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PLANNING COMMISSION TOWN OF LOS ALTOS HILLS ( MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING �/ June 26, 1972 REEL PC -8: SIDE I, TRACK 2 - FOOTAGE 665 - END REEL PC -8: SIDE 2, TRACK 2 - FOOTAGE 00 - 1001 Vice -Chairman James Mueller called the Regular Meeting of the Planning Commission of the Town of Los Altos Hills to order at 7:50 P. M. at the Town Hall, 26379 Fremont Road, Los Altos Hills, California. The following members answered roll call: Commissioners Lachenbruch, Perkins, Spencer, Welsbart, and Vice -Chairman Mueller. Absent: Commissioner Magruder and Chairman McReynolds. CITY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE: Councilman Stan Grabowski APPROVAL OF MINUTES: June 12. 1972. Commissioner Spencer moved, seconded by Perkins and carried unanimously, that the Minutes of June 12, 1972 be approved as submitted. COMMUNICATIONS: None. ANNOUNCEMENTS: None. COMMITTEE REPORTS: 1. Commissioner Spencer reported he had attended the June 22nd Planning Policy Committee meeting, noting the PPC received two awards for excellency In planning from the American Institute of Planners, and that the Countywide Baylands Plan was discussed and continued to the next meeting. 2. Commissioner Spencer further reported his attendance at the PPC Hillside Study Session, at which time the plans and goals for hillside development were dlscusse, and the subject matter reorganized for a more orderly presentation at the next meeting. 3. Commissioner Welsbart reported that, as Planning Commission representative to the June 19th Council meeting, she was requested to relay to the Commission a complaint of the length of Its recent meetings and the fact the Study Sessions were at the beginning of the meeting. Commission concurred that It was extremely Important to have at least one hour per meeting for a Study Session for environmental discussion and that t h e reorganization of the Planning Comm lssion was a step In the right direction and would possibly dictate when the Study Sessions will occur. 4. Commissioner Lachenbruch questioned the status of the revisions to the Zoning Ordinance, noting a great deal of study had gone Into the revisions, Including Council adoption of the Interim Ordinance No. 194 relating to slope density. He felt that these refinements were of sufficient completeness to enact Into a permanent ordinance for regulation of the Town and Its environmental protection. MOTION, SECONDED AND CARRIED: Commissioner Lachenbruch moved, seconded by Spencer and carried unanimously, that the Planning Commission request the City Council to proceed with hearings on the proposed revised Zoning Ordinance by ` Instructing the City Attorney to review the draft and ordering Public Hearings held before the Planning Commission, with recommendations to the City Council.