City of Menlo Park 701 Laurel St., Menlo Park, CA 94025 tel 650-330-6600 menlopark.gov City Council
REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
Date: 8/27/2024
Time: 6:00 p.m.
Locations: Zoom.us/join – ID# 832 1285 7140 and
City Council Chambers
751 Laurel St., Menlo Park, CA 94025
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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)
Regular Session
A. Call To Order
B. Roll Call
C. Agenda Review
D. 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
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under public comment other than to provide general information.
E. Study Session
E1. Review and provide feedback on the affordable housing on City-Owned Downtown Parking Lots Feasibility Study and guidance on the next steps to implement Housing Element program H4.G (Staff Report #24-151-CC) (Presentation)
Not a California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) project.
F. Consent Calendar
F1. Accept the City Council meeting minutes for August 12 and 13, 2024 (Attachment) Not a CEQA project.
F2. Adopt a resolution updating the event sponsorship policy (Staff Report #24-142-CC) Not a CEQA project.
F3. Adopt resolutions authorizing staff to submit applications to the San Mateo County Transportation Authority for Measures A & W Pedestrian and Bicycle Program (Staff Report #24-147-CC) Not a CEQA project.
F4. Adopt a resolution authorizing staff to submit an application to the San Mateo County Transportation Authority for Measure A Alternative Congestion Relief and Measure W Transportation Demand Management Program Funding (Staff Report #24-144-CC) Not a CEQA project.
G. Public Hearing
G1. Consider a City Council call-up of the Planning Commission’s approval of a use permit and architectural control permit to demolish an existing service station and construct a new service station, including a convenience store and car wash for Chevron, and a use permit to allow concurrent sale of beer and wine for off-premises consumption (Type 20 Alcoholic Beverage Control License) with motor vehicle fuel and 24-hour operations for the fueling pumps and limited 24-hour operations for the convenience store in the C-2-S (Neighborhood Commercial, Special) zoning district at 1399 Willow Rd. (Staff Report #24-150-CC) Determine this action is consistent with the certified Willow Village Masterplan Project Environmental Impact Report.
H. Regular Business
H1. Adopt a resolution to amend the 2030 climate action plan to include an implementation scope of work for 2025-2030 (Staff Report #24-149-CC) (Presentation) Not a CEQA project.
H2. Adopt a resolution to approve the successor agreement between the City of Menlo Park and the Menlo Park Police Officers’ Association expiring Aug. 31, 2027 (Staff Report #24-140-CC) H3. Adopt a resolution to approve amendments to the Management Compensation Plan document for
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unrepresented management classifications effective Sept. 8, 2024 (Staff Report #24-145-CC) Not a CEQA project.
H4. Adopt a resolution to amend the salary schedule effective Sept. 8, 2024 (Staff Report #24-146-CC)
Not a CEQA project.
I. Informational Items
I1. City Council agenda topics: September 2024 (Staff Report #24-148-CC) Not a CEQA project.
I2. Police department quarterly update – Q2 April – June 2024 (Staff Report #24-141-CC) (Informe de Personal #24-141-CC)
Not a CEQA project.
I3. Tesla police patrol vehicle pilot update (Staff Report #24-143-CC) Not a CEQA project.
J. City Manager Report
K. City Councilmember Reports
L. 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: 8/22/2024)