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CITY COUNCIL MINUTES - May 2, 1979 <br />F. GENERAL ORDERS & UNFINISHED BUSINESS: (Continued) <br />LL 2. Request for relocation of overhead utility line, Tract #6355. <br />Mr. Lambert, Applicant, stated the original condition to underground was prompted by <br />the existing utility line over the proposed building site, that costs for re-routing <br />overhead wereestimated at $7,000 and undergrounding was exhorbitantly estimated at <br />$12-14,000. He asked for Council relief from this undergrounding stipulation as all <br />efforts had been made to resolve this issue. <br />Councilmembers discussed their efforts to provide undergrounding within the Town <br />at time of new subdivision whenever possible and their concurrence as to the expenses <br />involved in this case which presented a hardship. <br />MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Councilman Perkins, seconded by Councilman Nystrom <br />and carried by the following roll call vote to grant the request for relocation of over- <br />head utility line, Tract #6355. <br />AYES: Mayor McReynolds, Councilmembers Hillestad, Nystrom and Perkins. <br />NOES: Councilman Proft. <br />3. Request for extension of time for completion of certain improvements, Tract #6209 <br />The City Attorney addressed the Applicant's letter of request, advising that promises <br />to clear the area of debris had been made by the previous owner and this ongoing problem <br />needed to be resolved as expeditiously as possible. <br />Mr. Lambert, Applicant, objected to being held responsible for promises made by the <br />prior owner and answered Council questions as to time estimates for the separate items <br />of concern. <br />4 MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Councilwoman Hillestad, seconded by Councilman <br />Perkins to direct the City Manager to correspond with the Applicant authorizing time <br />extensions as follows: (1) Installations of monuments on Moody Road to be completed in <br />two weeks, May 16, 1979; (2) Removal of debris along the top of the creek bank and <br />around the surface of the property to be completed in thirty days, June 1, 1979• (3) <br />Removal of debris in the creek bottom to be completed by August 31, 1979; and, (4) The <br />wading pool on Lot 8 to be removed within thirty days, June 1, 1979. <br />4. Request for resolve of trespassing problems from A.C. Kramer, Tract #5762. <br />PASSED BY CONSENSUS: That the Council correspond with Dr. Kramer as to methods of <br />correcting these problems and that Staff set up a meeting with the Developer's Engineer <br />and Dr. Kramer to explore the feasibility of a gate installation. <br />G. NEW BUSINESS: <br />1. City Council appointments to City Selection Committee and Inter -governmental Council. <br />PASSED BY CONSENSUS: To appoint the Mayor & Mayor Pro Tem to the City Selection Com- <br />mittee and for continuance of the two year appointment of Councilwoman Hillestad to <br />Inter -governmental Council. <br />Mayor McReynolds advised of the Los Altos School Board considerations of closing the <br />only public elementary school in Los Altos Hills (Bullis) and Councilmembers cited <br />their frustrations and objections to this proposal as well as the urgent need to make <br />the Town's feelings evident to the Board. <br />L, MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Councilman Proft, seconded by Councilman Perkins <br />and passed unanimously to adopt Resolution #1196 regarding the proposed closing of a <br />public elementary school within the Town limits and citing the Council's objections. <br />-5- <br />