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CITY COUNCIL
Special Meeting
Monday, September 09, 2024
Council Chambers & Hybrid
5:30 PM
Agenda Item
12.SECOND READING: Ordinance of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Amending PAMC
Section 22.08.440 to Rename Tower Well Park to Fred Eyerly Tower Well Park (FIRST
READING: August 12, 2024 PASSED 7-0)
City Council
Staff Report
Report Type: CONSENT CALENDAR
Lead Department: City Clerk
Meeting Date: September 9, 2024
Report #:2408-3372
TITLE
SECOND READING: Ordinance of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Amending PAMC Section
22.08.440 to Rename Tower Well Park to Fred Eyerly Tower Well Park (FIRST READING: August
12, 2024 PASSED 7-0)
BACKGROUND
This ordinance was heard by the City Council on August 12, 2024 for a first reading and was
approved 7-0. No changes were made to the ordinance; it is now before City Council for a second
reading.
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment A: Ordinance Amending PAMC Section 22.08.440 to Rename Tower Well Park to Fred
Eyerly Tower Well Park
APPROVED BY:
Mahealani Ah Yun, City Clerk
*Not Yet Approved*
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Ordinance No._____
Ordinance of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Amending PAMC Section 22.08.440 to Rename
Tower Well Park to Fred Eyerly Tower Well Park
The Council of the City of Palo Alto ORDAINS as follows:
SECTION 1. The City Council finds and declares as follows:
A. On March 4, 2024, the City Council dedicated Tower Well Park as codified at Palo Alto
Municipal Code section 22.08.440.
B. The City Council now desires to rename the park as Fred Eyerly Tower Well Park.
SECTION 2. Section 22.08.440 (Tower Well Park) of Chapter 22.08 (Park Dedications) of
the Palo Alto Municipal Code (PAMC) is hereby amended and restated as follows (deleted text is
in strikethrough, new text is underlined):
22.08.440 Fred Eyerly Tower Well Park.
That certain parcel of land known as the Fred Eyerly Tower Well Park, as delineated and
described in Exhibit A-31, is hereby reserved for park, playground, recreation or conservation
purposes.
SECTION 3. If any section, subsection, clause or phrase of this Ordinance is for any reason
held to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion or sections
of the Ordinance. The Council hereby declares that it should have adopted the Ordinance and
each section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase thereof irrespective of the fact that any one
or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid.
SECTION 4. The Council finds that this project is exempt from the provisions of the
California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”), pursuant to Section 15061 of the CEQA
Guidelines, because it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the ordinance
will have a significant effect on the environment.
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*Not Yet Approved*
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SECTION 5. This ordinance shall be effective on the thirty-first day after the date of its
adoption.
INTRODUCED:
PASSED
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTENTIONS:
ATTEST:
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City Clerk Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM: APPROVED:
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Assistant City Attorney City Manager
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Director, Community Services Department