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Home My WebLink About01-15-2014 City Council Agenda 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 (Pursuant to Gov’t. Code 54954.2, the agenda for this meeting was properly posted on January 10, 2014) 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 CEREMONIAL ITEMS None SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS None AGENDA REGULAR MEETING SARATOGA CITY COUNCIL JANUARY 15, 2014 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 City Council minutes for the Special City Council Meeting on December 3, 2013 and the Special and Regular City Council Meeting on December 18, 2013. 2. Review of Accounts Payable Check Registers Recommended action: Review and accept check registers for the following accounts payable payment cycles: 12/18/2013 Period 6 1/7/2014 Period 7 3. Resolution Authorizing Final Disposition of Certain City Records Recommended action: Adopt resolution authorizing final disposition of certain city records. 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 4. 2014 Hazardous Vegetation Program Resolution Declaring Abatement of Public Nuisance Recommended action: Conduct public hearing and adopt resolution. 5. Zoning Amendment for Single Room Occupancy Buildings (SRO) Recommended action: 1. Conduct a public hearing. 2. Introduce and waive the first reading of the attached ordinance to amend Section 15-19.035 (C-N(RHD)) to establish development standards for Single Room Occupancy Buildings and direct staff to place the ordinance on the consent calendar for adoption at the next regular meeting of the City Council. OLD BUSINESS 6. Second Reading of an Ordinance Correcting Designations on the Zoning Map Recommended action: Waive the second reading and adopt an ordinance approving the correction of the Zoning Map Designations for APN 503-82-006 & APN 517-08-048. 7. 2013 Pavement Management Program and Proposition 1B State Grant – Construction Contract Amendment Recommended action: Approve increase to the construction contract with G. Bortolotto & Co. Inc. in the amount of $60,000. NEW BUSINESS 8. John Henry House Relocation Feasibility Report Recommended action: Conceptually approve the placement of the John Henry House within the City’s Heritage Orchard, in the event it is moved from its current location. 9. Discussion of Sustainable Infrastructure in New Residential Construction Recommended action: Provide direction to staff. 10. 2014 City Council Summer Recess Recommended action: Accept report and provide staff with direction regarding the 2014 City Council Summer Recess. ADHOC & AGENCY ASSIGNMENT REPORTS Mayor Emily Lo Cities Association of Santa Clara County Cities Association of Santa Clara County – Selection Committee Council Finance Committee Hakone Foundation Board Hakone Foundation Executive Committee Santa Clara County Library District Joint Powers Authority West Valley Mayors and Managers Association Vice Mayor Howard Miller City School Ad Hoc Council Finance Committee Hakone Foundation Board Postal Service Liaison Valley Transportation Authority Policy Advisory Committee (PAC) West Valley Solid Waste Management Joint Powers Authority Council Member Manny Cappello Destination Saratoga Highway 9 Ad Hoc Let’s Move City Ad Hoc Santa Clara County Housing and Community Development (HCD) Council Committee Saratoga Area Senior Coordinating Council (SASCC) Saratoga Chamber of Commerce Saratoga Ministerial Association TEA Ad Hoc Village Ad Hoc Council Member Chuck Page Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) Highway 9 Ad Hoc Let’s Move City Ad Hoc Santa Clara County Expressway Plan 2040 Policy Advisory Board Saratoga Sister City Committee Liaison TEA Ad Hoc West Valley Sanitation District Council Member Jill Hunter City School Ad Hoc KSAR Community Access TV Board Santa Clara Valley Water District Commission Santa Clara Valley Water District West Valley Flood Control & Watershed Advisory Committee Saratoga Historical Foundation Village Ad Hoc CITY COUNCIL ITEMS CITY MANAGER’S REPORT ADJOURNMENT 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, Crystal Bothelio, 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 January 10, 2014, 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 10th day of January 2014 at Saratoga, California. Crystal Bothelio, City Clerk NOTE: To view current or previous City Council meetings anytime, go to the City Video Archives at www.saratoga.ca.us 01/15 Regular Meeting –Joint meeting with HPC and Historical Foundation 02/05 Regular meeting –Joint Meeting with County Fire 02/07 Council Retreat 02/19 Regular Meeting –Joint Meeting with Planning Commission 03/05 Regular Meeting –Joint Meeting with Traffic Safety Commission 03/19 Regular Meeting –Joint Meeting with Chamber of Commerce/Destination Saratoga 04/02 Regular Meeting –Joint Meeting with Sheriff Office 04/16 Regular Meeting –Joint Meeting TBD 05/07 Regular Meeting –Joint Meeting with Mountain Winery 05/21 Regular Meeting –Joint Meeting with Montalvo Arts 06/04 Regular Meeting –Joint Meeting with Saratoga Ministerial Association 06/18 Regular Meeting –5:30 p.m. Joint Meeting with HOA’s 07/02 Regular Meeting – Joint Meeting with Sister City Committee 07/16 Possible Recess 08/06 Possible Recess 08/22 Regular Meeting –Joint Meeting with SASCC 09/03 Regular Meeting--Joint Meeting with Parks & Rec/PEBTAC 09/17 Regular Meeting –Joint Meeting with Youth Commission 10/01 Regular Meeting –5:30 p.m.- Joint Meeting with Saratoga School Districts 10/15 Regular Meeting – Joint Meeting with Hakone Foundation Board 11/05 Regular Meeting – Joint Meeting with West Valley Board of Trustees 11/19 Regular Meeting – Joint Meeting with Senator Beall 12/03 Regular Meeting – Joint Meeting with Library Commission and Friends of the Saratoga Libraries 12/17 Regular Meeting – Joint Meeting TBD CITY OF SARATOGA CITY COUNCIL MEETING CALENDAR 2014