A)       CALL TO ORDER

B)      SALUTE TO THE FLAG

C)      ACTION OUT OF CLOSED SESSION

D)      ORAL COMMUNICATION

During Oral Communications, the public is given the opportunity to directly address Council with regard to Agenda Items (including Consent Calendar), as well as on any issue of interest to our community at large.  Please provide your name & address for the record, and limit your comments to three minutes.  Thank you for your cooperation

E)       ADOPTION OF MEETING AGENDA

F)       PROCLAMATION

G)      CONSENT CALENDAR

The following items listed on the Consent Calendar are considered routine and are approved by a single motion. The Mayor or any member of the City Council or of the public may request that any item listed under the Consent Calendar be removed and action taken separately. In the event that an item is removed from the Consent Calendar, it shall be considered in its numerical order.

H)      PRESENTATION

I)          PUBLIC HEARING

J)        CITY MANAGER REPORTS

• Rent Stabilization Ordinance outreach provided by the Planning Department.
• State Budget status.
• Busk Nuisance Abatement update.
• Calistoga Village Inn and Spa Redevelopment approved by the Planning Commission.

K)      COUNCIL REQUESTS AND IDEAS FOR DISCUSSION

Councilmember Garcia                                  Mayor Gingles

Councilmember Kraus                                   Vice Mayor Dunsford

Councilmember Slusser

L)       CITY COUNCIL ADJOURNMENT

To the next scheduled regular meeting to the Calistoga City Council, on Tuesday, December 2, 2008, Calistoga Community Center, 1307 Washington Street, 7:00 p.m. 

Susan Sneddon, City Clerk

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 the Monday before each regularly scheduled City Council meeting at the City of Calistoga City Hall (first floor), located at 1232 Washington Street, Calistoga, CA.   Any documents subject to disclosure that are provided to all, or a majority of all, of the members of the City Council regarding any item on this agenda after the agenda has been distributed will also be made available for inspection at the City Clerks Office during regular business hours."

            NOTICE:  If you challenge a city’s zoning, planning, or 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 notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City Council at, or prior to, the public hearing.  Judicial review of any City 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 for Litigation, in certain cases 30 days following the date of final decision.

     AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT: In compliance with the American Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting please contact the City Clerk’s Department at (707) 942-2805.  Notification forty-eight (48) hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangement to ensure accessibility to this meeting. (28 CFR 35.102-35.104 ADA Title II).

            POSTING: I declare a copy of this agenda was posted at City Hall, 1232 Washington Street, Calistoga, among other locations in the city limits of Calistoga, on Friday, November 14, 2008 at 12:00 p.m.