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1 City Council Special Meeting Minutes January 30, 2023 CALL TO ORDER, ROLL CALL This meeting was conducted virtually pursuant to the provisions of Assembly Bill 361 and Government Code Section 54953(e) related to conducting public meetings during the COVID-19 pandemic. Mayor Swan called the City Council Special Meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. Present: Mayor Linda Swan, Vice Mayor Stanley Q. Mok, Councilmember Lisa H. Schmidt, Councilmember Tankha, Councilmember George Tyson Absent: None Staff: City Manager Peter Pirnejad, City Attorney Steve Mattas, Planning Director Sofia Mangalam, Management Analyst II Cody Einfalt, City Clerk Deborah Padovan 1. PUBLIC COMMENT Bob and Patti, Los Altos Hills, said they has lived in the hills for 50 years, he has seen the character of the hills change a lot, but nothing like the character change that is coming. He expressed doubts that residents would not vote for these changes if they even had such a chance. Arthur Sobel, Los Altos Hills, said he agrees with the previous speaker. He does not want high rise apartment buildings that look like San Francisco in a few years. John O'Connell, Los Altos Hills, said he circulated a petition, and they understand the challenge before the Council. He does believe that multi-family zoning would be rejected due to environmental review. The Council should reject the Housing Element that is before the Council tonight. Rigo Gallardo, Local Union 405 of Santa Clara, said he was speaking on behalf of 39,000 union carpenters across Northern California. He said that area labor standards should be upheld. He requested that the Council hire local labor and provide for living wages. Birgitta Indaco, Los Altos Hills Planning Commissioner, clarified what the Planning Commission voted on last Friday. This is an accumulation of at least 1000 hours of staff and volunteer time. This is as good as it gets so we can be compliant. She pointed out that the three identified properties with overlays was very carefully thought out with the event of SB 9 and ADU, we are creating a distribution throughout the town that handles the burden of some of those numbers. Jim Waschura, Los Altos Hills Planning Commission Chair, said this is very confusing for residents. He said that four hundred units on ten acres is not something that Town of Los Altos Hills City Council Special Meeting Minutes Monday, January 30, 2023 – 6:00 p.m. Council Chambers, 26379 Fremont Road, Los Altos Hills, California