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HomeMy WebLinkAbout8/18/1958CI'l COUNCIL TOWS OF LOS ALTOS 11ILL03 MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING August 186, 1938 The meeting of the City Council of the Town of Los Altos Hills was called to order Monday, August 186, 1958 at ?:50 F. M. by Magor John M. Fowle at the Town Hail, 26379 West Fremont Avenue, Los Altos Hills. ROLL, CAL?: PRESENT: Councilmen Bledsoe, Clayton, Sherlock, Treat Mayor Fowle ABSENT: None MINUTES: August 42, 1958. Corrections: Page 1, Corrections: Page 4, Sheriff's Contract The word 'Counsel' was mispellec�. Page 2, Item 5, Pare. is The word 'Hearing' was left out after Assembly Interim Committee. vara 2: Mr, Zischke's name was mispelled. In reference to the Los Altos Hills Association the word 'Hills' was left out. 'Association3 was mispelled. Page 2, Fara 4: 'Committee Hearing' should be addVd to the sentence. ADTI ON : Adopt minutel pf August 42, 1958 as corrected. ANNOUNCEMENTS: 14, McCandless.& Jett - Letter dated August 142, 1958 from the City neer was regarding the Subdivision Improvement of the Fremont Hills Units #1, 2, and 3. Discussion was deferred to the next regular meeting 2. County Boundary Commission - Notice, dated August 13th, 19581= .? announced the proposed annexation of territory designated as the Hate Ranch to the City of Los Altos. Filed. 3. Division of,Hi hw s - Letter poi ned by R. A. Hayer, District Rn�eer, and aAugust 62,'1;58, presented copies of resolutions adopting the route of the Junipero Serra Freeway, and requested that they be notified of any contemplated subdivisions, applications for building permits, etc. that would be in conflict on or near the route. A map of the proposed route was attached. The Deputy City Clerk was instructed to notify the Division of Highways of any approvals of subdivisions in the area of the pro- posed freeway. 8-21-58 4. Rob n D. Fga sant - Letter dated August 62, 1958 recommended that the Council consider the proposed resolution by the City of Fresno which is intended to precipitate state legislation which would distribute the Urban funds on a proportionate basis to cities in a similar manner as the Federal Secondary funds are distributed to counties. Deferred to New Business. OLD BUSI-"SS : 1. William E. Doud - Abandonment of 20' lane off Stonebrook Avenue. The abandonment of the this lane was recommended by the Planning Commission. Resolution #74 was presented abandoning the 20' lane. ACTION: That Resolution #74 be adopted•. MOTION; Treat; SECOND: Bledsoe; VOTE: Passed unanimously 2. Traffic Recommendations - West Fremont. Deferred from meeting of August.4th until t e'res dents in the area could be notified of the intended changes. The Mayor asked for comments from the Floor: Mr, Ellis Jacobs, Mr. Gardner Bullis, and Mrs., Hal Williams were the only residents present and commenting on the traffic recommend- ations. Following discussion,,the Mayor stated that the Council mould take action on each item separately as they appeared in the minutes of August 4th, 1958• ACTION: Its Adopt Item ;#1 of the Traffic Survey Report as submitted in the rinutes of August 4b, 1958. MOTION: Clayton; SECOND: Bledsoe; VOTE: Passed unanimously Item #2 was discussed and action was deferred until the Road Com- missioner can investigate the law regarding the speed limit at blind intersections. ACTION: Items 3a That Item ,'=3a be adopted with the change that the "Stop" sign be moved back to the south line of Robleda Avenue. MOTION: 8-21•.58 Treat; SECOND: Bledsoe; VOTE: Passed unanimously -3- A ACTION: Item Mb That Item 0/3b be adopted with the amendment that a "stop" sign be installed instead of a 1120 Mile Per Hour" sign. MOTION: Bledsoe; SECOND: Clayton; VOTE: AYES: Bledsoe, Sherlock, Clayton, Treat NOES: Mayor Fowle ABSENT: None ACTION: Item #4a That Item #4a be adopted as submitted in the minutes of August 4m, 1958. MOTION: Treat; SECOND: Bledsoe; VOTE: Passed unanimously ACTION: Item Ab That Item #4b be adopted as submitted in the minutes of August 4m, 1958• MOTION: Clayton; SECOND: Bledsoe; VOTE: Passed unanimously ACTION: Ilem #52 That Item #5a be adopted as submitted in the minutes of August 429 1958. MOTION: Treat; SECOND: Clayton; VOTE: Passed unanimously ACTION: Item #5b That Item #5b be adopted as submitted in the minutes of August 4tb, 1958. MOTION: Clayton; SECOND: Bledsoe; VOTE: Passed unanimously ACTION: Item #5c That Item.#5c be adopted as submitted in the minutes of August 4th, 1958. MOTION: Clayton; SECOND: Bledsoe; VOTE: Passed unanimously In addition to the above recommendations, the following Safety Striping recommendations were acted upon item by item. ACTION: Item -' 1 That the safety striping under Item t#1 be adopted with the modifi- cation that there be suitable breaks where required. MOTION: Bledsoe; SECOND: Treat; VOTE: Passed unanimously 8-21-58 -4 - ACTION: Item L2 That Item ;#2 be adopted with the amendment that the safety strip- ing of a double line on 'gest Fremont from the Randell residence No. 25441 continue to fifty (50) feet beyond Concepcion Avenue with suitable breaks where required. MOTION: Treat; SECOND: Clayton: VOTE: Passed unanimously ACTION: Item That Item #3 be adopted as submitted in the minutes of august 42, 1958 MOTION: Treat; SECOND:, -Bledsoe VOTE: AYES: Bledsoe, Clayton, Treat, Mayor Fowle NOES: Sherlock ,' BSXTT: None ACTION: Item That double safety striping be along the full length of Chapin and Robleda Avenues to fifty (50) feet beyond Purissima with suitable breaks as required., MOTION: Treat; SECOND: Clayton; VOTE: Fassed unanimously 3. Monahan, Hugh L. - Improvement of South E1 Monte. Mr. and Mrs. Monahan were present. A letter, dated August 12%, 1958, from the City Engineer and address4 ed to George S. Nolte, engineer for the Monahans was read byy Mr. Longmire. The letter was relative to Mr. Monahan's vroposal sub- mitted to the Council on August 42, 1958. Mr. McCandless stated thk the read proposed to be constructed by Mr. Monahan would not con- form to the center line right of way, and further stated that, in his opinion, the present ordinance does not apply to this subdiv- ision since the road in question is a private one being offered for dedication and is an in -tract road which should be paved for the entire length which fronts the subdivision with paths construct- ed for the full length of the road on the Monahan side. The letter also stated that to property owners in the area, a path is highly desirable. and that drainage features will have to be approved by the Town. Mr. Monahan explained that the road has been dedicated to the Town and is now a public road, and stated that he is going by the'Pro- visions of Ordinance ##45. He further stated that the neighbors across the street were agreeable to improving the road, but did not know when they would get around to improving their portion of road. Mr. Monahan asked if in the event that he left his $2400 in the improvement fund or if he'.met requirements of Ordinance #45 in pav- ing ()i) one-half or the width of the road for 68' per eight lots or 544 feet, would he be assured of a building site and would he 8-22-58 •-5- be relieved of future responsibility of the road. He mentioned that there are erosion problems. The Mayor answered that he could not commit a future Council. Mrs. Monahan stated that they are anxious to get the road paved. A five minutes recess was called by the Mayor, after which Council- man Bledsoe summarized the situation and the Council concurred that the Engineer's recommendation should be followed. A motion was made by Councilman Sherlock that the City Engineer's recommendation be accepted, but died for lack of a Second when it was determined that the City Attorney was of the opinion that the road has been dedicated to the Town and is an off -tract peripheral road. ACTION: That the :patter be referred urgently to the City Engineer with the request that he make further recommendations due to new disclosures brought out at this meeting. MOTION: Treat; SECOND: Clayton; VOTE: AYES: Clayton, Treat,.Sherlock, Mayor Fowle NOES: None ABSTAINED: Bledsoe ABSENT: None 4. Fremont Hills Development Company - Drainage Plan.' Discussion and action was deferred until the next meeting of the Council on September 2nd, 1958. NEW BU ILNESS : 1. Petition - Requesting acceptance of Prospect Avenue, LaLoma Drive and .Uai o -ma Court. None of the ;petitioners were present, The Mayor stared that there is a question of whether the Town has legal jurisdiction over Prospect Avenue, and instructed the Deputy City Clerk to notify the signers of the petitioners that action was deferred to the next meeting. 2. VariaucPs: X911,er .Joan J. (V-30-58). Request for addition of carport with one foot side setback. There was no representative present from the Planning Commission to explain the Planning Commission's recommendation for approval after having previously been rejected. 8-21-58 -6 - Seller - Variance cont'd. ACTION: That action on the variance of John J. Keller (V-30-58) be post- poned: MOTION: Bledsoe; SECOND: Clayton; VOTE: AYES: Bledsoe, Clayton, Treat, Mayor Fowle NOES: None ABSTAINED: Sherlock ABSENT: None 3. Subdivisions: Tentative Maps. a) Gieseker. R. A. (1L,_�16)_4:lots. Engr. McMillan & McMillan. ACTION: That the tentative map of R. A. Gieseker be approved. MOTION: Bledsoe; SECOND: Treat; AMENDED: Sherlock That there be non access excluding the portion of right of way contacting Fernhill Avenue. VOTE: -Passed unanimously b) Johnson, Ragnor (114-58)_4 lots. Engr. Plahn. Mr. Plehn presented a new map showing an 8 -lot subdivision and requested the Council's consideration. ACTION: That the map of Ragnor Johnson (114-58) 4 lots be return- ed to the Planning Commission. MOTION; Bledsoe; SECOND: Clayton; VOTE: Passed unanimousl RESOIUTT ONS 1. Re w utior. x#72 - Establishing time and payment of wages. Thi Resolution was read in its entirety by the Deputy City Clerk. ACTION: That Resolution t#72 be adopted as read. S MOTION: Bledsoe; SECOND: Treat 8-22-58 Resolution ;M - cont' d-. w ROLL CALL: AYES: Bledsoe, Clayton, Treat, Sherlock, Mayor Fowle NOES: None ABSENT: None 2. Resolution 10 - Establishing Tax Rate. The resolution was read in its entirety by the Deputy City Clerk, ACTION: That Resolution #?3 be adopted as read. MOTION: Bledsoe; SECOND: Treat; ROLL CALL: AYES: Bledsoe, Clayton, Treat, Sherlock; Mayor Fowle NOES: None ABSENT: None 3. Rggg�ol.ution. Intended to precipitate State legislation pro- viding for distribution to the cities of Federal urban highway monies. ACTION: That Resolution #75 be adopted As presented: MOTION: Clayton; SECOND: Bledsoe; VOT Passed unanimously ORDINANCES: 1. Ordinance #49 - Emergency Grading Ordinance. The Ordinance was read in its entirety by the Deputy City Clerk. ACTION: That Ordinance #49 be adopted as a emergency ordinance as read: M3TION: Treat; SECOND: Bledsoe; CALL: AYES: Clayton, Bledsoe, Treat, Sherlock, Mayor Fowle NOES: None ABSENT: None WARRAN12: Bills were presented for payment by Councilman Treat in the amount of $2302:27. ACTION: That bills in the amount of 32302:2? be approved for payment; and the Deputy City Clerk be authorized to draw the appropriate warrants. 8-X21-58 10 WARRANTS: cont'd. V MOTION: Treat; SECOND: Bledsoe; ROLL CALL: AYES: Bledsoe, Clayton, Treat, Sherlock, Mayor Fowle NOES: None ABSENT: None Varese - La Pointe, Roland. Councilman Sherlock raised the question of whether or not this variance should have been on the Agenda, stating that several persons having signed a petition objecting to the granting of. the variance.were pre- ent and expecting the Council's consideration at this meeting. Following discussion, the City Attorney was asked to investigate the procedure relative to a variance which has been rejected by the Plan- ning Commission. If it is determined that this variance should be heard by the Council, it is to be placed on the'Agenda of the next meeting. MEETING ADJOURNED: 10:35 to: Personnel Meeting. NEXT REGULAR MEETING: Tuesday, September 2nd, 1958 at 7:45 P. M. at the Town Hall, 26379 West Fremont Avenue, Los Altos Hills. Respectfully submitted, CLAYTON J. SMITH Deputy City Clerk Town of Los Altos Hills jlm 8-21-58