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SCHEDULED ITEM NO. 1: Public Hearing re Horse Ordinance contI d.: The following points were clarified during Floor and Council discussion: 1) Opposition to the proposed ordinance was raised, based on the following: (a) Excessive controls, primarily the annual licensing requirement and the inspection provisions. (b) Establishing an annual fee, obtaining revenue that would be utilized for administration, as well as path construction and maintenance. (c) Recently enacted State legislation enables Counties and Recrea- tional Park Districts to impose an annual pleasure riding tax up to $10.00 per animal, to be used for trail construction within the County or Regional Park District. (d) Grandfather clause does not apply to animals and to the three (3) foot setback requirement for new corrals. 2) Support for the proposed ordinance was based on the following: (a) Need for control of horses on agricultural land and the need for control of commercial stables, including boarding stables. (b) Need for trails, the need for revenue to construct and maintain trails, and the philosophy that those using trail facilities should pay for same. 3) Council concurred that to raise revenue and insure that this revenue was expended for trail purposes, it would be desirable to limit administrative costs to no more than 10% of the annual license fees. 4 MOTION, SECONDED AND CARRIED: Councilman Davey moved, seconded by Fowle and carried unanimously, that consideration of the proposed Horse and Stable Ordinance be continued to a Study Session the first week in January to allow County Health Department review and Staff review of all proposed ordinances and the opposition and support for same. RECESS: 10:20 P. M. to 10:32 P. M. UNSCHEDULED ITEM NO. 2: CONSIDERATION OF POLICY RE: ALLOWING SEPTIC SYSTEMS AND -INSTALLATION OF SEWERS IN THE VICINITY OF ROSEHILL ESTATES UNIT NO. 2. City Manager noted a report had been requested on all feasible means of sewage disposal for the Rosehill Estates Unit No. 2 and Almaden Court (Sewer Assessment District No. 6) Area, due to policy difficulties in pumping sewage to a different drainage basin and cost and procedure of maintaining a pump which would be required to utilize Los Altos Hills sewer facilities. City Engineer reviewed the following administrative alternates for providing sanitary sewer service: A. Rosehill Estates Unit No. 2 - Pump from a lift station to the Los Altos sewer system. This alternate would involve a pump maintenance cost of $95.00 per month, to be shared by the four lots involved, the cost per lot for connecting to the Los Altos system would be $1,119.40. -3-