EAST PALO ALTO CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR SESSION AGENDA
Tuesday, February 3, 2026, 6:00 PM
EPA Government Center
2415 University Avenue, First Floor
East Palo Alto, CA 94303
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1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL
2. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA
3. APPROVAL OF CONSENT CALENDAR
3.1 C
ummings Loft
Project
(
FA-15
)
C
onstr
uction
C
ontract
A
ward
Recommendation:
Adopt the resolution:
Authorizing the City Manager to award, negotiate and execute a construction contract with, Greentech Industry Inc., in a form approved by the City Attorney, for a total contract value of $540,612.00; and establishing a ten percent (10%) construction contingency in the amount of $ 54,061.20
for a total construction budget of $594,673.20;
Finding that the project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under Sections 15301, 15303, and 15304 of the CEQA Guidelines.
3.2 City
wide Lighting
Project
Assessment
(ST-
04 A/B
)
C
ontract
A
ward
Recommendation:
Adopt the resolution:
Authorizing the City Manager to award, negotiate and execute a construction contract with Gener al Lighting Services, Inc., in a form approved by the City Attorney, for a total contract value of $693,973.00, and a 10% contingency in the amount of $68,397.30 for a not-to-exceed contract amount of $763,370.30; Appropriating $763,370.30 from the lighting district fund; Finding that the project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under Section 21000 of the CEQA Guidelines.
3.3 Minor Home
Repairs Memorandum of Understanding with County of San Mateo Recommendation:
Adopt a resolution:
1. Authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and execute a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and any documents required with the County of San Mateo (County), in a form approved by the City Attorney, to provide minor home repairs services to low-income senior homeowners in East Palo Alto, in an amount not to exceed $125,000;
2. Appropriating $125,000 from the General Fund Committed Fund Balance – Community Resource Fund to support the Minor Home Repairs Program;
3. Finding that the proposed action is exempt from the City’s Purchasing Ordinance pursuant to East Palo Alto Municipal Code Section 2.84.060(10) (contracts with other governmental entities); and
4. Finding that the proposed action does not constitute a "project" with the meaning of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines sections 15378(b)(4) and (5) in that it is a governmental fiscal, organizational or administrative activity that will not result in direct or indirect changes in the environment.
3.4 CalPERS
Pension Prefunding
Recommendation:
Adopt a resolution appropriating $3.0 million from the previously committed fund balance to make Additional Discretionary Payments (ADP) to the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) to reduce the City’s unfunded actuarial accrued
liability
3.5 EPACENTER FY26 TOT Program Update
Recommendation:
Receive an informational report from staff updating Council on the use of EPACENTER’s FY26 TOT Grant Funding and a change to programming schedule.
4. CLOSED SESSION
5. PUBLIC COMMENT
6. ADJOURN CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING TO THE EAST PALO ALTO SANITARY DISTRICT BOARD MEETING
7. APPROVAL OF EPASD CONSENT CALENDAR
7.1 Cash Disbursement Report for November 2025
Recommendation:
Accept the cash disbursement report required pursuant to California Health and Safety Code Section 6794.
7.2 Cash Disbursement Report for December 2025
Recommendation:
Accept the cash disbursement report required pursuant to California Health and Safety Code Section 6794.
8. ADJOURN EAST PALO ALTO SANITARY DISTRICT BOARD MEETING AND RECONVENE CITY COUNCIL REGUALR MEETING
9. INFORMATIONAL REPORTS
10. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS
11. PUBLIC HEARINGS
11.1 Residential Permit Parking Program Ordinance (RPP) First Reading Recommendation:
By motion, the City Council should:
Waive the first reading and adopt an ordinance adding a new Chapter 10.40 (Residential Permit Parking Program) to the East Palo Alto Municipal Code (or any other substantive amendments proposed by staff or the Council to the original ordinance, in which case, waive the first reading and introduce the ordinance, as amended); Find that the proposed action is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines sections 15301 (minor alterations) and 15061(b)(3) (common sense exemption); and Direct staff to return to City Council with proposed RPP program details which include permit costs, citation fees, recommended residential Permit Parking Areas, and maximum number of permits per household per area.
12. POLICY AND ACTION
12.1 Mid-year Budget Amendment for Fiscal Year 2025-26
Recommendation:
Adopt a resolution approving amendments to the Fiscal Year 2025-26 budget
12.2 2026 Summer Park Activation Recommendations
Recommendation:
Adopt a resolution:
Authorizing the City Manager to award, negotiate and execute contracts with the following twelve (12) organizations listed alphabetically to provide programming for the 2026 Summer Park Activation series, in a form approved by the City Attorney, for various amounts, for a total not-to-exceed amount of $192,015:
Bay Area Urban Eagles (up to $16,000);
East Palo Alto Boxing Club (up to $16,000);
East Palo Alto Razorbacks Rugby Club (up to $20,000);
EPA Peninsula Rugby Football Club (Razorhawks) (up to $16,000); East Palo Alto T-Ball/Pitching Machine (up to $16,000); East Palo Alto Tennis & Tutoring (up to $20,000);
Hope Horizon (up to $16,000);
Lewis & Joan Platt East Palo Alto Family YMCA (up to $16,000); Mid-Peninsula Athletic Association (up to $4,015);
Silverscape Ventures (up to $16,000);
StreetCode Academy (up to $16,000); and
Youth Community Service (up to $20,000).
Finding that the proposed action
does not constitute a “Project” within the meaning of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), pursuant to CEQA Guideline section 15378 (b)(5), in that it is a government administrative activity that will not result in direct or indirect changes in the environment.
13. COUNCIL REPORTS
13.1 Letter from Mayor Lincoln Regarding Woodland
13.2 Letter from Ruben Abrica Regarding Commentary on Elimination of Parking Spaces
14. ADJOURNMENT
Upcoming meetings:
Febraury 24, 2026
Special Meeting
6:00 PM
March 3, 2026
Regular Meeting
6:00 PM
March 17, 2026
Regular Meeting
6:00 PM
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POSTED: January 27, 2026
ATTEST:
James Colin
City Clerk
East Palo Alto City Council
February 3, 2026 Agenda