City of Menlo Park 701 Laurel St., Menlo Park, CA 94025 tel 650-330-6600 menlopark.gov City Council
SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA
Date: 8/19/2025
Time: 5:30 p.m.
Locations: Zoom.us/join – ID# 832 1285 7140 and
Downtown Conference Room, 1st Floor
701 Laurel St., Menlo Park, CA 94025
City Councilmember Taylor will be participating from:
3 1/2 Miles Philip Goldson Highway
Belize City, Belize District
BELIZE
Conference Room
Members of the public can listen to the meeting and participate using the following methods. If you have issues viewing the meeting, please email the city clerk at [email protected].
How to participate in the meeting
• Submit a written comment online up to one-hour before the meeting start time:
[email protected]
• Attend in person in the Downtown Conference Room
• Access the meeting real-time online at:
Zoom.us/join – Meeting ID 832 1285 7140
• Access the meeting real-time via telephone at:
(669) 900-6833
Meeting ID 832 1285 7140
Press *9 to raise hand to speak
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)
Special Session
A. Call To Order
B. Roll Call
C. Closed Session
C1. Public employee performance evaluation
Government Code §54957
City of Menlo Park 701 Laurel St., Menlo Park, CA 94025 tel 650-330-6600 menlopark.gov City Council Special Meeting Agenda
August 19, 2025
Title: City Attorney
Not a California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) project.
C2. Public employee performance evaluation
Government Code §54957
Title: City Manager
Not a CEQA project.
C3. Conference with labor negotiators
Government Code §54957.6
Labor negotiations with unrepresented management: City Manager Agency designated representatives: City Attorney Nira Doherty, Special Counsel Genevieve Ng Not a CEQA project.
C4. Conference with labor negotiators
Government Code §54957.6
Labor negotiations with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 829, Menlo Park Police Officers’ Association, Menlo Park Police Sergeants’ Association, and Service Employees International Local 521
Agency Designated Representatives: City Manager Justin I.C. Murphy, City Attorney Nira Doherty, Administrative Services Director Brittany Mello, Assistant City Manager Stephen Stolte, Legal Counsel Charles Sakai, Legal Counsel Genevieve Ng
Not a CEQA project.
D. Call To Order
E. Report from Closed Session
F. 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: 8/14/2025)