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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11131961City Hall, Palo Alto, California November 13, 1961. The Council of the City of Palo Alto met in regular session on this date at"7:30.p.m., with Mayor Haight presiding. Roll call as follows; Present: Arnold, Bishop, Byxbee, Dias, Evans, Haight, Marshall,. Porter, Rodgers, Rohrs, Rus, Stephens, Woodward, Zweng. Absent: Debs. The minutes of the meeting of October 9, 1961, were approved as distributed. Anirnals__for Medical. Research The Mayor read an announcement that Stanford University has authorized hire to withdraw the request of the Stanford Medical School, dated. August 8, 1961, for the release of unclaimed and unwanted pound animals for medical research. It was moved, seconded and carried that the withdrawal of the request be. accepted. The Mayor stated that later during this meeting the City Manager will advise the Council regarding the City's relationship with the Palo Alto Humane Society. Weed Abatement This was .the time and place set for a public hearing cn Resolution No. 3444 declaring weeds to be a nuisance. A notice of the hearing was .given by the Superintendent of Public Works in. the time, manner and form provided in Article 32A of Codified Ordinance No. 5. No: written protests were received. The hearing was declared? open.'' There being no one present who wished to speak on the matter, the.hearing was closed. Resolution No. 3448, crdering weed nuisance abated, waa. introduced, and on motion of Woodward and Bishop, was adopted by unanimous voice vote. ',Councilman Debs arrived at 7:35 p.m., and was present for the rest of the meeting.) Wil1owwRoad:F _eeway Anotice was received of a public hearing to be held by the California Highway :Commission on November 17, 1961 at 1:3C. p.m. at the Menlo Park Civic Center, with respect to a freeway adoption for ;State Highway Route 107 in San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties ;. (Willow Freeway). The Council was informed that the City Manager; has been instructed by. the Mayor to represent the City of Palo Alto: at the nearing. Req_Lestfor ,,,_Assessment District for Fallout Shelter A letter; was received from Cal Jones of Jones, Thenn..& Associates, Civil Engineers, forwarding a request from seven residents of the Grove . Court area for consideration of a special assessment district for the construction of a fallout shelter. The City .Manager recommended that this be referred to the staff for a report back to• the Council. It was moved by Zwerig, seconded and carried that they request be referred to .the staff, Councilman Byxbee raised a question as to the effect on people who have provided their own shelters if the City should in the future have a city-wide shelter program financed by a bond issue. The Ma ox' su y ggested that the staff. cover this point in their. report. Petition for Exclusion ofererxitory_from City A petition was received from Teynharn Woodward and Marie Woodward requesting the exclusion of certain uninhabited territory from the City of Palo Alto. Resolution No. -3449, giving notice of time and place for hearngof protests to the petition for exclusion of certain territory from the City, setting the hearing. for January S, 1962 at 7:30 p.m., was introduced, and on rnotiior_ duly made and seconded, was adopted by unanimous voice. vote,. 7P,;ay4noxe-mbarcadero. A petition was received from J. Cyril Johnson Investment Corporation and,,Palo Alto Town :& Country Village, annexation to"t^e'City of Palo Alto of a parcel of uninha.bit d stis�; Annexation. No,territory of 1.0ib acres designated as "Ba.yshore-Emba�.rcade;;o . 3"". Resolution No:.. 34S0gi,ving notice of the proposed a -u exa,:, tior_ ane setting January 8, 1962 at 7:30 ofPz,otegts.,tne.r�eto was in.troduced p.m. as time for hearing and on motion duly made and •seconded,' was ado ted`. P by unanimous voice n- ote , . zxatiors to Other Cities Notices were received and filed of the following proposed annexations "Stierlin No, 1£3'x, "Middlefield No. 30" and "'Middlefield dle No. 31" to the City of Mountain View; d : field the City of "Nelson "Grant -St. Joseph No, 7'r to Los Altos; and • Nelsen Annexation." to the T owr. of Los Alto Iiills,' aaco A letter was received from Mr. Earle G. Reed, 492 Tennyson Avenue, concerning the squirrel nuisance in the area in which he lives. The letter was filed, The proposed lease; between the City of Palo Alto and Downtown Palo Alta,', inc. for the o six downtowna� peration by this organi:catior. o;i p� king lots .under a validation parking program wa,;,. presentee,a.-id J'e•provi,;io:ts of the lease were reviewed by the Assistant :City Manager. O'','motion of Zweng and Bishop, the Mayor was authorized to executethe. lease in behalf of'the City, and by unanimous voice vote the n of $10,'800.`00 to be advanced b the chnversion of the, lots to a validationprogramy City otr authorized to bpay for the fi Meter taken from the Parkin Improvement was authoFund. -' e. ti rrzay Parkin, �,� Elirrtinated It was reported: to the Council that Downtown Palo Alto, Inc'. has regeye steel that the free parking on Saturdays on all downtown pa.r'king lots be diSContinUed., Resolution No, '34'5;1, amending Resolution 2971 to slit ir_a.te free unlim tedSaturday parking on downtown lot;; introduced, and on_ motion, of Arnold, duly seconded, was adopted by majority voice The � vote, resolution provides that metered parking will be reinstated on said lots commencing Saturday, December 2, 1961. Parking on Hansen Way Prohibited Resolution No. 3452, amending R esoiution 2971 to prohibit parking o,:. Hansen, Way between El Camino Real and the Los Gatos l3ranrb Line of the Southern Pacific Company, was introduced, and on ni.otion of Zweng, duly seconded, was adopted ley ur_a.r_innous voice vote. Agreement with San Jose Sanitation Service A p'"oposed le'as'e agreement with the. San Jose Sanitation Service for storage and maintenance facilities was reviewed by the Ats sistat t City Manager, who advised that the site involved in the lease is adja:cc.nt to Geng'Road betweerl Course and, th• the Palo Alto Municipal Golf greenhouses east of Bayshore Highway. It was explained that thr contractor wilt rental for u{ � r pay the sum of $400.00 per month�e o, the site' and buildings. On. motion :of.Rus and Stephens, the Mayor was authorized to execute thdl. lease a. ree:Y ent l by unanimous voice vote. RCqU18wt�ke7n O.( ..P Cc E ac litie5 inFoothill:;-N'o, 2 a " Ga �n T errace__1 A 2 asi3 ' TheiAssistant City Manager reviewed a propose agreem with the Pacific Gas: an, Electric Cornpany for the on eya d ce to thecnt City of gas and electricdistribution facilities in the ar Foothills Ati:exati;on No..' 2 and 1 eas known a,; Garden Terrace Annexations 1-A, 2: and 3 to the City of :,Palo A.lto.. He explained that the totalpurchase price is $447,32'5'23.' The Council was advised that if it approves the agreement, be forwarded to the Public Utilities Commission and upon approval',by the Commission, steps will be taken to transfer the facilities from the Pacific' Gas and Electric Company to the City, e. It was moved by gyxbee, seconded and carried by enanimous voice vote, that the Mayor be authorized to execute the agreement in behalf of the City. bst tier rte-rio 7La tlr d zQB.Q1d The :Council was advised by the City o mManager eet tsa t it t is necessary . to install a new ; electric substation requirements irithe Foothills No. 1 area and s etnecFl Cam no Real rea.sed electric load by reason of developmentcontemplated on . frontage. The Aesista1t City Manager advised that the staff recd .,,;.ends the acquisition o£ the Sarnbuceto property onss Ar s ere Road, bei,ng.a'`portion of Lots 16 and. Z3, Maybell Tract, t locution for the substation site. He reported that the owner does not wishto sell the property, and the staff recommends the adoption of a resolution initiating erriinent domain proceedings to acquire this site for substation purposes. Mr. Harry Sarnbeceto, son of the owner of the property ok�c briefly,. stating, that his family does not wish to in question, ap the City. Mr. John Albers, 63Z Fairmede' have the proPe='ty :taken Uy Improvement Association;- Way. President of the C.reers Acres Imp uissson a the City. addressed the .Council protesting against the acq of this particular site for a su nd ��� residentsn on the rfeeldit vs hould not be at this is primarily a xesrdential area and in their best interests to have a substation at the proposed location. The Assistant City:. /vianage:r advised that it is planned to aep ress the station several feet and to have it well landscaped and screened. by fast-growing shrubs. It ,;vas moved by Evans,, seconded and carriedthat this matter be referred to "Cornmittee No. 1 for consideration, The City Manager, pointed out that a tsubstation bstahe iontis atche necessary evil. if the City is to supply power ' bE served and.the people there can not benefit from area can not�. Palo Alto „ ates �xntxl there" 3.s a substation in the area. Pawrr'`'Cor2__act - En i:neeiciri Cor to .t_ Services "-- The City Man.a.ger, called attention to the power contract entered into '' by the City in 1955 with the Pacific Gas 8c Electric Company for a.seven_yea.r period, stating that the City has until August 1962" to negotiate a new contract and that the he will. keep the Coarsen advised at future meetings regarding The City Manager noted that in 1949 the City engaged the firm of Burns it Engineering Company to provide " s ' er, McDonnell consulting, services to connection with electric utility t to as a,_eds and expansion 'Wand,that�tbe staff feels .it is Pn the services of consultants to give advice onserfueuin s ebstationls sites, studies and reconamendatiops relative area and: to changing, overhead power lines in the Stanford Industrial Park to an underground system The City Manager recommended that he be authorized to prepare specifications and come back to the Council later with. a detailed report and, program for the selection of consultants. On',motion of Byxbee and Porter, the City "Manager's recommendation was accepted, 1 Mun.icapal`Service _Center The City Manager reported that the location of sites for municipal fa.cili.ties has been considered for several years, and there is need; now fora site for -afire station, a public safety buildingand. a corporation yard He stated that consideration had been given to a 20 --acre site between California Avenue and Page Mill Road near the ionthwesterlYe. city limits, but some council members had suggested a larger:site;be acquired to make it possible to locate a new.:C:i4' Hall there if necessary. A map was displayed showing a 30-:ac're:parcel which eo+.ild be obtained from Stanford University under friendly condemnation proceedings. The site in question is south of Page Mill Road near Hanover Street in the Stanford industrial' :Park., The City Manager recommended the adoption of a resolution i-zitiatzng eminent domain proceedings to acquire this site:' for aMuni,cipal Service Center and the retention of site planne:cs to design a plar.for the entire site, pointing out that if a site plan indicates that not all of the 30 -acre parcel is needed, the portion. not required could be released. Tt wa4 moved by Zweng, seconded and carried that this matter be referred to Committee No. 1 for further study. Athletic. Center_ The City Manager advised that he had intended to make a -progress report on the acquisition of a site for an Athletic Center, but wishes to defer his report until a topographical map is prepared.' The Mayor, suggestedthat if the staff. is ready to discuss the matter at the time of the next meeting of Committee No. 1, it could be considered by the committee at that time. Pr°dect 61-Gy:Anastradero_,l_oad. The City Manager reported that in line with the policy `. of improving streets to acceptable standards, it has been proposed to improve :Ara,str. a.dero Road between El Camino Real and the Los Gatos Branch .Lire of the Southern Pacific to provide a street with two moving lanes in. each direction and two parking lanes, with a width of 60 feet from curb to curb which would make the street similar to Charleston Road between the railroad and El Camino Real, and with:, sidewalks to "be constructed adjacent to curbs to minimize acquisition and cause the least disturbance to abutting properties. The Council was informed that a meeting was held with property owners concerned and: all aspects of the contemplated project were. explained, and that the protect would include storm drainage, street fighting and full street i,mprovem.ent consisting of curbs, gutters, sidewa.lk and paving;. it was moved by .Woodward, seconded and carried that this proposed project be referred to Committee No, 1 for considera- tion. RAzi. eSt_for Abandonment of Alley The staff had been asked to report on the request of property owners for the abandonment of the alley in the block bounded by Birch, Ash, Grant and Sherman, The City Manager advised that the matter bad been referred to the City Engineer for a report, and. that lie has reported that after considering all aspects of the area its it exists and as it may develop, the only purpose for an alley would,be to_ provide access to the rear of abutting properties; that. .,finder present zoning the properties should have rear`acoess,d and for commercial development, the importance of having alley access is accentuated by the fact that Sherman Street is presently` tiaust:ally narrow. ` The City Engineer advised that it appears it:Would be wise to retain the present alley in anticipation of a future: alley widening to serve abutting properties which are zoned for commercial ttse, M. ''Warren Thoits, attorney for the applicants, requested at this time that','the matter be referred to Corr:x,aittee No. 1 for discussion. It;was •'moved by Byxbee, seconded and carried that the matter be referred back. to Committee No. 1 for further considera- tion. Contract witheLoa,.Altos-"_re__SewaJe_._from Bay_shere -SaraAntonio Anoiexat ion The Assistant City Manager reported that when the a. ea known as "Bayshore -San Antonio Annexation was annexed to the City of Palo Alto, it was recognized that it was not practical to extend the City's sewage service' to this area, but that it could be served by the Los Altos sewage treatment plant which is adjacent to the area in question. There was peesented to the Council a contract between the City of Palo Alto an;a the City of Los Altos for the discharge of sewage from the area known as Bayshore-San Antonio Annexation into the Los Altos sewage system. and treatment .plant. On motion of Rodgers, duly seconAde4, the Mayor was authorized to sign this contract in behalf of the City. R import, of Counts Tra''ficway_-s Committee Representative _ . . . ; .. sue; re regon V rxue an Feripl+era�?ian Counc11naan Arnold, the Council's representative on the County Trafficways Cor n it e., made an oral report advising that at the last .meeting of the cozrirnittee he had taken up two matters, the Oregon Avenue question, at d the proposed peripheral plan. He states.that he: had' informed the. committee that the Council is on record as rejecting t►ae:^expreskway and the parkway plans. for Oregon. Avenue', and that a Council' committee has recommended to the full C>uncil"that a proposed �'boulevard 'plan be referred to the staff for study, that he" had`a1so\,advised the committee that the: Council at a previous meeting as'ited the County Trafficways Committee to study the Peripheral plan proposed by the Citizens' Committee for Regional Trafficways. Councilman Arnold reported that with reference to the Oregon Avenue matter, the Traffic' lays Committee had givenPalo` Alto another thirty days in which to;take action on an acceptable alternate:tothe County's expresswavAplan. He also advised that the Traf£icways Conirnitteehad refused to consider the peripheral' plan, and that the City Council of Los Altos had unanimously opposed the peripheral plan, also that 'the City of Mountain View had'. expressed no`in_tere'st in it. Count:ilxran Arnold advised that Councilwoman Dias any Councilman Debs were also present at the last meeting of the County Traff":cways Committee, and that Councilman Debs had addressed the committee as a private citizen opposing the decision, to study a boulevard planard stating that an expressway did not meet with, the approval of a majority of the citizens of Palo Alto. Couxte)lrxxan :Evans expressed disappointment at the attitude of the Cour'ty T.;rafficways Committee in refusing to consider the peripheral plan,ana moved that a resolution be addressed to they Board of Supervisors regarding the City's interest in this plan. Councilman ; yxbee suggested that a committee of this. Council meet with Les Altos councilmen to discuss the matter with them pric:: to appzoaching.the Board of Supervisors. Coun.cilman.. Porter agreed that there is no point in addressing the Board u:.lese there` is .Boone agreementbetween the cities. After further discussior., it was moved by Byxhee,. seconded by Rus, -and carried that a special committee be appointed_ by the Mayor to take, the initiative in getting representatives of Los Alto's, Los Altos Hills ard Mountain View together with the Palo Alto cor,:amittee to discuss the merits of the periphe al. route. ,The Mayor statedthat he considers the action of a councilma:z appearing before,. a committee in San Jose and opposing this Council's action as`;not, >in the highest tradition of. this form: of government; that he does not think another councilman, although he may not' agree with the majority, should attack: the Cour..cil's decision before another body; thatthiswas highly unusual and to his knowledge has never happened before. Coun.cilrnan Debs stated that he did not speak at the Trafficways Committee in answer to Council- , man,Arnold, that he spore as a private citizen in answer to Supervisor Hubbard, and that he has no apology to make for his statements at the meeting.; Oregon Avenue` ) he report and rec ramendations of Committee No. 1 with regard to Oregon :P venue ;were submitted by the chairrnanof the committee,comrnitteeo Councilman Bishop. He reported that at its meeting of October 16e,19:61 the c,oxxmittee.made the following recommendations: 1) Adoption, of Plan A for the installation of traffic sigt.a.ls �r ,Oregon`Avenue at Geer Road, Ross Road and Waver1ey Street, ard for the removal of the existing signals at Errneron ;Street. 2) Adoption of the cul-de-sac plan for the southern leg: of Ernecson Street at Oregon Avenue. 3) Consideration of purchase o: the two improved properties on the south side of Oregon Avenue between Emerson and Ramona Streets. Councilman Bishop advised that the committee had held two meetings on the Oregon Avenue matter; that it seemed to him there was a conflict iiithe recommendations made at the two meetings although the committee had instructed him to put all of thorn on the agenda. He also reported that at the October 16th meeting the committee voted to remove the parkway plan from the .files and give it further consideration, and that prior to the November 6th meeting of the committee, Councilman; Zweng had presented a boulevard plan. C V r r^r r b sst u.cte,d to F Yc! Banc �'� e a-'_ 1.:1P,'*: (7 01::.0 N4,-',.. r.,,E,,,:r:irr::e,,17.r..a,at',,)o6n1s._, were ffi ',,.Cle "a C,c,, staff, 'b of the ©ule ;c)lla 1 gat 5r y u. r�cx .�, vol�,e the CtpaT . hxCu ; ci 3x1 to x:: rt' Or egon ,� ior, Oregon k t. t)+ f ,- T,)0 - - on. the awn iCle. north. t;ia.. g. 111ac� the ti`' a�; , ai ht�}•+tie 4xo rage a t: aifis e.z r� cat a x,,,a 1.> �i (;aTk� ""uGtia a Div i�u'� tl•)�; c) of O- egar`. s Apt `l cross -cr ",e:x' � atat ) vGT.t,e at a' .4 Oregon rea t x�<)��' J � rya: ,-,�C�"' c k 1 �acc signals 2.s uA 1 Yaxtraiii.c. at <� t'� 30 rrliI M .' c,• Snt• c 2.5 or `�,t c� controlu`k t- ax'i.. . �,.. C,c•.,,:5r.c: t �, c '- mod i x A c> ;> r t:. '- . ;)t. , a d. ht �: G sx�ytz� tc �b'-"- ' v r( �,��t, c�.Lvc' be '.'1 ,t on the r t -1.-L. r the, � ".w �. * pr ovo 4X1 •, n other rY W? or l. Vl 4�"' 7.'M',)C!. 4. 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" W ' 1'Ca� T' "' :.i C1 i • r (• .% C?+; x.15'' ) r<. },r_i:0=11� 1�, t1•�' tl� ;' Groh e -.- .... ?, a'- '' �(,-. 1..,',) � , on ecc.,lnt�c ct 'rye xaixl �z'. t'. t ' r r�Cj17 )G�` )�i4t��" )z�L �:� 'n,. tii(',C' ci7 :� 5 '171.e can «t,11,aS. 'ballot •'c13 , X17 1 \).. on, S - ' C the i`) to . :„.k11.: -.)w , ^a , aot�t to stab' � c; otxb r (!�c a e�rfC?C 1 vot y�... uxXY271t'4t ti a• ,)c.. th e represerta;;iv€::, on both sides of the Oregon. Avenue question could nave five rnirutes to make a presentation. Mr. Myron Chenard, 350 Oregon Avenue, President of anew organization called "United Palo A/tans" told the Council that two members of the group would make the presentation of a petition. Mrs; Richard L. Slocum, 550 N. California Avenue, filed a petition which she stated contained 5, 688 signatures. The petitionersstated that they 1psupport the Council's two unanimous votes on August 14thand 28th which rejected an expressway or parkway for Oregon Avenue, and the Council's unanimous endorse- ment ova October 9th of a study ofthe perimeter concept of traffic, circulatior.;" that they "support .the preservation of the residential character of Palo Alto", and that they "are opposed to the changing. of our residential streets by the development of major traffic art€rialssuch as fre.eways<-expressway s -parkways -throughway s - boulevards, etc:., which would require the removal of homes." Mr. Dare Davison, 2424 8urnha.en Way, another spokesman for United Palo A:1trns" , presented the results of a survey taken by his group of the;;opiiiioils of the people who live on the north side of Oregon Avenue and those just off Oregon on the south side whose houses would rena -,. if' the homes along the south side of Oregon were removed by a .major improvement. Mr. Davison stated that the survey indicated that 74% of those interviewed favored' retaining the homes along the south side of Oregon and 26% favored removing .them.' It was noted that the survey did not include the residents of the houses which would actually be removed from the south side if a major ;improvement requiring the removal of these homes should be carried out. Mr. Merritt Holman, :115'Edgewood Drive, Chairman of the Traffic Action 'Committee which favors a major improvement,' addressed the Council criticising and commenting on the •caethods used by :the United` Palo Altans in obtaining signatures to the petition and on the arguments and :statements made, by some of the circulators .. of the petition; The Connell then, returned to a discussion of the motion previously made to adopt recommendations numbered 1, 2 and 3 made by Committee No.` 1 on November 6, 1961. Councilman Evans stated that he opposes the first recommendation as he felt the staff should notenserd any time in preparing a ;report on the proposed boulevard :plan until there is an opinion from the County as to whether it would be acceptable to the County for bond financing'. He also !opposed the second recommendation because he thought itwas too general. He thought the traffic counts requested in the third recommendation would be helpful'. It was moved by Evans, seconded by Debs, that the motion. be amended by striking: out recommendations 1 and 2. Councilman' Zweng stated that he feels it is incumbent on the Corincilto approach the County with a plan approved by the majority of the Council' before the County is asked if a plan would qualify 1or'bond 'funds Cot::r_eilznan Arnold agreed, and advised that the County Counsel is stdying the interpretations of the Expressway Act and will give az: opirionlate•r, �4tye� • aY mended ��S rte R:017:: zsp�a' e �arxa� -. b ids, ,i P. 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"°irz� . i.Ils and cities odes that ,�o:el s rea ,'Va, 2, nxn�,d rtati°�z g exCise purirai. `�?erilo hN f orn �r ot•id cities a� o a X�o�ie, of pa�'e �z Vaa,� Aare, ,p ties a� S ndor3 h "ts tr„ s e4t ji the nearby ul ser ioe s Aot t° 1oI r°&'eth is Alta, a'z�a. d'str ya,•slfow t cities 'in°ar aria ,�r°AictA r °l o z�r *a: atiaa iv d c4 ?orated hxCh irz�, X°oaz pu '-aril :px ovi °$ k t0 tLt' ' e g are' ,its . cud° � `� too nefi$sg��ie• t° jnterc`stc pr,° the �baup r ,°K t It ,,vas Xpcar , Aro ate i:z i1xz sot!: , the opposed eQ p�r�d�' o cz ,s ,yv pubXac tra, szsar atio x n °2 loon, f°r other ait;s4 a3t,4�`ciZxx� san , seconded tari°r . rr`�xrzsar orz y Palo Ajta t;a nzt inter s e nY mo bee sta ', „It,* , that ate a pk4d xn tl�e dzstr;ct5 at �`eas hat the °^o;e apt Awtcr Erna o Lst t tX+, txf es rQ betrar'lY zret e. r dx�,c s, ns °ita�• u1d be h ewe what o re ,t• «a$ ,poi . oil, the ° t ester pal stex e 'p "erzt r;�ed out oria °r h,s city. ch jto. czty t °r'e,isar`�e o t hat nc�, xwas' caxxVied,, �eetin�Jta,�f wouldt�a��°�os,�lres ar�d cau�P w�rXa be to . tFae ir�it did o� �cr �gr� �odete�� ��X a s and ar a--hz call; °r,�y� was t discussion, , $, b° a� asalXours jX calX ,,°tN ° the toter j ae, vans,13y. odgers,Woodward. � e.xd ' Stephens, a °odway hs, hat It .4'4" y y: deaX� `' tz he' Marshall jl ox,a.`m ? � e hey �oz° red lost, Ca ,jox. . �� �,;� ed ?� . 2'his .1 : it irn ro�,:. de b by xs e d ttw zXy ;: e8°n rxgir js z ° dtd a7 C te12 on the ,ba''e ura is t2° '-teat i Marshall, AYe$r.Arod by the °jX°i or a ;�tfited h lan Po t n b »oes �.� °a er ' gY bee, Vats ° r jl !';. . • �e'b�, . , �chrs .Fx�az�,.ht � � original fi31ag' Epa. s bus, Step ershalj, tip e t a l s. jy � a, rot/ oticia opw r .. Animal S),el±e� H�a+" lane Society The Mayor aazn a;.aounces3 that Stanford University withdrawn the regdest of the Starifo;:.d Medical School., dated August 8 , has g , 1961, fox the release of unclaimed and u..w- animal;s for medical research. anted pou�id The Mayorstated that he had asked the staff to bring Council up to date as to the City's relationship with the Palo Alto - Humane Sociiet the Y The°'City Manager made a statement re the Palo Alta Animal Shelter, regarding of A Alto i pointing out that this is a department direction of a y Government, and is operated under the Poundxrxaster who is ae countable to the City Manager. He commented o the relationship between the department and the Humane Society, ` pozr;.ing that while imports^L r . out t hie the Society has played a:ri p`�"t "' the development o: the existing Shelter and the services it provides, it neither owns n that, the employees of the department are operates the facility; building a l.ity ..oivred structure, Y employees, the Shelter used i and the equipment and supplies n the operation of the Shelter are the property Patio Alto, The Cit P- r+ez'ty of the City of City.Manager referred to the cbntributions from the Human.; Society: and its member s which construction of the Shelter in 1937, and to thetdeas bty t he Humane Society in the 0per. ation of the Animal Shelter in :i variety of ways.. He explained that the Humane Society ha,s been allowed use the Animal Shel y X ter for .certain of its activities lowed to makes no direct cotttri,butior: to the and while it emeznployeea for perfo; rnin certain' City, it has paid certain City off employees at g emergency services when they duty right; on Sundays and holidays, the Society: +mot:io ,w Y and an employee of ` d at the Animal Shelter performs minor. clerical duties and telephone answ b erin y services es for the Shelter. The City Iuia`iaex estimate suPPoxtof the iteiyi,s referred to representdAthat the Humane Society's, pe= year. 1--le act appz'oxizna.te1Y $2,500.00 ed that the current City budget provides over $46,000 for operation. of the Animal Shelter; that the estimated , ei e..:Ae x�-c:n do ��ce.*.:ses : � g and fees will approximate a net cost to the`City of over $33,000. $.43,000, leaving on an zdn�l :: t.-;3Liue 1 He thought this :ou1d h . . , a pao zarn: with, was agreed that he would work. out;;. g the. HLrea.ne Society and report furt'r er date, at a later' At this rime /a person in the audience who did nor, . herself,, asked for permission t �dc.:atiiy Director of the o have r. M. Zucker., California Branch of the Humane Society of ehe. United States, �;ates; speak to .the Mar Council and read letter fs or.� Mrs. g Rav€ns;croft who had arcade a large contr:bi:tio:: in i9:37. Refer.ence`wa,s 'nadeby the City Maria. er executed <n; July 1928 ;between the g- t'� a corer Board of Public art of Palo �+lto;and`the Palo Alto Humane Society for operation tY o. the City SShelter by 15e Societ - .' of the fact:l� ; y and advised that this contract was cancelled' y the adoption of the new Charter in. I950 and was officially cancelled in. 1954. The Ciy Manager and e-xo2eo�h imp $ ,hin cornmentixg upon the confusio;�. the ;A ram ression z egard to the reiatierishi between Animal and the Iiznare Society, stated that Ps �� up the need for a cleave this r understanding din so there Postio i �the f.�� ;ea_,co the relationship. g wiilbe rn question. level,' and it �' handled hid �.r far the building of the for thismatter had Animal Shelter question o been' resolved and there was Mayor printed public hearing. no nee out that d to open the ntitsetits sub Coun�ztnxars 2w .. . submitted a report fr n Zweng, Chair -Irian re r of Committee is to 'he Boar ° ittee re No. 4 Hospital. Center: duo erectors recommending of the PaloAlto-Stanford $ the following Rlt<�-Stanford Horace M. Blinn for a three-year ter man R. Cresol),also for a t �' in :� term ending in 9� w':.l lia x 9fi�. Year ter ndin � J. Miller, Jr.„ for a two-year terxx ending `�eadar e 1963 ; and K. Sty .� in Strong for a one-year term end:. (3n rzao:ion of Zwe� nF; izz.1962. confirmed and Arnold ► these a,pp°in,xxzent;3; he Mayor reported gubnxttei3 his resignation -that Mr. RohxQ resxgnatao f Councilman Raymond rorri''the Board Mayor thanked months also Counc,im ' ,and the had It ago, for their services who Azayor thanked ado was moved 1, r .Zw n servicese while rnernbers f resigned see of the anal adopted expressing g, seconded and carried that a Hoslatio for their g appreciation Board. services - to both I�•lr resolitiotx, be on the Board. a .Ro�xrs and fir, Byxbte `.�.`xr-ezadme_rit t...Zonin ., Qxciinance report W ecomszsendxn as received from rec Hance to 8 by a vote of 5 to m the amendment is requjre a 1 the arxsends;xent g Commission. property thaw abuts aideya,.aetbac of the r an District. kin the .lV;-I .District ,Zoning xct for ?1onr . Aropostd; oning Ordinance ,o ordinance amending nge wag, was introduced, and on g Section accepted fo , motion of 13, 2 of tie • r first reading Marshall, dzxl Azxze:ac3 y spent to Setback ,Ordinance Areport w unanimously recommending received from establish mmendin m the Planning Corn a 54 -foot � amendment to the xnxssion Park iish- ` ^. setback fox streets Setback ©ddstria c°dance with map dated OC in r Stamford Industrial to October 25, zgdl. establish A proposed ordinance setbacks. far amending the Setback introduced streets in the Stamford and, on Ordinance to for firstreadirig, motion duty made rsford Industrial Park was and seconded, was accept:ei Final Ma Hof Tract`o ��_— 1�, .3074 _ �nzrieadaw j,=nit :V'o 3 advising A report was submitted b � g'tha.�,., having y the Planning the Asir-i that lot requirements found that facts exist exception Subdivisionh rnit rt11 quirez ents as set f to Section support an a of l Ordinance the Commission forth in Section 7 ptx°n toi a of the msnissio:x , i0 of the Final Subdivision Map of lee I s l Eichler y reco'n�enda XionlAs, Inc. for Tract No. 3074, Greenmeadow"Unit No. 3, being Lot 7 and a portion of Lot 8 of the 3 3. Morris Co. Subdivision of the Loucks Tract, subject to indicating dimensions of the service overhang easements to the satisfaction of the City Electric Division. Resolution No: 3453, approving the final map of Tract No. 3074 in accordance with the recommendation of the Planning Commission, was introduced, and on motion duly made and seconded`, was adopted by unanirenous voice vote. _Lot pivision_,_220'_1M`a ,Cha,rleston_Road A report was submitted by the Planning Commission unanimously recommending approval of the lot division application of Mr. and Mrs;. Lee Johnson for a division of the property at 220 W. Charletton Road, subject to payment or segregation of Assessment Nos. 240 and 241„Bond Series "GGG", and to furnish ing evidence of payment of all payable city and county taxes. On motion of Rodgers, duly seconded, this lot division was approved in accordance with the recommendation of the Planning Commission. Pjannins Consultants' Contract The Planning Commission unanimously recommended that that portion of the contract, as amended, with Charles Luckman Associates, requiring completion of the University Avenue Plan oy. November ] 5, 1961, be extended to February 28, 1962. The City Manager reported that he has been advised by Mr;. Kilian of Charles Luckman Associates that if the contract is extended More than three weeks it would involve the payment by the City of additional fees of a maximum amount of $3730.00 for travel . and labor. Mrs. Philip Towle, Chairman of the Planning Commission, advised that it is a matter of the work load of the Planning Commission; that their agendas have been so crowded that the Commission has not had time to work with the material submitted by the consultants; that they plan to hold hearings on the preliminary plan before it is referred to the Council, and that the University Avenue plan is in the hands of the economic consultants now. There, was discussion by some council members who felt that some specific instructions should be given to the consultants, and a question was raised as to whether Charles Luckman. Associates are required to do any more work because of the ;extension. . After discussion, it was moved by Byxbee, seconded by,Marshall, and carried by the following roll call vote, that the. recommendation of the Planning. Commission be adopted and the portion of the Charles; Luckznan Associates contract regarding completion of, the <University Avenue plan be extended to February 28, 1962, and that the necessary extra costs be paid: Ayes: Arnold, Bishop, Byxbee, Haight, Marshall, Porter, Rohrs, Rus, Zweng. Noes: Debs, Dias,Evans, Rodgers, Stephens, Woodward. 22 A L1r r_drnerit to,Sgtb cic Ordizazice. A repo;-'. was received from the Planning C;ornmission unanimously recornniending amendmert of the Setback; Ordinance to establish setbacks for Monroe Drive in accordance with map dated November 3 1961. A: proposed ordinance amending the Setback Ordinances as recommended was introduced, and on motion of Marshall, duly seconded, was accepted first first reading. Amendment to Builciin Code (Fallout, Shelters) A proposed ordinance amending Chapter 15 of the Building Code regulating the construction of fallout ;shelters was introduced. The City lviianager ;advised that the staf.s wishes to make some minor changes to the ordinance before it is given second reading. It was'rnoved by Marshall, seconded anc, carried that the proposed'`ordinan;ce be accepted for first reading. Arnencl ens to Se.les Tax Ordinance A proposed ordinance amending the Uni and Use Tait Ordinance (Ordinance No, 1709) was City Attorney`advised that the. 1961 Legislature zn� in the Bradley -Bu=ns sales and use tax law; that t technical a^d require mandatory amendments to t"1 It was moved ;by Byxbee, seconded and proposed: ordinance be accepted for first reading. Arnendmv,:e.r.••to Tobacco .License Fees Corm Local $ale.s :.ntroduced. The .de certain changes. r'ie changes are e City's ordinance. carried that they A proposed ordinance amending Section 6.04 of Codified Ordinance No. 5 establishing license fee for tobacco vending tna .hir.,es was introduced.. The City Attorney advieed that this a technical change. in the ordinance regarding license fees for. tobacco veridc:.rs ar+d vending machines, .It was removed by Marshall, seconded an:i carried that the proposed ordinance be accepted .for first reading, Zone'Cha_nge, .2721 Midtown Court Ord^inance,?Nro. 2058, amending the Zone Map to rezone the property at 2721 Midtown Court from R../ to R -3:P , was given second reading, and on motion of Dias, duly seconded, was adopted by unanimous voice vote. Liquor License, agpeRark ,Beu.Levard. Areport was received from the City Attorney advising that the City has received notice of an application by John W. Thacker for an: Off -Sale Beer and Wine License at the P & T Sports and Beverages store at 3200 Park Boulevard; that the applicant has been investigated and has no police record; th2•t the property is located it a :manufacturing zone and is 6/10 of a mile from the nearest school; :and that in. his opinion there is no '.legal ground for protest by the city and he recommended that the a)plication be is It was moved, seconded and carried that the City Attorney's recommendation be accepted and that no protest be made. Cl3,ims for ka,m4,1esw: 81,osrnan anti oley) A report was received from the City At .orney on the claim of Bernard S. Golosrx an in the sum of $56,6,'. for damage to his automobile when it became lodged in a trench dug by the Gas - Water -Sewer Department; also on the claim of Har rison A. Boley in the sum of $7.50 for towing charges to remove his car from a trench.' The City' Attorney advised that the ditc1 es were well marked and that in his opinion there is no liability on the part of the City, and he recommended denial of the claims, It was moved bj Byxbee, seconded and carried that the City Attorney's report be accepted and that the claims be denied in their entirety. i'v4,or`h.ly Reports The monthly report of the Controller for September 1961 and the fiscal year to date was received and filed. The monthly report of the Planning Officer on action taken in October on applications for redivision of lots, and the monthly report of the Zoning. Administrator on action taken ir, October on variance and use permit applications, were received and placed on file. Tyaffi,c Problems Councilman Debs brought up the question cf traffic problems with regard :to the Bayshore -Frontage Road -Fabian Way Industrial Area, and. upon motion of Debs, duly seco'nied, the matter was referred to Committee No. 1. Appointment to Stand-by Council The Mayor nominated Mr. Fred Wickett as a member of the Stand-by Council.. It was moved, seconded and cavried that this nomination be confirmed.', _Sister -.Q_. r Program The Mayor announced the appointment of a three -member Council Committee to investigate and report on the People -to -People Sister -City Program, - Councilwoman Dias as Chairman, and Councilmen 'Porter and Arnold as the other members of the committee. There being no other business to come before the Council, .the meeting was declared adjourned at 11:10 p.m. • Or