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formula was needed but should be reasonable. Drainage, general hydrology and grading were all issues that impacted the slope density formula. Charlene Geers, member of the LUF committee, commented that most of the lots in Town were one acre to 1.2 acres and most were constrained. She also noted that building standards had greatly increased over theseveral years. Carl Clement, member of the LUF Committee, was against the slope density formula. He did not believe the Town should be telling people what they can and can not build. Mr. Clement stated that projects had to go through engineering review and the consulting engineering firm, Wilsey Ham, conducted objective reviews and did not involve themselves in politics or subjective reasoning. John Harpootlian presented the comments of Dot Schreiner, a member of the LUF Committee, who was unable to attend the meeting. In summary her recommendations were: The new ordinance should be based on the 4,000—6,500 figures recommended by the staff and the Planning Commission. The LUF formula should be retained for all new subdivisions. Slope density should also be retained. Sandy Humphries, 26238 Fremont Road, stated that all members of the LUF Committee lived on sloped lots except Dot Schreiner. She commented that drainage and erosion were major concerns and she recommended that the Land Use Committee be reestablished. • Jim Abraham, Chairman of the LUF Committee, stated that he took exception to Sandy Humphries' comments. Nancy Fouquet, 13470 Robleda Road, commented that what happened in Los Altos Hills affected other neighboring communities. She suggested considering lots on an individual basis and believed smaller was better. DuBose Montgomery, 27464 Altamont; Armin Staprans (representing 27900 Roble Blanco Court) and Luis Yanez, 26879 Moody Road spoke in support of changing the Town's lot unit factor. They believed technical expertise had greatly improved over the last several years and the lot unit factor should be modified to more appropriately deal with the lots in the Town. Art Lachenbruch, 11820 Buena Vista; Doni Hubbard, 25228 La Loma Drive; and Ruth McMahon, 13531 Burke Road supported the present lot unit factor and its application to lots in the Town. While pointing out that there were some problems with the lot unit factor they believed it worked well and could be modified without changing the basic philosophy. References were made to attributes of the Town such as wooded natural settings, rural,park like,trees which they believed presented a clear vision of what the Town wanted to protect. May 17, 2001 Regular City Council Meeting 4