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  • CALL TO ORDER(view video)

    ROLL CALL

    PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

    COMMUNICATIONS

    Persons wishing to address the Council on any matter not on the posted agenda are invited to do so. Please note, however, that the Council is not able to undertake extended discussion or to act on non-agendized items. Such items can be referred to staff for appropriate action, which may include placement on a future agenda. This communication period is limited to five persons, three minutes each. Any additional persons wishing to be heard will be scheduled at the end of Regular Business.

    INTERVIEW AND APPOINTMENT OF CANDIDATE FOR ARCHITECTURAL AND SITE REVIEW BOARD

    7:35 p.m. Anne Kasten

    CONSENT CALENDAR

    All items on the Consent Calendar are considered to be routine and will be approved by one roll call motion unless a request is made at the beginning of the meeting that an item be withdrawn or transferred to the regular agenda.

    1.Approval of Waiver of Full Reading of Ordinances, per Government Code Section 36934.

    2.Monthly Financial Report for January of 2009.

    3.Approval of Minutes: Regular Meeting of February 24, 2009

    4.Town Manager’s Report to Town Council.

    5.Consideration of an Application for an Encroachment Permit to Conduct a Public Event: Ravenswood Family Health Center Bicycle Ride – May 16, 2009.

    6.Resolution Authorizing the Woodside History Committee to Author a Photo History of Woodside and Authorizing the Town Manager to Execute a Memorandum of Agreement with Arcadia Publishing for Publication. Resolution No. 2009 - ____

    PUBLIC HEARING

    The Mayor will declare the public hearing open. Town staff will present a staff report on the aspects of the application or issue, which will be followed by staff recommendations. The applicant or his/her representative may make a presentation. Thereafter, those in support of or in opposition to the proposal may speak. When all interested parties have had an opportunity to be heard, the hearing will be closed. After that time, no further discussion from the floor will be held. The Town Council will consider the evidence and either approve, disapprove, or continue the item to a subsequent meeting date.

    7.Adoption of an Ordinance Modifying the Woodside Municipal Code, Chapter 150 – Building Regulations – to Include Additional Regulations Requiring the Use of Fire Resistant Materials and Construction Methods and Amending the Table of Special Ordinances of the Woodside Municipal Code, Table I: Zoning Map Changes. Ordinance No. 2009 - ____

    8.Adoption of an Historic Preservation Element of the General Plan. Resolution No. 2009 - ____

    NEW BUSINESS

    9.Status Report on the General Plan Update and Review Project and Appointment of Members to the General Plan Update Task Force.

    10.2009-11 Annual Roads Program and Project Funding.

    REPORTS

    11.Mayor and Councilmember Communications.

    COMMUNICATIONS

    ADJOURNMENT

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