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The City Manager reported that the resolution before Council allowed for a four-month extension of the current contract. This would allow time for the Council subcommittee, %r staff and representatives of the Los Altos Garbage Company to further discuss the various yardwaste collection options. MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Dauber, seconded by Hubbard and passed unanimously to adopt Resolution #75-97 approving an amendment to the franchise agreement with the Los Altos Garbage Company extending the term of the agreement. 5.3 Recommendation to enter into a Joint Powers Agreement with ABAG Power for the purchase of electric power — Reso #_ The City Manager reported that although the savings to the Town of entering into this agreement were not large at this time, there could be large savings in the future. Kenneth Moy, Legal Counsel for ABAG, was available to answer any questions Council might have on this agreement. He did comment that each jurisdiction had a representative on the Board and an executive committee would be created from the board. The entire board would only be meeting once or twice a year. Council stated that they did not think the City Manager should participate on this executive committee. There was not enough of a monetary return to the Town to justify the use of an excessive amount of the City Manager's time. If it did result in such a staff commitment, the agreement should be terminated. MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Siegel, seconded by Hubbard and passed unanimously to adopt Resolution #76-97 approving a Joint Powers Agreement with "ABAG POWER" for the purchase of electric power for a minimum of one year. 6. NEW BUSINESS 6.1 Request by Matadero Creek Architectural Review Committee to review Resolution No. 1559 regarding allowable building coverage The Planning Director referred to his 9/30/97 staff report which addressed the issue of Resolution #1559. This resolution which was adopted in 1983 allowed flexibility to increase building coverage by up to 2, 000 square feet if such square footage was not utilized for second floor development. The resolution did not grant an increase in allowable floor area or development area on a lot. Of the twenty lots in the Matadero Creek Subdivision, two were left for development approval and both applicants were using Resolution #1559 in their planning. The Matadero Creek Architectural Review Committee however had reported that it did not know of this resolution nor did the owners of the developed or in the process of being developed other eighteen lots. The Committee was asking Council to rescind this resolution so that the regulations for building in the subdivision would be equitable for all. Robert Ramer, the owner of Lot 7 in Matadero Creek Subdivision, stated that he did not understand why he could not use Resolution #1559 just because other owners chose not to use it. Mr. Jain, owner of Lot 5 in Matadem Creek Subdivision, did not think it was fair to make them change their project which had used Resolution #1559 just because others did not know about it. September 30, 1997 Regular City Council Meeting