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CITY OF PALO ALTO OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK
April 19, 2021
The Honorable City Council
Attention: Finance Committee
Palo Alto, California
Approval of Action Minutes for the April 5, 2021 City Council Meeting
Staff is requesting Council review and approve the attached Action Minutes.
ATTACHMENTS:
• Attachment A: 04-05-21 CCM DRAFT Action Minutes (DOCX)
Department Head: Beth Minor, City Clerk
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CITY COUNCIL MEETING
DRAFT ACTION MINUTES
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Special Meeting
April 5, 2021
The City Council of the City of Palo Alto met on this date in virtual
teleconference at 5:01 P.M.
Participating Remotely: Burt, Cormack, DuBois, Filseth, Kou, Stone, Tanaka
Absent:
Study Session
1. Report and Discussion Regarding Police Services, Including Policy
Updates, Crime Statistics, Radio Encryption, and Independent
Auditing.
NO ACTION TAKEN
Council took a break at 6:41 P.M. and returned at 6:50 P.M.
2. Discussion of Services for the Unhoused in Palo Alto.
NO ACTION TAKEN
Agenda Changes, Additions and Deletions
None.
Council took a break at 9:22 P.M. and returned at 9:32 P.M.
Minutes Approval
1. Approval of Action Minutes for the March 15 and March 22, 2021 City
Council Meetings.
MOTION: Council Member Cormack moved, seconded by Mayor DuBois to
approve the Action Minutes for the March 15 and March 22, 2021 City
Council Meetings.
MOTION PASSED: 7-0
DRAFT ACTION MINUTES
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(Sp.) City Council Meeting
Draft Action Minutes: 04/05/2021
Consent Calendar
MOTION: Council Member Cormack moved, seconded by Council Member
Kou to approve Agenda Item Numbers 4 and 5.
4. Approval of the Traffic Data Collection Surveillance Use Policy and
Approval of a Contract With Traffic Data Service, Inc. for a Total
Not-to-Exceed Amount of $200,000 to Provide On-call Traffic Data
Collection Services.
5. Ordinance 5519 Entitled, “Ordinance of the Council of the City of Palo
Alto Adopting an Administrative Amendment to the 2019 California Fire
Code, Palo Alto Municipal Code Section 15.04.075 (Definitions Added
to Section 202) (FIRST READING: March 15, 2021 PASSED: 7-0).”
MOTION PASSED: 7-0
Action Items
6. Discussion and Selection of Members for an Advisory Housing Element
Working Group to Assist With the Preparation of a new Housing
Element.
MOTION: Council Member Filseth moved, seconded by Council Member
Stone to:
A. Appoint a Housing Element Working Group as follows:
i. Appoint the following people to the Working Group:
1. Anupa Bajwa
2. Sheena Chin
3. Aishetu Fatima Dozie
4. Hamilton Hitchings
5. Rahsan Hosgur Karahan
6. Kathryn Jordan
7. Arthur Keller
8. Sheryl Klein
9. Ed Lauing
10. Jennifer Liu
11. Pat Markevitch
12. Keith Reckdahl
DRAFT ACTION MINUTES
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(Sp.) City Council Meeting
Draft Action Minutes: 04/05/2021
13. Jean Snider
14. Jessenia Solorio
15. Randolph Tsien
ii. Appoint the following people as Alternates:
1. Jessica von Borck
2. Dina Bartello
B. Direct Staff to coordinate a joint City Council and Planning and
Transportation Commission Housing Element Kick Off Meeting,
tentatively scheduled for May 10, 2021.
AMENDMENT: Council Member Kou moved, seconded by Council Member
XX to replace Jean Snider with Arthur Liberman.
AMENDMENT FAILED DUE TO THE LACK OF A SECOND
SUBSTITUTE MOTION: Council Member Cormack moved, seconded by
Council Member XX to:
A. Appoint a Housing Element Working Group as follows:
i. Appoint the following people to the Working Group:
1. Jessica von Borck
2. Antonia Mendoza
3. Donald Barr
4. Jessenia Solorio
5. Gregg Johnson
6. Kevin Ma
7. Helen Carnes
8. Robert Chun
9. Aishetu Fatima Dozie
10. Lisa Ratner
11. Keith Reckdahl
12. Jessica Resmini
13. Cara Silver
14. Mele Tupou
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15. Brigham Wilson
ii. Appoint the following people as Alternates:
1. Peter Baltay
2. Raven Malone
SUBSTITUTE MOTION FAILED DUE TO THE LACK OF A SECOND
SUBSTITUTE MOTION: Council Member Tanaka moved, seconded by
Council Member Cormack to direct the City Council to email their selections
to the City Clerk to be tallied for majority prior to appointment.
SUBSTITUTE MOTION FAILED: 3-4 DuBois, Filseth, Kou, Stone no
AMENDMENT: Vice Mayor Burt moved, seconded by Council Member
Cormack to add Cara Silver, Daniel Mendez, Raven Malone, Jessica Resmini
and Justine Burt to the Motion Part A. i. for the purpose of voting to appoint
members to the Housing Element Working Group.
INCORPORATED INTO THE MOTION WITH THE CONSENT OF THE
MAKER AND SECONDER to add Steven Levy to the list.
AMENDMENT RESTATED: Vice Mayor Burt moved, seconded by Council
Member Cormack to add Cara Silver, Daniel Mendez, Raven Malone, Jessica
Resmini, Justine Burt, and Stephen Levy to the Motion Part A. i. for the
purpose of voting to appoint members to the Housing Element Working
Group.
AMENDMENT FAILED: 3-4 Dubois, Filseth, Kou, Stone no
MOTION RESTATED: Council Member Filseth moved, seconded by Council
Member Stone to:
A. Appoint a Housing Element Working Group as follows:
i. Appoint the following people to the Working Group:
1. Anupa Bajwa
2. Sheena Chin
3. Aishetu Fatima Dozie
4. Hamilton Hitchings
5. Rahsan Hosgur Karahan
6. Kathryn Jordan
DRAFT ACTION MINUTES
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Draft Action Minutes: 04/05/2021
7. Arthur Keller
8. Sheryl Klein
9. Ed Lauing
10. Jennifer Liu
11. Pat Markevitch
12. Keith Reckdahl
13. Jean Snider
14. Jessenia Solorio
15. Randolph Tsien
ii. Appoint the following people as Alternates:
1. Jessica von Borck
2. Dina Bartello
B. Direct Staff to coordinate a joint City Council and Planning and
Transportation Commission Housing Element Kick Off Meeting,
tentatively scheduled for May 10, 2021.
MOTION PASSED: 4-3 Burt, Cormack, Tanaka no
Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned in honor of the Stanford
Women’s Basketball Championship at 11:28 P.M.