City of Menlo Park 701 Laurel St., Menlo Park, CA 94025 tel 650-330-6600 www.menlopark.gov City Council
REGULAR MEETING AGENDA – NOTICE OF CONTINUANCE OF PUBLIC
HEARINGS
Date: 6/9/2026
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 Schmidt will be participating from:
The Dupont Circle
1500 New Hampshire Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20036
Notice of continuance of public hearing
Notice is hereby given that the public hearings identified below as agenda items G4. and G5., held at the regular City Council meeting May 12, 2026, was continued to Tuesday, June 9, 2026, and shall resume: Tuesday June 9, 2026, at 6 p.m. online in a remote format and in-person.
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City Council Meeting In-person Spanish Interpretation Request Form – please submit at least 72-hours before the meeting. You can also request this service by calling the city clerk's office at 650-330-6620.
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 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 76 (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 www.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
City of Menlo Park 701 Laurel St., Menlo Park, CA 94025 tel 650-330-6600 www.menlopark.gov City Council Regular Meeting Agenda
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(www.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 under public comment other than to provide general information.
E. Presentations and Proclamations
E1. Proclamation: Cal Water 100-year anniversary (Attachment) E2. Proclamation: Pride Month (Attachment)
E3. Proclamation: Juneteenth (Attachment)
F. Consent Calendar
F1. Accept the City Council meeting minutes for May 12, 2026 (Attachment) F2. Waive the second reading and adopt an ordinance to repeal and replace Chapter 16.79 (Accessory Dwelling Units) of Title 16 (Zoning) of the Menlo Park Municipal Code for consistency with State law and incorporating local objective standards (Staff Report #26-092-CC) F3. Award a construction contract to Bortolussi & Watkin, Inc. and authorize the city manager to execute an amended memorandum of understanding with the San Mateo County Transportation Authority for the Willow Road and Highway 101 Interchange Landscaping Project (Staff Report #26-093-CC)
F4. Authorize the city manager to execute an agreement for fiscal year 2026-27 with Tripepi Smith for communications support services (Staff Report #26-101-CC) F5. Authorize the city manager to execute a maintenance agreement with Priority 1 Public Safety Equipment Installation, Inc. for on-call vehicle upfitting services (Staff Report #26-102-CC)
City of Menlo Park 701 Laurel St., Menlo Park, CA 94025 tel 650-330-6600 www.menlopark.gov City Council Regular Meeting Agenda
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G. Public Hearing
G1. Consider and adopt a resolution to approve a vesting tentative subdivision map to subdivide a property into 50 condominium parcels and one common area parcel in the C-1 (Administrative and Professional, Restrictive) zoning district, at 68 Willow Rd. (Staff Report #26-096-CC) (Presentation) G2. Hold public hearing on the proposed fiscal year 2026-27 budget and capital improvement plan; hold public hearing on vacancies, recruitment and retention; and consider and adopt a resolution to amend the fiscal year 2025-26 budget (Staff Report #26-103-CC) (Presentation) G3. Consider and adopt a resolution overruling protests, ordering the improvements, confirming the diagram/area of assessment and ordering the levy and collection of assessments for Landscaping Assessment District for fiscal year 2026-27 (Staff Report #26-094-CC) (Presentation) G4. Conduct a public hearing, rate protest hearing, and consider adoption of a resolution approving maximum increases in rates for the collection, processing, and disposal of waste, recycling, and compost materials for commercial, multi-family, and single-family customers (Staff Report #26-098-CC) (Presentation) – Continued from May 12, 2026 G5. Conduct a public hearing, rate protest hearing, and consider adoption of a resolution approving maximum rate increases for Menlo Park Municipal Water, including pass-throughs of any increases in the costs of wholesale water from the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, and establishing and setting water capacity charges (Staff Report #26-099-CC) (Presentation) – Continued from May 12, 2026
H. Informational Items
H1. City Council agenda topics: June – July 2026 (Staff Report #26-100-CC) H2. Update on implementation of the zero emission landscape equipment ordinance (Staff Report #26-095-CC)
H3. Police department quarterly update / Q1 January – March 2026 (Staff Report #26-097-CC) (Informe de Personal #26-097-CC)
I. City Manager Report
J. City Councilmember Reports
J1. Vice Mayor Wise report (Attachment)
K. 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.
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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 www.menlopark.gov/subscribe. Agendas and staff reports may also be obtained by contacting City Clerk at 650-330-6620. (Posted: 6/4/2026)