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Palo Alto, Caliiornia
April 15, 1968
The Council of the City of Palo Alto rnet on this date at 7:30 p. m.
with Mayor Dias presiding.
Present: Arnold, Beahrs (arrived 7:32 p.m.), Berwald,
Clark, Comstock (arrived 7:40 p.m.), Cooley
Dias, Gallagher, Pearson
Absent: Spaeth, Wheatley
Approval of Minutes
The Minutes of the Council mt zing of March 25 and April 1, 1968
were approved.
Building Code
Mayor Dias announced that if there were no objections the four
Public Works Committee =e ti -1 -Emendations regarding the Build!ng
Code world yr continutd until May 6 pending receipt of the proposed
ordinance. There were no objections.
Juana Briones Park
MOTION: Councilman Clark moved, on behalf of the Public Works
Committee, to approve the preliminary plans for Juana Briones
Park.
The motion carried una.nirn usly by voice vote.
Sign Ordinance
MOTION: Councilman Beaters introduced the following ordinance
an behalf of the Planning and Proceduves_C _ommnit ea__a_r,ri_rnoved
its approval for firLt reading:
"Ordinance of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Amending
Chapter 16. 20 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code (Signs) to
Permit the C-3 Zone Sign Regulations to Govern the Signs
Permitted on the El Camino Real Frontage of any Properties
Located in the C-2, C-2:CFS, C-2:GSC, C-2:GM and C-2:FGM
Zones"
(Councilman Comstock arrived at 7:40 p.m.)
AMENDMENT: Councilman Arnold moved that the proposed
ordinance and the other ordinance amending the sign ordinance
which is on the Agenda for second reading be redrafted by the
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City Attorney so that only one ordinance is required as recom-
mended by City Attorney Hildebrand. Councilman Beahrs stated
he would accept the amendment.
The ordinance was approved for fi, st reading and the amendment
carried unanimously by voice vote.
Naming of Public Facilities
Councilman Clark requested permission to withdraw the report
of the Public Facilities Naming Committee from the Agenda.
There were no objections.
Change of District - Old Fire Station No, 2
MOTION: Councilman Cooley introduced the following ordinance
and moved.: seconded by Beaters, its approval for first reading:
"Ordinance of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Amending
Sec. 18. 0►8. 040 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code to change
the Zoning of the Property Known as 2253 Park Boulevard
from P -F to M - 1 :S„
The ordinance was approved for first reading on the following
roll call vote:
Ayes: Arnold, 3eahrs, Clark, Cooley, Dias, Gallagher
Noes: Berwald, Comstock, Pearson
Change of District - 4171 Middlefield Road
MOTION: Councilrnan Pearson introduced the following ordinance
and moved, seconded by Clark, its approval for first reading:
"Ordinance of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Amending
Section 18. 08.040 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code to Change___
the Zoning of the Property Known as_417l-? iddiei e1d Road
from P -C -- -
MOTION: Councilman Gallagher moved, seconded by Comstock,
anyone in the audience who wishes to speal' be permitted to do
so although there is a motion before the Council.
No one in the audience indicated a desire to speak. and Council-
man Gallagher withdrew the motion.
The ordinance was approved for first reading unanimously by
voice vote.
Subdivision - 3264 Ross Road
Subdivision - 2301 and 2307 Harvard Street
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Subdivision - 2301 Oberlin Street
Subdivision Map Approval - Everett Avenue and Bryant Street
Extension of Subdivision Map - Country Club Associates
MOTION: Councilman Gallagher moved, and it was duly seconded,
to uphold the following recommendations of the Planning Com-
mis sion:
approval of the application of George E. Wentworth for a
Subdivision of Less than. Five Lots iocc lied at 32b4 Ross Road,
portion of Lot #82, C.M. Wooster Subdivision of the Clarke
Ranch, subject to conditions;
approval of the application of Mrs. Chryse Coleman for a Sub-
division of Less than Five Lots located at 2301 and 2307
Harvard Street, Lots #17 and 18, Block 22, College Terra{_v,
subject to conditions;
approval of the application of Mrs. Eva H. Haight for a
Subdivision of Less than Five Lots located at 2301 Oberlin
Street, Lots #17 and 18, Block 29, College Terrace, and a
portion of Cambridge Avenue now abandoned, subject to
conditions;
approval of the Tentative Subdivision.. Map (Cor.dornis,ium)
submitted by Harrington Homes et at for property located
at the northerly corner of Everett Avenue and Bryant Street
being a portion of Lot #2, Block 18, University Park, Book
"D" of Maps, Page 69, Santa Clara County Reocrds; and
granting the request of Country Club Associates for a one
year extension of their Tentative Subdivision Map for
property adjacent to the Palo Alto Golf and Country Club.
Th -tr.jaiion-c rr__J_unanimously
-...-.:sa �.sas:zssi i:A 7C . I�Y3- by-volce: vote.
Definition of Subdivision and Parcel Map Requirements
MOTION: Councilman Pearson introduced the following ordinance
and moved, seconded by Gallagher, its approval for first reading:
"Ordinance of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Amending
Various Provision of Title 21 of the Palo Alto Municipal
Code (Subdivision) to Incorporate Recently Enacted Provisions
of State L w and to Require Filing of Parcel Maps in All
Cases where Final Subdivision Maps are not Required"
T1tieorAinAnce was appro ;:d for first reading un_anitxtuualy by
voice vote.
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Operations at Gasoline Service Stations
MOTION: Councilman Clark introduced the following ordinance and
moved; seconded by Arnold, its approval for first reading:
"Ordinance of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Amending
Section 18. 50. 020 (b) 1. _of the Palo Alto Municipal Code to
Delete Requirements that Certain Operations on Gasoline
Service Station Premises be Carried on Within a Building"
The ordinance was approved for first reading unanimously by
voice vote.
Special Parking District Regulations
MOTION:Vice Mayor Arnold moved, seconded by Comstock, the
adoption of the following ordinance:
Ordinance No. 2425 entitled "Ordinance of the Council of the
City of Palo Alto Amending Chapter 18.84 of the Palo Alto
Municipal Code (Special Parking District Regulations) to
Require .Additional Parking for Certain Uses" (first reading
3/25)
The ordinance was adopted unanimously by voice vote.
Sign Ordinance - Signs on Pitched Roofs
Mayor Dias observed that the proposed amendment to the sign
ordinance regarding signs on pitched roofs had been referred to the
City Attorney for redrafting with the other proposed amendment
to the sign ordinance considered earlier this evening.
Sign Ordinance - Location of Roof Sins
MOTION: Vice Mayor Arnold moved. seconded by -Comstock —the
_adoption of -the -following ordinance:
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Ordinance No. 2426 ;entitled "Ordinance of the Council of the
City of Palo Alto Amending Section 16. 20. U 0 of the Palo
:Alto Municipal Code Regulating Location of Roof Signs"
(first reading 3/25)
The ordinance was adopted unanimously by voice vote.
Department of Community Services
MOTION: Vice Mayor Arnold introduced the following ordinance
and moved, seconded by Cooley, its approval for first reading:
"Ordinance of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Amending
Chapter 2. 08 of the. Palo Alto Municipal Code Reorganizing
the Department of Administrative Services and Creating the
Department of Community Services"
The ordir snce was approved for first reading unanimously by voice
vote.
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Modification in Boundaries Green Acres II
frr ject No. 6-6.-76
MOTION: Councilman Comstock introduced the following
resolutior. and moved, seconded by Arnold, its adoption:
Resolution No. 4110 entitled "Resolution Describing Proposed
Modification in the Boundaries of Assessment District and
of Intention to Order a Modification in Said Boundaries -
Green Acres II Underground Utilities Conversion Project 66-6"
The resolution was adopted unanimously by voice vote.
L968-69 Operating Budget
MOTION: Councilman Cooley moved, seconded by Beahrs, to
refer the Preliminary 1968-69 Operating Budget to the Finance
Committee for review.
The mrttion carried unanimously by voice vote.
Councilman Cooley announced that the Finance Committee would
begin its review immediately at the April 16 meeting and that
the Committee would rneet as frequently as necessary in order to
complete its review and return the budget to the Council by the
end of May.
Downtown One -Way Loop System (CMR 244)
City Manager Morgan presented his report regarding the Down-
town One -Way Loop System, and he and Traffic Engineer Noguchi
replied to questions concerning details of the staff recommendation.
that the one-way loop be continued and that necessary improvements
required by making the system permanent be made.
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Lee Vii.- odgee s, attorney; 26 1 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto
representing Central Business Area Association of Palo Alto,
presented a petition, stating it contains 1, 855 signatures, and re-
quests the Council to return downtown traffic patterns to the system
as it existed before October 16, 1967. Mr. Rodgers spoke in
opposition to the City Manager's recommendation and introduced
the following persons who each also spoke in opposition to the
recommendation: 3. O. McBride, 439 Hamilton, operator and
owner of Economy Cleaners; Frank Johnson, proprietor of
Starlite Super, Lytton and Ramona; Mrs. Robert Christiansen,
owner and operator of University Creamery, 209 University,
and residing at 140 Tennyson; Joe Petrecca, owner and operator
of The Shoe Service, 541 Emerson; and Leonard Ceanninghatn,
Cunningham Realty, 616 Ramona, residing at 168 Rinconada.
Discussion continued and Mr. Rodgers and the metnbers of his
group who spoke replied to questions from the Council concerning
various aspects of their objections to the loop system.
(The Council recessed from -9:.30 to 9:50 p.m.)
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Kenneth McDougall, 526 Coleridge; a property owner in down-
town Palo Alto, spoke in opposition to the one-way loop system.
Frank Crist, Jr., President of Downtown Palo, Inc., spoke in
support of continuing the downtown one-way loop system as recom-
mended by the City Manager. Mr. Crist introduced the following
persons who each also spoke in support of the recommendation:
Richard Kluzek, Executive Director of the Palo Alto Chamber of
Commerce; Jan C. Aarts, T. C. Christy Men's and Boy's Clothing,
335 University, residing at 561 Jackson; Howard Churcher, photo-
grapher, 415 University; and Donald Dawson, Wideman's 281
Univereity.
William Hall, Hall Teachers Agency, 158 Hamilton Avenue,
spoke in opposition to the one-way loop system.
Paul Kegley, 654 Gilman Street, urged delay and further study
of the one-way loop system.
Michael Gabriele, 573 Lytton, spoke in opposition to the downtown
one-way loop system.
Mrs. Thomas Whitson, Whitson Draperies, 323 University, re-
siding at 2020 Waverley Street, urged further consideration,
of the downtown one-way loop system.
Herbert Bell, Bell's Book Store, 536 Emerson, spoke in opposi-
tionto the one-way loop system.
Raymond Rohrs, owner of the Clothes Closet, residing at 1484
Hamilton, spoke in support of the one-way loop system.
Discussion continued and all those who spoke responded to
questions from the Council concerning the reasons for their
support or opposition to the one-way loop system.
MOTION: Councilman Beahrs moved, seconded by Arnold, to
the. sd' . -
_-_:-_tIf recommendation and to continue the downtown
one-way loop system with the nece5eary-imptovernents to make
it a permanent system.
AMENDMENT: Councilman Gallagher moved, seconded by
Berwald, to continue the study as proposed by the staff for four
months and that final decision be reserv..d until the traffic
consultant currently making a traffic study of the City also makes
a recommendation regarding the one-way loop system which may
be considered by the Council.
City Manager Morgan observed for the record that his inter-
pretation of the amendment would be that the traffic consultant
would be requested to report back specifically regarding the one-
way loop system and noted that costs beyond that for the traffic
report as originally ordered would probably be involved.
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PREVIOUS QUESTION: Councilman Clark moved, seconded by
Beahrs, the previous question.
The previous question carried by majority voice vote.
The amendment then carried o:. the following roll call vote:
Ayes: Beahrs, Berwald, Comstock, Gallagher, Pearson
Noes: Arnold, Clark, Cooley, Dias
The motion as amended then carried on the following roll call vote:
Ayes: Arnold, Beahrs, Berwald, Clark, Cooley, Dias,
Gallagher
Noes: Comstock, Pearson
Report on Bids - Select Street System,
c�t No. T=T (CMK 3)
MOTION: Vice Mayor Arnold moved, seconded by Comstock, that
the low bid of Freeman-Sondgroth Construction Co., in the amount
of $192, 292, 60, for reconstruction and resurfacing in connection
with the Select Street System be accepted and the Mayor be
authorized to execute the contract on behalf of the City.
The motion carried unanimously by voice vote.
A.C.A. 33 -Elections in Cities
MOTION: Councilman Berwald moved, seconded by Arnold, to
authorize the Mayor to write a letter on behalf of the Council to
Assemblyman jack Fenton and notify the League of California
Cities of Palo Alto's opposition to the inclusion of Charter Cities
in proposed Assembly' Constitutional _ Amendment 33
The motion carried unanimously by voice vote:
S. B. 231 Bay Conservation and Development
MOTION: Councilman Comstock introduced the following resolution
and moved, seconded by Berwald, its adoption:
Resolution No. 4111 entitled "Resolution of the Council 4 the
City of Palo Alto Urg' ig Support of S. B. 231 Clarifying
Certain Bay, Conservation and Development Commission
Controls"
The resolution carried unanimously by voice vote.
H. R. 12031 Postage to Servicemen in Vietnam
MOTION: Councilman Comstock introduced the following resolution
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and moved, and it was duly seconded, its adcption:
"Resolution of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Urging
Support of H.R. 12031 to Eliminate Portage on Mail and
Packages to Servicemen Serving in Vietnam"
Discussion brought out that it has not been the policy of the
Council to take a position in any area where the Council has no
legislative jurisdiction.
The resolution failed by majority voice vote.
Oral Communications
Edward Keller, 751 Lane Court, spoke in favor of the
re soiutj on regarding H. R. 12031.
Adjournment
There being no further business, the Council adjourned at 12:07 a. rn.
APPROVED:
Mayor
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