HomeMy WebLinkAboutStaff Report 2304-1289CITY OF PALO ALTO
CITY COUNCIL
Special Meeting
Monday, April 24, 2023
Council Chambers & Hybrid
5:00 PM
Agenda Item
5.Approval of Minutes from April 10, 2023 Meeting
City Council
Staff Report
Report Type: CONSENT CALENDAR
Lead Department: City Clerk
Meeting Date: April 24, 2023
Report #:2304-1289
TITLE
Approval of Minutes from April 10, 2023 Meeting
RECOMMENDATION
That the minutes be reviewed and approved.
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment A: April 10, 2023 Draft Minutes
APPROVED BY:
Lesley Milton
CITY COUNCIL
DRAFT ACTION MINUTES
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Special Meeting
April 10, 2023
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, Kou, Lauing, Stone, Tanaka, Veenker
Present Remotely: Lythcott-Haims
Absent:
Special Orders of the Day
1. Proclamation Honoring Public Safety Telecommunicators’ Week April 9-15, 2023
2. Palo Alto Day Recognitions
Study Session
3. Report and Discussion on Community Engagement Activities Planned to Implement the
City’s Workplans for Calendar Year 2023
Agenda Changes, Additions and Deletions
Public Comment
Consent Calendar
Council Member Tanaka registered a no vote on Agenda Item Number 8.
MOTION: Mayor Kou moved, seconded by Council Member Veenker to approve Agenda Item
Numbers 4-9.
DRAFT ACTION MINUTES
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Sp. City Council Meeting
Draft Action Minutes: 04/10/2023
MOTION SPLIT FOR THE PURPOSE OF VOTING
AGENDA ITEMS 4-7, 9 PASSED: 7-0
AGENDA ITEMS 8 PASSED: 6-1, Tanaka no
4. Approval of Minutes from March 27, 2023 Meeting
5. SECOND READING: Adopt an Ordinance to Expand the Human Relations Commission
(HRC) from Five to Seven Members; CEQA status – not a project (FIRST READING: March
27, 2023 PASSED 7-0)
6. Approval of Contract Amendment No. 1 to Contract No. S20175534B with HdL Coren &
Cone in the Amount of $8,400 and to Extend Term Six Months Ending September 2023
for Property Tax Information and Reporting Services; CEQA Status – Not a Project
7. Agreement with Stanford University to provide $744,000 in funding for expanded Palo
Alto Link (PAL) on-demand transit services; Contract Amendment No. 1 with Nomad
Transit, LLC (Via) to increase total contract amount not to exceed $3,244,000 for up to
two years; and Associated Budget Amendment in the General Fund. CEQA status – not a
project.
8. Approval of a Purchase Order with The Public Restroom Company in the Amount of
$596,556 to Provide and Install Modular Restroom Buildings at Rinconada and Ramos
Parks for the Rinconada Park Improvements Capital Improvement Program Project (PE-
08001) and Park Restroom Installation Capital Improvement Program Project (PG-19000),
including $542,324 for basic services and $54,232 for additional services and Approval of
Budget Amendments in the Parks Development Impact Fee Fund and Capital
Improvement Fund; CEQA status – Section 15303 exempt
9. Approval of an Updated Residential Winter Gas and Electric Rebate Program to Mitigate
Extraordinarily High January 2023 Customer Bills, Including Repeal and Replacement of
the Gas Rebate Program and Budget Appropriation adopted on March 27, 2023 and
Approval of Budget Amendments in the General Fund, Electric Fund, and Gas Fund, at a
Total Cost of up to $2,468,385; CEQA: Not a project under CEQA Guidelines sections
15378(b)(4) and (5).
City Manager Comments
Ed Shikada, City Manager
DRAFT ACTION MINUTES
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Sp. City Council Meeting
Draft Action Minutes: 04/10/2023
Action Items
10. Approval of the Electric Utility Construction Services Contract With VIP Powerline Corp.
(C23185980) for a Total Not-to-Exceed Amount of $20,000,000 Over Five Years; CEQA
status – exempt (existing facilities, replacement or reconstruction)
MOTION: Mayor Kou moved, seconded by Council Member Lauing to approve and authorize the
City Manager to execute the construction contract C23185980 (Attachment A) with VIP
Powerline Corp. (VIP) in an amount not-to-exceed $20,000,000 over five (5) years, with an annual
not-to exceed amount of $4,000,000 for Electric Construction Services to provide essential
ongoing operational work including construction maintenance and system improvement work on
the City’s electric distribution system at various locations throughout the City of Palo Alto.
MOTION PASSED: 6-1, Tanaka no
11. Consideration of additional 2023 Council Priority Objectives
MOTION: Mayor Kou moved, seconded by Council Member Burt to approve additional priority
objectives listed in Table #1 and identified to be completed in calendar year 2023:
New objectives #2, 5, 8, 9, 13 in table 1 and do the following:
• Add # 10 as an ad hoc committee
• Amend objective iii as follows: Continue engagement with the San Francisco airport
(instead of SFO Roundtable).
MOTION PASSED: 7-0
MOTION SPLIT FOR THE PURPOSE OF VOTING
MOTION: Mayor Kou moved, seconded by Council Member Burt to approve additional priority
objectives listed in Table #1 and identified to be completed in calendar year 2023:
New objectives # 7, 11, 12 in table 1 and do the following:
• Add # 4 and # 6 initiate work by the end of the calendar year
MOTION PASSED: 6-1, Tanaka no
12. Discussion and Possible Revision to 2023 Standing Committee Topics (Continued from
February 13, 2023)
DRAFT ACTION MINUTES
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Sp. City Council Meeting
Draft Action Minutes: 04/10/2023
MOTION: Council Member Burt moved, seconded by Mayor Kou to accept the 2023 Standing
Committee Topics with the following additions:
A. Refer to Rail Committee and Council Appointed Officer Committee to propose the scope
and process for their committees
B. Refer to the Finance Committee as part of FY 24 budget process to return library services
and children’s theater back to pre-pandemic service levels, increase police foot and bike
patrol in downtown and Cal Ave, increase HSRAP funding, and funding for youth mental
health
C. Refer to the Policy and Services Committee: 1) revisit city wide leaf blower ban and other
machinery as soon as feasible in 2024, 2) discussion of ALPR program should be reviewed
by City Auditor, Independent Police Auditor, or another department
D. Refer all housing related items in the Policy and Services Committee workplan to the
upcoming City Council Ad Hoc Housing Committee
MOTION PASSED: 7-0
Council Member Questions, Comments and Announcements
Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 11:35 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.