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EXHIBIT A SUPPLEMENTAL FINDINGS 1. Based on the entirety of the record before it, which includes without limitation: the Los Altos Hills General Plan; the Los Altos Hills Municipal Code, including but not limited to the Los Altos Hills Fence Ordinance and zoning and site development codes; the Los Altos Hills Land Use Diagram; all applications, correspondences, all oral and written comments, site plans, and all reports, submittals, presentations, recordings, minutes, written correspondence, and public testimony submitted as part of the duly noticed July 6, 2021 Site Development public hearing, the Los Altos Hills Planning Commission's duly noticed August 5, 2021, October 7, 2021, January 13, 2022 and March 3, 2022 public hearings, and the City Council's duly noticed April 21, 2022 public hearing; and any other evidence and testimony presented in the record below, the City Council of the Town of Los Altos Hills makes the following supplemental findings with regard to the adoption of Resolution No. 48-22 on April 21, 2022 denying an appeal of the Planning Commission Imposed Conditions of Approval for a Zoning Permit for new fencing at 28001 Elena Road (APN 182-02-016)(ZP21-0047) ("Zoning Permit"): a. The May 27, 2021 Zoning Permit application for new fencing at 28001 Elena Road was considered and acted upon by the Planning Commission in accordance with the procedures set forth under the Los Altos Hills Municipal Code. Under Los Altos Hills Municipal Code Section 10-1.507, otherwise known as the Town's Fence Ordinance, either a Zoning Permit or a Site Development Permit would be required in order to construct new fences. Section 10-1.507(e)(3) of the Municipal Code states that Zoning Permit requests for certain types of fences are to be reviewed by the Planning Director with notice to adjacent neighbors and pursuant to a public hearing with such notice. This includes, among other things, vinyl coated chain-link fences along any road right-of-way, fences or walls longer than one thousand (1,000) linear feet, and any fence proposal "deemed appropriate by the Planning Director for a noticed hearing." The Planning Director is to provide public notice and conduct the permit review hearing pursuant to Section 10-2.1305(b), except that public notice is only required to be provided to adjacent neighbors. Section 10-2.1305(b) then provides the Planning Director the authority to either deny the permit; to review and issue the permit with reasonable conditions of approval; or to refer such fence Zoning Permit applications to the Planning Commission. The Planning Commission is tasked with reviewing and either approve or deny the application under Section 10-2.1305(c). The Zoning Permit application was filed on May 27, 2021. It was first considered at a duly noticed Site Development public hearing on July 6, 2021. A number of public comments raised concerns about property boundaries, wildlife movements throughout the property, the sloped features of the property and the proposed chain-link fence designs. Based on these concerns, the application was referred to the Planning Commission by the Planning Director pursuant to the authority under Sections 10-1.507(e) (including subsection (e)(3)) and 10-2.1305(b). The Planning Commission reviewed the application at four (4) duly noticed public hearings: August 5, 2021, October 7, 2021, January 13, Resolution 63-22 Page 3