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Los Altos Hills Environmental Design and Protection Committee Board
Meeting Minutes
September 9th, 2014 at 5.30 pm
Town Hall, 26379 Fremont Road, Los Altos Hills, Ca. 94022
Attending: Pat Ley (Chair), Nancy Couperus, Carol Gottlieb, Kjell Karlsson,
Neela Shukla, Mary Ann Malcolm, Wai Lee Wong
Council Liaison: John Harpootlian
1. Next Board Meeting Date: October 14th, 2014
2. Next Field Trip Dates: Friday Sept.12th, Sept.19th, Sept.26th.
3. Next Site Development/Fast Track Assignments:
Sept. 16: Neela; Sept. 23: Pat;
Sept. 30: Nancy, October 7: Pat;
Oct. 14: Nancy
4. Review of Fast Track/Site Assignments:
Aug. 19: (Neela)_No issues.
Aug. 26: (Carol) No meeting scheduled
Sept. 02: (Nancy) No issues.
Sept. 09: (Pat) No meeting scheduled
5. Review of Planning Commission Meeting: Aug. 7th.
The Tentative Map of the Stirling Property was discussed and copies sent
for comment to the various bodies concerned.
The proposed amendments to the building regulations were presented by
Staff.
The Commission asked for them to be rewritten and presented again
at the October meeting.
6. Review of Planning Commission Meeting: Sept.4.
Land of Bock: The proposal had addressed all the objections from
neighbors approved 4 to 1
Land of Hong Had done all was asked. Approved 5 to 0
Toprani: Fences along both Fremont and Ascension cannot be taller than
3 ft.
7. Next Planning Commission Meeting: October 2.
8. Review of Special Town Council Meeting: Aug.20th
Special Permit for night lighting of the tennis courts at Fremont Hills
Country Club was approved 5 to 0.
.9. Review of Town Council Meeting Aug .21.
Parks & Rec. made a superb and impassioned presentation.
Environmental Initiatives asked for a water conservation Day on the
equinox, September 21st, which was granted.
Representatives from Stanford University presented their proposal for
parking on Coyote Hill Road. Mayor Radford asked them if
anything said would change their minds and when they replied
“no” he asked them to leave so as to not waste everybody’s
time.
10. Other Business
A. The Draft Minutes of the Aug.12th Board Meeting were approved.
B The Board decided that the objectives of ED&P Committee for the
coming year were as follows:
a. Lighting - Details of the Town's out-door lighting policies have become
out-dated because of recent technical advances. We will work
to up-date them - measurements are now in lumens rather than
watts and Town policies should comply. This work will help
any official revisions by the Staff.
b. Trees - We will attempt to draw together all references to trees in
the General Plan and existing Ordinances and Policies. These
references can then be divided into categories and a
comprehensive policy on the Town's trees - big and small,
present and future - can be developed.
c. Tree and Plant Lists - such lists were being compiled, in co-operation with
the now defunct Water Conservation Committee, to be
distributed to any Town resident who requested them. This
work will be continued.
Pat had worked with Kit Gordon and Jean Struthers of the Water
Conservation Committee and generated a list of plants suitable for growing
in our Mediterranean-type climate. These lists would be given to any
residents who asked for them, as many have. At present the old lists are only
included in the packet given to building permit applicants. John Harpootlian
has asked that this work be handed over to the Environmental Initiatives
Committee.
It should be noted that no-one from the defunct Water
Conservation Committee has joined the EIC.
Meeting adjourned at 6:45PM