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Councilmember Radford reported that over the course of four years he met with neighbors, but did not recall names; Vice Mayor Waldeck stated he met with Mr. Linebarger a few years ago before the annexation occurred and on a few occasions have talked with neighbors; Mayor Harpootlian said in October 2012, he met with Mr. Linebarger and last Monday (August 22) he met with him during Mayor office hours. Mayor Harpootlian opened the Public Hearing. He then outlined the agenda and the format for the meeting. Staff will provide a presentation; following the presentation, the applicant may have 15 minutes to introduce the first property and then the Council will accept public input. Mr. Linebarger shall be provided time to address the public input, then the matter will return to Council for discussion. Lot 3 will be addressed in a similar manner. Consultant Planner Steve Padovan presented the staff report. Sart Hechtman, Land Use Counsel for Mr. Linebarger, addressed the procedural issue and stated that as is a special meeting for this particular item, and the applicant is not normally limited and he should have been notified in advance. The applicant was not made aware of the time limit in advance. Mr. Linebarger prepared a detailed presentation that would take 45 minutes and requested more time on the first presentation. • City Attorney Steve Mattas said that the Council has discretion to set the time. A presentation was made before the Planning Commission and the Council has information from that hearing, so the Council is not obligated to provide additional time beyond the 15 minutes, but if they chose to, they can allow more time for the presentation. A brief discussion ensued and the Council agreed to allocate 50 minutes for both presentations. Mr. Heckman provided a summary of Mr. Linebarger's application. He requested clear direction from the Council and that Mr. Linebarger's preference was not to be returned to the Planning Commission, but to continue future dialogue directly with the City Council. Forrest Linebarger presented his application to the City Council. Esther John, Los Altos Hills, urged the City Council to uphold the Planning Commission's decision to deny the conditional development permit and variances requested by Mr. Linebarger. Dave Kehlet, Los Altos Hills, asked the Council to reject the urbanization of Los Altos Hills. • 3 City Council Special Meeting Minutes August 25, 2016