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Town Council Meeting, 11/25/2008

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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.

    CONSENT CALENDAR A

    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and will be approved by one roll call motion unless a request is made at the beginning of the meeting that an item be withdrawn or transferred to the regular agenda.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 Meetings of October 9, 2007, and October 28, 2008.
    2.Town Manager’s Report to Town Council.
    3.Monthly Financial Report for October of 2008.
    4.Resolution Accepting Completion of Certain Street Improvements to West Maple Way and Filing the Notice of Completion. Resolution No. 2008 - ____
    5.Resolution Accepting Completion of the 2007 Road Rehabilitation Project and Filing the Notice of Completion. Resolution No. 2008 - ____
    6.Resolution Consenting to the Annexation of Land to the Fair Oaks Sewer Maintenance District for 215 Lindenbrook Road (APN 073-071-200). Resolution No. 2008 - ____
    7.Resolutions Authorizing the Town Manager to Execute Administering Agency-State Agreements and Program Supplements with the State of California for Federal Aid and State Funds for Projects in the Town of Woodside. Resolution No. 2008 - ____ and Resolution No. 2008 - ____

    CONSENT CALENDAR B

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

    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.
    8.Pursuant to Woodside Municipal Code, Section 10.44, Appeal of a Notice of Intent to Record a Code Violation for Installation of an Unpermitted Solid Wood Fence (Bullock – 3573 Tripp Road).

    NEW BUSINESS

    9.Introduction of an Ordinance Modifying the Woodside Municipal Code, Chapter 31 – Officers and Employees.
    10.Report on the Status of the 2008-09 Work Plan.

    REPORTS

    11.Mayor and Councilmember Communications.

    COMMUNICATIONS

    ADJOURNMENT

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