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CITY
COUNCIL
M1MUT€s
CITY
OF
PALO
ALTO
Regular Meeting
Monday, November 1, 1982
ITEM PAGE
Oral Communications 2 6 1 8
Minutes of August 23, 1982 2 6 1 8
Minutes of August 30, 1982 2 6 1 9
Item #1, Resolution of Appreciation to William 2 6 1 9
Blythe
Consent Calendar 2 6 1 9
Action 2 6 1 9
item;#2, Home Weatheri zati on Program 2 6 1 9
Agenda `Uhanges, Additions and Deletions 2 6 2 0
Item #3, Urban Lane - Review of 1979 .City Staff 2 5 2 0
Study and July 23, 1980 Planning Commission
Recommendation re Potential Land Use and Street
System Modifications
Item #4, Request of Mayor Eyerly re Resource Plan -
Electric Utility
item #5, Request of .Councilnenber Klein re
Revisions to Overnight Parking Ordinance
Item #6, Request of Mayor Eyerly re Urgency Matter
re November 15 Meeting
Request of Counciimember ,Klein re Adjournment in
Memory of Comnci 1member Fazzi no' s Lost Bachelor-
hood
Adjournment
Final Adjournment
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Regular Meeting
Mondey, November 1 1982
The City Council of the City of Palo Alto met on this date in the
Council Chambers at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Avenue, at 7:30 p.m.
PRESENT: Bechtel (arrived at 7:31 p .m.) , Cobb, Eyerly,
Fazzino, Fletcher, Klein, Levy, Renzel
ABSENT: Witherspoon
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
1. Sylvia Martinez, 794 Allen Court, represented Duveneck, Juana
Breones, Maloney, Palo Verd Schools, and said that each of
the schools needed crossing guards. Since the beginning of
the school year, the representati ves from the four school s
were assisting the City/School Safety Committee by compiling
data on the respective intersections. Most reports, except
Juana Breones, was still under study and would be turned in to
the Traffic Safety Committee. It was anticipated that addi-
tional crossing guards funding would be necessary, and she was
alerting the City to that possibility.
2. Debbie Stunchfi el d, Director of the Mi dpeni nsul a Health Ser-
vice Home Care and Hospice Program, and represented the Mid -
peninsula Hospice Network, said that "hospice" was a concept
of care designed to meet the special needs of terminally ill
patients and their families. The goal was to provide loving,
competent and comprehensive care to persons in the final
stages of illness. November 7-14 was proclaimed by Congress
to be National Hospice Week. The City of Palo Al to joined
with Congress i n the proclamation, and in doing so, important
recognition had been provided for hospice care as a humane and
realistic approach to meeting the needs of terminally ill
patients and their families: Many events were scheduled to
celebrate National Hospice Week --some of them locally. The
City's proclamation encouraged the community to parts ci;pate in
the events, to learn about the hospice programs and resources
available, and .to learn how to help hospice programs and fam-
ilies. The suppor.t and encouragement of community leaders was
extremely important and appreciated by hospice families a.nd
programs. On behalf of the Hospice Network and Hospice fam-
ilies, she thanked Mayor Eyerly, Councilmembers and the Human
Relations Commission for their support.
Mayor Eyerly announced the need for an Executive Session' regarding
Labor Relations to be held ° during the break.
MINUTES OF AUGUST 23 , 1982
Counc i l member• Renzel < had the following correction:
Page 2417, second to last paragraph, fourth line from. the
were "rationale" should be "rati`onal ."
?age 2419, first paragraph, fifth line and last line,
designation" should be "residents."
NOTION: Coenc1l.eober Fazzino:, moved seconded by _,Lens
of the Minutes of August 23, 1982 as corrett*d.
MOTION PASSED unanimously, Witherspoon absent.
bottom,
the word
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MINUTES OF AUGUST 30, 1982
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Councilmember Fa zzi no had the following correction:
Pa a 2449, seventh paragraph, 1 ine four, should say "20 percent"
"r man "21.41 percent."
MOTION: Councilmember Klein moved, seconded by Fazz•b a, approv-
al of. the Minutes of August 30 1982 as corrected.
MOTION PASSED unanimously, Witherspoon absent.
ITEM #1, RESOLUTION OF APPRECIATION TO WILLIAM BLYTHE
Mayor Eyerly read the Resolution of Appreciation to William Blythe
regarding his service to the City of Palo Alto as a member of the
Architectural Review. Board from October 1, 1979 to September 30,
1982.
MOTION: Councilmember Cobb moved, seconded by Klein, approval
of the Resolution of Appreciation.
RESOLUTION 6073 entitled "RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF
IHL LIFT. lit. PALO ALTO EXPRESSING APPRECIATION TO
WILLIAM BLYTHE FOR OUTSTANDING PUBLIC SERVICE AS A
MEMBER OF THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD'
MOTION PASSED unanimously, Witherspoon absent.
Mayor Eyerly presented the framed Resolution of Appreciation, and
a plaque expressing appreciation on behalf of the City of Palo
Al to for the contributions of William Blythe in guiding the growth
and development of the City thus helping to insure the quality
standards of the community.
Mr. Blythe thanked the City Council and expressed his appreciation
for the opportunity to serve on the ARB. It was an interesting
experience for him, and it was a pleasure to work with the other
members of the Board. After living in Palo Alto for 20 years and
raising his family in the community, he now had a better under-
standing of what everyone in Palo Alto owed to the City Council
and City staff who provided the amenities enjoyed by its citi-
zens.
Councilmember Fletcher commented that periodically she sat in on
Architectural Review Board meetings and was always impressed by
the hard work that went in to each member's study of every item on
the : agenda. Time was donated from their normal careers to the
City and it was gratifying to have such a dedicated and knowledge-
able Architectural Review Board.
CONSENT CALENDAR
MOTIONS Councilmember Fletcher moved, seconded by Levy, approv-
al of the Consent Calendar,
Referral
None
Action
ITEM #2, HOME WEATHERIZATION PROGRAM (CMR:555:2)
Staff recommends that the Council authorize the Mayor to execute;
the contracts with the four insulation contractors as outlined in
CMR:555:2:
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AWARD OF INSULATION CONTRACTS
Dol1n and Sons Roofing and Insulation
Associated Roofing and Insulation
Custom Insulation Company
Budget Insulation Company
MOTION PASSED unanimously, Witherspoon absent,
AGENDA CHANGES. ADDITIONS AND DELETIONS
Mayor Eyerly added Item #6, an urgency matter re November 15 meet-
ing.
ITEM #3, URBAN LANE - REVIEW OF 1979 CITY STAFF STUDY AND JULY 23,
STREIT -SYSTEM MOtIl-ICAFIbR tc0:11.bUrrr
Mayor Eyerly said that the Planning Commission addressed the mat-
ter in terms of possible rezoning, traffic problems, etc., a while
back, but it was not agendized for Council because the recommenda-
tion was for no change.
Planning Commissioner Lanie Wheeler said the Commission reviewed
the Urban Lane area on three separate occasions- -the most recent
of which was i n connection with the proposed parking structures on
both Lot J and at a site in the Urban Lane area. Regarding the
parking structure, the Planning Commission's attitude was one of
cautious cynicism. At the time, it was recommended that the Coun-
cil pursue the necessary land acquisition and construct a tempo-
rary lot on the proposed site while careful 1y moni tori ng the
effect of such a parking 1 of on the traffic and circulation in the
vicinity. The Commission questioned the level of use that the
location would enjoy. There was both a physical and psychological
barrier in using the site for parking for those who were actually
going to be working in the downtown urea . The Commission was con-
cerned about the congestion that might result --not only from the
subject project --but from several other projects that were either
newly installed in the area or not yet installed. There was con-
cern that poor ci rcul ati on exi steel in the area and it was assumed
that the ultimate circulation pattern in the area was based upon
the fact that the land use would remain the same. Concern was
al so raised about the cost benefit relationship of construction of
a garage in that location, the number of people it would serve and
how much it would cost to make it easier for those people to have
pedestrian access to downtown. -Regarding the land use in the
area, the Commission addressed those issues in a at least two
meetings with a lot of public input. Many services currently
located in the area were either rare in Pala Alto or unique to
Palo Alto. They served other Palo Alto businesses and would be
hard-pressed to find locations either in, or close to, Palo Alto
if they were asked to relocate by being rezoned out of the area.
There were many small individual lots and it would be difficult to
assemble those lots to make any kind of cohesive devei opment in
that area The existing circulation was very poor, and.. any sweep-
ing land use changes in the area would necessitate, a.great expense
to the City to improve those circulation elements. The Commission
also felt that housi ng was the most pressing need for redevelop-
ment in the area, but recognized that the site, while having some
strong points favoring redevelopment of housing, had serious con-
straints for redevel opment in, that . manner. The links to the out-
side world were weak, there was poor pedestrian access and poor.
traffic circulation in and around the area. El Canino ;;Real and
the railroad tracks offered benefits and .;detriments to a : housing
community Staff had 1 explained the difficulty of _completely
replanting an al ready developed ' urea very well. Pol i cymakers,
such as the : Planning Commi ssion and City 'Council, must be sensi-
tive not only to the current difficulties of doing a rezoning of
the area, but al so to the pressures, that would occur fifteen years
hence for a new Planning Commission and City Council when those
decisions were to be implemented
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Mayor Eyerly said that in going over the Planning Commission's
minutes, it appeared that the concerns of the public who spoke at
those two meetings centered around a possible change in zoning.
The traffic flow and garage did not appear to be major issues for
the public --it was an analyzation of feasibility by the Commis-
sion.
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Ms. Wheeler responded that Mayor Eyerl y' s perceptions were cor-
rect. Regarding the circulation problem in the area, the public
that addressed the Commission seemed content with leaving the
probl ems as they were. They were not happy with the prior situa-
tion where there was an Urban Lane connection and were glad to be
closed off. From their standpoint, while they found that some,
people were lost in the neighborhood, they were not anxious to
have ingress and egress improved.
Director of Planning and Community Environment Ken Schreiber com-
mented that Ms. Wheeler did a good job of summari zing the series
of Planning Commission actions. He thought that the property own-
ers who participated with the Planning Commission correctly noted
that if the road system was upgraded --the intersections with El
Camino improved, the roads widened and access generally improved
in that area --it would facilitate the change that people did not
want to occur. Staff got the message that people in the area
wanted to be left alone. The area had odd shaped parcels and bad
access, but served the people well for activities such as antique
furniture stripping and repair. The people did not want the area
to undergo change. He noted that CMR:460:2 spoke of obtaining an
Urban Mass Transportation Administration (UMTA) grant, which staff
had been working on for a long time. On October 13, staff was
advised that the approval was in the mail, and it arrived on
November 1, 1982. Staff recommended, consistent with the Planning
Commission's recommendation, that there be no change in land use
designation for the Urban Lane area. Further, it was recommended
that there be no upgrading of the road connection from University
Avenue Circle to the existing Urban Lane area. He believed that
the land use and road issues were tightly interconnected. If the
land use were changed, then the road system needed to be
addressed; and, if the road system were addressed then the land
use would change almost inevitably. 1 f the Council wished to con-
sider modification of the zoning, it would be i n response to con-
cerns that whi l e the area had a number of low intensity uses and
served distinct functions not found in many other - areas in Palo
Al to, that the zoning permitted a considerable variety of uses and
considerably more intensive retail and office uses. If the Coun-
cil wished to try and maintain the existing mix, there might be
some justification to' referral of the matter to the Planning Com-
mission for consideration of modifying the zoning in the area to
reduce the available options consistent with trying to keep the
area as a true service commercial area rather than seeing it
ev•al ve into offices. No action was recommended on the Urban Lane
parking structure, and the Park and Ride lot would be part of _ the
UMTA proposal which would be before the Council soon. \That would
be the second lot in the process, and the need for it would have
to be assessed first. If it were installed, as noted by the Plan-
ning Commission, the traffic conditions would have to be monitored
in the vicinity because. there were legitimate : concerns about
access and potential traffic conflicts.
Councilmember Levy asked for a description of the proposed
garage.
Ms. Mel ena said three. garage structures Were suggested for the
site. Two of them would - ;have taken up the entire length of the
site, about 750 feet, and the whole width, about 71 feet. The
recommended structure would take about 550 feet i n length.
Entrance to the garage would be from the Circe --a new parking lot
was constructed as part of the transfer center that provided
between 10. and; 20 spaces, and one woul d pass through that parking
lot -and .enter the garage.
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Councilmember Levy said he was not clear as to the use of the area
marked "area." He asked if that was part of the, garage and part
of the traffic pattern, or was it outside.
Ms. Helena said that was outside of the garage discussion. How-
ever, all of the alternatives provided exit to Urban Lane so that
one would be able to pass through the Urban Lane area to El
Camino.
Councilmember Renzel asked what options the City would have if
Hubbard and Johnson suddenly went out of business and the site,
which was vacant with the exception of one substantial structure,
were to be redeveloped and someone came in with a major office
complex.
Mr. Schreiber responded that the land was zoned service commer-
cial, which allowed offices, and the floor area ratio in that zone
was 2.0, which meant that the maximum allowed floor area was two
times the lot size. There were a number of substantially sized
parcels in the area, but the parcel at 793 El Camino was 414,000
square feet. The maximum allowed development would be about
825,0.00 square feet. There was .quite a distance between saying
what the maximum was and what would actually happen. Any type of
major development would undoubtedly require an Environmental
Impact Report (EIR), and the traffic and other impacts would have
to be assessed. As noted earlier, access to the area was a criti-
cal constraint --access both within the area as well as access to
E1 Camino. The zoning was there, but he did not want the record
to indicate that all of that development would be likely because
some of the other constraints would come into play in the City's
processes.
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Councilmember Renzel was concerned that applications on as large a
parcel as that one rarely got denied --they got modified, "miti-
gated" and built. If the Ci ty did nothing, a major office devel -
opment could and would be built within a reasonable time of the
application.
Mr. Schreiber said that was correct, and was also one of the con-
cerns that staff had. While people now said they wanted to keep
what they had, things could change rapidly, which was one reason
why staff suggested that it might be appropriate for the Council
to send back to the Planning Commission the task of considering
whether the zori ng should be modified :to bring the zoning maximums
more on line with the type of development there now.
Councilmember Renzel asked if the possibility of exercising the
City's easements for Urban Lane behind the Holiday Inn were dis-
cussed, and having Holiday Inn participate in the parking struc-
ture to substitute the parking they would lose.
Mr. Diaz said that the idea of revoking the encroachment permit
covering the back 36 feet of the Holiday Inn parcel was discussed.
That created a number of problems --the Holiday Inn development was
zoned "PC," and. revoking that license would take away a signifi-
cant number of parking stalls, which would put the- development in
violation of the PC ordinance_ through no fault of the developer.
Staff also looked at a number of, options staying within the 36
foot encroa. hr ent area, which problems were contained in the staff
report; The other option was not revoking the license, but put-
ting in some connection between the back of the Holiday Inn and
the rai l road l tracks , and in essence continuing on :with the parking
in the roadway that started _ at the front end by the Circle and
having Mr. thin, the adjacent Holiday Inn developer, participate
in some; share of the costs in return for relieving hi:l of ,the
doubt about the. back 36 foot area which was subject to revoca-
tion.
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Councilmember Renzel clarified that her suggestion was instead of
participating in building the road elsewhere, that Mr. Chin par-
ticipate in building she parking elswhere, which was what the City
planned to build there anyway. She thought that would preserve
the City's easement for Urban Lane in what would be the best
access for Urban Lane, and would not intrude on the potential for
a parking structure. She wondered whether some of that parking
structure could be used for the Holiday Inn, and what would have
been -,contributed toward a road alternative would be contributed
toward a parking structure alternative, and it could perhaps have
an underpass or overpass for pedestrians to get between the two
locations.
Director of Transportation Ted Noguchi did not recall that the
cost participation of the Holiday inn was discussed the last time
the parking structure concept was reviewed. It was something that
could be cranked into the financing scheme. He thought that Mr.
Chin had as much interest in additional parking as the City in
that particular location.
Councilmember Renzel thought that the Holiday Inn site was the
subject of a referendum from the Manned Community zone. The PC
zone showed Urban Lane as it was outside the boundaries of the
Holiday Inn property, yet all the development was shown as it was
except that Urban Lane was shown on the outside perimeter of that
property. The election material submitted by the Holiday Inn to
the voters of Palo Alto showed Urban Lane on the outside perimeter
of the project. It was only after the project was being built
that it was discovered that Urban Lane was incorporated into the
project. At that point, the City retroactively issued an en-
croachment permit. Since the PC zone was referended and since the
election material showed Urban Lane as being outside of the bound-
ary of the property, was the PC amended to put Urban Lane inside
the boundary of the PC, or was an encroachment permit issued.
City Attorney Diane Lee was not aware of the referendum about
which Councilrnember Renzel spoke, and wanted to review the old
files to ascertain what was re€erended..
Councilmember Renzel ci ari f,i ed that the public approved an ordi-
nance of the Council, but the election material and the PC ordi-
nance showed Urban Lane as being outside of the perimeter of ._,the.
property.
Ms. Lee -:said that would not take away the Council's power at a
later ti me to do something else. She assumed that the Counci 1
passed a PC ordinance, someone filed a petition for referendum,
and the voters upheld the Council's ordinance which showed Urban
Lane outside the perimeter . of the property. If it was an initia-
tive ordinance, there would be no possibility of amendment if it
was not also by initiative.
Councilmember Renzel said that .election material submitted by the
Holiday Inn showed the Urban Lane outside of the property. She
recollected that the PC also showed it outsi de. She did not know
whetter the PC was ever amended to incorporate the Urban Lane
inside. • if it were not amended to be inside., and an encroachment
permit were issued, was the Urban Lane now part of the PC. The
staff report indicated that in order to revoke the encroachment,
the City would have to amend the PC. If the property known as
Urban -Lane were never .incorporated into the PC zone as passed and
the development_ plan was passed, then it would not have to be
amended;
Mayor Eyerly asked that staff investigate Councilmember Renzel's
comments and give the Council _,a report...
Councilmember Renzel commented that if the City wanted a residen-
tial development in the long-term, but did not wi sh to amorti ze
any of the existing uses, at the time those uses either changed
hands or requested a change to a more intensive use, was there a
mechanism by which it would trigger into a residential zoning at
that point.
Ms. Lee said none existed that would withstand a court challenge.
Zoning ran with the land --not with a change in ownership --and it
was suited for the land, not for who owned the property.
Councilrnember Renzel said the Council had a choice of attempting
to determine how it wished to see the property over the long --terra
or letting happen whatever the market forces determined would hap-
pen.
Ms. Lee said that the Council , with the tool of the Comprehensive
Plan, could plan for how it would like to see an area developed
and the zoning should follow. She did not see any. other way to
accomplish that goal.
Vice Mayor Bechtel asked how the property owners and renters in
the Urban Lane area were notified. The staff report indicated
that carbon copies were sent to the property owners. She wanted
to verify that they were notified.
Ms. Melena said the property owners were notified in accordance
with the list contained in the staff report. They received a copy
of the staff report and it was marked that the item would be dis-
cussed on October 25. A follow-up letter was sent to the property
owners when it was ascertained that the matter would be discussed
on November 1.
Vice Mayor Bechtel asked if the City did the temporary parking lot
at surface, that would not require connections through to Urban
Lane.
Ms. Melena said that was correct.
Mayor Eyerly thought that Council had set a policy for the staff
to go ahead and structure a Park and Ride surface lot in that
area. Recommendation No. 5 indicated that staff would review the
need and return to the Council with information on the lease,
costs of improvement and funding sources.
Ms. Helena did not recal 1 the specific Council action the first
tine the UMTA grant was reviewed, but understood that first staff
would set up the Park and Ride lot at Page Mill and Ash, and after
it was working for a while and staff could determine whether
another lot was needed, staff would look more closely at the. Urban
Lane site. The recommendation in the staff report was to help
staff clarify some of the issues because a lot of issues surround-
ed the site at present.
Mayor Eyerly said he thought that when the Council accepted the
limited parking in the residential areas surrounding the downtown
business area, it designated that if the City were to recci ve the
grant, the Council would accept the staff's recommendation for
limited parking on opposite sides of the street. When that was
activated, the Park and Ride lot in south Palo. Alto would exist,
plus staff would be moving towards establishing the one on Urban
Lane. He did not think there was any question that the Council
would use the Park and Ride lot on Urban Lane. The question was
whether the City would go on to something more grandiose in the
recommendation for the parking structure.
Mr. Noguchi responded that the Urban Lane site was a designated
site for the Park and Ride lot. Staff concluded that it would be
better to start off with the Page Mill/Ash site to gain some
experience with the shuttle service. Then, as the demand grew, to
resurface that site and provide a Park and Ri de lot at that ti me.
He thought it was premature to provide that lot and schedule the
bus service when the demand might not exist at the other loca-
tion.
Mr. Schreiber said that related to the UMTA grant. As indicated,
staff received the letter from Washington approving the grant,
and that item would be before the Council on November 22. At that
time, i f the Counci 1 desi red to pursue both 1 ots , i t was an
option.
Mayor Eyerly confirmed that regarding the lot which was already
constructed on the part of the connection nearest the Southern
Pacific (SP) depot, that was part of the Santa Clara Transit Dis-
trict lot and the City had no control
Mr. Noguchi said that lot was under the control of the Santa Clara
County Transit District,.
Mr. Diaz said it might be important to clarify that the little
parking lot at the front was added to the City's El Camino Park
lease. The City leased it from Stanford and sublet it to the
County Transit Di strict as part of their transit district opera-
tion and SP depot rehabilitation project.
Mayor Eyerly said that if the Council advised staff to 5o ahead on
the expansion of that lot and make a Park and Ride lot down the
1 eng th of the connection area, would it be the same type of con-
struction in terms of the asphalt. He asked if the road quality
of the first lot was such that, if the City decided to make a con-
nection through there into the area --whether through Urban Lane or
some other connecti on--i t woul d be sui tabl e for a roadway.
Mr. Noguchi said yes. Staff consulted with the District staff to
ensure that the design would be part of the parking lot layout.
That parking lot had an open end to the south so that if the
extension went through to create a Park and Ride lot, that same
aisle could be extended all theway through and serve as a road to
Urban Lane.
Mayor Eyerly said the report mentioned the need for a signal light
on El Camino if some type of connection were mate into the area.
CalTrans had not been asked whether it was feasible for another
signal light to be placed on El Camino in that area. He asked if
the City had any idea whether another signal would be allowed.
Mr. Noguchi said he had not made that inquiry pending direction of
the Council. He did not believe there was enough traffic coming
out of Homer to warrant any type of signal change at this, time.
Mayor Eyerly said he realized that, but wondered if a connection
was made into the Park and Ride lot, and if there was additional
traffic, whether a signal light would be permitted.
Marcia Boyle, 70 Homer Avenue, said that. Ole and her husband owned
both 50 and 70 Homer Avenue. When the matter was before the Plan-
ning Commission, she was concerned about the rezoning to single
family dwellings because in her opinion the area was not the type
of area where those types -of homes should be placed. Now she was
concerned about the connection. She did not oppose :the parking,
but did not want the connection from the parking through the prop-
erty which would go through her building, and through Hubbard and
Johnson to Encina. She did not receive the packet in the mail
until last week and only received it by request. She had .received
the letter stating . that the meeting was changed and . called the
City to, ascertain what was happening.. Hubbard and Johnson planned
on making improvements to the property. Her equipment rentals
would still be at the same -location and Hubbard and Johnson's lum-
ber yard would remain at the location, but plans were in the mill
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to upgrade the area. Her yard presently had compressors, rollers,
tractors, etc., parked there. She had a plan which proposed that
some of the items would be selectively sold and the rest would be
put under cover. If the road from the connection went through
that property, it would send those plans down the tubes. She felt
that her business was a service to the community, and Hubbard and
Johnson felt that their business was a service to the community
and intended to be around for some time. She felt that Council
should have some input from Hubbard and Johnson concerning their
plans.
Mr. Schreiber said the existing urban Street went from the back of
the Holiday Inn parking lot over to Homer. That was the route
being talked about when talking about access from a parking lot or
a parking structure. The question was access from Homer to El
Camino and whether a light was needed. In the 1979 study, which
was discussed i n 1979-80 by the Planning Commission, there was
another map which showed other possible improvements, including a
number of ways to substantially upgrade the road system. Ms.
Boyle spoke about Alternative No. 1, which would not be recommend-
ed -by staff or the Planning Commission unless the discussion was
to substantially change the land use to residential. The City was
not looking at that type of massive change in the road system when
talking about the parking lot or parking structure.
Ms. Boyle asked where the traffic would exit.
Mayor Eyeri y said nothing was recommended by either staff or the
Planning Commission in terns of traffic flow. The schematics were
possibilities, but none were presently supported by any body.
Mr. Schreiber said Urban Street as it now existed would be used,
and that would be connected to a parking lot. It would most like-
ly be one way out of the parking structure and parking lot.
Councilmember Fazzino said he was overwhelmed by all of the infor-
mation and concerns being raised about some of the ideas being
presented. He thought it was important for ;.the Council . to indi-
cate that there was no specific recommendations before it. The
matter was dealt with in tremendous detail by staff and the Plan-
ning Commission, and their recommendations were to not move ahead
with any specific •approaches along the lines of what was mentioned
by Ms. Boyle. He reiterated that the Council was not considering
any recommendations, and unless something drastically changed in
the next 15 minutes, the Council would not change the no recommen-
dation philosophy of the Planning Commission.
Mrs. Henry Carmean, 101 Alma, said she owned property at 63-67
Encina, and it was difficult to do anything with the property as
long as the rezoning and other confrontations were being dis-
cussed. She had two new tenants who had long-term leases. It was
difficult to know how to improve one's property with no sense of
what was going to happen. She had put a lot of .money into her
properties in the last year, and the uses had changed from ware-
housing to an advertising agency and an interior designer with
furniture. She had tried to improve the looks of, the building,
but did not want to spend a lot of money until the City's plans
were known.
NOTION: Counci 1 ■eiber Klein moored, seconded by Fazzino, to
approve thestaff recommendations that:
1. No change .be made in the land use designation of the ; Urban
Lane area;
2.: If the Countfl wishes to . eval nate -140 fl cati on -of - the- ohi ng:
for the _Urb-en Lane area to reduce the potential for' more
intensive -;office and retail activities, the issue be: referred
- --to-the .P1 anni Ong Cosmi ss1 on;
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3. No action be taken on making the road connection from Univer-
sity Avenue Circle to the Urban Lane terminus, through the
Urban Lane Connection, and no other changes be made in the
Urban Lane Area street system;
4. No action be taken on the Urban Lane parking structure propos-
al at this time;
5. Regarding the park -and -ride lot, staff be directed to:
a) Assess the need for the Urban Lane park -and -ride lot and
return to the City Council with information on the lease,
costs of improvement and funding sources when the need for
the lot has been determined;
b) If the Urban Lane park -and -ride lot is installed, monitor
traffic conditions in the vicinity of the park -and -ride
lot and take corrective actions when needed.
Councilmember Klein said he agreed with the staff recommendations
that no changes be made in the land use designations of the area,
He thought that any changes would probably end up creati ng more
problems than there was currently. He felt the area served a use-
ful purpose for the Ci ty. Since he was in favor of the status
quo, he understood that a status quo was not moved, and thus hi s
motion included only paragraph 5.
Mayor Eyerly agreed that nothing should be activated to change any
of the zoning. However, it behooved the Council to think about
the traffic situation. Some pieces of information were presented
that should be pursued to ascertain what was feasible, The Coun-
cil should ascertain whether a traffi c signal light on El Camino
was possible either at Encina or Homer or that general area. Fur-
ther, the ,Council should request a staff report on the PC for the
Holiday inn, which concerned the easement they had on the back
which was the roadway connecting Urban Lane at one time, and find
out whether there was anything that might be done by way of a
traffic connection or whether there would have to be a change in
the PC.
AMENDMENT: Mayor Eyerly moved that staff be directed to inves-
tigate a signal light on El Camino in the area between Enci na and
Homer.
AMENDMENT FAILED FOR LACK OF A SECOND.
AMENDMENT: Mayor Eyerly moved, seconded by Renzel, that staff
prepare a report concerning the Holiday Inn encroachment with co.-
cents concerning cooperation from Holiday Inn for funding in the
park -and -ride lot or any future parking structure.
Counci lrnember Renzel said she- would support the amendment because
the -.City -should clarify its ,rights with respect to the Urban Lane
encroachment. She viewed the -:area as being a major area and one
which was ripe for' redevelopment. It was an area -_.that was close
to shopping, and a park -and -ride lot would' pravi de. easy transpor-
tation to downtown. It was,'close to Stanford University, and
appeared to ;be =an obvious place for the-:..Cauncil-to look -for hous
ing in the long run. It was a. "chicken and eggs situation, where--.
by if the Council planned for- access to the site, it night create
the kind of intensification which was not desired by the. City
under the current-,-.zonin-g• - However, if access. ,were not planned
for, _ the -Counel,l .would-. end up. --with a 44eCe.,,meal,, -notr planned
development in. an area with -what was now fair.iy- poor access and an -
intensive zone. 'She thought it behooved the Council to go further
and, look at its options for- planning access to the site, whether
It was t"o create plan lines, which the City had the right to do,
or to go ahead and---acqui re" rights -of -way: or whatever was needed. --
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The first step was to ascertain the City's potential with respect
to the former Urban Lane which was taken over by the Holiday Inn.
She thought it was not a decision conscientiously planned by the
Council in 1973, and it was not incorporated' in the PC at the time
it was approved.
Councilmember Klein said he would incorporate the amendment if it
were worded somewhat differently. He felt it was premature to
approach the _Holiday Inn, and a waste of staff time to talk about
participation in funding a garage since it had not even been
approved .in concept. He had no problem with directing the staff
to report back on the status of use of the encroachment.
Mayor Eyerly said he did not expect staff to negotiate with the
Holiday Inn because it was not known whether to go for a parking
structure or what. A report was needed as to the way staff envi-
sioned the legality of the encroachment, and whether the City was
in a position to ask the Holiday -Inn . for cooperation.
AMENDMENT INCORPORATED INTO MAIM MOTION WITH APPROVALS OF MAKER
AND SECOND.
MOTION AS AMENDED PASSED unanimously, Witherspoon absent.
Councilmember Renzel said staff suggested in Recommendation No. 2
that if Council wished to evaluate modification of the zoning for
the Urban Lane area to reduce the potential for more intensive
office and retail activities, the issue should be referred to the
Planning Commission. She thought it was clear, with land prices
being what they were, that intensification was likely to occur if
the Council and Planning Commission did nothing about it. She
preferred to see the Council refer the matter to the Planning Com-
mission to look at a possibly more restrictive zoning classifica-
tion. She would not rule out the possibility of high density
residential.
MOTION: Council■ember Renzel moved that the natter of a more
restrictive zoning classification for the Urban Lane area be
referred to the Planning Commission.
MOTION FAILED FOR LACK OF A SECOND.
ITEM #4, REQUEST OF MAYOR EYERLY RE RESOURCE PLAN
- ELECTRIC
Mayor Eyerly said that a great deal was done to fulfill the City's
needs for its anticipated electric load up to the year 2004 by the
Council's approving the Calaveras Project at a 23 percent partici-
pation. Regarding the anticipated growth within the City, . there
was still a need for another_ 15 megawatts. The Council needed to
address what types of projects it would support so that staff had
some guidance for its power planning Further, the Council should
address the needs, for resources past the year 2004, being cogni-
zant that the City taay not have the advantage of low priced NAPA
power that it now had. The key in planning et the Council level
was to be made aware of the possible resources that the City could
move into, and for staff to 'report on those possible resources and
provide input as to what increased conservation efforts might be
made through the next years to hold down the load asmuch as Pos-
sible. Council would need to react to that report when it came.
through in order for staff to have a feeling as to what type of
projects it was interested in.
MOTIOM. Mayor Eyerly moved, seconded by Cobbs to direct staff
to report on resource pi amnia, for future .power needs to. include
consersatien efforts.
Vice Mayor Bechtel asked how that was different from the extensive
reports the 'Council had had commencing last Winter and Spring, and
the series of special: workshops on energy and resource planning.
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She asked whether the Mayor was expecting to hear something dif-
ferent or new.
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Mayor Eyerly said the power projects kept opening up primarily
through the NCPA, to which the City belonged. He felt that the
City should be an active participant in some of the projects and
others he saw no reason to support. Regarding the Harry Allen
Project, he thought the City woald have been better off if the
Council had instructed staff not to pursue it. Further, the City
would have been better off if the Council had economically ana-
lyzed, or staff was given some policy direction with regard to
economics and had not investigated the wind project on the
Tehachape. He wanted to provide staff with policy direction on
those types of things.
Vice Mayor Bechtel agreed. She did not object to the motion, but
wanted to commend the staff because they had done a good job in
the past in keeping the Council up to date. A lot of time was
spent early on discussing the Harry Allen Project, and she remind-
ed that Council some months prior to the its final vote on Harry
Allen, she had pushed for nonparticipation. She felt staff did a
good job on the Wind Farm Project by showing its strong hesita-
tions. She was not sure that the Council would get an) ping much
different from what it was now getting.
Councilmernber Levy said he was surprised that members of the Util-
ities Department were not present at the Council meeting. He
asked if staff had any comments about Vice Mayor Bechtel's corn-
ments and Mayor Eyerly's motion.
City Manager Bill Zaner said staff saw no problem in producing the
type of report requested. It was a logical progression from the
series of reports which were provided earlier in the year to allow
the Council to continue its deliberations and provide more precise
direction as to which kinds of projects it would be appropriate to
pursue. Projects did not come- up often, but as they did, there
was front end money required to get into them. Some indication
was needed from the Council as to which ones should be pursued.
Staff concurred that an analysis was important, and direction from
the Council would be hel pful .
Councilmember. Fletcher welcomed the last part of_. the motion which
emphaGized the conservation efforts because, pe"iodically, she
wondered what had hEppened to the recommendations which were to
come regarding sample ordinances staff was to review and bring
back. Further, at the League of California Cities Conference,
Davis was given an award for their excellent. program which was
called "the Prime --Time Program." She hoped the City, would get
some movement going on new conservation programs.
Councilmember Levy was confused by the motion because he felt com-
fortable with the way he perceived staff to be planning tor the
City's utility needs --both long-term and short -term -ire the areas
of consumption and conservation. He did not want to send staff a
message to change its_ -`directions and mode of planning because he
thought their mode of planning was good. ,He believed - in long-
range planning, and thought the City's utility long-range planning
was exemplary. It went out now past the turn of the century. He
felt there was a danger in too much conceptualizing because it was
done in a vacuum. The best wad to plan was to. have specific
plans, allowing them to concretely look at all the elements and
costs. Part of that would have to wait until after the. Calaveras
Project moved ahead and they knew exactly what kind of power.
development was seen, As the conservation policies were evolved
and proven, the City's thinking- wool \ change. He was inclined not
to support the motion, not because he disagreed with it. but
because it essentially; mirrored what was , already going on, end,
therefore. was not needed.
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Mayor Eyerly said the study sessions indicated that there were
projects in the mill in which staff .was , interested. Staff was
eager - to get some type of a reaction from the Council concerning
what types of resource planning to do until those projects were
addressed. Basically,. the Council's policy was spelled out, and
it would be helpful to Mr. Aghjayan and his department for the
Council to request a report on resource planning --including what
could be done- by way of conservation... The Council's reaction to
the report would clarify for staff which way to go with regard to
future planning. Staff did not want to do that before because
Calaveras, the Wind Project, and Harry Allen had not yet been
addressed.
Councilmember Renzel agreed with Councilmember Levy that the cur-
rent procedure was adequate. She found - i t difficult to understand
why staff did not wish that same kind of policy •decision before
those other projects, unless they were concerned that some type of
policy decision would preclude them. It was 'important for the
Council to understand the detailed ramifications of the projects
before establishing any policy with respect to them. It would be.
premature to address resource planning in a general way without
having the specifics. She would oppose the motion.
Mayor Eyerly was concerned because staff would not exclusively
bring in hydro projects or renewable resource projects unless they
had some strong feelings from the Council in that direction. He
thought it would be helpful for the Council to address renewable
resources and other types of resources, and establish whether the
Council was interested in how those might tie into their load and
whether to pursue some of them. Renewable resources was where the
Council was, but that was not spelled out and staff could spend
time and money on other types of resources that the Council might
not support. He thought something in a general policy would be to
the City's advantage.
MOTION PASSED by a vote of 6-2, Renzel, Levy voting "no,
Witherspoon absent.
ITEM #5, REQUEST OF COJNCILMEMBER KLEIN RE REVISIONS TO OVERNIGHT
Counci lmember Klein and Counci lrcmber Cobb believed that the situ-
ation raised with regard to Robert Sni der' s truck produced some
questions which should be. corrected. -
MOT10N; Council®ember Klein moved, seconded by Cobb, that staff
be directed to prepare an amendment to the overnight parking ordi-
nance incorporating the following standards:
1. Thet the City allow hardship permits for commercial vehicles
exceeding 7,000 pounds unladen gross weight;
2. That 'Hardship" shall be defi ne l the same as presently in . the
ordinance for house cars and campers, namely that the appli-
cant hes no legal aff-street parking space adequate to accom-
modate the vehicle at his place of residence;
3. That issuance of the permit to the applicant will not unduly
impact - the neighborhood. (The Police Department will - have: to
make this judgment and will have a hearing to allow interested
neighbors to testify in the same manner as 'a neighborhood
testifies before the zoning officer in use permits or variance
setters);
4. That no permit shall - he ; granted for any commerce# al rehi cl e i n
any c1 'c*astance if its weight exceeds- a eaxisum gross of
14,000 ponds. (This last factor is consistent with Chapter
10.48 which prohibits vehicles exceeding seven tons on resi-
denti al stmts..)
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Councilmember Renzel asked whether in the phrase "The Police
Department will have to make this judgment meant the Police
Department or the Council.
Councilmember Klein said the Police Department, and asked City
Attorney Diane Lee if that was her understanding as well.
City Attorney Diane Lee responded that she understood that ini-
tially there would be a decision by the Police Department or the
Supervisor of Revenue Collections, and if someone were dissatis-
fied with that decision, there would be an appeal to the Council.
Vice Mayor Bechtel asked regarding standard No. 1, to allow hard-
ship permits for commercial vehicles exceeding 7,000 pounds, if
the current City ordinance limited vehicles to 7,000 pounds and
thus that figure.
Ms. Lee said that under the City's present ordinance, only those
commercial vehicles which exceed 7,000 pounds unladen gross .weight
were prohibited from .overnight parking. Anything under that was
permitted for overnight parking, The ordinance would create
another range of 7,000 to 14,000 pounds to park with a permit, and
anything over 14,000 pounds would be prohibited.
Joyce Anderson, 3881 Magnolia Drive,.. said that a resident went to
her with a copy of an ordinance in hand expressing frustration : and
depression over a huge semi truck that was parked within one inch
of her driveway. Her neighbor complained to the City about the.
semi because it was parking in front of her home. Five different
neighbors complained about the same truck. The present ordinance
was not enforced because someone had a petition that neighbors did
not care that a semi was parked in their neighborhood and one
Councilmember brought the matter before the Council. The ordi-
nance might be loosened so that the .police would not enforce the
ordinance. The residents in her neighborhood cared and had pride
in their neighborhood. They complained because of the aesthetics,
and felt that a semi destroyed the neighborhood's character. Two
new residents on her street said they would never have purchased a
home in Palo Alto if they thought it possible that the City would.
allow a semi to park in front of their horse. If another card
parked across the street from the semi, there was not enough room
for two-way traffic. Dependent upon which spot the semi chose to
park, there was only room for one way traffic, and it was ques-
tionable that there was room for an emergency vehicle to get
through. Further, having the semi parked on the street broke down
the street's edges. The City had already redone the edges of the
street in her neighborhood. There, was no mistaking when the semi
roiled in in the evening but adjacent neighbors felt it was worse
when the truck started in the morning. Her block already had one
semi, two commercial dump trucks and one _commercial pickup. She
asked when a street stopped being residential and become a commer-
cial parking lot. The residents that lived closest to the semi
would like > the ordinance to be enforced. If. any changes were
made, it should make the ordinance more restrictive -not less.
She thought it was in the City's best interests to protect and
enhance what it had. She asked what would happen if the owner of
the ' semi lived in an apartment, building wi th no street -front park-
ing, and if the permit would allow the truck owner to ` park any-
place on the street.
Councilmember Klein said he was upset that the Police Department
had not been enforcing the ordinance which was effective in As.
Anderson's neighborhood. \ The law was on , the books and should be
enforced. The amendment was minor and designed to take care of an
almost one of a_ kind situation. It was to :allow -a truck on the
streets only if it could be shown that the truck would not impact
the neighborhood. He found it hard to believe that a truck owner
would be ; able to meet that burden in Ms. Anderson's neighborhood.
Mr. Snider was likely to be able to meet that test, and his neigh-
borhood was much different. He intended an extremely narrow
exception to the rules. He was persuaded that banning commercial
vehicles in Palo Alto was a good idea.
Councilmember Cobb agreed with Councilmember Klein. He felt there
was adequate protection both in terms of the size limit and of
having to have the support of the neighborhood before obtaining
the exception. He asked how long a permit would be valid.
City Manager Bill Zaner said that the current ordinance provided
that an exception permit was good for one year, and the subject
permit would probably have the same length of time. He urged that
the exception permit not be adopted. It presented a series of
problems, only some of which the Council heard tonight. He
reminded the Council that the permit was issued to the owner and
operator of the vehicle, and that owner and operator may park any-
where with that permit. It was not for a specific place --it could
be parked in front of his own home, or in front of someone else's
home. If the neighbors objected, it could be moved down the
street and parked somewhere else. Staff said that was difficult
to deal with, and Council would have difficulty wi th the kinds of
comments it received tonight from neighbors in adjacent areas, who
had to deal with problems from other neighborhoods. Further,
staff had difficulty in trying to determine what "unduly impacting
the neighborhood" meant. He asked if that meant that one permit
per block could be issued or what. The phrase wa.s such a loose
and ambiguous standard that it was no standard at al l , and staff
did not believe it could be applied. Staff was also concerned
that they would end up with what amounted to a neighbor versus
neighbor set of arguments. This type of incident would set the
neighbors against one another. The current program provided for
certain exceptions if a hardship could be shown. The only condi-
tion of hardship was that the individual did not have sufficient
off-street parking to house his vehicle, A hardship permit could
be applied for in order to park the vehicle on the street. To
begin that process, it was necessary for staff to have permits in
hand in order to issue them. Those permits had been received, and
staff was preparing to notify people that they could obtain a per-
mit if they wished to do so. Staff believed that it was impor-
tant, before starting to cite vehicles, to warn people about the
enforcement first. For some time, staff: had been placing warnings
on windshields telling drivers that they had a limited amount of
time to get .the cars off the street and into their driveways and
garages. The actual citations under the ordinance would commence
in a short period of time.
Rob Snider, 981 Oregon Avenue, said he sympathized with Ms.
Anderson. There was no doubt that problems could be caused from
large semi trucks. In his situation, his neighbors expressed
their concerns and supported him. He lived in his neighborhood
for eight years, had not created any problems, and did not think
he had abused the possible imposition of : parking his truck in
front of his home. He felt that if Circumstances had arisen where
people with semis and larger commercial vehicles over 7,000 pounds
had initimidated neighbors or bothered them, there should-__-be some
form of restriction. He asked about - the person that did not
create a problem., In his case, Oregon Avenue had a lot of semis
driving by, and it was noisy. He left at 3:OO a.m., and none of
his neighbors could tell when he left. If the hardship could be
proven, he felt that the permit should be .issued.
Councilmember Fletcher asked Mr. Snider howmany trucks he owned.
Mr. Snider said he owned two _trucks, but only one was parked in
front 'of his:home.
Mr. Snider .said he was informed by one of his neighbors that Coun-
cilmem er Fletcher visited his neighborhood. He was asked by a
neighbor why one Councilmember was .negative about the issue.
Mayor Eyerly said it was common for a Councilmember, when wres-
tling with an agenda item, to talk with affected neighbors, or go
out and look at the area.
Counciimenber Fletcher said she visited the neighborhood yesterday
and looked at the vehicle in question. Mr. Snider's rig had ten
wheels and the vehicle was about twice the width of a car. There
were four trucks parked in .the vicinity --the one semi, two large
pickup..trucks and one compact truck. She approached the next door
neighbor, , who was sitting on a bench outside, and asked him who
owned the trucks. The gentleman said that the compact truck was
his and that the other three trucks belonged to his neighbor.
When the gentleman's daughter approached, Councilmember Fletcher
asked her whether the three trucks bothered them because the Coun-
cil had received a petition indicating that the neighbors were not
opposed to that particular truck. The girl sated that her father
had signed th'e petition, but that she woke up every morning
because the truck made such a loud noise as it left. It did not
present a very aesthetic view for the neighbors or anyone who was
on the street. There was thick shrubbery between the frontage
road and the expressway. Further, Councilmember Fletcher under-
stood that on Oregon Expre-ssway large trucks were prohibited. She
would not support the motion, and realized that it would put
neighbor against neighbor. She felt the entire ordinance was use-
less unless the Councilmembers stuck by it.
Councilmember Renzel agreed with Councilmember Fletcher. She had
trouble with the "unduly impact the neighborhood" provision
because it suggested that the neighborhood would have notice. She
asked what the block radius would be for someone who lived in an
apartment building. There was' a problem with determining whether
any undue impact existed or whether there was support of the
neighbors. Mr. Snider had done an admirable job in presenting his
case, but the Council !oust recognize that a commercial vehicle was
a business of sorts. Vehicle storage could be provided as a
business expense --it might be a slight inconvenience to the
operator --but the commercial venture must be recognized. From the
City's -,point of view, as a com€nerci al��` venture, it must be subject
to the zoning. She would oppose the motion.
Ms. Lee said that the Palo Alto Municipal Code Section 10.48.040
and 10.48.050 designated what streets were through truck routes
and what streets were restricted truck routes. Councilmember
Fletcher was correct that Oregon Expressway was not a truck
route.
Councilmember Levy asked if .Mr. Snider's truck qualified for
exceptions under the current ordinance.
Ms. Lee said no, because it exceeded .7,000 pounds unladen gross
weight. The City did not have a permit system for those types of
vehicles. The system only applied to campers and vans.
Councilmember Levy asked how big a 7,000 pound unladen vehicle
would be.
Mr. Snider said a 7,000 pound unladen: vehicle would be similar to
a four-wheel, three-quarter ton pickup truck, loaded with a roll
bar, wench and possibly a camper shell. His truck was 13,700
pounds and 300 pounds below the commercial vehicle limit for Palo
Alto
Counci lmernber Levy said that Mr.. Snider's vehicle was,,. a commercial
business. In that sense, it was analagous to anyone pursuing a
commercial business in a Palo. Alto residential area - 1t was not_.
allowed for various reasons. He did not believe it :was a special
hardship on someone pursuing the- business to find a place of
garaging that was acceptable. If that place was a mile or two
from his home, that did not impose an onerous burden because most
people's' places of business were a mile or two from their
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individual homes. He was sympathetic to Mr. Snider because he had
been thoughtful of his neighbors, and his neighbors were sympa-
thetic to his situation. It was unfortunate that the nature of
government was basically to do the best for everyone, but realiz-
ing that there would always be deserving individuals who were not
allowed to do what was probably an acceptable thing generally -
because the laws. had to take everyone into consideration. There
was no question that parking a vehicle over 7,000 pounds would be
a hardship for anyone to do in their residential area. Everyone
would qualify_ for an exemption. The real question was of gaining
the acquiescence of the neighbors. He agreed with what had been
said that it was a sensitive issue which was difficult to work
with.
Councilmember Klein said he thought it would be appropriate to
have the amendment process be limited to a specific space in front
of a house and not allow the truck to wander all over the neigh-
borhood.
Councilmember Fazzino said it was the first time he had heard that
Palo Altans could conceivably be timid about the democratic pro-
cess if the Council decided to approve the measure. He thought
there would be great debate in town, and people would not feel
timid about expressing their concerns about a vehicle of that
nature being parked in front of someone else's home. It was
important that the issues of process be separated from the speci-
fic application the Council looked at a few weeks ago with respect
to Mr. Snider. If the Council was to simply develop a procedure
centered around Mr. Snider's needs, it would be inappropriate for
the City at large. At the same time, the motion offered a proce-
dure whereby someone could petition for hardship. He was suppor-
tive of that kind of possibility for the Council's planning of
procedural laws. Further, he felt that the commercial business
argument did not fly unless every vehicle, car or truck was pro-
hibited from parking if it was used for a business purpose. He
was not certain whether Mr. Snider's vehicles would be allowable
under the proposed hardship provision. His truck was only 300
pounds from the maximum allowed,. and the Police Department or some
neighbors might have some concerns that it was an overwhelming
amount of poundage and vehicle to place on that residential
street. At the same time, it was being totally inflexible and
hardheaded not to allow someone to move through the democratic
process and hear out the neighbors and the applicant regarding the
need to place a vehicle in a spot. in front of their home. He sup-
ported Councilmember Klein's comment regarding an amendment for
allowable space. The Council was not deciding tonight whether Mr.
Snider or anyone else could park a vehicle in front of their home.
Many areas of town would have tremendous opposition to anything of
that nature, and the Police Department and Council would take that
into account when making their decision. Allowing a hardship
provision --as was done with many other planning,;laws--was a rea-
sonable approach, and he -encouraged Council support of the
motion.
Councilmember Fletcher . r'esponded that the process could not be
separated from the particular question. The situation Was partic-
ularly sensitive where hard feelings would be created between
neighbors that were not now there. The neighbors felt protected
by an ordinance which was on the books, and if they were
approached by a neighbor to try and circumvent the ordinance, they
would be too timid and reluctant to create hard feelings.
!NOTION FAILED by a' vote
"aye," Witherspoon, ;absent.
of 3-5, Fazzino,
Cobb,.. Klein voting
,.ITEM 16, REQUEST OF MAYOR EYER.1.Y _ RE URGENCY MATTER RE NOVEMBER 15
Mayer Eyerly t said on November 15, three Counci lmembers would be.
attending the CATV meetings in Anaheim, and three would be attend-
ing the California League of Cities meeting. Staff had indicated
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that there was no need to have the Council meeting, particularly
in -view of the absences.
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City Manager Bill Zaner commented that the Code required that rea-
sons be given in a public open meeting when an item was taken up
as an urgency matter. For the record, he said the urgency was for
three reasons: 1) An unusual number of absences would occur on
November 15, which , was not ascertained until after tonight's
agenda was published; 2) The vacant school site matter was intend-
ed for November 15, which would now be scheduled earlier in order
to have the full Council present; and 3) The urgency arose out of
the need to advise the public in advance that the meeting might he,
cancelled.
Councilmember Fletcher clarified that the staff report mentioned
Councilmembers having personal and/or family commitments which
would result in their absence. Several Councilmembers would be
attending the seminar on Cable Television, which was fashioned for
Councilmembers, and was not related to personal or family commit-
ments. -
MOTION: Mayor Eyerly moved, seconded by Fazzino, to cancel the
City Council meeting of November 15, 1982.
MOTION PASSED unanimously, Witherspoon absent.
REQUEST OF CCUNCILMEMBER KLEIN RE ADJOURNMENT IN -MEMORY OF
SUL
Councilrnember Klein wanted to wish Councilmernber Fazzino well- in
his forthcoming marriage on behalf of the Council.
MOTION: Councilaember Klein moved, seconded by Cobb, that the
meeting be adjourned in memory of Counc i l member Fazzi no' s lost
bachelorhood.
MOTION PASSED unanimously, Fazzino "not participating,"
Witherspoon absent.
ADJOURNME iT
Council adjourned at 9:35
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FINAL ADJOURNMENT
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o Executive Session re Labor Rela-
Final adjournment at 10:00 p.m. .in memory of Councilmember
Fazzi no' s lost baehelorhood .
ATTEST: