CITY COUNCIL
DRAFT ACTION MINUTES
Special Meeting
September 30, 2026
The City Council of the City of Palo Alto met on this date in the Community Meeting Room and by virtual teleconference at 5:00 P.M.
Present In Person: Burt, Lauing, Lu, Lythcott-Haims, Reckdahl, Veenker Present Remotely: Stone (Just Cause Alternative Teleconference)
Absent:
Agenda Changes, Additions and Deletions
Agenda Items Heard Out of Order
Special Orders of the Day
3. Interview Candidates for Vacancies on the Human Relations Commission (HRC) and Planning and Transportation Commission (PTC); CEQA Status - Not a Project
NO ACTION
Closed Session
1. Public Employee Performance Evaluations
Authority: Cal. Gov. Code section 54957 (b)
Title: City Clerk and City Attorney
2. Conference with Labor Negotiator
Authority: Cal. Gov. Code section 54957.6
Agency Representative: Dan Rich, Municipal Resources Group Unrepresented Employees: City Attorney, City Clerk and City Manager AA1. CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS
Authority: Government Code Section 54956.8
Property: 4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto (Informally known as the Cubberley Site)
DRAFT ACTION MINUTES
Sp. City Council Meeting
Draft Action Minutes: 09/30/2026
Negotiating Party: Palo Alto Unified School District
City Negotiators: Ed Shikada, Kristen O'Kane, Sunny Tong Subject of Negotiations:
Purchase, Exchange, and/or Lease Price and Terms of Payment MOTION: Councilmember Reckdahl moved, seconded by Councilmember Lu to go into Closed Session.
MOTION PASSED: 7-0
Council went into Closed Session at 6:59 P.M.
Council returned from Closed Session at 10:48 P.M.
Mayor Veenker announced no reportable action.
Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 10:50 P.M.
ATTEST: APPROVED:
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City Clerk Mayor
NOTE: Action minutes 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.