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: 10/13/2026
Time: 5:30 p.m.
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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
Agency designated representatives: City Manager Justin I.C. Murphy, City Attorney Nira Doherty,
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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Legal Counsel Charles Sakai
Employee organization: Unrepresented employees
C2. Conference with legal counsel – existing litigation Paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of Government Code Section 54956.9) Name of case: Willow Project LLC v. City of Menlo Park, a California city; and the City Council of The City of Menlo Park; and the Community Development Department of the City of Menlo Park and; Does 1-20
Case No. 26-CIV-07675
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: Latino Heritage Month (Attachment)
H2. Proclamation: Domestic Violence Awareness Month (Attachment) H3. Proclamation: Cybersecurity Awareness Month (Attachment) H4. Presentation: Sequoia Healthcare District
H5. Presentation: San Mateo County Transportation Authority (Attachment) I. Consent Calendar
I1. Accept the City Council meeting minutes for September 8 and 15, 2026 (Attachment) I2. Receive and file the annual inflation protection adjustment of $0.50 per hour for an approved local minimum wage of $18.05 per hour effective Jan. 1, 2027 (Staff Report #26-164-CC) I3. Authorize the Mayor to sign the City’s response to the San Mateo County Civil Grand Jury Report, “Is Our Flock of ALPR Cameras Properly Tended?” (Staff Report #26-165-CC)
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I4. Authorize the city manager to execute a license agreement with the West Bay Sanitary District and consider and adopt a resolution approving a grant of utility easement to Pacific Gas & Electric for West Bay Sanitary District’s Bayfront Recycled Water Facility (Staff Report #26-166-CC) I5. Approve a one-year agreement with Housing Group LLC, DBA HousingINC, to provide below market rate housing program administration services (Staff Report #26-167-CC) I6. Authorize the city manager and city attorney to execute an agreement for legal services with Goldfarb Lipman (Staff Report #26-168-CC)
I7. Authorize the city manager to execute a maintenance agreement with Medallion Landscape Management, Inc. for the median and right-of-way landscape maintenance services (Staff Report #26-169-CC)
J. Study Session
J1. Provide direction on the 600 Block Plaza configuration or closure (Staff Report #26-170-CC) K. Public Hearing
K1. Introduce and waive the first reading of an ordinance to amend Section 15.16.110 (Setbacks) of Title 15 (Subdivisions) of the Menlo Park Municipal Code to remove the Subdivision Ordinance front setback requirement for buildings on lots where lot frontage abuts the outside of any curve of a radius of 100 feet or less (i.e., cul-de-sac) and default to the setback requirement in Title 16 (Zoning) (Staff Report #26-171-CC)
L. City Council Initiated Items
L1. Request by City Councilmember Schmidt for a future agenda topic (Staff Report #26-172-CC) M. Informational Items
M1. City Council agenda topics: October – November 2026 (Staff Report #26-173-CC) M2. Update on the release of the 2026 Below Market Rate Housing Fund notice of funding availability (Staff Report #26-174-CC)
N. City Manager Report
O. City Councilmember Reports
P. 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 (Government
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Code Section 54956).
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