CITY COUNCIL RETREAT
ACTION MINUTES
Special Meeting
February 5, 2022
The City Council of the City of Palo Alto met on this date in virtual teleconference at 9:00 A.M.
Participating Remotely: Burt, Cormack, DuBois, Filseth, Kou, Stone, Tanaka
Absent:
1. Roll Call and Welcome from Mayor
NO ACTION TAKEN
2. Council Retreat Discussion
City Council went on break at 11:22 A.M. and returned at 11:31 A.M.
MOTION: Council Member Cormack moved, seconded by Council Member Stone to select the following as the 2022 Council Priorities:
A. Economic Recovery and Transition;
i. Cohesive vision for our commercial cores;
B. Climate Change – Protection and Adaptation;
C. Housing for Social and Economic Balance; and
D. Community Health and Safety:
i. Crime, mental health, air quality, noise, sense of belonging.
MOTION PASSED: 7-0
The Council went on a lunch break at 12:30 P.M. and returned at 12:50 P.M.
MOTION: Mayor Burt moved, seconded by Vice Mayor Kou to refer to the Policy and Services Committee on:
A. Recommending to the Council a set of values that would continue over successive years as values of the city and the community; B. Considering the following topics, but not limited to:
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ACTION MINUTES
City Council Retreat
Action Minutes: 02/05/2022
i. Fiscal Sustainability;
ii. Social Justice;
iii. Healthy City Healthy Community; and
iv. Environmental Sustainability.
MOTION PASSED: 6-1, Tanaka no
Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 2:02 P.M.
ATTEST: APPROVED:
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