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: 9/15/2026
Time: 5:30 p.m.
Locations: Zoom.us/join – ID# 832 1285 7140 and
City Council Chambers
751 Laurel St., Menlo Park, CA 94025
City Councilmember Combs will be participating from:
134 4th Ave
New York, NY 10003
City Councilmember Taylor will be participating from:
999 9th Street Northwest
Washington, District Of Columbia, USA, 20001
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• Cable television subscriber in Menlo Park, East Palo Alto, Atherton and Palo Alto:
Channel 76 (Uverse channel 99)
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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
September 15, 2026
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) Significant exposure to litigation: One case
Documentation related to this agenda item are attached to this agenda (Attachment) C2. Conference with legal counsel – existing litigation Paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of §54956.9)
Name of case: Mircea Voskerician and
12 Maywood LLC v. CITY OF MENLO PARK
Case No. 26-CIV-05627
C3. Conference with labor negotiators
Government Code Section 54957.6
Labor negotiations with unrepresented management
Agency designated representatives: City Manager Justin I.C. Murphy, City Attorney Nira Doherty, 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: 25th Anniversary of September 11 (Attachment) H2. Proclamation: Constitution Week (Attachment)
H3. Proclamation: National Service Dog Month (Attachment)
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
September 15, 2026
H4. Proclamation: National Preparedness Month (Attachment) I. Consent Calendar
I1. Accept the City Council meeting minutes for Aug. 5 and 11, 2026 (Attachment) I2. Authorize the city manager to purchase library books and materials from Ingram Content Group in total amount not to exceed $115,000 during fiscal year 2026-27 (Staff Report #26-149-CC) J. Regular Business
J1. Approve advisory body annual work plans for the Complete Streets Commission, Environmental Quality Commission, Finance and Audit Commission, Housing Commission, Library Commission and Parks and Recreation Commission (Staff Report #26-150-CC) (Presentation) J2. Consider and adopt a resolution to make the Coleman Avenue Pilot project permanent (Staff Report #26-151-CC) (Presentation)
J3. Authorize the city manager to execute a single source agreement with Axon Enterprise, Inc. for an integrated public safety technology platform (Staff Report #26-152-CC) (Presentation) J4. Consider and adopt a resolution to approve the successor agreement between the City of Menlo Park and the Service Employees International Union, Local 521, for regular and temporary employees expiring June 30, 2029 (Staff Report #26-148-CC) J5. Consider and adopt a resolution to amend the salary schedule effective Sept. 20, 2026 (Staff Report #26-153-CC)
K. Informational Items
K1. City Council agenda topics: September – October 2026 (Staff Report #26-154-CC) K2. Update on fiscal year 2025-26 year-end status (Staff Report #26-155-CC) L. City Manager Report
M. City Councilmember Reports
M1. Mayor Nash report (Attachment)
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.
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
September 15, 2026
Code Section 54956).
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Agendas are posted in accordance with Cal. Gov. Code Sections 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: 9/10/2026)