Agenda — Palo Alto City Council, August 21, 2023

CITY COUNCIL
Regular Meeting
Monday, August 21, 2023
Council Chambers & Hybrid
5:30 PM
Amended Agenda
Amended agenda items appear below in RED
Palo Alto City Council meetings will be held as “hybrid” meetings with the option to attend by teleconference or in person. To maximize public safety while still maintaining transparency and public access, members of the public can choose to participate from home or attend in person.

Information on how the public may observe and participate in the meeting is located at the end of the agenda. Masks are strongly encouraged if attending in person. The meeting will be broadcast on Cable TV Channel 26, live on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/cityofpaloalto, and streamed to Midpen Media Center https://midpenmedia.org.

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PUBLIC COMMENTS
Public comments will be accepted both in person and via Zoom for up to three minutes or an amount of time determined by the Chair. All requests to speak will be taken until 5 minutes after the staff’s presentation. Written public comments can be submitted in advance to [email protected] and will be provided to the Council and available for inspection on the City’s website. Please clearly indicate which agenda item you are referencing in your subject line.

PowerPoints, videos, or other media to be presented during public comment are accepted only by email to [email protected] at least 24 hours prior to the meeting. Once received, the Clerk will have them shared at public comment for the specified item. To uphold strong cybersecurity management practices, USB’s or other physical electronic storage devices are not accepted.

TIME ESTIMATES
Listed times are estimates only and are subject to change at any time, including while the meeting is in progress. The Council reserves the right to use more or less time on any item, to change the order of items and/or to continue items to another meeting. Particular items may be heard before or after the time estimated on the agenda. This may occur in order to best manage the time at a meeting or to adapt to the participation of the public.

CALL TO ORDER
This meeting will be called to order in honor of Ukrainian Independence Week.

CLOSED SESSION (5:30 ‐ 7:00 PM)

1. CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS
Authority: Government Code Section 54956.8
Property: 4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto (Informally known as the Cubberley Site) Negotiating Party: Palo Alto Unified School District
City Negotiators: (Ed Shikada, Chantal Cotton Gaines, Kristen O'Kane, Sunny Tong) Subject of Negotiations: Purchase, Exchange, and/or Lease Price and Terms of Payment AGENDA CHANGES, ADDITIONS AND DELETIONS
PUBLIC COMMENT (7:00 ‐ 7:20 PM)
Members of the public may speak to any item NOT on the agenda. Council reserves the right to limit the duration of Oral Communications period to 30 minutes.

COUNCIL MEMBER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, ANNOUNCEMENTS (7:20 ‐ 7:25 PM) Members of the public may not speak to the item(s).

CONSENT CALENDAR (7:25 ‐ 7:30 PM)
Items will be voted in one motion unless removed from the calendar by three Council Members.

2. Approval of Minutes from August 7, 2023 Meeting

3. Approval of an Extraterritorial Utility Service and Offsite Infrastructure Agreement between City of Palo Alto and City of Mountain View in relation to Palo Alto Homekey project at 1237 San Antonio Road for connection to City of Mountain View Water and Sewer Utility Services.

4. Approval of Contract C24187741A with Vance Brown, Inc., not to exceed $370,881, for Repair of the Lytton Plaza Fountain and Approval of a Budget Amendment in the Capital Improvement Fund (2/3 vote required); CEQA status ‐ Categorically exempt per regulation 15301 (existing facilities).

5. Approval of Office of City Auditor FY2024 Task Orders; CEQA Status ‐ Not a project

6. SECOND READING: Adoption of an Ordinance Amending Section 9.68.010 (Purpose) and Section 9.68.040 (Just Cause Evictions Required) in Palo Alto Municipal Code Chapter

9.68, Rental Housing Stabilization, to Reduce the Minimum Time Period Required for Renters to Qualify for Just Cause Eviction Protections. CEQA status—exempt under CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3). (FIRST READING: August 7, 2023 PASSED 6‐1, Tanaka no) CITY MANAGER COMMENTS (7:30 ‐ 7:45 PM)
BREAK (5‐10 MINUTES)
ACTION ITEMS (7:45 ‐ 8:45 PM)
Include: Report of Committees/Commissions, Ordinances and Resolutions, Public Hearings, Report of Officials, Unfinished Business and Council Matters.

7. Staff Recommends that Council Direct Staff to Explore Purchase of Property Contiguous to the Regional Water Quality Control Plant (RWQCP) to Meet Current and Future Needs of the RWQCP

ADJOURNMENT
INFORMATION REPORTS
Information reports are provided for informational purposes only to the Council and the public but are not listed for action during this meeting’s agenda.

8. Rental Residential Vacancy Rate Determination for Three Plus Dwelling Units for the 1st Half of 2023

9. 2023 Council Priority Objectives Q2 Update
AA1. Palo Alto and Bloomington, Indiana Sibling Cities Annual Report for 2022 and Upcoming Events
OTHER INFORMATION
Standing Committee Meetings this week
Rail Committee August 23, 2023
Public Comment Letters
Schedule of Meetings
AMENDED AGENDA ITEMS
AA1. Palo Alto and Bloomington, Indiana Sibling Cities Annual Report for 2022 and Upcoming Events
PUBLIC COMMENT INSTRUCTIONS
Members of the Public may provide public comments to teleconference meetings via email, teleconference, or by phone.

1. Written public comments may be submitted by email to [email protected].

2. For in person public comments please complete a speaker request card located on the table at the entrance to the Council Chambers and deliver it to the Clerk prior to discussion of the item.

3. Spoken public comments using a computer or smart phone will be accepted through the teleconference meeting. To address the Council, click on the link below to access a Zoom‐based meeting. Please read the following instructions carefully.

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You may be asked to enter an email address and name. We request that you identify yourself by name as this will be visible online and will be used to notify you that it is your turn to speak.

When you wish to speak on an Agenda Item, click on “raise hand.” The Clerk will activate and unmute speakers in turn. Speakers will be notified shortly before they are called to speak.

When called, please limit your remarks to the time limit allotted. A timer will be shown on the computer to help keep track of your comments.

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1 Regular Meeting August 21, 2023
Materials submitted to the Board after distribution of the agenda packet are available for public inspection