HomeMy WebLinkAboutStaff Report 2305-1421CITY OF PALO ALTO
CITY COUNCIL
Special Meeting
Monday, May 22, 2023
Council Chambers & Hybrid
5:30 PM
Agenda Item
5.Approval of Minutes from May 8, 2023 Meeting
City Council
Staff Report
Report Type: CONSENT CALENDAR
Lead Department: City Clerk
Meeting Date: May 22, 2023
Report #:2305-1421
TITLE
Approval of Minutes from May 8, 2023 Meeting
RECOMMENDATION
That the minutes be reveiwed and approved.
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment A: May 8, 2023 Draft Minutes
APPROVED BY:
Lesley Milton
CITY COUNCIL
DRAFT ACTION MINUTES
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Special Meeting
May 8, 2023
The City Council of the City of Palo Alto met on this date in the Council Chambers and by virtual
teleconference at 5:03 P.M.
Present In Person: Burt, Kou, Lauing, Lythcott-Haims, Stone, Tanaka, Veenker
Present Remotely:
Absent:
Special Orders of the Day
1. Proclamation Recognizing Public Employees and City Service Accomplishments Coinciding
With National Public Service Recognition Week: May 7-13, 2023
Closed Session
AA1. CONFERENCE WITH CITY ATTORNEY-POTENTIAL LITIGATION Subject: SPG Center, LLC,
application for building permit for Building EE, Stanford Shopping Center Authority:
Potential Exposure to Litigation Under Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(2) One
Case, as Defendant: Letter from Shimko to Yang, dated April 28, 2023
MOTION: Council Member Lauing moved, seconded by Council Member Burt to go into Closed
Session.
MOTION PASSED: 6-0-1, Veenker abstain
Council went into Closed Session at 5:20 P.M.
Council returned from Closed Session at 6:15 P.M.
Mayor Kou announced no reportable action.
DRAFT ACTION MINUTES
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Sp. City Council Meeting
Draft Action Minutes: 05/08/2023
Consent Calendar
Mayor Kou registered a no vote on Agenda Item Number 6.
Council Member Tanaka registered a no vote on Agenda Item Number 4.
MOTION: Vice Mayor Stone moved, seconded by Mayor Kou to approve Agenda Item Numbers
2-6, AA2.
MOTION SPLIT FOR THE PURPOSE OF VOTING
MOTION PASSED ITEMS 2, 3, 5, AA2: 7-0
MOTION PASSED ITEMS 4: 6-1, Tanaka no
MOTION PASSED ITEMS 6: 6-1, Kou no
2. Approval of Minutes from April 24, 2023 Meeting
3. Approval of the Sewer System Management Plan Update 2023 as required by the reissued
Statewide Waste Discharge Requirements General Order for Sanitary Sewer Systems,
Order 2022-0103-DWQ
4. Approval of Contract Number C23186907 With Cratus, Inc. in an Amount Not-to-Exceed
$7,707,055 for Sanitary Sewer Replacement Project 31 (WC-19001) on El Camino Real and
Page Mill Road; Authorization for the City Manager to Negotiate and Execute Related
Change Orders for a Total Not-to-Exceed Amount of $8,360,555; and Approval of Budget
Amendments in the Wastewater Collection Fund; CEQA status: categorically exempt
under CEQA Guidelines Sec. 15301 and 15302
5. Approval of a Contract Amendment for Time Only with Romig Engineers, Inc. for
Geotechnical Services for the Public Safety Building Capital Improvement Program Project
(PE-15001); CEQA: Environmental Impact Report for the Public Safety Building and the
New California Avenue Area Parking Garage (Resolution No. 9772)
6. Adopt an Ordinance and Resolution Continuing the Interim Parklet Program Until March
31, 2024; CEQA status – categorically exempt (Regulations 15301 and 15304)
AA2. Approval of CAO Committee Recommendation to complete recruitment for interim City
Clerk and to engage Peckham & McKinney Firm to Conduct the City Clerk Executive
Recruitment
DRAFT ACTION MINUTES
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Sp. City Council Meeting
Draft Action Minutes: 05/08/2023
Called to order the City Council and Planning and Transportation Commission Joint Special
meeting at 6:58 P.M.
Present In-person: Lu, Summa, Hechtman, Akin, Reckdahl, Chang, Templeton
Action Items
7. Adoption of a Resolution Adopting the 2023-31 Housing Element and Consideration of
the Associated California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Addendum to the
Comprehensive Plan 2017 Final Environmental Impact Report
Planning and Transportation Commission:
MOTION: Commissioner Chang moved, seconded by Commissioner Hechtman to recommend
the City Council adopt the resolution in Attachment C adopting the 2023-2031 Housing Element.
MOTION PASSED: 7-0
City Council:
MOTION: Council Member Lauing moved, seconded by Vice Mayor Stone, with consideration of
the addendum to the 2017 Comprehensive Plan Final Environmental Impact Report, to adopt the
resolution in Attachment C adopting the 2023-2031 Housing Element with the revisions noted by
staff in the report and the following additional changes:
1. Amending the second sentence to read: “Past discriminatory redlining and lending
practices prohibiting non-white people from purchasing homes in certain neighborhoods
are likely contributing factors for these Racially Concentrated Areas of Affluence
(RCAAs).”
MOTION PASSED: 6-1, Kou no
Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 11:55 P.M.
DRAFT ACTION MINUTES
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Sp. City Council Meeting
Draft Action Minutes: 05/08/2023
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.