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City of Palo Alto (ID # 14637)
Office of the City Clerk
City Council CAO Report
Meeting Date: 8/15/2022 Report Type: Consent Calendar
Title: Approve Minutes from the August 1, 2022 City Council Meeting
From: Lesley Milton, City Clerk
Staff recommends Council to review and approve the minutes as presented.
ATTACHMENTS:
• Attachment A: 20220801amCCsm (PDF)
CITY COUNCIL
DRAFT ACTION MINUTES
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Special Meeting
August 1, 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 In Person: Burt, Cormack, Filseth, Kou, Stone, Tanaka
Present Virtually: DuBois
Absent: None
Special Orders of the Day
1. Appreciation for Assembly Member Marc Berman
ACTION: Appreciation given, No action taken
Study Session
2. Study Session on Status of National and Regional Airplane Noise
Initiatives
ACTION: Discussion only, No action taken
3. 278 Lambert, 3040 - 3250 Park, 3201-3225 Ash & 200 - 404 Portage
Prescreening Study Session: Report on Negotiations Between the City
Council Ad Hoc and the Sobrato Organization and Prescreening for
Development Agreement and Rezoning, Seeking Initial Public Input on
Negotiated Terms. Environmental Assessment: Not a Project. Zoning
District: RM-30 (Medium Density Multiple-Family Residence District) and
GM (General Manufacturing).
ACTION: Discussion only, no action taken
Agenda Changes, Additions and Deletions
None
DRAFT SUMMARY MINUTES
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(Sp.) City Council Meeting
Draft ACTION Minutes: 08/01/2022
Public Comment
Consent Calendar
Council Member Cormack, DuBois registered a no vote on Agenda Item
Number 5.
MOTION: Council Member Cormack moved, seconded by Vice mayor Kou
to approve Agenda Item Numbers 4-8.
4. Approve Minutes from the May 23, 2022, June 13, 2022, June 20, 2022
and June 21, 2022 City Council Meetings
5. Adoption of Resolution 10060 Authorizing Use of Teleconferencing for
Council Meetings During Covid-19 State of Emergency
6. Approval of a Memorandum of Agreement with Suez Water Technologies
and Solutions (Suez) to Assign Suez' Membrane Aerated Biofilm Reactor
(MABR) Equipment and Services to the Future General Contractor for
Construction of the Secondary Treatment Upgrades Capital Improvement
Project (WQ-19001) at the Regional Water Quality Control Plant
7. Approval of Amendment Number 2 to Lease between Ada's Cafe and City
of Palo Alto for the Community Center Cafe at Mitchell Park for 5 Years at
$500.00 per Month on January 1, 2023 with Annual 3% Increases
Thereafter
8. Adoption of Interim Urgency Ordinance 5560 Extension Requiring a
Conditional Use Permit to Establish a Firearms Dealer Retail Use.
Environmental Assessment: Exempt under CEQA Guidelines 15061(c)(3).
Motion Split for Purpose of Voting
Item 1-4, 6-8 PASSED: 7-0
Item 5 PASSED: 5-2 Cormack, Dubois No
City Manager Comments
Ed Shikada, City Manager
DRAFT SUMMARY MINUTES
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(Sp.) City Council Meeting
Draft ACTION Minutes: 08/01/2022
Action Items
9. PUBLIC HEARING / QUASI-JUDICIAL. 1033 Amarillo Ave [22PLN-00016]:
Request for a Preliminary Parcel Map with Exceptions to Subdivide a
20,787 square foot R-1 property into two (2) lots, where Lot 1 will be
10,668.50 square feet and Lot 2 will be 10,118.77 square feet. Exception
is for minimum lot width and maximum lot size. Zoning District R-1 Single
Family Residential.
MOTION: Council Member Mayor Burt moved, seconded by Vice Mayor
Kou to continue this Item to August 8, 2022.
MOTION PASSED/FAILED: 5-2, Cormack, Tanaka No
10. Adoption of Resolutions: (1) Placing a Business Tax on the November
2022 Ballot; (2) Placing a Measure Affirming the Natural Gas Utility
Transfer on the November 2022 Ballot; and (3) Establishing Advisory
Spending Guidelines for Business Tax Proceeds.
MOTION: Council Member DuBois moved, seconded by Council Member
Filseth to:
A. Direct staff to bring forth final documents on Consent based on Ad-
hoc alternative as listed in Attachment B and adjusting the rate to
$.11 cents per square foot;
B. Direct staff to bring back a revised Attachment C that accounts for
gas transfer not being brought forward; and
C. Bring the gas transfer item to Council on August 8, 2022 as an
Action Item.
MOTION PASSED/FAILED: 5-2
Council Member Questions, Comments and Announcements
Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 11:11 P.M.
DRAFT SUMMARY MINUTES
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(Sp.) City Council Meeting
Draft ACTION Minutes: 08/01/2022
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.