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City of Palo Alto (ID # 14109)
Office of the City Clerk
City Council CAO Report
Meeting Date: 3/21/2022 Report Type: Consent Calendar
Title: Approve Minutes from the March 7, 2022 City Council Meeting
From: Lesley Milton, City Clerk
Staff recommends Council to review and approve the minutes as presented.
ATTACHMENTS:
• Attachment A: 20220307amCCs Draft (PDF)
CITY COUNCIL
DRAFT ACTION MINUTES
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Special Meeting
March 07, 2022
The City Council of the City of Palo Alto met on this date in the Council
Chambers and by virtual teleconference at 5:00 P.M.
Present: 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 Cormack moved, seconded by Mayor Burt to go
into Closed Session.
MOTION PASSED: 6-0 Tanaka Absent
Council Member Tanaka arrived at 5:10 PM.
Council went into Closed Session at 5:06 P.M.
Council returned from Closed Session at 6:36 P.M.
There were no announcements for the public.
Special Orders of the Day
2. Proclamation Honoring Bob Hoover.
NO ACTION TAKEN
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Sp. City Council Meeting
Action Minutes: 03/07/2022
Study Session
3. Joint Study Session with the Utilities Advisory Commission Regarding.
SCAP Development and Implementation
NO ACTION TAKEN
Agenda Changes, Additions and Deletions
NONE
Consent Calendar
Council Member Tanaka registered a no vote on Agenda Item Number 5.
MOTION: Council Member DuBois moved, seconded by Council Member
Cormack to approve Agenda Item Numbers 4-5 & AA1.
4. Adoption of a Resolution 10021 Authorizing Use of Teleconferencing
for Council Meetings During Covid-19 State of Emergency.
5. Adoption of a Resolution 10022 Amending the City’s 2020 Water
Shortage Contingency Plan in Compliance With the State Water
Resources Control Board’s January 4, 2022 Emergency Water
Conservation Regulations and Implementing Stage I of Palo Alto’s
Amended 2020 Water Shortage Contingency Plan.
AA1. Discontinuation of Vaccination/Testing Checks at City Meetings.
MOTION SPLIT FOR PURPOSES OF VOTING
ITEMS 4, AA1 OF MOTION PASSED: 7-0
ITEM 5 PASSED: 6-1, Tanaka no
Council took a break from 8:10 PM to 8:19 PM
Action Items
6. 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.
MOTION: Council Member DuBois moved, seconded by Council Member
Stone to direct staff and Parks and Recreation Commission to conduct public
outreach on a new gym, including location, siting, gym features, cost
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Sp. City Council Meeting
Action Minutes: 03/07/2022
estimates, funding timeline, demand assessment and prioritization of projects.
PRC to also investigate fundraising.
MOTION PASSED: 7-0
7. Colleague's Memo From Vice Mayor Kou and Mayor Burt: Recognizing
Key Dates to Advance Race and Equity.
MOTION: Council Member Burt moved, seconded by Vice Mayor Kou to
formally recognize and celebrate the following dates:
A. Juneteenth, Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta Day, and add Indigenous
People’s Day as dates of historic significance, and May as Asian
American Pacific Islander Native Hawaiian Heritage Month; and
B. Authorize Proclamations celebrating the above dates;
C. Refer to the Human Relations Commission recommendations on how to
best recognize and celebrate these dates; and
D. Ask the HRC to evaluate recognition of Holocaust Remembrance Day
and Armenian Remembrance Day and evaluate if October 11th should
be redesignated as Italian Heritage Day.
MOTION PASSED: 7-0
Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 10:03 P.M.
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.