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Home My WebLink About12/02/1992 (2) Minutes of a Regular Meeting December 2, 1992 Town of Los Altos Hills City Council Meeting Wednesday, December 2, 1992, 6:00 P.M. Council Chambers, 26379 Fremont Road 1. CALL TO ORDER,ROLL CALL, AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Mayor Tryon called the Regular Meeting of the City Council to order at 6:15 p.m. in the Council Chambers at Town Hall. Present: Mayor Tryon and Councilmembers Hubbard, Johnson and Siegel Absent: Councilmember Dauber Staff: City Manager Les M. Jones, IL City Attorney Sandy Sloan, Director of Public Works Jeff Peterson, Town Planner ler Linda Niles, City Treasurer Louise Parmett and City Clerk Pat Dowd Press: Marcia Lepler, Los Altos Town Crier Tryon congratulated Roger Burnell and the Community Relations Committee for creating an outstanding Town Float for the Festival of Lights Parade. It was a real tribute to volunteerism. She also thanked O.D. Peterson for driving Penny Lave, Mayor of Los Altos, and herself in the parade in his beautiful classic convertible. Tryon further commended Hubbard and Margi Gould for their work on the Youth in Government Program which took place in the Council Chambers on December 1st. It was an excellent program and very well attended. 2. APPOINTMENTS AND PRESENTATIONS 3. PLANNING COMMISSION REPORT Air December 2, 1992 Regular Meeting 1 Planning Commissioner Pahl noted that in addition to the planning items on the 11100. Council's Consent Calendar, two items (Lands of Viso and Lands of Harker) had been continued because the story poles for the projects had not been put in place by the applicants. In response to a comment by Siegel that on the Lands of Yu it was important that the path be restored, Pahl noted that this was one of the conditions of approval for the project. There was also a large landscape bond being required. Pahl commented on the direction to the Planning Commission regarding the review of the General Plan and in particular the Housing Element. He suggested that they review the Housing Element approved in 1988 as he did not believe there had been a significant change in the numbers since that time. The Town Planner commented that the Planning Commission had scheduled a workshop on the Housing Element for February 4th and their comments should be before the Council in mid-February. Siegel asked that draft minutes of the Planning Commission discussions on items going to the Council be made available prior the Council Meeting. He realized that this was a very quick turnaround but thought the information would be very helpful. 4. CONSENT CALENDAR MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Johnson, seconded by Hubbard and passed unanimously by all members present to approve the Consent Calendar, specifically: 4.1 Approved Minutes: November 18, 1992 4.2 Approved Warrants: $85,057.93 (11/18/92) 4.3 Decided Not To Review the following Planning Commission Actions at Its Meeting on November 24, 1992: 4.3a Lands of Yu, 12000 Emerald Hill Lane: approved request for a Site Development permit for a landscape and hardscape plan 4.3b Lands of Bella, 11921 Hilltop Drive: approved request for a Site Development permit for a new residence, pool and pool house 4.4 Adopted Ordinance #360 revising the Municipal Code regarding signs 4.5 Issued Proclamation: Commending Billy Russell for his 35 years of dedicated service to El Camino Hospital 5. UNFINISHED BUSINESS ihar December 2, 1992 Regular Meeting 2 6. NEW BUSINESS 7. REPORTS FROM COMMITTEES, SUB-COMMITTEES, AND COUNCILMEMBERS ON OUTSIDE AGENCIES 7.1 Solid Waste Sub-Committee The City Manager reported that the sub-committee would be meeting next week and at that time would review new figures received from the Los Altos Garbage Company. He planned to have a memorandum of understanding in place by the end of the month. It was noted that this rate increase would require noticing ten days before the public hearing notice and the background information for the rate increase would have to be available at Town Hall at least ten days prior to the hearing. When the information was available a special meeting of the Council could be scheduled. Siegel stated that he thought it important that another month did not go by before the rate increase was effective and asked the City Manager to ascertain what the billing cycle was. Tryon commented that the goals were an understandable contract, a new rate structure, and a good system of service for the residents. 8. STAFF REPORTS 8.1 City Manager 8.2 City Attorney 8.3 City Clerk 8.3.1 Report on Council Correspondence 9. COUNCIL-INITIATED ITEMS 9.1 County's Tanner Plan Tryon referred to Supervisor Ron Gonzales' letter concerning the Tanner Plan and it was agreed to agendize this for the next Council Meeting. 9.2 Traffic Authority Policy Board 411, December 2, 1992 Regular Meeting 3 Hubbard commented on the policy that the Traffic Authority intended to utilize the present staff to prepare for the implemention of the new tax. Tryon concurred with these comments, noting that the policy would provide for an efficient transition. 9.3 Parking at Park and Ride Tryon referred to a letter from a resident asking that the policy of no overnight parking at the Park and Ride be changed. Council discussed their previous review of this situation and the obligation they had to the neighbors of this park and ride to address their concerns about safety and noise related to parking overnight. It was agreed the Mayor would write a letter to the resident about this matter. 9.4 Acquisition of Property at Park and Ride In response to an inquiry from Council regarding the status of this property, staff reported that a preliminary appraisal had been completed and additional information would be forthcoming to the Council when available. 9.5 Unfunded Mandates It was agreed to place Congressman Condit's letter regarding unfunded mandates in the pending file at this time. 9.6 Voice Mail Tryon referred to a League of California Cities Bulletin on cost effective and efficient ideas for cities and suggested that voice mail be considered for Town Hall. She did not believe it was very expensive and would be quite beneficial for the residents during evening hours and on weekends. Council agreed that the City Manager should look into the option of voice mail for Town Hall. 9.7 Los Altos County Fire Protection District Appointments • It was agreed by Council that their recommendations for reappointments to the Los Altos County Fire Protection District be agendized for the next Council meeting. 10. PRESENTATIONS FROM THE FLOOR 11. PUBLIC HEARINGS December 2, 1992 Regular Meeting 4 11.1 Ordinance allowing certain architectural features to encroach into required setback lines MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Johnson, seconded by Hubbard and passed unanimously by all members present to waive further reading of ordinance. MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Johnson, seconded by Hubbard and passed unanimously by all members present to introduce the ordinance allowing certain architectural features to encroach into required setback lines. 11.2 Resolutions amending the business license tax and the false alarm service charges The City Treasurer referred to her staff report which addressed the need for increased sources of revenue by the Town and explained the increase in business license charges to be more on a par with neighboring cities of a similar size. The increase in false alarm charges and the procedure involved in notifying residents of these charges was also explained with particular emphasis on the cost of the Sheriff's deputies in responding to these alarms. MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Hubbard, seconded by Siegel and passed unanimously by all members present to delete the requirement that a day care facility needs a business license. PASSED BY CONSENSUS: To change the wording under the listing for subcontractor to read "two or more persons" and "one person" rather "owner plus one or more" and "owner only" for purposes of clarification; to increase the business license tax for private schools and board and care facilities from $50 to $100 and to require both private and church schools in the Town to have a business license. MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Johnson, seconded by Hubbard and passed unanimously by all members present to adopt Resolution #51-92 amending the business license tax including the modifications made by Council. Council discussed the letter that was sent by the City Treasurer notifying residents of false alarm charges. It was agreed that the letter would be amended to state that the deputies had responded to the alarm, that the charge was being imposed to assist in defraying the Town's cost of law enforcement response and that the Town did not believe it was appropriate for these false alarm costs to be paid out of the Town's General Fund. lir December 2, 1992 Regular Meeting 5 111/ MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Johnson, seconded by Hubbard and passed unanimously by all members present to adopt Resolution #52-92 amending the false alarm service charges. 12. ADJOURNMENT There being no further new or old business to discuss, the City Council Meeting was adjourned at 7:30 p.m. Respectfully submitted, - ---- Patricia Dowd City Clerk The minutes of the December 2, 1992 Regular City Council Meeting were approved at the December 16, 1992 Council Meeting. December 2, 1992 Regular Meeting 6