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Project was completed and accepted by Council at their Regular Meeting, November 7, 2002. (4) Consider the possibility of adopting a view ordinance for the Town The Mayor stated that this item is presently under review by Staff and will be brought before Council for consideration next year. 5.2 Report on Review of Town Hall Design with Project Architect Breene Kerr and Dean Warshawsky Continued to a future meeting to allow the new Councilmembers additional time to meet with the Architect and evaluate all issues. 5.3 Request to delete the approved subdivision condition requiring conservation easements on the six lot subdivision and instead pay the required park land dedication in lieu fees, Lands of Huang, 27580 Arastradero Road This application was continued from the November 7, 2002 City Council Meeting. Mayor Fenwick stepped down from consideration of this item. • Mayor Pro Tem Cheng acknowledged that the Public Hearing for Item 5.3 had been closed at the previous Council meeting but that she would re-open it during the review of this item to allow those who had not had a chance previously to speak and speakers with new information to be heard. The Planning Director gave a brief history of the application, noting that at the November 7, 2002 meeting this item was continued to research the filing of the Notice of Intent to Adopt. All proper filings had been executed with the County Clerk. He added that Staff concurred with the Planning Commission recommendations with regards to the Conservation Easements and Conditions of Approval Item#6. Councilmember O'Malley questioned the City Attorney regarding the validity of the Negative Declaration with the proposed changes in the conservation easements. City Attorney Steve Mattas, clarified recent correspondence that Council had received relating to this application and compliance with CEQA requirements. Mattas indicated that the City had met requirements for proper filing of the Notice of Intent to adopt the Negative Declaration. Mattas advised Council that the mitigation for the Negative Declaration contains provisions for conservation easements on steep slopes but does not specify which slopes. He suggested that Council hear from the applicant to determine if the mitigation issues would still be met with the reduction of conservation easements. He added that if the applicant had requested the elimination of conservation easements, it would require further environmental review. Sophia Huang—Applicant, 27580 Arastradero, explained why she was requesting to modify her conservation easement requirements to be applicable to those slopes of 50%. She believed these November 21, 2002 4 Regular City Council Meeting