HomeMy WebLinkAboutStaff Report 2308-19483.Approval of Minutes from August 21, 2023 Meeting
City Council
Staff Report
Report Type: CONSENT CALENDAR
Lead Department: City Clerk
Meeting Date: September 11, 2023
Report #:2308-1948
TITLE
Approval of Minutes from August 21, 2023 Meeting
RECOMMENDATION
That the minutes be reviewed and approved.
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment A: August 21, 2023 Draft Action Minutes
APPROVED BY:
Mahealani Ah Yun
CITY COUNCIL
DRAFT ACTION MINUTES
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Regular Meeting
August 21, 2023
The City Council of the City of Palo Alto met on this date in the Council Chambers and by virtual
teleconference at 5:30 P.M.
Present In Person: Burt, Kou, Lauing, Lythcott-Haims, Stone, Tanaka, Veenker
Present Remotely:
Absent:
Closed Session
1. CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS Authority: Government Code Section
54956.8 Property: 4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto (Informally known as the Cubberley
Site) Negotiating Party: Palo Alto Unified School District City Negotiators: (Ed Shikada,
Chantal Cotton Gaines, Kristen O'Kane, Sunny Tong) Subject of Negotiations: Purchase,
Exchange, and/or Lease Price and Terms of Payment
MOTION: Council Member Burt moved, seconded by Vice Mayor Stone to not go into Closed
Session and direct staff to bring Item back to Council in open session in a Public Hearing.
MOTION PASSED: 7-0
Consent Calendar
Council Member Tanaka registered a no vote on Agenda Item Number 6.
MOTION: Vice Mayor Stone moved, seconded by Mayor Kou to approve Agenda Item Numbers
2-6.
MOTION PASSED ITEMS 2-5: 7-0
MOTION PASSED ITEM 6: 6-1, Tanaka no
2. Approval of Minutes from August 7, 2023 Meeting
3. Approval of an Extraterritorial Utility Service and Offsite Infrastructure Agreement
between City of Palo Alto and City of Mountain View in relation to Palo Alto Homekey
DRAFT ACTION MINUTES
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City Council Meeting
Draft Action Minutes: 08/21/2023
project at 1237 San Antonio Road for connection to City of Mountain View Water and
Sewer Utility Services.
4. Approval of Contract C24187741A with Vance Brown, Inc., not to exceed $370,881, for
Repair of the Lytton Plaza Fountain and Approval of a Budget Amendment in the Capital
Improvement Fund (2/3 vote required); CEQA status - Categorically exempt per regulation
15301 (existing facilities).
5. Approval of Office of City Auditor FY2024 Task Orders; CEQA Status - Not a project
6. SECOND READING: Adoption of an Ordinance 5592 Amending Section 9.68.010 (Purpose)
and Section 9.68.040 (Just Cause Evictions Required) in Palo Alto Municipal Code Chapter
9.68, Rental Housing Stabilization, to Reduce the Minimum Time Period Required for
Renters to Qualify for Just Cause Eviction Protections. CEQA status—exempt under CEQA
Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3). (FIRST READING: August 7, 2023 PASSED 6-1, Tanaka no)
City Manager Comments
Ed Shikada, City Manager
Action Items
7. Staff Recommends that Council Direct Staff to Explore Purchase of Property Contiguous
to the Regional Water Quality Control Plant (RWQCP) to Meet Current and Future Needs
of the RWQCP
MOTION: Council Member Lauing moved, seconded by Council Member Burt to direct staff to:
1. Explore the purchase of property contiguous to the Regional Water Quality Control Plant
(RWQCP) to meet current and future space needs and if purchase not available, explore
long-term lease options as secondary;
2. Explore funding options to enable purchase of one or more of the three properties
contiguous to the RWQCP; and
3. Return to Council with recommendations for purchase of property contiguous to the
RWQCP and to report on the stormwater infiltration and potential use of the 5-acres of
the Measure E site.
MOTION PASSED: 7-0
DRAFT ACTION MINUTES
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City Council Meeting
Draft Action Minutes: 08/21/2023
Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 7:05 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.