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Home My WebLink About03-20-2013 CC Agenda AGENDA REGULAR MEETING SARATOGA CITY COUNCIL WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 2013 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 March 14, 2013) 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 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 minutes for the Special and Regular City Council Meeting on March 6, 2013. 2. Review of Accounts Payable Check Registers Recommended action: Review and accept check registers for the following accounts payable payment cycles: 3/5/2013 3/12/2013 3. Amendment to an Agreement with CSG Consultants for Building Inspection Services Recommended action: Authorize the City Manager to execute an amendment to the agreement with CSG Consultants for building inspection services. 4. Modifications to Article 15-50 (Tree Regulations) of the City Code Streamlining the Process of Permitting the Removal of Dead and Fallen Trees Recommended action: Waive the second reading and adopt the ordinance. 5. Resolution in Support of Senate Bill 629 Recommended action: Approve resolution in support of Senate Bill (SB) 629. 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. Public Hearing on Resolution Ordering Abatement of a Public Nuisance by Removal of Hazardous Vegetation (Weeds) Recommended action: Open the public hearing, listen to public testimony, and close public hearing. Consider any objections to the proposed Order for Abatement of Hazardous Vegetation and sustain or overrule any objections as to specific properties. Adopt the resolution ordering abatement as to specified properties (with modifications if any objections are sustained). OLD BUSINESS None NEW BUSINESS 7. Allocation of Annual Saratoga Community Event Grant Program Funds Recommended action: Review Saratoga Community Event Grant Program applications and determine grant allocations. ADHOC & AGENCY ASSIGNMENT REPORTS Mayor Jill Hunter City School Ad Hoc Hakone Foundation Board Hakone Foundation Executive Committee Historical Foundation KSAR Community Access TV Board Village Ad Hoc West Valley Mayors and Managers Association Vice Mayor Emily Lo Hakone Foundation Board Let’s Move City Ad Hoc Library Joint Powers Authority Santa Clara Valley Water District Commission Village Ad Hoc West Valley Flood Control & Watershed Advisory Committee Council Member Howard Miller City School Ad Hoc Council Finance Committee Postal Service Liaison Saratoga Ministerial Association Valley Transportation Authority PAC West Valley Solid Waste Management Joint Powers Authority Council Member Manny Cappello Chamber of Commerce County HCD Policy Committee Highway 9 Ad Hoc Let’s Move City Ad Hoc Santa Clara County Emergency Council SASCC TEA Ad Hoc Council Member Chuck Page Association of Bay Area Governments Highway 9 Ad Hoc Santa Clara County Cities Association Santa Clara County Cities Association Selection Committee Sister City Liaison TEA Ad Hoc West Valley Sanitation District 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 March 14, 2013, 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 14th day of March 2013 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 CITY OF SARATOGA CITY COUNCIL MEETING CALENDAR 2013 03/20 Regular Meeting – Joint Meeting with County Fire 04/03 Regular Meeting – Joint Meeting with Sheriff Office 04/17 Regular Meeting – Joint Meeting with Montalvo Arts 04/22 Special Meeting – Budget Study Session 05/01 Regular Meeting – Joint Meeting with Youth Commission 05/15 Regular Meeting – Joint Meeting with Mountain Winery 06/05 Regular Meeting – Joint Meeting with Hakone Foundation 06/19 Regular Meeting – Joint Meeting with Saratoga/Monte Sereno Community Foundation 07/03 Regular Meeting – Civic Theater Master Plan Study Session 07/17 RECESS 08/07 RECESS 08/21 Regular Meeting – Joint Meeting with SACSS 09/04 Regular Meeting – Joint Meeting with Parks and Rec/PEBTAC 09/18 Regular Meeting – Joint Meeting with West Valley Board of Trustees 10/02 Regular Meeting – 5:30 p.m. Joint Meeting with Saratoga School Districts 10/16 Regular Meeting – Joint Meeting with Traffic Safety Commission 11/06 Regular Meeting – Joint Meeting with Library Commission and Friends of the Library 11/20 Regular Meeting – Joint Meeting Sister City Committee 12/04 Regular Meeting – Joint Meeting with Assembly Member Paul Fong and Jim Beall 12/18 Regular Meeting – Joint Meeting TBD