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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1978-07-24 City Council Summary MinutesCITY COUNCIL MIMUT€S €filar Meeting July 24, 1978 CITY OF PALO ALTO ITEM PAGE Minutes of June 26, 1978 4 4 Oral Communications 4 4 Consent Calendar - Action Items 4 4 Planning Commission Recommends re Amendments to Zoning Ordinance 4 4 Planning Commission Appointments 4 4 Human Relations Commission re Role of HRC and Staff Support 4 5 Planning Comissior1 Recommends Amendments to Setback Map 4 6 Fire Managemenr 4 8 Integrated Pest Control 1978-1979 Contract 5 0 Request of Councilmember Fletcher re Proposal to Eliminate Evening Service on Bus Route 31 5 2 Request of Councilmember Eyerly re Downtown Corner Excavations 5 2 Best of Cowncilmember Fletcher re Changing Sand Hill Road Public Hearing Date to After Labor toy 5 3 Oral Communications 5 4 Recess to Executive Session 5 4 Adjournment 5 4 43 7/24/78 Regular Meeting July 24, 1978 The City Council of the City of Palo Alto met on this date at 7:40 p.m., with Mayor Carey presiding. PRESENT: Brenner, Carey, Clay, Eyerly, Fazxino, Fletcher, Henderson, Sher, Witherspoon ABSENT: None MIN UTULIVE 6r, 19 8 Vice Mayor Henderson asked that the one -line paragraph number eight, page 1049, be deleted. MOTION: Councilor Witherspoon moved, seconded by Fletcher, that the June 26 minutes be approved as correct:~'. The motion passed on a unanimous vote. ORAL COI PJN ICAT IONS None CONSENT CALENDAR Mayor Carey said he would remove the matter concerning Fir Management from the Consent Calendar since a member of the public wished to speak on it. Councilmember Clay asked that the item concerning pest control be removed. The following item remaaireed on the Consent Calendar: Referral Items None Action Items smeimacemsamminanawarer PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS E The Planning Commission unanimously recommends amendments to the Palo Alto Zoning Ordinance for first reading as listed in a June 30 staff report and amended by the Commission as reflected in the July 5, 1978, minutes. ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO AMENDING ORDINANCE KOWA 4048 (ZONING REGULATIONS) REGARDING NONCONFORMING USES, P -C ZONE USE PERMITS, VARIANCES FROM DINSITY REQUIREMENTS AND BILE HOMES. MOT ION : Councilor Witherspoon moved, seconded by Henderson, that the Consent Cal eriar be adopted. The motion passed on a unanimous vote. PLANNING COPI4ISSIOH APPOINTMENTS Meyer Camay said Council would vote for one candidate only until one candidate received five votes. One of the members so elected would serve a one-year term: the other taco would serve four-year t s . That 44 7/24/7S person who would have the one-year term would be determined by lot, on August 9, 1978, at the Planning Commission hearing. Mayor Carey expressed his and Council's thanks to Mr. Rack, Mr. Carpenter, and Mrs. Steinberg, for their hard work and dedication as members of the Planning Commission. The Planning Commissioners were to be elected from the following candidates; Corrected see page 82. 1. Biller, Alan D. 2. Boland, Peter 3. Bowers, Robert L. 4. Carl i tz, Barbara 5. Cobb, Michael W. 6. Craig, Don L. 7. Davis, Cynthia L. 8. Heneke, Constance K. 9. Hughes, Laddie W. 10. Kemp, Maurice 11. McMichael, J. Richard 12. Moss, Rubert 13. Nichols, Frederic H. 14. Placone, Richard C. 15. Saldich, Anne 16. Wichwar, Virginia 17. Wool l ett, Morgan S. Michael Cobb was voted to membership of the Planning Commission on the second ballot. Constance K. Heneke was elected to membership of the Planning Commission on the fifth ballot. Frederic H. Nichols was elected to membership of the Planning Commission on the twelfth ballot. Heyor Carey coryaratuiated the three new members of the Planning Commission on their election. He observed that the number and quality of candidates for the Commission demonstrated the willingness of Palo Arians to serve in their community. HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION .iPPORT Vice Mayor Henderson said that the matter of Human Relations Commission's role, along with the suggestion that a staff liaison be provided by the City Clerk's office, should be reviewed. MOTION: Vice Mayor Henderson moved, seconded by Witherspoon, to refer to the Policy and Procedures Committee consideration of the role of the HRC and study of the appropriate responsibility for staff liaison to MAC. George Sipel h City Manger, agreed that the matter" was appropriate for referral to committee. In April, when $3.5 million had been cut from the budget, the staff for the Human Relations Commission had been cut. He favored the wording of the motion before Council for he did not want the liaison to be required from the City Clerk's office, in addition to its other duties. He thought the City Manager should assign liaison responsibility, if it were to be provided for the future. Councilmember E erly said he thought it would be appropriate for the Policy and Procedures Committee to see what chaos for staff support were made. to different departments: there was Child Care, Senior Coordi- hating Council, and: the fl e._ {mayor Carty said he thought the Finance and Public Works Committee might have some of that information. Councilmember Sher said he did not think the motion took in the consideration of finances; he thought the motion spoke to looking at the role of the Human Relations Commissien,,along with the staff support and liaison required. 45 7124/78 Vice Mayor Henderson agreed. Councilmember Witherspoon pointed out that the Child Care and Senior Coordinating Council did involve money, whereas the ~notion spoke to a council -appointed commission. Mr. Sipel amplified that if the roe of the HRC, for example, were to be expanded, it could perhaps require staff, so that money might be an issue. The Committee's decision on the role the commission played would determine whether or not money was involved. Councilmember Clay said he would like to assess the differences among the role a liaison person might play to HRC as compared to liaison with other bodies, Changes in liaison itself might result. MOTION PASSED: The motion, that the matter of the role of the Human Relations Commission and staff support and liaison, be referred to the Policy and Procedures Committee for consideration, passed on a unanimous vote. PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS Ms. Steinberg, Chairwoman of the Planning Commission, said the Planning Commission had voted 4-1 to retain setbacks at Page Mill and Park streets, and in the downtown area on Hamilton Avenue and on University at Bryant and Waverley. She explained that she had dissented because setbacks had been discussed during two years consideeation on the Zoning Ordinance, at which time the Co tmi:;sion did not have recourse to an existing setback map. She thought setbacks should have one definition only and be described in the various zoning districts. She thought that if Council had wished to retain the setback map it should at least have been noted in the zoning ordinance. Councilmember Brenner noted that setbacks on Lytton between Webster and Middlefield, and on Hamilton, between Webster and Middlefield, were not going to be eliminated. She was concerned for proposed improvements of Dumbarton Bridge and Sand Hill Road could put additional traffic onto Corrected University Avenue. She thought those setbacks related to possible see page street widening. She reca i led some mention of the possibility of both 82. Hamilton and Lytton being made one-way streets, with Middlefield perhaps to be widened from Forest up to Willow, in order to siphon traffic from the downtown area. She had thought it was a wise contingency plan, and she was reluctant to drop it. There was confusion in the minutes of the Planning Commission meeting as to just what purpose would determine whether or not there would be setbacks. fiaphtali Knox, Director of Planning and Community Environment, said two sections in Title 20 related to setbacks, one on setback lines, the other an official plan on regulations. Any road widenings should have been dealt with under Plan 9 regulations, but they may have been dealt with under the setback map --and perhaps a period of 20-2S years. The purpose of that setback map had been to protect against encroachment of possible future rights -of -war for widening City streets. Some figures on the setback map for Monroe Drive had been rived since the widenings h&d already been accomplished. The setback map rss achieving some esthetic purposes, however; the 24 -foot setbacks on Middlefield and Embarcadero proved that point, for the setbacks enhanced the appearance of those streets. Some ref University Avenue had 40 -foot setbecks. In roads in the foothills there were 200 -foot setbacks. For those reasons the setback sap was more for achieving and maintaining esthetics, rather than affording possible road -widening space. He could project transparencies to show the areas being discussed, if Council wished, he said. 46 7/24/78 Councilmember Witherspoon asked what the present setbacks were on Lytton and Hamilton. Mr. Knox replied that the setbacks were very close to what the setback map provided, The zoning ordinance provides 15-20 feet, the setback map would have provided 18-27 feet, If the setback map figures were eliminated the zoning ordinance would provide sixteen feet and twenty feet --sixteen feet in most places, with a 20 -foot setback at Middlefield on both Hamilton and Lytton, which were zoned R-2 and R-1, respectively. Councilmember Witherspoon said that she thought those setback specifications should be referenced somewhere in the zoning map. That would alert readers to check sections in the green book. Ms. Norek-Taketa suggested, and Councilmember Witherspoon agreed, that the setback specifications could be referenced by way of footnotes.. Mr. Knox said that the reference to setback requirements could be made in the foreword. to the material of the book. Variances to the setback map had been granted "F... almost automatically." If Council decided to retain the setback map the Planning Department would be taking that as policy to use the setback map as an appropriate tool. Setbacks would not be "guess-timated," and that map would apply. Councilmember Brenner asked if setbacks were sometimes "inherited" from covenants in subdivisions. If so, would adoption of a policy to apply provisions of the setback ;rip eliminate the application of those covenants? Mayor Carey said that as he understood the matter the proposed policy on setbacks would not affect private covenants. Those covenants would be enforced by private parties. MOTION: Councilmember Brenner Introduced the following ordinance, and, seconded by Witherspoon, roved its approval by Council for first reading, as recommended by the Planning Commission: ORDINANCE OF THE COUNC I L OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO AMENDINP THE SETBACK MP OF THE CITY Of PALO ALTO TO REMOVE TtiE SETBACK LINES Qt PORTIONS OF LYTTON AVENUE, HAMILTON AVENUE, BIRCH STREET, SHERMAN AVENUE, PARK BOULEVARD, EL CAMINO REAL, AND MONRO DRIVE WHERE WIDENING HAS OCCURRED OR IS NO LONGER CONTEMPLATED. AMENDMENT: Councilmember Brenner Droved that the setbacks on Lytton and Hamilton avenues, between Webster and Middlefield Avenues, be retained. The amendment died for lack of a second. Councilor Fletcher asked if proper procedure meant a negative declaration an the Environmental Impact Report did not have to be made. She was told that it was included in the ordinance. MOTION PASSED: The motion, that Council approve the ordinance for first reading regarding eliminating setbacks on certain thoroughfares passed on the following vote: AYES: Brenner, Carey, Clay, Eyerly, Fletcher, Henderson, Sher, W1 erspoon MMES: Fazzino 47 7/24/78 FIRE MANAGEMENT (CMR:317:8) Councilmember Brenner said she had removed the item concerning fire _management from the Consent Calendar in order to ask some questions so that the search for answers could be underwey: she asked just what bounds made up "The foothills." Was the Alexis Drive area included, for example? Lawrence White, Parks Department, said the foothills consisted of everytoding above Highway 280 west. Councilmember Brenner observed that careful fire prevention steps had to be in that area. She asked questions, to be answered later, she said, about erosion resulting from burning and clearing; some consideration of the idea of installing sprinkling systems; some cognizance of the steps Los Altos Hills was taking, along with possible coordination with that city. Mr. White said his department was working with the County Fire Commissioner and Portola Valley and the residents in the foothills area. Geoffrey Paulsen, 630 Los Trancos Hills Road, Portola Valley, said he was a member of the Lee family who had owned hundreds of acres of land in the foothills since 1950. He said he was an employee at Foothill Park and had a degree in Natural Resources from Humboldt University. He spoke of the 100 -foot clearance requirement of the proposed new ordinance. One problem the requirement presented related to erosion, and also it "...heavily modified the chaparral eco-systen in the Palo Alto foothills." Hundreds of tons of plant material would be removed -- costly both in valuable potential composting material and in hauling costs. It would `'completely denude" the land on which the Lee family lives. He had read an article of July 22 in the Palo Alto Times, that had given him most of his information. The sane 100 -foot requirement in Los Angeles was necessitated by the winds in that area, and those winds were not present in this area in the summertime, he said. Mr. Paulsen approved of controlled burning, for there had been no fire since 1917 of combustible brush. The l00 -foot requirement was too stringent, and he thought each case should be reviewed individually. according to esthetics of the area and the amount of fuel build-up. Prian Tait, Palo Alto Hills, confirmed that the 100 -foot clearance requirement would not cover "normal" planting around private homes, and he asked what the phrase on page 2 of the requirements that said "Assistance to residents for greenbelting screens," meant, in detail. Mr. White said greenbelting would be of native plantings high in mineral content that retained water and absorbed radiant heat that would match in with the native chaparral. Native plants would be specified, and local sources for their purchase would be given. Councilor Eyerly said the staff report of July 20, 1978, included "City of Palo Alto Fire Department Brushing Graphs --Clearance Notice." He thought that the information had been taken from a Los Angeles chart, and was applicable to steep land; if the surface was flat the belt could be as few as 30 feet. The brush was to be rwa;:stained at no greater than 18 inches and no less than 3 inches. He was curious why the Los Angeles recommendation for 10+ -foot clearance from all road surfaces had not been adopted, because traffic always presented a fire hazard. Mr. White said that that provision of Los Angeles' recommendations had been omitted because it would be a monumental task to clear that much on such roadways such a s Page Mill --also, it would create problems of erosion and the like. Staff intend to plant some fire -retardant d8 7/24/78 plants along the roadways instead. The practice would also be put into effect with privately owned roadways. In that way the option of greenbelting .could be given. Councilmember Eyerly referred to a 1968 report on fire management which had been given Council on April 20, 1978. Councilmember Eyerly said Council had:.directed staff to complete a Fire Management Program for the foothills in 1977 in readiness for the next fire season. The Phase 2 budget allocated $50,000 for development of a fire management plan and an environmental impact report. He asked why it took so long to arriva at a definite fire management plan. Implementation of the prescribed burning plan was to take place in 1980-1981, with another $50,000 to be allocated. He said he was distressed at the slowness. Mr. White explained that a complete vegetative survey and map of the area was needed in order to develop a sound plan. Controlled burning meant that some burning was done each year, so that a staging of growth would result. Therefore, control was brought about by stages, and it had to be carefully planned through time. Councilmember Eyerly asked if residents would pay for their own burning, and how the fuel load would be established He thought property owners should be responsible for taking proper fire preventive measures on their own behalf in their areas. He did not know how far the allocated $50,000 would go. Mr. White said that the $50,000 was a rough estimate of cost of imp;eflenting a controlled burning program. Costs could be assessed to property owners. Mayor Carey said ne understood that the matter before them did not differ from the existing plan except that it added the option of greenbelting. The 100 -foot requirement was not new. Mr. White conc'rred. Mayor Carey said that now the Fire Chief could make some certain requirements and also provide some options. Mr. White agreed, and said the greenbelting helped avoid the necessity to burn back brush year after year. Councilmember Sher asked about a reference to "Phase 2...new code."? Mr. White said the new code formalized the greenbelting option. That was all that had been added. Enforcement of existing codes was also inherent in the revised ordinance. Councilmember Sher observed that Councilmember 8renner's earlier questions rolled that further approval of the ordinance's provisions had to be obtained. Counci!member Brenner said she had made that assumption from page 2 under "Procedures" of the staff report, which referred to a contact to be made by the fire department "...in the interim time to explain the management plan and hearing process. After the second hearing the staff plans. . ." P. White said that between now and the second reading of the ordinance residents would be more fully informed and some fire codes would be enforced. 49 7/24/78 Councilmember Shea" said he hoped questions raised by Mr. Tait and Mr. Paulsen and Councilmember Brenner would be answered. He did not want the matter to be placed on the Consent Caendar. Councilmember Henderson asked if Council was going to have an opportunity to review the cost facto:5 as the project moved along. Mr. White said the figures before Council were only estimates and Council would "...have full opportunity to review them." The $5,000 and $15,000 items were for outside costs. The other costs were appropriated by the capital improvement program for code enforcement. Mayor Carey said that if the motion that evening passed he did not view it as a commitment for 1979-1980 funding. MOTION: Councilmember Witherspoon moved, seconded by Eyerly, that Council direct staff to proceed with the fire management project and approve the ordinance with appendix E for first reading, as follows: ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO AMENDING APPENDIX E OF THE UNIFORM FIRE CODE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FIRE PREVENTION REQUIREMENTS FOR LANDS WEST OF JUNIPERO SERRA HIGHWAY The motion passed on a unanimous vote. INTEGRATED PEST CONTROL k . v i Councilmember Clay said he had removed the matter from the Consent Calendar because he had noticed that the t'nivers1ty of California was no longer associated with the programs also, the program now differed from the form it had a couple of years ago, in that it had expanded. The report described it as "enhancement.' The initial program had to do with insects which harmed trees, and related problems. There were $15,000 in costs. MOTION TO REFER: Councilmember Clay moved, seconded by Eyerly, that the matter of integrated pest control, 1978-1979 contract, be referred to the Finance and Public Works Committee. Mr. White pointed out that the present contract ran out August 31, 1978, and so it would be well to have the contract out of committee by then. Councilmember Eyerly noted that the contract was now with the John Muir Institute, instead of the University of California. Was the charge the saw? Mr. White said that stiff had asked that the program be increased because it had been quite successful. Staff wanted to put more effort into both public eduction and reiearch on tree diseases. The State had now adopted the method of controlling D tch Elm disease which the program had recoaeeended . Counciimeaber Sher said he thought the Finance and Public Works Committee might not get to consideration of the matter in time for thedate set for contract renewal. He thought the extension should be approved by Council at the present time. The matter had been considered by the Finance and Public Works Committee, as shown by the fact of inclusion of budget funds for its implementation for the next fiscal year. Documentation showed that the program had been sound for three years, anddetails were given in the attached appendix. He did not want Palo Alto to lose the momentum toward dealing with pests without using harmful pesticides. Palo Alto had pioneered in that kind of treatment. He said he would oppose the motion to refer. 30 7/24/78 Councilmember Witherspoon said she wanted the diseases of trees, particularly sycamores, to be stressed. She did not see in the report where that was going to be done, for it looked as though Palo Alto would have to spray its own trees. 8 Cor rec ted see page 82. Mr. White said all aspects of pest control were going to be undertaken through the contract. First the diseaze had to be identified, then homeowners and the City Mould be advised on how to combat it through biological control, if possible, and if not, spray and/or treat the trees for the specific diseases. There was some talk of using systemic control, as well. Councilor Witherspoon asked if the City was going to have to do the spraying. Mr. White said the City was spraying at present. The Integrated Pest Control Program was biological control in cooperation with sensible spraying and chemical treatment. The City treated local situations, that had been clearly identified. Mr. White said a contract for $7,000 had initiated an integrated pest control program limited to shade tree pests such as aphids. Staff wished to expand the program and "...take in the whole biotic community around the tree, rather than just the pests. Mayor Carey noted that part of the money was to go for acquisition of necessary equipment, and he asked what was to be bought that would be kept by the contractor. Mr. White said that devices for co/lecting and raising predators would be purchased; the containers were reusable. Mayor Carey asked why Palo Alto was going to buy items which would last beyond the life of the contract. Mr. White said that the containers were minor items, and represented steps in the pest control program which the contractor would or could not do without --tire cost might be up to $1.000. Vice Mayor Henderson said he had been a member of the committee to approve the contract the first year. The committee had expected the undertaking to be successful and it had been. He favored the program and also approving it at the present time. MOTION TO REFER PASSED: The motion to refer the matter of integrated pest control to the Finance and Public Works Committee passed on the following vote: AYES: Carey, Clay, Eyerly, Faxxino, Witherspoon ►NS: Brenner, Henderson, Fletcher, Sher Councilmember Sher asked if it would be possible for the motion to include the request that the committee consider the item in time for it to be brought back to Council for approval before the contract ran out. Vice Mayor Henderson said that if all the ors of the committee could be brought together he was certainly willing to bring that about. Mr. White said that the old contract could perhaps be extended. 51 7/24/78 RE'UEST OF COUNCILMEMBER FLETCHER RE Corrected see page 83. l N BUS ROUTE 31 Counciimember Fletcher said Route 31 had the lowest ridership of any in Santa Clara County, so the Transportation Commission had recommended that evening service be eliminated. The route ran on Alma. The County was acquiring new buses and some expansion was anticipated. There was to be service along Embarcadero, and some routes would be more directly east -west and north -south. Some express service .aas planned for 1979, with two to run through Palo Alto: one from Capitol Expressway along Highway 280 to Page Mill Road. Another would come from Santa Teresa Hospital in southernmost San Jose by way of Monterey Expressway, Central Expressway and Alma to the Southern Pacific Depot. Unless Council directed her otherwise, she would vote to eliminate evening service on Route 31. Councilmiermber Brenner asked how many lines provided evening service. Councilme ter Fletcher said that most routes ran until nine or ten p.m. Route 31 ran later, for it was ir;:ended to take the pificG of the Greyhound that had run until eleven o'clock. Councilme r Brenner said she thought night service should be provided for she thought the reason buses were not used by more people wes that the schedules seemed to be so erratic. Councilmember Fletcher said the subject bus route had a 90 -minute headway. Routes 23 and 24 would add peak -hour service, and Route 22 running on El Camino Real would have a headway of only 10 minutes --a significant increase of service. RE. EST OF COUNCILMEMBER EYERLY osiorternwwfammo r Councilme,mber Eyerly said the two lots he was concerned about were on the corners of High and Bryant Streets, on University Avenue. On both the long-term excavations had not yet been filled --the downtown area mould be much improved if those lots were filled. Fe referred to page 39 of the Comprehensive Plans and said that Program 21 made the recommendation that empty lots in business areas be filled and landscaped. He asked for a staff report, skimming the surface of the possihilities for achieving filling and landscaping. Had the demolition pewits originally issued on those buildings contained any contingencies for the filling of those excavations? if another building were to be constructed there might be some economic advantage, otherwise the excavations were an unjustifiable eyesore. MOTION: Councilor Eyerly moved, seconded by Witherspoon, that staff be directed to provide information regarding the two excavations at the corners of High and Bryant Streets on University, to see if there is any way to improve their general appearance. CounciTmember Sher asked if the City Attorney's office had any information at present about demolition law. M trek-Taketa, Se :ior" Assistant City Attorney, said that no specific �ndition for issuance of demolition permits existed, such as doing anything about the property. A Law of Nuisances did require that safeguarding such as filling the excavations take place. She would find out more specifics soon. S2 7/24/78 Councilmember Sher said that steps toward safety should unquestionably be made; the question of aesthetics raised many personal preferences. A level, empty lot often became a nuisance also. He said he thought that rather than require a report it was best to pursue the matter as Councilmember Eyerly had done, through direct questioning of staff members. He would vote against the request for a staff report on the matter. Mr. Knox said he had talked with the property owner's manager about repairing the fence at University and Bryant. The present owners had held the property only for the past six months. Mr. Sanchez, manager of Monterey Savings and Loan, had said that his firm would be willing to spend about $2,000 to improve the fence and bring its proposed design before the Architectural Review Board. It was hoped that they could build within three years, and so he was reluctant to spend from $b,000 - $1b,000 to fill the property. Mr. Knox said he had not yet talked to the owner of the High and University lot. Mayor Carey thought it might be wise for staff to think about making certain requirements on lot owners of such vacant lots, and having the safeguarding and maintenance plans go through the Architectural Review Board -such a requirement was needed Particularly for the downtown area. Owners who demolished then "sat" on the land waiting for its value to increase had an obligation to the public to keep the property aesthetically. pleasing. He would vote for the motion. Councilmember Witherspoon said she thought Mr. Knox would have more "clout" in talking with such owners if it was based on Council action. Councilmember Eyerly said that it would perhaps be best for staff to report to Council after the discussions with the two lot owners had taken place. AMEN DENT: Councilmember Sher moved, seconded by Henderson, that included in the staff report there be information dealing with the general question of demolition permits, and any recommendations for changing that process. Councilmember Sher said he would support the motion if it dealt with the general questions of vacant lots, rather than specific properties. AMENDMENT PASSED: The amendment passed on the following vote: AYES: Brenner, Carey, Eyerly, Fazziro, Fletcher, Henderson, Sher, Witherspoon NOES: Clay MAIN MOTION AS AMENDED PASSED: The main motion, that staff be directed to provide information regarding the two excavations at the corners of High and Bryant and University Avenue, to see if there is a way to improve their general appearance, along with information dealing with the general question of demolition permits and recommendations for changing that process, passed on a unanimous vote. RE t ZEST OF COUNCILMBER FLETCHER Councilmember Fletcher explained that she thought it advisable to move the meeting date to a time when fewer people would be on vacation. NOTION: Councilmember Fletcher moved, seconded by Brenner, that the Sand Hill Road hearing be scheduled for a date after Labor Day. 53 7/24/78 Ms. Norek-Taketa said that since the matter did not appear on the agenda no final action could be taken that present time. Mr. Sipel said that he would discuss it with interested Councilmembers; perhaps it would be best to postpone the meeting date, rather than going through the process of placing it on the agenda. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS None RECESS TO EXECUTIVE SESSION Mayor Carey recessed the Council to Executive Session re personnel and litigation at 9:30 p.m. ADJOURNMENT Council adjourned at 12:30 a.m. APPROVE: Mayor 54 7/24/78