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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09281964City Hall Palo Alto, California September 28, 1964 The Council of the City of Palo Alto :net in regular session on this date at 7:35 p.m., Mayor Woodward presiding. ,Presenti Arnold Beahrs, Bvxbee, Comstock, Cresap, Debs,: 1'iss, Flint, Rodgers, Rohrs. Rus, Woodward and' Zweng. "1'he minutes of the "Meeting of September 14 distributed'. were approved as Zoning Ordinance Regulating Workin on M%tor-Vehl- ree ifia7Sfb:ri;ee7briVrobi e-Hornes, Ca;mj5ef ii77. 1 rai. ens an- Boats xri7Rees r-iffal The Mayor`- announcedthat the agenda would be revised to hear this item first. The;Corrimittee':.of the Whole reported that it had ,con-,; sxdered the; Zoning.Ordinaxice entitled "Ordinance of the Council of the City of Palo AltoAdding;Sectons 22. 10, 22.11 and 22. 12 to Ordinance -No.' 1:324; the Zoning Ordinance, Regulating Working. On. Motor .Vehicles. and. the Storage of Mobile Homes, Campers, Trailers and Boats" in Residential Districts" and that it recommended the ordinance be adopted with the change from "25 feet" to "20 feet" in the three places. where the figure Was mentioned in the ordinance Councilman Rus movedthat this proposed addition to the Zoning Ordinance be sent to the Planning Commission for review. The motion was seconded and carried unanimously on a voice vote. Civic Center.' Plans Mayor' Woodward welcamed Edward Stone and reviewed the in- structions:given to the architect in his assignment to prepare pre- liminary site plans for a civic center for Palo Alto. Edward Stone introduced hie; colleagues John Hill, George Young and Mr. Simonson., their engineer, and pointed to architectural sketches ondisplay in describing the principal features of the civic center as he envisaged it. He reported the plan accomplished the program outlined and was in accordance with the Ebasco recom- mendations. Councilman Byxbee complirr.ented Mr. Stone and his associates for the excellent plans and` moved that, the Council accept the basic sit plans and instruct the architect to proceed with plans and specifi- cations. The motion was seconded by Couricilrnan Zweng. 136. [Z8/64 Questions were askedabout the acquisition of land and land costs, the flexibility`of the plans regarding expansion of the library and administrative offices,the possible relocation of the substation and/or the safety building additional parking for the library and at Rinconada Park, the need: for covered walkways, whether Newel:. Road would need to be closed or could be lowered to run below the fountains, and'whether the substation could be recessed or lowered., Councilmen Beahrs- and Zweng commended Mr. Stone for the "natural effect" created in his plan and expressed admiration for the way' old buildings had been' united with new buildings. Councilman :Comstock moved and Flint seconded that the plans for the civic center be referred to the Committee of the Whole for de- tailed discussion:; After further discussion Comstock indicated his motion could be incorporated with Byxbee' a motion with a specific time limit set for the hearing;of thirtydays. After further discussion, Comstock withdrew his motionand Byxbee incorporated the sense into his original motion as follows:. move that the Council accept the basic eite'plans 'of Mx::'. Stone andinstructhim to proceed with working "- drawings, and at the sametime instruct the Council to have a public hearing of this propoaal as a Committee of the Whole; that this meeting should be no laterthan the first Committee meeting. in November. The motion was seconded by Zweng. Councilman Flint moved to amend the Byxbee motion to have the hearing moved up to the next Committee of the Whole meeting which would be October 5:: The motion was seconded by Debs but failed on the following roil call vote: Ayes: Byxbee, Comstock, Debs, Dias, Flint. Noes: Arnold, Beahrs, ' Cooley, Cresap, Rodgers, Rohrs, Woodward, Zweng. The Byxbee motion carried on the following roll call vote: Ayes: Arnold,." Beahrs Byxbee, Comstock, Cooley, Cresap, Dias, Flint, Rodgers, Rahrs, Rus. Woodward, Zweng.. Noes:, Debs. Street Closing: Castilleja and Mariposa The Committee ' of the Whole reported that it had reviewed the traffic situation since the erection of the barricade and now sug.. gested trying another, traffic pattern designated as "I B" which would allow one-way traffic flow southbound to California Avenue 137 9/28/_.64 and the removal of. the barricade on Castilieja„ that this entire matter be reviewed no 1atr than April 1, 1965; and that a right-hand turn only be instituted from 'Palo Alto High School onto Churchill Avenue. Vice Mayor Arnald moved -the adoption of .he recoznmendation of. the Committee of the Whole. The motion was seconded by Rus. Councilman. Cooley moved and it was duly seconded to amend the ,notion to show that traffic ..from Palo Alto High School could :hove to the left or right onto Churchill Avenue but would be prohibited from crossing_the street to.;Castilleja. Alvin Chang, Chairm. an of the City -School Traffic Safety Committee, reiterated the comrrments contained in his letter of September. 24 which; objected to a right -turn -only requirement on Churchill Avenue. Councilmat;.,Dias asked Mr. Chang if the Palo Alto Unified School Distr. ct could help the residents of Southgate by (1) stating that Southgateis Off limits to high school students, and (2) raving a closed campus so far as automobiles are concerned at the noon. hour. Mr. Ruppel,.principal of the Palo Alto Nigh School, expressed cor cern.for the students living south and east of the school who would be forced to turn right onto. Churchill to El Camino and then find their way back to :their homes on the other side of the railroad tracks; that more than 50% of the students use the South parking lot; that the school would favor prohibiting cross traffic to Castilla. Avenue. The Cooley motion to allow both right- and left-hand turns. onto Churchill Avenue -;from the high school, but prohibit crossing the street to Caatilleja:;_;carried by a voice vote. After :further discussion, Councilman Debs moved a substitute motion for, the original motion that traffic pattern "I. C" be insti- tuted and; reviewed no later than April 1, 1965; that, in addition, when the traffic exceeded1, 000 cars for a 24 -hour period on either' Castiileja., Mariposa or -Birch Streets, the matter be brought' up at the next meeting of the Committee of the Whole whet1-,ez before April 1 or on April 1. The motion was seconded by Flint. Vice Mayor Arnold moved to amend the motion to delete the refer- ence to 1., 000,cars' and to the review, which Cresap seconded. The roll call on the.. Arnold amendment failed in a tie vote as follows: Ayes: Arnold,, Cooley, Cresap; Dias, Rohrs, Woodward, Zweng. Noes: Be.ahrs Byxbee, Comstock, Debs, Flint, Rodgers, Rus. In answer to question,`' Debs stated he would amend his motion to state that a traffic count would be made sometime during the first two weeks in January and that thecount be made on the three streets on a>week day. The motion to adopt traffic pattern "I C" and to review it by April 1. 1965; and to hold a traffic count on CastilleJa, Mariposa and Birch 'on a week day carried on the following roil call vote: Ayes: Arnold; Beahrs Byxbee, Cooley, Cresap, Debs, Dias, Flint, Rohrs, Rus, Woodward, Zweng. Noes: Comstock; Rodgers. (The Council recessed at 8:55 and reconvened at 9:05 p.m.) Second Stage Development Plans f -r: ToothillsPaid. A report was received from the Committee o. the Whole recommending that the staff be instructed to continue to research the cost and positioning of a narrow-gauge railroad for Foothills Park; and that the; second stage development program for Foothills Park, budgeted at $168, 000, be appropriated from the Capital Improvement Fund. After a short discussion, Comstock moved the recommendation, which was duly seconded by Flint, and carried unanimously by voice vote. Reports from the Two Hospital Committees Councilman Cresap stated that since there would be a Joint Owners' meeting in early October, he would move that the rnatter of the hospital agreement be called out of Committee of the Whole and discussed:; Councilman Beahrs seconded the motion which carried on the following roll call vote: Ayes: `'Arnold, Beahrs, Cresap, Dias, Rohrs, Rus, Woodward, Zweng. • Noes: Byxbee, Comstock, Cooley, Debs, Flint, Rodgers. Councilma.n Rohrs stated that points 1 and 5 of the Citizens' Advisory Com nittee were in accordance with the recommendations of the Joint Owners' Committee and he would propose two motions which would incorporate the tvio reports. The first motion was that the recommendations of the Joint Owners' Committee be adopted and that p. roper a.rxxendmerts to the operating agreement be made so that actions taken will be in conformance; and 1 39 9/28/64. : further, that the legality., of this action be checked bothcontractually and in conformance with State laws as a prerequisite to adoption of said Joint Owners' Committee recommendations. The motion was seconded by Cresap. Councilman; Dias indicated she would propose two amendments; that the first motion was to add a number 5 on page 2 under the "General Objec- tives and Organization" of the Joint Owners' Committee report as follows. "5. The operating agreement be amended to provide that the number of patients of the Palo Alto medical staff be given first priority for admissions to the hospital equal to the number of beds representing Palo Alto's share of owner- ship of the hospital in both the new as well as old buildings. The motion was secondedand carried unanimously by voice vote. The second motion proposed by Dias was to add a number 6 on page 4 of the Joint Owners' Committee report which would state: "6. Financial statements and Annual Audit of the Palo Alto - Stanford Hospital will be promptly submitted to the City Controller and to the Stanford Vice President of Finance by the Hospital Board." The motion was seconded by Beaters, and after brief discussion, carried by voice vote. Councilman Flint, moved an amendment which would require that the power to set rates on rooms and ancillary charges would remain' with the two owners,' which was seconded by Debs. Councilmen Cresap and Rohrs spoke against the amendment which failed to carry on the following roll call vote: Ayes: Byxbee, Comstock, Cooley, Debs, Flint, Rodgers. Noes: Arnold, " Beahrs, Cresap, Dias, Rohrs, Rus, Woodward', Zweng. .A motion by. Cooley, seconded by: Flint, which would have required that until such time as the construction bonds were paid off, room rates to Palo Alto residents would be 10 per cent below that of other patients, failed to carry on the following roll call vote: Ayes: Byxbee, Comstock,Cooley. Debs, Flint. Rodgers. Noes-: Arnold, 3eahrs,, Cresap, Dias, Rohrs, Rus, Woodward Zweng. Councilman Comstock ,moved . a substitute motion that the City Council proceed with the necessary steps for the formation of an independent, hospital district, this district to cover the same bo•zndaries as the City of Palo Alto, to include Stanford University, and to nave a publicly - elected Board of Directors. The motion was seconded by Flint. Councilman Rus moved the previous question, which was seconded by Cresap, but which failed to carry a two-thirds majority. 144 9/28/64 After len he gthy debate, ,-L r motin Baled, e oll call o on- the followin n the Comstock g roll call vote: ck substitute Ayes; Comstock, Debs, Flint,. Noes: Arnold' , Beahrs, B , Coo. After Rodgers. Rohrs, Rusb Wo Woodward, Crew P. Dias, further di-scn � Zweng b Put: fu a ballot ssion, Council the se the citizens man Flint may they to of Palo ed that the whether revolved get out of the hospital Alto could disc w Courzci axo�t whether business. hether The motile w. such a finding would The discussion t en following rill call vote: as seconded by be bindirR "Deb,r but failed g on the on the Ayes: Bylcbee, Comstock, Debs, Flint, Rodgers. Noes: Atrnold Ce Rus Woodward en�Y• CresaP, Dias, Rohr s, .c.w g The original motion b, vote: by carried on the following roll call Ayes: Arnold, Beahxs Rohry, F. < Comstock, Cooley, C us 'Woodward Y' resa Ewen P. Dias, Noes: Bybee, S Debs, Flint and Rodgers. Councilman Roh,rs Committee of then moved that the !ions which the whole Council referare o the tions the -same' as in the dtion the s' Report, namely Items 2,` 3 and"'4; joint nalicy. s 2 and. after Owners' Report i! any, such consideration and be carried direction, by is that zed given, the to tca: ri the Hospital necessary �' Council w' a: reasonable and the, results ybe referred .. said he would wi in nable time. uld second efer red the wh=ase the motion if Ro Councilman agreed. to a tSme 1z hog would Beahrs last The motion limit of six months, agree to changing that the r carried on a voice with I eb ask g ®cord show he v vote voted no. with Debs asking ____________GeneralPlan szno Arnendnlpnt' _.$aCS mosaic: - -- A report was renewed from ` it had conslder m the Planning Coate, El Camino 'nission advising Read ball prk properties , u Re to designate the General Plan. They reported as "Recreation" General r keeping with the that the "Recreation" an the General in keeping sixth of the Goals a-reatien'� designation Geand compatible F'l bie with "To retain open areas Objectives as i s s the development so far es o' requirements is reasonable, meats and economic wisdom,'" and the Commission recommended this change in the General Plan.' After discussion, Councilman Byxbee moved that the matters listed on the agenda as Noa 5 and "':'6 be returned to the Committee of the Whole. Councilman Beahrs''seconded the :nation. Councilman Flint' recommended that .agenda ;Nos. 19 and 20, which relate to the same question, also be returned to the Committee of the Whole. Byxbeeagreed, with the, consentof his second, to incorporate these items in his motion. The motion carried unanimously by voice vote. Agenda Change Councilman Zweng requested a change in the order of business so the two:iterns .listed under "new business" on the .agenda could be heard at this tixrie, to which the Mayor agreed. Resolution Regarding Proposition 14 A resolution prepared by the, Citizens` Advisory Committee on Human Relations was read by Councilman Zweng. as well as the analysis of the League of Women Voters on Proposition 14, He then moved, and it was duly seconded, that it was the sense of the Council that Proposition 14 was unwise legislation and that a "No" vote on Propositian 14 was recommended, and that Resolution No. 3770 entitled "Resolution of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Regarding Proposition 14 on the November, 1964 Ballot" be adopted. The resolution was adopted unanimously by voice vote. Senior Citizen Study Funds Councilman Zweng reviewed the charge given the Citizens' Advisory - Committee on Human`Relations'oy the Council., the Committee's sub- sequent interest in the needs of senior citizens, and its lack of funa.s' and personnel 'io conduct such a study. He r.ea.d a resolution adopted by the Citizens' Advisory Committee on Human Relations at its meeting September 23, 1964, recommending that the City Council allocate $1, 200 to the Community Council of Northern Santa Clara County for its fact-finding study' of the needs and problems of the elderly in census tract. 113 in the City of Palo Alto. If the Council voted to contribute this money, Zweng offered to represent the Council and act in its behalf. ` Councilman Zweng moved that Resolution No. 3771 entitled "Resolution of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Assuming Co -Sponsorship of Senior Citizen Study and Authorizing Disbursement' of $1, 200 to`Comrnunity Council. of Northern Santa Clara County For Such Purpose." 142 9/28/64 A discussion followed on other possible sources of funds. A motion by Byxbee to refer: the matter to the staff to see if other agencies was seconded - by Beahrs. on Councilman Beahrs' moved a substitute mity otion on this at the staff m and maintain contact with the COmm� together explore: availability of equivalent serviced from the county • osnibility of this being an agent tes; and, that they explore the p academic project, and report back to the Council. The motion was duly seconded, but failed to carry on the following ro1 call vote: Ayes: Arnold, Beahxs, Byxbee, Dias, Flint, Rus, Woodward. Noes: Comstock, Cooley, Cresap, Debs, Rodgers, Rohxs, Zweng: nests for funds from theA discussion followed on previous r uq scion on the main motion G;ouncil. There was a call for: the r tehe Senior Citizen Study to adopt the Resolution to Co -SP which with the Community Council of Northern Santa Clara County, carried on a voice vote,. Adjournment Councilman Comstock moved; and it ae Mondrseconded, x t5. hat the The Council adjourn theMeeting to the rnotion.to adjourn failed on voice vote. Weed :Abatement The City Manager introduced the annual Resolution No. 3772 entitled: "ResO1ut10 of the Council of the r. City of Palo Ato duly slcoDec ring Weeds to' be. a Nuxsance'•" On motion by C P Debt,the resolution was adopted unanimously. Award of Bids The City_: Manager stated that bidshad been opened on the 1964-65 street resurfacing program for the City; that the engineer's estimate had been $7 unit rice bid per, ton, that Sondgroth Bros. P Construction Company of Mountain View had a low bid of $6,50 and he recommended the Sondgroth bid be accepted, On motion trade, duly seconded and carried unanimously, the MayOr was authorized to execute a contract with Sondgroth Bros. n- struction'Company for the 1964-65 street resurfacing program. yy.+..r,,.htuarn Transfer of"Beer '.License A report had been receivedfrom the City Attorney that Arden Farms Company had zapplied. for an off -sale beer and wine license for the Mayfair Market'at 3922 Middlefield Road; that although the .premises are adjacent to a high .sc_hool and two churches, the Alcoholic Beverage Control" Board does not accept this as. legitimate .grounds for protest against the; i sua:nce of an off -sale license; and that he recommended the :application be filed without action. After discussion, a motion by Debs to oppose the license died for lack of a second, and the matter will be filed as recommended. At 11:1 7 p. m. the Council adjourned the, meeting to 7:30 p. m. , :Monday, 'October 5, 1964. APPROVED: ATTEST: Acting City'Cler