CITY COUNCIL
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Regular Meeting
August 21, 2023
The City Council of the City of Palo Alto met on this date in the Council Chambers and by virtual teleconference at 5:30 P.M.
Present In Person: Burt, Kou, Lauing, Lythcott-Haims, Stone, Tanaka, Veenker Present Remotely:
Absent:
Closed Session
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
MOTION: Council Member Burt moved, seconded by Vice Mayor Stone to not go into Closed Session and direct staff to bring Item back to Council in open session in a Public Hearing.
MOTION PASSED: 7-0
Consent Calendar
Council Member Tanaka registered a no vote on Agenda Item Number 6.
MOTION: Vice Mayor Stone moved, seconded by Mayor Kou to approve Agenda Item Numbers 2-6.
MOTION PASSED ITEMS 2-5: 7-0
MOTION PASSED ITEM 6: 6-1, Tanaka no
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 DocuSign Envelope ID: 784A4E30-398F-40D0-A3D7-B339AFAD7948
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Action Minutes: 08/21/2023
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 5592 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
Ed Shikada, City Manager
Action Items
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
MOTION: Council Member Lauing moved, seconded by Council Member Burt to direct staff to:
1. Explore the purchase of property contiguous to the Regional Water Quality Control Plant (RWQCP) to meet current and future space needs and if purchase not available, explore long-term lease options as secondary;
2. Explore funding options to enable purchase of one or more of the three properties contiguous to the RWQCP; and
3. Return to Council with recommendations for purchase of p roperty contiguous to the RWQCP and to report on the stormwater infiltration and potential use of the 5 -acres of the Measure E site.
MOTION PASSED: 7-0
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Action Minutes: 08/21/2023
Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 7:05 P.M.
ATTEST: APPROVED:
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City Clerk Mayor NOTE: Action minut es are prepared in accordance with Palo Alto Municipal Code (PAMC)
2.04.160(a) and (b). Summary minutes (sense) are prepared in accordance with PAMC Section
2.04.160(c). Beginning in January 2018, in accordance with Ordinance No. 5423, the City Council found action minutes and the video/audio recordings of Council proceedings to be the official records of both Council and committee proceedings. These recordings are available on the City’s website.
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