HomeMy WebLinkAboutStaff Report 2508-5092CITY OF PALO ALTO
CITY COUNCIL
Monday, September 08, 2025
Council Chambers & Hybrid
5:30 PM
Agenda Item
15.SECOND READING: Ordinance Adding Use of Council Chambers Fees to the FY 2026
Municipal Fee Schedule (FIRST READING: August 11, 2025 PASSED 6-0-1, Lythcott-Haims
absent)
City Council
Staff Report
Report Type: CONSENT CALENDAR
Lead Department: City Clerk
Meeting Date: September 8, 2025
Report #:2508-5092
TITLE
SECOND READING: Ordinance Adding Use of Council Chambers Fees to the FY 2026 Municipal
Fee Schedule (FIRST READING: August 11, 2025 PASSED 6-0-1, Lythcott-Haims absent)
BACKGROUND
The City Council heard this item on August 11, 2025 for a first reading and approved it on a 6-0-
1 vote. No changes were made to the ordinance, and it is now before the City Council for a
second reading.
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment A - Ordinance Amending the FY 2026 Muni Fee Schedule to Add New Fee
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 the Fiscal Year 2026
Municipal Fee Schedule to Add New Fees for the Use of the Council Chambers
The Council of the City of Palo Alto ORDAINS as follows:
SECTION 1. Findings and Declarations. The City Council finds and declares as follows:
A.The City adopted a Council Chamber Use Policy to establish clear guidelines for the use of
the Council Chambers, Community Meeting Room, and Flexible Meeting Room (“Council
Chambers”). The City will assess a Refundable Cleaning and Damage Deposit of $250.00.
B.In addition, users of the Council Chambers may require staff assistance. If so, a $49
attendant fee and a technology assistance fee of $100 per hour per staff member will be
charged.
C.The fees in this ordinance will help offset the reasonable cost of using City staff.
SECTION 2. The Council of the City of Palo Alto amends the Fiscal Year 2026 Municipal Fee
Schedule by adopting the new fees for the Use of Council Chambers as set forth in Exhibit “A”
and incorporated here by reference.
SECTION 3. The fee in this Ordinance is for a specific government service provided directly
to the payor that is not provided to those not charged and which does not exceed the reasonable
costs to the local government of providing the service or product. Pursuant to Art. XIII C, Section
1(e)(2) of the California Constitution, this fee is not a tax.
SECTION 4. The Council finds that this ordinance is not a “project” under CEQA because it
has no potential for resulting in either a direct or reasonable foreseeable indirect change in the
environment.
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*NOT YET APPROVED*
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SECTION 5. This ordinance shall be effective upon adoption as an amendment to the City’s
FY26 budget.
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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City Clerk
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Director of Administrative
Services
*NOT YET APPROVED*
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Attachment A
Fiscal Year 2026 Municipal Fee Schedule
City Clerk Fees