PLEASE NOTE: Any person who wishes to speak regarding an item on the agenda or make a comment under the “Oral Communication” portion of the agenda may complete a “Speaker Card” and submit it to the City Clerk BEFORE that portion of the agenda is called. Speaker cards are available on the table in back of the room. Please observe the time limit of three minutes.

As a courtesy, please silence your cell phones and other electronic devices
while the meeting is in session. Thank you.

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) COUNCIL REQUESTS AND IDEAS FOR DISCUSSION
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.

1) Accounts payable for the period ending Friday, May 28, 2010
($1,388,107.96).
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve payables.

2) Minutes of the April 20, 2010, regular City Council meetings.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve Minutes. 

3) Consideration of a Resolution accepting the Engineer’s Report for the Palisades Landscape Maintenance Assessment District, declaring the intention of the City Council to levy and Collect Assessments and Setting the Date for the Public Hearing.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt Resolution.

4) Consideration of a Resolution accepting the Engineer’s Report for the Silverado Place Landscape Maintenance Assessment District, declaring the intention of the City Council to levy and collect assessments and setting the date for the Public Hearing.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt Resolution.

5) Consideration of a Resolution calling and giving notice of the holding of a General Municipal Election to be held November 2, 2010, and requesting the Board of Supervisors to permit the County Clerk and County Elections Department to render certain services.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt Resolution.

H) GENERAL GOVERNMENT 
6) Consideration of a Resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute an employment agreement with William Norton regarding Interim City Manager services.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt Resolution.

7) Consideration of a Resolution adopting the Fiscal Year 2010/2011 Budget.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt Resolution.

8) Discussion regarding Fire Department staffing changes (24 hours).
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Discuss and provide direction.

9) Update regarding anticipated uses for Measure A Flood Control and Water Supply Reliability Revenues.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Receive update, discuss, accept recommendations and provide direction as appropriate.   Staff Report     Attachment

I. CITY MANAGER REPORTS
• Water/Wastewater Rate Structure adjustment hearings

J. CITY COUNCIL ADJOURNMENT
To the next scheduled special meeting of the Calistoga City Council, on Tuesday, June 8, 2010 at 6:30 p.m. and then to the regular meeting of the Calistoga City Council on Tuesday, June 15, 2010, 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, May 28, 2010 at 12:00 p.m.