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  • CALL TO ORDER(view video)

    ROLL CALL

    6:30 CLOSED SESSION

    1.Conference with Legal Counsel - Anticipated Litigation {Government Code Section 54956.9(b)}: One Potential Case
    7:30 P.M. REGULAR SESSION

    REPORT FROM CLOSED SESSION

    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.

    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and will be approved by one roll call motion unless a request is made at the beginning of the meeting that an item be withdrawn or transferred to the regular agenda.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.Approval of August Legislative Recess.
    3.Monthly Financial Report for May, 2008 and Resolution Modifying the Adopted Budget for 2007-08 Pursuant to the Results of the Final Budget Performance Review. Resolution No. 2008 - ____
    4.Resolution Approving a Program Proposal for the Citizens’ Option for Public Safety (COPS) Program for 2008-09. Resolution No. 2008 - ____
    5.Approval of Minutes: Regular Meeting of June 10, 2008.
    6.Transmittal of 2007-08 Maze & Associates Letter of Engagement.
    7.Resolution Approving a Corrected Rate Structure for GreenWaste Recovery, Inc, to be effective July 1, 2008. Resolution 2008 - ____
    8.Resolution Authorizing the Town Manager to Execute Agreements for Services Required for the Implementation of the 2007-08 and 2008-09 Budgets. Resolution 2008 - ____

    NEW BUSINESS

    9.Resolution: (1) Approving the Plans and Specifications for the 2008 Road Rehabilitation Project; (2) Authorizing the Town Manager to Advertise for Bids and to Execute a Contract with the Lowest Responsible Bidder, with a Total Contract Amount not to Exceed $985,000 Including a 10% Contingency; and (3) Authorizing the Town Manager to Enter into a Service Agreement with an Inspection and Testing Company for Inspection and Testing Services, not to Exceed $60,000. Resolution No. 2008 - ____

    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.
    10.Resolutions: (1) Adopting the Town Budget for Fiscal Year 2008-09; (2) Determining the Appropriation Limit for Fiscal Year 2008-09; and (3) Approving the Town Salary and Classification Plan for 2008-09; and (4) Requesting that the San Mateo County Tax Collector Collect the 2008-09 Sewer Service Fees for the Town Center Sewer Assessment District. Resolutions No. 2008 - ____, No. 2008 - ____, No. 2008 - ____, and No. 2008 - ____
    11.Adoption of an Ordinance Requiring the Designation of Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones in the Town of Woodside. Ordinance No. 2008 - ____

    REPORTS

    12.Mayor and Councilmember Communications.

    COMMUNICATIONS

    ADJOURNMENT

    Tonight’s meeting is adjourned in memory of Larry Wenrick, who served on the Town Manager’s Ad Hoc Road Committee in 1997 and was a charter member of the Rotary Club of Woodside/Portola Valley.
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