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HomeMy WebLinkAbout0110196696 1/10/66 City Hall Palo Alto, California January 10, 1966 The Council of the City of Palo Alto met on this date in a regular meeting. Mayor Arnold convened th.e meeting at 7:30 p. m. Present: Arnold, Beahrsr Comstock, Cooley, Debs (7:32.p.m.) Dias, Flint (7:33 p.m.), Pearson (7:33 p.m.), Rus, Sher, Woodward, Worthington. Absent: Rohrs. Minutes of December 6, 1965 Th€: Council approved the minutes of December 6, 1965 on a major- ity voice vote with the corrections as previously noted on page 88 by Councilman Dias, and with the following insertion on page 65 as requested by Councilman Rus. "Councilman Rus reviewed the work in 1963 of the Council subcomrnittee which studied the truck route ordinance, of which he was chairman. He advised that the present ordi- nance was the result of lengthy discussion and advice from all sides; that the biggest trucks and the greatest volume of truck traffic was delivering necessities to the residents; that if you "chop off' Oregon Avenue and force all trucks onto El Camino Real, it will be a "real mess"; that City of Palo Alto trucks can go anywhere, anytitne, and it is un- democratic to force other truckers to use certain round- about routes; that state law provides truckers with the right to the most direct route to their destination; and that chang- ing the ordinance and reducing the number of truck routes in the City was seriously open to question." Minutes of December 13, 1965 Councilman Dias requested the following insertions on page 80: Paragraph 4: "Councilman Dias noted that the staff had previously been directed to return cost figures on this property but had not yet reported to the Council, nor had the Planning Commission considered this acquisition un- der Ordinance No. 2090 as required." Paragraph 5: "Councilman Dias noted for the record that the report of the Citizens' Study Committee on the Audubon proposal was with the Planning Commission at the present time and had not been reported out as provided in Ordinance No. 2090." With these insertions, the minutes were approved as distributed. 97 1/10/66 Minutes of December 20, 1965 Councilman Dias requested c.nc-following insertion on page 83 under the title "Neighbor & Abroad" as the introductory sentence: "Neighbors Abroad, Palo Alto's Sister City organization, is now hosting Mexican students for the second year of its annual student -exchange program." Councilman Dias requested deletion of the words "General Plan" in the fide on page 91 and the last sentence changed in paragraph 3 un- der the title "Baylands": "The motion was duly seconded and during the discussion that followed it was pointed out that the specific Audut on plan referred to was now before the Planking Commission and had not been acted 't pon, " Councilman Sher requested the insertion of the following sentence to the same paragraph on page 91 under "Baylands": "Councilman Sher noted that the Planning Commission had in its consideration of the Capital Improvement Program stated that the baylands improvements, including the Audu- bon proposals, were not inconsistent with the General Plan." Councilman Pearson requested adding the word "standards" on page 84, after the word "park" in the third s antence under the title "Park Policy." Councilman Comstock called attention to the second paragraph on page 86 and requested the addition of the at the end of the first sentence: "On the same side of Newell Road as the pres- ent City Half." With these insertions and additilns, the minutes of December 20, 1965 were approved as distributed. Minutes of Ja.nuary 3, 1966 The minutes of January 3, 1966 were approved as distributed. Ag:'nda Chan Mayor Arnold explained that unless the Council adopted an ordinance to revise the Order of Business on the Agenda, it would be necessary to request unanimous consent of the Council to hear Oral Communi- cations at this time (see minutes of December 6, 1965, page 63). Councilman Comstock moved, and it was duly seconded, that Oral Communications be heard at this time. The motion failed to acquire the unanimous consent to carry. 98 1/ 10/66 Council Procedure The Council had received the minutes of the Committee on Planning____ and Procedures dated November 23 and December 14, 1965; the re- port of the chairman dated January 6, 1966; the City Attorney's memorandum dated December 13, 1965, and his draft delineating the changes to the present Palo Alto Municipal Code, which he pre- pared for the committee's review of the code rAlating to City Coun.' cil Organization and Procedure. 1. Councilman Comstock, on behalf of the Committee on Planning and Procedures, introduced and moved the acceptance for first reading of an ordinance entitled "Ordinance of the Council of th'e City of Palo Alto Amending Section 2. 105, 2. 109, 2. 122 and 2. 126 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code Relative to City Council Organization and Pro- cedure." After discussion, the first reading of the ordinance was passed on a majority voice vote. Councilman Comstock, on behalf of the Committee on Planning and Procedures, introduced and moved the acceptance for first reading of an ordinance entitled "Ordinance of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Amending Section 2. 150 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code Relat- ing to Method of Legislative Action." After discussion the motion lost on the following tie vote: Ayes: Comstock, Debs, Flint, Pearson, Sher, Worthington. Noes: Arnold, Beahrs, Cooley, Dias, Rus, Woodward. 2. Councilman Comstock, on behalf of the Committee on Planning and Procedures, introduced and moved for adoption Resolution No. 3864 entitled "Resolution of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Adopting Policy Guidelines for Council Proced ire, " with one change: that paragraph d. consist of the contents of the ordinance entitled "Ordi- nance of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Amending Section 2. 150 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code Relating to Method of Legislative Action"; and that the present paragraphs d. and e. he changed to "e." and "f." respectively. The motion carried unanimously on a voice vote. 3. Councilman Comstock moved, on behalf of the Committee on Planning and Procedures, that the staff be directed to prepare a chart contain- ing the recommended Policy Guidelines and a tabular summary of the Procedural Rules on a card that may be placed at each Council member's place. The motion carried unanimously on a voice vote. 4. Chanter 40 - Palo Alto L'n rovement Procedure Code o e alb towommair unlGlpa e The Planning and Procedures Committee reported they had reviewed the recommendation of the City Attorney to adopt an ordinance add- ing Chapter 40 entitled "Palo Alto Improvement Procedure Code" to the Palo Alto Municipal (7-,1e and unanimously recommended its Adop- tion. On behalf of the Committee on Planning and Procedures, Council- man Comstock introduced and moved acceptance for first reading of an ordinance entitled "Ordinance of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Adding Chapter 40 (Palo Altu Improvement Procedure Code) to the Palo Alto Municipal Code Providing Procedure in Re- lation to the Acquisition or Construction of Local Improvements and the Levy of Assessments and Issuance of Assessment Bonds Therefor and Repealing Ordinance No. 1928, Amendments Thereto and Ordinance No. 1986." The motion carried unanOmously on a voice vote. 5. Leases: Airport and Yacht Harbor The Council received a report dated January 7, 1966 and accom- panying map from Councilmen Rolls and Sher regarding their assignment on the airport lease (see the minutes of August 23, 1965, page 454). The Council also received a letter dated January 3, 1966 from the County Department of Public Works requesting time to present possible "redesign of the airport master plan which would involve the Yacht Harbor area, the Baylands, the golf course, re- location of a City street and many other factors that are inseparably connected to the Airport consideration." Councilmen Sher reviewed the Report of the Airport Lease Subcom- mittee. Howard W. Campen, County Executive, said he felt the proposal which the County staff was about to present to the City Council was a "very equitable compromise in a difficult situation." James T. Pott, Director of Public Works for the County of Santa Clara, reviewed the master plane which had been approved previ- ously for the airport and yacht harbor, the money the County had spent to date on the airport and yacht harbor, and noted the County expected to spend approximately $1.7 million for the airport and. $2. 7 million on the yacht harbor, at 1965 price levels. He referred to the many meetings with the special Council committee and `out- lined the County's latest suggestion* for the airport, yacht harbor and baylr.nde. Mr. Pott's presentation was augmented by visual materials detailing the various stages and possibilities inherent in their proposal. He recommended that if the City Council and the Board of Supervisors are to get together there also +.be the ',ton- - dition that they agree on the plan soon so both agencies in the future could actively support development -•f this complex; that without the support of both sides, it was the County staff feeling that "the com- plex would end up a second-class operation or worse." Councilman Sher moved, seconded by Beahrr, that the County Board of Supervisory be notified that the City Council desires to attempt to renegotiate the airport lease to reflect the points listed under Item 1 of the Deport of the Airport Lease Subcommittee. Mayor Arnold .asked if anyone in the audience wished to comment, but no one came forward. The motion carried unanimously on a voice vote. 100 1/10/66 Councilman Sher moved that the County Board cf Supervisors be notified that the City Council is prepared to consider .h?. County's proposal for renegotiating the yacht harbor lease at the same time that the airport lease is renegotiated provided that the County Su- pervisors first indicate they are willing to accede to the points listed under Item II of the Report of the Airport Lease Subcommit- tee with one change: add to paragraph 1 under II the following phrase: "It being understood that the elimination of these areas would not cor_stituie agreement by the City that the County need not provide a Sea Scout facility in the yacht harbor area." Mr. Camper. stated he would be prepared to recommend to the Board that it include a plan for the Sea Scouts in return for a further amend- ment to the City's proposal that there not be an eating facility in the baylands. After discussiom, V=ce Mayor Debs moved an amendment, seconded by Comstock, !-., pa agraph 1 under T.T. of the Report of the Airport Lease Subcommittee to state: "Area 3 shall be deleted." Mayor Arnold asked if anyone from the audience wished to ,comment. Mr. Leonard Bardsley, 1900 Webster, speaking as a member of the Yacht Club, indicated he thought the City should do everything pos- sible to encourage development of the harbor which he felt was not large enough at this time. After discussion; the amendment lost on the following roll call vote: Ayes: Comstock., Debs, Pearson, Sher, Worthington. Noes: Arnold, Beahrs, Cooley, Dias, Flint, Rus, Woodward. Vice Mayor Debs moved an amendme%t. Recorded by Pearson, that the lease on the yacht harbor be a 25-yar lease. John Hooper, 110 Washington, spoke of the plans of the Yacht Club for their facility and indicated it was very:important to them in the planning and financing of their proposed Club House t o have a long- term lease; that the harbor will grow; and there is F. lack of berths. He answered questions from the Council. After discussion the motion carried on the following roll call vote: Ayes: Comstock, Cooley, Debs, Flint, Pearson, Sher, Worthington. Noes: Arnold, De ahr s, Dias, Rus, Woodward. Vice Mayor Debs moved an amendment, seconded by Flint, that Em- barcadero Road is to retrain a City street and that no street will be a County street. After a short discussion, the motion carried on the fallowing roll call vote: Ayes: Arnold, Comstock, Debs, Flint, Pearson, Sher, Worthington. Noes: Beaters, ' Cooley, Dias, Rus, Woodward. 101 1/10/66 Vice Mayor moved an amendment, seconded by Flint, that the County is to pay for all dredging, construction and maintenance, and all spoils are to be placed to the ncrth of San Francisquito Creek in the area known as the Faber Tract. After discussion, the Vice Mayor agreed to delete the last portion of the motion specifying where the spoils were to be placed. After further discussion, the motion was declared lost on a majority voice vote. Councilman Beahrs :rioved an amendment, seconded by Dias, that paragraph 1 under II be stricken from the main motion. The amend- ment lost on the following roll call vote: Ayes: Beahrs, Cooley, Dias, Rus, Woodward. Noes: Arnold, Comstock, Debs, :Flint, Pearson, Sher, Worthington. The main motion as amended they: carried on the following roll call vote: Ayes: Arnold, Comstock, Cooley, Debs, Dias, Flint, Pearson, Rus, Sher, Worthington. Noes: Beahrs, Woodward. (The Council recessed at 10:20 p.m. and reconvened at 10:35 p. m. ) Agenda Change Mayor Arnold moved unanimous consent to consider Items 10 and 19 of the Agenda at this time. The motion was seconded by Beahrs but failed to acquire unanimous consent. Mayer Arnold asked if there was any objection to considering Item 19 at this time. Hearing none, it was so ordered. 19. City Manager, Recruitment of Councilman Worthington moved, seconded by Pearson, (1) that the Council announce its intention to engage a consultant to aid in re - cruiting a City Manager; (2) that the Council authorize the Mayor to solicit proposals ft cam consultants for services for a period of up to six months, with payment to be based on professional services ren- dered and not contingent upon success in hiring; the consultant to be chosen by, and responsible to, the Council; the consultant to be asked to submit, for Council approval, a set of criteria for the choice of a City Manager; (3) that the Council place advertisements in appro-. priate journals devoted to municipal affairs; and (4) that the Council review the applications, conduct the final interviews and choose the City Manager. After discussion, the motion lost on the following roll call vote: Ayes: Comstock, Debs, Flint, Pearson, Sher, Worthington. Noes: Arnold, Beahrs, Cc.-31ey, Dias, Rus, Woodward. 132 1/10/66 6. Peninsula Transit Lines Vice Mayor Debs reported that,thc Committee on Finance unani- mously recommends to the Council that the staff, in cooperation with Peninsula Transit Lines, make a study on the possibility of adding another route in the south Palo Alto area to service the area south of C'lifornia Avenue between Alma Street and El Camino Real, along Arastradero Road and the Barron Park area; the study to be completed at the end of March as maximum; with the further recom- mendation that the study come back to the Committee on Finance. Councilman Pearson reported, as the Council representative on the Inner City Study Committee, that the final report had been prepared by the Community, Council.- of Northern Santa Clara County; and it included a study en transportation problems relative to the aged. She moved, seconded by Worthington, that the recommendation of the Finance Committee, the transportation recommendations from the Inner City Committee and Councilman Flint's requests for staff study of (a) possible commuter service to Stanford Industrial Park, (b) rerouting of Route No. 6 to accommodate the Y. W. C. A. and (c) possible conference with Mountain View and Sunnyvale regarding their bus problems and possible expansion into their area be re - 'erred back to the Committee on Finance for the purpose of coordi- nating the recommendations and to give more explicit directions re- garding the proposed study. Mrs- Harold E. Bernhardt, Executive Director of the Community Council of Northern. Santa Clara County, notified the Council that the final report which their organization had prepared on the senior citizen study (see Council minutes of September 26, 1964) would be presented to tl.e Council January 24, 1966; that the subcommittee on transportation had proposed twelve recommendations, nine of which related to the matter under discussion. Worth Prine, General Manager of Peninsula Transit Lines, indi- cated he would prefer having the Council follow the recommenda- tions of the Committee on Finance; that he had not seen the report by the Community Council of Northern Santa Clara County; that he agreed studies should be made on these subjects, but that operation of a new route would be governed by having a bus, and they needed to be ordered in the spring of 1966 fcr delivery in 1967. After discussion,- Councilman Worthington moved an amendment, - which was duly seconded, to delete the Finance Committee recom- mendation from the referral motion. The amendment was declared carried on a majority voice vote. The Pearson referral motion as amended then carried on a majority voice vote. The recommendation of the Committee on Finance carried unani- mously on voice vote. 7. The Committee on Finance, by a vote of 2 to 1, recommended to the Council approval of the agreement with Peninsula Transit;Lines on a twelve-month ,basis, beginning January 1,_ 1966 and ending December 31, 1966; with the further recommendation to purchase one additional bus; Councilman Cooley moved an amendment, seconded by Dias, that the contract be extended for 24 months. 1 1 Councilman Sher moved an amendment to the amendment, seconded by Coms. ock, that the reference in the lease to renegotation of a subsidy at the end of one year be deleted. Worth Prine, General Manager of Peninsula Transit Lines, stated there would be no way of knowing what the figure would be for the second year, especially if new routes.were added. After discussion, the Sher amendment was declared lost on a ma- jority voice vote. The Cooley amendment lost on the following tie vote: Aye$: Arnold, B9ahrs, Cooley, Dias, Rus, Woodward. Noes: Comstock, Debs, Flint, Pearson, Sher, Worthington. The main motion carried unanimously on a voice emote. Adjournment Mayor Arnold moved, seconded by 3eahrs and carried on a major- ity voice vote, that the meeting be adjourned to January 24, 1966 at 7:30 P. M. , starting with Item 8 of the Agenda. The meeting was adjourned at 12:05 A. M. L City Clerk APPROVED: t Mayor Edward S. Arnold