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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11/04/1963 CITY COUNCIL ¢- - _ TOWN OF LOS ALTOS HILLS t ) MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING November 4, 1963 The Regular Meeting of the City Council of the Town of Los Altos Hills was called to order Monday, November 4, 1963, by Mayor Wm. B. Clayton, at 8:03 P. M. , at the Town Hall, 26379 Fremont Road , Los Altos Hills, California. ROLL CALL: PRESENT: Councilmen Aiken, Bowler, Fowle , Henley Mayor Clayton . ABSENT : None MINUTES: October 29, 1241. ACTION: Adopt Minutes of October 29, 1963 as submitted. COMMUNICATIONS: None. ANNOUNCEMENTS : None . (-.) COMMITTEE REPORTS : 1. Underground Utilities - Amendment of Ordinance No. 88. Deferred to ORDINANCES. OLD BUSINESS: 1: Continued Public Hearing - Amendment to General Plan. The City Clerk referred to a letter dated October 30, 1963 , from Mr. Nestor Barrett , Town Planning Consultant, on file at the Town Hall. The Mayor asked for comments or discussion from the Floor. Copies of the proposed revisionto the General Plan were distributed to the audience. The City Clerk read; as follows , the redraft of Land Use Policy Statement No. 9 on Page 11 , Los Altos Hills General Plan - Revision of 1963, as contained in Mr. Barrett 's letter of October 30th : "9. Since it is obvious that the 472.29 acres of I land in non-residential use (exclusive of streets and Junipero Serra Freeway) within the Town far exceeds all reasonable relationship to the service needs of the population both now and in the foreseeable future ; and since this General Plan will be reviewed at three OLD BUSINESS Cont 'd. - Continued Public Hearing. 1 to five year intervals; it is the policy of the Town to prohibit any further expansion of non-residential land uses , except those required by law. " ACTION: That Land Use Policy Statement No. 9 on Page 11, Los Altos Hills General Plan - Revision of 1963 , as submitted by Mr. Nestor Barrett , Town Planning Consultant, in his letter dated October 30, 1963 , be substituted for Item 9 on Page 11 in the original Los Altos Hills General Plan - Revision of 1963. MOTION: Fowle ; SECOND : Aiken; VOTE: Passed unanimously. Mayor Clayton declared the Public Hearing closed at 8:14 P. M. The City Attorney read , in its entirety, Resolution No. 249, a Resolution of. the City Council of the Town of Los Altos Hills , adopting an Amendment to the General Plan. There were no objections . ACTION: Adopt Resolution No. 249 as read. MOTION: Henley; SECOND : Bowler; ROLL CALL: AYES: Aiken, Bowler, Fowle , Henley Mayor Clayton NOES : None ABSENT: None NEW BUSINESS ; 1. Page Mill Estates - Entry Gates . Councilman Fowle asked for a reconsideration of the action taken at the last Council Meeting of October 29, 1963. The Mayor stated inasmuch as this matter was not on the Agenda, that the City Clerk be directed to place it on the next Agenda for the Council meeting of November 18, 1963 , so that all involved property owners may be properly notified. ACTION: That reconsideration of the sign on the Entry Gates at Page Mill Estates be put on the Agenda for the Regular Council Meeting of November 18, 1963. • MOTION: Fowle ; SECOND: Henley; VOTE: Passed unanimously. -2- DIVISIONS OF LAND : Final Maps . 1. Malmquist , George O. Tract No. y[91 - Engr. Marvin Wolff. ACTION: That the Final Map of Tract No. 3491 be approved. MOTION: Henley; SECOND : Aiken; VOTE: Passed unanimously. 2. Kaplan, Lester, Tract No. 3529 - Engr. John W. Riley. ACTION: That the Final Nap of Tract No. 3529 be approved . NOTION: Aiken; SECOND : Fowle ; VOTE: Passed unanimously. 3. Robleda Hills Unit No. 2, Tract No. 3482 - Engr. Charles Coburn. ACTION: That the Final Map of Tract No. 3487 be approved. NOTION: Aiken; SECOND : Bowler; VOTE: Passed unanimously. ORDINANCES: 1. Ordinance No. 95 - Amending Sign Ordinance No. 42 - Second. Reading. Mayor Clayton, with the consent of the Council, directed that the second reading of Ordinance No. 95 be deferred to the next Regular Meeting on November 18, 1963. There were no objections. 2. Ordinance No. 88 - Committee Report . on Amendment of Ordinance No . 88. A Committee Report of the Subdivision Committee (Chairman Aiken and . Councilman Fowle) concluded there is little possibility of getting all poles underground , but a good chance of eventually getting short, streamline poles with the service wires going down inside them. There is no point in this , however, if the services are overhead. The overall effect of the streamline poles will largely be lost with overhead service . ACTION: That Ordinance No. 88 will remain in force as adopted . NOTION: Aiken; SECOND : Fowle Councilman Bowler inquired of the Subdivision Committee if they had examined the possibility of relief in the way of a variance in hardship cases . Chairman Aiken stated they had and would favorably welcome a procedure for such a variance . Discussion followed as to a criterion for variances. -3- ORDINANCES (Cont 'd. ) - Ordinance No. 88. I i AMENDED MOTION: That Ordinance No. 88 will remain in force as adopted , except that variation from Ordinance No . 88 would be acceptable for consideration, if the poles are along the back line of the property. MOTION: Aiken; SECOND: Fowls Further discussion resulted in the Motion and Second being with- drawn by Councilmen Aiken and Fowle , and the Mayor directing the City Attorney to draft an amendment to Ordinance No. 88 in accord- ance with the discussion and wishes of the Council. WARRANTS : 1. Bills, in the amount of NINE THOUSAND, EIGHT HUNDRED AND ELEVEN DOLLARS and No Cents ($9,811.00) were presented by Councilman Fowle. ACTION: That the bills be approved as presented ; that the City Clerk be authorized to draw the appropriate warrants . ( ) MOTION: Fowle ; SECOND : Henley ROLL CALL: AYES: Aiken,. Bowler, Fowle, Henley Mayor Clayton NOES : None ABSENT : None ADJOURNMENT: MOTION: Fowls ; SECOND: Aiken MEETING ADJOURNED: 8:52 P. M. to STUDY SESSION: Council Legal Committee. NEXT REGULAR MEETING: Monday, November 18, 1963 at 7:45 F. M. at the Town Hall . Respectfully submitted, Al W. ;frFEN City C1e mam 11/6/63 Town of • tos Hills