, groundwater recharge, aesthetics, education, recreation, vegeta-tion and wildlife habitat all should be included. In Palo Alto, policies for protection should not only apply to projects which would be developed but to all lands publicly owned. It should be a signal to the Utilities Department when planning a road that the creek had value and should be protected. There were other policies of concern to the Committee for Green Foothills. David Squires, 642 Bryson Avenue, of the Midtown Residents Association, wanted a good place to live and raise his family with simple values. As Council went through the over 1,000 items in the Plan, it should ask itself whether the Plan resulted in a good place to raise a family. Draft 4 of the CPAC Policies and Programs, Business and Economic Section, Goal BE-17, "to promote and enhance the revitalization of midtown," was strongly support-ed. City staff had proposed deletion of Policy A and Program A-1 because a market study had already been initiated. However, the market study was of an economic nature and had not addressed the concern of residents such as safety access, parking convenience, tenant mix, etc. Council should consider leaving it in the Plan. The revised wording of Policy B should include neighborhood residents in any redevelopment plan. Under the Community Design section, CD-18, which spoke of the revitalization of Midtown, the Midtown Residents Association (MRA) strongly supported all of the policies, especially Policies A through G. His organization had been strongly encouraged by staff on the policies. The number of issues raised was substantial and would require additional City staff time and budget in order to implement. It might be in the best interest of Midtown if it were possible to act immediately since there was a number of vacancies in the Midtown area. If any rezoning occurred, it would benefit the situation if it could be accomplished prior to filling the vacancies. The MRA was concerned it would be filled with not what was in CPAC's recom-mendations. In terms of transportation, TR-2 and TR-3, which discussed minimizing the negative impact of transportation on neighborhoods and improving the management and design of road systems, had broad support from MRA for the goals. The issue with Program E-3, which would restrict traffic flow on Middlefield Road to three lanes, was not the limitation of the lanes but how best
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to make the area safe for pedestrians, both crossing Middlefield Road and walking alongside it. The idea of participatory government was supported in GV-4; however, recognition should be given to the fact that some difficulties were resident in the actual program. Possible alternatives for the City might include providing City meeting rooms at no charge, access to City communi-cation media, use of existing postage funds and copying budgets established for communicating with citizens, and access to the City's e-mail system. He applauded the members of CPAC for its fine job. It had been a tremendous amount of work and was a good vision for the future. Council was thanked for establishing a broadbased CPAC, supporting the creative process, and accepting input from residents. Enid Pearson, 1019 Forest Avenue, representing the Committee for Green Foothills, read a letter written by Pauline Lord, President of the committee (on file in the City Clerk's Office), urging Council to build upon, rather than eliminate, the policies of the 1980s. Council was urged to restore BE-9A1 on page 10 to "main-tain the nonresidential site coverage limits and FAR requirements adopted in 1989 as a result of the Citywide land use and transpor-tation study." Before any residential zoning was removed, comparable firm housing sites needed to be in place for an equivalent number of units. Bruce Dykaar, 1125 Marcussen, Menlo Park, had found the Plan entertaining since it contained absolutely no analysis. One Council Member had asked a Planning Commissioner for her ratio-nale, which should be given for every recommendation made. There was no framework. There was no basis for the document. It was a wish list of the entire community. There was no guidance and no vision. The Plan should be an expression of what the community valued. Nothing in the document expressed his values, except one comment about the natural environment which was heavily outweighed by the development interests. The expansion caps could not be removed from Stanford University while reducing traffic and improving the quality of air. At some point, choices had to be made, but none of the choices had been expressed. Magic Sustain-able City Project had presented a cohesive analysis based on the laws of physics. There were no performance standards. There was no way to determine whether the Plan would succeed or whether the last Comprehensive Plan had succeeded. He asked how no pay parking would encourage mass transit use, why the automobile was to be subsidized, and who would live in higher density housing. There were clear solutions to traffic, but the choices were difficult. The framework for making the choices had been presented by the people from Magic. He referred to the internal inconsistency in the Plan that stated "consider Floor Area Ratio increases for incubator space within Stanford Research Park" and "maintain the nonresidential site coverage limits and Floor Area Ratio requirements that were adopted in 1989." He said there could not be both, and there had to be some limits. Mayor Kniss said the Public Hearing would be adjourned to Wednes-day, November 9, 1994.
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MOTION TO ADJOURN: Mayor Kniss moved, seconded by Simitian, to adjourn the meeting to Wednesday, November 9, 1994, at 7:00 p.m. and continue the public hearing of Item No. 16. MOTION TO ADJOURN PASSED 9-0. COUNCIL MATTERS 17. Mayor Liz Kniss, Vice Mayor Joe Simitian, and Council Members Ron Andersen and Micki Schneider re Report on League of California Cities Conference held October 23-25, 1994, in Long Beach, California MOTION TO CONTINUE: Mayor Kniss moved, seconded by Simitian, to continue Item No. 17 to the Wednesday, November 9, 1994, Adjourned City Council Meeting. MOTION TO CONTINUE PASSED 9-0. ADJOURNMENT: The meeting adjourned at 10:45 p.m. to an Adjourned City Council Meeting on Wednesday, November 9, 1994. ATTEST: APPROVED: City Clerk Mayor NOTE: Sense minutes (synopsis) are prepared in accordance with Palo Alto Municipal Code Sections 2.04.200 (a) and (b). The City Council and Standing Committee meeting tapes are made solely for the purpose of facilitating the preparation of the minutes of the meetings. City Council and Standing Committee meeting tapes are recycled 90 days from the date of the meeting. The tapes are available for members of the public to listen to during regular office hours.
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