City of Menlo Park 701 Laurel St., Menlo Park, CA 94025 tel 650-330-6600 menlopark.gov City Council
REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
Date: 7/8/2025
Time: 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 Taylor will be participating from:
3252 West March Ln.
Stockton, California 95219
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Meeting ID 832 1285 7140
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• 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)
Regular Session
A. Call To Order
B. Roll Call
City of Menlo Park 701 Laurel St., Menlo Park, CA 94025 tel 650-330-6600 menlopark.gov City Council Regular Meeting Agenda
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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 under public comment other than to provide general information.
E. Presentations and Proclamations
E1. Proclamation: Park and Recreation Month (Attachment) Not a CEQA project.
E2. Presentation: California Parks and Recreation Society’s (CPRS) Award of Excellence in Design Not a CEQA project.
E3. Presentation: West Bay Sanitary District recycled water update (Presentation) Not a CEQA project.
F. Consent Calendar
F1. Accept the City Council meeting minutes for May 27 and June 10, 2025 (Attachment) Not a CEQA project.
F2. Award a construction contract to Bay Area Lightworks, Inc. for the High Voltage Streetlight Conversion project and approve an appropriation of $586,000 from the unassigned fund balance in the General Capital Improvement Fund (Staff Report #25-102-CC) Determine this action is categorically exempt pursuant to CEQA Guidelines §§15301 and 15304 existing facilities.
G. Study Session
G1. Provide direction on design and improvements for public plaza in closed portion of Santa Cruz Avenue along the 600 block (Staff Report #25-103-CC) (Presentation) Not a CEQA project.
G2. Provide direction on potential options for local amendments to the California Building Standards Code (Staff Report #25-104-CC) (Presentation)
Not a CEQA project.
H. Regular Business
H1. Authorize the city manager to execute and make minor modifications as needed to the first amendment to the lease agreement for City property at 802 Middle Ave. and provide direction on the framework for considering a longer-term lease (Staff Report #25-105-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 Regular Meeting Agenda
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H2. Consider and adopt a resolution to amend the salary schedule effective July 27, 2025, and resolutions to approve side letters of agreement with the Service Employees International Union Local 521 and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 829 to incorporate these salary schedule changes and appropriate additional funds (Staff Report #25-106-CC)
Not a CEQA project.
I. Informational Items
I1. City Council agenda topics: August 2025 (Staff Report #25-107-CC) Not a CEQA project.
I2. City Council fiscal year 2025-26 work plan (Staff Report #25-108-CC) Not a CEQA project.
I3. City Council meeting transportation, location, interpretation and translation services (Staff Report #25-109-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: 7/2/2025)