October 6th, 2025
Call to Order
Special Orders of the Day
- Proclamation Recognizing Fire Prevention Week – October 5-11, 2025
2. Review Applications and Select Candidates to Interview for the Human Relations Commission (HRC), Parks and Recreation Commission (PRC), and Public Art Commission (PAC) Vacancies; CEQA Status: Not a Project
HRC Applications – Redacted
PRC Applications – Redacted
PAC Applications – Redacted
Public Comment
Staff Presentation
Agenda Changes, Additions and Deletions
Public Comment
2. Review Applications and Select Candidates to Interview for the Human Relations Commission (HRC), Parks and Recreation Commission (PRC), and Public Art Commission (PAC) Vacancies; CEQA Status: Not a Project
HRC Applications – Redacted
PRC Applications – Redacted
PAC Applications – Redacted
Public Comment
Staff Presentation
Council Member Questions, Comments, and Announcements
Study Session
3. San Antonio Road Area Plan: Provide Feedback on Existing Conditions Analysis and Land Use and Mobility Priorities. CEQA Status: Exempt under CEQA Guidelines Section 15262.
San Antonio Road Area Plan – Existing Conditions Analysis Summary Report, September 4, 2025 Draft
San Antonio Road Area Map Plan
Public Comment
Staff Presentation
Consent Calendar
4. Approval of FY 2025 Reappropriation Requests to FY 2026 Operating and Capital Improvement Budgets and Additional Technical Clean-Up Actions and Corresponding Amendments to the FY 2026 Budget Appropriation for Various Funds. CEQA Status: Not a Project.
FY 2025 to FY 2026 Operating Reappropriation Requests
FY 2025 to FY 2026 Capital Reappropriation Requests
Capital Improvement Plan FY 2026 Technical Clean-up Actions
5. Approval of Construction Contract No. C25195264 with Precision Engineering, Inc. in the Amount Not-to-Exceed $6,842,121 and Authorization for the City Manager or Their Designee to Negotiate and Execute Change Orders for Related Additional but Unforeseen Work that May Develop During the Project Up to a Not-to-Exceed Amount of $684,212 for the Hamilton Avenue Capacity Upgrades Project (SD-25000), and Approval of a Budget Amendment in the Stormwater Management Fund; CEQA Status – Exempt under CEQA Guidelines Section 15301(c).
Location Map
Bid Summary
6. Approval of Professional Service Contract No. C26194618 with SCS Field Services in an Amount Not-to-Exceed $1,513,890, to Provide Landfill Gas Monitoring, Reporting, and Well Installation Services for the City’s Closed Landfill for a Period of Five Years, and Approval of a Budget Amendment in the Refuse Fund; CEQA Status – Exempt under CEQA Guidelines Section 15301.
Partially Executed Contract with SCS Field Services, Contract #C26194618
7. Approval of Construction Contract No. C26193446 with MP Nexlevel of California, Inc., in the Amount Not-to-Exceed $13,600,187 and Authorization for the City Manager or Their Designee to Negotiate and Execute Changes Orders Up to a Not-to-Exceed Amount of $1,060,018 for a Total Not to Exceed Amount of $14,660,205 Over Three Years to Provide Utility Trench and Substructure Installations; CEQA status: Exempt, CEQA Guidelines Section 15301, 15302, and/or 15303; for Fiber-to-the-Premises work, Council Action on This Item is Within the Scope of the Final Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration (IS/MND) for the Fiber-to-the-Premises Project, adopted on June 17, 2024.
MPNexlevel Contract, C26193446
8. Approval of Construction Contract C25194006 with SCC Electric, Inc. in the Not-to-Exceed Amount of $997,500, and Authorization for the City Manager or Their Designee to Negotiate and Execute Change Orders Up to a Not-to-Exceed Amount of $99,750 for the Utilities Control Center Generator Replacement Project as part of the Building Systems Improvements Project (PF-01003); and Approve Amendment to the FY 2026 Budget in the Capital Improvement and Electric Funds; CEQA Status – Exempt under CEQA Guideline Sections 15301 and 15302.
9. Approval of Amendment No. 2 to Contract Number S23185432 with Koffler Electrical Mechanical Apparatus Repair, Inc. in the Amount of $230,000 for a New Not-to Exceed Amount of $460,000, and Extending the Term through September 29, 2027, for Electric Motors and Submersible Pump Service at the Regional Water Quality Control Plant; CEQA Status – Exempt under Section 15301(b).
Koffler Electrical Mechanical Apparatus Repair, Inc.; S23185432 Amendment No. 2
AA1. Approve the selection of Teri Black & Company as the executive recruitment firm for the recruitment of the City Attorney and Approve the Recruitment General Timeline as Recommended by the Council Appointed Officers (CAO) Committee. CEQA status – not a project.
Executive Recruitment Proposal from Teri Black and Co.
City Manager Comments
Presentation
Action Items
10. Adoption of Eight Ordinances Amending Various Sections of the Palo Alto Municipal Code (PAMC) Related to the 2025 California Building Standards Code (CA Code of Regulations Title 24) Update, including: (1) Chapter 16.04 Incorporating the 2025 CA Building Code With Local Amendments; (2) Chapter 16.05 Incorporating the 2025 CA Mechanical Code With Local Amendments; (3) Chapter 16.06 Incorporating the 2025 CA Residential Code With Local Amendments; (4) Chapter 16.08 Incorporating the 2025 CA Plumbing Code With Local Amendments; (5) Chapter 16.14 Incorporating the 2025 CA Green Building Standards Code with Local Amendments; (6) Chapter 16.16 Incorporating the 2022 CA Electrical Code With Local Amendments; (7) Chapter 16.18 Incorporating the 2024 International Swimming Pool and Spa Code With Local Amendments; (8) Chapter 16.17 Incorporating the 2025 CA Energy Code With Local Amendments; Direction to Staff to Return to Council on the Consent Calendar with Ordinances Adopting the 2025 Editions of the California Wildlands-Urban Interface Code and California Fire Code with Local Amendments; Approve a Budget Amendment in the General Fund . CEQA Status: Exempt Under CEQA Guidelines Sections 15061(b)(3) and 15308.
Ch. 16.04 and 16.19 Cal Building Code, State Historical Building Code and Existing Building Code
Ch 16.06 Cal Residential Code
Ch 16.16 Cal Electrical Code
Ch 16.05 Cal Mechanical Code
Ch 16.08 Cal Plumbing Code
Ch 16.17 Cal Energy Code
Ch 16.18 Int Swimming Pool and Spa Code (ISPSC)
Ch 16.14 Cal Green Building Standards Code
Evaluation of CALGreen vs. LEED for Palo Alto Nonresidential Projects
Staff Presentation
11. Review of State and Local Ballot Measures Appearing on the November 4, 2025 Ballot and Consideration of Possible City Council Positions.
Staff Presentation
Adjournment
