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CITY
COUNCIL
MINUTES
CITY
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PALO
ALTO
Regular Meeting
Monday, April 12, 1982
ITEM -
Oral Communications
Presentation by Supervisor Rebecca Morgan
Appointment of a Visual Arts Jury Member to Fi 11
the Unexpired Term of Kathleen Cohen
Consent Calendar
Referral
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Downtown Business Improvement'District - Refer to 1 8 6 8
Policy and Procedures Committee (CMR:215:2)
Acti on
Resolution re Parking Restrictions in the
Business Districts (CMR:205:2)
Ordinance re Settlement Authority of Liability 1 8 6 8
Claims
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Agenda Changes, Additions and Deletions 1 8 6 8
Request of Mayor Eyerly re Special Meeting
on April 19 (Continued from April 5)
Policy and Procedures Committee Recommendation re
Listing These Designated Positions Required to File
Conflict of Interest Statements
Policy and Procedures Committee Recommendation re
Age Discrimination in Housing
Policy and Procedures Committee •Recommendation re
Timing of Appointments
Ordinance re Fi anci ng of Swimming Pool and Rental
Unit Sc1 ar . Applications - Refer to _Finance and
Public Works: Committee (CMR:17L:2)
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Criminal Justice Grant in Support of Crime Prevention 1 8.7 1
(CMR : 209; 2 )_
Recommended Opposition to A03.011 (Torres) - Workers' 1 8 7 2"
Compensation Law Extension (CMR:213:Z)
Resolution re Permanent City -State `Ff scal .Relationship 1 8 7 2
( MR .214 .2a
Request. of Mayor Eyerly re Stanford Hospital Financing, 1. 8 7 4
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Request of Mayor Eyerly re Calaveras Project
Request of Mayor Eyerly re Resolution Congratulating
the City of Oaxaca, Mexico
Request of Councilmember Fletcher re SBl 704
Request of Counci lmember Cobb re Status Report on
Oak Creek
Request of Councilmember Fazzino to Adjourn meeting
in Memory of Dr. Burt L. Davis, Councilmember
1955-b2
Adjournment to Executive Session
Final Adjournment
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Regular Meeting
Monday, April 12, 1982
The City Counci 1 of the City of Palo Al to met on thi s date in the
Counci 1 Chambers at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Aveue, at 7:35 p.m.
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Mayor Eyerly announced the need for an Executive Session regarding.
litigation to be held during recess. He also announced that the
Council would meet in a special work session regarding Cable
Television on Wednesday, April 14, at 7:00 p.m, in the Council
Chambers.
PRESENT: Bechtel, Cobb, Eyerly, Fazzi no (arri ved. at 7:36
p.m.) , Fletcher, Klein, Levy, Renzel , Witherspoon
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
1. Mel ani e Vi 11 afana, 425 Hi gh Street,; sai d that there was a
parki ng area by the ice cream parlor on Alma for whi ch tickets.
coul d be purchased to park all day. She sai d there was a pole
there now, but no machine and she wanted to know if it would
be repl aced.
2. Frank Manfredi, 219 Addison Avenue, said that with the war
clouds overhead between Britain and Argentina, World War III
was around the corner. He commented that no one was
interested in the Falkland Islands for 150 years until someone
deci ded that gold must be underground. He thought that Great
Britai n and Argenti na should be asked to give up their ideas
of .holding the land and governing the land, and turn the
property over to the United Natians. He felt the United
Nations had never been used as it was intended, and that it
could be a real start for the United Nations. He suuggested
that the City Counci 1 adopt a reso1 eti on and send it to . the
offi ci al s i n Washi ngton and ask t,, ern o send a tel egran to
Argenti na -and Brittai n: i n an attempt at rnedi ati on., and ask
them .to give up their land to the United Nati ons.
3. Dr. Nancy JewelI Cross, 301 Vine Street, spokesperson and
advocate for the Committee for Safe and Sensible San
Francisquito Creek Area Routing (CSSSCAR), said that the
Committee was concerned to address transportation on a
regional basis rather than individual cities or counties. She
said that there were proble►ns like University Avenue in Palo
Alto, Santa Cruz Avenue in Menlo Park, and both Willow Roads
which defied solutions in terms of any one city. She said
that local attention to the matters was , indispensable.
Reg i onal agenci es were comprised of local representatives and':
were responsive to the local representatives' understanding of
their own best interests. She said that with regard to the
Clean Air Transportation Plan, CSSSCAR would like to have an
electric train or trolley connection with BART in the East Bay
and Mission Road,.. and across the Bay, up Willow Road, and
making a loop in Palo Alto and Menl o Park at the poi nts of
particular congestion. That way people could get to Stanford
University and the I ndtastri al Park without coming up on the
trolley along the top part of University Avenue or even on
University Avenue. She sai d that woul d create the i nducement
of the electric trolley so that people might go a little out
of their way in order to use the service. Further, she said
the CSSSCAR proposed regional bus routes. CSSSCAR felt that
with transportation being addressed to the regional concerns
i nvol ring` three ;counti e"s,_ a substanti al difference could be
made in th>a burden on local. streets that seemed to 'defy so l u -
t ions within any one City. The plan was expected to be a
three -county Alan, and bike and pedestei an facilities were
around the creek which were Part 2 of the Plan. Cal Trans
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was expected to do the major part of the funding, and
Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) was expected to
address the Clean Air Transportation necessities of the area,
which to date had not been done. She said those agencies, as
well as the United States Department of Transportation and the
Coast Guard, were involved in litigation i.n an endeavor to
work out the probl ems, She said the federal judge had
instructed her to submit a proposed order for him with a spe-
cific relief desired, including names of individuals who could
do what. On behalf of the CSSSCAR, the City of Palo Alto was
requested to direct its attention to the possibility that the
Plan could be a desirable solution for many of the local prob-
lems, and that a stand by the City of Palo Alto would be com-
patible with its Comprehensive Plan for keeping the City
streets clear o+' unnecessary traffic as well as for clean mass
transit. She said thee . on electric train would dissipate the
burden on the Dumbarton corridor which had been of great con-
cern to the Ci ty of Palo Alto for the last several years
PRESENTATI.ON.BY SUPERVISOR REBECCA MORGAN
Santa Clara County Supervisor Rebecca Morgan said that her objec-
tive in making a presentation to_ the City Council was to get `a
chance to go over what was happening in the County and to give the
Councilmembers an opportunity to ask questions. She said her
objective was to visit each of the Counci l s ' i n District 5 every
year or two. As a result of the redistricting, which occurred in
October, 1981, she had seven complete cities, about one-fourth of
Sunnyvale, and all of the unincorporated areas in the northwestern
part of the County, including Stanford campus. She thanked the
Council for the opportunity -she had had to work with Bill Zaner,
and said that it was through his very cooperative efforts that
there had been a couple of successes in the County/Palo Alto rela-
tionships. She said one success regarded housing, and said it
took 19 months, but a sale was finally made of 9/10 of an acre on
Birch -Grant for the low and moderate income housing, which the
City of Palo Alto unanimously supported. She said that it was
through several meetings and creative thinking on the part of Mr.
Zaner and members of the Palo Alto Housing Corporation and County
people that made the project work. Another success regarded solid
waste management where a compromise was worked out with the vari-
ous cities. She thanked Mr. Zaner for making it possible for the
County to continue its involvement despite the fact that to date
no method of collecting the fees for those people in the uni Acor-
porated areas had been found. She said the County was still
working on it, and hoped to have a solution by June _30, so that
the County could continue to be a part of the Solid _Waste
Management Program.
She said that regarding the County's budget, in the last ten
months\the County had either cut or reshuffled about $62 million
in funds in an attempt to keep the budget balanced this year, and
that the General Fund portion of the Budget was cut about' 15%.
She said it was difficult and would continue to be as the County
looked to an unknown amount of cuts for next year. The worst case
figures from the State involved a $43 million reduction in State
financing and somewhere between a $ 10-$20 million reduction in the
locally raised revenues. She said that so far, North County and
Palo Alto in particular had not been singled out for any program
cuts although residents in Palo Alto would suffer the same kinds
of impacts that would occur Countywide --a slow down in response
time from the Recorder's Office, Assessor's Office, Tax
Collector's Office' in answering questions. Some inefficiencies
could also occur as a result of the bumping process, lay offs, and
people getting assigned to jobs about which they have less experi-
ence. She said much of the cutting had happened in the infra
structure --the janitor service, the Personnel Department, the Fire
Marshall's office, and the general management of the County. She
said there had been some administrative consolidations in North
County --the public health nurses and the alcoholism offices who
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used to have administrators i n Palo Alto on Grant Avenue have been
consolidated with the Sunnyvale office. She said the services and
field work still existed out of the Palo Alto office for the
people in Palo Alto,
Supervisor Morgan said that in the Human Services area, the most
significant cut was the fact that Palo Alto people must now go to
Mountain View for any application for social service programs. ;'An
intake no longer existed in Palo Alto. She said some programs in
Palo Alto were always on the list of cuts and had ,survived so far,
but no doubt would be on the list again in June. Those include
programs like the Palo Alto Senior Day Health Program for -the
senior citizens out of the Baptist Church on Middlefield Road, the
-_Senior Nutrition Program on Ramona, and the Health Clinic at the
County Building on Grant Avenue. She said those programs were
called Community Based organizations for which the County provided
funding on contract, and because they were considered very iMpor-
tan-t by members of the Board of Supervisors, had been "saved" thus
far,: She did -not know how long that would continue. She said
that as always, CETA programs were subject to cuts, and the most
active one in Palo Alto was the training program called Mayfield
School , which resided at Cubberley Hi gh School. The janitorial
training program had been discontinued, .but the data processing
training program was still effective.
Supervisor Morgan said that the transportation ridership programs
were always a problem in North County. She said a standard from
which to evaluate. the ridership was set up, and she found that. 50%
of the low ridership routes were 1 n her District. She said there
were two routes in Palo Alto which were discontinued for evening
transportation.
Supervisor Morgan gave an update on the jail facility decisions
and its impact on Palo Alto. She said that to deal with the
County's court order which required that the population in the
main jail in San Jose be brought down to 700, the County was
looking for beds primarily at the Alma Facility in Milpitas. She
said that 9 bunks were added to the North County Jail in Palo
Alto, and 18 more people were housed there. She reassured the
Council that to date, no incidents had been reported at the jail
and that some people called it 'the palace of jails.''. - If inmates
caused trouble there, they were. -sent back to the main jail in San
Jose. She said the incidents had been almost nonexistent, and in
fact, she felt the North County Jai 1 had a good program of -using
the inmates for custodial work around the .administrative building
on Grant. She said that the law and justice services at the North
County Facility had not been severely; impacted --the six courtrooms
.still functioned, the District Attorneys, Public Defenders, and
Probation Department still had offices there. The main impact in
that area was the' fact that the juvenile traffic court was moved
to San Jose.
Supervisor Morgan said that regarding Palo Alto's and the County's
relationship with Stanford, she felt that the minor controversies
which had recently surfaced relative to redrawing of urban service
lines, reminded her of the tripartite relationship they shared
with the three entities. She thought it would continue to be
important to have good working relationships, one with another, as
the County reviewed the use permit with Stanford and their land
use plan. She said that ;would happen in the next few months. She
intended to insure that the interests of both Palo Alto and
Stanford were fairly heard and considered in any Of the matters
under the jurisdiction of . the County. She felt that the original
City Service agreement worked out several years ago was a workable
one, and it was through that . that _; the _ County retained final
approval authority in nonannexed land since Stanford did provide
its own services. She said that through the agreement, Palo Alto
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was afforded the opportunity to review and comment on development
plans .because Stanford's plans did impact Palo Alto. She hoped
that the County, Palo Alto and Stanford. could work together for
the mutual benefit of the various entities. In truth, the final
decision .in any disagreement would continue to remain with the
County.
Supervisor Morgan summarized her first year on the job and the
representation of cities in San Jose as being a difficult one.
She said there were a few bri ght spots, particularly as rel ated to
Palo Alto, but the budget constraints they had been faced with and
the reality of the economy ard reduced funding made it very diffi-
cult. She hoped that within the three remaining years of her
term, things would get somewhat -brighter. It had been a pleasure
to work with members of Palo Alto's staff, to meet with members of
the Palo Alto City Council individually, and to have. Palo Alto's
representatives at the Mayor -Manager's meeting. She wished Palo
Alto luck on its resource rally and thought that what Palo Alto
had done in providing leadership in the: entire resource recovery
and war on waste was admirable. She hoped other cities in Santa
Clara County would emulate Palo Alto.
Mayor Eyerly thanked Supervisor Morgan on her overview of issues
i h the County which related to Palo Alto.
Councilmember Fazzino thanked Supervisor Morgan for taking the
time to talk with the Council. He thought this type of session
helped to keep the Council abreast of what was going on in the
County, and perhaps would keep the Council from seceding from
Santa Claraa-County which had been the'battle cry oft many Council -
members in years past. He thought Supervisor Morgan hod done an
excellent job of representing Palo Alto. He -said that Palo Alto
was concerned that it would be asked to step into the breach and
provide funds for those programs like the Senior Day Health
;grogram, Nutrition Program etc. He was ' concerned about how the
County would approach Palo Alto Area Information and Referral
Service (PAAIRS) and Child Care for' the coming year. Given the
trend of Supervisor Morgan's remarks, he assumed that no money
would be forthcoming for those programs either.
Supervisor Morgan responded that PAAIRS had been under the Infor-
mation and Referral Funding and the County discontinued that last
year. She did not see any hope of it ebei ng picked., up again. She
said the -Chi 1 d\. C are Program was.' put into Title 20 in the Soci al
Services Department as a way, last summer, of saving thei r
funding. She said that the entire Child Care budget was going to
be reviewed again in June, and she hoped it would continue to be
included.
Counci lrnenber Witherspoon commented that the County's accounting
procedures seemed to be a problem, and asked Supervisor Morgan if
she had any feeling that the County could get on top of the
problem.
Supervisor Morgan responded that she was encouraged by a new
County executive that she thought was doing an excellent job. She
said the County had beer+: without a Controller for 3-1/2 months,
and expected the new Controller to be on board April, '19, 1982.
She thought he would make a big difference, he had been with three
counties in California, and was now coming from.; King County,
Washington. She thought that with that kind . of expertise, the
County would certainly be in better shape. She thought the County
would continue to have to lOok closely at the economy. The major
problem at the 'last budget-sessi on dealt with the money that would
,not be received from . motor vehi cl'e -_. in -lieu taxes, which could
amount to as much as 30% less than was originally anticipated,
She said that projection was _received from Sacramento. She said
that when the County evaluated its data processing equipment and
programs, members of the manufacturing group were asked if they
would lend the County some seasoned accountants for about three
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months. One of the companies had an executive on loan for three.
months one of the accounting firms had volunteered two or three
people for that period of time, and the County hoped that some of
the companies in the area would too. She thought that as a
short-term stopgap type of measure, that kind of cooperation
between the pubs i c and private sector could be hel pful .
Vice Mayor Bechtel said she was pleased that Supervisor Morgan was
at the meeting. She said she noticed a headline last week that
the Supervisors had done a slate -of -hand to bal ance the budget,
and by buying the County Golf Course from itself essentially
transferred the money from the Parks Fund to the General Fund.
She said she read that the County Counsel agreed that it was
legal, and asked Supervisor Morgan if that might happen with other
County parks.
Supervisor Morgan responded that after looking closely at some
programs, and not wanting to dip into Worker's Compensation and
the Self -Insurance Liability reserves any more than necessary, and
not wanting to put all the County employees on 80% time which
looked like the only other solution to keep the budget balanced
between now and June 30, when more jobs were cut, the Board would
be faced wi th _an $8 million deficit. She said the County took $3
million out of the Park Fund, $2.5 million of which was to take
the Golf Course at -Santa Theresa and put it permanently into the
Park District. She was unaware of any other sites being
considered for that kind of transfer. There were two sites along
the Coyote Creek which were part of the plan for the parks system,
which were owned by the County and transferred to the Park
District for Park Funds this year.
Counci lmember Fazzi r;o said that a major local issue was the
storage of -hazardous waste and chemical leaks which had occurred
in recent weeks. He asked if` the County intended to take any role
in the storage or tank leakage issue.
Supervisor Morgan responded that the County did not in any offi-
cial capacity. She said the people in the Public Health Depart-
ment had been keeping tabs on what was happening in San_ Jose,
particularly as it affected the health of the communities. es. She
said it was found that the leaks to date had been within cities,
and zoning efforts and dialogue between cities and the companies,.
had been a more effective relationship as opposed to the County
stepping in. She said the County had not taken a pro active roll
to date.
Mayor Eyerly thanked Supervisor Morgan for her presentation.
APPOINTMENT OF A VISUAL ARTS JURY MEMBER TO FILL THE UNEXPIRED
'TERM OF KATHLEEN COHEN EN iING rY 3 11)$4
Mayor Eyerly announced that Dr. Harvey K. Roth and Jan Thompson
were the applicants
City Clerk Ann Tanner announced the results of the first round of
voting:
VOTING FOR THOMPSON: Klein, Witherspoon, Renzel , Fazzino,
Levy, Bechtel, Eyerly, Fletcher, Cobb
Ms. Tanner
appoi hted.
said that Jan . Thompson
received nine votes
and was
CONSENT CALENDAR
Mayor Eyerly announced that Item #3, Ordinance re Financing of
Swimming Pool and Rental Unit Sol ar Applications Referral to
Finance and Public Works Committee, was removed from the Consent
Calendar by a member of the public.
MOTION: Councilmember Fazzino moved, seconded by Fletcher,
approval of the Consent Calendar as amended.
Referral
DOWNTOWN BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT - REFER TO POLICY AND
Acti ors
RESOLUTION RE PARKING RESTRICTIONS IN THE BUSINESS DISTRICTS
Staff recommends that Council adopt the resolution which will (a)
adopt updated official parking zone maps for the University
Avenue, California Avenue, and Midtown business districts; and (b)
cause all past resolutions governing parking restrictions in these
three business districts to be incorporated by reference into this
new resolution and, therefore, no longer be referred to on the
parking zone maps.
RESOLUTION 6016 entitled "RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF PALO ALTO AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 2971 AND
SUBSEQUENT MODIFYING RESOLUTIONS TO APPROVE AND ADOPT
UPDATED PARKING ZONE MAPS FOR THE DOWNTOWN, CALIFORNIA
AVENUE, AND MIDTOWN DISTRICTS"
4RUINANCE RE SETTLEMENT AUTHORITY OF LIABILITY CLAIMS
Staff recommends approval of the ordinance.
ORDINANCE FOR FIRST READING entitled -"ORDINANCE OF THE
COUNCIL OF THE CITY . 'OF PALO ALTO AMENDING SECTION
2 28.240 OF THE PALO ALTO MUNICIPAL CODE TO AUTH.RIZL
THE CI-TY ATTORNEY TO SETTLE OR COMPROMISE CLAIMS OIt
ACTIONS ON BEHALF OF THE CITY NOT TO EXCEED TEN
THOUSAND DOLLARS WITHOUT PRIOR APPROVAL OF THE CITY
COUNCIL"
MOTION PASSED unanimously.
AGENDA CHANGES ADDITIONS AND.. DELETIONS
City Manager 8i 11 Zaner announced that Item 3, Financing of
Swimming Pool and Rental" Unit Solar Applications would become Item
10-A.
Counci lriember Fletcher added Item 17 re action on SB 1704.
Counci lmember Cobb added Item 18 re. State Report on Oak Creek.
UEST OF MAYOR EYERLY RE NEED FOR SPECIAL MEETING ON APRIL
on nue+ roe pr
Mayor : Eyerly , sal d he had some ;communications with staff ,, and
Counci-lmember Fletcher. Mr. Zaner had` not wanted to set` a prece-
dent ,for allowing an , extensive showing of a movie on an agenda.
item, but without - a consensus for a special ,meeting, : Counci lmember
Fletcher ` would be content with having the movie shown during her
ends item:
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POLICY AND PROCEDURES COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT
COUNCIL CUNTTNOE -TAT PRL"SEWF P�
POSI' IONS REt JitED TO FILE CONFLICT "}F IRTEREST STATE-[4ERT IN ONE
RESOLUTION AND NOT IN AN ORDINAL
Vice Mayor Bechtel said that the recommendation by the Policy and
Procedures (P&P) Committee was unanimous. She said it made sense
to the Committee to list all officers, commissioners, committee
members, staff members, etc. in one place which was possible by
one resolution.
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MOTION: Vice Mayor Bechtel moved, seconded by Cobb, to adopt the
Policy and Procedures Committee recommendation that the Council
continue the present practice of listing those designated posi-
tions required to file Conflict of Interest Statements in one
resolution and not in an ordinance.
MOTION PASSED unanimously.
POLICY AND PROCEDURES COMMITTEE UNANIMOUS RECOMMENDATION RE AGE
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Vice Mayor Bechtel said that on February 8, 1982, the State
Supreme Court ruled, in the case of Marina Point, Ltd. vs.
Wolfson, that families with children could not be denied rental
housing simply because they had children. According to the Court
ruling, if families felt they were discriminated against, they
should seek remedies through the Courts under the Unruh ict. She
said that when the Mid -Peninsula Citizens for Fair Housing staff
contacted the Department of Fair Employment and Housi ng in
Sacramento, which had the authority to administer and to be sure
that discrimination did not occur, the staff members there
responded that they did not consider age discrimination a priority
and would not investigate any complaints of age di'scri mi nati on.
She said a letter had been drafted to be sent to the Department of
Fair Employment and Housing, the Governor, and the appropriate
legislators.
MOTION: Vice Mayor Bechtel moved, seconded by Cobb, to adopt the
Policy and Procedures Committee recommendation that the City
Council send a letter to the Department of Fair Employment and
Housing, with a copy to the Governor,. stating Palo Alto's concerns
and urging the department to re-evaluate its system of priori-
tizing and stating that given the conditions (and staff would
include the number of housing units that take children), age
discrimination in housing was a high priority item; and al so that
staff contact Byron Sher, Palo Alto's Assemblyman and urge him to
intervene on Palo Alto's behalf.
Bob Moss, 4010 Orme, said he thought that sending a letter would
be nice, but felt it would be ineffective because the Governor
would do what he wished, and would not enforce the issue if he did
not feel it was worth putting money into. He reminded the Council
that discrimination against housing for children had been around
for some time, and showed an illustration which was done in 1847
which reflected that fact. He asked that the Council attempt to
do some enforcement on its own. He thought that if a State law
existed which was not being enforced, there was ample opportunity
for the City to enforce, and urged that the City Council do what-
ever was necessary to do so.
Counci lmerber Cobb said he thought the letter was a good one, but
was concerned that the point about not prioritizing one kind of
discrimination over another, which was discussed at some length at
the :.Committee meeting, and did not :.get into the letter. He sug-
gested that the staff include that kind of language.
Coun.cilmember Fletcher commented that the Department of Fair
Empl cyment and Housing specifically singled out this particular
type of discrimination for nonenforcement, and she did not see how
the .letter could be worded to make the point that Palo Alto felt
that this particular type of discrimination deserved to be
enforced. She thought that since that Department had singled out
this type of discrimination for nonenforcement, the staff had done
a good job of finding a way to point.. out that it belonged with the
rest of the discrimination cases.
Vice Mayor Bechtel responded to Mr. Moss that a request that Palo
Alto adopt an ordinance re age discrimination in housing was being
held in Committee. She said the reason that the Council had been
,slow on it was because of another lawsuit, San Jose Tree Club
Apartments, which was going to be heard tomorrow in the Court of
Appeals. The Counci 1 had been waiting to see what would happen
with that case, and hopefully some movement would be made within
the next month. She said that the City Attorney had assured the
Council that as soon as that case was through, she would notify
the Committee members and staff, and the matter would be brought
before the Committee and then back to the Council with a recom-
mendation. She wanted t_ o assure Mr. Moss that the Council was not
dragging its feet, but, rather was waiting for the lawsuit to be
settled.
MOTION PASSED unanimously.
POLICY
AND PROCEDURES COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDATION
RE TIMING OF
MOTION: Vice Mayor Bechtel moved for the Policy and Procedures
Committee that the expi ration date of the Human Relations
Commissioner terms be changed to March 31, and that the present
Human Relations Commissioner terms be extended three months; and
2) that the expiration date schedule for the terms of the
remaining Boards and Commissions be left as is.
Vice Mayor Bechtel said that the present dates were staggered
throughout the year. She said that the Planning Commission terms
expired at the end of July; Architectural Review Board, the end of
September; Human Relations Commission, the end of December; Visual
Arts Jury, the end of January; and, the Historic Resources Board,
the end of May. . She said the Committee desired that the terms be
kept staggered to avoid politicizing appointments.
MOTION PASSED unanimously.
ORDINANCE RE FINANCING OF SWIMMING POOL AND RENTAL UNIT SOLAR
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Ki rsten Schulz, 660 Alger Drive, said that she swam at the
Ri nconada Pool often, but did not enjoy the dressing rooms and
thought they should be renovated.
Mayor Eyerly commented that he had some concerns about providing
low interest loans for solar swimming pool heating systems peering
people who could afford such an installation and that City funds
should not be used to, provide low interest .loans. He said there
were other items that staff was considering concerning the solar
program and were listed in CMR:183:2, dated March 11, 1982.
MOTION: Mayor Eyerly moved, seconded by Fazzino, that CMR:182:2
and the ordinance be referred to the Finance and Public Works
Committee (F&PM), and that CMR:183:2 also be considered by the
Finance and Public Works Committee and included in the recommenda-
tion to the Council.
Councilnember Fazzino said that regarding the comments made by Ms.
Schulz, he recognized that the questions did not specifically
relate to the item, but thought it was something that could be
investigated and responded to by staff. He endorsed Mayor
Eyerly's amendment to the recommendation, and was concerned when
he saw the report in late March that he did not want the City to
yet into the same situation as in the municipal insurance situa-
tion and have the staff run off and do a number of projects and
spend a lot of money without any policy direction by the City
Council. He said he had seen some proposals with regard to retro-
fitting and other approaches which concerned him, and that eco-
nomic issues -were involved which should be discussed by Council
before staff spent a lot of time and recommended a specific ordi-
nance. He hoped that the Finance and Public Works Committee
(F&PW) would discuss the issues with staff, and with Council
approval, resolve which items should be pursued during the next
year.
Counci imember Witherspoon concurred with Mayor Eyerly' s motion,
.She sai i that. -the item was on the Finance and Public Works
Committee (F&PW) agenda for tomorrow; and, if the motion passed,
she assumed it would be postponed.
Mr, -Zaner recollected that the memo was a listing of ten or twelve
items staff was either beginning to work on or planned to work on.
He thought it would be helpful if the memo was reviewed by the
Committee, and i.f there were some items the Committee wanted, to
hold over for further discussion, staff activity would be sus-
pended until they had been worked on.
MOTION PASSED unanimously.
Mr. Zaner responded to the comments made by Ms. Schulz regarding
Ri nconada Pool , and said that staff identified a seri es 'of small
maintenance projects which totaled in excess of $1,000,000. He
said a number of the projects would be addressed in the Capital
Improvement Program to be delivered to Counc:1 shortly, and a
number of them would be addressed in the operational budget. At
that time Council could make choices as to which maintenance
projects were appropriate and which ones should be done before
others.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE GRANT IN SUPPORT OF CRIME PREVENTION (CMR:209:2)
MOTION: Counci irnenber Fazzino moved, seconded by Bechtel, that
the Council approve the budget amendment necessary to conduct the
programs, and that the City Manager be authorized to enter into
contract with the State Office of C,rirninal Justice Planning.
AGREEMENT
City of Palo Alto/State Office
of Criminal Justice Planning
RESOLUTION 6017 entitled "RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF PALO ALTO ACCEPTING GRANT FUNDS MADE
AVAILABLE THROUGH STATE GENERAL FUNDS FOR THE ' PALO
ALTO CAREER CRIMINAL APPREHENSION PROGRAM'"
ORDINANCE 3343 entitled "ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF.
THE CITY OF PALO ALTO AMENDING THE BUDGET FOR THE FIS-
CAL YEAR 1981-82 TO PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION
FOR CRIME PREVENTION ACTIVITIES AND TO PROVIDE " FOR
RECEIPT OF REVENUES. FROM 'THE OFFICE OF. CRIMINAL JUSTICE
PLANNING"
Councilmember Witherspoon congratulated Chief Zurcher on the
capture on Lincoln Avenue. She asked for reassurance that the
City had the computer capacity and, that the Chief would have all
the backup needed to take advantage of the grant.
Chief Zurcher said yes.
Mayor Eyerly commented that the Palo Al to Police Department was
receving ng publicity as far away as the Anchorage Times.
MOTION PASSED unanimously.
RECOMMENDED OPPOSITION T(. AB3011 JRRES) - Workers` C-ompensation
aw _xtensi on
City Manager Bill Zaner said that AB 3011 was ,legislation which
was introduced in order to extend the .Workers' Compensation bene-
fits. He said it would make a presumption in the law that the
contraction of cancer by firefighters would be job rel ated i rre-
specti ve of how the cancer might have been -contracted. He sai d it
w.as similar to :the presumptive provisions which now existed for
hernia, heart trouble and pneumonia. Staff recommended that the
legislation be opposed.-
MOTION: Counci lmember Fazzi no moved, seconded by Cobb, to adopt
the staff recommendation:- 1) to vigorously oppose AB 3011 and
other legislation designed, to extend Workers' Compensation bene-
fits beyond their intended purposes; 2) to reiterate its opposi-
tion to state mandated programs unless funds accompany the pro-
gram; and 3) to direct staff to communicate Council's opposition
to AB 3011 to appropriate parties.
MOTION PASSED unanimously.
RESOLUTION
RE PERMANENT
CITY-STATE FISCAL RELATIONSHIP
Mr. Zaner said the item was placed on the agenda as a result of
comments made by Councilmembers. He 'said the resolution would
place the Council on record with the State legislature indicating
that the current stopgap solutions to financing were inadequate
and that some stable and permanent relationship eshould be estab-
lished for City -State financial arrangements.
MOTION: Councilmember Cobb moved, seconded by Fazzino, to approve
the resolotiop with amendments added as; follows:
"WHEREAS, the burden of the 'Proposition 13' tax
cuts has been disproportionately borne by local
government (cities, counties, and schools), which was
not the intent of the voters of California; and
"WHEREAS, one result of this extra burden has been
to threaten cities' abilities to provide required
levels of basic services such as police, fire,
libraries, parks, and recreation;
SECTION 2. "That a larger proportion of the State
tax revenues should be.. allocated to the cities.. on a
consistent, predictable, and 'without conditions'
basis."
RESOLUTION 6018 entitled "RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF
'THE CItY OF PALO ALTO CALLING FOR A PERMANENT, MORE
BALANCED CITY-STATE FISCAL RELATIONSHIP"
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Councilmember Cobb said he was one that encouraged Mr. Zaner to
come up with an ordinance of this type. He said he had attended a
League of California Cities meeting, and that group felt that
cities had`to go beyond to the idea that the Proposition 13 tax
cutbacks had been unfairly borne by local government and schools,
and that the State must be encouraged to do something like share
its tan base with the cities on a more reasonable and long-term
basis, and further to get more cities to join and try and pressure
the State representatives to do so. He added the extra clauses to
put more teeth into the resolution. He thought that perhaps it
would get more attention because it made a stronger point.
Councilmember Fletcher asked who the resolution was aimed at and
its intent.
Councilmember Cobb responded that the feeling- .he sensed _ at the
League of' California Cities meeting was that the cities in
California were beginning to take the first steps toward lobbying
to the State to .be fair with the cities by providing, from the
large tax base which was controlled by them, so that sore of the
cutbacks would be borne- by the State and more could be done by
cities to provide local services. He thought that other cities,
given a resolution like the one proposed, would pass i t , and
enough -cities could bring the kind of pressure to the State so
that legislators would start thinking about it, and perhaps create
the environment for the statewide initiative.
Councilmember Fletcher said she thought the resolution needed to
be directed to the appropriate policy committee of the League of
California Cities and to be adopted by the League as one of their
working policies. She thought that just sending it would have no
impact at all.
Councilmember Cobb said he' intended that the resolution also be
sent to the League of California Cities, and that every city in
the State be encouraged to pass a similar resolution. He thought
the resolution would be strong enough with all the cities behind
it to drawn attention to it.
Councilmember Fletcher said that if the League of California
Cities adopted the resolution officially, which she thought would
be the most effective way to go, then the League could use it as a
lobbying tool. She said that resolutions sent by 400 cities
aadresseo to no one in particular would have no effect. She
suggested that the resolution be addressed to the Peninsula
Division of, the League of California Cities who could then take it
up as an action item and pass it on as a resolution to be
considered at the general conference.
Counci l nember Cobb. said he would like to see the Counci 1 pass the
resolution::and pass it on to other cities for encouragement to do
the same, and would like to see -the League of California Cities
act on the -resolution.
Vice Mayor Bechtel said she recollected that the reason Palo Alto
got into it was because the League of California Cities did have a
resolution they were trying to get all the cities to support.
Palo Alto did not like the League's resolution, and the one before
the Council was a rewrite of the original resolution.
Councilmember Levy said he understood that the burden of the tax
cuts related to Proposition 13 had been borne completely by local
governments,
Mr. lamer: said that was correct, but that the distribution between
the levels of= local government had not ,been proportional.
Councilmember Levy suggested that the word "disproportionately" be
changed ,to "completely."
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Counci lmember Klein said he did not think "completely" was an
accurate term. He recollected that Proposition 13 was directed
solely at property taxes which was not a funding source of the
State government. He said it bothered him when the Council spoke
about defining the intent of the voters of California. It was
difficult to define the intent of the voters and every politician
in the State felt they knew what was meant when they voted for
Proposition 13, and they all: had conflicting opinions. He said
that the State legislature could point to the fact that the voters
did vote for something that did not affect State revenues
directly; and whether they knew what they were doing was unknown.
When it was said that the State had not made any cuts because of
Proposition 13, he thought the Council would be getting themselves
into a big fight and the legislature would establish that cuts had
been made to the State budget as a result of Proposition 13 --that
they had not been proportionate was true in his opinion.
MOTION PASSED unanimously.
MOTION: Counci lmember Fletcher moved, seconded by Bechtel, to
refer the resolution to the Peninsula Division of the League of
California Cities for adopti on and referral to the appropri ate
League policy committee and to our State legislators.
MOTION PASSED unanimously,
Mayor Eyerly asked Mr. Laner if he had any recommendations about
how to use the resolution.
Mr. Laner responded that staff's normal practice was to send
copies of resolutions relating to legislative matters to all of
Palo Alto's legislators in Sacramento, to the League; and, if the
Natters related to Palo Alto's neighboring cities, they were sent
to the cities within Santa Clara County.
MOTION PASSED unanimously.
REqUEST OF MAYOR ;EYERLY RE STANFORD HOSPITAL FINANCING
MOTION: Mayor Eyerly moved, seconded by Klein, that the Mayor be
authorized to appoint a Council subcommittee and that it be
instructed to meet with appropriate Stanford officials and report
back to the City Council as to its findings, ar - appoi nt Renzel ,
Klein and Eyerly as the subcommittee.
Mayor Eyerly urged Council support of the notion. He said that if
the motion passed, he. felt that the Council should address some of
the maters they would like the committee to address with the
Stanford'representatives.
Marvin Lee, 1241 Harker Avenue, said that during the discussions
about the transfer of the Hospital --which was then jointly owned
by the City and the University --to Stanford, . there was a lot of
community discussion about the appropriate relationship between
the community and the .University. He said a narrow conception was
adopted of the University's responsibility intaking over the hos-
pital with respect to the provision for hospital care in the com-
munity. The medical staff in tire_ community was anxious to see
that it had proper access to the hospital; and, in general the
community, was not represented in that discussion.' He said the
community was left with a narrowly conceived "arrangement' between
the University and the City, i.e., the number of beds s available
for for staff working as either affiliate members or as doctors
serving residents of Palo Alto. He thought it was positive to:;.see
the : University coming across Cl„ Camino: and . open to the community
again, and the need to discuss the general health care needs for
the University area, the City of Palo Alto, and for the ` residents
of the surrounding communi ti es. He 'said the" subject had such an:
impact' that the University, together, with the League of Women
Voters, was holding a conference on the Stahford campus to discuss`
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future health questions. He thought that the role of hospitals
was an important question, and said there was a situation in the
United States where the cost of medical care was escalating at a
phenominal rate --two or three times the rate of inflation. He
said the question was open about whether the United States could
sustain itself with the kind of medical care being developed.
Further, what kind of medi cal care should be established at a
university hospital and how it should relate to the community. He
asked that the Council take a more open view to encourage the
Council subcommittee to include members of the community as well
as the medical staff. He said they had come a long way in medical
care --that it was now recognized that establishing expertise and
allowing it to run rampant could be very costly. He said he was
part of a group that helped to found a new health facility in the
community that viewed the relationship between doctors and
patients as a joint relationship with equal responsibility. He
said the medical group was called Mid Peninsula Health Service,
and its general approach was to attempt to encourage the medical
community and the recipients of medical , care to think in terms of
preventative medi cisae, home care, and cost reducing medicine. He
wanted that kind of view to be opened with respect to the rela-
tionship between the community and the medical facility. He did
not know if that could be done if the discussion took place solely
between doctors, and said it was absolutely necessary that the
consumers of medi cal care participated in the discussions al so.
He thought that the suggestion that a committee be formed was-;
good one, and that all that was needed was that the committee be
given latitude and greater membership.
Mayor Eyerly said he thought the subcommittee should discuss the
following items:
1) A new contract with an overall 50 -year life making sure that
community physicians had adequate access to the hospital;
2) That the City Council should have the ability to appoint a
member to the hospital board;
3) That Stanford discuss the other projects which were coming on
Willow Road. He said that at this t.i me Stanford was talking
about Stanford West, an expansion of the shopping center, and
he thought all those should be discussed. ` He thought that the
Hospital's CIR crust be built to include the other projects
which were ongoing or coming immediately;
4) That the money savings that the bond spread would bring in the
use of City moneys and how that savings of money could be used
in a ,beneficial manner to the City as well as to Stanford.
Mayor Eyerly .said he appreciated Mr. Lee's comments and that they
would be taken into consideration.
Counci l iember Klein said he was in, favor of the motion. He said
that since he had been a member of the Council, he was part of a
two -person . committee who had been charged with the responsibility
of working with Stanford and the community physicians with regard
to the i mpleraentati,on, interpretation and occasional controversies
which had arisen about the implementation of the City's 1968
agreement with the University to sell Palo Alto's half - of the hos-
pital to the University. In that regard, he had meetings' with
both University offi ei al s and community physician groups about the
problems and proposed so% tt1ons to them.: He thought that placing
those difficulties in the broader context would be helpful. He
said it was a major project and there was a City role to be
played. He said there were ongoing problems in the relationship,
and he looked forward to being able to work with Stanford to have
a better situation than at present. He thought -it was a seamless
webb when the Council started talking about the impact of the new
wing of the hospital on.,, the Willow Road area, and the Stanford
West project. He thought that while the City Council had a
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responsibility to have the new subcommittee consider the broader
impact in that area, there was also a need to keep some focus that
-the subcommittee_ was not going to be charged with the responsi-
bility of becoming sort of a super planning commission for the
City. He said there were enough problems with vegard to the _,hos-
pital and how the contract was being implemented to occupy the
subcommittee and several others for a considerable period of time.
He pointed out to the Council that the subcommittee had a major
assignment and one that would be difficult enough without having
to take on evErything under he sun.
Counci lmember Witherspoon said she also thought the Council should
focus nn the quid pro quo of the contract negotiations vis-a-vis
what they were asking us or what the City _ coral d do with regard to
its bonding capacity and concentrate on that. She observed that
Stanford was a tertiary care hospital in that if one were criti-
cally i l i , Stanford was where to be. It was not really geared to
being a community hospital, which was part of the problem. She
thought that fact should be faced first, and that the City prob-
ably could not negotiate Stanford into becoming a community hospi-
tal. She wanted the Council to realize that that gap might exist
in those services, and proceed to try and insure that Palo Alto
citizens and the physicians in the community had access to that
tertiary care especially at Stanford.
Councilmetnber Fazzino said he agreed with Mayors Fyerly's list of
items that needed to be discussed with Stanford, and agreed that
Stanford had taken the direction of tertiary care over the past
few years. At the same time, the City of Palo Alto helped build
the institution, and he thought it was important for the City and
Stanford to remember that. He thought that before considering
financing help, it was important that the City have an ironclad
agreement from Stanford with regard to accessibility of community
physicians to Stanford Hospital. He said he was disappointed when
he read the most recent Stanford Hospital Board recommendations
regarding the community physician issue. Even though they had
moved about a millimeter since 1978, he found the language to be
patronizing and thought the tone of the report forgot the commit-
ment made to Palo Alto when its interests in the hospital were
sold --which he thought was a grievous mistake. He was concerned
that Stanford not hide behind the guise of advancing medical tech-
nology. He said that issue was thrown up as a smoke screen before
the Council a few weeks ago, and that working for a company that
was involved as a manufacturer of medical technology, he thought
this could be a tremendous help rather than a hindrance in
developing both a better community and educational hospital. He
would support the Mayor's efforts, but before any financing was
considerea, Stanford recognize the commitment made many years ago
to Palo Alto with regard to community access to the hospital. He
did not think that Stanford had taken the proper steps upto this
point to ensure that accessibility.
Counci lmember Renzel agreed with Counci lmember Fazzino, and said
that `s mentioned when Stanford officials appeared before the
Council a few weeks ago, she was concerned about the citizens of
Palo Alto as well as the access by community physicians. ` She did
not think the City could - rely that . the negotiating community
physicians would look beyond their own access interests to that of
other doctors who were not . party to their group or negotiating
entity, and that the Councilmembers must look toward protecting
the consumer interests as much as mentioned by Mr. `Lee. She corn -
meted that an -important role of many medical schools was to train
doctors to serve .In the communities, and she thought that was an
historical weakness of Stanford's medical program. She thought .it
would behoove Stanford, during the course of the negotiations, to
look at whether their medical program may not have gotten►, too
specialized, and. that perhaps their community care and general
practice training needed to be beefed up and tied into serving the
Palo Alto, community.
MOTION. PASSED unanimously.
Mayor Eyerly reiterated that Councilmember Renzel and Council -
member Klein would be the other two Councilmembers to serve on the.
Council subcommittee besides himself to work with City Attorney
Diane Lee and City Manager Bill . Zaner. He asked that staff pro-
vide a copy of the current hospital contract to Councilmember
Renzel . He said that_ Vice Mayor ' Bechtel and Councilmember Cobb
had also expressed interest in the committee.
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RERUEST OF MAYOR EYERLY RE CALAVERAS PROJECT
Mayor Eyerly said it would not be long before NCPA asked the
cities who wished to participate in the Calaveras Project to sign
a firm power agreement for the percentage of power to be received
from the project. He said that Palo Alto's entitlement and
assessments to the 'project were the regular 23 percent, which Palo
Alto had paid for.the seed money on the Calaveras Project. He
said that staff thought that probably 10 percent of the project
would be their recommendation when the decision had. to be made.
He said he would like staff, in conjunction with- their staff
report, to include a report with their observations on how the
cost estimates were arrived at on the project particularly -with
.the 'Co i_ l i ervi l 1 e tunnel which was a long tunnel through granite
rock, Further-, he requested that a cost analysis regardi ng the
cost of electricity to users of the City of Palo Alto with a
variety of; scenarios dependent upon how much surplus power the
City might be able to market be included in the report-. He
thought the Council should.have those two items and be able to
weigh them in order to help set the policy for the purchase of the
Calaveras Project ' without just leaning completely on the staff.
He said there was a lot of guess work involved - in long range power
planning, and he thought the Council needed to be in a position to
make sensible commitment when -the time care,
MOTION: Mayor Eyerly moved, seconded by Fazzino, to direct staff
to prepare -a short report explaining how cost estimates were
obtained dealing particularly with the long Col l i ervi 1 l e tunnel
and other cost sensitive parts of the project, as well as an
analysis of financial impact on our electric rates initial surplus
power if 23% of the project is taken.
MOTION PASSED unanimously.
RE VEST. OF MAYOR EYERLY RE RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING THE CITY OF
t
MOTION: Mayor Eyerly moved, seconded by Witherspoon, to di rect
staff to prepare a resolution for the April 19 agenda, congratu-
lating the City of Oaxaca' on the occasion of its 450th Anni veosary
Celebration.
Ross Thompson, 555 Forest Avenue, said he did not think. the City
should be congratulating the City of Oaxaca beyoi d Mayor Eyerly's
attending the "celebration on public funds. He felt that the time
element was totally incidental, and said Palo Alto was a much
better city than Oaxaca despite their difference in age.
MOTION PASSED unanimously.
REST OF O NCILMEMBER FLETCHER RE SS 1704
Councilmember Fletcher said that SB 1704 would reduce the solar
tax credit from 55 percent to. 40 percent and would delete the
rebate portion of the tax credit and establish a five-year'
warranty requirement in order for the installation to qualify for
the tax credit. She said five-year warranties were uncommon .types
of events, and that the industries would not ,e able to shoulder
that burden. She said the bill would be heard before the Revenue
and Taxation Committee a week from tomorrow and necessitated
immediate action.
MOTION: Councilmember Fletcher moved, seconded by Klein, that the
Mayor send v letter to the Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee
opposing SB-1704.
MOTION PASSED unanimously.
REQUEST OF COUNCILMEMBER COBS_....__RE STATUS REPORT ON OAK CREEK
_ .
MOTION: Councilmember Cobb moved, seconded by Klein, that staff
be :directed to prepare a brief written report re status of Oak
Creek Conversion.
Councilmember Fletcher said she preferred to see a memo in the
packet for next week explaining the problems, and said she had not
heard -any citizen inquiries. _
Councilmember Fazzino said he thought Councilmember Fletcher had
put an item on the agenda about which the other Counci l members
knew noth'ng. He thought Councilmember Cobb's item was timely,
given the_ nature of the .negotiations going on at . Oak Creek, and
that Counci lmember Cobb's request to get a report from staff was a
reasonable one. -
MOTION PASSED unanimously.
RE( VEST OF COUNCILMEMBER FA?ZINO TO ADJOURN MEETING IN MEMORY OF
ri rr r n..rra.�.rrasrr. �i�
Councilmember Fazzino commented that . Dr. Davis had passed on and
said that he had been a Councilmember from 1.955-1962.
MOTION: Councilmember Fazzino moved, seconded by Levy, to adjourn
the meeting in memory of Dr. Burt L. Davis.
MOTION PASSED unanimously
ADJOURNMENT TO EXECUTIVE SESSION
Council adjourned to Executive Session at 9:25
FINAL ADJOURNMENT
Council adjourned at 9:31 p.m. in memory of Dr. Burt L. Davis,
Councilmember 1955-62.
ATTEST:
APPROVED:
p.m.
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