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PLANNING COMMISSION Town of Los Altos Hills 26379 Fremont Road Los Altos Hills, California MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING Wednesday, March 10, 1976 PC: Reel 47, Side One, Tract One, Count 25 to end; Side Two, Tract One, 1 to 800. Chat rman Carico called the meeting to order at 7:35 p.m. In the Council Chambers, Town Hall, Los Altos Hills, California. A. ROLL CALL: Chat man: Judith Carico Commissioners: William Perkins, Theodora Schick, and Kenneth Young Also Present: R. E. Crowe, Citv Manager, K. R. Pastrof, Town Planner; and 0. Pennington, Secretary. B. CONSENT CALENDAR• Approval of the Minutes of February 25, 1976. The minutes were corrected as follows: Page 2 Last paragraph. Strike eighth word (illegal). Page 4 Seventh paragraph. Strike sixth word; substitute "appropriate." Commissioner Young moved, seconded by Commissioner Perkins that the Minutes of the Meeting of February 25, 1976 be approved as submitted. The motion passed by the following vote: AYES: Chat man Carloo; Commissioners Perkins and Young. NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: Commissioner Schick" Commissioner Schick abstained from voting because she was not present at the meeting. C. SOLAR ENERGY PRESENTATION: Professor Don Aitken Chairman Carlco Introduced Dr. Aitken to the audience and the Planning Cammissloners, then turned the meeting over to him for his presentation. Dr. Aitken was at Stanford for eleven years. After he left there he founded the Department of Environmental Studies at San Jose State where he has been teaching ever since. It is a very personal, albeit underfunded program with about one hundred fifty majors. He happily resigned as Department Chairman In 1973 so that he could go Into solar energy with an emphasis on using It In residential design. He found that solar energy has a fundamental value for the community --it can help alleviate inflation, unemployment and the kw energy crisis.