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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
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CITY OF PALO ALTO CITY COUNCIL
DRAFT ACTION MINUTES
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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
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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
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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.