March 17th, 2025

 

Call to Order

Special Orders of the Day

1. Recognition of Sister City Tsuchiura, Japan and Palo Alto Student Exchange Participants.

Welcoming Exchange Students and Chaperones from Tsuchiura, Japan and Acknowledgment of Palo Alto Host Students as Student Ambassadors.

Supplemental Report

 

 

CLOSED SESSION

2. CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS
City Designated Representatives: City Manager and his Designees Pursuant to Merit System Rules and Regulations
(Ed Shikada, Kiely Nose, Sandra Blanch, Nick Raisch, Tori Post, Molly Stump, Lauren Lai, Paul Harper, and Jennifer Fine)
Employee Organization: Service Employees International Union, (SEIU) Local 521 Hourly Unit, Utilities Management and Professional
Association of Palo Alto (UMPAPA), Palo Alto Peace Officers’ Association (PAPOA), Palo Alto Police Management Association (PMA),
International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) local 1319, Palo Alto Fire Chiefs’ Association (FCA); Authority: Government Code Section 54957.6 (a).

 

 

Agenda Changes, Additions and Deletions

Public Comment

 

 

Council Member Questions, Comments, and Announcements

 

 

Study Session

3. Study Session with Palo Alto Youth Council

Palo Alto Youth Council Accomplishments and Initiatives

Staff Presentation

 

 

Consent Calendar

4. Approval of Minutes from March 3, 2025 Meeting

5. REINTRODUCED FIRST READING: Ordinance of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Amending Various Chapters of Title 18 (Zoning) and Title 21 (Subdivisions and Other Divisions of Land) of the Palo Alto Municipal Code to Clarify Existing Regulations and to Implement Recent State Land Use Laws from 2023 and Earlier, Including AB 2097. CEQA Status – Exempt Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3).

Draft Ordinance Clarifying Code and Implementing State Law

6. Adoption of Memorandum of Agreement with SEIU, Local 521 for a Term of Three Years Expiring December 31, 2027; CEQA Status – Not a Project.

MOA between SEIU 521 and the City of Palo Alto – Redline copy

MOA between SEIU 521 and the City of Palo Alto – Clean copy

Salary Schedules

7. Approval of Professional Services Contract Number C25191558 with Life Insurance Company of North America, a wholly owned subsidiary of New York Life Insurance Company, in an Amount Not to Exceed $2,369,216 to Provide Group Life Insurance, Accidental Death and Dismemberment and Long-Term Disability to City of Palo Alto Employees for a Period of Three Years; CEQA Status – Not a Project.

Current Group Life Insurance AD&D and LTD Benefit Summary

Proposed Voluntary Life Insurance & AD&D Benefit Enhancement

Proposed Long Term Disability Benefit Enhancement

New York Life Insurance (Life Disability), Contract C25191558

8. Authorization to Execute Amendment to Legal Services Agreement S23187569 with Howard Rome Martin Ridley & Master LLP dba Ridley Master to Increase Amount by $60,000 for Total Not-to-Exceed Amount of $315,000; CEQA Status – Not a Project.

9. UBLIC HEARING / QUASI-JUDICIAL. 4335 and 4345 El Camino Real [24PLN-00153]: Applicant’s Request for Approval of a Vesting Tentative Map to Allow for a Condominium Subdivision to Create Eight Units on a 17,406 Square Foot Parcel and to Create 21 Units on a 41,370 Square Foot Parcel to Facilitate Construction of 29 New Residential Units in Five Buildings (24PLN-00152). CEQA Status: Exempt from CEQA in Accordance with CEQA Guidelines Section 15332 (In-Fill Development).

Location Map

Draft Record of Land Use Action

Public Comments

Link to Vesting Tentative Map and Environmental Analysis

Item 9 Public Comment

 

 

City Manager Comments

 

 

Action Items

AA2. Approval of the 2025 City Council Priority Objectives, as well as Committee Objectives and Workplans. CEQA Status — Not a Project. (Item Continued from February 24, 2025 and March 10, 2025 City Council Meetings).

Proposed 2025 City Council Priority Objectives (1)

2025 Staff Not Recommended Objectives (1)

Committee Objectives (1)

2025 Policy & Services Committee Workplan (1)

2025 Finance Committee Workplan (1)

Supplemental Report published February 24, 2025

Public Comment

Staff Presentation

 

 

AA1. Adoption of a Resolution Responding to Federal Actions

Colleagues Memo

Resolution Reaffirming Council’s Commitment to Palo Alto Values