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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06/07/1995 (3)Minutes of a Regular Meeting June 7, 1995 Town of Los Altos Hills City Council Meeting Wednesday, June 7, 1995, 7:00 P.M. Council Chambers, 26379 Fremont Road 1. CALL TO ORDER, ROLL CALL, AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Mayor Dauber called the Regular Meeting of the City Council to order at 7:10 p.m. in the Council Chambers at Town Hall. Present: Mayor Dauber and Councilmembers Casey, Hubbard, Johnson and Siegel Absent: None Staff: City Manager/City Engineer Jeff Peterson, City Attorney Sandy Sloan, Planning Director Curtis Williams, Public Works Manager Ed Taylor, Planning Consultant Debbie Pollart and City Clerk Pat Dowd Press: Clyde Noel, Los Altos Town Crier 2. APPOINTMENTS AND PRESENTATIONS 3. PLANNING COMMISSION REPORT Planning Commissioner McMahon reported that the following items were discussed at the 6/5/95 Planning Commission Meeting: 1) Lands of Kawasaki, 27078 Fremont Road, approved request for a site development permit for a new residence; 2) Lands of Gates, 25400 La Rena Lane, approved request for a site development permit for a new residence; 3) Lands of Lohr, 24025 Oak Knoll Circle, approved request for a site development permit for a new residence; and 4) Lands of Lindy, 27591 Purissima Road, recommended approval of a tentative map and mitigated negative declaration for a proposed three lot subdivision. Concerning the Lands of Gates, Planning Commissioner McMahon noted that this project was approved with the stipulation that by the time it came before Council for concurrence, a determination by staff would be made concerning the the necessity of a sanitary sewer easement and the dedication of such an easement. June 7, 1995 Regular City Council Meeting 4. CONSENT CALENDAR Item Removed: 4.3 (Dauber) 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 Warrants: $113,136.51 (5/31/95) 4.2 Accepted improvements, Miscellaneous Street Legends and Striping Project, FY 1994-95, Pounds Construction -- Reso #38-95 4.4 Granted Easement for Pathway, Lands of Troyer, 25462 Altamont Road -- Reso #39-95 4.5 Approved revisions to Agreements and Bylaws -- Santa Clara County Cities Association Item Removed: 4.3 Request for extension of the expiration date of a Site Development Permit for an addition/remodel, pool and pool house; Lands of Fatemi, 25691 La Lanne Court Council discussed the request for extension as well as the revised conditions on this project. The City Attorney concurred that if these changes were minor and agreed to by the applicant, this project would not have to go back to the Planning Commission with the revised conditions. One issue specifically discussed was sewer versus septic. The project had originally been approved with a septic system but present policy would require hookup to sewer. MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Dauber, seconded by Johnson and passed by the following roll call vote to approve the request for extension of the expiration date of a Site Development Permit for an addition/remodel, pool and pool house; Lands of Fatemi, 25691 La Lanne Court to July 9, 1996 subject to the revised conditions of approval dated 6/7/95 with the deletion of Condition #13: "The residence shall connect to sanitary sewer service prior to the final inspection. An easement shall be obtained through the neighbors property to make the sewer connection." June 7, 1995 Regular City Council Meeting `. AYES: Mayor Dauber and Councilmembers Casey, Hubbard and Johnson NOES: Mayor Pro Tem Siegel 5. UNFINISHED BUSINESS 6. NEW BUSINESS 6.1 Study session on proposed budget FY 95-96 The following decisions were made with a consensus vote: 1. Town Committees: add $1,000 for the Exhibit Curator position 2. Planning: amend the General Plan item to include the Housing Element and change the amount to $15,000 for the proposed budget. 3. Animal Control: It was agreed this amount would not be changed at this time but the City Manager was asked to discuss the issue of animal control with the City Managers group for the availability of other options. ` 4. Street Maintenance: To move O.C. Litter Removal ($9,000) to the Solid Waste \10 Budget. 5. Street Maintenance: Dauber believed the financial allocation among the cities for participation in the Hazardous Materials Advisory Committee was unfair and Council also noted that this particularly pertained to disposal of hazardous waste by businesses. MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Hubbard, seconded by Siegel and passed by the following roll vote to not include in the budget the $3,000 support for the Hazardous Materials Advisory Committee. AYES: Mayor Dauber and Councilmembers Casey, Hubbard and Siegel NOES: None ABSTAIN: Councilmember Johnson 6. Town Center Operations: Change supplies to $25,275 to include $275 for glass shelves in the cabinet in Chambers. 7. Office Equipment: Carryover the $20,700 from last year to this year for the copier and change the line item for A/C & Heating Unit to reflect $6,000 for EOY estimate for 94-95 and $7,000 for proposed budget. June 7, 1995 Regular City Council Meeting `. 8. Vehicle and Equipment Capital: Carryover $25,000 for the Truck, 4WD 9. City Clerk: Change the amount for advertising and publications to $17,000 to include a weekly column in the Town Crier showing highlights of the Council agendas, committee vacancies, etc. This column would be in the same location in the Crier to facilitate easy reference by interested parties. 10. Town Center Operations: It was agreed that Heritage House should be painted and funds for this project were included in the Building Maintenance and Improvements budget. 11. In response to a Council suggestion, the Public Works Manager noted that monthly reports would be forthcoming from the maintenance department giving specific explanation of projects including time spent. 6.2 Consideration of support for de -annexation of property at 13711 Old Altos Road Johnson asked if the Council agreed with this request would they be creating a lot in Town of less than one acre. The Planning Director responded no they would not. Siegel commented that the neighbors had not been notified of this request and he was uneasy about this. He also asked about the urgency of this issue. Why could the usual process of going through the Planning Commission, etc. not take place? There would be no control over what would happen to the property once it was in Los Altos and if Council agreed with this request, he believed it should be conditioned by the Town. Abbie Ahrens, applicant, gave a brief history of the property under discussion and noted that the urgency in discussing this matter was because of the deadlines imposed by LAFCO. If a decision was not reached at this time, the scheduling of this item by LAFCO would be deferred until November. She did note that she had a backup purchaser of the land who would develop the land and she believed this proposal before Council was much more of a win/win situation. Mr. Geschke, purchaser of the Tossy property in Los Altos, stated that he wanted to restore the entire property (including his lots and Ms. Ahrens' lot in Los Altos Hills) to the original estate. While he had no intention of developing the other lots, he did not want to agree to conservation easements for access forever. He would agree to a specific period of time such as ten years. June 7, 1995 Regular City Council Meeting MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Casey, seconded by Siegel and passed unanimously to approve the request for deannexation of property at 13711 Old Altos Road subject to the following conditions: 1) an agreement for a ten year maintenance and emergency access only off Old Altos and Burke; 2) a ten year conservation easement on Lot C to be accepted by Los Altos with the understanding that there will be no residential facilities in the conservation easement; 3) the current conservation easement on the property will be assigned to Los Altos for Lots B and C and 4) any costs incurred by Los Altos Hills will be paid by the applicant. 7. REPORTS FROM COMMITTEES, SUB -COMMITTEES, AND COUNCILMEMBERS ON OUTSIDE AGENCIES 8. STAFF REPORTS 8.1 City Manager 8.1.1 Byrne Preserve The City Manager reported that there had been a letter from Central Fire and a process was being formulated for weed abatement in the Preserve. One of the issues to be resolved was that of private and public property. The Town owned the Preserve but neighboring properties were involved. A neighborhood meeting would be scheduled with the neighbors for educational purposes. 8.1.2 Quarry Project The City Manager reported that Mr. Vidovich had paid the monies owed on his project and the tentative map had been revised to show the retaining wall. Information requested from Mr. Vidovich which was needed in order to proceed with the project had not been received to date. The City Manager had scheduled a meeting with Mr. Vidovich to review the necessary steps of this project. 8.2 City Attorney The City Attorney asked that an urgency item be placed on the agenda concerning waiving any potential conflict of interest with Bay Area Cellular Telephone Company. She explained that she had been asked by Bay Area Telephone Company to provide assistance in siting cellular facilities. Since the Town had a lease with Bay Area Cellular Telephone this could pose a future conflict of interest situation. As there were no i` June 7, 1995 Regular City Council Meeting current legal issues with Bay Area Cellular Telephone, the City Attorney was requesting a waiver of any potential conflict of interest with Bay Area Cellular Telephone. MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Hubbard, seconded by Johnson and passed unanimously to add the following to the agenda as an urgency item: Waiver of Potential Conflict of Interest regarding Los Altos Hills and Bay Area Cellular Telephone Company. MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Johnson, seconded by Siegel and passed unanimously to approve a waiver of potential Conflict of Interest regarding Los Altos Hills and Bay Area Cellular Telephone Company. 8.3 City Clerk 9. COUNCIL -INITIATED ITEMS 9.1 Library Association (Mayor Dauber) Dauber reported that the parcel tax had been reduced by $5, hours had been added to the service provided by the library and $70,000 had been added to the book budget. 9.2 Attendance at the Mayors and Councilmembers Executive Forum and Leadership Seminar in Monterey, July 1995 (Councilmember Johnson) Due to reservation deadlines, Johnson asked that this item be placed on the agenda as an urgency item. MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Johnson, seconded by Casey and passed unanimously to add the folowing the agenda as an urgency item: attendance at the Mayors and Councilmembers Executive Forum and Leadership Seminar in Monterey, July 1995 (Councilmember Johnson) MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Johnson, seconded by Casey and passed unanimously to authorize attendance by any Councilmember who wished to attend the Mayors and Councilmembers Executive Forum and/or Leadership Seminar in Monterey, July 1995 10. PRESENTATIONS FROM THE FLOOR Dot Schreiner, 14301 Saddle Mountain Drive, commended Council and staff for the tree planting project on Arastradero Road. June 7, 1995 Regular City Council Meeting Michael Berkovitz, 27101 Byrne Park Lane, reported that his neighbors were in the process of a landscaping project which had gone on for months and had resulted in constant construction noise. The use of heavy construction literally shook his house. He had called the Sheriff's Department when this activity occurred on the weekends but the deputies indicated there was nothing they could do. Mr. Berkovitz urged Council to take into consideration the impact on neighbors when projects involving major construction were approved and also to impose penalties when the ordinances were not obeyed. Education might also help in part by putting an article in the Town's newsletter and by making sure the deputies were aware of the code. PASSED BY CONSENSUS: To agendize this issue for a future Council Meeting and to direct the City Attorney to provide a summary of the current noise ordinances for that discussion. 11. PUBLIC HEARINGS 11.1 Request for an amendment to the Conditional Use Permit for arena refurbishment, Lands of Westwind Barn, 27210 Altamont Road MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Johnson, seconded by Siegel and passed unanimously to approve the request for an amendment to the Conditional �r Use Permit for arena refurbishment, Lands of Westwind Barn, 27210 Altamont Road. 11.2 Approval of the Los Altos Sewer Service Charges and setting the Los Altos Hills Sewer Basin Reserve Fund -- Reso # MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Johnson, seconded by Siegel and passed unanimously to adopt Resolution #40-95 approving the Los Altos Sewer Service Charges and setting the Los Altos Hills Sewer Basin Reserve Fund. 11.3 Adopting the Palo Alto Sewer Service Charge Final Report and authorizing transmittal to the Santa Clara County Assessor's Office -- Reso # MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Siegel, seconded by Hubbard and passed unanimously to adopt Resolution #41-95 adopting the Palo Alto Sewer Service Charge Final Report and authorizing transmittal to the Santa Clara County Assessor's Office. June 7, 1995 Regular City Council Meeting N 13. ADIOURNMENT There being no further new or old business to discuss, the City Council Meeting was adjourned at 11:25 p.m. Ree2sectfullted, Patricia Dowd City Clerk The minutes of the June 7, 1995 Regular City Council Meeting were approved at the June 21, 1995 Regular City Council Meeting. June 7, 1995 Regular City Council Meeting