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5) Communication from the Los Altos Hills Association dated Sept. 6, COMMUNICA- 1967, applauding the Council for their concept of purchasing the TIONS Byrne property, but questioned whether or not a majority of the cont'd. Town feel they will share in these benefits. This letter requested (5) the purchase of the Byrne property be brought to a vote of the towns- people. At the request of Councilman Fowle, Mayor Henley directed this matter ACTION of the Byrne property purchase be agendaed for full discussion and Public Hearing at the next meeting, September 18th. 1) City Manager announced the dinner meeting of the Inter -City Council ANNOUNCE - on Thursday, September 7, 1967, to be held in Los Gatos. Council MENTS regretted this adjourned regular meeting conflicted. (1) 2) Councilman Aiken stated he was sorry he was detained and missed (2) the approval of Minutes since he believed there was action at this RE: SEWER table regarding Ordinance No. 8, Section 3, requiring residents ORD. #8 living within 200' of a sewer to connect, but that it was not recorded in the Minutes. Councilman Fowle agreed with Councilman Aiken that this was discussed and recalled that the City Attorney was asked to prepare such an amendment but that there was no official action. There was no objection from the Chair for further discussion of this matter at this time. [Motion by. Counoilman Aiken that Ordinance No. 8 be amended to eliminate MOTION ll Section 3, all other sections of Ordinance No. 8 remaining as they are. (no Sec.) The Mayor stated that he recalled that there was discussion but that it would require an amendment to the ordinance and it was questioned whether action on an unagendaed ordinance would be a good idea, and no official action was taken. Councilman Aiken then amended his Motion to instruct the City Attorney to +AMZNDED prepare for the next meeting an ordinance amendment to Ordinance No. 8, to MOTION eliminate the 200' provision and that the amendment be an agenda item for (no Sec, the September 18th meeting. Councilman Fowle said he would be happy to second Councilman Aiken's Notion, but with a substitute section "requiring connection to an available sewer upon order of the City Council based on conditions of health, welfare and safety. Councilman Aiken stated he was not in full agreement with this, but would accept Fowle's suggestion provided it also includes that the man has also exhausted all other remedies first and is unable to present the Council with any other alternative. Councilman Aiken then moved that the City Attorney be instructed to prepare MOTION an ordinance amendement to Ordinance #0 to eliminate Section 3 and sub- .. stitute therefore in place of that requirement that the Council will have the power to order a resident to connect to an available line, if such is available, provided, and only provided, that the resident has exhausted all other possible remedies to cure a health hazard. Councilman Fowle stated he could not agree to this Motion. Discussion followed as to the appropriate language in requiring connec- MOTION tion to sewers, however, no agreement was reached and Councilman'Aiken's LOST Motion was 1cm[ for lack of a Second. -2-