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CITY COUNCIL TOM OF ILS ALTOS HTT,T S 26379 Fremont Iniad Los Altos Hills, California 9r • • J.4 lad . iC IN 1 JOINT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL AMID THE PLANNING COM•IISSION Wednesday, January 30, 1985 cc: Reel 163, Tr. I, Side I, 001 -end Mayor Allison called the Adjourned Regular Meeting of the City Council to order at 7:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers at Town Hall. Planning Commission Chairman Kuranoff called the Adjourned Regular Meeting of the Planning Ccnvdssion to order at 7:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers at Town Hall. The Chairman noted that the purpose of the meeting was to conduct a joint meeting with the City Council. A. %JIT. CALL: Present: Mayor Allison and Counoilmambers Dronkert, Fuhnman and Rydell Planning Crnmission Charman Kuranoff, and Commissioners Carico, ` Gottlieb, Lachenbruch, Siegel, Struthers and Yanez Absent: Council, enter van Tamelen Staff: City Manager George Scarborough, City Attorney Frank Gillio, City Engineer Michael Enright, Staff Planner Nancy Lytle and City Clerk Pat Dowd Planning Consultant: Jeff Goldman, Connerly & Associates Press: Sara Wykes, San Jose Mercury; Andrea Moore, Peninsula Times Tribune; Kim Bergheim, Los Altos Town Crier B. STUDY SESSION ON 'TOWN'S PLANNING REVIEW: Mayor Allison stated that the purpose of the joint meting was to present a clear, concise approach to the Planning Consultant regarding the Site Development Ordinance. Members of the Council and the Commission had before than a draft ordinance, as prepared by the Planning Consultant, and the recamnerded changes made at the 1/9/85 Planning Commission meeting. Staff Planner, Nancy Lytle, noted in her staff report dated 1/24/85 that 'while the Ccnmissioners did not reach consensus on each and every item in the 1/4/85 staff report, they approved the document conceptually and found it to provide an adequate franework for revising the draft ordinance.' The first item discussed was the reo m e dation of the formation of a major site development committee and a minor site development committee. The composition of a major site development cmmftittee was addressed. The difficulty of scheduling two or three Commissioners to attend the often lengthy Tuesday afternoon meetings was noted. Mayor Allison suggested that two Cammissioners be appointed to the Cc m ttee with an alternate Camussicner named in the event one of the appointed Camnissioners could not make the meeting. In line with this, the importance of continuity on the committee was eaphasized. Mayor Pro Tem Dronkert suggested