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CITY COUNCIL Q TOWN OF LOS ALTOS HILLS 4+ 26379 Fremont Road Los Altos Hills, California MINUTES OF AN ADJOURNED MEETING Monday, February 26, 1979 cc: Reel 116, Side I, Tr. II, 304 -End Mayor Hillestad called the Adjourned Meeting of the City Council to order at 4:15 p.m. in the Council Chambers of Town Hall. Present: Mayor Hillestad, Councilmembers McReynolds, Perkins, Proft and Nystrom (arrived late). Staff: City Manager Robert Crowe, City Engineer John Carlson and Deputy City Clerk Susan Buttler. Don Skinner, ABAG and Gordon Jacoby, ABAG.aq 3V�9 Council determination was to take the Items scneauiea out o order so that all Councilmembers might be present, and to first discuss a matter that was not agendized. The City Manager introduced a letter received this date from the Palo Alto Unified School District requesting Council response by March 1, 1979 to four questions relative to the Fremont Hills school site. Councilmembers discussed the recreational uses currently being made of this site along with the private school, Town financing needed if purchase was made available and their desire to preclude development of this property. e PASSED BY CONSENSUS: To direct the City Manager to draft a letter to the Disposition Committee nd Palo Alto Unified School District responding to the four questions and out- lining the Town's wish to purchase this property should review of the entire financial package prove favorable. B. Review and Recommendations on future status of Inter -City Council. Mayor Hillestad advised of the two alternatives, specifically: (1) Phasing out Inter -City Council completely, or (2) Funding of postage only from cities and changing meeting schedule from every month to once every two months. PASSED BY CONSENSUS: To participate actively in the second alternative in order to keep t is organization functioning as a viable communications link for the cities. A. Review and Resolution on Santa Clara Valley Corridor Evaluation. Councilman McReynolds outlined his Report as follows: (1) Frustration is being expressed by all cities in the County as to the recommendations in the Study; (2) The transportation system proposed is too dependent upon the auto and bus, thus increasing energy consumption and pollu- tion; (3) Requesting that more housing be placed closer to industry sounds good, but goes against all principles of freedom of choice; (4) This County's problems are unique and should not be closely compared with others, such as Marin; and, (5) Not enough investigation was made of utilization of a light rail transportation system which could prove to be the most cost and energy efficient. Mr. Jacoby, ABAG, told of the problems faced in the preparation of this Study, i.e., limita- 4W tions on matching funds from federal/state sources to highway uses only, the need for each city to expand General Plan projections for housing which is only being requested on a volun- tary basis, light rail was explored and found to not pay for itself and recommendations were made to try and take the most advantage of existing facilities.