August 5th, 2024
Call to Order
Special Orders of the Day
- Interview Candidates for Vacancies on Historic Resources Board
Closed Session
2. 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, Kiely Nose, Kristen O’Kane, Sunny Tong).
Subject of Negotiations: Purchase, Exchange, and/or Lease, Price and Terms of Payment
Agenda Changes, Additions and Deletions
Public Comment
COUNCIL MEMBER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, ANNOUNCEMENTS
Consent Calendar
3. Approval of Minutes from June 17, 2024 and June 18, 2024 Meetings
4. Authorization to Execute an Amendment to Legal Services Contract S22183520 with Liebert Cassidy Whitmore to Increase Amount by $150,000 for Total Not-to-Exceed Amount of $320,000 and to Extend the Term; CEQA Status – Not a Project.
Consent Questions
5. PUBLIC HEARING/QUASI-JUDICIAL. Buena Vista Mobile Home Park Redevelopment/3980 El Camino Real [24PLN-00041; 24PLN-00129] Approval of a Vesting Tentative Map to Subdivide One Existing 4.5-acre Parcel into Two Parcels and to Approve a Streamlined Housing Development Review Application for a 61-unit Apartment Building. The Project Also Includes 44 Mobile Homes, which are Regulated by the State, and Authorization for the City Manager to Execute Amended Regulatory Agreements. Environmental Assessment: Exempt from the Provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act in Accordance with CEQA Guidelines Section 15332 (In-fill Development). Zoning District: RM-20.
Location Map
Draft Record of Land Use Action Final for Staff Report 2024-0703
Supplemental Report
Public Comment
6. Adoption of a Resolution Establishing Fiscal Year 2025 Property Tax Levy for General Obligation Bonds (Measure N Libraries); CEQA Status: Not a Project.
Attachment B – Exhibit A General Obligation Bonds, Election of 2008, Series 2013 2022A, & 2022B Tax Rate Calculation Based on 2024-25 AV
Consent Questions
7. SECOND READING: Adopt an Ordinance and Resolution Extending the Interim Parklet Program to the Car-Free Portion of Ramona Street through March 2025; CEQA status – categorically exempt (FIRST READING: June 18, 2024 PASSED 7-0).
Interim Ordinance Extending At-grade and Parklet Dining on Ramona
City Manager Comments
Action Items
8. PUBLIC HEARING: Consideration of Objections for Weed Abatement Assessments; and Adoption of Resolution Confirming the Weed Abatement Report and Ordering Abatement Costs to be a Special Assessment on the Properties Specified in the Report; CEQA status – categorically exempt.
Weed Abatement Resolution with 2024 PA Assessment Report
9. PUBLIC HEARING: Adoption of a Resolution Implementing the North Ventura Coordinated Area Plan (NVCAP), Amending the City’s Comprehensive Plan and Certifying the Supplemental Environmental Impact Report, Including a Statement of Overriding Considerations; and FIRST READING: an Ordinance Adding Chapter 18.29 and Amending Chapters 18.14, 18.24, and 16.65 in the Palo Alto Municipal Code as well as Amendments to the Zoning District Map, and Rezoning of Parcels Within the NVCAP area. CEQA Status — Supplemental Environmental Impact Report SCH #2023020691.
Draft Resolution to Certify the SEIR and Adopt the NVCAP
Links to the Public Draft NVCAP, Draft SEIR, Final SEIR, and MMRP
Summary of the Endorsed Preferred Plan and Refinements
Summary of Goals and Objectives Consistency
Final Draft NVCAP
Public Comment
Presentation
10. Designation of Voting Delegate and Alternate for the League of California Cities Annual 2024 Conference, to be held October 16-18, 2024, in Long Beach, California.
2024 Cal Cities Voting Delegate Information Packet
Adjournment
