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HomeMy WebLinkAboutStaff Report 10584 CITY OF PALO ALTO OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK August 19, 2019 The Honorable City Council Attention: Finance Committee Palo Alto, California Approval of Action Minutes for the August 5, 2019 Council Meeting Staff is requesting Council review and approve the attached Action Minutes. ATTACHMENTS: • Attachment A: 08-05-19 DRAFT Action Minutes (DOCX) Department Head: Beth Minor, City Clerk Page 2 CITY OF PALO ALTO CITY COUNCIL DRAFT ACTION MINUTES Page 1 of 3 Special Meeting August 5, 2019 The City Council of the City of Palo Alto met on this date in the Council Chambers at 5:05 P.M. Present: Cormack; DuBois arrived at 5:06 P.M.; Filseth arrived at 5:40 P.M., Fine; Kniss arrived at 6:32 P.M., Kou, Tanaka Absent: Study Session 1. Study Session With the Palo Alto Art Center Foundation. NO ACTION TAKEN Special Orders of the Day 2. Proclamation Recognizing National Night Out 2019. NO ACTION TAKEN Agenda Changes, Additions and Deletions None Minutes Approval 3. Approval of Action Minutes for the June 17 and 24, 2019 Council Meetings. MOTION: Council Member Cormack moved, seconded by Vice Mayor Fine to approve the Action Minutes for the June 17 and 24, 2019 Council Meetings. MOTION PASSED: 6-0 Kniss absent Consent Calendar Council Member Kou registered a no vote on Agenda Item Number 6. Council Member Tanaka registered a no vote on Agenda Item Number 9. DRAFT ACTION MINUTES Page 2 of 3 City Council Meeting Draft Action Minutes: 08/05/2019 MOTION: Council Member DuBois moved, seconded by Council Member Cormack to approve Agenda Item Numbers 4-10. 4. Resolution 9853 Entitled “Resolution of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Authorizing the Filing of an Application to the State of California Housing and Community Development Department for the Senate Bill (SB) 2 Planning Grant Program; Environmental Assessment: Exempt Under California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3).” 5. 3877 El Camino Real [19PLN-00068]: Request for Approval of a Final Map to Create a one lot Airspace Subdivision for 18 Condominium Units (one Commercial Space, six Residential Flats, and 11 Townhouses). The Final Map Also Includes Access and Utility Easements. Environmental Assessment: Exempt From Provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) in Accordance With Guidelines Section 15268(b)(3) (Ministerial Projects). Zoning District: Service Commercial (CS). 6. SECOND READING: Ordinance 5474 Entitled “Ordinance of the Council of the City of Palo Alto, 1700 & 1730 Embarcadero Road [18PLN-00186]: Request Zoning Map Amendment, Site and Design Review and Design Enhancement Exception to Allow the Demolition of an Existing 18,000 Square Foot Vacant Restaurant Building and a 15,700 Square Foot Audi Service Building, and Construction of two new Automobile Dealerships Totaling 84,900 Square Feet. The Zoning Map Amendment Would Change the Zoning Designation From CS(D) and PC to CS(D)(AD) for Both Parcels. (FIRST READING: June 24, 2019 PASSED: 6-1 Kou no). 7. Policy and Services Recommends the City Council Accept the Business Registry Audit. 8. Approval of the Appointment of Geoffrey (Geo) Blackshire as Fire Chief. 9. SECOND READING: Ordinance 5475 Entitled “Ordinance of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Amending Chapter 5.20 (Refuse Collection) of Title 5 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code Related to the Storage, Sorting, Collection and Removal of Refuse, Including Restrictions on the Type and Color of Refuse Collection Bags and Other Modifications to Make Waste Sorting More Effective and Facilitate Monitoring; and Finding the Ordinance to be Exempt Under California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) (FIRST READING: June 24, 2019 PASSED: 6-1 Tanaka no).” 10. Selection of Applicants to Interview for an Unfin ished Term on the Architectural Review Board. DRAFT ACTION MINUTES Page 3 of 3 City Council Meeting Draft Action Minutes: 08/05/2019 MOTION PASSED FOR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 4-5, 7-8, 10: 7-0 MOTION PASSED FOR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 6: 5-1 Kou no, Kniss absent MOTION PASSED FOR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 9: 5-1 Tanaka no, Kniss absent Closed Session 11. CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS Authority: Government Code Section 54956.8 Property: Cubberley Conveyance Property and Leased Site, 4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, CA Assessor’s Parcel Nos. 147-08-052 and 053 Agency Negotiators: Ed Shikada, Kristen O’Kane, Molly Stump, Terence Howzell, Kiely Nose, David Ramberg, and Sunny Tong Negotiating Parties: City of Palo Alto and Palo Alto Unified School District Under Negotiation: Lease Price and Terms of Payment (ASD). 12. PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION Title: City Manager, City Attorney, City Clerk Authority: Government Code Section 54957 (b). MOTION: Council Member Cormack moved, seconded by Vice Mayor Fine to go into Closed Session. MOTION PASSED: 7-0 Council went into Closed Session at 6:32 P.M. Council returned from Closed Session at 10:15 P.M. Mayor Filseth announced no reportable action. Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 10:15 P.M. in memory of the victims of gun violence in Gilroy, California, El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, as well as in honor of long-time community member Stephanie Munoz who passed away on August 1, 2019.