7:30 P.M. REGULAR SESSION (view video)

REPORT FROM CLOSED SESSION (view video)

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE (view video)

COMMUNICATIONS (view video)

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 (view video)

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and will be approved by one roll call motion unless a request is made at the beginning of the meeting that an item be withdrawn or transferred to the regular agenda.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 (Allows Ordinances to be introduced or adopted by the Town Council without the full ordinance language being read into the record.)
2. Monthly Investment Report for September, 2007. (Provides the Town Council with a report on the month’s investment activity, pursuant to State law.)
3. Resolution Approving Agreement for Town Attorney Services with Aaronson, Dickerson, Cohn & Lanzone and Authorizing the Mayor to Execute the Agreement on Behalf of the Town. Resolution No. 2007 - ____ (Authorizes the Mayor to execute the subject agreement, the terms of which were developed as a result of the September 11, 2007 evaluation of the Town Attorney.)

NEW BUSINESS (view video)

4. Introduction of an Ordinance Amending Woodside Municipal Code Chapter 115: Stables. (The Town Council will accept public input on proposed changes to the Town’s stable regulations, developed by the Town’s Livestock and Animal Control Committee and designed to facilitate understanding of the regulations. This item has been previously considered on June 26 and July 24, 2007. Certain changes were directed at both meetings, precluding the ordinance’s introduction.)

PUBLIC HEARING (view video)

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.
5. Pursuant to Woodside Municipal Code Sections 36.01(A) and 10.44, Appeal of the Planning Director’s Decision that Installation of a Second Bathroom (which yields a second bedroom) is in Violation of the Conditions of a Restrictive Covenant Filed on the Property and that Plumbing Installed without a Permit is in Violation of Section 150.21 of the Woodside Municipal Code - Mina Parivash and Gordon Von Richter, 610 Woodside Way. (Following acceptance of public testimony, the Town Council will decide whether it agrees with the Planning Director’s determination that the installation of a second bathroom is in violation of the recorded restrictive covenant on this property.)

REPORTS (view video)

6. Mayor and Councilmember Communications.
7. Report from the Town Manager. (Provides an update on key activities.)