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<br /> <br />9 <br />City Council Regular Meeting Minutes <br />March 21, 2019 <br /> <br />C. Urgency Ordinance to Amend Title 7 (Public Works) of the Los Altos Hills <br />Municipal Code to Establish Regulations for Wireless Telecommunications <br />Facilities (Staff: S. Padovan) <br /> <br />Principal Planner Steve Padovan presented the staff report. <br /> <br />Council asked questions of staff and received responses. <br /> <br />Mayor Spreen opened the Public Hearing. <br /> <br />Les Earnest, Los Altos Hills, said this proposal is evil at two levels; it enables the <br />installation of 5G that may or may not work; and there is a chance it could kill <br />people through radiation. <br /> <br />Jim Abraham, Los Altos Hills, said this ordinance enables the Town to have some <br />semblance of control over what the 5G providers want to install. <br /> <br />Mayor Spreen closed the Public Hearing. <br /> <br />Council discussion ensued. <br /> <br />City Attorney Mattas informed the Council that the law gives cities some <br />discretion on installation, but that discretion cannot be exercised in a manner that <br />effectively prohibits the utilization of facilities. There is a balance that each city <br />will have to determine on how restrictive their regulations will be. <br /> <br />MOTION MADE AND SECONDED: Vice Mayor Wu moved to waive reading, <br />introduce and adopt urgency Ordinance 581 Amending Title 7 of the Los Altos <br />Hills Municipal Code to Add Chapter 5 Establishing Regulations for Wireless <br />Telecommunications Facilities within the Town of Los Altos Hills. The motion was <br />seconded by Councilmember Corrigan. <br /> <br />Motion Carried 5 to 0: <br /> <br />AYES: Mayor Spreen, Vice Mayor Wu, Councilmember Corrigan, <br />Councilmember Tankha, Councilmember Tyson <br /> <br />NOES: None <br /> <br />ABSENT: None <br /> <br />ABSTAIN: None <br /> <br />The Meeting went into recess at 8:45 p.m. <br />The Meeting reconvened to open session at 8:53 p.m. <br />