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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1989-06-12 City Council Summary MinutesCITY COUNCIL MINUTES PALOALTOCITY COUNCIL MEETINGS ARE BROADCAST LIVE VIA KZSU-EREQUENCY90.i ON EM DIAL Regular Meeting June 12, 1989 ITEM Oral Communications Minutes of May 8, 1989 Consent Calendar 1. Refuse Administrative Facilities, Phase 1 Rejection of Bids 2. Contract with Lockheed Datacom Systems Corporation to Provide Parking Citation Processing Services 3. Agreements with Credit Bureau of Palo Alto and Professional Recovery System for Collection Services 4. Finance and Public Works Committee Recom- mendation re External Auditing Contract with Coopers and Lybrand IMO 5. PUBLIC HEARING: Resolutions re Assessments for University Avenue Area and California Avenue Area Parking Bonds - Plan G: Fiscal Year 1989-90 6. Planning Commission Recommendations re Santa Clara County Draft Hazardous Waste Management Plan (Tanner Plan) and Draft Environmental Impact Report PAGE 61-384 61-384 61-384 6?. --384 61-384 61-384 61-384 61-385 61-386 61-382 6/12/89 7. Ordinance Amending Budget to Provide an Addi- tional Appropriation for Participation in the Golden Triangle Transportation Demand Manage- ment Program 8. Ordinance Amending the Palo Alto Municipal Code Regarding the Use of Skateboards in the City of Palo Alto 9. Ordinance Conforming Various Palo Alto Municipal Code Sections with Section 1.08.010 Regarding Increase Misdemeanor Fines Rye 61-387 61-387 61-391 10. 250 University Avenue 61-392 11. Comments of the City of Palo Alto on the May 5, 1989, Notice of Preparation of a Draft Environmental Impact Report Issued by the Redevelopment Agency of the City of East Palo Alto 12. Ordinance to Repeal a Declaration of Water Shortage Emergency and Enacting Water Use Regulations 13. Request for Contingent Funds for Hansen Way Capacitor Installation Substructure/Amendment to Agreement with West Valley Construction Company 14. Agreement with Digital. Graphics for Computer - Based Emergency Response Mapping System 15. Council Member Gail Woolley re Reallocation of $20,000 for Proposed Multi -Family Recycling Consulting Services 61-392 61-393 61-395 61-395 61-396 Adjournment at 9:09 p.m. 61-397 61-383 6/12/89 Regular Meeting June 12, 1989 The City Council of the City of Palo Alto met on this date in the Council Chambers at 7:36 p.m. PRESENT: Bechtel, Cobb (arrived Klein, Levy (arrived (arrived at 7:49 p.m.), ORAL COMMUNICATIONS at 8:31 p.m.), Fletcher, at 7:38 p.m.), Patitucci Renzel, Sutorius, Woolley 1. Jeremiah F. O'Shea, 1637 Eacalona Drive, Santa Cruz, spoke regarding Santa Clara County Transit District's unfair labor practices. 2. Bob Whitworth, 3333 Bowers Avenue, #130, regarding the Palo Alto Airport lease. 3. Ed Power, 2254 Dartmouth Street, spoke harbor. MINUTES OF MAY 8. 3989 Santa Clara, spoke regarding Palo Alto MOTION: Council Member Sutorius moved, seconded by Woolley, approval of the Minutes of May 8, 1989, as corrected. MOTION PASSED 7-0, Cobb, Patitucci absent. CONSENT CALENDAR NOTION: Council Member Sutorius moved, seconded by Fletcher, to approve Consent Calendar Items 1 - 4. 1. Refuse Administrative Facilities, Phase I - Rejection of Bids (1074) (CMR:296:9) 2. Contract with Lockheed Datacoa Systems Corporation to Provide Parking Citation Processing Services (1066) (CMR:251:9 ) 3. Agreements with Credit Bureau of Palo Alto and Professional Recovery System for Collection Services (403) (CMR:299:9) 4. Finance and Public Works Committee recommends to the City Council that it authorise the City Auditor to negotiate a contract with Coopers and Lybrand at a .rwt not to exceed $83,768 and to negotiate and execute amendments for provision of additional servicee incidental to or related to the 61-384 6/W89 '89 original scope of services provided that the value of all such amendments does not exceed the amount of $8,400 (406-01) NOTION PASSED 8-0, Cobb absent. PSJB I C Iga 5. PUBLIC HEARING: Resolutions re Assessments for University Avenue Area and California Avenue Area Parking Bonds - Plan G: Fiscal Year 1989-90 (410-03) (CMR:301:9) Mayor Klein said it was the tine and place set for the public hearing on the parking assessment rolls for the following projects: 1) California Avenue Parking Garage Project 65-09, adopted January 3, 1967; 2) California Off -Street Project No. 71-63, adopted September 10, 1974; 3) University Avenue Civic Center Parking Project No. 66-08, adopted June 13, 1966; 4) University Avenue Area Off -Street Parking Project No. 75.63, adopted August 9, 1976; 5) University Avenue Lot J Parking Garage Project No. 82- 33, adopted May 21, 1984; and 6) California Avenue Keystone Lot Parking Project No. 86-01, adopted January 20, 1986. The City Engineer prepared and filed with the City Clerk a report which provided for the levying of special assessments with the parking assessment districts created and established for the projects and under the resolutions of intention expressed. The report set forth the amounts of assessments proposed to be levied for the fisc,1 year 1989-90, to be used to pay principal and interest on the bonds issued in the various projects. The report was open for public inspection. The purpose of the hearing was to allow the. Council to hear all persons having an interest in any real p :nperty within the parking assessments, to bear all objections, protests, or other written communications from any such interested persons, to take and receive oral and documentary evidence pertaining to matters contained in the filed report, to remedy and correct any error or informality in the report, and tc mend, alter, modify and correct and confirm the report and each of the assessments therein. City Clerk Gloria Young said no written protests were received. Mayor Klein declared the Public Hearing open. Receiving no requests from the public to speak, ha declared the Public Hearing closed. MOTION: Council Member Sutorius moved, seconded by Fletoier, to adopt the Resolutions. JOMPTIOL4712 entitled "RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO CONFIRMING EVGINEER' S REPORT AND ASSESSMENT ROLL -- CALIFORNIA AVENUE PARKING GARAGE PROJECT 65-09 FOR FISCAL YEAR 1981-90" 61-385 6/12/89 RESOLUTIQ$ 6781 entitled "RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO CONFIRMING ENGINEER'S REPORT AND ASSESSMENT ROLL - CALIFORNIA AVENUE OFF-STREET PARKING PROJECT NO. 71-63 FOR FISCAL YEAR 1989-90" RESOLUTION 6784 entitled "RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO CONFIRMING ENGINEER'S REPORT AND ASSESSMENT ROLL -- CALIFORNIA AVENUE KEYSTONE LOT PARKING PROJECT N0. 86- 01 FOR FISCAL YEAR 1989-90" REN.Q=CI0N 6785 entitled "RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO CONFIRMING ENGINEER'S REPORT AND ASSESSMENT ROLL -UNIVERSITY AVENUE CIVIC CENTER PARKING PROJECT NO. 66- 08 FOR FISCAL YEAR 1989-90" RESOLUTION 6786 entitled "RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO CONFIRMING ENGINEER'S REPORT AND ASSESSMENT OLL - UNIVERSITY AVENUE AREA OFF-STREET PARKING PROJECT NO. 75-63 FOR FISCAL YEAR 1989-90" RESOLUTION 6787 entitled "RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO CONFIRMING ENGINEL!' S REPORT AND ASSESSMENT ROLL - UNIVERSITY AVENUE LOT J PARKING GARAGE PROJECT NO. 82- 33 FOR FISCAL YEAR 1989-90" Council Member Sutorius referred to the University Avenue Lot J Parking Garage Project No. 82-33, which matured in July, 2004, and carried an interest rate of 8.84 percent, and the California Avenue Project 86-01, which matured in 2007, and had serial bonds ranging from 6.7 percent to 9.25 percent, and queried whether refinancing was appropriate. City Manager Bill Zaner said the considered. The City's financial time was appropriate. They market and if it appeared the City could it would be done immediately. MOTION PASSED 8-0, Cobb absent. possibility of refinancing was consultants did not believe the was being carefully monitored, save some money by refinancing, mom 9r CQ ITT g D commIsmo 6. Planning Commission recommendations re the Santa Clara County Draft Hazardc"is Waste Management Plan (Tanner Plan) and Dratt Environmental Impact Report (1440-01) (1 :304:9) Planning Commissioner Pat Cullen said the Commission was pleased to see that r lmost all of its comments made and seconded by the Council on the -original draft had been included in the present 61-386 6/12/89 report. Two remaining areas of concern had to do with the buffer zone for a possible residual disposal area in the industrial park and the transportation from the industrial park to whatever off - site areas for hazardous waste material. Regarding the residual disposal area in the industrial park, the revised map showed little area where such a residual disposal area could be sited. Regarding transportation, the plan showed the most direct route as being Interstate 280 which currently did not allow truck traffic from the border of Palo Alto to the border where it joined Interstate 85 without a secial permit. The Planning Commission recommended that if such a special permit was obtained, it would apply only to the truck traffic for the particular need. Director of Planning and Community Environment Ken Schreiber introduced City Planner Mark Bartholomew. MOTION TO CONT/NQE: Mayor Klein moved, seconded by Levy, to continue the item until the arrival of Santa Clara County staff. MOTION PASSED 8-0, Cobb absent. ORDINANCES 7. Ordinance Amending Budget to Provide an Additional Appropria- tion for Participation in a Golden Triangle Transportation Demand Management Program (1©45-01) (CMR:300:9) MOTION: Vice Mayor Bechtel moved, seconded by Renzel, to adopt the Budget Amendment Ordinance to fulfill the City's 1988-89 financial obligation to the Golden Triangle Commuter Network TDM Agency. ORjyANCE 3878 entitled "ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PAL[ ALTO AM.NDING THE BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 1988-89 TO PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION FOR PARTICIPATION IN A GOLDEN TRIANGLE TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT PROGRAM" MOTION PASSED 8-0, Cobb absent. 8. Ordinance Amending the Palo Alto Municipal Code Regarding the Use of Skateboards in the City of Palo Alto (1167) (a4R:298:9) Council Member Fletcher queried whether skateboarders were also required to obey regulations regarding left -turn pattern. Senior Assistant City Attorney Tony Bennetti said the ordinance provided that skateboarders needed to obey traffic control devices. The ordinance did not require that they obey other rules of the road. 61-387 6/12/89 1 111 Assistant Police Chief Lynne Johnson said skateboarders were required to obey all the traffic signals and stop signs. They would not be required to make a left-hand turn from the middle of the roadway. Council Member Fletcher believed the matter should be clarified in the ordinance for liability purposes. In the list of prohibited arterials or collector roadways, Loma Verde was prohibited and Colorado Avenue was not. She queried the reasoning. Assistant Chief Johnson said in developing the list of the streets, Colorado was originally considered but staff believed there was more commute traffi'- on Loma Verde as opposed to Colorado. Council Member Fletcher believed the frontage road portion of San Antonio Road was perfectly safe for skateboards, and it should be clarified. Section 10.64.243(f) on page 3 said skateboards shall "not impede or interfere with the flow of bicycle traffic in bicycle lanes." She suggested the following be added, "or in traffic lanes." She queried what happened if an adult and juvenile violated any of the regulations. Assistant Chief Johnson said violators ages 10 through 17 would attend the bicycle offender safety classes. Vice Mayor Bechtel knew of no state or local requirement for helmets for bicyclists, and believed for consistency the regula- tions should be the same. Chris Weeks, 507 Jackson Drive, generally supported the ordinance except the provision requiring helmets. He also believed it was sore appropriate to require lights on a skateboarder versus *he prohiaition to ride a skateboard after dark. MOTION: Council Member Levy moved approval.of the staff recommen- dation and introduced the ordinance with the addition that the time permitted to use skateboards be exi.ended until 6:00 p.m., or until sunset, whichever is later and that after dark skateboarders shall be required to have appropriate lighting. MOTION DIED TOR LACE OP A SECOND MOTION* Council Member Woolley moved, &econded by Bechtel, to introduce the ordinance with the following modifications: 1) in PAXC Section 10.64.241(a), page 3, delete "Loma Verde Avenue and Louis Road;" 2) revise PAMC Section 10.64.242, page 3 to read "Hgu rskatsboa.rd riding. A reZ1ec ive device vijoibJ.a Iron al, the City of 'a 9 A1to from sunset until awirise the 1.011oying slay:" and 3) delete PAKC Section 10.64.244(b) on page 4. 61-388 6/12/89 ORDINANCE FOR FIRST - .DING entitled "ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL 0"" THE CITY OF PALO ALTO AMENDING PALO ALTO MUNICIPAL CODE SECTIONS 10.64.160, 10.64.200, 10.64.230 AND 10.64.240 AND ADDING SECTIONS 10.64.241, 10.64.242, 10.64.243, 10.64.244, 10.64.245 AND 10.64.246 REGARDING THE USE OF SKATEBOARDS IN THE CITY OF PALO ALTO" Council Member Woolley pointed out skateboards were being con- sidered as a mode of transportation, and to say a skateboard could not be ridden anywhere in the City after dark was inappropriate. Vice Mayor Bechtel referred to deleting Loma Verde and Louis Road. She believed skateboards and other forms of transportation could safely be on those streets since they did not have the same traffic as the remaining streets. Council Member Fletcher said bicyclists must have a reflective device visible from all sides and lights, and skateboarders needed the same visibility. Assistant Chief Johnson agreed the reflective devices needed to be visible from all sides. REFLECTIVE DEVICES VISIBLE I'ROX ALL SIDES INCORPORATED INTO MOTION EY MAKER AND SECOND Council Member Fletcher said the California Vehicle Code pre-empted: the City's ability to permit and regulate skateboards on the roadways. California Vehicle Code Section 467 stated, "a pedes- trian is any person who is afoot, or using a means of conveyance propelled by human power other than a bicycle." She believed local government could only restrict or prohibit skateboards on the roadways, and that state authorization would be needed to make the ordinance enforceable due to involvement of multiple jurisdictions. She would not support the ordinance. Council Member Sutorius was uncomfortable with the proposed ordinance. He would not support it. ANT: Council Member Levy moved, seconded by Sutorius, to add back Loma Verde and Louis Road as streets on which skateboarding was prohibited. Council Member Levy fundamentally agreed with the exclusion of the streets cited due to the fair amount of traffic. Alternative streets were available. 61-389 6/12/89 Vice Mayor Bechtel said initially East Meadow and Charleston were included as prohibited streets. They were removed because if skateboards were to be considered a form of transportation, those streets were school routes. Both East Meadow and Charleston were busier than Loma Verde and Louis Road. She opposed the amendment. Council Member Renzel agreed with Vice Mayor Bechtel. Hamilton and Lytton Avenues were also not included on the list of prohibited streets. Those two streets went through downtown and had much more traffic than either Loma Verde or Louis Road. She opposed the amendment. AMENDMENT FAILED 3-5, Levy, Fletcher, Sutorius "aye," Cobb absent. ENDMEET: Council Member Levy moved, seconded by Sutorius, to add back item 10.64.244(b) that persons riding skateboards shall wear a protective helmet. Council Member Levy sympathized with the argument that skate- boarders should be treated similarly to bicyclists, but he believed it was an oversight that there was not a law which said that bicyclists must wear helmets. ANENDWZ T FAILED 3-5, Levy, Fletcher, Sutorius "aye," Cobb absent. MOTION PARSED 6-2, Fletcher, Sutorius "no," Cobb absent. 6. Recurn to Item 6, Santa Clara County Draft Hazardous Waste Management Plan (Tanner Plan) and Draft Environmental Impact Report (1440-01) (CMR:304:9) Director of Planning and Community Environment Ken Schreiber introduced Isao Kobashi, Tanner Plan Program Manager for. Santa Clara .County. Council Member Renzel referred to a communication from the College Terrace and Los Robles Neighborhoods inquiring about stricter siting standards for off -site than on -site treatment of chemicals and that 87 percent of the chemicals were treated on site. She queried the standards. Santa Clara County Tanner Plan Program. Manager Isao Kobashi said the statute that created the Tanner planning process specified the Tanner Program would apply only to off -site facilities, Because of the requirement, the siting criteria and the policies within the plan did not apply to on -site facilities; however, the permits issued by the Department of Health Services did not differentiate between on -site and off -site facilities, 61-390 6/12/89 Ann Coombs, 521 Guadalupe Drive, Los Altos, referred to the map in the staff report (CMR:304:9) , which indicated no off -site transfer treatment or incineration facilities in the Stanford Park area. The criteria in the plan said the buffer zone meant no residual repositories could be located in the Stanford Park Area, but the criteria for off -site transfer, treatment or incineration facili- ties had a slightly different wording which would allow those facilities if the developer could show that a smaller buffer zone would not create any harm to public health or safety or the environment. The rationale was that since the technology was changing so rapidly, it would be a mistake to absolutely bar all kinds of facilities because in the future they might not require such a large buffer zone. MOTION: Vice Mayor Bechtel moved, seconded by Fletcher, to approve staff recommendation as follows: 1. Endorsing the Santa Clara County Draft Hazardous Waste Management Plan, including the revised implementation matrix and, beginning in 1990-91, the 50-50 funding plan; 2. Transmitting to Santa Clara County the Planning Commission's comments on the Draft Plan end EIR; and 3. Transmitting to Santa Clara County for inclusion in the Hazardous Waste Management Plan and EIR information on the Stanford Faults, as contained in C.MR:304 9. Council Member Fletcher noted the City would be charged on the basis of the amount of the hazardous waste generated and shipped in the local area. She hoped it would be an incentive for the City to have an aggressive source reduction program. She queried whether plans were underway to implement such a program. Mr. Schreiber said the Tanner Plan itself would trigger a variety of source reduction efforts and would be looked at by City staff with the advent of the former environmental protection coordination funcion in the next budget year. MOTION PASSED 9-0. 9. Ordinance Conforming Various Palo Alto Municipal Code Sections with Section 1.08.010 Regarding Increased Misdemeanor Fines (409-01) NOTION: Council Member Sutorius moved, seconded by Renzel, introduce the ordinance. 61391 6/12/89 ORDINANCE FOR FIRST RzADING entitled "ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO AMENDING CHAPTERS 2.12, 2.32, 9.24, 15.04, 16.04, 16.08, 16.16, 16.42, 18.01 AND 9.10 OF THE PALO ALTO MUNICIPAL CODE TO CONFORM WITH SECTION 1.08.010 WHICH PROVIDES FC) INCREASED MISDEMEANOR FINES" NOTION PASSED 9-0. REPORTS OFiFFICIALS 10. 250 University Avenue (410-03) (CMR:302-09) MOTION: Council Member Sutorius moved, seconded by Fletcher, to adopt the ordinance and approve the agreements. Agreement with 250 University Avenue Associates for Funding of Project Engineer ORDINANCE 3879 entitled "ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO AMENDING THE BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 1988-89 TO PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION FOR PROJECT ENGINEER SERVICES FOR 250 UNIVERSITY AVENUE" Agreement with Wilsey & Ham for Engineering Consultant Services MOTION PASSED 9.0. 11. Comments of the City of Palo Alto on the May 5, 1989, Notice of Preparation of a Draft Environmental Impact Report Issued by the Redevelopment Agency of the City of East Palo Alto (231) (CMR:313:9) Council Member Patitucci asked for clarification about .the redevelopment plan versus the proposed project versus the previous project for which there was an environmental impact report (EIR). Mr. Schreiber referred to when the City of East Palo Alto processed its environmental review of the project which the City of Palo Alto reviewed in September, 1988, and the subsequent action adopting a redevelop ment plan for the University Circle area. The action was the anticipated prelude to a specific project which would have been consistent wth the redevelopment plan, but the action did not include approval of a specific project. The City of Palo Alto received a notice of preparation of an EIR on a specific plan for the redevelopment plan area. The project identified by the City of East Palo Alto included the 'ea: amendment to the City of East Palo Alto's plan" eneraal planalong avi an rezoning 9, and a of the area and the other actions listed in its notice. 61-392 6/12/89 Council Member i : titucci clarified the proposed specific plan would overlay a redevelopment plan. He also clarified the City of East Pa:o Alto had approved a redevelopment plan and the next step was to approve a specific plan which was actually less than what was encompassed in the redevelopment plan. The specific plan might result in changes to the general plan and there might then be a project with another EIR specific to the development. Mr. Schreiber said the City of Palo Alto contended the first thing the City of East Palo Alto should have done was to amend its general plan because the redevelopment plan was to be consistent with the general plan. In its comments, the City of Palo Alto said the process needed to be rolled back for East Palo Alto to get its general plan in place and then adopt a redevelopment plan. In terms of a future environmental review of a specific project, it was not clear whether a future project would require a separate EIR. East Palo Alto's contention with the original redevelopment plan EIR 1430 that subsequent approvals would not require EIRs. In most jurisdictions, when wing a specific plan, the primary review was the specific plan process rather than thesubsequent develop- ment process. If the development was consistent with the specific plan, the earlier environmental review would be used. MOTION: Council Member Patitucci moved, seconded by Renzel, to authorize staff to submit its comments attached to the staff report (CMR: 313 : 9) to the City of East Palo Alto in response to its Notice of Preparation. Council Member Levy said the City of East Palo Alto moved in a promising direction and Palo Alto's comments as presented appeared cold. He hoped a cover letter would reflect an appreciation of the direction taken by East Palo Alto. Mr. Schreiber said a cover letter would be drafted for the City Manager's signature. MOTION PASSED 9-0. 12. Ordinance to Repeal a Declaration of Water Shortage Emergency and Enacting Water Use Regulations (1041-02) (CMR:305:9) Council Member Fletcher asked about the status of Boronda Lake. City Manager Bill Zaner said the lake would be refilled. Council Member Le -.7 was concerned that any adjudication function be transferred to the City Manager's department rather than the Director of Utilities. 61-393 6/12/89 Mr. Manor said the second reading of the ordinance would reflect that enforcement authority was vested with the City Manager or his designee. MOTION: Council Member Sutorius moved, seconded by Klein, approval of the staff recommendation and introduced the ordinance repealing the Declaration of Water Shortage Emergency and Enacting Water Use Regulations to prohibit wasteful water uses with a change to PAMC, Section 12.32.020, that the City Manager and his designated employees are authorized to enforce.... rather than the Director of Utilities. ORDINANCZ FOR FIR$T READING entitled "ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO AMENDING CHAPTER 12.32 OF THE PALO ALTO MUNICIPAL COTS"" TO REPEAL A DECLARATION OF WATER SHORTAGE EMERGENCY AND ENACTING WATER USE REGULATIONS" Council Member Sutorius commended .staff for its activities and representation during the water shortage. There was a lot of concern at the outset of Palo Alto's program about the kind of community outreach which might be organized. He believed the communication processes were well designed, and he was impressed with the workshop conducted at Mitchell Park in late April. Mr. Zaner also commended staff, particularly Debbie Katz and Doug Short. Palo Alto intended to continue pursuing an aggressive policy of water conservation. Council Member Fletcher said living in a multi -family complex, she was acutely aware that none of the residents felt responsible for saving water or utilities on a common meter. She queried whether a metering system might to devised for multi -family developments where the individual might be more responsible for usage. Director of Utilities Rich Young said the situation was similar in the electric area where a common use produced an individual lack of responsibility. Consequently, the electric system rarely, if ever, accepted a multi -meter situation where the single meter provided the service for the entire area. In the case of a water supply, extensive plumbing would be required to get to individual apartments through a metering system. While it could be done, it wo-ad be at considerable expense. The question wss how the water was used in the facility. The bulk of the reduction was in the exterior where people reduced exterior watering. MOTION PASSIM 9-0. 61-394 6/12/89 13. Request for Contingent Funds for Hansen Way Capacitor Installation Substructure/Amendment to Agreement with West Valley Construction Company (1101) (CAR:308A9) MOTION: Council Member Levy moved, seconded by Bechtel, approval of the staff recommendation authorizing ratification of staff's change order and amendment of Contract C0003167, Hansen Way Capacitor Substructure with West Valley Construction Co., Inc., to increase the change order authority from $2,500 to $3,920. MOTION PASSED 9-0. 14. Agreement with Digital Graphics for Computer -Based Emergency Response Mapping System (201) (CMR:289:9), Council Member Patitucci asked how much was budgeted and for comment regarding the discrepancy in the bid amounts. Fire Marshal Frank Fiala said the budgeted funds in fiscal year 1988-89 were similar to the low bid received. Firefighter Mark. Penninger said Integral Technologies was the other vendor from whom a bid was received, and its bid represented more of. a geographical information system rather than the base map system bid received by Digital Graphics. MOTION% Council Member Patitucci moved, seconded by Bechtel, approval of the staff reco endation authorizing the Mayor to sign the contract with Digital Graphics in the amount of $29,700 to implement a computer --based emergency response mapping system for the Palo Alto Fire Department, AGREEMENT - DIGITAL GRAPHICS Council Meer Fletcher noted the reference to the hazardous materials location problems, and queried whether the maps would show the types of hazardous materials and where they were stored. Fire Marshal Fiala said the map system would identify the storage areas for the hazardous materials. The inventories of the materials in each identified storage area were shown on the hazardous material inventory sheets When the cameo system was on - the hazardous materials inventory sheets would also be on the command vehicle. Council Member Levy referred to a chart which reflected a typica., computer aided development work station at a total cost of $11, 000. He queried the purpose of the chart. 61-395 6/12/89 1 a Firefighter Penninger said the Firs Department might need to expend minor funds for an input device in determining whether to purchase or use printers or plotters in-house or contract for the work. MOTION PASSED 9-0, COUWCIo MASS 15. Council Member Gail Woolley re Reallocation of $20,000 for Proposed Multi -Family Recycling Consulting Services (1420) Council Member Woolley said several weeks ago Council defeated the expenditure of $20,000 for the multi -family recycling project because on the same agenda there was discussion regarding the need for the corrugated cardboard program, which represented a large component of the City,s waste stream. She asked how the $20,000 would be used for the corrugated cardboard program. Associate Engineer Dave Matson said staff proposed to use the $20,000 to initiate a cardboard collection program for the commercial,/industrial sector. Twenty-five, three and four -yard dumpsters would be purchased for cardboard collection only at a cost $10,000. 'Y`h dumpsters would be also be painted a different color: The remaining $10,000 would be used to promote the program, including signs for the bias, a mailer to businesses, and possibly newspaper ads. Collection of the cardboard dumpsters would be with an old front loader vehicle already owned by the Palo Alto Sanitation Company (PASCO). The services would be on an on -call basis and would replace the current practice of hand collection material, Council Member Woolley clarified the bins would be placed at the commercial establishments and emptied just like regular dumpsters except they would only contain cardboard. Mr. Matson said that was correct. There would also be no rental charge or collection fee. NOTION: Council Member Woolley moved, seconded by Fletcher, to approve the staff recommendation and that the funds be used to increase the recycling of corrugated cardboard by the commercial/industrial sector of the community. NOTION FADS= 9-0. 61-396 6/12/89 gDTO„7RNMENT: Adjourned at 9:09 p.m. ATTEST: APPROVED: NOTE: Sense minutes (synopsis) are prepared in accordance with Palo Alto Municipal Code Section 2.04.200(b). The City Council meeting tapes are retained in the City Clerk's Office for two years from the date of the meeting, and the Finance and Public Works Committee and Policy and Procedures Committee meeting tapes are retained for six months. Members of the public may listen to the tapes during regular office hours. 61-397 6/12/89