November 10th, 2014
Call to Order
Study Session
1. Council Study Session with Parks and Recreation Commission
Special Presentation
Tribute to Dan Dykwel
Special Orders of the Day
2. Partner Presentation Between the Palo Alto Library and Palo Alto Art Center for Veteran Audiences
3. Appointment of Candidates to the Architectural Review Board, the Historic Resources Board, and the Planning and Transportation Commission
Agenda Changes, Additions and Deletions
City Manager Comments
Continued
3. Appointment of Candidates to the Architectural Review Board, the Historic Resources Board, and the Planning and Transportation Commission
Oral Communications
Continued
3. Appointment of Candidates to the Architectural Review Board, the Historic Resources Board, and the Planning and Transportation Commission
Minutes Approval
September 15, 2014
September 22, 2014
Consent Calendar
4. Policy and Services Committee Recommendation to Release Agenda Packets One Week Earlier and Make Other Conforming Changes
5. Finance Committee Recommendation that the City Council Approve Design Guidelines for the 2014 Water Utility Drought Rate Cost of Service Study
6. Finance Committee Recommends Approval of Staff’s Second Follow-up Response to the Inventory Management Audit
7. Adoption of a Resolution Summarily Vacating Public Easement Which has been Relocated at 1050 Page Mill Road
8. Denial of a Historic Designation Request for the Palo Alto Little League Site Located at 3672 Middlefield Rd HRB Presentation ARB Presentation Historic Inventory Application
9. Adoption of a Resolution Concurring with the City of Menlo Park for the Naming of the Mike Harding Pedestrian/Bicycle Bridge at San Mateo Drive (Menlo Park)
10. Approval of Contract With Concern: EAP for the City of Palo Alto’s Employee Assistance Plan, in the Amount of $2,800.60 per Month for up to Sixty Months for a Total Amount not to Exceed $168,036
11. Approval of a Public-Private Partnership Agreement between the City of Palo Alto and the Palo Alto Players for the Cooperative Use of the Lucie Stern Community Theatre
12. Approval of the Renewal of a Public-Private Partnership Agreement Between the City of Palo Alto and West Bay Opera for the Use of the Lucie Stern Community Theatre
13. Approval of a Three Year Contract with Downtown Streets, Inc. in a Total Amount Not to Exceed of $470,616 for Maintenance Services for the City’s Five Downtown Parking Garages, Downtown Sidewalks and Alleys, Lytton and Cogswell Plaza, the Stanford/Palo Alto Playing Fields, and the Old Community Garden, and Provide Outreach Case Management Services to the Downtown Core with the Intent of Linking Homeless Individuals to Community and Housing Services
14. Approval of a Blanket Purchase Order with TMT Enterprises in an Amount Not to Exceed of $2,407,850 to be the Primary Supplier of New Construction Materials and Haul Away of Construction Debris from the Municipal Service Center to Off-Site Recycling and Disposal for the Utilities, Community Services and Public Works Department for a Three Year Period from October 27, 2014 through October 26, 2017
15. Approval of Contract No. C15153692 With RMC Water and Environment in a Total Amount Not to Exceed $4,357,899 to Provide Program Management Services for Projects Under the Long Range Facilities Plan of the Regional Water Quality Control Plant – Capital Improvement Program Project WQ-14001, and for Projects Under the Organic Facilities Plan of the Palo Alto Landfill Project RF-11001
16. Approval of Extension of the Trial Caltrain Go Pass Program for City Employees and Adoption of a Budget Amendment Ordinance in the Amount of $80,280 for the 2015 Go Pass Program
17. Approval of Contract No. C15155378 With Carollo Engineers, P. C. in the Total Amount Not to Exceed $291,335 to Provide Design Services for Old Pumping Plant (OPP) Rehabilitation at Regional Water Quality Control Plant – Capital Improvement Program Project WQ- 80021
18. Approval of the Submission of a National Endowment for the Arts Our Town Grant Application
Action Items
19. PUBLIC HEARING: Resolution Adopting the 2015-2023 Housing Element of the Comprehensive Plan and Associated Mitigated Negative Declaration and Mitigation Monitoring Program
Continued
3. Appointment of Candidates to the Architectural Review Board, the Historic Resources Board, and the Planning and Transportation Commission
20. Approval of Letter of Intent for Construction and Operation of the New Junior Museum and Zoo Building by the Friends of the Junior Museum and Zoo in 2019
Continued
3. Appointment of Candidates to the Architectural Review Board, the Historic Resources Board, and the Planning and Transportation Commission
21. Approval of a Two-Year Contract with Flint Strategies for a Communications and Outreach Contract to Support the Our Palo Alto Initiative and the Planning and Community Environmental Department at a Cost Not to Exceed $175,000 (Continued from October 27, 2014)
22. Review of City Hall Remodel Project (Continued from October 20, 2014)
Inter-Governmental Legislative Affairs
Council Member Questions, Comments and Announcements
Closed Session
23. CONFERENCE WITH ATTORNEY/LEGAL COUNSEL Potential Litigation Relating to the Mitchell Park Library and Community Center Construction Significant Exposure to Litigation: 1 Potential Case Potential Initiation of Litigation: 1 Potential Case Authority: Government Code Section 54956.9
Adjournment
