City Council Study Session Monday, October 21, 2024 07:00 PM In-Person Only

SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA

PARTICIPATION: Members of the public may participate  by being present at the Los Altos Council Chamber at Los Altos City  Hall located at 1 N. San Antonio Rd, Los Altos, CA during the meeting.  Public comment is accepted in person at the physical meeting location,  or via email to PublicComment@losaltosca.gov. 

RULES FOR CONDUCT: Pursuant to Los Altos Municipal Code, Section 2.05.010 "Interruptions  and rules for conduct": Understanding that the purpose of the city  council meetings is to conduct the people's business for the benefit of  all the people, in the event that any meeting of the city council is  willfully interrupted by a person or group of persons so as to render  the orderly conduct of the meeting impossible, the mayor, mayor pro tem,  or any other member of the city council acting as the chair may order  the removal of the person or persons responsible for the disruption and  bar them from further attendance at the council meeting, or otherwise  proceed pursuant to Government Code Section 54957.0 or any applicable  penal statute or city ordinance.

REMOTE MEETING OBSERVATION: Members of the public may view the meeting via the link below, but will  not be permitted to provide public comment via Zoom or telephone.   Public comment will be taken in-person, and members of the public may  provide written public comment by following the instructions below.

https://losaltosca-gov.zoom.us/j/85287149079?pwd=n9gqowLOviV4ljto4ERArkqkkP1six.1

Telephone: 1-669-444-9171 / Webinar ID: 852 8714 9079 / Passcode: 434245

SUBMIT WRITTEN COMMENTS: Prior to the meeting, comments on matters listed on the agenda may be  emailed to PublicComment@losaltosca.gov. Emails sent to this email  address are sent to/received immediately by the City Council.  Emails  sent directly to the City Council as a whole or individually, and not  sent to PublicComment@losaltosca.gov will not be included as a public  comment in the Council packet.

Please note: Personal  information, such as e-mail addresses, telephone numbers, home  addresses, and other contact information are not required to be included  with your comments.  If this information is included in your written  comments, they will become part of the public record.  Redactions and/or  edits will not be made to public comments, and the comments will be  posted as they are submitted.  Please do not include any information in  your communication that you do not want to be made public.

Correspondence  submitted in hard copy/paper format must be received by 2:00 p.m. on  the day of the meeting to ensure distribution prior to the meeting.   Comments provided in hard copy/paper format after 2:00 p.m. will be  distributed the following day and included with public comment in the  Council packet.

The Mayor will open public comment and will announce the length of time provided for comments during each item.

MEETING CALLED TO ORDER

CONFIRM QUORUM

WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENTS
This section is for written public comments received for the agenda item scheduled for this meeting.

• 10-21-2024 Written Public Comments

• 10-21-2024 Written Public Comments.pdf (9.77 MB)

DISCUSSION ITEM(S)

• 1.Hold Public Hearing No. 6 to receive a presentation from the City of Los Altos' ("City") consulting demographer, Redistricting Partners, regarding draft district maps for the City and to  discuss and provide further directions as to the further development of additional draft maps; solicit public input on draft district maps and the order of elections of the five new districts, including whether candidates for City Council must be residents and electors of the district in which they seek election for any period of time prior to filing their nomination papers and declaring their intent to run; reach agreement on the map to become the City's final district elections map; and to consider an urgency ordinance adopting district-based elections and approving the final district map for the City of Los Altos

• Staff Report.pdf (0.15 MB)
• Attachment 1.pdf (0.04 MB)
• Attachment 2.pdf (1.98 MB)
• Attachment 3.pdf (20.25 MB)
• Attachment 4.pdf (18.85 MB)
• Attachment 5.pdf (20.28 MB)
• Attachment 6.pdf (18.80 MB)
• Attachment 7.pdf (3.64 MB)
• Attachment 8.pdf (2.04 MB)

ADJOURNMENT

SPECIAL NOTICES TO THE PUBLIC

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, the City of Los Altos will make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting.  If you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the City Clerk 72 hours prior to the meeting at (650) 947-2610.