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City of Palo Alto (ID # 14015)
Office of the City Clerk
City Council CAO Report
Meeting Date: 2/14/2022 Report Type: Consent Calendar
Title: Approve Minutes from the January 31, 2022 City Council Meeting
From: Lesley Milton, City Clerk
Staff recommends Council to review and approve the minutes as presented.
ATTACHMENTS:
• Attachment A: 20220131amCCs (DOCX)
CITY COUNCIL
DRAFT ACTION MINUTES
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Special Meeting
January 31, 2022
The City Council of the City of Palo Alto met on this date in virtual
teleconference at 5:00 P.M.
Participating Remotely: Burt, Cormack, DuBois, Filseth, Kou, Stone, Tanaka
Absent: None
Closed Session
1. CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS City Designated
Representatives: City Manager and his Designees Pursuant to Merit
System Rules and Regulations (Ed Shikada, Kiely Nose, Rumi Portillo,
Sandra Blanch, Nicholas Raisch, Tori Anthony, Molly Stump, and
Terence Howzell) Employee Organization: Service Employees
International Union, (SEIU) Local 521, Utilities Management and
Professional Association of Palo Alto (UMPAPA)Palo Alto Peace Officers’
Association (PAPOA), Palo Alto Police Management Association (PMA),
International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) local 1319, Palo Alto
Fire Chiefs Association (FCA), Management and Professional
Employees (MGMT) ; Authority: Government Code Section 54957.6
(a).
MOTION: Council Member Filseth moved, seconded by Council Member
DuBois to go into Closed Session.
MOTION PASSED: 7-0
Council went into Closed Session at 5:05 P.M.
Council returned from Closed Session at 7.22 P.M.
Mayor Burt announced there was no reportable action.
Agenda Changes, Additions and Deletions
Item 4 was continued until March 7, 2022.
DRAFT ACTION MINUTES
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Sp. City Council Meeting
Draft Action Minutes: 01/31/2022
Consent Calendar
2. Foothills Fire Mitigation and Safety Improvement Strategies, Staff
Recommendations to City Council.
MOTION: Vice Mayor Kou moved, seconded by Council Member Stone, third
by Mayor Burt to pull Agenda Item Number 2 from the Consent Calendar to
be heard on a date uncertain.
Action Items
3. PUBLIC HEARING: Adoption of an Emergency Ordinance and Regular
Ordinance Amending Palo Alto Municipal Code Section 9.68 (Relocation
Assistance for No-Fault Evictions) by Reducing the Threshold for
Applicability from 50 Units to 10 Units or a Lower Threshold.
Environmental Assessment: Exempt pursuant to CEQA Guidelines
Section 15061(b)(3).
MOTION: Council Member DuBois moved, seconded by Council Member
Cormack to:
A. Adopt Emergency Ordinance 5543 lowering the threshold for
relocation assistance from 50 units per property to 10 units per
property for qualifying tenants as defined in the municipal code; and
B. Adopt an ordinance lowering the threshold for relocation assistance
from 50 units per property to 10 units per property for qualifying
tenants as defined in the municipal code.
MOTION PASSED: 5-1-1, Tanaka no, Stone abstain
4. Parks and Recreation Commission (PRC) Recommends that Council
Direct Staff and the PRC to Assess and Conduct Public Outreach on a
New Community Gymnasium Project in Palo Alto
This item was continued to March 7, 2022.
5. Colleagues Memo: Consider sale of up to 1 millions gallons per day
(MGD) of Individual Supply Guarantee (ISD).
The Council deferred action on this item for future consideration.
Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 11:11 P.M in Honor of Public
Work Engineering Department Staff Leonard Mello.
DRAFT ACTION MINUTES
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Sp. City Council Meeting
Draft Action Minutes: 01/31/2022
ATTEST: APPROVED:
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City Clerk Mayor
NOTE: Action minutes are prepared in accordance with Palo Alto Municipal
Code (PAMC) 2.04.160(a) and (b). Summary minutes (sense) are prepared
in accordance with PAMC Section 2.04.160(c). Beginning in January 2018, in
accordance with Ordinance No. 5423, the City Council found action minutes
and the video/audio recordings of Council proceedings to be the official
records of both Council and committee proceedings. These recordings are
available on the City’s website.