PALO ALTO CITY COUNCIL:
2009 On-Demand Webcast Archives

November 9th, 2009

A. ROLL CALL/STUDY SESSION

Study Session:
1. Quarterly Update on City Activities related to the High Speed Rail Project

B. SPECIAL ORDERS OF THE DAY

2. Adoption of a Resolution Expressing Appreciation to Rosemary Ralston Upon Her Retirement

3. Adoption of a Resolution Expressing Appreciation to Jannette Huber Upon Her Retirement

C. CITY MANAGER COMMENTS

D. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS

E. CONSENT CALENDAR/ACTION ITEMS

Consent Calendar:
4. Approval of a Contract with Elite Landscaping Incorporated in the Amount of $1,220,075 for Construction of Greer Park Renovation and Pump Station Replacement - Capital Improvement Program Project PE-09002

5. Approval to Utilize the State of California CALNET II (CALNET 2) Contracts to Order Telecommunications Services Through SBC Global Services, Inc. dba AT&T Global Services for City-Wide Telecommunications Services in an Amount not to exceed a Total of $760,000 Through January 2012

6. Approval of a Utilities Enterprise Fund Purchase Order with DitchWitch Bay Area in the Total Amount of $285,945 for Delivery of an All Terrain Directional Boring Unit Ð Capital Improvement Program Projects GS-02013 and GS-03007

7. Finance Committee Recommendation to Accept the City Auditor's Office Fiscal Year 2010 Work Plan

8. Adoption of Two Resolutions: (1) Adopting a Compensation Plan for Management and Professional Personnel and Council Appointees and Rescinding Resolution Nos. 8844, 8845, 8915, 8950 and 8988, and (2) Amending Section 1701 of the Merit System Rules and Regulations to Incorporate the 2009-2010 Compensation Plan for Management and Professional Personnel and Council Appointees

9. Request for Authorization to (1) Increase Existing Agreement with the Law Firm of Musick, Peeler & Garrett, LLP by an Additional $52,000 for a Total Contract Not to Exceed Amount of $102,000; (2) Increase the Existing Agreement with the Law Firm of Liebert Cassidy Whitmore by an Additional $60,000 for a Total Not to Exceed Amount of $145,000; and (3) Increase the Existing Agreement with Ferguson Praet & Sherman by an Additional $50,000 for a Total Not to Exceed Amount of $115,000

10. Adoption of an Ordinance Approving and Adopting a Plan of Improvements to the Junior Museum & Zoo to Construct a New Bobcat Exhibit and to Replace Fencing and Walkways - Capital Improvement Program Project AC-10000

11. Adoption of a Resolution Expressing Appreciation to Mei Wong Upon Her Retirement

12. Adoption of a Resolution Expressing Appreciation to Sridhar Bilgiri Upon His Retirement

13. Adoption of a Resolution Expressing Appreciation to Sandra Domingo Upon Her Retirement

14. Adoption of a Resolution Expressing Appreciation to Adam Nowak Upon His Retirement

15. Adoption of a Resolution of the Expressing Appreciation to Jerzy Siegenfeld Upon His Retirement


Action Item:
16. Approval of a Mitigated Negative Declaration for the California Avenue Streetscape Improvements, Phase I; Approval of a Street Tree Replanting Plan on California Avenue from El Camino Real to the Caltrain Station as Part of the California Avenue Improvements Capital Improvement Program Project PE-07005; Approval of a Change Order in Amount of $96,200 with Suarez & Munoz Construction, Inc. and Deferral of the California Avenue Street Improvements Phase II Including Tree Replanting at the Fountain Plaza Area Located Near the Park Boulevard/California Avenue Intersection, Addition of New Street Furniture, and Street Repaving and Restriping Until Community Outreach and Public Review is Complete (continued by Council Motion on October 05, 2009)

F. ACTION ITEMS (cont.)

17. Public Hearing Adoption of an Ordinance Amending the Palo Alto Municipal Code Chapter 18.08.040 (the Zoning Map), Chapter 18.30(C) (the Ground Floor (GF) Combining District), and Chapter 18.18 (the Downtown Commercial Community (CD-C) Zone District) to Modify Restrictions on Ground Floor Uses in the Downtown Area (continued by Council Motion on November 09, 2009)

G. ACTION ITEMS (cont.)/COUNCIL MEMBER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, AND ANNOUNCEMENTS/ADJOURNMENT

18. Public Hearing Approval of a Tentative Map and Record of Land Use Action to Create Six Commercial Condominium Units Within an Existing Office Building at 164 Hamilton Avenue

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