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Home My WebLink About1997-03-17 City Council Summary Minutes (2) 03/17/97 −245 Special Meeting March 17, 1997 ORAL COMMUNICATIONS .......................................82-247 APPROVAL OF MINUTES........................................82-247 1. Consultant Contract between the City of Palo Alto and Resource Management Associates for Mathematical Modeling of Wastewater Discharge from the Regional Water Quality Control Plant.................................................82-248 2. Rejection of Bids for Golf Course Interim Improvements82-248 3. Agreement between the City of Palo Alto and Community Association for Rehabilitation, Inc. for the Provisions of Community Development Block Grant Funds for Improvements to the Betty Wright Swim Center..........................82-248 4. Contract between the City of Palo Alto and Community Housing, Inc. for the Provision of Community Development Block Grant Funds for Common Area Improvements to Lytton I and II.82-248 5. Traffic Signals and Roadwork Along El Camino Real (continued from 3/10/97).........................................82-248 6. PUBLIC HEARING: Ordinance of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Amending Section 12.16.020 of Chapter 12.16 of Title 12 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code by Establishing Underground Utility District No. 37 [continued from 1/13/97]......82-248 7. PUBLIC HEARING: The Palo Alto City Council will consider Application to rezone property from PC (Planned Community) District to CD-C(P) (Commercial Downtown Pedestrian Shopping Combining) District in order to allow the existing 2,594 square-foot third floor of the building to be converted from residential use to financial service use for property located at 400 Emerson Street [continued from 2/18/97]........82-249 03/17/97 −246 8. PUBLIC HEARING: The City Council will consider a Site and Design and Conditional Use Permit application to demolish an existing one-story gas station building (1,075 square feet) and construct a new single story 900 square-foot car wash building, an 1,855 square-foot gas station canopy and related site improvements for property located at 3897 El Camino Real82-249 9. PUBLIC HEARING: The City Council will consider a resolution of the City Council concerning the rights of the City’s electric customers to engage in direct transaction with alternate power supplies, the City’s recovery of its uneconomic investments in electric generation facilities, and the City’s marketing of products and services to customers outside of the City’s jurisdictional boundaries in the context of restructuring of the electric utility industry in California...........82-250 ADJOURNMENT: The meeting adjourned at 7:25 p.m.............82-250 03/17/97 −247 The City Council of the City of Palo Alto met on this date in the Council Chambers at 6:13 p.m. PRESENT: Andersen, Eakins, Fazzino, Huber, Kniss, McCown, Rosenbaum, Schneider, Wheeler ORAL COMMUNICATIONS Mayor Huber recognized the students from Niihari, Japan. Mayor Huber presented a proclamation to Jim Baer, representative of the Mediation Board, recognizing Mediation Week. Ben Bailey, 343 Byron Street, spoke regarding bicycle safety and Palo Alto High kids at Alma/Churchill. Dr. Nancy Jewell Cross, 36866 Gum Court, Newark, spoke regarding transportation systems. T. J. Watt, homeless, spoke regarding imprint of Palo Alto and Stanford. Edmund Power, 2254 Dartmouth Street, spoke regarding fair play. Joseph Violette, 95 Crescent Drive, spoke regarding traffic. APPROVAL OF MINUTES MOTION: Council Member Rosenbaum moved, seconded by Kniss, to approve the Minutes of December 16, 1996, as submitted. MOTION PASSED 8-0-1, Eakins “abstaining.” MOTION: Council Member Rosenbaum moved, seconded by Kniss, to approve the Minutes of March 3, 1997, as submitted. MOTION PASSED 8-0, Eakins “not participating.” MOTION: Council Member Rosenbaum moved, seconded by Kniss, to approve the Minutes of March 5, 1997, as submitted. MOTION PASSED 8-0, Eakins “not participating.” CONSENT CALENDAR MOTION: Council Member Rosenbaum moved, seconded by Andersen, to approve Consent Calendar Item Nos. 1 through 5. 03/17/97 −248 1. Consultant Contract between the City of Palo Alto and Resource Management Associates for Mathematical Modeling of Wastewater Discharge from the Regional Water Quality Control Plant 2. Rejection of Bids for Golf Course Interim Improvements 3. Agreement between the City of Palo Alto and Community Association for Rehabilitation, Inc. for the Provisions of Community Development Block Grant Funds for Improvements to the Betty Wright Swim Center 4. Contract between the City of Palo Alto and Community Housing, Inc. for the Provision of Community Development Block Grant Funds for Common Area Improvements to Lytton I and II 5. Traffic Signals and Roadwork Along El Camino Real (continued from 3/10/97) Resolution 7653 entitled “Resolution of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Authorizing Execution of an Agreement with the State of California Department of Transportation for Modifying Traffic Signals and Performing Roadwork Along El Camino Real at Arastradero Road/Charleston Road, Maybell Avenue and Los Robles Avenue/El Camino Way” Resolution 7654 entitled “Resolution of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Approving and Adopting No Parking Zones on El Camino Way and Maybell Avenue” Agreement between the City of Palo Alto and Caltrans to Modify and Upgrade Traffic Signals and Perform Roadwork Along El Camino Real at Arastradero Road/Charleston Road, Maybell Avenue, and Los Robles Avenue/El Camino Way MOTION PASSED 9-0. UNFINISHED BUSINESS 6. PUBLIC HEARING: Ordinance of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Amending Section 12.16.020 of Chapter 12.16 of Title 12 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code by Establishing Underground Utility District No. 37 [continued from 1/13/97] MOTION TO CONTINUE: Vice Mayor Andersen moved, seconded by Kniss, to continue the item to the Regular City Council meeting on Monday, March 24, 1997. MOTION PASSED 9-0. 03/17/97 −249 7. PUBLIC HEARING: The Palo Alto City Council will consider Application to rezone property from PC (Planned Community) District to CD-C(P) (Commercial Downtown Pedestrian Shopping Combining) District in order to allow the existing 2,594 square-foot third floor of the building to be converted from residential use to financial service use for property located at 400 Emerson Street [continued from 2/18/97] 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 the Property Known as 400 Emerson Street from PC (4238) to CD-C(P) MOTION TO CONTINUE: Vice Mayor Andersen moved, seconded by Kniss, to continue the item to the Regular City Council meeting on Monday, April 7, 1997. MOTION TO CONTINUED PASSED 9-0. PUBLIC HEARINGS 8. PUBLIC HEARING: The City Council will consider a Site and Design and Conditional Use Permit application to demolish an existing one-story gas station building (1,075 square feet) and construct a new single story 900 square-foot car wash building, an 1,855 square-foot gas station canopy and related site improvements for property located at 3897 El Camino Real MOTION TO CONTINUE: Council Member Wheeler moved, seconded by Schneider, to continue the Public Hearing to the Regular City Council meeting on Monday, March 24, 1997. MOTION TO CONTINUE PASSED 9-0. 9. PUBLIC HEARING: The City Council will consider a resolution of the City Council concerning the rights of the City’s electric customers to engage in direct transaction with alternate power supplies, the City’s recovery of its uneconomic investments in electric generation facilities, and the City’s marketing of products and services to customers outside of the City’s jurisdictional boundaries in the context of restructuring of the electric utility industry in California Resolution of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Concerning the Option of the City’s Electricity Customers to Engage in Direct Transactions with Alternate Power Suppliers, the City’s Recovery of its Uneconomic Investments in Electric Generation Facilities, and the City’s Marketing of Products and Services to Customers Outside of the City’s Jurisdictional Boundaries 03/17/97 −250 in the Context of the Restructuring of the Electric Utility Industry in California MOTION TO CONTINUE: Council Member Wheeler moved, seconded by Schneider, to continue the Public Hearing to the Regular City Council Meeting on Monday, March 24, 1997. MOTION TO CONTINUE PASSED 9-0. ADJOURNMENT: The meeting adjourned at 7:25 p.m. Upon completion of the Regular Meeting, the City Council will adjourn and reconvene to the Adjourned City Council Meeting of March 12, 1997, re Stanford Sand Hill Corridor Projects 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.