AGENDA
Regular Meeting of the Ross Town Council
Thursday, January 11, 2024
Town Hall
31 Sir Francis Drake Boulevard
Ross, CA 94957
The meeting will be held in person. As a courtesy, and technology permitting, members of the public may participate remotely and provide public comment via Zoom. Please be advised that those participating in the meeting remotely via Zoom do so at their own risk. Council meetings will not be canceled due to technical difficulties. If no members of the Town Council are attending the meeting via teleconference, and a technical error or outage occurs on the teleconference feed, the Town Council will continue the meeting in person in the Ross Town Hall, 31 Sir Francis Drake Boulevard, Ross, CA.
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1. Emailing [email protected] prior to 4:00 P.M. the day before the meeting.
2. Attend the meeting in person and provide public comment.
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1. 5:00 p.m. Call to Order.
2. Posting of agenda/changes to agenda.
3. Closed Session
a. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL—ANTICIPATED LITIGATION (Simonitch) Initiation of litigation pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (d) of Section 54956.9:
(one potential case)
b. CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS (Simonitch) Property: (APN No. Ross, CA 94957)
Town Negotiators: (Town Manager)
Negotiating Parties: (Little Batalla Family Trust et. al.) Under negotiation: (Instruction to negotiator on terms) Full agenda packet available online by clicking here.
Town of Ross Council Meeting Agenda
January 11, 2024
4. 6:00 p.m. Open Session. Town Council will return to open session and announce actions taken, if any.
5. Mayor’s Report.
6. Council Committee & Liaison Reports.
7. Staff & Community Reports.
a. Town Manager
b. Ross Property Owners Association
8. Consent Agenda.
The following items will be considered in a single motion, unless removed from the consent agenda:
a. Minutes: 12/14/23 Meeting
b. Demands. (Johnson)
End of Consent Agenda.
9. Public Hearings on Planning Projects – Part 1.
Public hearings are required for the following planning applications. Staff anticipates that these items may be acted upon quickly with no oral staff report, Council discussion, or public comment. If discussion or public comment is requested, the Council may consider the item later in the agenda.
There are no Public Hearings on Planning Projects - Part 1.
Administrative Agenda.
10. Town Council recommendation to Waive First Reading, Read by Title Only, and ReIntroduce Ordinance 724, amending and adding language to Chapter 18.16, Single Family Residence (R-1) District, and Chapter 18.40, General Regulations, of the Town of Ross Municipal Code to facilitate Workforce Housing for Staff and Faculty at the Branson School to Implement the 2023-2031, 6th Cycle, Housing Element and direct staff to return for second reading and adoption on February 15, 2024. (Woltering) End of Administrative Agenda.
Town of Ross Council Meeting Agenda
January 11, 2024
11. Public Hearings on Planning Projects – Part II.
There are no Public Hearings on Planning Projects – Part II.
12. No Action Items: (Mayor)
a. Council correspondence
b. Future Council items
13. Open Time for Public Expression.
Limited to three minutes per speaker on items not on the agenda.
14. Adjournment.
If any of the matters discussed above are challenged in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at any public hearing described on this notice or in written correspondence delivered at, or prior to, the Council meeting at which this matter will be heard. (Government Code Section 65009). In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the Town Manager at (415) 453-1453, extension 107 or (415) 453-1950 (Fax). Notification at least 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the town to make reasonable accommodation to help insure accessibility to this meeting.