City of Menlo Park 701 Laurel St., Menlo Park, CA 94025 tel 650-330-6600 menlopark.gov City Council
SPECIAL AND REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
Date: 6/11/2024
Time: Special City Council Meeting 5:30 p.m.
Regular City Council Meeting 6:00 p.m.
Locations: Zoom.us/join – ID# 832 1285 7140 and
City Council Chambers
751 Laurel St., Menlo Park, CA 94025
City Councilmember Doerr will be participating from:
6 Eden St.
Bar Harbor, Maine 04609
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Watch meeting:
• Cable television subscriber in Menlo Park, East Palo Alto, Atherton and Palo Alto:
Channel 26 (Uverse channel 99)
Subject to Change: The format of this meeting may be altered or the meeting may be cancelled. You may check on the status of the meeting by visiting the city website menlopark.gov. The instructions for logging on to the webinar and/or the access code is subject to change. If you have difficulty accessing the webinar, please check the latest online edition of the posted agenda for updated information (menlopark.gov/agendas)
A. Call To Order
B. Roll Call
C. Closed Session
C1. Conference with legal counsel – anticipated litigation Paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) of Gov. Code §54956.9
Significant exposure to litigation: One case
Not a California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) project.
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D. Agenda Review
E. Presentations and Proclamations
E1. Presentation: RethinkWaste Trash to Art Contest Winner (Attachment) Not a CEQA project.
E2. Proclamation: Gun Violence Awareness Day (Attachment) Not a CEQA project.
E3. Proclamation: Pride Month (Attachment)
Not a CEQA project.
E4. Proclamation: Juneteenth (Attachment)
Not a CEQA project.
F. Public Comment
Under “Public Comment,” the public may address the City Council on any subject not listed on the agenda. Each speaker may address the City Council once under public comment for a limit of three minutes; in some instances, speaker time may be limited. You are not required to provide your name or City of residence, but it is helpful. The City Council cannot act on items not listed on the agenda and, therefore, the City Council cannot respond to non-agenda issues brought up under public comment other than to provide general information.
G. Consent Calendar
G1. Accept the City Council meeting minutes for May 7 and 14, 2024 (Attachment) Not a CEQA project.
G2. Adopt a resolution calling and giving notice of holding a General Municipal Election for two City Council seats in Districts 3 and 5, requesting that the City Council consolidate the election with the Presidential General Election to be held Nov. 5, 2024, and contracting with the San Mateo County Chief Elections Officer and Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder for election services (Staff Report #24-109-CC)
Not a CEQA project.
G3. Authorize the city manager to execute a maintenance agreement with Ecological Concerns Inc. for herbicide-free parks landscape maintenance services (Staff Report #24-099-CC) Not a CEQA project.
G4. Authorize the city manager to execute a maintenance agreement with West Coast Arborist, Inc. for annual tree maintenance services (Staff Report #24-100-CC) Determine this action is categorically exempt pursuant CEQA Guidelines §15301 for existing facilities.
G5. Award a construction contract to VSS International, Inc. for the 2024 Pavement Slurry project, authorize the city manager to execute a funding agreement with the Town of Atherton and approve
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a transfer of funds (Staff Report #24-107-CC)
Determine this action is categorically exempt pursuant to CEQA Guidelines §§15301 and 15304 existing facilities.
G6. Adopt a resolution approving the list of projects eligible for fiscal year 2024-25 funds from Senate Bill 1: The Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017 (Staff Report #24-101-CC) Not a CEQA project.
G7. Authorize the city manager to execute an amendment to the construction contract with Blue Flame Crew West, LLC for the Bedwell Bayfront Park landfill gas and leachate collection system (Staff Report #24-102-CC)
Determine this action is categorically exempt pursuant to CEQA Guidelines §15301(b) existing facilities.
G8. Amend the agreement with APTIM Environmental and Infrastructure, LLC for the operation, maintenance and reporting of the Bedwell Bayfront Park Landfill gas and leachate collection systems (Staff Report #24-103-CC)
Determine this action is categorically exempt pursuant CEQA Guidelines §15301 exemption for existing facilities.
G9. Adopt a resolution approving the preliminary engineer’s report for the Menlo Park Landscaping Assessment District and adopt a resolution intending to order the levy and collection of assessments for the Landscaping Assessment District for fiscal year 2024-25 (Staff Report #24-110-CC)
Not a CEQA project.
G10. Award a construction contract for on-call asphalt and concrete repair services with Cato’s General Engineering, Inc. (Staff Report #24-104-CC)
Determine this action is categorically exempt pursuant to CEQA Guidelines §15301(c) existing facilities.
G11. Award an on-call construction contract to Chrisp Company for signage and striping services (Staff Report #24-105-CC)
Determine this action is categorically exempt pursuant to CEQA Guidelines §15301(c) existing facilities.
H. Public Hearing
H1. Public hearing on proposed fiscal year 2024-25 budget and capital improvement plan (Staff Report #24-112-CC) (Presentation)
Not a CEQA project.
H2. Consider a resolution affirming a proposed in-lieu payment satisfies the requirement to provide community amenities for a proposed bonus-level development project of approximately 228,398 square feet in the LS-B (Life Science – Bonus) zoning district located at 985-1005 O’Brien Dr. and 1320 Willow Rd. (Staff Report #24-098-CC) (Presentation) Not a CEQA project.
City of Menlo Park 701 Laurel St., Menlo Park, CA 94025 tel 650-330-6600 menlopark.gov City Council Special and Regular Meeting Agenda
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I. Regular Business
I1. Adopt a resolution renewing Chapter 2.70 of the Menlo Park Municipal Code entitled military equipment use ordinance, Menlo Park Military Equipment Use Policy, and finding that the 2023 Menlo Park Police Department annual military equipment report complies with the standards of approval set forth in Menlo Park Police Department policy 708.7 and Government Code §7071(d) (Staff Report #24-106-CC) (Presentation)
Not a CEQA project.
J. Informational Items
J1. City Council agenda topics: June – July 2024 (Staff Report #24-111-CC) Not a CEQA project.
J2. Update on the City Council Procedures Manual (Staff Report #24-108-CC) Not a CEQA project.
K. City Manager Report
L. City Councilmember Reports
M. Adjournment
At every regular meeting of the City Council, in addition to the public comment period where the public shall have the right to address the City Council on any matters of public interest not listed on the agenda, members of the public have the right to directly address the City Council on any item listed on the agenda at a time designated by the chair, either before or during the City Council’s consideration of the item.
At every special meeting of the City Council, members of the public have the right to directly address the City Council on any item listed on the agenda at a time designated by the chair, either before or during consideration of the item. Special meetings of the City Council do not provide the opportunity for public comment on items not on the agenda (Cal. Gov.
Code §54956.)
If you challenge any of the items listed on this agenda in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City of Menlo Park at, or before, the public hearing.
Any writing that is distributed to a majority of the City Council by any person in connection with an agenda item is a public record (subject to any exemption under the Public Records Act) and is available by request by emailing the city clerk at [email protected]. Persons with disabilities, who require auxiliary aids or services in attending or participating in City Council meetings, may call the City Clerk’s Office at 650-330-6620.
Agendas are posted in accordance with Cal. Gov. Code §54954.2(a) or §54956. Members of the public can view electronic agendas and staff reports by accessing the City website at menlopark.gov/agendas and can receive email notification of agenda postings by subscribing at menlopark.gov/subscribe. Agendas and staff reports may also be obtained by contacting City Clerk at 650-330-6620. (Posted: 6/6/2024)