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HomeMy WebLinkAbout02/07/1996Minutes of an Adjourned Regular Meeting February 7,1996 Town of Los Altos Hills City Council Meeting Wednesday, February 7,1996,5:00 P.M. Council Chambers. 26379 Fremont Road 1. CALL TO ORDER, ROLL CALL, AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Mayor Siegel called the Adjourned Regular Meeting of the City Council to order at 5:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers at Town Hall. Present: Mayor Siegel and Councilmembers Casey, Dauber and Hubbard Absent: Councilmember Johnson Staff: City Manager/City Engineer Jeff Peterson, Public Works Manager Ed Taylor and City Clerk Pat Dowd Press: None Safety Committee: Present: Berin Fank, Chairman; Robert Hall, Thomas Turner and Ralph Vetterlein. Absent: Lucia Chang and Robert Hatch 2. SAFETY COMMITTEE A. Acceptance of List of 1995-96 Accomplishments B. Goals and Objectives for 1996-97 C. Discussion of specific items brought up by committee and Council Members or introduced in the Goals and Objectives D. Council Approval of 1996-97 Goals and Objectives Berin Fank presented a status report on the 1995-96 accomplishments of the committee and ongoing goals. A report on the emergency access roads was presented to the Council and this project was completed. Regarding the neighborhood emergency network, the committee was continuing to work on February 7, 1996 Adjourned Regular Meeting this project. Information was now being sent to new residents on their neighborhood coordinators; the coordinators were being invited to attend Safety Committee Meetings; and information on neighborhoods might be included in the next newsletter and the Town Crier. Reference was also made to the position in Los Altos of a volunteer coordinator as something the Town might want to pursue. It was agreed the Safety Committee would provide Council with a draft of a standard form of neighborhood information for the coordinators use (including such information as generators, pools, medical knowledge, etc.) The emergency ham radio antenna at the Heritage House was completed although it was noted that ham training was difficult and recruitment in this area was ongoing. The County was planning a mock emergency and it might be worthwhile for the Town to participate in this event. On the subject of the emergency handbook, Mr. Fank reported that a draft copy had been given to the City Clerk for final edit and submittal to Council for approval. This document was to be reviewed by the Disaster Committee and should be submitted to Council in March for final approval. Regarding the issue of clearly marked addresses in Town, a list of addresses had been submitted to the Town of those addresses which were confusing and which needed attention. Mr. Fank commented that the committee would be continuing the process of marking a map at Town Hall to show traffic accidents. Council thanked the Safety Committee for their report and their achievements during the past year and continuing goals for 1996-97. 3. PRESENTATIONS FROM THE FLOOR 4. ADJOURNMENT There being no further new or old business to discuss, the City Council Meeting was adjourned at 6:10 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Patricia Dowd City Clerk The minutes of the February 7, 1996 Adjourned Regular City Council Meeting were approved at the February 21, 1996 Regular City Council Meeting. February 7, 1996 Adjourned Regular Meeting 6-9 Minutes of a Regular Meeting February 7, 1996 Town of Los Altos Hills City Council Meeting Wednesday, February 7,1996,6:00 P.M. Council Chambers. 26379 Fremont Road 1. CALL TO ORDER, ROLL CALL, AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Mayor Siegel called the Regular Meeting of the City Council to order at 6:15 p.m. in the Council Chambers at Town Hall. Present: Mayor Siegel and Councilmembers Casey, Dauber, Hubbard and Johnson (arrived 6:40 p.m.) Absent: None Staff: City Manager/City Engineer Jeff Peterson, City Attorney Sandy Sloan, Planning Director Curtis Williams, Public Works Manager Ed Taylor and City Clerk Pat Dowd Press: Clyde Noel, Los Altos Town Crier 2. APPOINTMENTS AND PRESENTATIONS 2.1 Appointment to Community Relations Committee Rae Richter, 26280 Dori Lane, introduced herself to the Council and commented on her interest in becoming involved with the community. MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Casey, seconded by Hubbard and passed unanimously to appoint Rae Richter, 26280 Dori Lane, to the Community Relations Committee for a two year term. 3. PLANNING COMMISSION REPORT Planning Commissioner Emily Cheng reported that the following actions were taken at the January 24, 1996 Planning Commission Meeting: Lands of Lohr, 12102 Oak Park Court, request for a site development permit for a new residence, pool and spa - approved; Lands of Parikh, 26875 Elena Road, request for a site development permit for a new residence, secondary dwelling unit and pool - approved; and Lands February 7, 1996 Regular City Council Meeting rm of Owen, 13930 La Paloma Road, request for a site development permit for a new residence, pool and tennis court and a proposed negative declaration - approved. 4. CONSENT CALENDAR Items Removed: 4.1 Regular Meeting Minutes (Dauber), 4.3b) (Dauber) and 4.3c) (Hubbard) MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Casey, seconded by Hubbard and passed unanimously to approve the balance of the Consent Calendar, specifically: 4.1 Approved Minutes: January 17, 1996 (Special Meeting) 4.2 Approved Warrants: $ 85,483.32(1/15/96) $167,934.81 (1/24/96) 4.3 Decided Not To Review the following Planning Commission Action at Its Meeting on January 24, 1996: 4.3a Lands of Lohr, 12102 Oak Park Court: approved request for site development permit for a new residence, pool and spa 4.4 Approved request from the Pathways Recreation and Parks Committee to attend the California Trails Conference - March 22-24,1996 - Asilomar 4.5 Rejected Claim: Jacob Stein 4.6 Approved and authorized execution of amendment No. 1 between the Town of Los Altos Hills and Jeffrey Peterson -- Reso #4-96 4.7 Issued Proclamation: Acts of Kindness Week, February 10-16,1996 4.8 Approved grant of Easement for pathway, Lands of McNees, 24990 La Loma Drive — Reso #5-96 Councilmember Casey voted no on this item. Items Removed: 4.1 Approval of Minutes: January 17, 1996 (Regular Meeting) MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Dauber, seconded by Siegel and passed unanimously to approve the minutes of the January 17, 1996 Regular City Council Meeting with the following corrections: page 4, first sentence should read: ". 2 February 7, 1996 Regular City Council Meeting ...carefully analyzed and, if found to have a significant impact, staff should not f4v move forward without Council approval."; page 4, last sentence should read: "They further requested that the City Clerk send replies to those sending letters resulting in Council action acknowledging their correspondence and advising them when their issues would be addressed."; page 5, last sentence should read:...... landscaping plan for Adobe Creek by the Santa Clara Valley Water District ... '; and page 6, first sentence should read: ".....commented that the Town's cost for the yardwaste center was.. . .". 4.3b Lands of Parikh, 26875 Elena Road: approved request for a site development permit for a new residence, secondary dwelling unit and pool Dauber asked that this application be reviewed by Council. Dauber recommended that the Council visit the neighbors of this project, the Halls, to see the impact on their home. 4.3c Lands of Owen, 13930 La Paloma Road: approved request for a site development permit for a new residence, pool and tennis court and a proposed negative declaration Hubbard asked that this application be reviewed by Council. 5. UNFINISHED BUSINESS 6. NEW BUSINESS 6.1 Review of proposed streets for the Town's Pavement Management and Storm Drain Improvement Project, FY 95-96 Council accepted the report dated 2/7/96 (on file at Town Hall) on the proposed streets and treatments for chip seal, 2" A.C. pavement overlay and digouts, skinpatch, crackseal, etc. It was agreed that the City Manager would contact the County regarding the condition of Ravensbury. 7. REPORTS FROM COMMITTEES, SUB -COMMITTEES, AND COUNCILMEMBERS ON OUTSIDE AGENCIES 8. STAFF REPORTS 8.1 City Manager 8.1.1 Council Chambers Chairs February 7, 1996 Regular City Council Meeting The City Manager commented that several sample new chairs for Council Chambers were in his office and if Council would mark which one they preferred, the chairs would be ordered. 8.2 City Attorney 8.3 City Clerk 8.3.1 Report on Council Correspondence dated 1/30/96 It was agreed the Mayor would send a letter to Mr. Pourmand stating that his road was a private one and his concerns could not be addressed by the Council. It was also agreed that the City Clerk would note on this Council Correspondence Report if a letter had been sent. 8.4 Planning Director The Planning Director gave an update on the various Council subcommittees including the ones on non -conforming issues and the housing element. Both of these committees would be meeting in the near future. 9. COUNCIL -INITIATED ITEMS 9.1 PG&E (Councilmember Dauber) Dauber commented that she called the new 800 number for PG&E during the recent storms and it worked extremely well. She commended PG&E for the efficient and accurate transmittal of information by way of this number. 9.2 Fire Station (Mayor Pro Tem Hubbard) Hubbard noted that the new Fire Station was almost completed. 9.3 Tree in Memory of Brenda Butner (Councilmember Dauber) Dauber noted that the tree in memory of Brenda Butner had been planted on Saturday, January 20th at 10:00 am near the Page Mill Park and Ride. 9.4 Code Enforcement (Mayor Siegel) Siegel asked about the removal of the gate on the Curatola property and was advised it would be removed. He also noted that a trailer had removed a few of the cars on one of the properties on Stonebrook but there had been no corrective measures taken on the other property. February 7, 1996 Regular City Council Meeting �*r 9.5 Spangenberg (Mayor Siegel) Siegel asked if Mr. Spangenberg had paid the monies he owed the Town for legal costs and the City Attorney advised him that the money had been paid in full. 9.5 Stein Claim (Councilmember Dauber) Dauber inquired how much the Stein claim, which had been rejected earlier in this meeting, had cost the Town. The City Attorney responded that to date there had been no cost. 9.6 Volunteer Recognition Dinner -- February 22, 1996 (Mayor Siegel) Siegel reminded everyone that the Volunteer Recognition Dinner was scheduled for Thursday, February 22nd. He asked each of the Councilmember liaisons to be prepared to introduce their committee at the dinner. 9.7 Garbage Services (Mayor Siegel) Siegel noted that a public hearing on various issues related to garbage services was scheduled for the second meeting in April. He asked Councilmembers to put their ideas, suggestions, requests for information, etc. in writing and to submit them well �. in advance of the meeting so they could be addressed at that time. 10. PRESENTATIONS FROM THE FLOOR Burns Searfoss, 25531 West Fremont Road, addressed the Council concerning the drainage issue at Fremont and Edith. He shared pictures of the drainage resulting from the recent storm and asked if the Town could put in a storm drain. Mr. Searfoss noted that he was working with the City Manager on this matter. 11. PUBLIC HEARINGS 11.1 Continued public hearing on certification of Final Environmental Impact Report, amendments to the Town's General Plan and Zoning Ordinance and approval of a Tentative Map for 23 lots on 78 acres, Lands of Quarry Hills, 11920 Stonebrook Drive Dennis Struecker, Korve Engineering, reported on the supplemental environ- mental impact report and the comments that had been received concerning this report. In part his report covered existing traffic patterns, future development potential and miscellaneous traffic patterns. February 7, 1996 Regular City Council Meeting ( The following addressed the Council in support of opening Stonebrook Road only as an emergency access road: Carol Johnson, 10955 Magdalena; Mr. Vistica, 11190 Hooper Lane; Shelley Doran, 24290 La Loma Court, Ed Carlstone, 10921 Stonebrook; Ken and Belinda Shoemaker, 10925 Stonebrook and Ken Miles, 1070 Magdalena. They emphasized the safety issue and the maintenance of the road. Sterling McNees, 24990 La Loma Drive, did not support Stonebrook as an emergency access road. He commented that he had lived in Town for 30 years and did not believe there was much of an impact one way or another and there was no good alternative way around. MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Casey, seconded by Hubbard and passed by the following roll call vote to stipulate that Stonebrook Road will be an emergency access road. AYES: Mayor Pro Tem Hubbard and Councilmembers Casey and Johnson NOES: Mayor Siegel and Councilmember Dauber MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Dauber, seconded by Siegel and passed by the following roll call vote to add a condition requiring a sixty foot right of way for the emergency access section. AYES: Mayor Siegel and Councilmembers Casey, Dauber and Hubbard NOES: None ABSTAIN: Councilmember Johnson PASSED BY CONSENSUS: To include the following sentence in Condition #29: "The plans shall include an easily read gauge to be installed in the lake that provides a reading of the elevation of the surface of the lake." PASSED BY CONSENSUS: To direct staff to return at the February 21, 1996 City Council Meeting with the revised conditions of approval and findings for final Council action. A discussion followed on the cost of additional environmental impact report work. The applicant, Mr. Vidovich, did not believe he should have to pay these costs. He commented that the only avenue acceptable to him for his project to go forward was for Stonebrook to be emergency access only. Casey supported Mr. Vidovich noting that this additional work was for the benefit of the entire Town, not just the applicant. Johnson stated that he did not believe it was appropriate for the Town's residents to pay for individual projects. The City Attorney also noted that there was an agreement with the applicant in which he agreed to pay all such costs related to his project. February 7, 1996 Regular City Council Meeting MOTION FAILED DUE TO LACK OF A SECOND: Moved by Casey and failed due to �W lack of a second that Mr. Vidovich not have to pay the $15,500 cost for additional environmental impact report work. 11.2 Introduction of Ordinance adopting 1995 California Building Standards Code and Proposed Negative Declaration (FIRST READING) Dan Dunlap, Fire Marshall, commented on the proposed codes and also commented on their review of projects in the Town. This review included, in part, access and water supply. Mr. Dunlap recommended adoption of the proposed codes. PASSED BY CONSENSUS: To make the following changes in the codes: 1) any reference to 'Silicon Valley' should be changed to 'Santa Clara Valley'; 2) references to 'Police Department and/or Police Chief' should be changed to refer to the governmental agency with whom the Town contracts for police services; and 3) delete the following phrase in Section 8-1.06 on expired permits: "provided, however, that if ownership of the property has changed, a new permit may be issued." MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Hubbard, seconded by Dauber and passed unanimously to waive further reading and introduce ordinance as amended by Council. 11.3 Consideration of Notice of Code Violation at 25391 O'Keefe Lane, Lands of Sayar -- Continued from January 17, 1996 Meeting The Planning Director showed slides of the property at 25391 O'Keefe Lane. Kevin Sayar, representing his father, referred to their letter to the Town in which they agree to convert the building under discussion from a secondary dwelling to an accessory building to be used for recreational purposes. They further agree to obtain the appropriate permits; to remove the external plumbing fixtures (bathroom to remain inside); and to remove the galvanized sheet metal and repaint building. Mr. Sayar reiterated that the structure under discussion was a pre-existing structure in 1993 which they were renovating with permit. Mr. Ernest Perasso, 25349 La Rena Drive, shared photographs of the negative impact of this structure on his property. He noted that originally there was no carport on the Sayar's property. In fact his son helped them build the carport which he agreed to and in fact he never objected to the carport for which he assumed they had obtained a permit. However, when the carport was changed to an enclosed structure with an outside galvanized sheet metal addition, he strongly objected. February 7, 1996 Regular City Council Meeting Les Earnest, 12769 Dianne Drive, commented that he and his family were friends #4W with the previous owners of the Sayar property and visited them often. There had never been a carport on that property. MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Siegel, seconded by Hubbard and passed unanimously to require Mr. and Mrs. Sayar to remodel the secondary dwelling to a garage (the exact same size as the present building) with a fully functional garage door; to remove the galvanized sheet metal and paint this area to match the rest of the building; to remove all plumbing; to record a restrictive covenant stating that this building is an accessory building not a secondary dwelling; to obtain all appropriate permits; and to complete all work in 90 days. The City Attorney is to follow the compliance with this Council direction and keep them informed of its progress. The Council further authorized the City Attorney to take any legal action necessary to ensure compliance with this direction. Council noted that if the Sayars removed the structure completely, no permits from the Town would be required. 12. ADJOURNMENT There being no further new or old business to discuss, the City Council Meeting was adjourned at 10:15 p.m. Respectfully mitted, Patricia Dowd City Clerk The minutes of the February 7, 1996 Regular City Council Meeting were approved at the February 21, 1996 Regular City Council Meeting. February 7, 1996 Regular City Council Meeting