City Council

August 21st, 2023

Call to Order

Closed Session

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.

Public Comments

Agenda Changes, Additions and Deletions

Public Comment

COUNCIL MEMBER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, ANNOUNCEMENTS

Consent Calendar

2. Approval of Minutes from August 7, 2023 Meeting

3. Approval of an Extraterritorial Utility Service and Offsite Infrastructure Agreement between City of Palo Alto and City of Mountain View in relation to Palo Alto Homekey project at 1237 San Antonio Road for connection to City of Mountain View Water and Sewer Utility Services.

4. Approval of Contract C24187741A with Vance Brown, Inc., not to exceed $370,881, for Repair of the Lytton Plaza Fountain and Approval of a Budget Amendment in the Capital Improvement Fund (2/3 vote required); CEQA status – Categorically exempt per regulation 15301 (existing facilities).

5. Approval of Office of City Auditor FY2024 Task Orders; CEQA Status – Not a project

6. SECOND READING: Adoption of an Ordinance Amending Section 9.68.010 (Purpose) and Section 9.68.040 (Just Cause Evictions Required) in Palo Alto Municipal Code Chapter 9.68, Rental Housing Stabilization, to Reduce the Minimum Time Period Required for Renters to Qualify for Just Cause Eviction Protections. CEQA status—exempt under CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3). (FIRST READING: August 7, 2023 PASSED 6-1, Tanaka no).

City Manager Comments

Action Items

7. Staff Recommends that Council Direct Staff to Explore Purchase of Property Contiguous to the Regional Water Quality Control Plant (RWQCP) to Meet Current and Future Needs of the RWQCP.

Public Comments

Adjournment