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CITY COUNCIL TOWN OF LOS ALTOS HILLS MINUTES OF A REGULIR ADJOURNED MEETING Noverber 23, 1959 The Regular '.djourned Meeting of the City Council of the Town of Los Altos Hills was called to order by Mayor John M. Fowle at 7:53 P. M. Monday, Novenber ?3, 1959 at the Town Hall, 26379 West Fremont Ave. , Los Altos Hills. ROLL CALL: PRESENT: Councilmen Bledsoe, Clayton, Henley, Sherlock, Mayor Fowle ABSENT: None APPROVAL OF MINUTES and COMMUNICATIONS were dispensed with. COMMITTEE REPORTS: 1. Grant-St. Joseph No. 4 Annexation to the City of Los Altos. Mayor Fowle announced that reports would be given as follows: By Conrissioner Mellquist, Chairman of Committee appointed to study the possibilities of annexing sone unincorporated lands southerly of the Town, the City Attorney, on annexation procedure, and Com- nissioner Williams, Chairmen of the Planning Commission, on action taken at the Planning Conrission's meeting of Noverber 21st. The Mayor stated that the Master Plan had been adopted by the Planning Connission, and further stated that the City of Los Altos has started annexation proceedings to annex lands southerly of the Town which are included in the general planning outlined in the General Plan. As a counter cove, the Conrittee has studied the possibility of possible annexation of unincorporated lands in this area. Comrissionor Mellquist reported for the Cornittee. Other menbers are Councilman Henley, Mr. Gardner Bullis, and Mr. Francis Duveneek. Corrissioner Mellquist stated that in exploration of this problem, the Cornittee kept in Hind the reasons for the Town's incorporation and that no one on the edge of the Town was included who had red quested exclusion. The Connittee recorrended to the City Council that the Town initi- ate, 1- a771.9tely, annexation proceedings in a southerly direction to round out the boundaries, generally taking the boundaries to the proposed Junipero Serra Freeway route, Permanente Creek, lands of the rerranente Cenent Co. , the Palo :ato city limits, and the lands of the proposed County Park on the Duvcneck land. =lith this report , the Connittee submitted a nap showing precise knits of the annexation proposal which Corrissioner Mellquist explained. Corrissioner Mellquist stated that the Town could effect the an- nexation in one of two ways : .(1) uninhabited lands procedure which iso be effected by inclusion of less than twelve registered voters and more than one-half of the assessed valuation of land and improve- rents in favor of annexation, (2) Under inhabited territories pro- cedure, sn election would be required, with a najority vote and 50% of the land value, only, in favor.