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HomeMy WebLinkAbout12221969City Hall Palo Alto, California December 22, 1969 The Council of the City of Palo Alto met on this date at 7:30 p. m. with Mayor Arnold presiding. Present: Arnold, Beahrs, Berwald, Clark, Comstock, Dias, Gallagher, Norton, Spaeth (arrived at 7:35 p. m. ), Wheatley Absent: Pearson Approval of Minutes - December 8, 1969 The Minutes of December 8, 1969 were approved as distributed. Transportation Ply nnin Program - Street Improvements - Ca. ital Improvement Program 1970-75 Architectural Site and Desi n Control MOTION:- Mayor Arnold moved, seconded by Wheatley, to continue ;a = nsportationPl�crn ne Program matters concerning theT' -Street Improvements - Capital Improvement Program 1970-75 and the Architectural Site and Design Control to January 5, 1970. The motion carried unanimously by voice vote. A lication for "On Sale - Eatin ' Place Beer License - Horner's Wareho se, 79 Romer Street (CM1:400:9) Mayor Arnold requested unanimous consent to bring up the itern re- garding application for "on sale" beer license, Homer's Warehouse at this time. There were no objections. 1 MOTION: Vice Mayor Wheatley moved, seconded by Berwald, that the City protest the application for an "On Sale Beer - Eating Place" License at Homer's Warehouse, 79 Homer Street, in accordance with the City Manager's Report (CMR:400:9). The motion carried unanimously. CATV - Pro owed Preliminary. Engineering tudy CMR:401:9) Mayor Arnold requested unanimous consent to bring up the matter regarding a proposed preliminary engineering study on CATV at this time. There were no objections. MOTION: Mayor Arnold moved, seconded by Gallagher, to authorize the City Manager to execute a contractual agreement with Hammett & Edison, Consulting Engineers, to provide preliminary engineering service s. Assistant City Manager Sipel responded to question as to whether the survey would involve utilization or control of CATV by the City or by an outside contract, noting that the intent of the studies is to examine as many options as possible with the survey looking into the various alternatives. The motion carried unanimously by voice vote. Foothills Environmental Desi n Study - Report No. 2 Mayor Arnold set forth the following procedure relating to considera- tion of Progress Report No. 2 on the Foothills Environmental Design Study: observations and questions by the public and then questions and observations by the Council. He noted there will be further dis- cussion between members of the public, the consultant, and the Planning Commission at their meeting on January 7th. Robert Mark, Acting President for Stanford Conservation Group, asked the amount that would be added to the tax rate by development of the foothills due to schools, utilities, etc. and spoke in favor of a regional park. G. Owens, 863 Moreno Avenue . Palo Alto, noted the consultant listed three areas for low/moderate income housing and asked whether there were any factors favoring one area over and:her. Leslie A. Helgesson, Councilman of Loa ?altos Hills, spoke in favor of preserving minimum density in the foothills with one 1 tz, 1. *----- density road irnr rnueri_p n a, a„d- maintenance of the Esther Clark Park property as a park. John Nimitz, 250 Palo Alto Avenue, Palo Alto, spoke regarding Agenda Item No. 1 (the Transportation Planning Program) and asked whether the Willow Expressway is a closed issue. Mayor Arnold advised Mr. Nimitz that the Agenda Item he was refer- ring to had been continued to the meeting of January 5, 1970 and .. aa.etirg Willow Road, that there would be public hearings. 4 52 12/22/69 Osborne Crews, 3455 Ross Road, Palo Alto, spoke in favor of low/ moderate income housing being included in the foothills development. Mayor Arnold advised that at this time there would be comments by the. Council with Lawrence Lii irgscon, of Livingston and Blayney, answering questions. Discussion followed on the conclusions and recommendations 1i.sted on pages 17, 18 and 19 of Report No. 7 with Mr. Livingston respond- i:_g to questions and pointing out the areas on the wall map. With regard to low/moderate income housing, he noted the report sets forth a criteria for judging sites for this type of housing and also describes federal programs. (The Council recessed from 8:55 to 9:13 p. rrf. ) Discussion continued regarding lands below and above Foothills Park and sub -regional or s zgional open space preserves. In response to question regarding density, Mr. Livingston commented that once a decision has been made as to what type of development the City wishes to encourage, then the consultants can prepare some density ranges and make recommendations as to administration of the program. Planning Commission Chairman Giosso noted that Report No. 2 will be heard before the Planning Commission January 7th, and in response to question, stated they will make some decisions and will not over- look other possible recommendations. MOTION: Mayor Arnold moved, seconded by Comstock, to contin e consideration of Report No. 2 to January 19th. The motion carried unanimously. Palo Alto Air • • rt - Fixed Base rator Development lan s MR:403:9) James T. Poet, Santa Clara County Director of Public Works, City Manager Morgan, and Director of Planning and Community Develop- ment Fourcroy responded to questions regarding the preliminary plans for the FBO area. Discussion continued and Mr. Pott explained that the detailed working drawings, including landscaping, will come before the Council for final approval and that the existing buildings will be extensively re- modeled and brought into conformance with the preliminary plans. MOTION: Councilman Gallagher moved, and it was duty seconded, that the submitted Fixed Base Operator Development Plan be approved subject to incorporation of a unifying roof concept. :e motion carried unanimously. 153 12/22/69 Foothills Park Pro osal for Sale of it onaTLan :394:9) City Manager Morgan noted that Dr. Russel V. Lee's proposal to eell land adjacent to Foothills Park to the City was continued from December 15th for policy decision only. Discussion followed as to the possibility of requesting Dr. Lee to hold the matter in abeyance for a reasonable time and asking staff to negotiate further. MOTION: Councilman Comstock moved seconded by Clark, to con- tinue the matter to January 19 and in the interim the City Manager be instructed to (1) make a determination as best he can on what the minimum acceptable price is in terms under which Dr, Lee would sell the land to the City, and (2) give an opinion of his own as to what he thinks of that price and what his opinion is of a suitable price for the land. AMENDMENT: Councilman Clark moved, seconded by Arnold, to amend the motion by deleting the two instructions to the City Mana- ger and adding "that the City Manager inform Dr. Lee of the con- tinuance and request, if possible, delay for consideration for other uses." Discussion followed as to whether the City really is interested in buying this piece of property as an addition to Foothill Park at this time when the options in the foothills set forth in the Livingston and Blayney report have not been fully studied. The amendment to the motion carried by a majority voice vote. The main motion as amended carried on the following roll call vote: Ayes: Arnold, Beahrs, Clark, Comstock, Norton, Spaeth Noes: Berwaid, Dias, Gallagher, Wheatley Gun Control Councilman Comstock spoke of recent violent acts in the community involving the use of guns and advised he would be bringing the pro- blem to Council in the coming year. Oral C ornmunic ations 1. Williams Giusei, owner of Homer's Warehouse, asked re- garding Application for "On Sale Beer -Eating Place" - Homer's Warehouse. Mayox'Arnold advised Mr. Giusgi that the Council had voted unanimously to protest the ap- plication. 1 Adjournment There being no further business, the Council adjourned at 10:50 p. m. with Mayor Arnold wishing all a Merry Christmas. APPROVED: ATTEST: 155 12/22/69