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CITY OF PALO ALTO OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK
September 17, 2018
The Honorable City Council
Attention: Finance Committee
Palo Alto, California
Approval of Action Minutes for the August 27, 2018 Council Meeting
Staff is requesting Council review and approve the attached Action Minutes.
ATTACHMENTS:
• Attachment A: 08-27-18 DRAFT Action Minutes (PDF)
Department Head: Beth Minor, City Clerk
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CITY OF PALO ALTO CITY COUNCIL
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Special Meeting
August 27, 2018
The City Council of the City of Palo Alto met on this date in the Council
Chambers at 5:09 P.M.
Present: DuBois, Filseth, Holman, Kniss; Kou arrived at 5:54 P.M., Scharff,
Tanaka, Wolbach
Absent: Fine
Study Session
1. Palo Alto Safe Routes to School Partnership Annual Update.
NO ACTION TAKEN.
Minutes Approval
2. Approval of Action Minutes for the August 13, 2018 Council Meeting.
MOTION: Vice Mayor Filseth moved, seconded by Council Member Scharff to
approve the Action Minutes for the August 13, 2018 Council Meeting.
MOTION PASSED: 8-0 Fine absent
Consent Calendar
Council Member Holman registered a no vote on Agenda Item Number 3.
MOTION: Vice Mayor Filseth moved, seconded by Council Member Scharff to
approve Agenda Item Numbers 3-6.
3. Approval of: 1) Contract Number C19171727 With DeSilva Gates
Construction, LP in the Amount of $12,497,319; 2) Amendment Number
3 to Contract Number C15155208B With Mead & Hunt, Inc. in the
Amount of $1,345,644; and 3) Amendment Number 6 to Contract
Number C15155208A With C&S Engineers, Inc. in the Amount of
$373,451 for Phase II of the Airport Apron Reconstruction Capital
Improvements Program Project AP-16000; Adoption of a Resolution
9790 Entitled “Resolution of the Council of the City of Palo Alto
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Authorizing the City Manager to Execute Future Grant Agreements
Offered by the California Department of Transportation for Airport Improvement Program Matching Grant Funds for Apron Reconstruction
at the Palo Alto Airport, and Authorizing the City Manager to Execute
Supporting Documents or Contracts Associated With the Application and
Acceptance of Said Grant Funds;” Approval of a Budget Amendment in
the Airport Enterprise Fund; and Approval of Findings That the Proposed Project is Exempt From Environmental Review Under California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines 15301 and 15302 and
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Order 1050.1F.
4. THIS ITEM HAS BEEN REMOVED AND WILL BE HEARD AT A LATER DATE.
5. Vote to Endorse the Slate of Candidates for the Peninsula Division’s
Executive Committee for 2018-19 and Direct the City Clerk to Forward
to Seth Miller, the Regional Public Affairs Manager for the Peninsula
Division, League of California Cities the Completed Ballot for the City of
Palo Alto.
6. Acceptance of the 2018 Zero Waste Plan; Direction to Staff to Develop
a Proposed Contract Extension to the Current Refuse Hauling and
Processing Contract With GreenWaste of Palo Alto to Implement the New
Zero Waste Plan; and Direction to Staff to Prepare a Request for
Proposal (RFP) for Related Refuse Services, to include the changes
outlined in the at places memo.
MOTION PASSED FOR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 3: 7-1 Holman no, Fine
absent
MOTION PASSED FOR AGENDA ITEM NUMBERS 4-6: 8-0 Fine absent
Action Items
7. Discussion and Direction on an Operating Agreement With Pets In Need
and Interim Improvements for the Palo Alto Animal Shelter.
MOTION: Council Member Holman moved, seconded by Vice Mayor Filseth
to direct Staff to continue negotiations with Pets In Need to operate the City’s
Animal Shelter understanding the terms will include:
A. Expanded site use; and
B. $3.4M facility capital improvements; and
C. Operation changes - Implications of a No Kill Operating Model; and
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D. Resolution of open items - liability, start-up costs and facility use terms;
and
E. Direct Staff to return to City Council with a transition plan as soon as
possible.
AMENDMENT: Council Member Tanaka moved, seconded by Council Member
XXX to amend the Motion, Part B to state, “Direct staff to work with Pets in
Need to come up with a joint ownership model that will allow the City to figure
out how to close the gap on the funding.”
AMENDMENT FAILED DUE TO THE LACK OF A SECOND
MOTION PASSED: 8-0 Fine absent
Mayor Kniss advised Agenda Item Number 10- PUBLIC HEARING: Adoption of
an Ordinance Amending Palo Alto Municipal Code (PAMC) Section 18.42.040
Related to Accessory and Junior Accessory Dwelling Units (ADU/JADU)…was
continued to a date uncertain.
Council took a break at 9:34 P.M. and returned at 9:42 P.M.
At this time, the City Council discussed Agenda Item Number 9.
9. Recommendations From the Human Relations Commission in Response
to Council Resolution Number 9653 Reaffirming Palo Alto’s Commitment
to a Diverse, Supportive, Inclusive, and Protective Community.
MOTION: Council Member Scharff moved, seconded by Vice Mayor Filseth to
continue this item to a date uncertain.
MOTION PASSED: 7-1 Wolbach no, Fine absent
At this time, the City Council discussed Agenda Item Number 8.
8. Consideration and Adoption of an Emergency Ordinance 5447 Entitled
“Emergency Ordinance of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Amending
the Municipal Code to Require Relocation Assistance/Mitigation for No
Fault Evictions From Multi-family Housing Developments.”
MOTION: Council Member Scharff moved, seconded by Mayor Kniss to:
A. Adopt Emergency Ordinance 1A. Amending Chapter 9.68 (Rental
Housing Stabilization) of the Palo Alto Municipal Code to Require
Relocation Assistance Payments for No-fault Evictions for Multifamily
Housing Developments Containing 50 or More Rental Units, and to
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incorporate the following language: “To be eligible for relocation
assistance, a displaced residential household must have an annual household income that does not exceed eighty (80) percent of the area
median household income for Santa Clara County as adjusted for
household size according to the United States Department of Housing
and Urban Development, as may be adjusted from time to time, and
whose rental payments to the landlord remain current through the date
of displacement;” and
B. Adopt a substantively identical (non-emergency) ordinance on first
reading, which will be effective on the 31st day following its second
reading.
AMENDMENT: Council Member DuBois moved, seconded by Council Member
Holman to amend the Motion, Part A to state, “…that does not exceed one
hundred and twenty (120) percent of the area median household income…”
AMENDMENT FAILED: 5-3 Kniss, Scharff, Tanaka no, Fine absent
INCORPORATED INTO THE MOTION WITH THE CONSENT OF THE MAKER AND SECONDED to change the language in the Motion, Part A to
state, “…annual household income that does not exceed one hundred (100)
percent of the area median household income…”
AMENDMENT: Council Member Kou moved, seconded by Council Member XX
to amend the Motion, Part A to state, “…Multifamily Housing Developments
Containing 20 or More Rental Units…”
AMENDMENT FAILED DUE TO THE LACK OF A SECOND
AMENDMENT: Council Member Holman moved, seconded by Council Member
Kou to amend the Motion, Part A to return to the Staff recommendation to
state:
A. Adopt Emergency Ordinance 1A. Amending Chapter 9.68 (Rental
Housing Stabilization) of the Palo Alto Municipal Code to Require
Relocation Assistance Payments for No-Fault Evictions for Multifamily
Housing Developments Containing 50 or More Rental Units.
AMENDMENT FAILED: 5-3 Kniss, Scharff, Tanaka no, Fine absent
SUBSTITUTE MOTION: Council Member Holman moved, seconded by
Council Member DuBois to:
A. Adopt Emergency Ordinance 1A. Amending Chapter 9.68 (Rental
Housing Stabilization) of the Palo Alto Municipal Code to Require
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Relocation Assistance Payments for No-Fault Evictions for Multifamily
Housing Developments Containing 50 or More Rental Units, and to incorporate the following language: “To be eligible for relocation
assistance, a displaced residential household must have an annual
household income that does not exceed one hundred (100) percent of
the area median household income for Santa Clara County as adjusted
for household size according to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, as may be adjusted from time to time, and
whose rental payments to the landlord remain current through the date
of displacement;” and
B. Adopt a non-emergency ordinance on first reading, which will have no
means testing and which will be effective on the 31st day following its
second reading.
SUBSTITUTE MOTION WITHDRAWN.
MOTION AS AMENDED RESTATED: Council Member Scharff moved,
seconded by Mayor Kniss to:
A. Adopt Emergency Ordinance 1A. Amending Chapter 9.68 (Rental
Housing Stabilization) of the Palo Alto Municipal Code to Require
Relocation Assistance Payments for No-Fault Evictions for Multifamily
Housing Developments Containing 50 or More Rental Units, and to
incorporate the following language: “To be eligible for relocation
assistance, a displaced residential household must have an annual
household income that does not exceed one hundred (100) percent of
the area median household income for Santa Clara County as adjusted
for household size according to the United States Department of Housing
and Urban Development, as may be adjusted from time to time, and whose rental payments to the landlord remain current through the date
of displacement;” and
B. Adopt a substantively identical (non-emergency) ordinance on first
reading, which will be effective on the 31st day following its second
reading.
MOTION AS AMENDED PASSED: 7-1 Tanaka no, Fine absent
10. PUBLIC HEARING: Adoption of an Ordinance Amending Palo Alto
Municipal Code (PAMC) Section 18.42.040 Related to Accessory and
Junior Accessory Dwelling Units (ADU/JADU) to Clarify or Modify Various
Provisions Including Setback Requirements for Detached ADU
Basements, Allowance for Setback and Daylight Plane Encroachments
for Detached ADUs, Bonus Lot Coverage and Floor Area Eligibility, Bonus
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Floor Area Amount to Match Minimum Unit Size as Established by
Building Code, Reduced Height Limit for Detached ADUs Located Within Identified Eichler Tracts, Replacement Parking Provisions as Applicable
to JADUs, Allowance for Replacement Parking to be Located Within
Driveways Located in Street-side Setbacks, Allowance for Existing
Driveways to be Expanded to Accommodate Replacement Parking,
Allowance for Noncomplying Structures to be Rebuilt as Part of
Conversion to ADU, and Applicable Zoning Districts That Allow ADU
Development; Finding the Ordinance Exempt From Review Under the
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Pursuant to CEQA
Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3); and Discussion of Other Potential ADU-
related Regulations. The Planning & Transportation Commission
Recommended Adoption of the Ordinance.
State/Federal Legislation Update/Action
11. Appointment of Cory Wolbach as Alternate Board Member to the Santa
Clara Valley Transportation Authority Board of Directors.
MOTION: Mayor Kniss moved, seconded by Council Member Scharff to
appoint Council Member Cory Wolbach as alternate Board Member to the
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority Board of Directors.
MOTION PASSED: 8-0 Fine absent
Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned in honor of United States Senator
John McCain and Phyllis Cassel at 12:27 A.M.