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Motion by Davey, Se,pnd by Benson, that the City Council of the Town RAID ALTO of Los Altos Hills is hereby on record as wishing to acquire the UNIFIED .� Purissima site belonging to the lands Of the Palo Alto Unified SCHOOL School District, and in addition, that the City Council hereby DISTRICT instructs the City Manager to negotiate with the Palo Alto School PROPERTY District for a reasonable price, was passed unanimously, Planning Commissioner A. H. Lachenbxuch orally presented a comprehen- PLANNING sive preliminary report of the slope density discussions held by the COMMISSION Planning. Commission. While agreeing, in principle, with the slope REPORT ON density regulation, but on the ground that it is an extremely complex SLOPE problem, it was the recommendation of the Planning Commission to DENSITY request the Council for professional technical assistance. The Mayor expressed the Council's appreciation to the Planning Con - mission for their study and concurred in the recommendation. The matter was deferred to a study session for further discussion. City Attorney reported that he was prepared to submit for Council SEWER consideration a resolution to undertake proceedings and a resolution ASSESSMENT of intent. The City Attorney reviewed the background of proposed DISTRICT District No. 2, explaining the resolution of intent is to declare NO. 2 the Council's intention in general terms and require the Engineer of Works, the City Engineer, to prepare a detailed engineering report and adoption by the Council would not bind it to go beyond, The City Attorney further stated the Council would then review the detailed report and proceed to set a Public Hearing for protests, with at least twenty days prior to that date for Council and concerned members of the district to review the report. In proposing a new policy on sewers, Councilman Aiken requested that the following statement o= his remarks be written into the record at this .point: ,Last meeting I remarked that I wanted to get the facts. I have =-^ent considerable time gathering all the facts I could, Now I feel that I was certainly misinformed and misled. I do not believe that the entire Town should be sewered because lower cost alternatives exist.,, Notion by Councilman Aiken, Second by Councilman Benson, that the Council adopt a new policy resolution establishing a new sewer policy for the Town of Los Altos Hills as follows: Be It Resolved by the City Council of tine Town of Los Altos Hills that it is the policy of the Town not to require Town -wide: sanitary sewers, and that solutions other than main- line sanitary sewers are preferred, and Be It Further Resolved that the Town authorize an 4ndepscdent engineering study in depth of sewage handling systems, a.:3 approve for use in the Town such systems, or com- bination of systems, as will treat sewage at least as well as a properly operating septic tank system, and Be It Further Resolved that the Council pass an ordinance regulating all sewage systems; such ordinance to pro- vide for the kind of .ystems alloar!ed, installation requirements and annual inspection; as:d Be it Further Resolved that to the extent it is inco ;sistent herewith, Posolution No, S85 is hereby rescinded. The Mayor state= he would have no objection to that portion of the Motion suggesting a study, but could not in conscience adopt this very i broad resolution, Councilnan Davey stated the Motion was premature, since this comes bofcre the Council has heard the final report of the Citizens Connittee Studying Sewers, who have worked diligently to pro- duce facts, -2-