October 20th 2014
Call to Order
Study Session
1. Joint Study Session of the City Council and Planning and Transportation Commission
Special Orders of the Day
2. Proclamation of the City Council Proclaiming October 23, 2014 as Unity Day
Special Orders of the Day
3. Public/Private Partnership Presentation: Palo Alto/Menlo Park Parent’s Club – Annual Report
Agenda Changes, Additions & Deletions
City Manager Comments
Oral Communications
Approval of Minutes
August 18, 2014
Consent Calendar
5. Finance Committee Recommends Approval of Fiscal Year 2014 Reappropriation Requests to be Carried Forward Into Fiscal Year 2015
6. Adoption of Two Resolutions Approving and Accepting a total of $75,000 in Funds From the Santa Clara Valley Water District Under the 2014 Safe, Clean Water Priority A Grant Program Agreement and Authorizing the City Manager or his Designee to Execute Such an Agreement to be Used By the Utilities Department to Support its Business Water Report Pilot Program and Real-Time Water Use Monitoring Pilot Program, and Adoption of a Related Budget Amendment Ordinance for Fiscal Year 2015 to Provide Appropriation in the Amount of $100,000
7. Policy and Services Committee Recommendation to Accept the City Auditor’s Office Fiscal Year 2015 Proposed Work Plan
8. Policy and Services Committee Recommendation to Adopt an Ordinance to Amend Section 2.08.130 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code, Office and Duties of the City Auditor, to Reflect Changes in Audit Practices and Clarify the Requirements for Reporting Work Products of the Office of the City Auditor
9. Adoption of an Ordinance Approving and Adopting a Plan for Improvements to El Camino Park; Approval of and Authorization for the City Manager or his Designee to Execute Contract Amendment No. 3 to Contract C10131396 in the Amount of $47,850 with CDM Smith, for the El Camino Park Restoration Project; and Adoption of a Budget Amendment Ordinance to Consolidate Existing Funds Totaling $4,395,286 into Capital Improvement Program PE-13016 from the El Camino Park Playing Fields and Amenities Project PG-13002 and from the El Camino Park Expanded Parking Lot and New Restroom Project PE-13016, and to Retitle PE-13016 to “El Camino Park Restoration Project”
10. Approval of Contract No. C15155841 With Anderson Pacific Engineering Construction, Inc. in the Total Amount Not to Exceed $1,067,000 for the Facility Repair & Retrofit Project No. 3 at the Regional Water Quality Control Plant Capital Improvement Program Project WQ-04011
11. SECOND READING: Adoption of an Ordinance Establishing Underground Utility District No. 46 (Arastradero Road/ El Camino Real/ W. Charleston Road) by Amending Section 12.16.02 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code (First Reading: October 6, 2014 PASSED: 8-0 Klein absent
Study Session
12. Palo Alto Grade Separation and Trenching Study
Action Items
13. Council Review of Possible Financing Methods for Construction of One or More New Parking Garages in Downtown and Direction to Staff Regarding Next Steps
Council Member Questions, Comments and Announcements
Adjournment