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HomeMy WebLinkAbout07/19/1995Minutes of an Adjourned Regular Meeting �r July 19,1995 Town of Los Altos Hills City Council Meeting Wednesday, July 19,1995,4:00 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 4:15 p.m. in the Council Chambers at Town Hall. Present: Mayor Siegel and Councilmembers Casey, Hubbard and Johnson Absent: Councilmember Dauber Staff: City Manager Jeff Peterson, Planning Director Curtis Williams, Public Works Manager Ed Taylor and City ` Clerk Pat Dowd Press: None 2. CLOSED SESSION: PERSONNEL: PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54957.6 Public Employee Performance Evaluation -- City Manager Council adjourned to a closed session regarding personnel at 4:15 p.m. and reconvened at 4:25 p.m. Council returned to open session to report, if necessary, any action taken. 3. STUDY SESSION: GOALS AND OBIECTIVES Council reviewed the report prepared by the City Manager and dated 6/21/95 (on file at Town Hall) on the status of goals and objectives for 1994-95 and the proposed goals and objectives for 1995-96. Concerning the general goal of the delivery of services, Council addressed the Technology Improvement Committee and its several projects. Council liaison to this committee, Bob Johnson, praised the committee for contributing their expertise L July 19, 1995 ` Adjourned Regular Meeting and time to the community. Siegel expressed concern that with so many projects under discussion, the Council should clarify their priorities for the committee. Council agreed that the data base project was of primary importance and one particular staff person should be assigned to work with the committee on this project. It was further agreed that the City Manager would determine priorities for this committee as he was closely involved with priority needs at Town Hall. Johnson reported that one project the committee had been working on was the computerization of the Town Code but Council discussed this issue and decided that it was not a priority issue. Addressing the yardwaste center program, Siegel commented that the present site needed to be upgraded and Johnson offered the suggestion of moving the corporation yard to another location and expanding the yardwaste site where it was presently located. The City Manager noted that he had a meeting scheduled with Jon Angin of the Los Altos Garbage Company to discuss these issues. Regarding the update of the General Plan, Council agreed to focus this year on three elements: Housing, Pathway and Circulation. Council agreed that the Personnel Rules and Regulations needed to be updated but did not agree with hiring a consultant to achieve this goal. Instead they recommended contacting ABAG or the League of California Cities to obtain samples of personnel policy manuals. It was also suggested that any costs of updating the personnel manual might be shared with neighboring cities who also needed their personnel manuals updated. Council agreed that one of the goals for 1995-96 should be the following: To amend Zoning and Site Development ordinances to strengthen certain provisions and to correlate with current practice for clarification of the Town's objectives and to clarify and simply areas of differences. Concerning infrastructure, Council agreed that a clear policy statement was needed on the issue of public vs. private. Siegel suggested the possibility of signing private streets. Council agreed that the City Manager should write an article on this issue for the September Newsletter. This article should be reviewed by Council prior to going in the newsletter. Casey believed there was a need for a detailed plan of the entire Town for the completion of paths. Hubbard supported the use of funds for the maintenance of paths and a discussion followed on the use of crew time and hiring extra help. Council agreed that a discussion of the status of the paths and the costs of obtaining and maintaining them would be appropriate at the time of Capital Improvement Budget Hearings. July 19, 1995 Adjourned Regular Meeting On the subject of police services, the City Manager commented that the contract cities with the County's Sheriff's Department were reviewing several issues one of which was the financial obligation of moving the Westside Station. Council agreed that there were many ramifications to the entire issue of which agency should provide police services to the Town and if other options were pursued careful review and study would be needed. Council agreed that the issue of deciding whether to request proposals from the Los Altos Police Department and the Palo Alto Police Department for police services should be agendized for a regular City Council Meeting. Hubbard did not believe that the issue of animal control was a high priority but Siegel did note that the contract with the City of Palo Alto, although quite good, was expensive. He commented that the cities under contract with Palo Alto (Los Altos, Los Altos Hills and Mountain View) might want to review the cost of this contract and other alternatives. Council agreed that the short-term remodel of Town Hall should proceed at once and the City Manager noted that plans were being prepared and a report would be presented to the Council at the August 2nd Council Meeting. PASSED BY CONSENSUS: To direct the City Manager to amend his report to reflect the priority goals and objectives discussed at this meeting and to bring back the amended goals and objectives report at the next Council Meeting. 4. CLOSED SESSION: DECISION WHETHER TO INITIATE LITIGATION: PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54956.9(c) - One Case Council adjourned to a closed session regarding litigation at 6:00 p.m. and reconvened at 6:10 p.m. Council returned to open session to report, if necessary, any action taken. 5. PRESENTATIONS FROM THE FLOOR There being no further new or old business to discuss, the City Council Meeting was adjourned at 6:10 p.m. Respectful) submitted, Patricia Dowd City Clerk The minutes of the July 19, 1995 Adjourned Regular City Council Meeting were approved at the August 2, 1995 Regular City Council Meeting. Lf, July 19, 1995 Adjourned Regular Meeting