Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAbout1978-04-10 City Council Summary MinutesCITY COUNCIL MINUTES Regular Meeting April 10, 1978 CITY OF PALO ALTO ITEM PAGE Minutes of February 13, 1978 8 3 6 Minutes of February 14, 1978 8 3 5 Minutes of February 21, 1978 8 3 6 Oral Communications 8 3 7 Sally Stoddard, 2137 Bowdoin 8 3 7 Harrison Otis, 909 California 8 3 7 Joseph Hirsch, 4149 Georgia 8 3 7 Consent Calendar - Referral Items (None) 8 3 8 Consent Calendar - Action Items 8 3 8 Compensation Plans --Classified and Confidential Employees 8 3 8 Life Safety Control £:,+stem --Award of Contract 8 3 8 Y.T.T. Property - 2600 Block of East 8ayshare Road - 8 3 9 Change of Zoning from A -C -D To P -F -D (First Reading 3/20/78) 2500 Faber Place --Change of,Prezone Classification From 8 3 9 A -C -D To L -M-0 (First Reading 3/20/78) Project Mobility Application to Metropolitan Transit 8 3 9 Commission (MTC) For Funding Purchase: Silva A enue/Si l era Court Water System From 8 3 9 Mountain V'iw Catch Basin Reconstruc t$ --Project 75 -53 --Award of Contract East ire Ft tags Road 12 -Inch Metre Mein end 4 -Inch ads !Mein_ -Award - f Constroction Ceni act Gas Rate Stay Grant Retirement of Varna Valencia Retie 0 Striae C.' Catolico Public Nearing: Community Development Block Groot -- Additional Requests for 1978,79 Radial Status Report on Tree Main Oeferrel to Fig and Public Work* Committee) 839 844 84 0 840 8 4 1. 841 845 8 34-- 4I 0i71 ITEM Senior Center --Policy Direction Regarding City Role (Referral to Finance and Public Works Committee) and Capital Improvements and Revenue Sharing Funds Recess to Executive Session re P`rsonnel Home Weatherization Program --Award of Insulation Contract Request of Counci lmeerber Carey re Flood Hazard Boundary Map Request of Counciimember Witherspoon and Vice Mayor Brenner re Urban Lane: Request for Staff Study Councilmember Carer re Finance and Public Works Committee Schedule Error Counci lr Fletcher re Southern Pacific Meeting Tres Adjournment 835 4/10/78 PAGE 845 850 850 8 5 1 853 855 855 855 Regular Meeting April 10, 1978 The City Council of the City of Palo Alto met.on this date at 7:30 p.m., in a regular meeting, with Mayor Sher presiding. PRESENT: Brenner, Carey, Clay, Eyerly, 1,azzino, Fletcher, Henderson, Sher, Witherspoon ASSENT: None MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 13, 1418 Councllmember Fletcher referred to page 687, third paragraph. and asked that the speaker's name be given as "Joan Johnston, member of the Board of Directors of the Palo Alto Unified School District." Councilmember Henderson asked that on page 688, last paragraph, the next -to -last sentence, "At present rates paramedics receive more for such service than does a private ambulance firer." be deleted. In its place he asked that the following Pppear: ."No charge.was establisher for the paramedic service because substantial payments had to be -made to the private ambulance company. If the pare edic vehicle Fad been used to transport the patient, a charge of $40 was anticipated, thus saving a considerable amount over the private company charges. It still makes sense to adopt that system." MOTION: Councilmomber Witherspoonweved, seconded by Carey, that the minutes of February 13, 1978, be approved as coreected. Themotion passed on a unanimous voice vote. MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 14, 1918 Vice Mayor Benner asked that on page 702, the clause beginning on the second line of paragraph two, "..,rather than having to approach either the Building [apartment official or the Director of Planning, or the like." be deleted. She asked that 'appeal from administrative decision." appear in its place. Counci lmember Fletcher asked that ©n page 696, second paragraph from the bottom, the ph rasp "The Milky Way" be replaced -with "Wilkie Way." Counci lmember Fletcher asked that ear pegs 697, test .paregraph„ eighteenth line, the'sentence beg1hnlnq "Xerok' hid paid' 3244O...; . 'be deleted. She asked that the on the testy -first line "tom fulltime policemen" be replaced with "two furlthese employees." MOTION: Councilmember Henderson moved, seconded by Fletcher, that the minutes of Febrvsry 14, 1978, be approved as corrected. The motion passed on a unanimous voice vote. MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 21, 1978 Councilmember Clay asked that on page 709, third paragraph, line 3 read: . . that is, local industry of insulation Notarial suppliers and installers." Co nci lareaober Henderson asked that on page 71f t4 the fol l awi s g sentence _ be added to the seventh paragraph: "He felt that the school board deserved the courtesy of discussioa at the City/Scheel liaison level and the City's representatives are wail .are of the Council's opposition to taking over a school district program." 836 4/10/78 Councilmember Henderson asked that on page 716, sixth paragraph, eighth line, read instead "...financial audit of the Palo Alto Housing -Corporation and financial and management audits of Colorado Park and Webster Wood." Mayor Sher referred to page 726, and asked that the first two lines on that page read instead: "...co -sponsored by the Board of Supervisors, local representatives to Sacramento, various unions, and the Inter - Governmental Council." MOTION: Councilmember Witherspoon move, seconded by Eyerly, that Council approve the minutes of February 21, 1978, as corrected. The motion passed on a unanimous voice vote. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS 1. Sally Stoddard, 2137 Bowdoin, announced that Wednesday, May 3, 1978, had been proclaimed "SUN -Days" and she represented a local SUPT -Day committee which had planned some events. She compared the nature of SUN -Day to Earth Day celebrated in 1970, from which, she said, benefits, in terms of increased awareness of the delicate balance of our earth, are still accruing. She said Slut -Day would show that solar energy was a "Now" power --and would accelerate its utilization by citizens. Such utilization would also help to lower the unemployment rate. April 30 -May 7 had been proclaimed Energy Week. May 3, literally and figuratively SUN -Day, would be observed by display booths at the Stanford Shopping Center. She asked Council for "...an active support in our activities," perhaps an insert in the City's utility bills. She asked if the committee could have the use of some wooden boot' -s, formerly constructed for observation of the Unitel Nations festival. 2. Harrison Otis, 909 California, deplored the cuts in service that might result to citizens of Palo Alto if the Jarvis -Gann bill passed, which would lower the tax base. He asked that the City do its best to defeat the measure. 3 Joseph Hirsch, 4149 Georgia Avenue, spoke as chairman of the Ad Hoc Committee of the Lorna Vi sta , Parents -Teachers Associa- tion (PTA). Both his PTA and that of the Barron Park schools were concerned of the future use of the Tenn Middle School, "...a major facility." He felt his district was short-changed so far as cultural andrecreational events provided by the .City, and he thought that if Tenean Middle School were sold there would be even less available. We gootsd•from the Compre- hensive Plan regarding closing of school sites, "...priorities should be given, where appropriate, to uses suth as housing, parks and community -type fact l iti es` there such uses wi l l increase, not decrease, eni0MOOntI of res#dents." He hoped Council would find some oppwtiintty to assure that the i erran school site would be used for the benefit or citizens of the west side of Palo Alto, as,well ass a' 1 ether residents of the City. He noted that on the. spring class schedule for community activities only three were offered at Terms or Gunn, out of a possible 211 programs. The aces of his. childr n meant that he could not encourage theca to attend activities which took place on the other side of El Camino. He had polled 74 people on the use they would like to See aide- of- the Tee school ' site, and 8S percent had said they Would ltke to see it,ess pu,liciy operated community center. lemon had "an excellent swiame1ng pool, tennis courts, an athletic field...all used to their 83.7 . 4/10/78 full rE.ximum." The library and cafetortum added•te_the site's appeal to all segments of Palo Alto citizens..."with all the. attributes of the type of facility...that people have elsewhere in Palo Alto." CONSENT CALENDAR Councilmember Clay asked that the item concerning tree maintenance be removed from the Consent Calendar. Mayor Sher said he had cards from people who wished to speak on that matter. Counci lmember Henderson aged that the item concerning the Senior Center_ be removed. Cauncilmember Clay asked that the item concerning the Home Weatheriza.tian program be rived from the Consent Calendar. The following items remained on the Consent Calendar: Referral Items None Action Items COMPENSATION PLANS --CLASSIFIED r , :236:8) Staff recommends that the resolutions be adopted for a compensation plan for classified employees and confidential employees, so that agreement provisions become effective March 26, 1978. Funding for all compensation plan changes has been provided for in the 1977-78 annual budget, and the 1978-79 preliminary budget. RESOLUTION 5533 entitled "RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL TN CITY OF PALO ALTO ADOPTING A COMPENSATION PLAN FOR CLASSIFIED PERSONNEL (EFFECTIVE MARCH 26, 1978) AND RESCINDING RESOLUTION 5390.' RESOLUTION 5534 entitled "RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL 0 THE CITY OF PALO ALTO ADOPTING A COMPENSATION PLAN FOR CONFIDENTIAL PERSONNEL (EFFECTIVE MARCH 26, 1978) AND RESCINDING RESOLUT I ON 5391." LIFE SAFETY CONTROL SYSTEM -- AWARD. OF CUPIAACT : ZOO :8) Staff recommends that the Mayor be, authorized to Commercial Air Conditioning Company on behalf of Air meets the City's minority employment program AGREEMENT --LIFE SAFETY CONTROL SYSTEM —Comm Air execute a .contract with the City. Commercial standards. 838 4/10/78 I.T.T. PROPERTY 2600 BLOCK OF EAST BAYSHORE ROAD mgrinrzuRruiTIMITrinirr-F-D ORDINANCE 3050 entitled "ORDINANCE OF THE aDNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO AMENDING SECTION 18.08.040 OF THE PALO ALTO MUNICIPAL CODE TO CHANGE THE PREZONE CLASSIFICATION OF PROPERTY KNOWN AS THE I.T.T. PROPERTY IN THE VICINITY OF THE 2600 BLOCK OF EAST BAYSHORE ROAD FROM A -C -D TO P -F -D TO ESTABLISH P -F -D ZONING UPON ANNEXATION." (First reading 3/20/78) 2500 FABER PLACE --CHANGE OF pgrawrernsTrranurrim A -C -O irrirrlirrfirMarirSIIMMT Q TH cT Y OF^ PALOtALTO AME4N8 ECTION 18.08.040 OF THE PALO ALTO MUNICIPAL CODE TO CHANGE THE PREZONE CLASSIFICATION OF PROPERTY KNOWN AS 2500 FABER PLACE FROM A--C-D TO L -M -D>" (First reading 3/20/78) PROJECT MOBILITY APPLICATION TO Staff recommends that Council approve the following resolution so that it may be submitted to the Metropolitan Transit Commission in order to rake official the staff -submitted request for Palo Alto's sham of the available "community transit services" funds for Project Mobility: RESOLUTION 5535 entitled "RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO REQUESTING THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION TO MAKE TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT ACT ARTICLE 4.5 FUNDS AVAILABLE TO THE CITY OF PALO ALTO FOR COMMUNITY TRANSIT SERVICES." PURCHASE: SILVA AVENUE-SILVA COURT :234:8) Staff rr+ecommendr that Council authorize the Mayor to sign the following agreement for sale and transfer of water service facilities --Silva Avenue/Silva Court: AGREEMENT - SALE AND TRANSFER OF WATER SERVICE FACILITIES--SILVA AVENUE/SILVA COURT City of Mountain View CATCH BASIN RECONSTRUCTIION-- -� CT (CMR:228:8) Staff recommends that Council find, by motion action, that this project is categorically exempt from the ritquiremsmts a the California to vl ron- mental Quality Act (C&$) of 1970; that mil pass theresolution approving agreement #04-5100 with the State , of• Ca3 ifarnia, and Supplement I, thereto; that Council pass the resolution Wiring the 1976-77 SOS program; that Council approve the budget "fit .in the amount of $28,000; and that the Mayor be authorized to execute a contract with J; Ht1 zar & Sons, in the amount of $87:193.00. - 839 4/10/78 E ♦ ORDINANCE 3052 entitled "ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO AMENDING THE 1977-78 BUDGET TO PR.OVI'.)E FUNDS FOR APPROVAL OF A CONTRACT TO MODIFY A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF CATCH BASINS AND THEREBY IMPROVE DRAINAGE DURING STORM CONDITIONS." RESOLUTION 5636 entitled "RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO APPROVING AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND SUPPLEMENT NO. I THERETO, RELATING TO FEDERAL - AID PROJECTS IN THE CITY OF PALO ALTO." AGREEMENT -,NO. 04-5100 - STATE OF CALIFORNIA RESOLUTION 5537 entitled "RESOLUTION OF THE C iCfL OF CITY OF PALO ALTO APPROVING PROCESS TO BE USED IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY TO IMPLEMENT THE FEDERAL AID SAFER OFF -SYSTEM ROADS PROGRAM." AWARD OF CONTRACT - J. HUIZAR & SONS EAST SAYSHORE FRONTAGE ROAD 12 -INCH CMR:204:8) Staff recommends that Council authorize the Mayor to award..'the contract for $55,128.50 to E. P. Construction, Incorporated,.for the construction of the 12 -inch water main and the 4 -inch, gas main; and authorize the Mayor to tign the Water Main Reimbursement agreement. WATER !MAIN REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT United States Post Office Service GAS E STUDY GRANT (CMR:233:8) Staff recommends that Council authorize the Mayor .to execite. the contract with the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission. AGREEMENT - STATE ENERGY RESOURCES CONSERVATION &.DEVELOPMElNT COMMISSION MOTION: Councilmember Fazzi no moved, seconded by Brenner, that Council authorize the Mayor to sign the agreements, and to approve the ordinances and pass the resolutions. The motion passed on a.unanimous vote, with Councllmembers Fletcher, Henderson, Brenner and Mayer Sher registering "no" votes on the utter concerning theprezoning to L-M-g.of 2500 Faber — - Place. Place. RETIREMENT OF VERNA A. VALENCIA (Clot:212:8) Robert Booth, City Attorney, observed that Verna Valencia had. retired on March 26, ;978, after 18 years of seraice with the; City,: the last 13 years spent in the City Attorney's office as a Coefidentta Legal Secretary. She had worked for 39 years at varied secretarial and clerical positions, and had been floor secretary for the Montana. House of Representatives for a time. During .World liar II: she had been roll manager for a Seattle contractor during; construction of the Alas ak i Highway and a highway between Yellowknife and Whitehorse, in Yukon Territory, Canada. He said the Attorney's office would miss her A-1 skills, aloe() with the beautiful flowers from her garden -which she so 840 4/10/78 SI 90 generously brought to the office ON a regular bulge She plans to garden, especially working with hor.prize-winning fuchsias, and also to enjoy ocean -front activities from her home in Aptos, California. Mr. Booth expressed hearty appreciation for her years of work with the City. Verna Valencia, Aptos, California, thanked Council for honoring her on the occasion of her retirement. She commented that most of the men who retired had said they were going fishing, whereas most women said very little. She would take the.occasion, she..said, to say she would stay home and cut bait, or perhaps "...ts-cook.all.those fish." She said most of her time spent at City Hall had been undeniably busy, and most of the time, enjoyable. She gave special thanks to Winifred Kidd, for er -C1 ty Clerk, Bob Michalski, -Jim tttl debrsbd, Judge .Stone and Mr. Booth, concluding that it had truly been "..:en honor to work for a City with the stature of Palo Alto.' Vice Mayor Brenner reminded Ms. Yalencia that when she (Ms. Brenner) had first joined the Planning Commission Ms. Valencia had been the Secretary to the Planning Commission from the City Clerk's office. She stressed that she was sorry to see her leave. MOTION: Council r Henderson introduced the following resolution and, seconded by Carey, moved its adoption by Council: RESOLUTION 5538 entitled "RESOLUTIn" OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO EAaRESSINO APPRECIATION TO VERNA A. VALENCIA UPON HER RETIREMENT." The motion passed on a unanimous voice vote. RETIREMENT OFMARIAN C. CATOLICO (CP4R:213:8) Mr. Catolico retired March 1, 1978, after 22 years of service as park maintenance worker-. He had been an outstanding lead man. He has two girls and a boy. During his retirement he planned to relax and possibly to visit the Philippines during the coming summer. MOTION: Coencilmemter Witherspoon introduced the following resolution and, seconded by Fazzlno, moved its adoption by Council: RESOLUTION 5539 entitled "RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF 1d .a ALTO EXPRESSING APPRECIATION TO MARIAN C. CATOLICO UPON HIS RETIREMENT." The motion passed on a unanimous voice vote. PUBLIC HEARING; COMMUNITY DEV LOP WT •, K (CMR:227:8) Mayor Sher said that the public hearing was being heldt to review additional requests for programming 1978-79 - Comm 1 ty Development funds. tf ors of the audience wished to speak to the -JUN he asked that they submit cards to the City Clerk. He asked if staff would like to eemm+ent before he opened the meeting to the public. Danny Fred, Planning Department, said that oe March 27, 1978, Council had directed staff to bring in additional request; for Community Develop- ment Block Grant (CDBS) fungi. In addition to the tem proposals received staff had talked watN5 other interested agencies and: individuals who had made inquiries about the program. Cosmuntty Housing, Incorporated, had submitted a request for a 1andbanklrig proposal on the Lytton. Garde s project; the Senior CoordTnatiag Council had also asked for additional funds for the Senior Center development. 841 4/10/78 Mayor Sher declared the public portion of.the meeting open. Hal Hudson, 535 Everett, vice-president, Palo Alto Housing Corporation, (PAHC), congratulated Sue McPherson, who had just acceded.to the presi- dency of the corporation. Councilmember Eyerly had proposed that some funds be allocated to Housing Land Bank from the Rental Housing Acquisi tion Program (RHAP). PAHC had been very suppsrtive.of the Senior Coordi- nating Council and also of Lytton. Gardens. He.said RHAP was a program which PAHC members realized had to prove itself, and it night receive additional funding in the future. He asked that Council.assure that, regardless of its decision that evening, there -;be no further diversion of funds, so that PANG could move forward -.with its program. Councilnember Henderson asked if Mr. Re o&'s support of the Senior Coordinating Council (SCC) extended to.bot the $37,000 for the Senior Center and the $90,000 requested by Community Housing, Inc. Mayor Sher said he thought Mr. Hudson was saying that PANIC "could live with having those funds diverted." Mr. Hudsonagreedwith Mayor Sher's.interpretation, adding .that .PAHC could not know exactly hew much of the hallo ation .it would utilize in. the first year, yet it would like to be assured that there would be no further diversion of funds from the rental housing acquisition progrm, ...so that we can proceed on a firm basis." Bud Hubbard, coordinator.of the Senior Coordinating Councils pointed out that one csf the yellow coetes of a resolution showed the amount as $30,000, rather than $37,00. OO. Mr. Fred confirmed that the amount was.$37,000, and the copy -would be corrected. Robeet Medearis, 89 Virginia Lane, Atherton, said he was a member of the Board of California Housing, Incorporated. He said the.need for low -and moderate -income housing, particularly for eldorly, was unquestionable. He thought the City would have to induce more flexibility to assure that growth ant expansion for. Lytton Gardens was eentiaused. The allocation of CDBG funds provided a vehicle to the City which would assure that capability. He said one goal would be to acquire . the aatl re block on which. the facility now stood. He felt -that the present opportunity should be seized. Mayor Serer declared the public hearing closed .ate returned the matter to Council for discussion. Couecilmember Eyerly asked.how loog.CDSG.fueds would •be.aade available by the Federal government. Dan3ay Fred said CI)BG funds would be available for _this year beginning July 1978, .and a minimum of two mere yeerie, It appeared that tee funding.level would remain about the same. Couacfla+ ,er Eyerly-said he hedeibt-waoteCto.remove the money from the rental housing acquisition program. .tf-10AUC could above its program along with:t a $253,000 remaining, more momey could be available in the future. The .Sent or Center had made 3 request -because i t .bad experienced inflation problems. The .additional$37,000.would-briag..its.ellocation to $127,000.- With that amount -it would be possible far it to use.same of the #±gads- it had raised ?or° reeovetie+n,.-for- operating expense. The property had been made available`to Lytton Gardens tip the wish of the neighbor, Kr. Thyssen,.now demised. The facility was a very 842 4/10/78 successful operation, and its MO deneity-.had been .accepted by the cor rueity. Completion of the conveiefcent-facility was near --perhaps within 18 months. Completion of the convalescent facility:would inten- sify need for the lot acquisition. Whether or not the additional cost for re -location of the widow, who now occupied the property, would be needed, was not known. MOTION: Councilmember Eyerly moved, seconded by Clay, that Council adopt the staff recommendations in CMR:227:8, with the change on item 2, from $343,000, to $253,000, so that the proposed resolution would result in allocation of 1978-79 Community Development Budget funds as follows: 1. Housing Improvement Program $300,000 2. Rental Housing Acquisition Progrem 253,000 3. Land Banking (Alternate Program)- 90,000 4. Senior Center Development 127,000 5. Senior Home Repair Service 20,000 6. Contingency 12,000 Total $802,000 Councilmember Witherspoon asked . if -consideration .had been given to reducing the Housing improvement Program —why had only the Rental Housing Acquisition Program been reduced to accommodate the need for funds for Lytton Gardens? Mr. Fred replied that with the proposed number of houses .requiring rehabilitation there could be no reduction in those funds. Funds left from the previous year would go toward administration. Ken Schreiber, Assistant Planning Diroctor, said that if Council wished to add Lytton Gardens landbanking to the application, staff would be concerned with the low funding level. The additional $8,000-20,000 requested In the staff report represented "very real costs," Staff was also concerned about the $90,000 for the land. Federal regulations required that an up-to-date appraisal be made, and that the appraised price be offered the owner --the price was not to be negotiated. Staff suggested that the funding for the lot be a minimum of $110,000, in order to have a contingency amount to cover possible relocation costa and increases in land cost. If the project cost less, the mosey not used could be re -programmed back to the projects remaining. Councilmember Eyerly reminded staff that there was .a. built-in $12,000 contingency fund. He recalled that those funds had -not born used last year, and had been reallocated, wad he thought the -same funds would be available this year should added costs arise. Vice Mayor Brenner referred to Mr. Schreiber's-statement that it was not recommended that Community Housing, Incorporated acquire the .property at 630 Lytton. She asked if his feeling about land acquisition would change. were -there to have been several lots, or. the whole corner, available. Mr. Schreiber replied that much would fiend cm the cost of -the land, and where the money for the acquisition would coma from. He acknow- ledged that those four parcels would "form a logical part of Lytton Gardens . _" Staff knew there was a problem so far as access to the ki tche . was concerned. Staff had given a gnat deal of .thought to ata,recommendation. Lytto.1 Gardens was a very good use staff- had .s very Pugh regard for that program; the question would be on, affiancing, not land use. He said Community Housing could purchase those- panels on its own, Right now it did not have the funds; the City would have to look at what funds would be available and what other projects -were pending. 843 4/10/78 Vice Mayor Brenner said. that.she.thought..the City.would.be.up against the same problems in relation to the Rental'He►usieg Acquisition Program-- $343,000.would buy the City more rental housing this year than 1n the next year. Buying the present available parcel would.not secure for the City the opportunity of "using the entire parcel on Lytton and Byron." She said she favored the recommendation In the staff report, and her vote on the motion as stated could so indicate. Mayor Sher said the effect of the motion before Council was to make two changes in the CDBG budget, as previously approved. He thought it would be appropriate to divide thosechanges intotwomatters,.so.that each could be voted on separately. Counci lr Henderson expressed satisfaction _with .the ;l;ytten. 0ardens project. Yet Item C in the staff recommendat-tort r afd~that there cool d be tic development on the parcel proposed for .purchase, without obtaining more parcels so that more units could be built. "It seems to me, in addition to $90,000 we'dbe committing ourselves .to being involved in the purchase of the rest of the property, and I .don't-koow what that's going to cost. On the other hand I like what I see there and I'm hoping that that further development will take place." He wanted to know the likelihood of obtaining $343,000 of housing fin -the current fiscal year. He sensed that might be more than PAHC would be able to use or handle in that period. Perhaps it was better to obtain the .Lytton -parcel for $90,000before inflation raised the price. What .was the .l i kel.i!nood ..of obtaining $343,000 of housing for the Rental Housing Acquisition program? Was it seen as.a setback to the program to have only $253,000? Mr. Schreiber said the Housing Corporation had.seemed "reasoeably comfortable" with reducing the budget to $253,000. butwould.be concerned were the program cut further. There would be some time "..before that progr-ar€:.was ready to start up. and then it comas .to the cluestlon of trying to find parcels and money ano matching available funds up with parcels and financing." Mayor Sher s:id he thought the question to. PAHC _was, could .it -spend the money if it were allocated. Counci lr Henderson added to. flee .question .by ,asking tf . PAHC rou i d have confidence that there would .be funding ie :the!. future, .thus making this timing comfortable. Pa-. Leeson of PAHC said -the questions were hard to answer, for grunts of money and availability of land were not known.: He fal t •t©unc{1inember Henderson had not understood correctly" for" P*HC wie riot .Uhco ffortabie with the allocation of $343,000, because if, in the .opinion of Council, Lytton Gardens had priority, PAHC had not wanted to stand in the way. awe welcome at least the $";53:060." Mayor Sher said he was troubled with the Lytton Gardens itos because of the atterelant problem staff had listed twits -report; also he did not feel that one parcel was an appropriate:land . baek.under . the tradition of landbaaking and under the state and federal support.guidelines. For those reasons he was. not able to support the .proposed reallocation of funds. 5o far as the .Senior Center was concerned, he -was persuaded by staff's recommendation that it was appropriate to,give additional funds, end he had already expressed his ern -o er the total mount of funds so ellocated when the original understood* was that -the renovation woeld.be covered by SCC fundraising. He thought that perhaps the City "could hang a little tougher" when it came to' ti a .SCC .operating budget, and so- he would support reallocation to SCC. FIRST PART OF NOTION ON LAND8ANKINS FUNDS REALLOCATION PASSED: The first part of . the motion concerning reallocatievof $90,000 from the 844 4/1O/78 may. $343,000 allocated to the Rental Housing Acquisition .fund, to land - banking, passed on the following vote: AYES: Carey, Clay, Eyerly, Fazzino, Henderson, Witherspoon NOES: Brenner, Fletcher, Sher SECOND PART OF MOTION REDUCING THE RENTAL HOUSING ACQUISITION PROGRAM ALLOCATION BY $37,000 TO BE ADDED 10 THE SENIOR.COORDINATING COUNCIL ACCOUNT PASSED: The second part of the motion reducing the Rental Housing Acquisition allocation by 537,000, which would be allocated to the Senior Center Development account, passed on a unanimous vote. STATUS REPORT ON TREE MAINTENANCE 1JUBL.lC WORKS COMMIT TEE J : M: Z26 : 8 ) Councilmernber Clay said he had romoved.the.item.fmm the. Consent Calendar so that a citizen could speak on it. MOTION TO REFER: Counciimember Clay moved, seconded by Fazzino, that the item concerning tree maintenance services be referred.tc:the Finance and Public Works Committee. Jean Libby, 1222 Fulton, represented the Try Committee of Palo Alto, who, she said, supported the staff report before Council, particularly that portion that suggested the nsed for "regular and p eventive main- tenance of the City trees, rather than just reactivemalntenance, which was all that recent budgets had allowed." She said that her committee wanted to have a represertative.at the Finance.and Public Works Committee meeting when, the issue carne before it, Marilyn Pretoria, one of the Tree Committee members, planned to attend. Mayor Sher asked Mr. Walker,, City Manager, to advi s,e . tree Tree Committee when the item came before the Finance and Public -Works Committee. LOTION TO REFER PASSED: The notion to. refer the matter of Tree -Maintenance to the Finance and Public Works Committee passed.on a unanimous vote SENIOR CENTER —POLICY DIRECTION (CMR:235:8) rob Itt %%ter NM SG MOOS Councilmember Henderson said he had removed the matter -of the . Senior Center from the Consent Calendar bemuse he thtughtit important for Couu i l - to give some policy direction to the Finanoe and. Public Works Committee about how Council felt on "the basic philosophy of.support1 g the Senior Center and its operations or various alternatives that have been presented. . . . " MOTION: Counci im er- Henderson moved, sesonded,by Carey, that the matter of Senior Center Capital Improvements acrd Revenue Sharing Funds,. (Item 17) be brought forward to be considered along with - the matter of policy direction. The motion passed on a unanimous vote. Couoci Member Eyerly said Counci hers had his letter .of..*prl l 6, 1978, rich he thought self-explanatory.- He said Seniors "ware great at raising money....for renovation of the Senior Center, but they have not yet started their drive for an operating .budget. " .Carol Bernhardt was spearheading that drive, with plans tostart up.the drive when they 845 4/10/78 got into the new center.. Counci lmemberi• fairly .said, they were short of funds, and he had some ideas regarding -funds- that would not directly tie the Seniors .to the City's budget. Staff recommended.that SCC should be furdded,.but he_preferred to. keep the SCC budget.out.of the City's budget in the .oncoming year. Council had just approved .the .reallocation of $90,000, that freed some more money for.operstirg expenses --they could be even more free if Council gave them some Capital Improvement money from some of the Federal Revenue.funds which, for.tbe.-pant.few years, had just.been placed into the general fund with no specific aim for their use. He would perhaps move that his suggestions be referred to the Finance and Public Works Committee for. further discipion with. the SCC. There would be $280,000 of Federel Revenue -funds this.year. He wanted Council to set some policy about where such funds should go in the future. Continuing, he said some rules and- regulations.froar the federal i .. were ..1... �....5���1 with 41- letter. e.' L-1. d..Jd�e 1 :ede al register were also enclosed with his TiaLier. He -bad- indicated with pencil marks some comments from the -federal government as to particular entitlement of senior citizens = to express their wishes on how general .revenue funds should be .used. He -would -move on .one of the proposals later. Mayor .Sher .said Council had several . swat. different. proposals from -staffregarding . the Senior Center; hie thougtrt .tea matter- . related first to_staff .rec m eadation on .policy. There .caetd. be a . separate motion on lather matters_Councilmember Eyerly .wanted referred to the Finance and Public Works.C ittee. Counci lmember Henderson said he thought he and Counci 1. ber. Eyerly were "pretty close on our philosophy." When the Senior.Center first carne before.Council it had been stated that the City would have the role of providing .the facility, with private funding to- rehabilitate. acrd renovate and then operate. He was not ready for the City to make a commitment for the operations. He favored current -programs for seniors, such as Project Hobe 1 i ty and Hoare Repair. He said he .Mould ."be willing to express.a philosophy of finding approximately SW.000 worth of funds to put into. the Building Furl, . or the Capitallwovements.part of the program.'.' That would give SCC a year to raise fronds • fer (treeing operations. Mayor. Sher observed thit.Councilmember.Hendersoa was. not willing to rake a motien; Councilmember Eyerly had been.. Staff -had recommended that their report be referred to Cormittee without any discussion -by -Council; Counci 1r Henderson had warmed to say something, and so he had removed it from the Consent Calendar. Councilmember Henderson said tae .would .try .one, although -he a had not had e r.hancee- to review it. NOTION: Counci lmegaber Henderson- moved,. seconded by . Eyerly, _thatCenci 1 state a policy of l) continuing to provide Senior services now in existence at appPoxlmately current level; 2) mot subsidising operating costs resuating from the nee► Senior Center; 3) . to -etsk .tire .Cnittee to look foramens of provldt .funds -for. ttel expenditures for 1978-79 Wettable the Senior Coord1 at1 g Counti -to bansfer.equivalent funds for 1578-79 operating expenses, with 'eeferrsl for detailed.discussion en Capital Improvements and Ranee. wing quads -by -the Finance and Public Works Comm ttee . Counci er-Carey asked. if the lacier-fit...wtth .thee .ruggestien that there . be a _ cons9l idattoo . of these. service r offered .at .the Downtown h.1hrary_now, in order to -reach the $90,000. Counc1taember Henderrsoa said he would nit- tucluderrLthoss.Oowatewn Library Seni or. serve c es' until it was seen'tf--thelee epereattoa .get .. undsrnway and if it would be obis to handle there. Mayor . Sher .said be assumed that Co mei las er .Hedersea..wsuid ..opeetemplste that .those , services ces now at- t rs_Sswmtewn. Lthaary 1d -plrstoei ly m ve to the Senior .0 ►ter, .aid _chase .who war 011,14P0dAV -1 s--CitwyJwoul4' not 846 4/10/78 become employees of the.Senior.Cooriinating.Council. Mayor Sher said that though .the motion had not .addressed that matter, he had sensed it from Councilmember Henderson's comments. Councilmember Carey confirmed that the motion, then,..did.not deal with the question of Senior services now administrated at the Downtown Library. Councilmember Henderson said his.motion.said ".._continuing to provide Senior services now in .existence, at approxaraate current. levels." By that he meant both funding and service. Councilmember Eyerly said that, as the -one who had -seconded Council - member Henderson's motions -he had some difficulty -with that.provision to hold.to the present manner.of providing services,.for.both.the City and SCC had spent -six months talking about geing Just.the opposite Nay. They anticipated having the Senior Coordinating-Counc,il.4SCC) take over those services, with the City funding the i .and .SCC - op rats► g them. He would continue as the second to Councilmember Henderson's.motion if that detail.were not pinned down at this time, though it could be pinpointed for future .observation on how .the funding would .work .and _what the staff would suggest, and what SCC would like. Councilmember Henderson acceded- to .the exception of _ that .consideration from his motion. The question -could be left open. Councilmember Carey said that as he understood . it, -the second part of Councilmember Henderson's motion stated a policy that -the City would not fully subsidize the operating costs of the Senior Center. The Mayor had so re -phrased it, he said, yet he had heard Councilmember Henderson say earlier that he did not want the -City to fund -any of the operating costs. Councilmember Henderson said he did not want the City to pays any of the new operating costs. For this coming year he did not want to commit the City to financing any of the new operating costs --only existing programs. Councilmember Carey said that. as he understood the -.motion now, it involved two things: 1) Councilmember Hehrsc rson was wi.1 l i ►eg to give direction to the Finance and Public Woos Co ittae-on-policy matters, that -is, to. find approximately $90,000 forethe Senior, Center, providing that it can be earmarked for Capital Ireproveaents; and 2) -the Committee should not consider funding rec ndations- tint- involve operating costs for the conning fiscal year. Councilmember Henderson said that was correct. Mayor Sher said he had described the motion as he did because the staff report had worked cut one four year approach to funding, and it had been dealt with as funding for an operating budget. The $40.000-$45,000 given for prese►at programs would all become submerged in the operating budget. In that way, by making the allocation for existing programs, the operating budget was also.being partially funded. He had not wanted to ails -state the motion --he thought.Councilmember Henderson was concerned about magnitude --not wanting to go any higher to amount, adopting instead the policy -that the City did not want to go any higher than the current level that is being contributed now to the operation of the program. Councilmember Carey ;aid that the Eyerly memorandum suggested that, in order to. obtaai n about $g0,000 for "capital improvements," some current operating costs that the City was paying for, about $42,000, should be utilized. 847 4/10,78 Mayor Sher said he thought the part of the motion Councilmember Carey was speaking of was, by a bookkeeping device, designed to justify some capital expenditures by freeing up money in this transitional year so that SCC could_deal.with its operating budget.. He understood the motion to say.that.it.would.be "a one-shot deal" for this year -only. The second part of the motion reflected the policy that for the future the City would stay at the current level of programs it underwrote, or less. Councilmember Carey said he still did not -understand the motion. Counciimember. Eyerly had.not said.those thin s.in htt.n' uorandum. The $90,000 had been achieved byallocating_the $52,000 -capital _improve- ments, -and by taking about.$43,000.of-Senior Services .currently funded by the_City.and realiocating.them to the Seaior.Center.. That method of arriving at $90,000 had an impact on the operating budget.of the City, with an indirect -impact on the-SCC-budget. Technical 3y, all the money was not for capital improvements, Councilmember Henderson .said that those.considerations.had.kept him from givingtthe.$00,000 figure in his motion. He was -not playing -with the $43,000 that went for Senior services. Whatever additional -money the Senior Center required for operating expense beyond.present City programs would -come from an exchange of capital improvements -contributions from the City.so that enough SCC funds could be --released in order to operate whatever additional programs it might have for next year. He was not playing with $43,000. His motion did not have a specific amount --it was to be enough to free sufficient money 'for operation of whatever addi- tional programs SCC might have the first year only. Councilmember Eyerly said the staff report had approached the manner of affording funds to SCC in a different way from his own report: he suggested $62,500 for Capital Improvements, the list of which they had provided and which.was very detailed. The City,had just given them $37,000. in .Community Development Block. Grant .Funds, which brought the amount to the $90,000 SCC eeedec' for ei is operating .budget. That opera- ting budget of $90,000 did not include the $43,720 for Senior services, which the City had been funding pre'ioesly. Basically the SCC would be allocated.about $62,500, which should take care of its operating budget. Councilmemker.Fazzino said a number of issues had .been raised in the staff report, with alternatives including an' incentive procedure, a multi -year approach and so on; he would like to see some of them ex- plored. Some clear understanding was needed by.both SCC aed the City as to haw SCC matters were to be approached . over the next five -nears. As he understood the Henderson .motion there would be no discussion of those approaches, and financialconsiderationwould stop -with the 1978-79 fiscal year. Councilmember Henderson said that Counci laeeraber. Fazzi no e s understanding was true; it.was heped that SCC would be able -to provide for its.own fundingfollowing that. He wanted to so state by-nct allocating any additional funds . beyond 1978-79. That would be the City's policy. Councilmember fazzino said that he understood .tit _was . to. be the City's poticy.until it wee changed.in d subsequent year. Mayor .Sher said he understood the motion i n . tit way also. Viceilayor Brenner said her question was related .to the.Finance and Public Works Committee discussion of -the matter: on .page .5 .of .the staff report she read "Under the plan ;SCC will become. responsible for the direction end administration.of the Senior Adult Services +SAS) program and the SAS staff will become employees of-SCC, -and.the-positions are eliminated from the City's authorization and budget..'° She said that the sentence outlined an easy administrative procedure.but_it aaight not be 848 4/10/78 such an advantage toto..peeleFees. Dependence on prtvately-funded organi- zations did not -give an employee the same kind of protection as continuous employment by the City; she thought that consideration should be dis- cussed in detail --it might not be a good way to .treat present City employees. She said that her words had been intended as a general comment. Councilme+nber Witherspoon saidthat the ;ubject.of V1ce. Mayor Brenner's thoughts had been the subject of six months' discussion. She did not want it aired again, since it appeared to be -settled. She then referred to page 3 of the staff report: Council was discussing the new budget, with operating costs estimated at $133,297, and it was toward_reaching that aunt that Council was working, by freeing up funds. A discussion ensued of .which figure in which column, -added to others, comprised the -- to to l . Counci lmember Henderson said that- by. taki ng $43,720 from the total of $133,030, the balance remained of $89,677 of -the $90,000 -that had bean discussed. Counci 1n ber Carey observed the -irony of . the -ease with which City employees at the Senior Center could become employees-of-SCCS whereas the similar proposal with regard to employees at -the -golf. -course was thought to be difficult. Continuing, he -said he thought-the.sense of the Henderson motion was clear. He said he would support the motion because two years ago, at the time SCC was given the use of the.old Police/Fire station on Bryant, it had said SCC would bear -the operating costs with donations by the private sector. He had predicted at that.time that a request for operating funding would be made by SCC, .as wasp-Aow the case. He concluded that once having funded an operation it was almost impossible to stop funding it. The motion before them spoke,to.the natter of a limited time for funding by the City. Mayor Sher. recalled discussion about the possibility of SCC needing further help on operating funds, and the request was -1Adeed before them. Nonetheless, the City had to treat SCC's request.as.it did any request for funds, and the response took in factors of what -the organizations competing for funds wasted the money for --a case of priorities wllch also depended on the City's ability to provide funds. Both the staff report and Councilme4ber Eyerly's mew sherd the Ctty_w s not in a position to underwrite a budget of the magnitude of the first year's projectinn. He said he would be willing to consider needs year by year, but a policy statement, such . as .the motion before them .gave, was needed at the outset, which made it imperative that :funds be - rei sed- from the private sector. The fact. that the City did trot -have the funds could pees make the funds more easily obtainable- elsewhere. He would support the motion. 1 1Ol. PASSED:. The motion. that Counci l -state _ a-pottcy. of.1) continuing to provide Senior sere i ices _ nor+ . in exi steno at- approximately , the current level; 2) not subsidize operating costs resulting-from.tbe new Senior Center; 3) to ask the Finance and Public *arks Committee to look for means of providing funds for capital expenditures for 1978-79 to enable the Senior Coordinating Council to transfer equivalene.funds.for 1978-79 operati4 expenses, with referral for detailed discussion on Capital Improvements and Revenue Sharing .funds - by... the Finance and -Pub 1 i c Works Committee, passed on a unanimous vote. Mr. Walker confirmed that Mayor.Sher and Coupc1 amber Henderson were proposing that instead of providing operations eao ey the $37,000 was provided for capital coats, along with the additional stun y for capital costs, which would . mean that .the Senior Center rezutl d . have this money which had been set aside -for that capitol improvements program and would 849 4/10/78 use it for operating. He. said.what- the .s i:aff. had.recoa nded was that one-half.of the $90,000 be paid by.tha.City_ The. -staff -was not recom- mending that all of the $90,000 be paid by.the-City. Staff.would review the l i st. of capital . improvements drawn. up by SCC. and be prepared to talk with the Finance.and Public Works.Comntttee.aboutthose items. Counci lmember Eyerly .said the Finance. Comai ttee would .also . be talking about.federal revenue sharing funds. He was;bothered_by_having those funds put into a general fund to be used forestaff..to.-balance its budget. This year the amount was $280,000. He would like to have staff's comments on the general revenue sharing fund -at -the Council meeting, so that it could be a part of the discussien-in Finance -Committee meetings. MOTION: CouncilmeaberEyerly__eyed_ t►+.et.staff prprepare-_some_comments on the general revenue sharing fund, to:be-presented to Council. Mayor Sher _asked if Mr. Walker i ntended. to -tai k. about . general revenue sharing . funds in the budget .hearings, or_was . a motion needed. Mr. Walker replied .that the budget did .address .federal .revenue. sharing fends. Ever since the City had been receiving -such -funds the Finance Committee had followed a procedure which involved a public-.heartng. The Committee had -followed staff rec ndattuns,-which-was.to designate those funds toward a matter or matters aiready.in the.general operating fund, in that way funding 500e of the general operations. If Council chanced that policy and took the funds :from the general operating funds, and designated them toward some program not now funded, . the $280,000 would eithee have to be replaced with other revenue, or.some service would have to be changed. The money wis not "free." Counclhcember Eyerly said perhaps his motion was not necossary;.neverthe- less he. thought it would be well for Council .to. have moretnforation than it had had during the last couple of years.. He recalled that $60,0fJO or $90,000 had been placed in the Pol lc Department, .and this year the full amount wasin in the Social Services Department, with no specific recommendations as to its use. MOTION WITHDRAWN: Ci,unctlgaber Eyer►lywithdrew his notion, .since there was to i be a public raring on the allocation of the funds. Mayor _ Sher said that . if Counci lmembers wished to discuss .his memo on a personnel matter which he had put at -their places a: brief Executive Session would be held during recess. RECESS .TO -EXECUTIVE -SESSION RE- p_ EL Council recessed from 9:25 p.m. to -'s:45 p.a. . to an . Executive Session re personne l . H -WtATi IZAT1 - (CMR:222S:8) Coue ci laaember Clay said . be . had been concerned about the insb ation contract. Connie . Smyser, Utilities, said . thatthe contract -had. b en .included with the original _staff report. Counci!member.Clay-said .n he felt -the contrectlwt-the City_to .the.position of being a distributor of insulation MILIa rs-tAle.; . He:dtd. runt know why a 850 . 4/10/79 contract.would be needed with a. specific supplier. .How would the contract .work? Would the.C'ty.buy materials? and how much? Ms. Smyser_said the City wasnotplanning to buy any materials.. Dealers had bid the specific pieducts.named on the contract. Councilmernber Clay asked.how suppliers would.be selected. Ms. Smyser said each contractor would cnoose.to bid specific products: Coast Insulation, for example, bid.ftbercell and Monotherm, which were two cellulose products. Mayor.Sher said that as he understoodit, a:range.of insulating materials would be . presented to homeowners; the homeowner would then choose one product,.to.be installed at the pricy geneed-by tho contractor. ?4s. Smysersaid. that.was correct;. ho m ow srs had choiceamong cellulose, fiberglass.and rockwool. Each product had a primary contractor, who would then sell the material and install it. Ed Aghjayan, Director of Utilities, said the contractor would do a feasibility study for an interested horaeownare-if there was existing insulation in place and more was needed, perhaps an R-I (R*Resistance to heat and cold) could be used, at somewhat less cost.than an R-19. On either kind of installation the payback benefits would be pointed out. Councilmember Clay asked how long the price quoted by the contractor on his bran# of insulation would be in force, particularly if prices rose and his price was too -low to show a fair profit. Ms. Sanyser said the prices were in effect for one year; there was a mechanism in the contract to ailow for a price raise in six months from the date -of the quotation, Mayor Sher said those contractor who obtained -a -lower price for the insulation materials could not .cam in and underbid contractors who had been given.a higher price until after one year, when the materials prices were reviewed again. Councilmember -Clay said he - thought the prevailing .costs .ebould determine the prices. Mayor Sher said he thought Councilmamber.Clay was perhaps not in.agree- rrrent with the process that had been worsted out —did he want further staff comment? Councilmember.Clay said he did not.know.wby a contract was needed. Mr. Agbjayan .said . the contract wars .mod so . that . a► price could be quoted . to ho owners-- ; t - hiel d the co tractor. to both price and a parts- cular product. Other contractors could -still match .the price and material and deal directly with homeoweers, The price quoted included installation. MOTION: Mayor Sher moved, seconded.by. fazziaa,.that Council authorize the Mayor to execute the contracts with the Insulation contractors, as outlined le the etaff report CMR:229:8. The motion passed on a unani- mous vote. REQUEST . OF . COUNC I DER CAREY Ile hOOO . w bihrinAIN MAP Counci lmembe r. Ca ray .,aid . the . Ralo -Ill is. T tares - had . !al ready stated the case and done .all tie . ressarch," as could be saw . in - ,lay . Thorual dson' s 851 4/10/78 g 6. column.of.that.date,.(April 10,.1978)...Housing_and Urban -Development (HUD) had retained George.Nolte-& Associates toetake-another look at flood.control-areas. on tbe..map,.those areas admittedly being for larger .than.need.be._Councilmember Carey said.that one.of his.goals, a map showing.the..flood basin areas from.a.more.realtstic.standpoint, was being.devised. As he saw.the problem, it wa►s.that mandatory federal insurance was.dete►mined.by.the-flood map; the map.ttself was "not realistic." For example, every -home from-Embarcadero.and.Middiefielu.to the.northwest boundary of -the City was -required to have.flood insurance if it.was-to.get a federally insured loan..Those who had purchased within the past five years,.or refinanced, were.not.affected, which was a case in point as to-the-obsolescence-ofthe flood.insurance require- ment...Many.unnecessary flood insurance -premiums were -still being paid. He .also ob,#ected.to the. federal government telling anyone.he _or she must have. insurance; he thought_the -mandate .fors -flood ,tesurance, or other= - insurance, should be.lifted. .He.wanted Ccuncil-to.take-a position on the flood control basin, itself. .MOTION:. .Councilmember.Carey moved, .seconded_by.Henderson, that Council direct_ the Mayor to write HUD, particularly .HUD. flood.insurence adminis- trators, plus.Palo A1to's.congressmen, requesting-that.the flood basin map be updated, and that if a study is being made:tt.be.completed at the earliest possible date, taking into account -the improvements and miti- gation measures taken since the 1955-55 floods. Robertlloss, _4010 Orne, -said _that some. fioed.damage.had. occurred et his own house near. Los Robles Avenue -in Barron Park. A couple of inches of rain, .not .a flood, had occasioned the damage. The .creak had overflowed from lack of irnproper_runoff. Investigation showed -that the Flood Control -District had . "one a .lousy Job: of installing .the pipe which parallels Los -Robles," and.no renovation of rain-runoff.facilities had yet been done. The mitigating.measures Mr. Carey.had spoken of were to have eliminated.the.need_for flood control damage,.for it was planned that -those -facilities could. carry off the water.from.the "100 year flood,".and flood insurance could -be dropped,.wbich..ran-about $25 annually for $3000-$4000 coverage. He thought.tt was _planned to add more mitigating .measures for channels and creeks, -then homeowners,could ask HUD to remove the requirement for flood insurance.- He spoke of the folly of building in areas_ subject to floods, citing -en -area traversed by Highway.30.in Pittsburgh, .Pennsylrrania,-where.it.w*s regularly . floodede .then. "bale;[ -out" with help from..the- federal .govert nt, aaly- to be rebuilt again.! .with taxpayers paying for: tr.stupidity:and stubbornness. That.had been one of the reasons.for initiating the flood control program. For those reasons he thought-the.flood control program should not be '°thrown"ovt." i CounciIm mber.;fittherspoo,, .spoke .of Council,temberrs.having.recsived notice of a workshop to be_held_by Water.Resources--supposedly.it emswered the questions that.had been.raised on -the topic that evening. ter. Walker said.he-had not read the-material-about.tba-meeting, but if there was -to:be discussion of the flood- control progrim.as. it- related to Palo.Alto the City would probably send a representative. Vice Mayor. Greener .agreed : that . an updated . f food -control .map .was needed. She. wondered i f the . Ci ty . had .any control,. or po'wsr. to . suggest, qual i fi cations.af-fir. that Might.draew.up such_a .map...She.satd that.since some had been dissatisfied-with.the.Flood-Cctrol,Otstrict.itsulf, that. District was perhaps not - the appropriate • agency . to . oversee • thi .updating of a -map. _Whoever did the job should be "...object046.knowledgable,.and independent. and it. should .be .somebody not involvad...with .the _ronttructton of pant works, . specs fi cal ly_ not -the Water District,'! .. SE I said the Edgewood Drive =area . had begin threatened .with . looding from -waters that • 852 4/10/78 were -far less than those.of a.100 -year. f'l-ood. _ -Sc.far as. Barron. Creek was concerned, work die by the Flood Control . District. uphil l from the creek see td . to fill the creek even more. She had. heard that toward Los Altos five-foot runoff.pipe had been installed --did they drain into. Barron Creek? If so, that kind of upstream work did not reduce the possibility of flooding. Councilmember Carey said he understood,_second-hand,-that.George.Nolte's engineering.firm.had been retained -by the .federal.admintstration,.HUD. So the.Water.District.or.Flood.Control-District-were-not-doing the work, and the Nolte firm was . familiar. with the area.: His, motion spoke to reduction in size of the district, not its elimination. Clearly some streets would remain.in the Flood Control District. Vice Mayor Brenner asked if the Nolta_fi ,•to-Councii.member_ Carey's knowledge, had done any of.the-Fleed•Control work,.or,_further, was it too -late _ to_ ask - the federal government for someone •who was wholly independent to do the study. Counciimamber Carey said he thought -it probably_was too late. Mayor .Sher said the motion spoke only to the re -drawing of .the map, not to who was going . to do the work. Councilmember-He►dersor saidhesupported-the motion and_also he thought individual owners should be able to decide whether -or nottheywanted to carry insurance, after they had obtained information about what was. likely . to be the . case in their own areas. The problem lay in the fact that the federal government ►.:d to pick up the .cost of ,repairing flood damage, which meant the taxpayer paid, for insurance did not always do the job. May r r .Sher said he favored the motion. He likened_the_requirement for flood insurance to the requirement for fire insurance, -so far as loan guarantee was concerned. Some foreseeable casualties.were more under- stood than others. Yet the Flood Control map.should.be updated. MUM PASSED. The motion that.Council .direct .the Mayor.to weite HUD, particularly HUD flood insurance administrators., -plus Palo Alto's Co pressmen, requesting that the flood basin map -be. updated, and that. if. a study is being.made,.it be-completed.at.the earl est passible date, taking -into account the-improvemeetsand tai tigaticn measures taken since the.1955-56.floods, passed on a unanimous vote. RE EST.OF-COttNCILMEMBER.WITHERSPOO$... . Vice Mayor.Brenner said Urban Lane was•a-place.wire Palo.Alto's traffic_ Corrected circulation had worsened,- end -was -virtually- non-existent.. The street sea. page was now completely blockfeg.'aff and one could- not. even take. the shortcut - to Southern.Pacific. In the Capital Improvements -Program, 1971-76, 1970.75, Urban lane .bad been - Included.. so the idea eras .not new. Sne thought it was a good -idea to ask staff -for a report on -how the City should proceed. The encroachment permit descrik s a -strip of land 36 feet wide along the entire northerly length of t -property,.as.des crlbed in the old corporation .yard lease, -bit and -betty en -tbe City. of . Palo Alto and Pacific dotal navel opmert Venture, -dated -dune 30, 19/1. StAff had suggested a title search, to determine exactly the property .line between Stanford lands -Southern Pecific. land, and the private land en which the varelouses are -how -located . MOTION:. Vice Mayor Brenner moved, seconded .by . Witherspoon, .that staff give a report with necessary information so .that Council.could discuss 853 4/10/78 the method.of.improving. the.circulatien_pattarn_in .the.general area of Urban Lane, Hoer Avenue, Encinal and Wells. Councilmember Witherspoon .asked.if a corner_vr. a .:rn rehouse indicated on the iaap .which .was projected ran ,through City property. Mr. Schreiber said .he had. discussed_the- atter_wtth .Jean, Diaz, City.. Property .Manager, last .week; he- had• conceded .thare..were differences, among maps. The maps gave a different impression :fre .thAt: obtained while walking the site. He thought the City would have the -area sur- veyed and the lease line staked. Then the relationships would be more clear. Counci lmember Ws therspoo i asked _ i f tha.hemermade.barricade.could be removed sothat the fire hydrant wouid'be'accessible. Mr. Schreiber said that if Urban.Lane. touucbed..aoUidayS..Inn. property.an amendment of .tee .Pla►nned Community . (P' C) :zoning-weuld .be .needed5.. then there would be loss of two perking spaces- to . attain .access . to the corner. Mr. Booth could speak .as to whether or not tine .home-made barri- cade could .be removed. Mr. Walker said staff supported the esaigaraant.proposed_by :the motion.. _ Ore items associated with 3(b)10 the Branner/Witherspoon memorandum, was.that.staff thought some -interim changes -had to belriade, on which Jean Diaz would elaborate, Jean Diaz, Real Property Aoninistrator, .said.t'he outlined .area shown on the overhead projector was a plan submitted by the Fire .Department, for a safety problem existed with access being .blocked, as .1t- was. He .thought .the relat ionship .of Urban Lane to -the lease .1 ine. was fairly accurate. It would be confirmed with a title search. Councilmember Fazziro :asked_if Vrbao -L.a extsnded _to -Town_& Country. He asked further what the specific traffic problem was. Vice Mayer Brenner .explained. that. access. bad .began blocked. off. by.. the home-made barricade described —in one way- it' could .bey ..said..that Urban Lane had just disappeared. Corrected Councilmember Fletcher said that she walled Urban Lane having see page extended to E arcadero. 902 Mr. Diaz said he had asked for an estimated fee for the title search. - Mir. Walker said that staff would_purt. the._inquiry .about. Ur -ban Lane — therm wes the - added impetus of needing - the -roatt.for.emervency. vehicles. Mayor Sher.asked if, since he, was .a Stanford employee, it.woald be proper for him to vote. Ar. Booth replied that since the motion merely asked for further information, Mir Sher=s voting would.ho appropriate. NOTION : PASSED; The motion that staff give a -repart witty the necessary information to.enabl:.Council to discu$vt .method-of:i proving traffic circulating patterns at Urban Lane, Homer Avenue, Enoiaal and Wells, passed on a unanimous vote. COUt4C I LMEMBER CAREY . RE FINANCE AND_ FIBRIL WORKS CDPIMITTEMERMIMOR Counci lme her .Carey announcedthat the Finance.and Public :Works, Commi ttee meeting would be held on Tuesday and Wednesday of -the week of April 16, instead of the dates originally set. COUNCILMEIIRER FLETCHER RE SOUTHERN PACIFIC Councilor Fletcher notified Councilmembers,that there would be a. meeting concerning Southern Pacific at 9:30 a.m., May.3, 1978, at.City Hall, with another scheduled for 7:00 p.m. on Nay 3,.1978, the location to be announced. ADJOURNMENT MOTION: Councilmember Eyerly moveds.seconded.by Uenderson, thatthe meeting of April 10, 1978, adjourn. The motion parsed .on a unanimous voice vote. Council adjourned at 10:35 p.m. ATTEST: (I'ty ClerV/ 855 4/10/78 ROr. Mayor ti 1