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[ PLANNING COMMISSION hwl Tann of Los Altos Hills 26379 Fremont Road Los Altos Hills, California MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING Wednesday, August 9, 1978 Reel 71, Side I, Tr. 2 001 to End; Side II, Tr. 2, 001 to 268 Chairman Stewart called the meeting of the Planning Commission to order at 6:40 P.M. in the Council Chambers of Town Hall. ROLL CALL AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Present: Commissioners Stewart, Carico, Lachenbruch, VanTamelen, Dochnahl Absent: Commissioners Reeves and Kuranoff Also Present: Assistant City Engineer/Planner John Markl,Secretary Ethel Hopkins CONSENT CALENDAR: Commissioner Carico requested that the Consent Calendar item, the Minutes of July 26,be corrected as follows: On page five, after the first sentence of para- graph seven, add, "Commissioner Carico askedthat the record reflect that it was `, her feeling that the Planning Commission should not get involved in discussing annexation or de -annexation with the Town of Los Altos." MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: It was moved by Commissioner VanTamalen and seconded by Commissioner Carico that the Minutes of July 26 be approved as amended. AYES: Commissioners Stewart, Carico, and VanTamelen ABSTAIN: Commissioners Lachenbruch and Dochnahl STUDY SESSION: Planning Commissioners enumerated the items they wished to be discussed. They were: Commissioner Carico: (1) Confining meeting hours to an 11:3n P.M. adjournment time, (2) Setting a date for a joint Study Session with the City Council, (3) Finish the Scenic Highways Element, and (4) Committee inputs. Commissioner VanTamelen: (1) Scenic Highways Element, (2) Committee inputs - Planning Commission relationship to the City Council and Committees, (3) Conserva- tion Easement Guidelines, and (4) Slope density and chanoes to the ordinances - ordinance control of marginal lots. Commissioner Dochnahl: (1) Scenic Highways Element, (2) Fence ordinance, (3) Con- servation easements, (4) More than one Planning Commissioner at Site Development and Subdivision Committee meetings. Commissioner Lachenbruch: (1) The over-riding problem of the need for and method �w` of obtaining continuingsupport from a professional planner, (2) Pathway Committee - support for the Pathway Committee and the whole way paths are handled, (3) Environ- mental Design Committee - what can it do and how can it contribute to planning efficiency, and (4) Obtaining needed support for the Planning Commission and par- ticipating in the selection of the new City Engineer.