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Home My WebLink About09-02-2015 City Council AgendaPage 1 of 5 REGULAR MEETING – 7:00 P.M. – CIVIC THEATER/COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT 13777 FRUITVALE AVENUE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL REPORT OF CITY CLERK ON POSTING OF AGENDA The agenda for this meeting was properly posted on August 27, 2015. REPORT FROM CLOSED SESSION COMMUNICATIONS FROM COMMISSIONS & PUBLIC Oral Communications on Non-Agendized Items Any member of the public will be allowed to address the City Council for up to three (3) minutes on matters not on this agenda. The law generally prohibits the Council from discussing or taking action on such items. However, the Council may instruct staff accordingly regarding Oral Communications under Council Direction to Staff. Oral Communications - Council Direction to Staff Instruction to Staff regarding actions on current Oral Communications. Communications from Boards and Commissions Council Direction to Staff Instruction to Staff regarding actions on current Communications from Boards & Commissions. ANNOUNCEMENTS CONSENT CALENDAR The Consent Calendar contains routine items of business. Items in this section will be acted in one motion, unless removed by the Mayor or a Council member. Any member of the public may speak to an item on the Consent Calendar at this time, or request the Mayor remove an item from the Consent Calendar for discussion. Public Speakers are limited to three (3) minutes. 1. City Council Meeting Minutes Recommended action: Approve the City Council minutes for the Special and Regular City Council Meeting on August 19, 2015. AGENDA REGULAR MEETING SARATOGA CITY COUNCIL SEPTEMBER 2, 2015 Page 2 of 5 2. Review of Accounts Payable Check Registers Recommended action: Review and accept check registers for the following accounts payable payment cycles: 8/18/2015: Period 2 8/25/2015: Period 2 3. Adoption of Rules of Procedure for Administrative Appeal Hearings Before the Hearing Officer Recommended action: Approve the attached resolution adopting Rules of Procedure for Administrative Appeal Hearings Before the Hearing Officer. 4. Budget Adjustment Resolution – Santa Clara County Public Health Department Grant Recommended action: Approve budget adjustment resolution. 5. Second Reading of Ordinance Amending Tree Regulations (Article 15-50 of the Zoning Code) Recommended action: Waive the second reading and adopt the attached ordinance to revise the Tree Regulations ordinance (Article 15-50). PUBLIC HEARINGS Applicants/Appellants and their representatives have a total of ten minutes maximum for opening statements. Members of the public may comment on any item for up to three minutes. Applicant/Appellants and their representatives have a total of five minutes maximum for closing statements. Items requested for continuance are subject to Council’s approval at the Council meeting. 6. Appeal of Design Review and Variance applications for a new two-story residence at 21794 Heber Way. Recommended action: Conduct a public hearing and adopt a resolution denying the appeal. OLD BUSINESS None NEW BUSINESS 7. General Plan Annual Progress Report and HCD Annual Report Recommended action: Adopt a resolution accepting the 2014 General Plan Annual Progress Report and direct staff to file the report with the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research (OPR) and the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD). 8. Village Specific Plan Update – Phase 1 Recommended action: Approve the work plan for Phase I of the process to consider updates to the Village Specific Plan 9. Report on Flavored Tobacco Regulations Recommended action: Page 3 of 5 Accept report. 10. 2015 League of California Cities Annual Conference Resolutions Recommended action: Provide input to the City’s voting delegate (Council Member Bernald) and alternate voting delegates (Council Member Lo and Council Member Kumar) on the resolutions to be considered at the 2015 League of California Cities Annual Conference. CITY COUNCIL ASSIGNMENT REPORTS Mayor Howard Miller Cities Association of Santa Clara County Council Finance Committee Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) Policy Advisory Committee VTA Board West Valley Cities Alternate West Valley Mayors and Managers Association West Valley Solid Waste Management Joint Powers Authority Vice Mayor Manny Cappello Architecture 101 Ad Hoc Committee Council Finance Committee Hakone Foundation Board Santa Clara County Housing and Community Development (HCD) Council Committee Saratoga Area Senior Coordinating Council (SASCC) West Valley Sanitation District Council Member Emily Lo Hakone Foundation Board & Executive Committee KSAR Community Access TV Board Santa Clara County Library Joint Powers Authority Council Member Mary-Lynne Bernald Architecture 101 Ad Hoc Committee Association of Bay Area Governments Cities Association of Santa Clara County-Legislative Action Committee Cities Association of Santa Clara County-Selection Committee Saratoga Historical Foundation Saratoga Sister City Organization Council Member Rishi Kumar Santa Clara County Expressway Plan 2040 Policy Advisory Board Santa Clara Valley Water District Commission Saratoga Chamber of Commerce & Destination Saratoga Saratoga Ministerial Association CITY COUNCIL ITEMS CITY MANAGER’S REPORT ADJOURNMENT Page 4 of 5 In accordance with the Ralph M. Brown Act, copies of the staff reports and other materials provided to the City Council by City staff in connection with this agenda are available at the office of the City Clerk at 13777 Fruitvale Avenue, Saratoga, CA 95070. Note that copies of materials distributed to the City Council concurrently with the posting of the agenda are also available on the City Website at www.saratoga.ca.us. Any materials distributed by staff after the posting of the agenda are made available for public review at the office of the City Clerk at the time they are distributed to the City Council. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the City Clerk at (408) 868-1269. Notification 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting (28 CFR 35.102-35.104 ADA Title II) Certificate of Posting of Agenda: I, Debbie Bretschneider, Deputy City Clerk for the City of Saratoga, declare that the foregoing agenda for the meeting of the City Council for the City of Saratoga was posted on AUGUST 27, 2015, at the City of Saratoga, 13777 Fruitvale Ave., Saratoga, CA 95070 and was available for public review at that location. The agenda is also available on the City’s website at www.saratoga.ca.us Signed this 27th day of AUGUST 2015 at Saratoga, California. Debbie Bretschneider, Deputy City Clerk NOTE: To view current or previous City Council meetings anytime, go to the City Video Archives at www.saratoga.ca.us Page 5 of 5 09/02 Regular Meeting – Study Session on FPPC Requirements 09/16 Regular Meeting – Joint Meeting with Youth Commission 10/07 Regular Meeting – 5:30 p.m. Joint Meeting with Saratoga School Districts in Senior Center, Saunders Room 10/21 Regular Meeting – Joint Meeting with Historical Foundation 11/04 Regular Meeting – Joint Meeting with West Valley – Mission Community College Board of Trustees 11/18 Regular Meeting – Joint Meeting with Senator Beall Jr. 12/02 Regular Meeting – Joint Meeting with Representative Evan Low 12/16 Regular Meeting – Council Norms Study Session Unless otherwise stated, Joint Meetings and Study Sessions begin at 6:00 p.m. in the Administrative Conference Room at Saratoga City Hall at 13777 Fruitvale Avenue CITY OF SARATOGA CITY COUNCIL MEETING CALENDAR 2015