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: 8/11/2026
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 – anticipated litigation (Paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) of Gov. Code 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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Significant exposure to litigation: One case
Documentation related to this agenda item are attached to this agenda (Attachment) 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: Guild Theatre 100-year anniversary (Attachment) H2. Proclamation: The Almanac 60-year anniversary (Attachment) H3. Presentation: Annual Library Commission work plan report out (Attachment) H4. Presentation: Annual Parks and Recreation Commission work plan report out (Attachment) I. Consent Calendar
I1. Accept the City Council meeting minutes for June 23, 2026 (Attachment) I2. Authorize the city manager to execute a professional services agreement with ICF International, Inc. to prepare an addendum to a certified environmental impact report for revisions (Parkline Phase 2) to the Parkline Master Plan development project located at 201, 301 and 333 Ravenswood Ave. and 555 and 565 Middlefield Rd. (Staff Report #26-130-CC) I3. Consider and adopt a resolution authorizing the city manager to execute a funding agreement with the Association of Bay Area Governments, on behalf of the Bay Area Regional Energy Network, to accept $100,000 in grant funds for the Belle Haven Child Development Center Electrification project (Staff Report #26-131-CC)
I4. Approve an appropriation from unassigned funds in the Bayfront Mitigation fund for the Willow Road Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Improvements project (Staff Report #26-132-CC) I5. Receive and file the investment portfolio quarterly reports for March 31, 2026 (Staff Report #26-133-CC)
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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I6. Consider and adopt a resolution to uphold an appeal of the Planning Commission’s approval and deny 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 offstreet 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 #26-134-CC)
I7. Consider and adopt a resolution approving the fiscal year 2026-27 investment policy for the City and the Successor Agency (Staff Report #26-135-CC)
J. Public Hearing
J1. Consider and adopt a resolution to approve a vesting tentative map for a major subdivision to merge two parcels into one and subdivide the site with eight residential condominium parcels and one common area parcel at 335-355 Pierce Rd. (Laurel Landing by Habitat for Humanity Greater San Francisco), and deny a fees concession request made under State Density Bonus Law, Government Code Section 65915 and relevant amendments (Staff Report #26-136-CC) (Presentation)
J2. Consider and adopt a resolution amending the City’s comprehensive master fee schedule to revise building permit fees in community development (Staff Report #26-137-CC) (Presentation) K. Informational Items
K1. City Council agenda topics: August – September 2026 (Staff Report #26-138-CC) K2. Police department quarterly update / Q2 April – June 2026 (Staff Report #26-129-CC) (Informe de Personal #26-129-CC)
K3. Short-term rental compliance update (Staff Report #26-139-CC) L. City Manager Report
M. City Councilmember Reports
N. 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 Section 54956).
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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