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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br />8 <br />City Council Regular Meeting Minutes <br />August 16, 2018 <br />Camas Steinmetz, Attorney with Aaronson, Dickerson, Cohn & Lanzone, San <br />Carlos, spoke in opposition to both applications. <br /> <br />Matthew Zinn, Attorney with Shute Mihaly & Weinberger, LLP, San <br />Francisco, spoke in opposition to both applications. <br /> <br />Art De Geus, Los Altos Hills, spoke in opposition to both applications. <br /> <br />Richard Partridge, Former Los Altos Hills Planning Commissioner, spoke <br />about lost opportunities in dealing with the applicant. <br /> <br />Mr. Hechtman provided a rebuttal to the public comment. <br /> <br />Forest Linebarger also provided a rebuttal to the public comment. <br /> <br />Meeting went into Recess at 9:17 p.m. <br />Meeting Reconvened to Open Session at 9:23 p.m. <br /> <br />Mr. Linebarger described a conversation he had in the past with a former <br />Planning Director for the Town. City Attorney Mattas then responded to Mr. <br />Linebarger's comments regarding the Planning Director's statements. <br /> <br />Mayor Radford closed the Public Hearing. <br /> <br />At the direction of the Mayor, the City Attorney suggested the Council ask <br />questions of staff and then the Council can determine whether to deliberate on the <br />issue and take action this evening or to continue the matter to another date and <br />time. Council discussion then ensued. <br /> <br />City Attorney Mattas explained that the staff reports presented to the Council <br />were a reflection of the decision of the Planning Commission. <br /> <br />Councilmember Wu said that after hearing all the testimony, she has been <br />worried about setting a precedent. She expressed concerns about other substandard <br />lots in the Mora Drive area and suggested that the Town should have a policy to <br />prevent development of substandard lots. <br /> <br />Mayor Pro Tem Spreen said he doesn't get issue fatigue and that we should find <br />what is reasonable in a situation like this with a unique, edge case property. A <br />house can be built, but it should be smaller. He believed that the Planning <br />Commission made the right decision and that the Town should uphold the denial of <br />the Planning Commission. <br /> <br />Councilmember Corrigan said that one side isn't right and the other wrong, they <br />are both right in their approach and we must find a solution that works. She said <br />she is not willing to accept the appeal tonight. She thanked the applicant for