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CITY COUNCIL
TOWN OF LOS ALTOS HILLS
26379 Fremont Road
Los Altos Hills, California
Wednesday, April 20, 1988
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Mayor Tryon called the Regular Meeting of the City Council to order at
7 : 20 p.m. in the Council Chambers at Town Hall . Mayor Tryon noted that
approval of the minutes from the April 6 , 1988 Regular and Special
Council Meetings had been continued to this meeting from the 4/19/88
Council meeting to allow Councilmembers the opportunity to review
them.
A. ROLL CALL AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:
Present: Mayor Tryon and Councilmembers Johnson, Siegel and van
Tamelen
Absent: Councilmember Casey (will be sworn in 5/18/88)
Staff : City Manager George Scarborough, City Attorney Frank
Gillio, Director of Public Works Bill Ekern, Planning
Director Sally Lyn Zeff and City Clerk Pat Dowd
Planning
Comm: Mary Stutz
Press : Charles Halleck, free-lance reporter
B. CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION: PINEWOOD SCHOOL - TREE PLANTING
PROJECT:
This item was continued to the next Council Meeting to allow
representatives from Pinewood School to be present.
C. CONSENT CALENDAR:
Items Removed: B.2 , B. 5 .c) and d) (Siegel )
MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by van Tamelen, seconded by Tryon
and passed unanimously to approve the balance of the Consent Calendar,
specifically:
1. Approval of Warrants: $39 , 575. 66
C. CONSENT CALENDAR: (continued) :
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3 . Proclamation honoring the 42nd anniversary of the founding of the
Italian Republic and Santa Clara County' s new sister county,
Florence, Italy
4. Resolutions for Adoption:
a) Resolution #34-88 calling for construction bids (Sewer
Assessment District No. 11)
b) Resolution #35-88 authorizing and designating officers of
the Town of Los Altos Hills to sign and endorse checks ,
warrants and other instruments
c) Resolution #36-88 amending the Town Budget for the fiscal
year 1987-88
d) Resolution #37-88 ordering the performance of certain work
(construction of miscellaneous storm drains)
e) Resolution #38-88 approving and authorizing execution of
amendment to fifth addendum to agreement between the Town
of Los Altos Hills and Traffic Signal Maintenance, Inc.
t. f) Resolution #39-88 approving and authorizing execution of
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to subdivision agreement between the Town of Los
Altos Hills and Jack F . Kava and Mary P. Kava
g) Resolution #40-88 approving and authorizing hold harmless
agreement with Mr. and Mrs . Jerry Ridley, Delson Court
5. Actions of the Planning Commission: approved the following:
a) LANDS OF ALEPIN, FILE CUP #7-87, 11920 Rhus Ridge Road,
request for approval of conditional use permit for secon-
dary dwelling unit
d) LANDS OF DAUGHTERS OF CHARITY, FILE CUP #2-88 , 26000
Altamont Road, request for modification to conditional use
permit and granting of site development permit to allow
addition of a chapel to existing seminary, construction of
new residence and new conservatory
e) LANDS OF FRITZ , FILE CDP #1-88 , 13074 LaCresta Drive,
request for conditional development permit and site devel-
opment permit for construction of additions to existing
residence and decks and remodel
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C. CONSENT CALENDAR: (continued( :
4111, Items Removed:
1. Request for time extension of one year for Lands of Elmberg, File
TM #12-84 , 26731 Taaffe Road
Siegel commented that he had removed this item from the Consent
Calendar because the applicant had raised other issues which were not
addressed in the staff ' s recommendation. Specifically, the applicant
requested that Condition S .A. of the tentative map relating to the
removal of structures made non-conforming by the subdivision be
modified and that the recordation of their removal from the Williamson
Act be recorded.
MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Siegel , seconded by van Tamelen
and passed unanimously to grant a six month extension for the filing
of the Lands of Elmberg tentative map, from July 2 , 1988 to January 2 ,
1989 which was in conformance with the Town ' s ordinances, to deny the
request for modification to condition S .A. of the tentative map and to
proceed with the recordation of the Williamson Act removal .
2 . LANDS OF VAYNTRUB, FILE VAR #33-87 and CDP 1-88 , 27067 Horsehshoe
Lane, request for approval of conditional site development permit,
variance and site development permit for new residence on a lot
with lot unit factor under 0 . 5, and not conforming to the maximum
development area and height limit regulations
Siegel questioned that fact that the staff report included in the
packet did not include any findings from the Planning Commission in
their approval of this project. He requested that in the future the
reports include such findings and rationale. Commissioner Stutz noted
that this was one of the most unbuildable lots in the Town and the
approval of the project was based on the findings as submitted by the
applicant.
MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by van Tamelen, seconded by Johnson
and passed unanimously to concur with the Planning Commission' s
approval of the Lands of Vayntrub, File VAR #33-87 and CDP #1-88 .
3 . LANDS OF CARSE, FILE CUP #6-88, 27125 Taaffe Road, request for
approval of conditional use permit and site development permit for
secondary dwelling.
Siegel commented that the staff report for this project had not been
in his packet. Commissioner Stutz provided background on the
application.
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C. CONSENT CALENDAR: (continued) :
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MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Tryon, seconded by Siegel and
passed unanimously to concur with the Planning Commission' s approval
of Lands of Carse , File CUP #6-88.
Item Added:
1 . Approval of Minutes : April 6 , 1988 (Regular and Special Meetings)
MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by van Tamelen, seconded by Tryon
and passed by the following roll call vote to approve the minutes of
the 4/6/88 Special City Council Meeting and to approve the minutes of
the 4/6/88 Regular City Council Meeting with the following correction:
page 5 , third paragraph, first sentence should read: ' . . .to
protect both individual homeowners and the Town ' .
AYES: Mayor Tryon and Councilmember Siegel and van Tamelen
ABSTAIN: Councilmember Johnson (not on the Council when these
meetings took place)
D. PRESENTATIONS FROM THE FLOOR:
Carol Phy, 25616 Moody Road, read a letter into the record (on file in
the City Clerk' s office) thanking the City Council for fulfilling
their responsibilities to the Town regarding Measure B.
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Ruth Buneman, 12655 LaCresta, noted that a full Council was not
present and that this has also happened in the past. Mrs . Buneman
expressed her concern and suggested the possibility of appointing an
alternate Councilmember to participate when a member was unable to be
present.
Councilmember van Tamelen noted that at the 4/19/88 Council meeting
the motion to vacate the office of Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem had not
passed and inquired if this in any way invalidated any of the actions
being taken by the Council at this meeting? The City Attorney
responded that no it did not invalidate any of the actions and Mayor
Tryon commented that all Councilmembers had an equal vote on the
Council .
E. REPORT FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION:
Commissioner Stutz reported that the following issues had been
discussed at the 4/13/88 Planning Commission Meeting in addition to
the items Council had already discussed on their Consent Calendar: 1)
request from Clayton Woods, 27600 Moody Road, regarding Santa Clara
County General Plan conformance and contiguity/annexation statement;
2) letter from Rick Bell regarding Loyola Drive and 3) swimming pool
fencing.
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F. PUBLIC HEARINGS:
G. OLD BUSINESS:
1 . Report on Flashing Yellow Beacon Lights at Bullis School
Council had before them the City Manager 's staff report dated 4/20/88
which included the recommendation to relocate the beacon lights closer
to the crosswalk if it would help resolve the neighbors ' concerns .
Mrs . Susan Sullivan, Campo Vista; Eric Ingman, 25885 W. Fremont; Nina
and James Steiner, 14195 Wild Plum and Vivienne Steele, 25879 Fremont
each addressed the Council against the placement of yellow beacon
warning lights at Bullis School . Their comments included the following
points: not in keeping with the rural atmosphere; detrimental to
property values; precedent setting - creeping urbanization; false
sense of security for the children; responsibility of the school to
provide crossing guards.
Mona Armistead, Health & Safety Chairman - Bullis PTA, stated that
their main concern was for the safety of the children. The cars just
did not stop for those children trying to cross from the Donelson side
of Fremont. Mrs. Armistead also expressed concern about the timing of
the warning lights because a lot of the students were involved in
activities after classes had ended for the day.
Mrs. Dauber, 27930 Roble Alto, stated her opinion that the real
problem was discourteous drivers and suggested that the traffic rules
be strictly enforced.
Mrs . Penny Ingman, 25885 W. Fremont, commented that from what she had
seen it was the parents of the Bullis school children who were
speeding and not letting the children cross the street.
Different options and requests for clarification were brought up
during the course of the conversation. These included self-activating
signals, specific timing, enforcement and use of crossing guards.
PASSED BY CONSENSUS: To continue the item pending receipt of
additional information on the options and to re-notify the neighbors
when this matter returned to Council for further consideration.
2. Resolution # setting the time and place of hearing concerning
adoption of a proposed negative declaration in connection with the
Bullis School Pedestrian Path Project
MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Siegel , seconded by Johnson and
passed unanimously to adopt Resolution #41-88 setting the time and
place of hearing (May 4 , 1988) concerning adoption of a proposed
negative declaration in connection with the Bullis School Pedestrian
Path Project.
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iVH. NEW BUSINESS :
1. Request for Higher Maximum Development Area for Lot #8 of Matadero
Creek Subdivision
Council had before them a request from the owners of Lot #8 , Matadero
Creek Subdivision, to amend the conditions of approval to allow a
maximum development area of 10 , 000 square feet. This was 1, 500 square
feet over the approved 8 ,540 square feet for Lot #8 .
van Tamelen gave a brief history of the Matadero Creek Subdivision,
including the rationale behind the conditions of approval for that
particular Town-owned subdivision. She commented on the large amounts
of open space and the limited number of lots.
Mr. Chun Pong, Ng, representing the owners of Lot #8 , commented that
the house on Lot #8 had been built by a developer and his clients were
not aware of the restrictions on the development area. They believed
their proposed development was far less than that on other lots in the
subdivsion and there would be no visual impact as a result of the
expansion to the living room area.
MOTION SECONDED AND FAILED: Moved by Johnson, seconded by Tryon and
failed by the following roll call vote to approve an increase in the
development area for Lot #8 , Matadero Creek Subdivison, to 10, 000
square feet.
AYES: Mayor Tryon and Councilmember Johnson
NOES: Mayor Pro Tem Siegel and Councilmember van Tamelen
van Tamelen stated that she could not support changes to the
conditions of approval for Matadero Creek Subdivision and Siegel
commented that the owners had legal knowledge of the requirements for
the subdivision and that there was a subcommittee of the Council which
was currently working on the issues relating to the Matadero Creek
Subdivision.
It was agreed that this subcommittee would be reactivated in the near
future and that Mr. Chun Pong, Ng should contact the City Manager to
discuss potential development opportunities for Lot #8 under the
conditions of approval .
2 . Ordinance # adopting as an urgency measure the repeal of sub-
section (d) of Section 9-1 . 1111 of the Los Altos Hills Municipal
Code concerning delineation of driveways on tentative maps
The City Attorney read the ordinance which would repeal the section of
the Code requiring the subdivider to rough grade all driveways
delineated on the tentative map as part of the subdivision
improvements . This section of the Code as in place was inconsistent
with the Town' s policy to discourage site grading prior to house
( ir siting decisions made by the Site Development Committee.
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H. NEW BUSINESS: (continued) :
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MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by van Tamelen, seconded by Siegel
and passed unanimously to adopt Ordinance #321 as an urgency measure
the repeal of subsection (d) of Section 9-1 . 1111 of the Los Altos
Hills Municipal Code concerning delineation of driveways on tentative
maps .
3 . Request for approval of amendments to the Solid Waste Management
Plan for Santa Clara County
MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Siegel , seconded by van Tamelen
and passed unanimously to set a public hearing to consider approval of
the proposed amendments to the Solid Waste Plan for Santa Clara
County.
I . OTHER BUSINESS:
1 . Reports from Standing Committees:
a) Pathways , Recreation and Parks Committee
1) Corner of Purissima and Arastradero:
recommendation for stop signs on
Arastradero
41111, Mrs. Ruth Buneman, Chairman - Safety Committee, suggested that traffic
be directed to Deer Creek which would lessen the amount of cars on
Arastradero.
Mr. Dauber, member - Pathways, Recreation and Parks Committee,
reiterated the comments made in his letter dated 3/29/88 to the City
Council which noted that warning signs would not be an effective
option to slow down traffic at this intersection.
MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Siegel , seconded by van Tamelen
and passed unanimously to refer the request for stop signs on
Arastradero at the corner of Purissima and Arastradero to the Safety
Committee for a recommendation.
b) Safety Committee:
1) Recommendation regarding stop sign at
Summerhill and Amigos Court
The Safety Committee, at their 3/24/88 meeting, determined that a stop
sign was necessary on Summerhill because of the grade-pre.,ee+ nq LL..
c*op =l gn_and-Y,ha possibility of Summerhill becoming a through street
from Magdalena to El Monte. (AMENDP9 BY COUNCIL 5/18/88)
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I . OTHER BUSINESS: (continued) :
Mrs. Carol Gottlieb, 24290 Summerhill , stated that this sign had been
put in place as a result of a petition signed by the neighbors . It
provided a great service to the neighborhood.
No action was taken on this issue.
J. STAFF REPORTS :
1 . City Manager:
a) Resolution # authorizing the City Manager to negotiate
and enter into an agreement to provide local law enforce-
ment agency access to the California Identification System
and to appropriate and send the Town' s financial contribu-
tion for the system to the City of San Jose' s Finance Dept.
The City Manager referred to his staff report dated 4/20/88 which
included the recommendation that the Council adopt a resolution which
would authorize him to negotiate and execute an agreement for the
Town' s participation in the Santa Clara County Automated Fingerprint
System and appropriate the Town ' s share of the first year start up
costs.
MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Siegel , seconded by Johnson and
passed unanimously to adopt Resolution #42-88 authorizing the City
E Manager to negotiate and enter into an agreement to provide local law
enforcement agency access to the California Identification System and
to appropriate and send the Town of Los Altos Hill ' s financial
contribution for the system to the City of San Jose Finance
Department.
b) Request for Council comments on AB 3298 , the California
Recycling Act and the California Recyclable Materials
Act of 1988
MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Siegel , seconded by Johnson and
passed unanimously to direct that a letter be sent to Assemblyman
Killea ' s office opposing AB 3298 .
2 . City Attorney:
3 . City Clerk: Report on Council Correspondence dated 4/15/88
4 . Council Business :
a) Mayor:
1) Policy: Council Minutes and Agendas
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J. STAFF REPORTS: (continued) :
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Tryon noted that at a meeting of the Chairman of the Town' s Standing
Committees it had been agreed that the following procedures would be
beneficial : 1) publish tentative Council agendas; and 2) prepare
summary minutes of Council meetings .
2) Cable TV Study Session
Since the proposed date of 6/5/88 for the Study Session on Cable TV
conflicted with the Intergovernmental Council Meeting which Mayor Pro
Tem Siegel attended, it was agreed another time and date for the Study
Session would be scheduled by the Council
b) Councilmembers:
1) Siegel made the following requests:
a) report from the City Manager on what would be
involved in getting a crime report in the Town
Crier and Peninsula Times Tribune
b) request the City Manager to make a recommendation
on lowering fees and/or deposits for minor variances
c) request the City Attorney to prepare an ordinance
prohibiting restrictive covenants concerning
stabling horses
d) request City Manager to provide a report on what
the permit requirements are for the replacement of
a hot water heater? What are the fees charged
in Los Altos and Palo Alto?
e) requested that the minutes and agendas of the
General Plan Steering Committee be sent to the
Council
2) van Tamelen: Community Health Abuse Council
van Tamelen noted that CHAC had moved into their new quarters and an
invitation to their open house would be forthcoming.
3) van Tamelen: Town Newsletter
van Tamelen stated that it was important that the Town Newsletter
Policy be reexamined and requested that this matter be agendized for
Council review as soon as possible.
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J. STAFF REPORTS (continued) :
c) Mrs . Dauber: Los Altos Library Commission
Mrs . Dauber, Los Altos Library Commission, presented a brief report to
the Council on activities involving the Los Altos Library Commission.
She noted that on May 9th a Joint Powers Committee Meeting had been
held and a Joint Meeting of the Library Commission, Los Altos and Los
Altos Hills City Councils was planned for June 7th. In general funding
was increased from last year which was encouraging news. Mrs. Dauber
also noted that a draft report had been prepared by Mr. Brundage, a
management intern with the City of Los Altos , on library funding and
options. Copies of this report were available if anyone wished to see
a copy.
K. EXECUTIVE SESSION: PERSONNEL: Pursuant to Government Code Section
54957. 8 :
The City Council adjourned to an Executive Session for purposes of
personnel at 9 : 20 p.m. and reconvened at 9 : 50 p.m.
PASSED BY CONSENSUS : To approve a 6% salary increase for the City
Manager, effective February 13 , 1988.
L. ADJOURNMENT:
411, There being no further new or old business to discuss , the City
Council adjourned at 9 : 55 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Patricia Dowd, City Clerk
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