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HomeMy WebLinkAboutStaff Report 2505-4633CITY OF PALO ALTO CITY COUNCIL Monday, May 19, 2025 Council Chambers & Hybrid 4:30 PM     Agenda Item     6.Approval of Minutes from May 5, 2025 Meeting City Council Staff Report Report Type: CONSENT CALENDAR Lead Department: City Clerk Meeting Date: May 19, 2025 Report #:2505-4633 TITLE Approval of Minutes from May 5, 2025 Meeting RECOMMENDATION Staff recommend that the City Council review and approve the minutes. ATTACHMENTS Attachment A: May 5, 2025 Draft Action Minutes APPROVED BY: Mahealani Ah Yun CITY COUNCIL DRAFT ACTION MINUTES Page 1 of 4 Regular Meeting May 5, 2025 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, Lauing, Lu, Lythcott-Haims, Reckdahl, Stone, Veenker Present Remotely: Absent: Special Orders of the Day 1. City Employee Years of Service Awards and Proclamation acknowledging Public Service Recognition Week: May 4-10, 2025 NO ACTION 2. Proclamation Honoring Russ Reich for his Service to the City of Palo Alto NO ACTION 3. Proclamation of May 2025 as Affordable Housing Month NO ACTION Closed Session 4. CONFERENCE WITH CITY ATTORNEY - EXISTING LITIGATION Subject: McGavock v. City of Palo Alto, et al. Santa Clara County Superior Court Case No.23-CV-413813 Authority: Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1) One Case, as Defendant 5. CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS DRAFT ACTION MINUTES Page 2 of 4 City Council Meeting Draft Action Minutes: 05/05/2025 Authority: Government Code Section 54956.8 Property: 2470 Embarcadero Way, Assessor’s Parcel Number 008-03-072 Negotiating Parties: Bioscience Properties, Inc. City Negotiators: Karin North, Sunny Tong, Caio Arellano Subject of Potential Negotiations: Lease Price and Terms of Payment MOTION: Councilmember Lythcott-Haims moved, seconded by Councilmember Reckdahl to go into Closed Session. MOTION PASSED: 7-0 Council went into Closed Session at 6:00 P.M. Council returned from Closed Session at 7:10 P.M. Mayor Lauing announced no reportable action. Agenda Changes, Additions and Deletions Council Member Questions, Comments and Announcements City Manager Comments Ed Shikada, City Manager Public Comment Study Session 6. City Manager Transmittal of the Fiscal Year 2026 Proposed Operating and Capital Budgets NO ACTION DRAFT ACTION MINUTES Page 3 of 4 City Council Meeting Draft Action Minutes: 05/05/2025 Consent Calendar Councilmember Burt requested to pull Agenda Item Number 11. Councilmember Burt registered a no vote on Agenda Item Number 11. MOTION: Councilmember Lythcott-Haims moved, seconded by Councilmember Reckdahl to approve Agenda Item Numbers 7-13. MOTION PASSED ITEMS 7-10, 12-13: 7-0 MOTION PASSED ITEM 11: 6-1, Burt no 7. Approval of Minutes from April 14, 2025 and April 21, 2025 Meetings 8. 2025 City Council Priority Objectives, and Committee Objectives and Workplans 9. Approval of Contract Change Order No. 1 in the Amount of $1,500,000 to Contract C23186274 with Monterey Mechanical Company, for On-Call Emergency and Critical Construction Services at the Regional Water Quality Control Plant, for a Total Compensation Not-to-Exceed Amount of $3,000,000, funded by Wastewater Treatment Fund Capital Improvement Plant Repair, Retrofit, and Equipment Replacement Capital Project (WQ-19002); CEQA Status – Not a Project 10. Approval of Amendment and Extension of Supplement Agreement No.1 to the Master Funding Agreement Between the City of Palo Alto and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, to Prepare a Downtown Housing Plan for the City of Palo Alto. CEQA Status: Exempt Under CEQA Guidelines Sections 15061(b)(3) and 15262. 11. Approval of Boards, Commissions, and Committees Interview Process as recommended by Policy and Services Committee 12. SECOND READING: Ordinance of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Amending PAMC Sections 2.04.190 and 2.04.200 to Set the Regular Meeting Time of the Finance Committee and the Policy and Services Committee by Resolution or Ordinance 13. SECOND READING: Ordinance of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Amending Section 18.08.040 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code (The Zoning Map) to Change the Classification of Property Located at 70 Encina Avenue from Service Commercial (CS) Zone to Planned Community Zone (PC) DRAFT ACTION MINUTES Page 4 of 4 City Council Meeting Draft Action Minutes: 05/05/2025 Action Items 14. PUBLIC HEARING / QUASI-JUDICIAL. 4075 El Camino Way [23PLN-00202]: Adoption of an Amendment to a Planned Community Ordinance (PC-5116) to Allow for Modifications to an Existing 121-Unit Assisted Living and Memory Care Facility. Environmental Assessment: Exempt from the Provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) in Accordance with CEQA Guidelines Section 15301 (Modifications to Existing Facilities). This agenda item has been continued to a date uncertain. Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 11:23 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.