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CM COLUCIL MINUIES - March 16, 1983 <br />D. SPECIAL REPORTS: <br />'VW 2. Reports from Ad Hcc Committees; <br />a) Ad Hoc Coumittee on Finance <br />Louise Drorkert, member/Ad Hoc Convtittec on Finance, presented to Council a <br />report from their committee dated 3/16/83 wTa-cfi—a—sFed Council to reconsider <br />their actions concerning the establishment of a Finance Cormittee. Council <br />discussed their intent and objectives regarding a Finance Committee. <br />MOTION SECONDED AM CARRIED: Moved by van Tamelen, seconded by Allison and <br />passed unanimously to establish a standing camittee on finance consisting of <br />five appointed members and the City Manager, as an ex -officio menber. The <br />charges of said camnittee shall be but am net necessarily limited to those <br />charges specified in Councilman Allison's memo of 3/2/83 (on file at Town Hall). <br />3. Reports from the Planning Ccnvdssim: <br />Cannissioner Carico reported on the 3/12/B3 field trip to westwind Barn which <br />was attended by Friends of Westwind Boarclambers, neighbors and staff. Visual <br />and noise problems were addressed and the annual review of the conditional use <br />permit is agendized for the 3/23/83 Planning CmuLission Meeting. <br />4. Presentations from the Floor: <br />Laurence Dawson, Mir Mirou. Drive, presented a photograph to the Tt&m of the <br />%W Matadem Oak, signature tree of Ehe Matadem Oak Subdivision of Los Altos Hills. <br />This tree is now a stuap and Mr. Dawson made his presontation in the hope that the <br />Tbvm would not repeat past mistakes. <br />E. STAFF - REPORTS, CORRESPONDENCE AND ANNOUNCEMENTS: <br />1. City Manager: <br />a) 911 Selective Routing <br />The City Manager referred to her staff report dated 3/11/83 which included the <br />recommendation that the routing of all 911 fire and police emergency service calls <br />originating in Los Altos Hills be directed to the Los Altos Coamunications Center. <br />Presently most of the Los Altos Hills 911 calls were routed to the Los Altos <br />Ccmmunications Center. However, the Sheriff's Office was requesting that 911 calls <br />from Los Altos Hills be muted to County Communications; upon installation of the <br />County's new 911 system, estimated to be operative 4/l/84. <br />Lt. Richard Huston, Santa Clara County Sheriff's Department, strongly urged the <br />routing to Comfy Communications. He enphas�zed the countyls vast network of <br />information, services and people to handle almost any situation and stated that <br />he did not feel them would be any loss of response time in going through the <br />county. <br />William Siegel, Chairman/Safety Ccmmittee, agreed with the City Manager's re commen - <br />dation noting that Los Alto� i�a-s­mu—cF­m®re familiar than the Comfy with the streets <br />of the Town. <br />Louise Dronkert, 27431 Black Mountain Read, noted that presently the Town's emer- <br />gency medical calls are resp5n �to fire departmant not by the County's <br />medivac units. <br />-3- <br />