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HomeMy WebLinkAbout03/20/1996�w Minutes of a Regular Meeting March 20,1996 Town of Los Altos Hills City Council Meeting Wednesday, March 20,19%,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 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers at Town Hall. Present: Mayor Siegel and Councilmembers Casey, Dauber, Hubbard and Johnson 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 Mayor Siegel noted that he had attended an Interfaith Service on March 15th at Temple Beth Am. On the Town's behalf he had accepted a plaque from Temple Beth Am which stated their appreciation to the Town for welcoming them to the community some forty years ago. 2. APPOINTMENTS AND PRESENTATIONS 3. PLANNING COMMISSION RE Planning Comn'tissioner Dot Schreiner reported that the following applications were heard at the March 13,1996 Planning Commission Meeting: Lands of Laptalo, 12125 Hilltop - approved request for a Site Development Permit for a major addition and remodel; Lands of Mascarenhas, 27223 Sherlock Road - approved request for a conditional development permit and site development permit for a carport enclosure, and variances to allow a storage shed to encroach into the required side yard setback and to exceed the maximum floor and development area; Lands of Leach, 11995 Magdalena - approved request for a site development permit for a %1W March 20, 1996 major addition and remodel; and Lands of Chan, 12008 Adobe Creek Lodge Road - approved request for a site development permit for a new residence and pool. 4. CONSENT CALENDAR items Removed: 4.7 (City Manager), 4.9 (Casey) MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Johnson, seconded by Hubbard and passed unanimously to approve the balance of the Consent Calendar, specifically: 4.1 Approved Minutes: March 6,1996 (Adjourned Regular Meeting) March 6, 1966 (Regular Meeting) 4.2 Approved Warrants: $164,%7.32 (2/29/%) 4.3 Decided Not To Review the following Planning Commission Actions at Its Meeting on February 28, 1996: 4.3a Lands of Lohr, 24040 Oak Knoll Circle: approved request for a Site Development Permit for a new residence, pool and spa 4.3b Lands of Sorensen, 13820 La Paloma Road: approved request for a Site Development Permit for a new residence, pool, spa and pool house 4.3c Lands of Goldsobel, 14415 Miranda Court: approved request for a Site Development Permit for a new residence 4.4 Accepted as complete the Westwind Barn Roofing Project, authorized final payment concerning such work and directed the City Clerk to file Notice of Completion — Reso #15-% 4.5 Accepted as complete the Pavement Management Project; authorized final payment concerning such work and directed the City Clerk to file Notice of Completion -- Reso #16-96 4.6 Approved request for a three month extension of the tentative map for Lands of Laub, 27210 Fremont Road 4.8 Approved request for approval of a proposal for topographic mapping for pavement management and storm drain improvements project, FY95-96 and approval of an additional $7,500 budget for said project %W March 20, 1996 4.10 Approved request from Westwind Barn to use Council Chambers on kAr April 6th for a farewell party for Fran Stevenson (in case of rain) Items Removed: 4.7 Request for authorization to advertise the Town's Edgerton Road Landslide Mitigation Town Project 96-6 for competitive bids -- Reso # The City Engineer reported on the design options and the liability issue and noted that this project may go over budget. When the bids were received more information would be available on this project and its costs. MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Hubbard, seconded by Siegel and passed unanimously to approve the request for authorization to advertise the Town's Edgerton Road Landslide Mitigation Town Project 96-6 for competitive bids — Reso #17-96 4.9 Rejection of Claim: Bernice Spear Casey asked if Ms. Spear had been advised that this was on the agenda and the City Clerk responded that Ms. Spear had been so notified. MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Casey, seconded by Siegel and passed unanimously to reject the claim filed by Ms. Spear 5. UNFINISHED BUSINESS 5.1 Consideration to disburse FY 95-96 Budget Allocations to joint Venture Silicon Valley and Children's Shelter The City Manager reported that the FY 95-96 budget included a $1,500 allocation to the Childrens' Shelter and $2,000 to joint Venture. These payments were to be withheld until mid -year budget review and reconsidered at that time. Dauber referred to the contributions joint Venture had received from other cities and believed the Town's contributions should be more in line with these donations. MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Dauber, seconded by Johnson and passed unanimously to approve a $1,500 contribution to the Childrens' Shelter. MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Johnson, seconded by Dauber and passed by the following roll call vote to approve a $1,000 contribution to joint Venture Silicon Valley. �4w March 20, 1996 AYES: Mayor Siegel and Councilmembers Dauber, Hubbard and Johnson %1W NOES: Councilmember Casey Casey stated for the record that she voted against this motion because she supported the original contribution of $2,000. 5.2 Public/Private Roads MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Johnson, seconded by Hubbard and passed unanimously to direct the City Manager to return to the Council with resolutions for acceptance of the following private through streets: Briones Way, Tepa Way and Camino Hermoso. A specific issue of Ursula Road was raised as the single owner of the road wanted his private road to be public. He was willing to pay for the improvements if any were needed to the road. Council discussed this issue noting that it was a policy question and they would need to be consistent for all residents. There was the liability issue, the issue of clear title and the possible need for improvements. Casey stated that it was the responsibility of the Town to provide an adequate road system for the residents. Most residents wanted the roads to be public and did not realize that their roads were private. She did not believe residents should have to pay to bring the roads up �w to Town standards and recommended that the residents be present when their road was discussed. MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Dauber, seconded by Siegel and passed unanimously to establish the following policy regarding public/private roads: If there is dear title, a minimum of 40' right of way, the improvements are in an acceptable condition and constructed to Town standards, and the residents want it to be public, the Town shall accept the road as public. 6. NEW BUSINESS 7. REPORTS FROM COMMITTEES, SUB -COMMITTEES, AN COUNCILMEMBERS ON OUTSIDE AGENCIES 8. STAFF REPORTS 8.1 City Manager 8.1.1 Animal Services Contract with Palo Alto �kw March 20, 1996 �W The City Manager reported that Palo Alto was requesting an increase to $35,000 for their contract to provide animal services to the Town. The City Manager was contacting the Humane Society as well as other cities who contract with Palo Alto to discuss available services and also to determine which services were required to be provided to residents. 8.1.2 Municipal Code on Disk The City Manager reported that the Technology Improvement Committee had almost completed their project of putting the code on disk. There were several issues to be addressed and this item would be brought to Council for their approval. 8.1.3 Emergency Preparedness The City Manager reported that April was Emergency Preparedness Month and a roundtable discussion on emergency preparedness was scheduled for April 18th from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Several agencies would be invited to send representatives to this meeting as well as the neighborhood coordinators, the Safety Committee, ham radio operators, Council and �W staff. 8.1.4 Mailing to Neighborhood Coordinators and Incorrect Address Issue The City Manager commented that the suggestion was made by the Safety Committee to send a mailing to all residents advising them which neighborhood they were in and who their neighborhood coordinator was. This would be an extensive project and the committee had recommended advertising for volunteers. It was agreed that an estimated time involved for this project wound need to be ascertained. On the subject of incorrect addresses staff had received a list from the Safety Committee and the residents would be notified. 8.2 City Attorney 8.2.1 Sayer Code Compliance The City Attorney reported that she would be responding the letter received from the Sayers' attorney concerning their code compliance. �kw March 20, 1996 8.3 City Clerk 8.3.1 Report on Council Correspondence dated 3/14/96 Council decided to take no action on the letter from Concord concerning the shipment of spent nuclear under the Golden Gate to Concord. 9. COUNCIL -INITIATED ITEMS 9.1 Request to support AB 2125 to prohibit female genital mutilation (Councilmember Casey) This item was removed from the agenda. 9.2 Request for position statement on the following legislation: (Councilmember Dauber) 9.2.1 AB2828 (Sweeney): Repayment of Education Revenue Augmentation Fund to Local Agencies 9.2.2 AB3053 (Brulte): Will Eliminate Local Taxing Authority �aw 9.2.3 SB1896 (Costa): Telecommunication Permit Cost Recovery Limitation 9.2.4 SB1538 (Johnson): Regulatory Takings. Conditional Use Permits. Compensation Required Casey stated that she believed the Council should carefully analyze each bill and its direct affect on the Town before taking a position on it. Councilmembers commented that the Town should not be reviewing legislation that did not have a direct impact on the Town. Furthermore, when appropriate the Santa Clara County Cities Association should be used as a lobbying organization for certain legislation. MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Johnson, seconded by Casey and passed by the following roll call vote to table Item 9.2. AYES: Mayor Siegel and Councilmembers Casey, Hubbard and Johnson NOES: Councilmember Dauber 9.3 Council Calendar; Rescheduling of first meeting in April and setting of meeting to discuss garbage issues (Mayor Siegel) March 20, 1996 PASSED BY CONSENSUS: To cancel the April 3,1996 City Council Meeting and to schedule a Special City Council Meeting for Monday, May 20,1996 at 7:00 p.m. to discuss garbage issues. Some of the issues to be addressed are: mandatory garbage, delinquent accounts, charging for yardwaste center and long driveway issue. Notices and ads for this meeting will be posted and placed in the local newspapers. 9.4. Fire Comn-dssion (Mayor Siegel) Siegel reported that the Fire Commission had met with the City of Los Altos to discuss fire services. Mountain View and Palo Alto were not interested in consolidating so a task force had been established to work with LA)s Altos on this issue. Work was expected to be completed by this task force by the end of April with a request for proposals to provide services would be forthcoming. 9.5 Ravensbury (Councilmember Casey) Casey thanked the City Manager for contacting the County regarding the road condition of Ravensbury. 10. PRESENTATIONS FROM THE FLOOR Betsy Bertram, 11854 Page Mill Road, referred to several concerns which included a bad power pole on Central which the owner would not have corrected. On this same property there was a dead tree which Mrs. Bertram believed was a fire hazard and should be removed. She also referred to the drainage situation at Page Mill and Foothill Park. The leaves were clogging the pipe and it needed to be cleaned out. Mrs. Bertram also commented on the excessive speeding in Town especially at peak commuter hours. Pam Stevens, representing PG&E, noted that she would be glad to get more information on the situation on Central and advise Mrs. Bertram of the status. Ms. Stevens also reported that old poles could be delivered to the Town for use on pathways. The City Manager reported that Mrs. Bertram's neighbor had contacted Town Hall about getting the power pole fixed. 11. PUBLIC HEARINGS 11.1 Proposed revised pathway element of the General Plan; amendments to the Site Development and Subdivision Ordinances regarding pathway requirements and proposed negative declaration I%W March 20, 1996 Casey raised the issue of nexus and believed nexus should be established on a case by Iftr case basis. She stated that the Town should review what the permit was for and not the amount of square feet to establish nexus. MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Johnson, seconded by Hubbard and passed by the following roll call vote to adopt the negative declaration and Resolution #18-96 adopting the pathway element of the General Plan with the following corrections in the pathway element: page 4, B2, Class 1 delete the sentence "The Town will maintain and hold open to the public Class 1 off-road paths."; page 6, A2, delete the following from the first sentence: "for streets with paths on only one side of the street." and page 8, BA and B.5 delete "in lieu". AYES: Mayor Siegel and Councilmembers Dauber, Hubbard and Johnson NOES: Councilmember Casey MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Dauber, seconded by Hubbard and passed by the following roll call vote to adopt Ordinance #381 amending the Municipal Code to provide for a pathway fund and to revise requirements for pathway easements, construcition and in -lieu fees. AYES: Mayor Siegel and Councilmembers Dauber, Hubbard and Johnson NOES: Councilmember Casey 11.2 Amendments to the Zoning Ordinance regarding 1) requiring building circles for all lots; 2) clarifying definition of "Service Uses'; and 3) slope density calculations; and proposed negative declaration Casey believed this ordinance would create sub -standard lots in the Town. Dauber stated that lot line adjustments could get around the subdivision ordinance and this ordinance would prevent that from happening. MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Hubbard, seconded by Johnson and passed by the following roll call vote to introduce ordinance amending the zoning code regarding slope density calculations, building circle requirements and service uses as conditional uses with the deletion on page two of the following phrase in sections 2.d and 3.d: "and in a way so that the conservation easement is not bisected." AYES: Mayor Siegel and Councilmembers Dauber, Hubbard and Johnson NOES: None ABSTAIN: Councilmember Casey %W March 20, 1996 I %W 12. ADJOURNME There being no further new or old business to discuss, the City Council Meeting was adjourned at 9:00 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Patricia Dowd City Clerk The minutes of the March 20, 1996 City Council Meeting were approved at the April 17,1996 City Council Meeting. March 20, 1996