April 22nd, 2024
Call to Order
Special Orders of the Day
- Recognizing Youth Living in Palo Alto or Enrolled at PAUSD Who Have Received The President’s Volunteer Service Award (PVSA) As Certified by Youth Community Service (YCS) This Academic Year Between July 1, 2023 – Feb 15, 2024.
Public Comment
Presentation
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, and Jennifer Fine) Employee Organization: Service Employees International Union,
(SEIU) Local 521, 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, ANNOUNCEMENTS
Study Session
3. Race and Equity Update: Assessment Report from Ivy Planning Group on City Workplace Culture and 2024-2025 (Calendar Years) Equity Action Plan.
2024-2025 Equity Action Plan
Presentation
Consent Calendar
4. Approval of Minutes from April 1, 2024 and April 8, 2024 Meetings
5. CONSENT: 261 Hamilton Ave: Upgrade Historic Inventory from Category 3 to Category 1
Public Comment
6. Adopt a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager or Their Designee to Execute an Amendment to the Power Purchase Agreement with Ameresco Half Moon Bay LLC for the Purchase of up to 60,000 Megawatt-Hours per Year of Biogas Energy Over a Term of up to 20 Years for a Total Not to Exceed Amount of $147.2 Million; CEQA Status: Not a Project under CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(a).
Consent Questions
7. Approval of Construction Contract Number C24190641A with Valhalla Builders, Inc. in the Amount of $460,900 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 $46,090 for the Performing Arts Venues Seat Replacement Project at Lucie Stern Community Theatre, Capital Improvement Program Project AC-18000; CEQA Status – Exempt Under CEQA Guidelines Section 15301.
8. Approval of Professional Services Contract No. C24190042 With BKF Engineers in a Total Not-to-Exceed Amount for $283,250 for Land Surveying Services for One Year; CEQA – Not a Project.
Consent Questions
9. Approval of a Five-Year Technical Assistance Agreement with the United States Geological Survey in an Amount Not-to-Exceed $924,745 for Scientific Monitoring Services at the Regional Water Quality Control Plant Outfall and Horizontal Levee Pilot Project Site (WQ-22001); CEQA Status- Categorically Exempt Section 15306.
Consent Questions
10. QUASI-JUDICIAL. 739 Sutter Avenue [22PLN-00201 and 24PLN-00005]: Appeal of the Director’s Decision to Approve a Streamlined Housing Development Review Application to Allow Deconstruction of An Existing 8 Unit Residential Rental Development and Construction of 12 Three-Bedroom Condominium Units. The Project Also Includes a Request for Approval of a Vesting Tentative Map for a Condominium Subdivision. Zoning District: RM-20. Environmental Assessment: Exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act per CEQA Guidelines Section 15332. For more information contact the Project Planner at HYPERLINK “mailto:[email protected]”. \h [email protected].
Supplemental Report
Public Comment
City Manager Comments
Action Items
11. Review and provide input on Concept Plans for Quarry Road Transit Connection to the Palo Alto Transit Center and Adoption of a Resolution of Intention to Undedicate a portion of El Camino Park; CEQA status – statutorily exempt per Pub. Res. Code § 21080(b)(12).
Conceptual Site Plan
Public Comments
Presentation
12. Addition of 16 properties to the City’s Historic Resources Inventory based on Owner interest. CEQA Status: Pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21065, the Historic Designation of Properties is not a Project Subject to Environmental Review.
147 Properties Eligible for HRI in the 2023 Survey Report
14 Properties Removed from Eligibility in Survey Report
Presentation
Public Comments
Adjournment
