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: 1/28/2025
Time: 5:00 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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Special Session – 5:00 p.m.
A. Call To Order
B. Roll Call
C. Closed Session
C1. Closed session conference with labor negotiators pursuant to Government Code §54957.6 regarding labor negotiations with the Menlo Park Police Sergeants’ Association Attendees: City Manager Justin I.C. Murphy, Assistant City Manager Stephen Stolte, City Attorney Nira Doherty, Administrative Services Director Brittany Mello, Human Resources Manager Charla Freckmann, Legal Counsel Charles Sakai
Not a California Environmental Quality Act (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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C2. Conference with legal counsel – anticipated litigation (Paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) of Government Code § 54956.9) Significant exposure to litigation: One case
Not a CEQA project.
C3. Conference with legal counsel – existing litigation Paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of Government Code §54956.9) Name of case: Pistorino v. City of Menlo Park (Case No. 23-CIV-05289) 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. Presentation: HIP Housing calendar contest
Not a CEQA project.
J. Consent Calendar
J1. Accept the City Council meeting minutes for December 17, 2024 and January 13, 2025 (Attachment)
Not a CEQA project.
K. Regular Business
K1. Introduce and waive the first reading of an ordinance to amend Chapter 12.18 of Title 12 (Buildings and Construction) of the Menlo Park Municipal Code to adopt local amendments to the 2022 California Building Standards Code (Staff Report #25-010-CC) Not a CEQA project.
K2. Consider and adopt resolutions to (1) approve proposed alternatives to the Below Market Rate Housing Guidelines as requested by Habitat for Humanity Greater San Francisco for the proposed affordable housing development project located at 335 Pierce Rd. and (2) authorize the city
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manager to execute a community funding agreement, substantially in form attached, with Habitat for Humanity Greater San Francisco in the amount of $3.6 million from the below market rate housing special revenue fund for the acquisition of land located at 335 Pierce Rd. and approve the appropriation of $3.6 million from the below market rate housing special revenue fund in the fiscal year 2024-25 budget (Staff Report #25-011-CC)
Not a CEQA project.
K3. Consider and adopt a resolution to amend the salary schedule effective Feb. 9, 2025 (Staff Report #25-008-CC)
Not a CEQA project.
L. Informational Items
L1. City Council agenda topics: February 2025 (Staff Report #25-012-CC) Not a CEQA project.
L2. Communitywide electrification program: Home Upgrade Services progress report (Staff Report #25-009-CC)
Not a CEQA project.
M. City Council Initiated Items
M1. Request by City Councilmember Schmidt for a future agenda topic (Staff Report #25-007-CC) 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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obtained by contacting City Clerk at 650-330-6620. (Posted: 1/23/2025)