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Home My WebLink About04/04/1984�01 TOM OF LOS ALTOS HILT 26379 Fremont Road L� Altos Hills, California Wednesday, April 4, 1984 CC: Reel 154, Tr. I, Side I, 001 -end; Tr. I, Side 11, 001-100 Mayor van Tamelen called the Regular Meeting of the City Council to order at 7:35 p.m. in the Council ChaTbers at Town Hall. A. ROLL CALL AND PIED(E OF ALTEGIANCE: Present: Mayor van Tamelen and Councilnumbers Allison, Hillestad, Perkins & Proft Absent: None Staff: City Manager Am Hinshaw, City Attorney Frank Gillio, Planning Consultant Nancy Lytle and City Clerk Pat Dowd Planning Can: Jean Struthers Press: Florence Pallakoff, Los Altos Town Crier; Bd Hering, San Jose Mercury B. PUBLIC DISCUSSION: IRM OF ARASTRA (proposed park development by the City of �w Palo Alto) Nancy Lytle presented an overview of her staff report dated 4/3/84 which included the staff reccauendation that the Paseo del Roble path be included in Palo Alto's proposed park design but deleted from the public map of the project. The report also addressed the con cexrs; of the public such as traffic, parking, nuisance and security and listed suggested mitigation measures . Mayor van Tamelen c=ented that the action taken by the Planning Cotmassion on 1/11184 also included the statement that the Cmmission supported the Town's C�eneral Plan and Master Path Plan which included access to the Arastra. Lands. This state- ment should be included in the staff report for purposes of accuracy. Mrs. Liz Sprinkle, 13701 Passe Del RDble, expressed strong concerns regarding the use of Pasco Del Roble as an access to Arastra Park. In part Mrs. Sprinkle addressed the following issues: excessive vehicle parking, potential for increase in crime, fire hazards, and prcblens regarding access to park at night. Mrs. Sprinkle stated that any decision in favor of this access was a direct violation to the wishes of 48 out of 52 families living in that area. Mrs. Sprinkle did support the mitigating measur a of a locked gate at Pasec, del Roble. Mr. Charles Chap�, 27930 Roble Blancoy supported Mrs. Sprinkle's c=en ts but s ��ted a compromise might be possible. He suggested strong mitigating measures regarding enfo rcemen t of no parking signs, locked gate at night, and m motorcycles and litter. Mr. Dairiki, 13731 Pasco del Roble, agreed with the concept of a locked gate. �V- CITY cawiL =rEs - April 4, 1984 �W B. PU13LIC DISCUSSION - IANDS OF ARASTRA (continued): Richard Swan, 12774 Ieander, spoke in favor of Pasec del Roble as an access to the park. He m#kisized the philosophy of the Ttwn regarding narrow country roads and open country. Mr. Swan further ca�men ted that the parking Area were being provided for the park and, in his opinion, a locked gate was inappropriate. The follow,ing idents agrees that a locked gate was not an appropriate mitigating measure: Mrs. Nan Diaz, 27920 Roble Blanco, imice Duncan, President - westwind Barn, Mr. and Mrs. Al Jackson, 6088 Duval Way. Mrs. Pat Ersepke, 25740 Jcsefa, comriented that if the Paseo Del Roble access was not approveci, the only opUm would be Arastradeno for equestrinn which would be dangerous. Mrs. Irma Goldsmith, 27330 Elena Road, felt Pasec del Roble should be 6ai, eo Rob used; access to an excellent park area. Y�. —riki, 13731 Pas del le, asked for clarification of the proposed park map arid reomuended that the Section showing the Pasec del Roble access be deleted from the public maps. Mrs. Judith C= P anning Commission marber, conmenLed that there were 50+ easexents between �--Iesl in Ttwn axia tnese were not abused nor were there couplaints. Mr. Larry Dawson, 13875 Mir Mi�, and Mrs. Doni Hubbard, 25228 LaLcma Drive, each suggested that an express�cn of appreciation be made to Palo Alto for the good faith and can cern they have shown to the Tbwn regarding the proposed park pro3ect. In response to a question from a resident, Mrs. Mary Stutz, Chairman - Pathways Ccnrdttee, noted that Paseo Del Roble was part of the Master Path Plan and had been for severai years. Mrs. Artenas Ginzton, 1.1111,1a�� supported the deletion of the Pasec .c lital, del Roble access on the Palo map ot the park; h owever , she eyphasized the importance of having the access included in the Town's path map. Yx. Larry Faber, Mmiber - Arastra Citizens Advisory Ccumittee, clarified the map before Council ot the proposec[ park ana access on Paseo del Roble. He also noted that there would be at least two rangexs� living on the park and that Pasec, del Roble was one of the designated entries for pedestrian/equestrian use only. Council made the following cam�ents regarding the Lands of Arastra. Proft suggested the mitigating measiires be included in the recomxendation sent to Palo Alto. He also reconnended the path be shown on the park map and a barrier (day) and locked gate (night) be placed at the access on Paseo del Roble. Hillestad felt Palo Alto should be made aware of the Town's concerns and that signs be posted specifically stating 'no parking for the park'. Perkins agreed with the previous comments that the path access be available for the park. rtkiile noting that a locked gate might be a good idea on a trial basis, he emphasized that Paseo del Roble should not be used as a place to park for the park. Allison agreed to a connecting path with several mitigating measuxv� a, i.e., directional sign placed on Arastradero; path not shown on public maps; litt� contro CITY couNciL mDvrEs - April 4, 1984 B. PUBLIC DISCUSSION - LNW OF ARASTRA (continued): MCITION SECONDED AND FAIIED: Moved by Proft, seconded by Hillestad and failed by the following roll call vote to delete the mitigating measure requiring the p,,s, del Roble connection be deleted from the Palo Alto Park Map. AYES: Proft NOES: Mayor van Tcaelen and Councilmembers Allison, Perkins and Proft PASSE) BY CONSIMBUS: To ask the Planmuig Comn�ssion for specific reocnTrendatIOM for the =t1gating measur,e req�ring a gate, for exMple should the gate be locked? keys available at Town Hall? hours? etc. C. CON= CALENDAR: Items Removed: C.1 (Allison - 3/15/84 minutes); C.2 (Proft) and C.3.a) (van Tuelen) MMIGN SBOONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Proft, seconded by Hillestad and passed unani- mously to approve the balance of the Consent Calendar, specifically: 1. App rov al of Minutes: March 21, 1984 and March 26, 1984 4. RecomTended denial of Claim from Mr. Matthew Taimuty 5. Resolution for Adoption; a) Resolution #23-84 approving and adopting a classification plan for employees �ar of the City of the Tbwn of Los Altos Hills �bw 6. Announcement of Adjourruient of Yleeting to April 17, 1984 at 5:00 p.m. for the canvassing of the vote, seating of the new Council and election of the Mayor. Councilunman Hillestad abstained from approval of the March 21, 1984 and March 26, 1984 minutes as she was not present at those meetings. Items Removed: 1. Approval of Minutes: March 15, 1984 MDTICN SBOMED AND CARRIED: Moved by van Tamelen, seconded by Proft and passed unanimously to amend the March 15, 1984 minutes as follows : Page 2, Item D -- 'Allison stated that if the contract with Ybuntain View did not guarantee 2.33 million tons of capacity and address the 215 years of capacity that Sunnyvale put on the shelf, he would vote against it.' 2. Approval of Warrants: $59,705.08 PASSED BY OONSENSUS: TO prorate the April expense checks for Councilmembers Hillestad, Perkins and Proft on a 50% basis. -3- clTy camIL mm= - April d, 1984 C. CONSENT CALENDAR (continued): 3. Actions of the Planning Conmission: recomanded granting of the following: a) LJ�MS OF BARLOW, File CUP #3-83 (conditional use pemdt) van T�len noted that according to condition #11 this use permit would be checked every three years by staff for compliance. She questioned how staff planned to acccffplish this and was infonTed that a follow-up system would be followed. MDTjCN SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by van Tamelen, seconded by Perkins and Passed unanimously to approve IANDS OF BARIJOW, File CUP #3-83. (ADOPTION OF RESO. #24-84) D. P10=ATIONS FROM THE FLOOR: none E. SPECIAL ORDERS: 1. Public Hearing; a) Consideration of proposed use of Revenue Sharing Funds for 1983-84 fiscal year The City Manager reported that revenue sharing funds in the amount of $32,242 had been allocated to the Town. Mrs. Al� Wood, 12151 Stonebrook, addressed the Council on behalf of the Senior 40V -Cm—UFx�� est for support in the �t of $2,000. Mrs. Wood comen ted that the Center provided a service to the Town. �W MOTION SECONDED AM CARRIED: Moved by Perkins, seconded by Hillestad and passed by the follo�ing roll call vote to appropriate $2,000 of revenue sharing funds for the Senior Csnter. AYES: Mayor van Tamelen and CouncilnEmbers Allison, Hillestad and Perkins NOES: Councilmenber Proft MOTION SEDONDED AND CARR=: Moved by Perkins, seconded by Hillestad and passed unanimously to appropriate $4,350 of revenue sharing funds for the Commmity Health Abuse Counci I. MDTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Allison, seconded by van Tamelen and passed unanimously to appropriate $10,000 of revenue sharing funds for conputer hardware and $5,000 of revenue sharing funds for ccmputer software. MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by van Tamelen, seconded by Perkins and passed unanimous ly to appropriate $6,500 of revenue sharing funds for the Town Ring. MOTION SECONDED AM CARRIED: Moved by Proft, seconded by Hillestad and passed unanimous ly to appropriate the remaini ng revenue sharing funds ($4,392) for City Manager recruitment fees. -4- CITy COUNCIL MINUTES - April 4, 1984 E. SPECIAL ORDERS: �W 2. Ordinance # of the City of the Town of Los Altos Hills ananding Article 1, entitled "Animal and Rabies Control" of Chapter I of Title 6 of the Los Altos Hills Mkinicipal Code The City Attorney reported that previously the Council had adopted by ref exerce the Santa Clara County Azumal Ordinance and periodically znerglnents were received from the County for adoption by the cities. The ordinance before Council included the most recent changes which had been adopted by the County. MCTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Proft, seconded Perkins and passed u nanimous ly to wa�ve further reading of Ordinance #288. MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Proft, seconded by Perkins and passed unani- mously to introduce Ordinance #288. 3. Resolution # establishing and fixing animal control fees and repealing Resolution #1355 MDTION SECONDED AND QW=: Moved by Proft, seconded by Perkins and passed by the following roll call vote to adopt Resolution #25-84 establishing and fixing animal control fees and repealing Resolution #1355. AYES: Mayor van Tamalen and Councilmembers Allison, Hillestad and Perkins NOES: Councilmember Proft �W 4. Resolution # of the City Council of the City of the Town of Los Altos Hills accepting as canpleted certain street hTpruvements along the right�of-way of Kingsley A:venue �W MDTION SECONDED AM CARPRIED: Mloved by Hillestad, seconded by Perkins and passed unanimously to adopt Resolution#26-84 accepting as coupleted certain street unpitwements along the right-of-way of Kingsley Avenue 5. Ptequest for Lot Line Adjustment, LANDS OF JARVIS MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Perkins, seconded by Allison and passed unanimously to adopt Remlutim#27-84 approving lot line adjustment 6. Resolution k_approving and authorizing execution of an agreement between the City of the Town of Los Altos Hills and the City of San Jose The City Manager reported that to assure, eligibility for relief funding for stom damage, certain projects must be financed with federal funds. The City of San Jose controls all Federal Aid to Urban Roads funds received in the county; therefore, Council had before them the agreemant with San Jose. MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Allison, seconded by Perkins and passed unani- Mously to adopt Resolution #28-84 dpproving and authorizing execution of an agree, ment between the City of the Town of Los Altos Hills and the City of San Jose. -5- CITY COHN= MINHTES - April 4, 1984 E. SPB= ORDERS: �W 7. Resolution #_approving and authorizing eXeCUtIOn Of an mended lease bet� the City of the Town of Ios Altos Hills and Purissima Hills Water District MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Proft, seconded by Perkins and passed unani- mously to continue this item to the next Council Meeting. Allison noted that Purissima Water District should be node aware of his comments on the proposed lease. F. LINFINISBED BUSINESS: 1. Job Description for City Engineer: Council discussed the job description before them and Perkins expressed concern over the title of 'Public Works Director'. He er#�asized the importance of the subdivision process and develoFment of the community and felt this crucial aspect might be lost in the proposed title of the job. MOTION SECONDED AM CARRIED : Moved by Van Tmelen, seconded by Proft and passed by the following rall call vote to change the title to 'EngineerJPublic Works Director' AYES: Mayor van Tamelen and Councilaembers Perkins arid PrOft 16W NOES: C�ilmcmbors Allison and Hillestad PASSED By caisENSus: To include the following phrase in the section entitled 'examples of duties': serves on the Site Developnent Camnittee MOTION SEMMED AND CARRIED: Moved by Proft, seconded by Hillestad and passed by the following roll call vote to appreve the job description for City Engineer as amended by Council. AYES: Mayor van Tamelen and Councilmembers Hillestad, Perkins and Proft NOES: Ccuncilmember Allison 2. Agreement for Interim Engineering Services The City Manager reported that at this time an agrement for interim engineering services had not been finalized. Council w�ld be informed as soon as an agreement had been reached. 3. Town Ring - submission of specifications by Robert Stutz The City Manager stated that the plans submitted by Mr. Stutz would need to be reviewed by an engineer. After this had taken place, the contracts could be drawn and placed on a Council agenda for approval. MXION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Proft, seconded by Perkins and passed unani- mously to approve the review of the Tbwn Ring plans by an engineer. �w go CITy COUCIL ma4UrES - April 4, 1984 F. LPWINISHED BUSIN3SS: kaw 4. Agreement for Conputer Services with Atherton MrICN SECONDM pM CAM= : moved by Allison, seconded by Proft and passed unwAmously to adopt Resolution029-84 approving and authorizing execution Of an� agreement for lease of computer services between the City Of the Town of Los Altos Hills and the Town of Atherton 5. Authorization to expend $4,700 for cmiputer software developnent This item was not discussed inasmuch as Council allocated $5,000 of revenue sharing funds for ccniputer software. G. SPBCIAL REPORTS: 1. Reports from Standing CawLittees: none 2. Reports from Ad Hoc Comittees: a) Heritage preserve Camittee Perkins noted that there was inadequate lighting at the preserve and requested staff to install brighter lights focused toward the ground so the neighbors wmild not be uq3acted. b) Town Hall Clean -Up CanTLittee van Tsele, reported that several residents had mt at Town Hall on Saturday, 3/31 and had contributed several hours on clean-up pro3ects at Tow� Hall. These volunteers; were to be especially thanked for their hard work. particular thanks be Dom Hubbard for efforts at coordinating the day. 3. Reports from the planning cmudssion: Cminissioner Struthers reported that Michael Stewart had been appointed Vice - Chairman of the Planning Ccnudssion. 4. Coments fran Council: none H. STAFF - REPORTS, CORRESPOND= 7M ANNOLINCEMENTS: 1. City Manager: a) project List van Twelen suggested the following as priority items on the project list: budget, sewer agreement, interim engineering services and canputer. Allison also requested the REP for coniputer equig�t be added to the list. �W -7- c= oo=n mmiES - April 4, 1984 I. DEW BUSE\ESS: �W 1. Consideration of Contract for Planning Staff Services KYTION SBCMED AND CARRIED: Moved by Allison, seconded by Proft and passed unaramously to adopt Resolution #30-84 approving and authorizing execution of an agreetent between the City of the Town of Los Altos Hills and Martin Carpenter AssociatesF Inc. 2. Matadero Creek Subdivision - Lot #11 - Building Site Circle YOMCN SECCMED AND CARRIEV: Moved by Proft, seconded by Allison and Passed unani- mously to cancur with the house lc�oaticn for Lot #11 as proposed by the owner and approved by the Architectural Review and Site Development Cam�ittees. 3. Lands of Behn, Cantata Way, Request for approval of permit to move building on Town roadways, Article 8, Chapter 5; permit to move building onto private property, Section 9-5.308. Mr. William Behn applicant, conTnented that the Town roadway in question was app, roxima teiy :L,600' on WKeete. He also noted that he would be glad to answer any questions Council my have an the matter. MDTICN SBaWED AND CAR1ZEED: Moved by Perkins, seconded by Allison and passed unanimously to approve a permit to move building on Town roadways and onto private property, Lands of Bebn. 4MV 4. City Manager Recruitment MOTION SWWED AND CARRIED: Moved by Proft, seconded by Perkins and passed unanimous ly to accept the proposal from Mr. Marty Tarshes for assistance in recruiting and selecting a now City Manager (proposal dated 3/30/84). 5. Salary Survey for City Manager and City Engineer The City Manager reported she had received the salary surveys for City manager and City Engineer which had been approved by Council at the 3/15/84 mseting. It was the Manager's recaamendation that there be a 7;5% differential between the City Manager and City Engineer positions . MXION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Yloved by Allison, seconded by Perkins and passed unanimously to establish a salary range as follows for the position of City M ana ger: $40,000 - $45,000. PASSED 13Y CaiSENSUS: To establish a salary range as follows for the position of Engxneer/Public TAbrks Director: $37,000 - $42,000. 5. Town Ring Tbwn Ring. Shows were schedu Led for the near future and they were concerned about possible delays. PASSED BY CONSENSUS: To direct the staff to have the TOwn Ring plans reviewed as expeditiously as possible. -8- CITy COUNCIL mEgirEs - April 4, 1964 J. CLOSED SESSION: The City Council then adjourned to closed session for personnel at 11:10 P.M. and reconvened at 11:25 p.m. MOTION SECOMED AND cAld=: Moved by Allison, seconded by Proft and passed unanx- mously to authorize payment of $510 for a vacation claim by Patricia Webb subject to her signing a release of all claims. This payment is made in view of a possioie misunderstanding at the time Ms. Webb was placed on temporary full-time status. MOTION SECONUED AM CARRIM: Mved by Proft, seconded by Perkins and passed by the following roll call vote to approve the following: in connection with her leavmg enployment with the town, the City Manager be paid a sum equal to two months salaryt and further that her long term disability insurance and medical insurance coverage be continued until August 31, 1984 or until similar benefits are available to her with another aTloyer, whichever occurs first; and further if the Town's insurance carrier does not approve this continuance of insurance coverage, then the Town shall make an equivalent cash payment to the City Manager for the amountwhich the town would have paid to its insurance carrier for the continuance of insurance coverage. AYES: Mayor van Temelen and Councilnembers Hillestad, Perkins and Proft NJOES: C�cilmenber Allison K. ADJOUPdZEM: There being no further new or old business to discuss, the City Council adjourned 06 at 11:30 p.m to an Adjourned Regular Meeting at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 17, 1984. Respectfully submitted, Patricia Dowd, City Clerk iW