City of Menlo Park 701 Laurel St., Menlo Park, CA 94025 tel 650-330-6600 www.menlopark.gov City Council
SPECIAL AND REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
Date: 6/23/2026
Time: 5:30 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
A. Call To Order
B. Roll Call
C. Closed Session
C1. Conference with legal counsel – existing litigation Paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of Section 54956.9)
City of Menlo Park 701 Laurel St., Menlo Park, CA 94025 tel 650-330-6600 www.menlopark.gov City Council Special and Regular Meeting Agenda
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Name of case: County of San Mateo, et al. v. State of California, et al. (Sup. Court, County of San Francisco, Case No. CPF-25519270)
C2. Conference with labor negotiators
Government Code Section 54957.6
Labor negotiations with Service Employees International Local 521 and Service Employees International Union Local 521 – Temporary Employees Unit Agency designated representatives: City Manager Justin I.C. Murphy, Assistant City Manager Stephen Stolte, Assistant City Attorney Denise Bazzano, Administrative Services Director Brittany Mello, Legal Counsel Charles Sakai
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. Advisory Body Vacancies and Appointments
H1. Consider applicants and make appointments to fill an unexpired vacancy on the Environmental Quality Commission (Staff Report #26-105-CC)
I. Consent Calendar
I1. Accept the City Council meeting minutes for May 19 and June 2, 2026 (Attachment) I2. Consider and adopt a resolution calling and giving notice of holding a General Municipal Election for three City Council seats in Districts 1, 2 and 4, requesting that the City Council consolidate the election with the Statewide General Election to be held Nov. 3, and authorize the city manager to execute an agreement with the San Mateo County Chief Elections Officer and Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder for election services (Staff Report #26-110-CC) I3. Authorize the city manager to execute a professional services agreement with Meredith Roberts, LMFT for an amount not to exceed $160,000 for services as a Community Wellness Crisis Response Team Clinician (Staff Report #26-106-CC)
I4. Consider and adopt a resolution approving the list of projects eligible for fiscal year 2026-27 funds from Senate Bill 1: The Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017 (Staff Report #26-107-CC)
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I5. Authorize the city manager to execute a maintenance agreement with Cal-West Lighting & Signal Maintenance Inc., for traffic signals and lighting maintenance services (Staff Report #26-109-CC) I6. Authorize the city manager to execute a maintenance agreement with Significant Cleaning Services for janitorial and day porter services at various city facilities (Staff Report #26-111-CC) J. Public Hearing
J1. Consider and adopt a resolution to amend the El Camino Real/Downtown Specific Plan to modify land uses allowed within the Downtown/Station Area “Main Street” Overlay land use designation; allow existing buildings within the “Main Street” Overlay to have up to two-thirds of the public benefit bonus floor area ratio for office uses, if located in the rear half of the ground floor without frontage on Santa Cruz Avenue and/or on the second floor and not increasing the overall square footage of the building, subject to a use permit and a public benefit agreement; and modify four use classifications across the entire El Camino Real/Downtown Specific Plan (Staff Report #26-112-CC) (Staff Presentation) (Applicant Presentation) J2. Hold public hearing and consider and adopt a resolution approving the 2025 Urban Water Management Plan and authorizing its submittal to the Department of Water Resources (Staff Report #26-108-CC) (Presentation)
K. Regular Business
K1. Consider and adopt resolutions for fiscal year 2026-27: adopting budget and capital improvement plan; establishing appropriations limit; amending salary schedule effective July 12, 2026; extending rate assistance program through June 2027; and accept award authority and bid requirements through June 2027 (Staff Report #26-114-CC) (Presentation) K2. Consider and adopt a resolution to approve the successor agreement between the City of Menlo Park and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Local 829 expiring June 30, 2027 (Staff Report #26-104-CC)
L. Informational Items
L1. City Council agenda topics: July – August 2026 (Staff Report #26-113-CC) M. City Manager Report
N. City Councilmember Reports
O. Adjournment
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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.
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