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CITY COUNCIL MEETING - February 19, 1975 ITEMS REMOVED FROM CONSENT CALENDAR (cont'd): Lands of Wong (cont'd): Councilman Cheney asked who the adjacent property owners were on the sides of the property where the proposed tennis court would be placed. City Manager Robert Crowe and City Engineer Alex Russell responded that the tennis court would face toward the Freeway, and that no neighbor would be affected by the placement of the court. MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Councilwoman Miller moved, seconded by Mayor Grabowski, and unanimously carried to approve the request for Variance, Lands of Wong, File #7014-75, subject to conditions imposed. 4. Actions of Planning Commission: a) Recommendation to approve request for exemption from subdivision moratorium, Lands of Monte Lucero #4, File #TM390-72. Councilman Cheney inquired about the Planning Commission's actions in recommending three requests for exemption and denying the fourth. Commissioner Schick commented that the Commission felt that the three ` requests for exemption which had been approved by Commission at their last �r meeting did not raise significant questions relating to the concerns listed in the Moratorium resolution. Mayor Grabowski requested legal clarification from City Attorney Frank Gillio, who answered exactly what the Commission had to look for in any requests for exemption, and these questions should be applied to particular parcels con- cerned. Councilwoman Miller stated she felt the property in question did fall within the scope of the moratorium and moved that the request for exemption be denied. Mayor Grabowski seconded the motion. Councilman Helgesson commented that it did not look like there were excessive grades or cuts, the building sites were level, there was a conservation ease- ment, and the road grade was not excessive. He therefore could not agree that this request be denied. Council discussion ensued regarding similarities to other properties, and Councilman Cheney did not feel there was enough information presented to Council regarding the reasons the Commission had made their recommendations, and that the same information presented to the Commission should be given to the Council. Mayor Grabowski addressed Council as to the charges of the Planning Commission as delegated by Council, and of their duty to study these matters and make ar their recommendations to Council on that basis. Councilman Helgesson supported the Mayor's comments, and added that Council should have very good reasons for overturning the Commission's decisions. -3-