City of Menlo Park 701 Laurel St., Menlo Park, CA 94025 tel 650-330-6600 menlopark.gov City Council
SPECIAL AND REGULAR MEETING AGENDA – AMENDED
Date: 7/9/2024
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
This amended agenda includes updates to the Attachment A for item L2.
Vice Mayor Combs will be participating from:
777 Convention Way,
Anaheim, California 92802
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Special Session
A. Call To Order
B. Roll Call
C. Closed Session
City of Menlo Park 701 Laurel St., Menlo Park, CA 94025 tel 650-330-6600 menlopark.gov City Council Special and Regular Meeting Agenda – Amended July 9, 2024
C1. Conference with legal counsel – existing litigation Paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of §54956.9
Name of case: City of Menlo Park v. Florence Lane Ventures Case No. 23-CIV05524 Not a California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) project.
C2. Closed session conference with labor negotiators pursuant to Government Code §54957.6 regarding labor negotiations with the Police Officers Association Attendees: City Manager Justin I.C. Murphy, City Attorney Nira Doherty, Administrative Services Director Brittany Mello, Human Resources Manager Charla Freckmann, Assistant City Manager Stephen Stolte, Legal Counsel Charles Sakai
Not a CEQA project.
Regular Session
D. Call To Order
E. Roll Call
F. Report from Closed Session
G. Agenda Review
H. 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.
I. Presentations and Proclamations
I1. Proclamation: Parks and Recreation Month (Attachment) Not a CEQA project.
I2. Presentation: Annual Environmental Quality Commission report out (Attachment) Not a CEQA project.
J. Consent Calendar
J1. Accept the City Council meeting minutes for June 18 and 25, 2024 (Attachment) Not a CEQA project.
J2. Waive the second reading and adopt an ordinance adding Chapter 13.32 (Wireless Facilities in the Public Right-of-Way) to Title 13 (Streets, Sidewalks and Utilities) of the Municipal Code and adopt an uncodified ordinance adopting certain fees relating to the wireless facilities permit and site
City of Menlo Park 701 Laurel St., Menlo Park, CA 94025 tel 650-330-6600 menlopark.gov City Council Special and Regular Meeting Agenda – Amended July 9, 2024
license fee (Staff Report #24-122-CC)
Not a CEQA project.
J3. Repeal and replace City Council policies and procedures and approve updates to the City Council Procedures Manual (Staff Report #24-130-CC)
Not a CEQA project.
J4. Adopt a resolution updating the recreation scholarship policy (Staff Report #24-124-CC) Not a CEQA project.
K. Public Hearing
K1. Adopt resolutions 1) denying an appeal and upholding the Planning Commission’s approval of a use permit, architectural control permit and below market rate housing agreement for an eight-unit residential building on a substandard lot with regard to minimum lot width in the R-3 (Apartment) zoning district at 1220 Hoover St. and 2) approving the tentative map to subdivide the property into eight condominium units and one common area parcel (Staff Report #24-123-CC) (Staff presentation) (Applicant presentation) (Appellant presentation) Determine this action is categorically exempt under CEQA Guidelines §15332 Class 32 exemption for infill development.
L. Regular Business
L1. Adopt a resolution calling an election in the City of Menlo Park to be consolidated with the City’s next general municipal election on November 5, 2024 and submitting to the electors a ballot measure to increase the City’s transient occupancy tax from twelve percent (12%) to fifteen and one half percent (15.5%) by amending Menlo Park Municipal Code Chapter 3.16 (Transient Occupancy Tax), establishing the policies and procedures for such an election, requesting that San Mateo County provide election services, directing the city attorney to prepare an impartial analysis, and authorizing the filing of rebuttal argument (Staff Report #24-127-CC) Not a CEQA project.
L2. Adopt a resolution to amend the salary schedule effective July 14, 2024, and adopt a resolution to approve a side letter of agreement with the Service Employees International Union Local 521 to incorporate these salary schedule changes and appropriate additional funds (Staff Report #24-128-CC)
Not a CEQA project.
M. Informational Items
M1. City Council agenda topics: August 2024 (Staff Report #24-129-CC) Not a CEQA project.
M2. Belle Haven Community Campus operational updates (Staff Report #24-125-CC) Not a CEQA project.
M3. Communitywide electrification program: Home Upgrade Services progress report (Staff Report #24-126-CC)
City of Menlo Park 701 Laurel St., Menlo Park, CA 94025 tel 650-330-6600 menlopark.gov City Council Special and Regular Meeting Agenda – Amended July 9, 2024
Not a CEQA project.
N. City Manager Report
O. City Councilmember Reports
P. 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.
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