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CITY COUNCIL MINUTES - June 7, 1978 D. STAFF - REPORTS CORRESPONDENCE 8 ANNOUNCEMENTS: I. City Manager: a) Request for Building Permit Review, K. C. Mueller. The City Manager Introduced the report from the Town Geologist relative to soils stability of the proposed pool site, as requested by Council at their last meeting. MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Mayor Hlllestad, seconded by Councilman Brown and passed unanimously by all members present to grant Applicant's request to re- adjust the conservation easement with all work to proceed under the direction of the Town Geologist's recommendations. b) Sanitary Landfill Environmental Assessment for North Santa Clara County. Carol Horowitz Earthmetrlcs, presented an update on cities' Involvement in the Joint Powers Agreement, designated landfill sites, problems encountered by some of the other cities In obtaining feasible disposal sites and work to be started on the resource recovery portion of the study within a short time. As it was well before 8:30 PM, the following Items were taken under consideration before SPECIAL ORDERS. F. GENERAL ORDERS $ UNFINISHED BUSINESS: I. Review of ABAG Environmental Management Plan. ` Mayor Hillestad told of her Involvement In the step by step process of formulating the Plan and outlined the areas covered In order to Insure compliance with State and Federal guidelines. She further recommended endorsement by the Council. Mrs. Wood, Stonebrook, questioned the stance the City of Cupertino had taken with regard to the Plan and the amount of dues the Town pays. Mr. Laws, Hooper Lane, asked about funding required from the Town. Determination followed that Cupertino had considered not paying their dues as opposed to non -endorsement of the plan, that dues were based on population brackets and that primary funding for the Plan would be Federal. MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Councilman McReynolds, seconded by Councilman Proft and carried unanimously by all members present to endorse the ABAG Environmental Management Plan. G. NEW BUSINESS: I. Proposal for reconstitution of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission. Councilman McReynolds spoke In favor of the reconstitution to provide a more equitable voting structure for Santa Clara County. Councilman Brown clarified his vote of support as one of hesitancy due to the poor past performance of the Transit District. MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Councilman Proft, seconded by Councilman Brown and passed unanimously by all members present to endorse the voting representation as shown on Attachment C of the recommended Reconstitution of the Metropolitan Transpor- tation Commission. The City Attorney advised of the recent court decision designating Kingsley Avenue as a public right-of-way with a resolution for acceptance forthcoming and requested Staff to place street name signs. -2-