CITY COUNCIL
DRAFT ACTION MINUTES
Regular Meeting
March 4, 2024
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:
Study Session
1. Study Session to provide early feedback about the proposed redevelopment of Buena Vista Mobile Home Park at 3980 El Camino Real.
NO ACTION
Consent Calendar
Council Member Tanaka requested to pull Agenda Item Number 2.
Council Member Tanaka registered a no vote on Agenda Item Number 2.
MOTION: Vice Mayor Lauing moved, seconded by Mayor Stone to approve Agenda Item Numbers 2-5.
MOTION PASSED ITEM 2: 6-1, Tanaka no
MOTION PASSED ITEMS 3-5: 7-0
2. Approval of a Purchase Order with Mobile Modular Management Corporation in the Amount of $244,850, including $222,591 for Basic Services and $22,259 for Contingency, to Provide and Install a Modular Building at 4000 Middlefield Road to Serve as a Temporary Fire Station During Construction of the Fire Station 4 Replacement Capital Project (PE-18004); CEQA Status - Exempt under CEQA Guidelines Section 15303
3. Approval of Office of the City Auditor FY2024 Task 4 Task Orders (CEQA Status - Not a Project)
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4. Acceptance of the Office of the City Auditor's Quarterly Status Report for the Period of October - December 2023
5. Approval of Professional Services Contract Number C24189371 with Kimley Horn and Associates in an Amount Not to Exceed $178,559 for the Quiet Zone Study Services for railroad crossings at Churchill Avenue, Meadow Drive, and Charleston Road for a term ending December 31, 2025; CEQA – not a project.
Action Items
6. Adopt a Park Dedication Ordinance for the Tower Well site, 0.19 acres of land (8,437 square feet) at 201 Alma Street and approve the proposed name “Tower Well Park” as Recommended by the Parks and Recreation Commission. CEQA status - not a project.
MOTION: Council Member Veenker moved, seconded by Council Member Burt to:
1. Adopt a Park Dedication Ordinance (Attachment A) for the Tower Well site, 0.19 acres of land (8,437 square feet) at 201 Alma Street, and;
2. Approve the proposed name “Tower Well Park”, and;
3. Referral to the Historic Resources Board and Parks and Recreation Commission to consider the naming of it to be Fredrick Eyerly Tower Well and to refer to the Historic Resources Board adding the site to the California and National Historic Registry.
MOTION PASSED: 7-0
7. Public Hearing: Second Reading Planned Community Ordinances for 2901 Middlefield Road and 702 Ellsworth Place. CEQA Status – Categorically Exempt AMENDMENT: Mayor Stone moved, seconded by Council Member Kou to restore the sight triangle specified in the December 11, 2023 ordinance, to “extend to the southernmost corner of the property along Middlefield Road and shall”.
AMENDMENT PASSED: 5-2, Lythcott-Haims, Tanaka no
AMENDMENT INCORPORATED INTO THE MAIN MOTION
MOTION: Council Member Lythcott -Haims moved, seconded by Council Member Tanaka to adopt the draft ordinances amending the Planned Community Ordinance 2343 to rezone 2901 - 2905 Middlefield Road and 702 Ellsworth Place as prepared for the February 5, 2024 City Council meeting with the following amendments:
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1. Require maximum 3-foot-tall cable rail fence within the sight visibility triangle area that maintains visibility through the sides of the sight triangle adjacent to Ellsworth Place and Middlefield Road, and;
2. Remove signage that limits the size of delivery trucks on Ellsworth Place, and;
3. Restore the sight triangle specified in the December 11, 2023 ordinance, to “extend to the southernmost corner of the property along Middlefield Road and shall”.
MOTION PASSED: 6-1, Kou no
8. Approval of the 2024 City Council Priority Objectives and Finance Committee and Policy & Services Committee Workplans
NO ACTION - ITEM CONTINUED TO MARCH 11, 2024 CITY COUNCIL MEETING
Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 10:27 P.M.
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ATTEST: APPROVED:
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City Clerk Mayor NOTE: Action minutes a re 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.