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: 7/14/2026
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 labor negotiators
Government Code Section 54957.6
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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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, City Attorney Nira Doherty, 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. Presentations and Proclamations
H1. Proclamation: Park and Recreation Month (Attachment) H2. Proclamation: SamTrans 50th anniversary (Attachment) H3. Presentation: Annual Complete Streets Commission work plan report out (Attachment) H4. Presentation: SamTrans 101 Corridor Connect Program (Attachment) H5. Presentation: Update from Caltrain (Attachment)
I. Consent Calendar
I1. Accept the City Council meeting minutes for June 9, 2026 (Attachment) I2. Consider and adopt a resolution amending City Council Policy #CC-26-030 Public Meeting Accessibility (Staff Report #26-123-CC)
I3. Consider and adopt a resolution dedicating a Public Utility Easement adjacent to 100 Terminal Ave. (Staff Report #26-115-CC)
I4. Award a construction contract to SCC Electric, Inc. for the Belle Haven Child Development Center Electrification project, approve an appropriation from the unassigned funds in the General Capital fund (Staff Report #26-124-CC)
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I5. Consider and adopt a resolution authorizing the city manager to execute the second amendment to the Urban County Cooperation Agreement with the County of San Mateo for the Community Development Block Grant program (Staff Report #26-116-CC) I6. Consider and adopt a resolution rescinding Resolution No. 6704 and adopting City Council Procedure No. CC-26-024 updating the City’s purchasing policy (Staff Report #26-121-CC) I7. Authorize the city manager to execute an amended memorandum of understanding with Caltrain to complete the design and environmental clearance documents for the Middle Avenue Caltrain Crossing project (Staff Report #26-125-CC)
J. Study Session
J1. Provide direction on the Willow Road Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Improvements Project (Staff Report #26-119-CC) (Presentation)
K. Public Hearing
K1. Consider and adopt a resolution to deny an appeal and uphold the Planning Commission’s approval of 1) a use permit to determine the floor area limit on a lot less than 5,000 square feet in area, and to construct a new two-story, single-family residence on a vacant substandard lot with regard to minimum lot width, depth, and area in the R-1-U (Single Family Urban Residential) zoning district, at 305 Haight St. and 2) six variance requests to reduce the interior side setback to three feet where five feet is required, reduce the corner side setback to six feet where 12 feet is required, reduce the rear setback to 13 feet where 20 feet is required, reduce the number of required off-street parking spaces to one compliant space where two compliant spaces are required, increase the maximum building coverage from 722 square feet to 729.4 square feet, and increase the height of the daylight plane to approximately 23 feet, 11 inches where 19 feet, six inches is required (Staff Report #26-120-CC) (Staff Presentation) (Appellant Presentation) K2. Consider and adopt a resolution amending the City’s comprehensive master fee schedule to revise gymnastic program fees in library and community services (Staff Report #26-117-CC) (Presentation)
L. Regular Business
L1. Consider and adopt a resolution to make back-in angled parking permanent at Nealon Park frontage and seek direction on vehicular access to Blake Street at Middle Avenue (Staff Report #26-126-CC) (Presentation)
M. Informational Items
M1. City Council agenda topics: August 2026 (Staff Report #26-127-CC) M2. Update on the City of Menlo Park’s internal controls assessment report (Staff Report #26-118-CC) M3. Update on Housing Element Regional Housing Needs Allocation capacity and progress, and tentative project schedule for development on Parking Plazas 1, 2 and 3 (Staff Report #26-122-CC)
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M4. City Council fiscal year 2026-27 work plan (Staff Report #26-128-CC) N. City Manager Report
O. City Councilmember Reports
O1. Mayor Nash report (Attachment)
P. 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).
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