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Council discussed the costs of landscaping and the financial burden this could place on applicants. It was agreed that the Planning Director should review applications and arrive at average costs for landscaping and bring back a recommenation on maximum limits for landscape installation and maintenance deposits. Further it was agreed that the landscape condition should be modified to reflect that all landscaping for screening and erosion control should be installed prior to final inspection unless the Planning Director finds that unusual circumstances require delay such as weather. A further modification to be made to the landscaping condition was to state that plantings should be used to break up the view of the new residence from the surrounding properties and streets. Council directed the Planning Director the rewrite the landscape and landscape maintenance conditions and bring them back to Council for approval. 6. NEW BUSINESS 6.1 Request to allow a vineyard in a conservation easement, Lands of Kresek, 13470 Carillo Lane Mr. Robert Kresek, applicant, asked if the following statement could be added to the proposed conditions of approval: "Upon approval of the Planning Director and City Engineer of a plan to landscape the right-of-way along La Cresta Drive and Carillo Lane with a native vegetation border, the vineyard may be planted up to the `r property line." MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Johnson, seconded by Casey and passed unanimously to approve the request to allow a vineyard in a conservation easement on Lands of Kresek at 13470 Carillo Lane subject to the conditions of approval recommended by staff in the 9/6/95 report with the following modifications: Add the following statement to Condition #4: "Upon approval of the Planning Director and City Engineer of a plan to landscape the right-of-way along La Cresta Drive and Carillo Lane with a native vegetation border, the vineyard may be planted up to the property line."; require that the conservation easement modification be recorded; and delete Condition #5 as follows: "The applicant shall provide a $2,500 landscape deposit with the Town prior to any work occurring in the conservation easement to assure that the vineyard is installed per the above recommendations. 50% of the deposit will be refunded upon the satisfactory installation of all plant materials and a letter from DeVine Consultants certifying that installation occurred in accordance with their recommendations. The remaining 50% will be refunded one year after the initial refund, if the plants and vineyard have been adequately maintained." 6.2 Request for direction on whether the Town should solicit a proposal for providing polices services from the Los Altos Police Department 1%W September 6, 1995 Regular City Council Meeting