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CITY OF PALO ALTO OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK
September 28, 2020
The Honorable City Council
Attention: Finance Committee
Palo Alto, California
Approval of Action Minutes for the September 14, 2020 City Council
Meeting
Staff is requesting Council review and approve the attached Action Minutes.
ATTACHMENTS:
• Attachment A: 09-14-20 DRAFT Action Minutes (PDF)
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
September 14, 2020
The City Council of the City of Palo Alto met on this date in Virtual
Teleconference at 5:03 P.M.
Participating Remotely: Cormack, DuBois, Filseth, Fine, Kniss, Kou, Tanaka
Absent:
Special Orders of the Day
1. Appointment of one Candidate to the Human Relations Commission for
a Partial Term Ending May 31, 2021 and two Candidates to the Public
Art Commission for Three-year Terms Ending May 31, 2023.
First Round of voting for one position on the Human Relations Commission
with term ending May 15, 2021.
Voting For: Nilofer Chollampat DuBois, Filseth, Kou
Voting For: Sunita de Tourreil Fine, Tanaka
Voting For: Sofia Fojas Cormack
Voting For: Curt Kinsky Kniss
Voting For: Paula Rugg
Voting For: Lestina Trainor
Beth Minor, City Clerk announced that a majority vote for any candidate was
not received and a second round of voting is needed.
Second Round of voting for one position on the Human Relations
Commission with term ending May 15, 2021.
Voting For: Nilofer Chollampat DuBois, Filseth, Kou
Voting For: Sunita de Tourreil Cormack, Fine, Kniss, Tanaka
Voting For: Sofia Fojas
Voting For: Curt Kinsky
DRAFT ACTION MINUTES
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City Council Meeting
Draft Action Minutes: 9/14/2020
Voting For: Paula Rugg
Voting For: Lestina Trainor
Beth Minor, City Clerk announced that Sunita de Tourreil with 4 votes was
appointed to the Human Relations Commission.
First Round of voting for two positions on the Public Art Commission with
terms ending May 15, 2023.
Voting For: Djibril Drame
Voting For: Marilyn Gottlieb-Roberts Tanaka
Voting For: Radina Philyaw
Voting For: Hsinya Shen DuBois, Filseth, Kou, Tanaka
Voting For: Harriet Stern Cormack, Fine, Kniss
Voting For: Katherine Talbot
Voting For: Nia Taylor Cormack, DuBois, Filseth, Fine,
Kniss, Kou
Beth Minor, City Clerk announced that Nia Taylor with 6 votes, and Hsinya
Shen with 4 votes were both appointed to the Public Art Commission.
Minutes Approval
2. Approval of Action Minutes for the August 17 and 24, 2020 City
Council Meetings.
MOTION: Mayor Fine moved, seconded by Council Member Kniss to
approve the Action Minutes for the August 17 and 24, 2020 City Council
Meetings, with the inclusion of “Plan” after Carbon Neutral in the August 24,
2020 minutes.
MOTION PASSED: 7-0
Consent Calendar
MOTION: Council Member Kniss moved, seconded by Council Member Tanaka, third by Council Member Cormack to remove Agenda Item Number
4, “Approval of an Extension of the Pilot Phase of the Old Palo Alto
Residential Preferential Parking Program…” from the Agenda do be heard at
a later date.
DRAFT ACTION MINUTES
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City Council Meeting
Draft Action Minutes: 9/14/2020
MOTION: Mayor Fine moved, seconded by Council Member Cormack to
approve Agenda Item Numbers 3, 5-7.
3. Approval of Contract Number C21178263 With McGuire Pacific
Constructors, Not-to-Exceed $130,000, for On-call Residential
Preferential Parking Program (RPP) Signs and Installation.
4. Approval of an Extension of the Pilot Phase of the Old Palo Alto
Residential Preferential Parking Program (RPP) for a Period of Twelve
Months.
5. QUASI-JUDICIAL. 4175 Page Mill Road [20PLN-00040]: Request for
Site and Design Review to Allow Replacement of Vault Restroom In-
situ With Prefabricated CXT Vault Restroom, Installation of American
Disabilities Act (ADA) Parking Stalls, Construction of an ADA Path of
Travel, and Minor Grading of an Existing Gravel Parking lot.
Environmental Assessment: Exempt. Zoning District: Open Space
(OS).
6. Adoption of Revised Salary Schedules for Various City Employee
Groups Including Service Employees International Union (SEIU), SEIU-
hourly and Limited-hourly Employees; Revision to the Management
and Professional Employees’ Compensation Plan.
7. Approval of Three Items Related to the Junior Museum and Zoo (JMZ):
1) Acceptance of a $250,000 Federal Grant for a California Dinosaur
Garden Exhibition; 2) Approval of a Budget Amendment in the Capital
Improvement Fund by a Two-thirds Vote; and 3) Approval of an
Extension Until 2022 of the Agreement With the Friends of the Palo
Alto Junior Museum and Zoo for Mutual Cooperation and Support to
Facilitate the Friends’ Financial and Administrative Support of the JMZ.
MOTION PASSED: 7-0
Council took a break at 5:42 P.M. and returned at 5:56 P.M.
State/Federal Legislation Update/Action
8. Study Session With the City's State Legislative Advocate Regarding
Bills From the 2020 Legislative Session.
NO ACTION TAKEN
DRAFT ACTION MINUTES
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City Council Meeting
Draft Action Minutes: 9/14/2020
Action Items
9. PUBLIC HEARING: Adoption of an Interim Ordinance Amending Title 18 (Zoning) of the Palo Alto Municipal Code to Temporarily Allow 24-hour
Safe Parking on City-owned Sites in the PF Zoning District; and
Approve a 3-year Lease With the County of Santa Clara (Tenant) at
2000 Geng Road for Safe Parking.
Public Hearing opened at 7:04 P.M.
Public Hearing closed at 7:28 P.M.
MOTION: Council Member Kou moved, seconded by Vice Mayor DuBois to:
A. Find the proposed Interim Ordinance and approval of the lease
agreement exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act
(CEQA) pursuant to Section 15301 and 15303 of the CEQA Guidelines;
B. Adopt an Interim Ordinance Amending Title 18 (Zoning) of the Palo
Alto Municipal Code to Temporarily Allow 24-Hour Safe Parking on City
Property in the PF Zoning District (PAMC Chapter 18.28), and
Establishing Temporary Regulations Related to Safe Parking (PAMC
Chapter 18.42); and
C. Approve the Three-year Lease between the City (Landlord) and the
County of Santa Clara (Tenant) for City property located at 2000 Geng
Road, Palo Alto for Safe Parking.
MOTION PASSED: 7-0
Council took a break at 8:26 P.M. and returned at 8:40 P.M.
10. Verbal Update and Possible Direction to Staff on COVID-19 Related to
Business Recovery Efforts.
MOTION: Vice Mayor DuBois moved, seconded by Council Member Tanaka
to direct Staff to explore options and return to Council with:
A. Rapid Covid-19 testing and what the City can do to ramp up testing;
B. Childcare and how the City can support childcare services; and
C. A holiday strategy to support holiday shopping in our major shopping
areas.
DRAFT ACTION MINUTES
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City Council Meeting
Draft Action Minutes: 9/14/2020
AMENDMENT: Mayor Fine moved, seconded by Council Member Tanaka to
direct Staff to explore options and return to Council with:
A. Temporarily suspending the Retail Preservation Ordinance outside of
the commercial cores;
B. Temporarily altering or suspending required parking changes for a
change of use; and
C. Allowing diverse retail uses in all retail sites.
AMENDMENT SPLIT FOR THE PURPOSE OF VOTING:
AMENDMENT PART A PASSED: 4-3 DuBois, Filseth, Kou no
AMENDMENT PART B PASSED: 4-3 DuBois, Filseth, Kou no
AMENDMENT PART C PASSED: 7-0
MOTION AS AMENDED RESTATED: Vice Mayor DuBois moved, seconded
by Council Member Tanaka to direct Staff explore options and return to
Council with:
A. Rapid Covid-19 testing and what the City can do to ramp up testing;
B. Childcare and how the City can support childcare services;
C. A holiday strategy to support holiday shopping in our major shopping
areas;
D. Temporarily suspending the Retail Preservation Ordinance outside of
the commercial cores;
E. Temporarily altering or suspending required parking changes for a
change of use; and
F. Allowing diverse retail uses in all retail sites.
MOTION AS AMENDED PASSED: 5-2 Filseth, Kou no
Council took a break at 11:02 P.M. and returned at 11:09 P.M.
11. Review and Selection of Select State and Local Measures on the
November 2020 Ballot for Possible Support or Oppose Positions.
DRAFT ACTION MINUTES
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Draft Action Minutes: 9/14/2020
MOTION: Council Member Tanaka moved, seconded by Council Member XX
to vote No Position on Proposition 15.
MOTION FAILED DUE TO THE LACK OF A SECOND
MOTION: Council Member DuBois moved, seconded by Council Member
Filseth to vote No Position on Proposition 16.
MOTION PASSED: 5-2 Fine, Kniss no
MOTION: Mayor Fine moved, seconded by Council Member Kniss to vote
Support on Proposition 17.
MOTION FAILED: 3-4 DuBois, Filseth, Kou, Tanaka no
MOTION: Council Member Filseth moved, seconded by Council Member Kou
to vote No Position on Proposition 19.
SUBSTITUTE MOTION: Council Member Cormack moved, seconded by
Mayor Fine to vote Oppose on Proposition 19.
SUBSTITUTE MOTION FAILED: 2-5 DuBois, Filseth, Kou, Tanaka no,
Kniss abstain
MOTION RESTATED: Council Member Filseth moved, seconded by Council
Member Kou to vote No Position on Proposition 19.
MOTION PASSED: 7-0
MOTION: Mayor Fine moved, seconded by Council Member Kniss to vote
Oppose on Proposition 20.
MOTION FAILED: 2-5 Cormack, DuBois, Filseth, Kou, Tanaka no
MOTION: Vice Mayor DuBois moved, seconded by Council Member Kou to
vote Support on Proposition 21.
MOTION FAILED: 3-4 Cormack, Fine, Kniss, Tanaka no
MOTION: Vice Mayor DuBois moved, seconded by Mayor Fine to vote
Support on Palo Alto Unified School District.
MOTION PASSED: 7-0
Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 11:44 P.M.