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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09/05/1973�a' CITY COUNCIL TONIN OF LOS ALTOS HILLS MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING September 5, 1973 CC: Reel 57 Side 1, Track 1, 000-1072 Mayor Leslie Helgesson called the regular meeting of the City Council of the Town of Los Altos Hills to order at 7:55 P.M. in the Council Chambers of Town Hall, 26379 Fremont Road, Los Altos Hills, California. A. ROLL CALL: Present: Councilman Grabowski, Councilwoman Miller, Mayor Helgesson. Absent: Commissioner Lachenbruch for the Env. Planning Commission, B. SPECIAL PRESENTATION: Q At the request of Mayor Helgesson, the Special Presentation was delayed until later in the meeting. The Mayor took this time to introduce the new City Attorney, Mr. Frank Gillio, replacing Mr. Robin Faisant who resigned his position as of Sept. 1, 1973. C. CONSENT CALENDAR: At the request of G. Ferrari, Item 3 was removed from the Consent Calendar for separate discussion. lirs.Mildred Gallo asked that Item 1 be removed from the Consent Calendar for separate discussion. Item 2 was removed from the CONSENT CALENDAR at the request of Councilman Grabowski. .MOTION, SECONDED AND CARRIED: Councilman Grabowski moved, seconded by Mayor Helgesson and carried unanimously to adopt the remaining item on the CONSENT CALENDAR, namely: 4. Resolution 716 indicating the Building Permit System and Review Procedure in Flood Prone Areas:. and Resolution No. 717 indicating the Building Permit System and Review Procedure on Mudslide Prone Areas. Lr CITY COUNCIL flINUTES - September 5, 1973 ITEMS REMOVED FROM COP!SEP!T CALENDAr,' FOR SEPARATE CONSIDERATION: 1. Approval of Hinutes: In the Minutes of August 15, 1973, Item C - Presentations from the Floor, page two: The meeting attended by Mrs. Florence Fava, Town Historian, took place in Menlo Park and not San Jose as noted. Under the same Item on page 3: Mrs. Dorothy Gray represented the Santa Clara County Historical Heritage Commission (Heritage had been omitted from the Minutes). Under the same Item, page 3: The LAH Historical Site in question is the Juan Prado Mesa Adobe. Prado had been misspelled and the word "Adobe" had been omitted. The other meetings held by the City Council should be changed to "Adjourned Meetings,' and not "Special" Meetings as indicated in the r1inutes. !10TIV, SECONDED AND CARRIED: Mayor Helgesson moved, seconded by Councilman Grabowski and unanimously carried that the Minutes of :he L Meeting of August 15th be approved as correct..'. �r 2. llarrants: 001 MOTION, SECONDED AND CARRIED: Following questions pertaining to specific war ants, Councilman Grabowski moved, seconded by flayor Helgesson and unanimously carried to approve the Uarrant list totaling $15,500.11. 3. Notion approving Sewer Reimbursement Agreement, Almond Estates Subdivision (367-70), Gerald B. Ferrari. ;ir. Ferrari told Council that he was ^eov2sting their approval of this agreement so that it could be signed by Staff, but since he had just received another request for an additional sewer hook-up off his line, the n,^ice woulri be adjusted accordingly if the "gentlemen's agreement° :cent through as anit'An, ted. In this case, an addendum would be added to the Reimbursement Agreement with the Town. Mr. Gillio, City Attorney, advised tiia Council that the Agreement might be approved with an addendum to the Agreement being approved at the next Council meeting. -2- 4W CITY COUNCI!. NEETIRO - September 5, 1373 ,LOTION, SECONDED AND CARRIED: Councilma Grabowski ;aovad, seconded by Councilwoman Puller and carried unanimously that the Agreement be approved with the understanding that the Addendum would be reviewed and approved at the next Council meeting. END OF CONSENT CALENDAR At this point, Mayor Helgesson wished to insert an Item in the Agenda, asking Mr. D. Spencer to report to Council on the meeting of the Planning Policy Concntte2. of Santa Clara Country (PPC) oihi'ch'he a?tart'ed•receritl.y as the To,an reprosentative. Mr. Spencer reported on the voting structure now being considered by the PPC and said he woula like Council's opinion or weighted voting. .After some discussion the Council concurred that the PPC should I:eep their members confined to two per community, and were also against weighted voting. D. PRESE•!TATIONS FROli THE FLOOR: `, 1. Mr Dan Haney, Liddicote Circle: Mr. Haney p•atitioned CovnCil to waive a penalty imposed on him by the Town because of his fa{lure to take out a building permit for the decking he was installing around a pool. He contended that he was not informed by his contractor that another permit was required. This was th^_ second time -1r. haney appeared before the Council, the Previous occasion bain when ns requested a waiver for failing to take out permit before construction began on his pool. Mr. Gillio explained Section 9-5.227 of the Code to the Council and a discussion ensued regarding the ambiguity of the Code. Mr. Oillio was asked to look into this matter and to make recommendations which would clari4, Lhe Code so that such cases as Mr. Haney's did not become routir:a. Councilman Grabows!J also felt that the homeovnier should not be fined, but that :ha contractor, whose negligence it was, ba the person or whom the fine should be imposed. 40TI N, SECONDED AND CA'r.RIED: Councilwoman Miller moved, seconded by Councilman Grauows!:i and unanimously carried to waive the penalty invoked on Mr. Haney by the Town. -3- C CITY COUACIL ISEETIi4 - September 5, 1973 �r D. PRESENTATIONS FROM THE FLOOR (cont'd): 2. Nr. Gerald Ferrari, Altamont Road: a. Abandoned Autos: Mr. Ferrari told Council there was a constant problem of abandoned autos being left on the property adjoining his and asked Council to consider adopting an Ordinance similar to Palo Alto's to alleviate this problem in the Town. Mr. Gillio explained that in order to qualify for use of funds available to haul away abandoned autos there must be a local ordinance that complies with some sections of the --tate Vehicle Code. The Council requested that a copy of Palo Alto's ordinance be obtained so this matter could be further studied. b. Unsafe conditions on Moody Road: Mr. Ferrari thought there should be a guard rail placed along Moody Road by Foothill College to prevent cars from going over the embankment. 'Ir. Faisant commented that one of the reasons a guard rail had not been placed there previously was to prevent head-on collisions. c. Landscaping of divider strip along El Monte: 'lr. Ferrari pointed out the poor landscaping along this divider strip. Councilwoman Miller agreed, and Council referred this matter to the Environmental Design Committee for further consideration. 3. Joseph Dochnal, Central Drive: Suggested a stop sign be planed at the intersection of Page Mill and Moody Roads. The Staff was asked to research the question of whether this was Town or County property and inform Council so steps could be taken to eliminate the hazards at this intersection. There being no further presentations from the floor, Mayor Helgesson inserted Item 3 of the Agenda, Special Presentation. In recognition for his fifteen years of service to the Community, a plaque was prosented to Mr. Robin Faisant by the Town. Mayor Helgesson thanked Fir. Faisant for his help through the years on behalf o' the Community., and wished him success in his private law practice. E. CONTINUING BUSINESS: 1. Submission of bids for Town Hall expansion: Flr. '!inckley, Architect, was asked to report on the bids submitted for the expansion of Town Hall. He reported that only three bids had been received. Low bid was submitted by Victor Bellomo, and 44r the bid was $35,734. -4- CITY COUNCIL NEETIM - September 5, 1973 E. COMMUIIdG BUSINESS cont'd OF eight companies asked to submit bids on the fire sprinkler system, only one was subcritted by Fire Hatic. for ^410,735. Mayor Helgesson suggested that no decisicn be mad_ regarding these bids unt1 Council had reviawed them further in Executive Session, after which a decision would be made. 2. Discussion of Historical Sites: Mrs. Fava, Town Historian, came before Council to furtl.a:r exolain the necessity of having more help with her work as historian: her reasons being preparations to he made for the Jubilee coming up in 1976, the State Historical Heritage Commissior„ end the research required of local historical sites. After discussion, Mr. Lawson :as requested to in'roduce itrs. Fava at the next Environmental Design Comaittes meeting to see if that Committee might further assist itrs. Fava in her efforts. Tt was also suggested that per once belonging to ties Town's Historical Society be approachec at this tuna in an a"fors to reactivate this organization. ` lirs. Fava said she would try to arouse more interest in such a Society. 3. Campaign Spending Ordinance: .dr. Lawson, City tianager, gave backgroune of Ordinance and discussed present bills now pending before the Stave Iecisl;.tune; namely: SB65 and SB353. Councilman Grabowski asked Mr. Gill in what the status of a locai Ordinance would be if tha State adopted a similar bill. .1r. Gillio advised that any such local Ordinznce would be nul Wied if the State passed a similar bill. Council agreed there would be no further discussion of a Campaign Spending Ordinanc pending a move by the Stata ;.:n4slature to enact one of the bills row before that holy. 4. Brush -Chipper Service:. Mr. Lawson revie�.aad his Memo to the City Council regardino the Brush -Chipper service he proposed last mazting. CITY COUNCIL NEETI9lC - September 5, 1973 After discussion, Council agreed to inplement the service on a trial basis until the end of December to see hose it would work out, at which time this item wouid be reviewed. 'Er. Lawson was also asked to take a noise level reading on the Brush -Chipper. G. CURRENT BUSPESS: Councilwoman hiller re,ortea on hp- trip to Sacramento with the City Manager recently regarding the landscaping of Interstate 280. She repo+,ted that Redwood trees wcuid b® available in December and would be planted by the State along the sight -of -wry. reel riould also he purchased from the State by the Town, with the jown sponsoring a 'Plant -In" by volounteers, whereby adJ4cent -:ands to TS-'^ rould also be buffeW. Councilwoman Giller also reported that allocations for ground cover would not be given until next year. airs. Miller suggesieJ that the prohloms created by iS220 be allccaiei Co 'wo separate Citi --en's Committee:.: The Pols^_ i;bate,aent C;afnittee and the Environmeatal Design Coinit;:ee Councilwoman Hiller suggested a S•'-oporum Lurcheon who.eby nearby WV towns would join in an effort to ban trucks from IS230 and the Foot•ill Expressway, as 'lad been done on tha MacArthur Freeway. She felt, however, this would ta!:e much ef70rt and r, great dee.l of time. Staff •,ias directed by Council to hri:!_, the iS^.30 10=ics up before the Noise Abatement Counittee and tha Emrironmental besi;n Committts at their next meeting. N. HEARINGS: 1. Request for Approval of Tentative Flap on lands of Alan Kinkead: File h 101-73:. George S. "Jolte, Engineer. NOTION, SECONDED AND CARRIED: Councilwoman Miller moved, seconded by Councilman Grahoaski and unanimously earriad that this request be granted subject to conditions imposed by the Env. Planning Corm". 2. kequest for Approval of Tentat"ca Man cn lands of N. Broekoff: File 8 401-73, John Riley, Ergi ear. HOTIOrJ, SECO;JDED AND CAF.i.IED: Councilwoman hiller novcc, secondee by Councilman Grabowski ane unanimously ;arried that this r^quest be granted subject to conditions imposed by the Environmental Planning Commission. CITY COFPCIL '1EETI!(-' - Sa,,tomber 6, 1073 P. !JE.ARI:M (cen.t',t): 3. ^enuest for Approval of Tentative 'tap on lands of Rockwell/ Burton: File f 393-73, Ed.min Smith, En..aineer. riOTIOrI, SECO'MED AM r1 RIED: Councilwoman hiller novad, seconded by ilayor Hel9esson and unanimously carried that this request be Iranted subject to conditions imposed by the Env. Plannino Commission. 4. Request for Approval of 3 -lot subdivision on lands of Spector: (Lot 3 in Tract 4475), Paul L. i!owack, Enrincer. AOTIQ'. SEMIDE0 ^M N.RRIE0: Councilman Grabo,•rski moved, seconded I y Councilveoman'Allp.r an,l carried unaniir,,ously that this -.quest be granted subject to conditions imposed by the Env. Planning Comm. I. O M"MCES F7 AnOPTIff : 1. Ordinance F'o. 213 amending Los Altos Hills Ounicipal Code by adding thereto provisions rclatin2 to the preservation of Historical Sites. WTIO, SECOi1DE0 A110 CA.",RIED: Councilarcman iiillrr moved; seconded by Councilman Crabowski and unanimously carried to waive Furthar lliwl replin- of said Ordinance. 4W 6;UIP ^y. SEC•OKED AID CAR3IED-: Couccilran ^rahor;ski �aoved, seconded `_�y COuncilGeman `Miller and unaninously carried to adopt Ordinance 213. J. STAFF PEPORTS: 1. Jr. Alexander Russell, City Engineer, reported on his meetinr of ".urust 26th c!ith the Santa Clara County Flood Control District. He,stated that three people from the audience spoke in opposition to the plan proposed by Oistrict engineers, and tl.ree people spoke in I avor. After discussion the Coard unanimously a?nroved the plan. The district will advertise for bids to be accepted by the Board and opene•' around t".,e middle of October. Tile contract for the work is to be sehel-M ed over avprroximately Me, calendar. days. 2. iir. Russell reported to Council that the paintinC of the school cross -walks should be completed ro let=r than the first part of next week. TheCompariY machine had broker down; causin^ a delay. 3. iIr. Russell reported on the cost of p�vin2 El Nonte Road to IS20 in conjunction with the City of Los •1tos. He stated `..hat the: City of Los Altos had rejectec. all bids anCi would call for further kids in the Sprint. lir. Russell said that he woul determine the exact costs for the overlaying of El Monte and report back to Council. 7 CITY COUNCIL ;;EET Ia^-, - September 5, IMT, J. STAFF REPORTS (coned): City Manager, fir. Bruce Lawson: 1. Explained that the extension granted on the filing of the final map on the lands of Costello by the Council was void since the time that had lapsed was beyond the limit permitted by the Town. The owners had been apprised that a new tentative map would have to be filed, and the Town Historian had also been so informed. At this point, Councilman Grabowski mentioned the letter written by J. R. Nabera regarding the motorcycle riding on the Bullis School property and requested some discrete patrolling by the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Department during the hours when the violations occurred. Staff was instructed to contact the School District regardinq the posting of signs in an effort to eliminate this situation. K. EXECUTIVE (PERSONNEL R LITIGATION) SESSION: The Council adjourned to Executive Session at 11:00 PM. 4W L. ADJOURNMENT: Council reconvened at 11:35 Phi at which point it was announced that all bids on the expansion of Town Hall w=,;^e rejected, and that it was the decision of Council to receive new bids for this expansion on or before January 20, 1974. The meeting was adjourned at 11:40 PM. Respectfully submitted, Norma J. Hislop Deputy City Clerk 10