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RESOLUTION NO. 34-06
RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN OF LOS ALTOS HILLS IN SUPPORT OF THE
SANTA CLARA COUNTY INITIATIVE FOR THE CONSERVATION AND
PRESERVATION OF RANCHLANDS AND AGRICULTURAL LANDS
WHEREAS, the County General Plan provides a good framework for County land use
but needs to be strengthened and made more stable; and
WHEREAS, political pressure on the County Board of Supervisors to sprawl into rural
lands will only increase over time and in key contrast, repeal or weakening of the Initiative
would have to be approved by voters of Santa Clara County; and
WHEREAS,by helping to stop sprawl in rural areas,this Initiative provides balance
between urban areas and the beauty,peace, and environmental health or rural lands; and
WHEREAS,this Initiative better protects our watersheds and its reservoirs and
underground aquifers which means better water quality and supply; and
WHEREAS,by reducing the development potential in the rural areas this Initiative
reduces taxpayer exposure to property,road, water, septic and other repair due to natural hazard
risks, and too much development in the hillsides can add to soil destabilization, surface and
groundwater pollution, and heightened fire risks which increase jeopardy to rural and urban
residents; and
WHEREAS, the areas subject to this Initiative are not planned by the County or are
suitable for affordable housing and nothing in the Initiative would preclude the County from its
legal obligation to provide for housing; and
WHEREAS, this measure protects our overall quality of life-areas that make this still a
special place to live and work-it helps us maintain a sense of identity, of place, and community.
NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the Town of
Los Altos Hills endorses the Santa Clara County Initiative for the Conservation and Preservation
of Hillsides, Ranchlands and Agricultural Lands.
ADOPTED,SIGNED AND APPROVED this 27th Day of April, 2006.
By:
ATTEST: oierBreene Kerr,Mayor
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Karen Jo lerk