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SCHEDULED ITEM NO. 1: 1969-70 Budget cont'd. 27440 Sherlock Road, and Mrs. Lois H. Hogle, 2000 Page Mill Road. 461 City Attorney introduced and read in its entirety Ordinance He. 155, an ordinance of the Town of Los Altos Hills fixing the tax rate for the current year (at 25t per $100.00 of assessed valuation). MOTION, SECONDED AND CARRIED: Councilman Benson moved, seconded by Helgesson, that Ordinance No. 150 be adopted as read, was carried by the following roll call vote: Ayes: Councilmen Benson, Helgesson, Mayor Aiken. Noes: Councilmen Davey, Fowle. Absent: None. City Attorney introduced and read in its entirety Ordinance No. 159, an ordinance of the Town of Los Altos Hills adopting budget and fixing the amount of money to be raised by taxation. MOTION, SECONDED AND CARRIED: Councilman Benson moved, seconded by Helgesson, that Ordinance No. 159 be adopted as read, was carried by the following roll call vote: Ayes: Councilmen Benson, Helgesson, Mayor Aiken. Noes: Councilmen Davey, Fowle, Absent: None. Councilman Fowle requested to be excused -at 8:12 P: M.. City Attorney introduced and read the title of Ordinance No. 160, an ordinance establishing Class Salary Schedule for the Town of Los Altos Hills for the Fiscal Year 1969-70. MOTION, SECONDED AND CARRIED: Councilman Benson moved, seconded by Helgesson, that further reading of Ordinance No. 160 be waived, was carried by the following roll call vote: Ayes: Councilmen Benson, Davey, Helgesson, Mayor Aiken. Noes: None. Absent: Councilman Fowls. MOTION, SECONDED AND CARRIED: Councilman Helgesson moved, seconded by Benson, that Ordinance No. 160 be adopted as read, was carried by the following roll call vote: Ayes: Councilmen Benson, Davey, Helgesson, Mayor Aiken. Noes: None. Absent: Councilman Fowle. Councilman Davey requested the record show that she voted in opposition to adopting the budget and setting the tax rate, due to budgetary cuts in street maintenance, path maintenance, planning funds, and the lack of any provision for drainage improvements; and, that these deletions were not in the best interest of protecting public or private investments within the Town. Mayor Aiken requested the record show he disagreed with Councilman Davey's figures and conclusions and that it had not been demonstrated that budgetary limitations would be detrimental to the Town. 1. Mrs. Lois Hogle, representing Committee for Green Foothills, reviewed petition urging Stanford University and the City of Palo Alto to cease issuing building permits and approving further land divisions for that area bounded by Foothill Expressway, Page Mill and Arastradero Roads, and Junipero Serra Freeway, until the Palo Alto Foothills Study and Los Altos Hills revised General Plan are nearer completion. -2-