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  • CALL TO ORDER(view video)

    ROLL CALL

    7:00 CLOSED SESSION

    Conference with Legal Counsel – Anticipated Litigation [Government Code Section 54956.9(b)]: One Potential Case

    7:30 P.M. REGULAR SESSION

    PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

    REPORT FROM CLOSED SESSION

    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and will be approved by one roll call motion unless a request is made at the beginning of the meeting that an item be withdrawn or transferred to the regular agenda.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 Minutes: Regular Meeting of June 23, 2009.

    2.Acceptance of 2008-09 Audited Basic Financial Statements, Proposition 111 Appropriations Limit Review, Measure A Special Revenue Fund Report, Bicycle/Pedestrian Projects Report, Memorandum on Internal Control and Required Communications, and Town Manager’s Report on the Town’s 2008-09 Financial Self Assessment.

    3.Resolution Authorizing Acterra to Apply for Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program Funding Allocated to the Town of Woodside and to Implement the High Energy Home Assessment Program. Resolution No. 2009 - ____

    4.Resolution Reducing the Fine for Violation of Section 153.173 of the Woodside Municipal Code and Imposing Certain Other Conditions (Weiss – 3910 Sand Hill Road). Resolution No. 2009 - ____ (This item is being continued to the October 13, 2009 Town Council Meeting.)

    5.Consideration of an Application for an Encroachment Permit to Conduct a Public Event: San Francisco AIDS Foundation Fundraising Cycling Event on October 17, 2009.

    6.Update on the Woodside Landscape Committee Proposal to Commission an Equine Statue for Installation on Village Hill.

    NEW BUSINESS

    7.Resolution: (1) Requesting Caltrans to Prohibit Stopping and Parking along Woodside Road from Cañada Road to West of Woodside Elementary School with Exceptions; (2) Providing a “No Stopping and Parking Anytime” Zone along Albion Avenue from Woodside Road to Prospect Street and Authorizing the Town Engineer to Install Signs; (3) Directing the Town Engineer to Request Permission from Caltrans to Post “No Stopping and Parking Anytime” and “Tow Away Zone” Signs along Woodside Road; and (4) Authorizing the Town Manager to Provide Exceptions to the “No Stopping and Parking” along Woodside Road to Accommodate Special Events. Resolution No. 2009 - ____

    8.Resolution Approving a Covenant to Retain Portion of Town Property as Open Space and Authorizing the Mayor to Execute the Covenant on Behalf of the Town (Woodhill Drive, APN 068-322-390). Resolution No. 2009 - ____

    REPORTS

    9.Mayor and Councilmember Communications.

    COMMUNICATIONS

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