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Special Meeting
April 1, 2025
Chairperson Stone called the meeting to order on this date at 7:02 P.M.
Present: City of Palo Alto Representatives
Greer Stone, Councilmember (Chair)
George Lu, Councilmember
Ed Shikada, City Manager
Chantal Gaines, Deputy City Manager
Palo Alto Unified School District Representatives
Alison Kahmi, Board Member
Shana Segal, Board Member
Board Member Chiu arrived at 7:04 P.M.
Guillermo Lopez, Associate Superintendent
Yolanda Conaway, Assistant Superintendent of Equity and Student Affairs
Absent:
CALL TO ORDER
REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATIONS
A. Open Forum/Public Communications
NO ACTION
B. Approval of Minutes
MOTION: Board Member Segal moved, seconded by Chair Stone, to approve the minutes as presented.
MOTION PASSED: 4-0
C. City and District Reports
NO ACTION
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ACTION MINUTES
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City School Liaison Committee Meeting
Action Minutes: 04/01/2025
F. Safe Routes to School Annual Report for 2022‐2025 and Review Endorsement of Consensus
Statement; CEQA Status ‐ not a project Title
MOTION: Councilmember Lu moved, seconded by Board Member Segal, to recommend that the Palo
Alto Unified School District Board of Education and the City of Palo Alto City Council endorse the Safe
Routes to School Consensus Statement and City/School Transportation Safety Committee Bylaws.
MOTION PASSED: 4-0
D. Youth Mental Health ‐ Proposal for City and School District Partnerships with The Jed Foundation
MOTION: Chair Stone moved, seconded by Council Member Lu, to have the City Schools Liaison
Committee refer the Jed Foundation proposal and further refine the scope with stakeholders to the City
Council for Council discussion and potential direction and for continued collaboration with the School
District.
MOTION PASSED: 4-0
E. Future Business
NO ACTION
ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjourned at 8:17 P.M.