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: 8/26/2025
Time: 5:30 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 a Brown Act location.
City Councilmember Taylor will be participating from:
3 1/2 Miles Philip Goldson Highway
Belize City, Belize District
BELIZE
Conference Room
Reunión del Ayuntamiento forma de solicitud de interpretación presencial en español – Por favor, envíelo la forma 72 horas antes de la reunion.
City Council Meeting In-person Spanish Interpretation Request Form – please submit at least 72-hours before the meeting.
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• Submit a written comment online up to one-hour before the meeting start time:
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• Attend in person in the City Council Chambers
• 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)
City of Menlo Park 701 Laurel St., Menlo Park, CA 94025 tel 650-330-6600 menlopark.gov City Council Special and Regular Meeting Agenda
August 26, 2025
Special Session
A. Call To Order
B. Roll Call
C. Closed Session
C1. Conference with legal counsel – anticipated litigation (Paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) of Gov. Code § 54956.9) Significant exposure to litigation: One case
Not a California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) project.
C2. Conference with legal counsel – existing litigation Paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of §54956.9)
Name of case: Save Downtown Menlo, an unincorporated association v. City of Menlo Park, a California city; and the Mayor and City Council of The City of Menlo Park and Does 1-50 Case No. 25-CIV-02592
Not a CEQA project.
Regular Session
D. Call To Order
E. Report from Closed Session
F. Agenda Review
G. 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.
H. Presentations and Proclamations
H1. Proclamation: Peninsula School 100th Anniversary (Attachment) Not a CEQA project.
H2. Proclamation: Alpine Little League Summer All Stars (Attachment) Not a CEQA project.
H3. Presentation: Annual Environmental Quality Commission report out (Attachment) Not a CEQA project.
H4. Presentation: Annual Finance and Audit Commission report out (Attachment)
City of Menlo Park 701 Laurel St., Menlo Park, CA 94025 tel 650-330-6600 menlopark.gov City Council Special and Regular Meeting Agenda
August 26, 2025
Not a CEQA project.
H5. Presentation: Annual Housing Commission report out (Attachment) Not a CEQA project.
H6. Presentation: Annual Library Commission report out (Attachment) Not a CEQA project.
I. Consent Calendar
I1. Accept the City Council meeting minutes for August 19, 2025 (Attachment) Not a CEQA project.
I2. Waive the second reading and adopt an ordinance to amend Chapters 12.16 and 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 #25-128-CC) Not a CEQA project.
I3. Authorize the city manager to approve a professional services agreement with Meredith Roberts, LMFT, for an amount not to exceed $135,000 for services as a Community Wellness Crisis Response Team Clinician (Staff Report #25-125-CC)
Not a CEQA project.
I4. Approve second amendment to the employment agreement between the City of Menlo Park and City Manager Justin Murphy (Staff Report #25-129-CC)
Not a CEQA project.
J. Public Hearing
J1. Consider and adopt a resolution to increase aquatic user nonresident fees and subcontractor lane rental fees (Staff Report #25-120-CC)
Not a CEQA project.
K. Regular Business
K1. Provide feedback and authorize staff to release a request for proposals for development on downtown Parking Plazas 1, 2 and 3 (Staff Report #25-126-CC) Not a CEQA project.
K2. Consider and adopt a resolution to amend the salary schedule effective Sept. 7, 2025 (Staff Report #25-121-CC)
Not a CEQA project.
L. Informational Items
L1. City Council agenda topics: September 2025 (Staff Report #25-127-CC) Not a CEQA project.
L2. Progress report on implementing the 2030 Climate Action Plan (Staff Report #25-122-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
August 26, 2025
Not a CEQA project.
L3. Communitywide electrification program: Home Upgrade Services progress report (Staff Report #25-123-CC)
Not a CEQA project.
L4. Update on City-hosted community events and observances (Staff Report #25-124-CC) Not a CEQA project.
M. City Manager Report
N. City Councilmember Reports
O. 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: 8/22/2025)