HomeMy WebLinkAbout02241959;. City Hall, Palo Alto, Calilormta
February 24, 1959
The, Council of the City of Palo Alto met in regular session
on this date at 7:30 P.M., with Mayor Porter presiding. Roll call
as follows:
Present: Bishop, Byxbee, Corcoran, Cresap, Evans, Giffin,
Marshall, Nevis, Porter, Rodgers, Ruppenthal,-Wood-
ward.
Stephens.
The minutes'of thexneet
approved as distributed.
ng of February 9, 1959, were
Demolition of Building (Parker, 983 Arna.rillo Avenue)
This was`the time set for hearing on, the order of the
Building Inspector for:: demolition of the building at 983 Amarillo
Avenue owned by Mr..'"Erna Clarissa Parker.
Neither, Mrs. Parker nor a representative appeared as a
witness. ' The: City Attorney, advisedthat all steps ir, the procedure,
including the'znai'l ng.of notices to r the owner and the posting of
notices on the property, had been complied with,
The Building inspector,: 1. Stewart Botterna, was sworn
as a"witness Hi read a statement concerning the condition of the
building -and prernises-at 983 Amarillo Avenue, and :recorrlmended that
favorable action; be• taken to bring about complete dernolitio, cif the
building and .a general cleanup of the entire .property. (The written
statement of Building Inspector'is on file in the City Clerk! off:iee ;)
Pictures of: the buildrng:were shown to council members.
Resolution: No. - 3075, .declaring the building at 983 .A r rilro
Avenue to be.a"eeiisanc:e::and.:directing the owner to abate sortie, was
introduced, and on motion of 'Byxbee„ du.ly seconded, was adopted by.
Vote on roll call, w•ith:,11 A.yea, 16E4, Corcoran not voting on the
motion.
Gifts from"Palo Alto Communit, Pla. ens
A letter was received from the Palo Alto Community,
Players,, Inc. presenting to the City gifts of a drinking faucet and a
mosaic plaque from the -Cornelia Burdick Memorial Fund Corrg.rnittee;,,-
which have been accepted by the :Comrnunity Players and installed in : .
the rear corridor, of the Cox arnunity Theatre.
On ,notion of Navis and. Byxbee, these gifts were accepted;
by the Council and:it was directed that a letter of thanks be sent.
Re nests` of Cit -School 'Tra:Efic Safety Committee
A Metter was received from Henry M. Guns.. Chaiernan of
the City -School Traffic Safety Committee, asking the Council to,
consider the "installation: of north -'south arterial steps o:1 Waverley
Street at Addison Avenue and traffic signals at Middlefield Road and
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Addison Avenue, sat the sarcie, tisne.thst Addison Avenue is established
:as: a .one street.
On:motion of Woodwar d; and Navis r this ` was L r C Yos
onamittee No. 1 to' consider in _connection with the city
r��aorr .
;arden Terrace
1-A. and Monroe Park Annexations
t. was reported that„the boundaries of the Garden :"terrace;
Anneicatipn :had been redraw to -include one: additional lot,,
been, and
that
the revised map desagruat anxs don.Terrace 1-A" had .Reports were presented from
o :the Colaty''Bmundary G of the
the ,Bo mdary Commission on :the definiteness and :certainty
,'oc>undar es Of tho-proposed •Gard aerations 1Terrace - �.A ` d the Monrcto the ie Park
annexations. These proposed a
Flax ningCoznmissaon for a. report.
Fpothiils Annexatiosi 13a: `;3
'A petition was received frorxi seven property owner
requesting favorable consideration to the an o aton.td of aA n designated gated'
are6.- of
approximately 1,4;31 acres. -to the'City of
"Foothills No. '3". and asking, th it the Council instruct the presented to .
o.
re are the';neceasary map and legal docuxrients to be
',prepare � of the proposed' annexation area
the:Bov:ndary,`Coaxaxnissian �`:: �' A map
was. presented:
The City Manager suggested that the staff be instructed to
pTepare the necessary papers and that the Council refer the matter
o comrnittee if,it`is interested in'the proposed annexation, pointing.
out that additional'laud c,an be taken into the program if the Council'
cards to round out the boundaries.
On motion of Byxbee and Rodgers., the staff was instructed
to prepare the :necessary papers and descriptions for reference to
the .Boundary Cornission, and the proposed annexation was referred
to Committee ;No. 1' for consideration.
Aria. ...=..ations o Mountain View
.Notices were received from the Boundary omisted n of
proposed. annexations to the City of Mountain View
"Crittenden No: 1-A" and''Stierlin No. 12". These notices were
filed:'
Letter it a Area Air Pollution Control District
A letter was received from the Bay Area Air Pollution;
Control District :requesting uestin the Council to consider the adoption of. an
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he City
ordinance similar to an ordinance recently
adoptede butt copies of and
County of san Francisco. A copy: of this
reports and regulations of the Bay Area Aix .Pollution District were
submitted.
Rodgers" and Navis, this matter was referred
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Cancellation of ' 'axes. on Sta.te P
A. letter `was received frozn the State Division of Highways
requesting cancellation,. of taxes ,on Certain :property acquired;' by "the
State: from :Alliert`Akerson for freeway, purposes, in the vicinity of
Oregon Avenue and the Bayshore`-Freeway. On motion of 8'yxbeeannd
Navis, the taxe8 on said property, were cancelled by unanimous vote
on: rollcall.
Cancellation of .Taxes ;o n Flood Control District Property.
A"request was submitted from the Santa Clara County. Flood
Control Distract for the cancellation of taxes on the Canine property
_on San Fr,ancs9_gnito Creek,. acquired by the District for flood control .
purposes. On motion of Navis.axyd Byxbee, the taxes on said property
were cancelled by unanimous vote on 1 oil
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A letter waa received from the Board of Directors of the
Palo Alici-Stanforcl.Hoapital Center co'ecerning the need for .r-prw.a
tion.and possible revision of portions of the Operating Agreement and
the Cori „Facilities ;Agrternrient. between the City and Stanford University
governing the operation of the Palo Alto.,.Star.fo-a Hospital Center.
The Board requested that the Council appoint a. , epeestntative to 1r.. ect.
with a representative -of the.i)niversity and the Hospital Administration
to assist, in the development of recommendations fo• the .pprora'. of •
the .$oard and the Owners, and to pawtzcipate in preliminary discuss:: Or.
w'th. the :Administration, or operating matters such as the activation
budget for .the durrexxt'•fiscal year and the operating budget for 1959-6C.
it was .moved by Byxbee, seconded and carried that this
letter and request be referred to Corntmirtee No. 4.
Councilrn nNavjs a m.embe.r of the Hospital Board:, =:t:iv :.
that the Board would appreciate havi:4g a representative appointed u,
soon as possible to participate in. discussions on budget and operating
matters. The City Ma:raage;. recorrizrended that the C7ty Ivlandger's
e;be desigra''edas the -City's r, epr. e a;; sentat ve f this pLrposev
tat r' g that he would keep Committee No. 4'ir.fot.med on the matter.
This r. ecomi .endation was approved by the Coen CI and :t was :so
ordered.
Plans' for- Extension o3' Theatre ,k
The ,City Manager reported that prelern a.ry p'•ari hav
received ,fore; the :extension of the Adult Theatre Workshop, and;
recommended that they be referred to Committee No. a for review.
It was;,rnoted.by.. ishop, seconded and carried that this matter be
><:eferr.ed to Conirnittee',o, ,2. `'
Gar'ba, -eRates and n,ontradt. Amendment
The Assistant City Manager subn-ui ed r.r 000sed ,amiendxnent.
to `" e 4oritrdct with the Palo 'Alto Sanitation S�-rvic_c, to nclud K new
rate sc aedu1e anal: to provide. for• irnproved service by the cortractor..
Abaaicratc;.of $1.35pex month, being an'i.ncrease of 30 cents, was
proposed;:and the:,arrendrner't Would further provide' thkt; the contract
ar would retie ve $1000.00 per month from the Ci 1y, to he taken :from
revenue accruing to the`C.iy,'. after re',er.tion, of the first three monthly
a.3 r:ert-s as =an. additional bons• to guarantee F`-' fo,'m -w rice of 5r:.'' vice:.
A motion was made by Cresap. seconded by Woodward.
that the proposed; `amendments be approved and that the Mayor be
authorized to sign the ainendment to the contract.
Councilman Rodgers expressed opposition to any increase
in rates,, and Councilman Byxbee objected to the amount of increase
proposed.
A roll, call vote taken on the motion and a resolution
authorizing signing: of the amendment to the contract was as follows:
Ayes: Bishop, Cresap, " Giffin, Porter, Woodward.
Noes:Byxbee, Corcoran, Evans, Marshall, Nevis:
Ruppethal.
The resolution was declared lost.
It wasthen moved by Ruppenthal, seconded by Byxbee, that
the basic rate be :increased 20 cents per month and that the whole
amount. of the Mcrailer be. given to the cmtractor, and that the other
terms of theproposed contract amenchnent remain essentially the.
same. During the.discussion, Councilman Ru`pperthal stated it .was"
his intention. that this be a sense motion and instruction to the
Assistant City Manager to work out the appropriate rate schedule and
• amendments to the . contract,:. and submit ,them to the Council before
final action is taken. The motion was carried by a voice vote.
It was =roved and seconded that the matter be referred
back to Committee No.,3, and that the staff report to the committee
in accordance with the sense motion just adopted.
Rodgers.
-The City; Manager, pointed out that the proposal which; was
not approved by the Council contained certain conditionswhich the
present contractor :was willing to comply with and suggested that the
contractor, Mr, Paul Madsen, who was present be asked to comment"
and advise as to whether or nothe can carry out the proposed
improvements to the service for the 20 -cent increase.
have the rates incr.eased,:enough" to enable them to perform the ;kind of
-;job they would like to do, ,but that a 20 -cent per month increase in the
rate would not provide sufficient funds to hire four additional men
and:.purchese new trucks, He stated that they have had to meet
increasectcosts in salaries,. and are losing money at the rate of
$1300.00 a month.
Mr. Madsen told the Council that his firm, had hoped to
After more discussion, the matter was referred to
Committee No. 3 for further. consideration.
Amendment to Palo Alto :Im
.
A proposed. ordinance amending the Palo Alto Improvement
Procedure Code relating to improvement Bonds was accepted for first
reading.
r c^rement Procedure Code
Bids on Parkins hotImro merits
A report was made by the City Manager on the bids
received on February 20,;:`1959, onimprovements to parking lots in
Blocks 11, 1.9 and 20 -W, with the recommendation that the low bid
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Bayshore Highway has made it necessary for the Pacific Gas and
Electric Company to relocate a portion of the gas transmission line
which is ona right of way across lands of the City of Palo. Alto. He
submitted a proposed agreement between the City and the Company
by which the Company relinquishes its rightsover the route to be
abandoned and' the City grants - a right of way over a new route. . He
'advised that the Santa Clara County Flood Control District has agreed
that the grant should be made prior to the grant of channel rights to
Santa Clara and San. Mateo counties,
A resolution_approving the agreement and authorizing its
;execution by the Mayor was introduced, and on motion of Marshall and
,Byxbee was adopted by unanimous vote on roll call.
Zan Francisco Bay Area Water Users Association
Reference was made by the City Manager to the Council's
action at its last meeting authorizing the City to become a member of
the San Francisco Bay Area Water Users Association. He stated
that the City Attorney has advised that it would be proper for the
Council to approve the Articles of Association of the organization,
and that it' is important that the City name its representative to the
Association. The City Manager nominated Harold May, Chief Engineer
of the Water -Gas -Sewer Division, as the City's representative, and
reported that Mr,._May has been elected Presidentof the organization..
:The; City Manager also advised that the annual dues for membership
are$50e00:and that the City's assessment as its share of the special
'assessment voted'by the Association for the purpose of hiring an
expert,to review .the ,Wehe..report on the.; cost of San Francisco water
:is $612.,00, making a total amount of $662:00 to be charged against
the appropriate water account.
It was moved by Byxbee, seconded and carried by unanimous
vote on roll call that- the Articles, of Association of the San Francisco
'Bay Area` Water; :Users Association be approved, that Harold; May be
appointed as the=City':., representative': to the Association, and that
,the suzn of $662,00 to cover annual dues and special assessment be
charged to Account 2947, this` amount to be transferred froxn the
Lunappropriated balance of the Water F'und'to. Account 2947.
Project 55-11,. :Middlefield Road et al Modification of
_iairarn_and A®easement and rovidinR or :Re and
ww, - .rraoos�uiw�te .
The Assistant ''City 'Manager reported that it is in order to
;modify. Diagram and Assessment: No. 627 and provide for a refund in
`the, amount of $302.,17 to Edgar A. Morgan, in view of the fact that
the State :proposes to acquire the=property on which certain improve-
erxents'have been,constructed'`under Project No. 55-11, Middlefield
Roe d et al. '.
Resolution No:. 3077,:,raodifying.Diagram and Assessment
No. 627 andgranting refund, was introduced, and on motion of Cresap
nand Marshall, was adopted by unanimous vote on roll call.
A lication;for- Zone .Cha ige_LCarrel
A report was recerved. from the Planning Commission
unaiux ously reconunending:denial of the application of Powell C. and
Constance .5; Carrel for change of district from R -3:P to C-3 for
'Lots 6: and 7, Block 60 " Seale Addition No. 2, at 2233 Alma Street,
;the northerly'corner of Alma Street and California Avenue
1 motion was made by Nave s,;:.seconded by Byxbee, that
the'-recommendati, of the Platining.toralistsion be upheld and the
zone change application'be denied'.
Mr. Carrel addressed the Council in .support of his appiica`
don,. stating-' that' the reasonfor the;'requost is based an personal
circurxzstancea and that:, he ha&a buyer interested in purchasing; the
property,if, it: is rezoned to'C `3. The "Planning: Officer, asked to
conzrxnent ontbe.matter, advased.that the existing R -3.P zoning
provides_: several uses and that:the need for rezoning is questionable.
The motion to uphold the recommendation of the Planning
nission for denia
l of the application was carried.
Zone Change Application Q.Peer y and 'Garner
A report was ,received.from the Planning Commission
unanimously recommending; denial of the application of H. Taylor Peez•y
and Keith E. Garner for change of district from R -3:G to R-5 of a
portion of the Williams Rowe Subdivision of Rancho Rincon de San
Francisquito;known as 41,39 ' Wilkie Way
"Mr. Peery was present and addressed the Council, stating
that the applicants were.riegligent in tailing to appear before the
Planning Commission at, the ,tune of the hearing on their application.,
that through a rnieunderstsanding betweenhirn and Mr. Garner, .neither
One was present. '' Mr,... Peery stated that he would welcome an
opportunity to present their case to`the Planning Commission again
if the matter couldbe referred back to the Commission.
A motion was made by Rodgers,, seconded by Mrs. Corcoran,
that the matter be referred to Committee No. 1.
Mr. E..: V. Arbuckle, Chairman of the Planning Commission,
stated that the Commission had field the hearingand given the matter
lull consideration;: that they are familiar with. 'the property, and that
there was no representation atthe hearing by the applicants.
The motion to refer the matter to Committee No. 1 was
lost, and on motion of Cresap and Navis, the question was referred
back to the -Planning Commission.
lication i Wartner and Birch
A report was received from the Planning Commission
recommending denial of the application of Dell Wartner and Virginia P.
Birch for change of, district from R-1 to R-2 for Lots 11 and 13,
Block 48, South, Palo Alto` Addition,' at 138. and 144 Rinconada Avenue.
The`Commission r.eported.shat it feels it is important to maintain the
it-2;District, as ,it; exists without expanding it toward Emerson Street.
The }Chairman of`the.Planning,Commission advised that the action of
theCornrniasion was notunanimous; that the vote was 4 to 1 for
deniii of :the application.
The Planning Officer reviewed the matter and presented
map showing the two lots involved, both of which now have a single
family dwelling" oan` them. He explained that Mr. Warmer's property
is L-shaped'and there is sufficient area for four units if the property.
were rezoned to R -Z.
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x�ner reaae+�t�e Ooune.ii srx �apgaxr �';�a`s �
application , 'stating his desire to utilize :the, rear of'`ha.s property and
build some apartment units for incoxne purposes.
The Planning Officer pointed out that Mr'.. Wartner's
property c,ould?be divided"into two lots, with a '75 x 100 foot lot in.
the:rear,' leaving the'frasitlot with an -area of 50 x 125 feet:
This would allow zone,hou:se. on the front lot'andone house on the rear
lot under the. present zoning.
After discussion, it was moved by Navis, seconded by
Marshall, that the recommendation of the Planning Comnussion for
denial of/he application for R-2 zoning be upheld. After considering
the possibility of alot ,split andzoning,problems in the area, the
motion to uphold denial of„the:`application was carried, and; the
:natter was referred back to the Planning Commission to consider
a lot split ..isf'Mr: Wartner'a property if he wishes to apply for it.
(Councilman Mitchell came at this time, 9:00. P.M:,
and was present for the reet of the rneeting.')
"Right to Know" Resolution::
A resolution was submitted by Councilman Ruppenthal,
entitled "Right to Know Resolution", to provide that minutes be kept
of all meetings of the Council and its committees that are closed to
the public; that the minutes be opened to the public and to the press -as
soon as their disclosure would not adversely affect the public interest;
and that the Mayor be charged with making this determination.
Mr,; Ruppenthal spoke in support of his resolution, urging its adoption,
and- "pointed :mit,that itwould be the responsibility of the Mayor to
determine when the minutes would be opened.
Councilman Navis advised that there are occasions when
.the; public interest rnight not be adversely affected if the minutes of
'closed meetings were disclosed, but it might be an injustice to
people, such as applicants for a position who may be interviewed but
not selected. He felt that the names of applicants not selected should
,not be disclosed to the public. Mr. Ruppenthal agreed that Mr. Navi 3
:had raised ;a proper point, and it would, require discretion on the part
of the Mayor, but he felt that candidates not selected for a position
neednot be embarrasaed as the minutes in such cases need not be
opened for many years.'
After some discussion, the proposed resolution was
referred' to Committee ,No... 3.
Change of.Street Narne'
Ordinance No. 183.5changing the name of Hillview Street'
io Hillvaew.-Avenue wasgiven -second reading, and on motion of Navis,
duly's' conded,` was adopted by unanimous vote on roll call.
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Arraendnaent: to Zoning Ordinance {Sec. `22.07}
Ordinance No. 1836,_,amending Section 22.07, Subsection (i)
•9f the,. Zoning Ordinance; was given second reading, and on rnotion of
Rodgers and Cresap, was: adopted by unanimous vote on roll call.
`This :ordinance''reduces the rear yard setback requirement: in ''R"
in
for cornier lots having a common rear property line,: to
permit a' portion :of the' main building which is less than one-half the
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naaxixnum width' of such building to extend into the required rear yard
not more than .ten feet.
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pointment of Assistant City Attorney
A report was received from the. City Attorney advising that
he has appointed Stanley R. Norton as .Assietant. City Attorney,
commencing March 16, ..1959, and requesting: confirmation of the
appointment It was .moved by Nevis, seconded and carried that
the appointmerLt of Mr. Norton as Assistant City Attorney be approved.
Will: of =Katherine S. Pentler
A:repart was received from the City Attorney concerning;
the will of Katherine "S. Pentler, which contained a gift to the City of
Palo Alto: of $5,,000 topurchase non-fiction books for the public
library, the gift,„to be effective only ,if the decedent's son, Charles
Pentler,: predeceased her. The City Attoriiey advised that it appears;
that the Charles"iPentler'who is petitioning for probate of the w11 is
the decedent's: son and: under the terms of the will, will succeed to
:a11 the estate that.if:_this is the case the City will take nothing.becau3e
of the conditional bequest..
Chain for Darnaaes (Galloway)
„, A report was submitted by the, City Attorney concerning;
the claim of Homer H Galloway for damages byreason of tree roots
growing mto the sewer pipe:. He advised ,that. the Water -Gas -Sewer
Department hae made,a report concerning the, matter in which they
assert that all: of the difficUlty:was in the line owned by the property
owner;, Under these circumstances he recozrzrnerded that the claim
be denied
It was moved, seconded and carried that the City
Attorney's report be accepted and the claim be denied.
Fe nof Matadero Creek.
.Counc:ilxnan,.Byxbee :referred, toan inquiry he made about
a month ago into;the: fencing of. Matadero Creek between Cowper
Street and Middlefield Road adjacent to Hoover School, and to the
report of the City. Manager .at'that time that the Flood. Control
District :was ;in: the process of writing specifications and taking bids
on the,work He advised that he fence has not yet been constructed,;
-nd moved. that the city staff be asked to make format inquiry of the
Flood Control District, iii ;behalf of the Council, as to when they
:intaen to.'fence this portion; of. Matadero Creek adjacent to Hociver.
School. The motion was 'seconded by Rodgers and carried.
There being, no further business to come before the Council,
the meeting was declared adjourned. at 9:,15 P.M.
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