AGENDA
Town of Atherton
City Council
OCTOBER 01, 2025
SPECIAL MEETING – STUDY SESSION
3:00 PM
Council Chambers
80 Fair Oaks Lane
Atherton, CA 94027
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SPECIAL MEETING STUDY SESSION
ROLL CALL – DeGolia, Widmer, Vice Mayor Holland, Mayor Lewis PUBLIC COMMENT – Public Comments can be emailed directly to [email protected]
As a Special Meeting, this portion of the meeting is reserved for persons wishing to address the Council on any matter on the Agenda. Speakers’ time is limited to three minutes. Speakers may also speak when the item appears on the Agenda during the meeting. State law prohibits the Council from acting on items not listed on the Agenda except by special action of the City Council under specified circumstances. The Mayor may, at the Mayor’s discretion, restrict or grant additional speaker time based on such considerations as agenda length, number of speakers, complexity of the item, or looming threat of loss of quorum. Please refer to the footnote at the end of the posted agenda for additional notice regarding public comments.
STUDY SESSION
1. PRESENTATION OF GRAND BOULEVARD INITIATIVE PROGRESS UPDATE – ORAL REPORT ONLY
Report: ROBERT OVADIA, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR / CITY ENGINEER Recommendation: It is recommended that City Council receive and file the progress report from the Government and Community Affairs Office at SamTrans related to the Grand Boulevard Meeting Agenda
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except by special action of the City Council under specified circumstances. The Mayor may, at the Mayor’s discretion, restrict or grant additional speaker time based on such considerations as agenda length, number of speakers, complexity of the item, or looming threat of loss of quorum. Please refer to the footnote at the end of the posted agenda for additional notice regarding public comments.
STUDY SESSION
1. PRESENTATION OF GRAND BOULEVARD INITIATIVE PROGRESS UPDATE – ORAL REPORT ONLY
Report: ROBERT OVADIA, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR / CITY ENGINEER Recommendation: It is recommended that City Council receive and file the progress report from the Government and Community Affairs Office at SamTrans related to the Grand Boulevard Initiative.
Description: This item will be a discussion and progress report from SamTrans related to the Grand Boulevard Initiative.
ACTION ITEMS
2. INTERVIEW CITY COUNCIL VACANCY APPLICANTS; AND, IF APPROPRIATE APPOINT A CANDIDATE TO FILL THE VACANT SEAT FOR A TERM EXPIRING NOVEMBER 2026
Report: ANTHONY SUBER, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER/ CITY CLERK
Recommendation:
It is recommended that the Council:
Conduct interviews of applicants and consider appointment to the current City Council vacancy, with a term expiring November 2026, in accordance with Atherton Municipal Code Section 2.32.030;
Adopt the attached Resolution appointing a candidate to serve in the seat until a special election on November 3, 2026;
Determine whether to administer the Oath of Office immediately following the appointment at the October 1, 2025, Study Session or schedule a formal swearingin at the October 15, 2025 meeting.
Description: This will be a City Council discussion to consider making an appointment to the vacant seat on Council for a term expiring in November 2026 until a special election is held. Council may make an appointment at this meeting or a future meeting.
COUNCIL REPORTS/COMMENTS
ADJOURN
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.
Copies of all staff reports and documents subject to disclosure that relate to each item of business referred to on the agenda are available for public inspection by 5:00 p.m. the Friday before each regularly scheduled City Council meeting.
Meeting Agenda
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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.
Copies of all staff reports and documents subject to disclosure that relate to each item of business 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.
RULES OF DECORUM:
No person participating in a public meeting shall engage in disorderly or boisterous conduct — including but not limited to applause, whistling, feet stamping, booing or making any loud, threatening, profane, abusive, personal, impertinent or slanderous uttering or comments. No person is allowed to disturb, disrupt, or otherwise impede the orderly conduct of the meeting. 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.
Meeting Agenda
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