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RESOLUTION NO. 697
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCILT E
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0 H TOWN OF LOS ALTOS HILLS
REQUESTING LAFCO'S RECONSIDERATION OF LOS ALTOS HILLS SPHERES
OF INFLUENCE.
WHEREAS, on February 9, 1972, the County Board of Supervisors of Santa Clara County
adopted by Resolution; "A Plan for Regional Parks for Santa Clara County", including the
lower portion of Adobe Creek contained in University 72-1 , and
WHEREAS, at the LAFCO public hearing held October 4, 1972, no mention was made of
the County Supervisors' resolution in favor of a park in this area, and
WHEREAS, the Government Code of the State of California, as quoted by LAFCO in
"Procedures for City Annexation", states that all interested parties shall be heard at
the October 4, 1972 public hearing on annexation, the Town of Los Altos Hills was
represented but was not given the opportunity to express its interest in the matter, and
WHEREAS, the City of Los Altos has contradicted the spirit and intent of the
"Gentlemen's Agreement" Memorandum of Agreement between Los Altos and Los Altos Hills of
March 14, 1963 by ignoring mutual consent and expressing sentiment favoring an application
for R-1H cluster planned unit development instead of the 1963 agreed upon 1/2 acre buffer
zoning in the annexed portion, and
WHEREAS, there is indication, according to counsel , in the State Code that Edwin
Johnsen, builder, who signed the August 30, 1972 application for annexation as "proponent",
may in fact be ineligible to be "proponent" since°ttthe State Code apparently does not
include individuals as proponents, and
WHEREAS, LAFCO assigned jurisdiction to Los Altos although unaware that Los Altos
was delinquent in several respects regarding land use policies and procedures, including
failure to file "proposed staged development plans", such plans having been referred to
in a LAFCO letter to cities as "basis for subsequent LAFCO decisions"; Los Altos failed
to pre-zone the parcel in question while in sphere of influence and unincorporated as
outlined in items l .b and 2.a, pages 6 and 7 of "Urban Development Policies for Santa
Clara County" under Section II thereof as adopted by LAFCO on December 1 , 1971 .
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Town of Los Altos Hills requests LAFCO to
reconsider the annexation to Los Altos of the area in question, University 72-1 , and
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consider this area as being under the sphere of influence of Los Altos Hills in order
to insure compliance with Santa Clara County Resolution of February 9, 1972 and for
the best development of the area.
Adopted by Unanimous Vote January 17, 1973
DATED January 17, 1973
ATTEST:
City Clerk
APPROVED:
LMayor