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CITY COUNCIL MINUTES - June 20, 1984 D. SPECIAL ORDERS (continued) 9. Resolution # approving and authorizing execution of an agreement between the City of the Town of Los Altos Hills and Martin Carpenter Associates, Inc. The City Manager presented her report dated 6/18/84 on the contract extension for planning services which included an explanation of the changes from the previous contract and the reasons for recommending that Council approve the contract exten- sion for a period of one year. The City Manager also noted that the consultant Plans to modify rates on 1/1/85 but had guaranteed to the Town that no increase in rates could occur through the contract year. It was further noted that the con- sultant was in favor of returning to half time }ours and it was the staff's xxmnnen- ation that the contract be reviewed about 12/1/84 to determine if the planning staff hours could be reduced with a cminensurate decrease in the retainer. MOTION SEMMED AND CARRIED: Moved by Dronkert, seconded by van Tamelen and passed by the following roll call cote to adopt Resolution #58-84 approving and authorizing execution of an agreement between the City of the Town of Ios Altos Hills and Martin Carpenter Associates, Inc. (with the addendum to review the contract 12/1/84 for possible reduction of hours and retainer). AYES: Mayor Allison and Councilmemhers Dronkert, Fuhrman and van Tamelen NOES: Councilmmber Rydell Rydell stated that he could not support a yearlong extension of the contract. It could possibly be done in-house; however, he could support a three-month extension with Martin and Carpenter. G. LWINISHED BUSINESS: 1. Review of Pathway Maintenance Mary Stutz, Chairman - Pathways Committee, referred to the 6/15/84 status report before Council on pathway maintenance and expressed her opinion, after looking at several of the projects, that the maintenance being done was not adequate and the projects were not completed as stated on the report. PASSED BY CONSENSUS: To schedule a meting of the crew, staff and pathways coinittee on a regular basis to discuss the pathways report, maintenance procedures. Proposed path along Stonebrook Avenue Cindy Hettinger, 12372 Priscilla lane, referred to her report dated 6/11/84 in which she requested Ccunci to grantspecific permission for the construction of the proposed path along Stonebrook Avenue by Patton Brothers. Alma Food, 12251 Stonebrook, Mr. Butler, 12321 Stanbrook, John Reefer, 12231 Stonebrook and Geraldine Matthews, 12211 Stonebrook each addressed the Council noting that the truck problem on Stanbrook should be resolved before a path is installed. They also pointed out that there was an existing path, although now overgrown, on one side of the road and had serious concerns about putting in a path on the side used now for drainage. -4-