Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutStaff Report 14353 City of Palo Alto (ID # 14353) Office of the City Clerk City Council CAO Report Meeting Date: 5/9/2022 Report Type: Consent Calendar Title: Approve Minutes from the April 18, 2022 and City Council Meeting, April 25, 2022 City Council Meeting From: Lesley Milton, City Clerk Staff recommends Council to review and approve the minutes as presented. ATTACHMENTS: • Attachment A: 20220418amCCs (DOCX) • Attachment B: 20220425amCCsm (DOC) CITY COUNCIL DRAFT ACTION MINUTES Page 1 of 3 Special Meeting April 18, 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 Study Session 1. Joint Study Session with Palo Alto Youth Council. NO ACTION TAKEN Agenda Changes, Additions and Deletions Public Comment Consent Calendar MOTION: Council Member Cormack moved, seconded by Vice Mayor Kou to approve Agenda Item Numbers 2-5. 2. Approve Minutes from the April 04, 2022 City Council Meeting. 3. Adoption of an Ordinance Amending Existing Palo Alto Municipal Code Chapter 5.30, Disposable Foodware Items and Other Disposable Products, to Comply with California Assembly Bill 1276 (Single-Use Foodware Accessories and Standard Condiments) Requiring Additional Restrictions on the Use of Disposable Foodware and Condiments. 4. Approval of Amendment Number 1 to Contract Number C18169357 With Van Scoyoc Associates, Inc. for Federal Legislative Advocacy to Extend the Term for one Additional Year and add $82,800 for a Total Not-to-Exceed Amount of $414,000. DRAFT ACTION MINUTES Page 2 of 3 Sp. City Council Meeting Draft Action Minutes: 4/18/2022 5. Approval of the Appointment of Sandra Blanch as Human Resources Director. MOTION PASSED: 7-0 City Manager Comments Action Items 6. Policy and Services Committee, City Auditor and Staff Recommend Approval of the Power Purchase Agreement Audit Report. MOTION: Council Member Cormack moved, seconded by Council Member Stone to approve the Power Purchase Agreement Audit report and corresponding recommendations for improvement. MOTION PASSED: 7-0 7. Approval of Supplement Agreement No. 1 to the Master Funding Agreement Between the City of Palo Alto and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission for $800,000 in Priority Development Area Planning Grant Funds to Prepare a Downtown Housing Plan; Approve Budget Amendments in the General Fund; and to Initiate the Plan Process for a Sub-Area of the Downtown Priority Development Area. Environmental Assessment: Exempt Under CEQA Guidelines Sections 15061(b)(3) and 15262. MOTION: Mayor Burt moved, seconded by Council member Cormack to proceed with acceptance of the grant with the following actions: 1. Approve and authorize the City Manager to execute Supplement Agreement No. 1 to the Master Funding Agreement between the City of Palo Alto and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (Attachment A) for $800,000 in Priority Development Area Planning Grant funds to prepare a Downtown Housing Plan; 2. Direct Staff to propose City and grant Funding for this project during the FY 23 Budget process 3. Initiate the local planning process for a Downtown Housing Plan; and DRAFT ACTION MINUTES Page 3 of 3 Sp. City Council Meeting Draft Action Minutes: 4/18/2022 4. Direct Staff to return to Council for identification of goals for preparation of the Downtown Housing Plan. MOTION PASSED: 4-3, DuBois, Filseth, Kou no 8. Revenue-Generating Ballot Measures for Fall 2022: Discuss 2nd-Round Polling Results and Feedback from Community and Stakeholder Engagement Activities; Review and Provide Staff Direction on Finance Committee Recommended Refined Parameters for a Business License Tax and an Affirmation of the Gas General Fund Transfer; and Provide Direction to Staff on Next Steps Including Launch of Third Poll, and Council's Non-Binding Intentions for Allocation of Potential Proceeds. MOTION: Motion by Council Member Tanaka seconded by Council Member Dubois to defer this item to the City Council April 25th meeting. MOTION PASSED: 5-2, Cormack, Filesth no Council Member Questions, Comments and Announcements Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 11:46 P.M. ATTEST: APPROVED: ____________________ ____________________ 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. 1 City Council Special Meeting Monday, April 25, 2022 The City Council of the City of Palo Alto met on this date in the Council Chambers and by virtual teleconference at 5:15 P.M. Present: Burt, Cormack, DuBois, Filseth, Kou, Stone, Tanaka Absent: None PUBLIC COMMENT SPECIAL ORDER OF THE DAY 1. Presentation Honoring Palo Alto Day NO ACTION TAKEN ACTION ITEMS 2. Interviews for the Parks and Recreation Commission NO ACTION TAKEN 3. Review and Approval of 2022-2023 Work Plans for the following Boards and Commissions • Public Art Commission • Utilities Advisory Commission • Storm Water Oversight Committee MOTION: Vice Chair Kou moved, seconded by Council Member DuBois to approve the 2022-2023 Public Art Commission Work Plan. MOTION PASSED: 7-0 2 Special Meeting April 25, 2022 Materials related to an item on this agenda submitted to the Board after distribution of the agenda packet are available for public inspection at www.CityofPaloAlto.org. MOTION: Council Member Cormack moved, seconded by Council Member Filseth to approve the 2022 Utilities Advisory Committee Work Plan. MOTION PASSED: 7-0 MOTION: Mayor Burt moved, seconded by Council Member Cormack to approve the 2022 Stormwater Oversight Committee Work Plan. MOTION PASSED: 7-0 AA1. Revenue-Generating Ballot Measures for Fall 2022: Discuss 2nd- Round Polling Results and Feedback from Community and Stakeholder Engagement Activities; Review and Provide Staff Direction on Finance Committee Recommended Refined Parameters for a Business License Tax and an Affirmation of the Gas General Fund Transfer; and Provide Direction to Staff on Next Steps Including Launch of Third Poll, and Council's Non-Binding Intentions for Allocation of Potential Proceeds (Continued from April 18, 2022) MOTION: Direct staff to continue work regarding potential ballot measures for voter consideration during the November 2022 election, including execution of the third round of polling, drafting of ballot questions and the full ballot measure text in accordance with the following characteristics: 1. Continue to pursue a ballot measure seeking to affirm the natural gas utility transfer, at the current rate of up to 18% of natural gas utility gross receipts as outlined in Table 2 in the staff report; 2. Continue to pursue a ballot measure seeking to establish a new Business Tax based on square footage with the following characteristics: a. Tax is determined based on a business’s square footage in Palo Alto, b. Tax rate of $0.10/sq. ft. per month or $0.12/sq. ft. per month, 3 Special Meeting April 25, 2022 Materials related to an item on this agenda submitted to the Board after distribution of the agenda packet are available for public inspection at www.CityofPaloAlto.org. c. Tax rate to increase by the CPI, capped at 5% per annum with excess CPI carrying over to future years, d. Two year phase-in provision: reduced rate of 50% in the year of initiation of the tax, and the full rate to be charged in the second year (initiation date to be refined later), e. No sunset f. Exemptions for the following: i. Grocery stores (requires a given % of sq ft of food sales to qualify as a grocery) ii. Seasonal businesses operating less than 90 days iii. First 5,000 square feet g. Direct staff to evaluate the impacts of allowing an offset for hotels based on remittance of TOT h. Direct staff to research offsets for businesses based on remittance of sales & use tax where the point of sales has discretion and is designated in Palo Alto. i. Confirm that the City’s Business Registry program will continue to operate and be required for all businesses except as exempted by the program ordinance. j. Direct staff to draft a non-binding resolution to inform the public of Council’s intentions regarding the use of Business Tax proceeds, i. Explore through polling regarding the use of Business Tax Proceeds: funds would be used for grade separation and rail safety, affordable housing and homeless programs, public safety, and improvements to University and California Avenue business districts MOTION PASSED: 6- 1 Tanaka no Council Member Comments Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 11:54 P.M. 4 Special Meeting April 25, 2022 Materials related to an item on this agenda submitted to the Board after distribution of the agenda packet are available for public inspection at www.CityofPaloAlto.org. ATTEST: APPROVED: ____________________ ____________________ 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.