May 20th, 2024
Call to Order
Special Orders of the Day
3. Greeting Yanpu, Shanghai, China Sister City Officials and Delegation
- Santa Clara County Department of Family and Children’s Services in Honor of May being National Foster Care Awareness Month.
2. Proclamation Recognizing National Public Works Week
Agenda Changes, Additions and Deletions
Closed Session
AA1. CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS Authority: Government Code Section 54956.8 Property: 4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto (Informally known as the Cubberley Site) Negotiating Party: Palo Alto Unified School District City Negotiators: (Ed Shikada, Chantal Cotton Gaines, Kristen O’Kane, Sunny Tong) Subject of Negotiations: Purchase, Exchange, and/or Lease Price and Terms of Payment New Item added
Public Comment
COUNCIL MEMBER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, ANNOUNCEMENTS
Consent Calendar
5. Approval of Minutes from May 6, 2024 Meeting
6. Adoption of a Resolution for Senate Bill 1, the Road Repair and Accountability Act, for Fiscal Year 2025, Providing the Project List for the Street Maintenance Capital Improvement Program project PE-86070; CEQA Status – Not a Project.
7. Approval of Purchase Order 4524000375 with Meiden American Switchgear for the Purchase of Seven (7) 60KV Circuit Breakers for the Colorado Substation in an Amount Not to Exceed $713,023 or FY 2024; CEQA Status: Exempt Under CEQA Guidelines Section 15302 (Replacement of Existing Structures).
Consent Questions
8. Adoption of Resolution Suspending the Levy of Assessments on the Downtown Palo Alto Business Improvement District (BID) Assessment for Fiscal Year 2025; CEQA status – not a project.
9. Approval of a Budget Amendment in the General Fund for the Planning and Development Services Department’s Deposit Based Fee Program for Private Development Studies in the Amount of the Net Zero $300,000: CEQA – Not a Project.
Consent Questions
10. Adoption of Revised Management and Professional Salary Schedule to Adjust the Salary of One Classification; Adoption of Administrative Revisions to the Management and Professional Compensation Plan; and Adoption of a Side Letter and Revised International Association of Fire Fighters, Local 1319 Salary Schedule for One New Classification; CEQA Status – Not a project.
City Manager Comments
Action Items
11. Ad Hoc Committee recommendation to the City Council on a Potential Charter Amendment on the Direct Election of the Mayor.
Late Packet Report and Attachment A
Public Comment
Presentation
12. Discussion and Direction Regarding the City Council Procedures and Protocols Handbook – Annual Discussion as Recommended by the Policy & Services Committee (Item Continued from May 13, 2024 City Council Meeting). The report for this item can be found here* (Agenda Item. number 12). On May 13, 2024 the Council Received Presentations and Public Testimony; the item was continued to May 20, 2024 for Countinued Council Discussion, Deliberation, and Action – No Public Testimony Will be Heard on May 20, 2024.
Adjournment
