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November 19, 2007
City Council Agenda
CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING
November 19, 2007
7:00 P.M.
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1. CALL TO ORDER
2. ROLL CALL
3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE – Ian Bain, Council
Member
4. INVOCATION –
5. SPECIAL ORDERS:
Presentation: City Manager Recognition
6. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS AND CONSENT CALENDAR - CITY
COUNCIL
Items on the Consent Calendar are considered to be routine
by the City Council will be enacted by one motion and one
vote. The Consent Calendar category is limited to 15 minutes
of comment to be allocated as determined by the Mayor. If
you wish to speak to items on the Consent Calendar, please
complete a speaker's card and give it to the Council Assistant.
MOTION: waive reading of the Consent Calendar
except the ordinances by title, adopt the resolutions and
the ordinances, and approve other items.
6.1 Section – Motions -
6.2 Section – Resolutions
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Installation of Stop Signs on Vera Avenue at Ruby
Street
Staff contact: M. Saber Sarwary, P.E., Senior Civil
Engineer 780-7370 ssarwary@redwoodcity.org
Recommendation:
Approve, by resolution, the installation of stop signs
on Vera Avenue at the intersection with Ruby Street.
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY ESTABLISHING
AND DECLARING THE VERA AVENUE ENTRANCES TO THE INTERSECTION
OF RUBY STREET TO BE STOP ENTRANCES
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Resolution of intent to vacate a portion of Island
Parkway in Redwood Shores, reserving a public service
easement.
Staff contact: S. Peter Vorametsanti, P.E., Senior
Civil Engineer 780-7388 peterv@redwoodcity.org
Recommendation:
Adopt a resolution of intent to vacate a potion of Island
Parkway located west of Oracle Parkway; reserving a
public service easement; setting a public hearing for
January 7, 2008, and ordering posting of notice thereof.
RESOLUTION OF INTENTION TO VACATE A PORTION
OF ISLAND PARKWAY IN THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY PURSUANT
TO PART 3 OF DIVISION 9, CALIFORNIA STREETS AND HIGHWAYS
CODE; RESERVING A PUBLIC SERVICE EASEMENT (0.57 ACRES);
SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR JANUARY 7, 2008, FOR ALL
PERSONS INTERESTED IN OR OBJECTING TO THE PROPOSED VACATION
AND ORDERING POSTING OF NOTICE THEREOF
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Information Technology (IT) Budget amendment for
fiscal year 2007-2008
Staff contact: Tony Gelphman, Information Technology
Manager 780-7098 tgelphman@redwoodcity.org
Recommendation:
Approve by resolution the addition of $54,000 to the
IT budget for fiscal year 2007-08, to cover the unbudgeted
cost of a contract IT employee to staff Redwood City’s
IT support client, the City of East Palo Alto.
RESOLUTION APPROPRIATING SPECIFIED AMOUNTS
FROM DESIGNATED UNAPPROPRIATED FUND BALANCES TO
SPECIFIED APPROPRIATIONS, CANCELING CERTAIN APPROPRIATIONS,
AND TRANSFERRING SPECIFIED AMOUNTS FROM DESIGNATED
APPROPRIATIONS TO OTHER SPECIFIED APPROPRIATIONS
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6.3 Section –Claims and Warrants
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Approve warrants dated through November 19, 2007
and usual and necessary payments through November 26,
2007.
Staff contact: Brian Ponty, Director of Finance and
Financial Planning 780-7048 bponty@redwoodcity.org
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7. PUBLIC HEARING
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885 Woodside Road: Zoning Map Amendment and Revised
Precise Plan for a 43 Unit Condominium Project
Staff contact: Maureen Riordan, Senior Planner 780-7236
mriordan@redwoodcity.org
1) Staff report;
2) Open public hearing;
3) Hear public comment;
4) Close public hearing;
5) Council discussion;
Recommendation:
- Introduce an Ordinance amending Article 60, Zoning
Map No 7 (Oakwood Neighborhood) of Ordinance No. 1130,
the Redwood City Zoning Ordinance, as Amended, to
rezone the real property that comprises the 885 Woodside
Road Precise Plan Area from the existing CG-R (General
Commercial-Residential Combining) zoning district
to P (Planned Community District). Council shall consider
the Mitigated Negative Declaration and Addendum to
the Mitigated Negative Declaration when taking this
action. (Refer to Attachment 1, the Ordinance).
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF REDWOOD CITY AMENDING ARTICLE 60, ZONING
MAP NO. 7 OF ORDINANCE NO. 1130, THE REDWOOD CITY
ZONING ORDINANCE, AS AMENDED, TO REZONE THE PROPERTY
THAT COMPRISES THE 885 WOODSIDE ROAD PRECISE PLAN
AREA, AS FURTHER DESCRIBED IN THIS ORDINANCE, FROM
THE EXSITING GENERAL COMMERCIAL-RESIDENTIAL OVERLAY
ZONING DISTRCITS TO THE PLANNED COMMUNITY DISTRICT.
- Adopt a Resolution approving the revised 885 Woodside
Road Precise Plan, including the Mitigation Monitoring
Reporting Program (MMRP), based on the findings that
the project demonstrates the following features:
1. Superior mixed use design
2. Incorporation of affordable housing
3. Incorporation of public or community facilities
4. Efficient and innovative use of infrastructure
and nonrenewable resources
5. Transportation demand management (TDM)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF REDWOOD CITY ADOPTING THE 885 WOODSIDE ROAD PRECISE
PLAN
Council shall consider the Mitigated Negative Declaration
and Addendum to the Mitigated Negative Declaration when
taking this action. (Refer to Attachment 2, the Resolution;
Attachment 3, the Precise Plan revisions and MMRP; and
“General Plan and Zoning Compliance” section
of this report).
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8. MATTERS OF COUNCIL INTEREST
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Legislation (information only) - This sub-section
involves possible discussion of City Position on Proposed
Legislation described in the League of California Cities
Priority Focus Bulletin No. 42-2007 and 43-2007. Council
may direct staff to act on positions taken by Council.
(Copies of League of California Cities Priority Focus
available in City Clerk’s Department).
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9. ADJOURNMENT: TO THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING
OF NOVEMBER 26, 2007
ALTERNATE AGENDA FORMATS: In accordance with AB 3035, the
City Council will provide materials in appropriate alternative
formats, or disability-related accommodation. Please send
a written request to Patricia S. Howe, City Clerk, at 1017
Middlefield Road, Redwood City, CA 94063 or e-mail address
phowe@redwoodcity.org,
including your name, address, phone number and brief description
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