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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1982-01-11 City Council Summary MinutesCITY COUNCIL MINUTES' Regular Meeting Monday, January 11, 1982 ITEM Approval of Minutes -- October 26, 1981 Election of Mayor and Vice Mayor Confirmation of the Appointment of Frank D. Elia as Senior Assistant City Attorney Consent Calendar - Referral Agreement with Pacific. Telephone Company for Collection of Telephone Bills - Referral to Finance and. Public Works Committee Project Mobility Service in Fiscal Year 1982-83 - Referral to Finance and Public Works Committee CITY OF PALO ALTO PAGE 1 5 8 7 1 5 8 7 1 5 8 8 1 5 8 9 1 .5 8 9 1 5 8 9 Consent Calendar - Action 1 5 8 9 Weed Abatement Program - Resolution to Set a Public Hearing Proposed CalTransfSouthern Pacific Train Fare_ Increase (Continued from 12/21/81) Ordinance re One Year Lease (2nd Reading) Agenda Changes, Additions and Deletions PUBLIC HEARING: Community Development Block Grant 1982-83 Application Report of Councilmember Renzel re Santa Clara County Water District - Benefit Assessment District Request of Councilmember Fletcher re Procedure for Appointing Board and Commission Members Request of Mayor Eyerly.re Downtown Sleeper Parki Counc' to Set Date for Interviews Human Relations Commission and Planning Commission Request of Councilmember Klein re Rebuttal to Argument in Favor. of Measure A 1 5 8 9 1 5 8 9 1 5 8 9 1 5 8.9 1 5 9 0 1 5 9 1 i 5 9 1 1 5 9 2 1 5-9 3 1 5 9 5 ITEM Request of Counci lmerber Fletcher re Airport Master Plan EIR PAGE 1 5 9 5 Request of Councilmerber Fletcher re 1 5 9 6 Meeting with East Palo Alto Municipal Government Request of Vice Mayor _Bechtel re Drop Off 1 5 9 6 Points for Donations for Flood Victims in Santa Cruz Adjournment 1 5 9 6 Regular Meeting Monday, January 11, 1982 The City Council of the City of Palo Alto :net on this date in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Avenue, at 7:35 p.m. PRESENT: Bechtel, Fletcher, Cobb, Renzel, Levy, Witherspoon, Fazzino, Klein, Eyerly MINUTES OF OCTOBER 26, 1981 Councilmember Renzel had the following corrections: Page 1403, second full paragraph, third line, sentence should read commencing with the words, "...Joint Powers Authority (JPA), during an emergency session to respond to Mountain View's offer for use of their landfill, she did not realize what she was voting on when the JPA asked to pursue other alternatives." Last sentence of the same paragraph should read, "She assured the Council that she would have informed them directly at that time that the City did not have surplus capacity to take JPA' garbage in its landfill." Vice Mayor Fletcher had the following corrections: Page 1404, fifth paragraph, -second sentence should read, .there was less area to cover. so Page 1405, second last paragraph, second sentence: -..and she was concerned about the selection-. of the fees." should read ...and she was concerned about the collection of the fees." MOTION: Councilmember Fazzino moved, seconded by Levy, approval of the minutes of October 26, 1981 as corrected. MOTION PASSED unanimously. ELECTION OF MAYOR AND VICE MAYOR Vice Mayor Fletcher read the following statement into the record: "Article III, Section 8, of the City Charter provides for elec- tion of a Mayor and Vice Mayor at the first meeting in January. "We will proceed first, with the election of the Mayor. Paper ballots are at your places and when you have marked your choice for Mayor for 1982, the City Clerk will collect them and announce each vote.. The first Councilmember receiving five votes will be elected. The new Mayor --will then preside over the election of a Vice Mayor for the coming year." City Clerk, Ann Tanner read the results of the first round voting: VOTING FOR EYF2LY. Eyerly,-Cobb Fazzino, Witherspoon VOTING FOR. BECHTEL: Renzel, Bechtel `VOTING FOR LEVY: Klein, Fletcher, Levy Ms. Tanner read the results ,Of the second round of voting: VOTING FOR EYERLY: Eyerly, Cobb, Fazzino, Witherspoon VOTING FOR . BE CHTEL : Renzel VOTING FOR LEVY: Klein, Fletcher, Bechtel, Levy Ms. Tanner read the results of the third round of voting: VOTING FOR EYERL.Y: Eyerly, Renzel, Cobb, Fazzino, Witherspoon VOTING FOR LEVY: Klein, Fletcher, Bechtel, Levy Ms. Tanner announced that Mr. Eyerly received five votes and was elected Mayor, and Mr. Levy had four votes. Mayor Eyer1X presided over the election of Vice Major Ms. Tanner read the results of the first round of voting: VOTING FOR FLETCHER: Fletcher,- Levy VOTING FOR BECHTEL: Renzel', Klein, Bechtel VOTING FOR WITHERSPOON: Cobb, Eyerly, Fazzino, W-theespoon Ms. Tanner read the results of the second round of voting: VOTING FOR FLETCHER: ,Fletcher, Levy VOTING FOR BECHTEL: Renzel, Klein, Bechtel VOTING FOR WITHERSPOON: Cobb, Eyerly, Fazzino, Witherspoon Ms. Tanner read the results of the third round of voting: VOTING FOR FLETCHER: Fletcher VOTING FOR BECHTEL: Renzel, Klein, Bechtel, Levy VOTING FOR WITHERSPOON: Eyerly, Fazzino, Witherspoon VOTING FOR FAllINO: Cobb Ms. Tanner read the results of the forth round of voting: VOTING FOR BECHTEL: Fletcher, Renzel, Klein, Bechtel, Levy VOTING FOR WITHERSPOON: Witherspoon VOTING FOR FAllINO: Cobb, Eyerly, Fazzino Ms. Tanner announced that Councilmember Bechtel had five votes. and was elected Vice Mayor. CONFIRMATION _ OF THE APPOINTMENT OF FRANK D. ELIA AS SENIOR MOTION: Councilmember Fazzino moved, seconded by Levy, confirma- tion of Frank D. Elia as Senior Assistant City Attorney. Councilmember Fletcher congratulated Mr. Elia on .a -well-deserved promotion and apologized on _'behalf of the Council forbeing tardy in confirming his appointment. MOTION PASSED unanimously. CONSENT CALENDAR MOTION: Councilmember Fazzino of the Consent Calendar. 1 5 8.8 1_/11/82 moved seconded by Levy, approval Councilmember Cobb announced that he would "not participate" on. Item 7, Ordinance re one year lease because he was not on the Coun- cil at the time of first reading and did not have the information available in his packet. Mayor Eyerly and. Counci members Fazzino and Witherspoon asked that "no" votes be recorded for them on Item 7, Ordinance re on'Y year lease. 1 1 1 Referral AGREEMENT WITH PACIFIC TELEPHONE COMPANY FOR COLLECTION OF 1TTTTTM5R7TTEff-=-TETTRAL TO FINANCE AND PURL C WORKS C iM TTEE CMR :1Tr3T: 2 PROJECT MOBILITY SERVICE IN FISCAL YEAR 1982-83 - REFERRAL TO ID UBL s W S MM E CM i Action WEED AaATEMENT PROGRAM. - RESOLUTION TO SET A PUBLIC HEARING (CMR:1O1:2) Staff recommends that Council determine that there will be no ad- verse environmental impact from the action and that the resolution declaring weeds to be a. nuisance be adopted. RESOLUTION 5984 entitled "RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL 01- THE CITY OF PALO ALTO DECLARING WEEDS TO BE A NUISANCE AND SETTING A HEARING" PROPOSED CALTRANS/SOUTHERN PACIFIC TRAIN FARE INCREASE (CONTINUED J (C : iD5: 2FT 1 Approval of letter dated January 12, 1982 transmitting December 21, 1981 actions. ORDINANCE RE ONE YEAR LEASE - SECOND READING ORDINANCE 3327 entitled "ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO AMENDING CHAPTER 9.68 OF THE PALO ALTO MUNICIPAL CODE REQUIRING LANDLORDS TO OFFER CON- TINUAL ONE YEAR WRITTEN LEASES TO TENANTS OF RESIDEN- TIAL HOUSING (1st Reading 12/21, Passed 6-2, Eyerly, Fazzino voting "no, Witherspoon absent) MOTION PASSED unanimously, Eyerly, Fazzino, Witherspoon voting "no" on. Item 7, Ordinance re One Year Lease, Cobb "not participa- ting." AGENDA CHANGES, ADDITIONS AND DELETIONS MOTION; Councilmember Klein moved, seconded by Levy, that Council add to the agenda and consider a rebuttal to argument in favor of Measure A. MOTION PASSED unanimously. City Manager, Bill Zaner said that would be .Item 13, under Council Matters. MOTION: Councilmember Fletcher moved, seconded by Fazzino, that Council add to the agenda and Consider the Airport Master Plan E IR, and . a meeting with East Palo AI to Municipal Council re Dumbarton. Bridge. MOTION PASSED unanimously., i Mr. Zaner advised that the Airport. Master Plan EIR would become Item 14, under Council matters, and East Palo Alto would be Item 15, under Council matters. PUBLIC HEARING: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT 1982-83 LTA i MOTION: Councilmember Fazzino for the Finance and Public Works Committee moved that the Senior Coordinating Council be funded at $8,000, and that by the City Council meeting of January 11, 1982, the two organizations, Project Match and the Senior Coordinating Council, attempt to see if they could work together for joint fund ing. . That the City Council approve the staff recommendations on. Page 7 of the December 7, 1982 staff report (CMR:543:1) to 1) find that the proposed 1982-83 CDBG program will not have a significant environmental impact with the exception of the Enabling Program Expansion which has not had staff review; 2) that the sixteen pro- posals as recommended by staff in the report be included in the 1982-83 CDBG program; 3) that staff be authorized to submit an application to HUD to include the Palo Alto 1982-83 CDBG program, the CDBG Plan, and the Housing Assistance Plan; 4) that the_Palo Alto CDBG Plan be reapproved; and 5) that the Council endorse the Rental Housing Acquisition Program eproposal submitted to Santa Clara County for CDBG funding. RESOLUTION 5985'entitied "RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO APPROVING THE USE OF .1982-83 COMMUNITY_ DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS" RESOLUTION 5986 entitled "RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO RE -APPROVING THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM" RESOLUTION 5987 entitled "RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO ENDORSING A PROPOSAL FOR COUNTY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDING" Councilmember Fazzino said that regarding the recommendation that the Senior Coordinating Council be funded $8,000, the vote was 3-0, with Fazzino "not participating" because Hewlett-Packard, his employer, had given money to one of the projects. He deferred to Glenn Miller-, City Planner, for a report on the negotiations. He said that staff and the Citizens' Advisory Committee did an out- standing job in presenting and making recommendations for the 1982- 83 program. City Planner, GlennAllier reported that there was- interaction and correspondence between Project Match and Senior Coordinating Coun- cil but that they were unable to reach any cooperation agreement in order to jointly run the program. At this point. the $8,000 grant would stand withethe Senior Coordinating Council and unless Council did otherwise,,the program would be operated by the Senior Coordi- nating Council and hopefully with the cooperation of Project. Match. Mayor Eyerly declared the public hearing open Receiving no requests from the public to speak, he declared the public . hearing closed. Councilmember Witherspoon commented that probably no one from the public spoke because of the thorough job done by the Citizens Advisory Committee, and on behalf of the Council she thanked them. Mayor .Eyerly seconded those comments and also commended Mr. Miller's efforts. MOTION PASSED unanimous 1 5 9 0, 1/11/81 REPORT OF COUNCILMEMBER RENZEL RE SANTA CLARA COUNTY WATER u1STRICT BENEFIT ASSESSMENT DISTRfit .. Councilmember Renzel reported that when the tax bills went out last f 1, they included a new assessment under something called "Benefit_ Assessment District." She said representatives from the County Water District spoke to the Council last summer, and since the matter would be coming up for a vote next June, the Water District asked to make another presentation some time soon. MOTION: Councilmember Renzel moved, seconded by Witherspoon, that staff establish a. suitable date for the Water District to make a presentation. MOTION PASSED unanimously. RE UEST OF COUNCILMEMBER FLETCHER RE PROCEDURE FOR APPOINTING B+AR ' ND CIMM 1 -Councilmember Fletcher said that recently at the end . of one of its meetings, the City Council briefly discussed the flexibility the Council had in appointing to Boards and COMMiSS10.11_5. persons who had not been applicants in the immediate time preceding the appointment sehedule. Council was under the impression that they could appoint people who had been on a particular Board or Com- mission previously, or who had applied previously but not in the particular -instance. She was struck that the procedures were different for the elections to the City Council in that when in- cumbents did not apply to run again, an extended period was offered to those who then might wish to apply. She said people were reluctant to apply for a position when they had the feeling that incumbents would probably be reappointed or re-elected. MOTION: Councilmember Fletcher moved, seconded by Fazzino, that staff amend the procedure for appointing board and commission members to provide that if an incumbent, board or commission mem- ber does not file a written request .for reappointment with the City Clerk by the published deadline date, applications will be accepted from candidates other than incumbents for an additional five-day period. City Attorney Diane Lee asked if the .Council wanted.to consider the amendment for all commissions. Councilmember Fletcher said that she wanted it all inclusive for all Boards and Commissions. Further, she said that when :he dis- cussed this with Ms. Lee, she was told that the Council had the option to nominate °additional candidates for an office, and the five-day period would allow that to take place. If someone had not applied, and may have applied previously, the Council could nominate that person. Councilmember Renzel said that she thought the five-day period for the -Council was cumbersome, and wondered if it was necessary in the Boards and Commissions procedure, where the person did not have to run for office She preferred to refer the matter to the Policy and Procedures Committee for discussion before the Council proceeded. SUBSTITUTE MOTION Councilmember Renzel moved, seconded by Witherspoon, that the matter be referred to the Policy and Pro- ceddres Committee for discussion. Councilmember Witherspoon said that she concurred with what Coun- cilmember Fletcher was trying'..to do, i.e., open up the process to. as many people as possible, but was not sure that her motion was the easiest ,way to do i t . She thought the matter was worth an 1 5 9 1 1/11/81 hour of discussion in the Policy and Procedures Committee to make sure the process was right before a new statement was drafted. Councilmember Fletcher did not feel that, the matter was so com- plicated that it needed an dadditiOnal hour of discussion. She thought It was pretty _clear. Councilmember Kleiru.felt the matter did not warrant referraLl and that it was an easy issue to vote up or down. He was in favor of the change because he thought a lot of people were discouraged from. applying when an incumbent was seeking reappointment; eande although it was not the same thing as an election, people still put their nose on the line, and he thought an additional group of people would apply once it was known that an incumbent would not seek reappointment.. Cauncilniember Witherspoon felt it was not a question of being for it. She asked how one would know sf an incumbent had .not re-' _applied, and thought it should be advertised again. She thought .it was a procedural matter, and how to implement it should be discussed, not whether it should be implemented.. Councilmember Levy reminded the Council that their function was to make policy, and that staff should be relied upon to carry it out. He thought Councilmember Fletcher had enunciated a policy that made sense, and while he did not know how it should he car- ried out, he thought the policy could be approved and staff re- lied upon to implement the details. Mayor Eyerly added that if staff went ahead and prepared an amendment to the procedure, they could also give Council a small report: regarding the impact or their observations concerning the amendment. He thought that would serve the same purpose as send- ing it to the Policy and Procedures Committee. SUBSTITUTE MOTION FAILED by a vote of 7-2, Witherspoon and Fenzel voting ,Faye..:, MOTION PASSED unanimously. REQUEST OF MAYOR EYERLY RE DOWNTOWN SLEEPER PARKING Mayor Eyerly said, that the Downtown Parking Management Plan had been discussed by the Council in December, and he thought the Council should discuss the sleeper parking problem downtown. MOTION: Mayor Eyerly moved, seconded by Witherspoon, that staff prepare a report to include a study of: current time limitations: of street and lot parking, spasmodic checking- of Saturday park- ing, special permits for cars needed by businesses, the current system of permit selling, the level of use of available permits, a public relations program including printed information and the „over selling" policy, and to also include Councilmember Wither_spoon's recent memo on Downtown Parking, re parking incen- tive programs Vice Mayor Bechtel said that she also wanted to know how each lot was filled. She had received complaints from people who said they wanted to buy a permit for a particular lot and were told there were ,no permits available. She said that when those people surveyed the lots for which they requested a pernrit,=they discov- ered that there were always extra spaces in the permit parking only spot. She realized that permits based on the actual number of spots were being oversold and thought perhaps they weren't oversold enough. Councilmember Fletcher asked staff to comment on how the motion would relate to the parking study currently underway and asked about the schedule of the parking study. Mr. caner said that the requested analysis tied in somewhat to the parking study including the parking structure study. He said that the data being requested was not difficult to accumulate and most of it was already on hand. There were a -couple of points that would have to be researched, especially, the question -about Saturday parking, but he did not think the overall report would. be difficult to prepare. Regarding the timing on the downtown. parking. study, he was not sure, but thought staff was a couple of months away from getting the information back to Council. Councilmember Witherspoon said she was concerned that the City had different kinds of permits and some of them might be more useful in today's economy than others. Counc i lmember 1 evy .was concerned about the nebulousness of what was ° veiny asked. He asked Mr. Zaner what he envisioned the time and , the cost of the study to be? Mr. Zaner replied that some of the material, although it was already on file, did not just -come from Transportation --some items would comes from Police and other areas. He said staff would try -and and get _ the information back to the Council along with the material comi ny back on the Downtown Parking Study and they were, probably talking in the neighborhood of two months. At that time, the Council would have the Downtown Parking Study material, the Retail study material and this as well,. Councilmember Levy said he assumed there would be very little extra cost in adding this to the Downtown Parking study. Mr. Zaner said that was correct unless the Council expanded the assignment further and some original research was necessary. Ned Gallagher, Downtown Palo Alto, Inc. said he thought. that any addition to the information which -pertained to the; Parking Management Plan was advisable before its implementation. He sup- ported all of the aspects suggested in the .request and said he thought that the Parking Management Plan in and of itself, par- ticularly with regard to the pricing of the street parking, would tend to exacerbate the sleeper parking problem currently in_ ex- istence. He thought that people who currently ,parked on the street, finding that a cost factor was now involved, would seek other parking and possibly intrude into the shopper parking in the off-street lots, which could lead to conflicts in those two aspects of the Management Plana Mayor Cyerl y said he agendized the matter because he thought it went hand and hand ,with the overall parking plan. if the City was going to .implement an overall policing in the -residential area, the commercial area, where there was limited parking, need- ed to be protected from possible sleepers moving in. MOTION PASSED unanimously. COUNCIL TO SET -GATE FOR .INTERVIEWS -- HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION Mayor Eyerly asked- Ms. Tanner how many interviews the Council had decided on.;for those two bodies? Ms. Tanner responded that there were five candidates for the Planning Commission and five for the Human Relations Commission., 1 5_9 3 1/11/82-. Mayor Eyerly said he heard a rumor regarding the possible resig- nation of Connie Heneke in view cf a change of work location, and asked if the City. Clerk had any input on that? Ms. Tanner said her office had not received any notification from Ms. Heneke. Councilmember Cobb confirmed that the rumor was correct, and that the letter was forthcoming. Councilmember Fletcher thought it would make sense to put off interviewing for the Planning Commission until the process was opened again for the second seat and interview at that time for both vacant seats. MOTION: Councilmember Fletcher moved, seconded by Fazzino,-to- delay Planning Commission interviews until the second aacancy (Heneke seat) has been advertised and then interview candidates for both vacancies, with second set of applications to Council by 2/1/82, Council to select applicants for interviews at the 2/1/82 regular meeting, to hold interviews on 2/3/82. Proceed as planned with Human Relations Commission vacancies. Councilmember Klein said he would oppose the motion because he knew that the Planning Commission had a heavy agenda coming up over the -next 60,days, and he -thought the Council would be leav- ing them short ended for reasons which escaped him. He thought the Council should move forward as quickly as possible to keep their personnel at an adequate level. Councilmember Renzel asked how long it took from when the City Clerk received a letter of resignation to advertise and receive applications? Ms. Tanner said the Code required a 14 day period from the date the ad first appeared in the newspaper to the deadline. A vacan- cy must be advertised four times within a two-week period. The Clerk's office placed the deadline at the end of the two-week period. Councilmember Renzel said.she felt it• would be more. efficient, in terms -of the Coun il's energies, to proceed.with the appointments to the Planning Commission_ jointly, and would support - -the motion. Councilmember Fletcher saw little merit in the argument that the Planning Commission faced a heavy agenda and, therefore, the Council needed to appoint a new Planning Commissioner as fast as possible. She felt that a new Commissioner would not be that much in tune and knowledgeable about the upcoming items. She pointed out that the Planning Commission was ` a seven -member com- mission whereas many of the others were five -member commissions. She did not see that the Planning Commission would be harmed -by operating with one or two fewer members , for a short period of time. Councilmember Levy asked if the 14 -day advertising period could be commenced on January 12? Ms. Tanner responded that if the Clerk's office received personal notification: from Ms. Heneke, the ad could probably appear on Thursday. She pointed out that Planning Commissioners and Board members serve until a successor is appointed, so unless Ms. Heneke was. moving _immediately, she :could continue to serve in the interim period. MOTION PASSED unanimously. 1 5 9 4 1/11/82 1 1 MOTION: Councilmember Fletcher moved, seconded by Levy, that interviews for the Haman Relations Commission be held at a Special Meeting starting at 6:00 p.m. on 1/18/82, interviews to be 15 minutes each and Human Relations Commission appointments be made on 1/25/82. MOTION PASSED unanimously. MOTION: Councilmember Renzel moved, seconded by Cobb, that the Councilmembers advise. the City Clerk's Office on Monday, February 1, 1982., who they wished to interview, and that an interview date of February 3 be scheduled and that the Council vote on the Planning Commission applicants on February 8. Councilmember Cobb pointed out that with the additional vacancy, the Council would have more than the five persons they started with to interview. He thought it was important that interviews be held on a non- Council night so that they would be given the attention they deserved. MOTION PASSED unanimously. Mayor Eyerly asked how many applicants the Council wanted interview in view of the additional seat. Councilmember Klein submitted. that -it was premature to decide that now. RE UEST OF COUNCILMEMBER KLEIN RE REBUTTAL TO ARGUMENT IN FAVOR Councilmember Klein said that the same Committee, Councilmembers Klein, Levy and Witherspoon, who prepared the argument against Measure A, had prepared a rebuttal to the argument in favor of Measure A. He said that in the argument against Measure A, each Councilmember's name who approved the argument was contained in the body of the argument. --Each of those Councilmembers was. re- quired to sign off and -their signatures kept on file in the City Clerk's office. He said the Councilmembers` names were not included in the body of the rebuttal and, therefore, it was, not necessary for -individuals tea-. si gn off on the use of their names as in the main argument against Measure A. He thought the Coun- cil should vote to authorize the Mayor to sign the rebuttal on behalf of the Council. MOTION: Councilmember Klein moved, seconded by,,Witherspoon, that the Mayor be authorized to sign Rebuttal to Argument in Favor of Measure A on behalf of the Council, and to include in the text of the argument the vote of the Council, indicating that it was 8-1, with Renzel dissenting. Councilmember Renzel asked staff if the traffic generation dif- ference figure : of 2% was correct on the California . venue/Park Boulevard project. Director of _Planning and Community Environment Ken Schreiber said that he believed the way that was being used was that it was a percentage increase over the existing traffic in the California. Avenue area. The staff report several months ago :.indicated that the totarAraffic would increase by about 4% with this traffic, and a strictly residential project would be about half that. MOTION PASSED by a vote of 8-1, Renzel voting a'no.' RE UES-T OF COUNC-ILMCMBER FLETCHER RE AIRPORT- MASTER PLAN EIR Councilmember .,Fletcher alerted the Council and.. the _public that the draft Environmental Impact Report for the . County Airport Master Plan, which included the Palo Alto Airport, was completed and that copies were available at the Transportation Agency in San Jose-, and also at the Palo Alto Airport Terminal Building. She said a public hearing would be held on February 9, at the. County Service Center, 1555 Berger Drive San Jose. She said she wouldget copies of the EIR. REQUEST OF COUNCILMEMBER FLETCHER RE MEETING WITH EAST PALO ALTQ MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT Councilmember Fletcher said City Clerk, Ann Tanner had received a request from the Administrative Clerk of East Palo Alto asking for a meeting with at least two Council representatives from Palo Alto to discuss the Dumbarton Bridge. She said she was in contact with Mr. Di -Jesse], the Vice Mayor of East Palo Alto, and asked him what the discussion was to cover. She said he had indicated that there would be a lot of traffic coming off the new bridge when it opened and that the meeting was meant to discuss how to equally share in_ the impacts of that traffic. She said Mr.. Zaner had also had a discussion with the, staff of East Palo Alto. She deferred to him for comment. Mr. Zaner said het had --contacted Mr. James, the Administrative. Officer for the Municipal Council in East Palo Alto who indicated that the Council was interested in having a 'subcommittee of two members each from their' Council, Menlo Park and Palo Alto to dis- cuss a variety of matters not just limited to the Dumbarton Bridge. He said he was not clear from the East Palo Alto Admin- istrative staff precisely what items their municipal council com- mittee wished to discuss. Menlo Park had already considered the request and had accepted. Two members from the Menlo Park City Council would be appointed. He said the East Palo Alto Municipal Council had requested .that the meeting occur before January 18 and had suggested that it •be a luncheon meeting. The meeting would be with elected representatives to each of those three jurisdictions only. Mayor Eyerly said he would appoint two people to attend that meeting, .. and if anyone was particularly interested in being involved, they should let him know. REQUEST OF VICE MAYOR BECHTEL RE DROP OFF POINTS FOR DONATIONS FOP, rLOGD YAMS TN SANTA CRut Vice Mayor Bechtel said she had received a call just before the Council meeting from someone who was quite concerned that there be drop off points for those individuals who • might wish to make donations to those people who were devastated by the land slides, etc. in the Santa Cruz Mountains. She understood that there was a drop off point in the Los Gatos area, and had written a note to Mr. Zaner and..asked if it would be possible to have such drop-off points at fire - .stations ; i n Palo Alto. She asked Mr. Zaner for nr soeconfirmati_on that it would be possible. Mr. Zaner responded, that he saw no problem. If persons wished to contribute to that effort, contributions could be left at anv fire station, and it would be taken care of. ADJOURNMENT Council. adjourned at 9:OO p.m. ATTEST: APPROVED: 1 5 9 6 1/11/82