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CITY COUNCIL MEETING - June 18, 1975 Since it was too early to go on to Item E. Special Orders, the Council decided to suspend the order of the Agenda and take up Item F. F. GENERAL ORDERS AND UHWUSHED BUSINESS: 1. Plans and specifications for Taaffe-Elena Intersection (City Engineer) Mr. Alex Russell, City Engineer, stated that at this time he did not have ready plans and specifications for the defective intersection at Taaffe and Elena. Mrs. Miller expressed the urgent wish to get this matter under way, since it had been before the Council any number of times and a matter under consideration by the Town for some eight years. There was discussion concerning farming the work out to another firm, a suggestion which fir. Cheney said he did not even wish to contemplate. It was agreed between Mayor Grabowski and Staff that Pir. Russell would bring the matter before Council again by the second meeting in July, and if at that time he could not be ready with plans and specifications, other methods such as farming the work out would be looked into. E. SPECIAL ORDERS: 1. Lands of Fortis, BSA 6036-75 - Appeal from Pathway Easement (Letter dated May 16, 1975). Mr. Crowe, the City Manager, stated that the Council had approved on an oral recommendation made by the Pathway Committee, that a pathway be placed inside the property line of Mr. Fortis. The pathway would go some thirty feet into Mr. Fortis' property through a heavy vegetative and drainage area and would be of considerable expense to Mr. Fortis, therefore, this appeal. Mr. Nick Fortis, 705 University Avenue, Los Altos: spoke from the assembly stating that he was for pathways, but this diversion of an already established path would make the current path discontiguous with the existing pathway, is an unreasonable request, prohibitively expensive, and one that he seriously challenges. P9r. Conrad Mizer, Pathwa C mittee P9ember: stated that there is a good pathway a the way up La a oma until t its this property line, and at this property line a serious drainage problem exists, making the path impassable at certain times of the year. Mrs. Miller stated that after considering the recommendations made, qoing into the property forty feet does not make sense. She regrets voting for this. MOTION MOVED AND CARRIED: Mrs. Miller moved that Mr. Fortis be granted his appeal from a pathway easement. Mr. Helgesson seconded the motion. All were in favor except Mr. Cheney who voted against the appeal for a pathway easement. -3-