AGENDA
Town of Atherton
City Council
OCTOBER 02, 2024
CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING
4:00 PM
Council Chambers
80 Fair Oaks Lane
Atherton, CA 94027
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ROLL CALL – Holland, DeGolia, Widmer, Vice Mayor Lewis, Mayor HawkinsManuelian DISCLOSURE OF EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS – City Council Members should disclose any communications they have had on the agenda items at this time.
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PUBLIC HEARING
CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS RECOMMENDING ADOPTION OF AN INITIAL STUDY AND MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION AND MITIGATION AND MONITORING REPORTING PROGRAM AND AMENDMENTS TO THE
ATHERTON GENERAL PLAN, AND INTRODUCTION OF AN ORDINANCE WITH FIRST READING TO AMEND THE ATHERTON MUNICIPAL CODE TO IMPLEMENT THE 20232031 HOUSING ELEMENT AND ZONING CODE UPDATES
Report: BRITTANY BENDIX, TOWN PLANNER
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As a Special Meeting, Public Comment is limited to items that are on the Agenda. Speakers’ time is limited to three minutes. Speakers may also speak when the item comes up on the Agenda during the meeting.
PUBLIC HEARING
CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS RECOMMENDING ADOPTION OF AN INITIAL STUDY AND MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION AND MITIGATION AND MONITORING REPORTING PROGRAM AND AMENDMENTS TO THE
ATHERTON GENERAL PLAN, AND INTRODUCTION OF AN ORDINANCE WITH FIRST READING TO AMEND THE ATHERTON MUNICIPAL CODE TO IMPLEMENT THE 20232031 HOUSING ELEMENT AND ZONING CODE UPDATES
Report: BRITTANY BENDIX, TOWN PLANNER
Recommendation: Staff recommends that the City Council continue their public hearing that began at their meeting on September 18, 2024, to consider and provide direction to staff on the following actions that will revise and implement the 20232031 Housing Element to comply with state law:
Resolution adopting an Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration (IS/MND) and Mitigation and Monitoring Reporting Program (MMRP)
Resolution adopting amendments to the Atherton General Plan Introduction and First Reading of an Ordinance to Amend the Atherton Municipal Code.
Description: This item involves a review and discussion of recommendations from the Planning Commission to adopt an environmental analysis and findings that support the updates to the 20232031 Housing Element and related amendments to the Town’s General Plan and Municipal Code. This item has been continued from the public hearing held on September 18, 2024.
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PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
If you challenge a Town zoning, planning, or any other decision in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this agenda, or in written correspondence delivered to the Town at, or prior to, the public hearing. Judicial review of any Town administrative decision may be had only if a petition is filed with the court not later than the 90th day following the date upon which the decision becomes final. Judicial review of environmental determinations may be subject to a shorter time period.
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Pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance in this meeting, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at (650) 7520500. Notification of 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting. (29 CRF
35.104 ADA Title II)
Public Comments:
The Town of Atherton Council and Committee or Commission meetings are a limited public forum, and all public comment must relate to something that is within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Council or Committees. If comments do not relate to the subject matter jurisdiction of the Council or Committee, wewillstopthecommentandawarningmaybeprovidedIfthecommentcontinuestobeoutsideof Meeting Agenda
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referred to on the agenda are available for public inspection by 5:00 p.m. the Friday before each regularly scheduled City Council meeting.
Pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance in this meeting, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at (650) 7520500. Notification of 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting. (29 CRF
35.104 ADA Title II)
Public Comments:
The Town of Atherton Council and Committee or Commission meetings are a limited public forum, and all public comment must relate to something that is within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Council or Committees. If comments do not relate to the subject matter jurisdiction of the Council or Committee, we will stop the comment and a warning may be provided. If the comment continues to be outside of the subject matter jurisdiction the speaker will be stopped, and we will move on to the next speaker.
Speakers found in violation of this rule of procedure may be removed from the meeting.
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If any person continues to breach the Rules of Decorum in a manner that disturbs, disrupts or otherwise impedes the orderly conduct of the meeting following an order from the Mayor, or Presiding Officer, to cease the offending conduct, the Mayor, or Presiding Officer, may order that person to leave the meeting.
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