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2 Joint City Council/Planning Commission Special Meeting Minutes February 13, 2020 Discussion on Updated Development Regulations for Accessory Dwelling Units in the Town of Los Altos Hills and Direction by the City Council (Staff: Z. Dahl) Planning Director Zach Dahl presented the staff report. Council asked questions of staff and received responses. Councilmember Tyson said would be hard defend fire risk in some areas more than others. Councilmember Corrigan expressed concern about enforceability. Councilmember Spreen suggested discouraging building in the four-foot setback. Planning Director Dahl outlined the next steps as follows:  Council to provide comments and direction to staff  Draft an updated ADU ordinance  Planning Commission Review  City Council Review and Adoption The Planning Commissioners each shared information about MDA and MFA. Further Council discussion ensued. The Mayor opened up the floor for public comment. Malka Junaid, Architect, Los Altos Hills, said that ADU's should be welcomed in Town. She expressed concerns that 17 or 18 of her current projects want to come in now to get their ADU's permitted. She highly recommended passing an ordinance regulating ADU's as soon as possible. Allan Epstein, Los Altos Hills, asked about sewer connections. J.J. Harris, Los Altos Hills, said that she has a very constrained lot and dropping the square footage would be incredibly detrimental to them. Vice Mayor Tankha said it is our obligation to create more affordable housing. We need to be careful to make sure our community has a desire to retain rural look and feel, so balance must be found. She suggested providing incentives instead of penalizing residents. Staff should spend time to give more thought to incentives. Councilmember Corrigan said the incentives need to include speed of review, additional MDA and MFA bonuses or opportunities for homeowners to reorganize