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Home My WebLink About0188.091\ ~".".'. 0.". U' . . . . Harch 14, 1~91 HONORABLE CITY COUNCIL Pilo ~1to, C.lifornia Appeal Qf t~e Zoning Administrator's Denial of t~e (onditiona1 Use Permit to allow an 8,.lS-square-(oot first-and Second-Story Addition tq an Existing Country Club Members of t~e Council: lhe applicant propos!s to add 8,418 square feet of fir~t-and seccnd-floor ar!i to t~e existing fa,'lities at t~e Palo Alto Golf and Country Club. The additions are for expanding the ~embers Cining Room, and far ad1iog bathrooms, office area and storage at the first floor. The prcject is proposed to i"cl~de restr1ping and landscaping tn~ parKing 10t t~ provide additional parking spaceos, f;olllever, not Ue entire nllmber required by ordinance fot" the proposed increment~l increase in floor area. 7he Zoning Administrator denied t~e conditional use permit for the expansion. citing the inability to make the required findings due to objections, comp1~ints and nuisance reports received fr{;lM neighbors of the property dlJrillg the t lrne frame for tnl s app1 )cat; on and for several years prior~ furthermore. tne applicant was ~nw11ling to accept a prohibition of speclil events 1$ a cond'tio~ of the use permit. Tne applicants have appealed the decision. PLANNING COKMISSION RECOMMENDATION At their ~eet;ng of fEbruary 27, 199), the Plannin~ Commission conducted a public hearing to consider the appeal of the Zoning Administrator'5 decisinr,+ lhe Planning Commission adopted a motion, ""hien was approved unani::1ously, ttl uphold the decision of the Zoning Administ!"itor, .... ith Ii!: modific.ation to finding 2. Th~ port inn of finding 2 that was strick~n ~as the la~~uage referencing Section 18.71.060, which requires that th~ resident popw 1ation approximlte t~at which wouid result fr~m a principal permitted use. lhe Commission found that the employee housing, and its irnpact on the adjacent neighbor. were not related to the application in question. The C-orrmission also not'!'d Hat they wou1d recommend approval of additions to the ground floor of the bUl'dingj ho~evert th~ applicant's representative reported to the Commissioners at the ~eeting tnat tn! primarj purpose of the ewpansion was the ldditi~n to the "embers Din,ng Room? and that the project would not proceed without some expansion to that member facilit)'. CMR:_ l.t::t-:.U~ STAFF RECOMMENDATION l~ The prDpose~ us~ at the proposed location .il1 be detrimental to prop~rty or impro~ements in the vicinit, and ~;'l be detrimental to the generill welfare and pltblic conven1ence, in that it will anow for an expansion of the existing use. which is c~rrentl1 documented by neighboring reSidents. to be a nuisance d~ring the times when the club is rented for specia1 events. During these special events, approximately ene! I m<:lnth. overflow parking has been shown to restrict the w1dt~ of Alexis Driv!. ; curving road constructed tc standards consistent with the OS zone district. The road and t~e entrdnce to the C1ub dD net conveniently tlar.dle Ute all10unt and type of acti .... ity t~at the events generate and have for many years caussd concern by the surrcu~din9 ~e!9hborhood, to wh1c~ those responsib1e for the Club have been unable to respond effectively. 2. The proposed ~se will not be 10cated and conducted 1n a manner in accor~ with the Palo Alto Comprehensive Plan ind the purposes of Title ]8 of the Pile Alto Municipal Code t iA t~at the first goal of t~e Housing Element is to protect the character and qualities of existing single· family residential neighborhoods. WhiTe the use permit could be conditioned such thet the intenSity of use not be permitted to increase above current le~els, the conditions would relate to internal operitions on weekends and in the even~n9s, when and where it is lmpratlical to 2nforce and monitor compliance. Tne applicant is unwilling to accept i condition prohibiting the renting of the facility for speCial events. n.e history IJf complaints by surrlJunding propertJ owners demonstrates an inability of the Club to monitor these special events to bt compatible with the ne1ghboring ~ses. 1~";0r CMR:~ p:\ClIIr\FAlexi, KENNETH R. SCHREIBER Director of Planning and Corm1'"mitj Envircr.ment Minutes of the February 27, )99) Plannfng CommiSSion meeting ReclJrnmended Findings and Conditions. for appro\'al, shaul d Uie Cit, CounCil approve the appeal and conditional use permit P~annlr,g (omission Staff Report dated february 22, 1991 Minutes of the Z~ning Administrator bearing of December 5, 1990 Minutes of the Arckitecturil neview Board from July 20 and December 21, 1989 • 3/14/91 Page 2 • "-;,. Neiatfv~ OetTar.ticn leIter of Appeal dated December 31, 1990 Oe~fsfon of the Zoning Admin;strator dated December 20, 1990 Applicatfon ~atertll$ and addendums. ir.tluding the wiew ana7y~i~ .nd traffic study rile CDrTespond~nce cc: lyn Nelson, PiTa Alto Hllh Golf tnd 'Country C.lub~ 3001) ATe){ls Ori\iE Palo Alt., CA 9030( S. Sip.rstein, 3089 Country Club Ct, r.lo Alto, CA 94304 HuS~ Kennedy Spencer and Associ'tes, 700 High Street, F.To Alto, CA 94;01 Gordor. MtCli,tock, 1400 Fashion Island Blvd" Suite 800, Sar. Mateo, CA 94404 Russell Davis, Ware and Freidrtc~, 400 Hamilton Ave.t Palo Alt~, CA 94301 S. Jerr.' Schwartzman and Sonya kaplan, 3077 Country Club Ct., Pilo Alto, CA 94304 Sal Glovannotto, 3090 Aloxis Drive, Pilo Alto, tA 94304 E. A, Walker, 945 laurel Glen Drive, Palo Alto, (4 94304 Car •• n Scott, 3187 Ale.is Orfv., Palo Alto, CA 94304 Oeborah Keisel, 3131 Alexi. Dr;,. Pil. Alto, CA 94304 1~~,,,,, CMR:~ 9:\cor\fAlexis 3/14/91 Poge 3 I I • EXCERPT Planning Coma1ssio~ Min~tes February 27, 1991 AGENDA ITEN 3 3000 ALEXIS DElVE: Appeal of the de<ision of the zoning ad.lolstrator to deny & conditlon.l use permit to .110. an 8,418 square-foot e~9an$fDn tc t~e exist;ng recre~tionil os. (Palo Alto Hills Golf and Country Club) for a dining room and re'ated fac11ities. Environmental Assessm~nt: NQ Significant I~p.ct. File Nos. 90-UP-IO, 90-EIA·21. lone District: OS. Cha1rman Marsh: An~ questfons or comments? Comrnj$Sfcntf Beith,,: In the documentation, it was noted t~at Carl Stoffel was 90ln9 to perhaps inspect tne landscape changes t~at were to hive been dene. Any results on that? Ms. Lytlt: ~r understanding is that the applicant, since the flnal bearing of the loning admini1trator and the decision issued, has worked with the cit1 in grading back tne intersection and removing some of the .ast obstructive shrubbery that ~as at the entrance. The situation has supposedly been impro.ed greatly since t~at time. Chalrmon Mar.h: We ha •• a letter at our places tonight from the la. Gffites of Ware. Freidenrichj also a letter from Russe'l Davis represent in; his client, Sal Giovannotto, accompanied by a schedule of e •• nts at the '.10 Alto Hills Golf and Country Club; another letter fro' a group of ho.eowners bearing two piges Qf signitures, who are neighbors of the project, expressing their support for the p~ject and the club's atility to undertake Its ex~ansionj another ite~ is a memo from Ted Walker and Carlene Scott. expresstr.g a pDs~tiye statement in support of the expansion. I will now open the public ~earing. lyn Nelson, )000 Alexis prj ••• Palo Alto; I am the club manager of Palo Alto Hills Golf and Country Club. I have been in.olved with or employed by the club for eleven years, with the last five in the J',anagement area. Also present tonight 1s Hugh Kennedy who is with o~r arc~itecturil fjrQ~ Steve Kikuchi -mo is with the landscape design firm, and Eric Tweit who is with the parking study firm that we had done .ery recently. fir.t off, I would like to discuss some background of the facility. It was buflt 30 years ago. vell before the creation ~f the Open Space District. Dnl1 two homes were located In the subdivision when Palo Alto ~ills opened. We did not object to Open Space rezoning at the time, because we were not aware it would ultimately ~aye an impact on operations. We did not object to subseQuent combining of the clubhouse parcel with t~e golf course parcel for the same reason. T~e home~ ~aye now been bu11t around t~e club because of the attraction of being adjacent to the opeR spor.e of the golf course. ~any of our neighbers belong to the club. and the facility I. In demand by community o~aniz.t;ons for charltab1e event. and by businesses and IndiVidual. for company partIes and wedding receptions. There are very few comparable facilities •• allable i~ the Palo Alto are. that we know of. ~ost of the private 02/27/91 -I- \ . • t .. -----"--'-------_.-~ --. clubs fa t~e biY lrel, including Sin Jose and t~e nDrtk peninsula, are part of a resldentl.l cDamunlt,. ~er the years, there his been an attempt to .aint.1n communications with the nefghbor5~ For example, Nomeo~ers Association meetings are held at Pll. Alto Hill.. Neighbors hive been Illowed to use the parking lot for thefr parties. sharing ml1~tenance of landscaping, etc. Yer~ few complaints nave b!en rece'ved o~er the yeafs, and it was only IS a result of pursuing this Ipplicatton that we learned t~at .any homeowners do not belong to t~e Hoaeowners Association, Ind 1t does not spea~ for th~ neighborhood as I whol,. The expansior. that is sought seeh to do far .are than Rer!', add to existin9 restaurant space on the second f1oor. Out of the 8, SOO+ square feet, 3,500 ~pprox1N,tel! is for din5ng room, 1,100 approximately for offices l 1,200 approximately for restrGoms~ and ~ppro~i.ately 900 square feet i£ for kitchen storage. The increase in kitchen storage space should actually reduce deliveries to the club. It will in nO way Increase traffic. Tnere fs no pian to expand the kttch~n or add to its capacity. The addition of restrooms Is sorely n.eded. At the present time, the onll IVI11able restroo~s Ire in the men's and women's locker room areas. These are s~rviced by stairs and do not provide handicap access. Tne addition Df the rest rooms will not in an, w~ increase the ~se of the facilities. Additional offfce space 1£ needed to ac~ommodate our current stiff and bookkeeping responsibilities. It has been needed for some time. The modificatlon of e~isting Dfffee ~paee contemplat~s reducing tne height of that part of the building by two feet, which should improve the .isua1 i~act on ne1gnbors. There f5 no present p1an to hfre any additional staff as a res~lt of the increase in cffice space. The addition to the exl£t'ing dining room on the secor.d floor .should riot substantially fnerea$e club usage. When first presented to the membership, there was discussion of additional revenue is a result of the additional space. The members approved the expansion on the condition that upstafrs dining roo~ not be used for outside {non·member) parties. The dining room replaces and augments an existing facility ~icn is presently used for outside parties, and wDuld no longer be available for tll.t purpose. The facllit, is o~er 30 years old. Jt needs iI faCE lift. The 'improvement t~it is proposed will have I beneficfal impact on the neighborhood and on housing prices. There are poi~ts of conflict to severa1 of the findings of the zoning edailistrator. There 1S reference to an overflow of p~rking. The use of that term ~ay cre~te I .~s1mpre5sion of the problem. Parking on Alexis as i res~lt of I cl~b actiy;t~ occurred only f~ur times in tne list twelve ~nth5. not onc~ i .anth IS 1ndiclted in the original findings. Tne parking i~ the str~et did not occur as a r!sult of the lot being fuil to cipac1ty. but ratner because of i~atience of individuals Irriving It the sf~gle entrance to th~ parktng lot It the 5~ time. We ire confident that the proble. can be avoided bJ appropriate slgnogo and p.rklng attendants at the entrance to the street. One thought that has not been oxplored Is the possibility of creating' no-par'ing lone on the club side of the street for app~oxfmltel1 100 yards in each direction to di~tourage 02/27/91 -2- • \ , peopl. from parkIng on the street .nd walkIng in. Tnere was no street parking In Oecember, 1990, as • re,ult of new 'i9n09. ond parking lttendants. DurIng that MOnth, we hosted approxImately 36 event •. However, the neighbors ~ad t.o partie, that cr •• ted • substantial problem with parking on Alexis and Country Club Court. Th. club •• s In no .ay responsible for the s1tuat1on thit e~isted. Ne1ghbor parties cr~ltfn9 !parting p'('ob1ems in 1990 exceed~ ttle nlJU'lber of club Pilrt1!'i re5~1ting in street parking. The parking lot will be restrlped to add more than 70 partIng spate,. To the extent that there has been I rtal overf1ow problem in the past, the restriping will i~roye tht condition that presently fxists and guarantee that the lot will n.,er be fllled to capacity. With respect to the entrance to the park1ng lot t we haye ~t with the city traffic engineer~ He has ~de cert.in suggest,or.s for cutt1ng the slope and removing ¥egetatfan, all of w~ich ~ave been complied with. T~e biggest impediment to fngress and egress from the club entranc! is the result of t~~ fence~ cactus and a1eanders plinted by t~e adjacent owners. rindfngs of the ad~inistritor fndicate t~at the activit~ai of the club have caused concern to the surrounding nei9hbor~ood for many years, fer whi~h tne club ~as be!n unable to respond. Speaking fr~rn m~ time with the club and a few complaints from t~e neighbor directly ~djacent to us. Mr. Giovannotta. there is recollectio~ of very few complafnts, maybe three. There have been very few complafnts concernfn9 traffic or parking ~ade directly to the c1ub. Tne concerns] recall had to do wit~ erra~t golf balls and teenagers trespassing l"d problems that are associated with a real attractive nuisance. The number of e~ployees who reside on the premises will not be increased .s • reso1t of t~. project. Tney are adjac.nt to the Giovannotto propert1~ Mr. and Krs~ Giovanllotto built their c1Jrrer.t residenc! knowing that employee housing was in its present location; the~ lived on the propert; before they built. They were fully aware of the r.ircumstances. Unfortunately, over the years~ I hign degree of anlmosity has developed between Mr. Giovannotto and the club management for a number of reaso~s. Over the years, we have tried to deal with those problems. At one point in time, ~e planted I series cf t~ees along the fence line to break his view of employee housing. The trees died be(ause of the freeze that occurred approximately three years IgO~ and we did not replant those tr2es~ They were not r2planted due to differences with trying to decide What to plant at that time. W. h.ve since then developed a proposal that we are working on w;t~ Hr. 6ioyannolto and wit~ the project as it exists. We have offered to divfde the facility into sections and limit the use to that presently ivailable. This would be I condition easily ~nitored by concerned neighbors who believe a condition of the ~se permit is being v'olated. The elimination of special events, suggested at one paint, is not a practical solution. It would result in I substantial reduction of club income and sales tax revenlle to the cit,: H would create stiffing problems because of the lack of f.l1-ti ... employmeo!.; and it would probably re,.lt I. a deterioratIon of the f.cllity rather than Its enhancement. It would certalnl, put Palo Alto Hills .t • c~etiti'. disadvant.ge with .any Dtner clubs I. the .re.. Also, it Is strictl, a 02/21/91 ·3- · -' ',------------__ , ______ . ___ ,_,_, __ .. _ .. ~ __ 1IIIII!iIIIiI ~tter Df s~ntlcs. Private. nonprofit clubs ~i~t I t •• limitation on the ,mount of busfness that can be derived froa nGn·member activities. The1 &woid that If.it.tfon by Ifringing for .ember sponsors of out5ic~ events to dfs~u1$e thea I~ 11'owable, ~r·sponsQred r~nct;ons. (wou1d now like to introduce Hug~ (ennedy. ~o .ill touch on the d.sign. Hygh kennedy. 700 High Strett. Pila Alto: J 1m v1t~ Spencer Associates • • rchitects irll Pilo J.lto. 1 "ould like to riJn o'o'er t~e design of the project. (Goe. to the ,l,n, on the •• 111 Th. addition on the flr,t floor occurs here. This is the e)~stfng office s~ace, and here is Iccess to the new totlet rooms. As Lye expressed. they iTe needed because guests now have to go to the locker facilities. The re,t of the area Is klt,hen storage. ~hic~ 11 badly needed. plus a maitre d's office. Tnis is the conference and manager's office to relieve the staff area. There is an Ilevalor added for ~andicap access to t~e uppfr level. This is the e)isting dining room on the uppEr level~ It is a ~ery popular area with the cl~b members. as it h.s I delightfu1 view of tne bay. We ~ave changed the air.1n; room to be very slim and long to ~in1mize ~1!WS fr~] the netghbQrs locat~d on hills nearby_ A portion of the roof and porte cochere tre being lowe-red two feet to fr.prove "iews frolT! abov!. One of the things [ wa~t to emphaSlze is tnat the club had Meetings with the nefghbors, which J attended. S~ of t~e things that came ~ut wer~ concern. Ibout 5kylights~ so we toot them off. rep12cing them with a cowi roofing ~i,~ doe, not '~I". light directly out. Some of the neighbors above felt that tne equipment on the roof was very ynattrattive. and that will be pa1nted to matcb tht roof and camouflage it. ~e made a ful1-s1l~ mockup to describe where tht roof would be, and phot09raphed it from all sides, showing tnat none of tke properties will have a negative impact on thtir view of the bay. We nave also made t~is model, as request€d by tne neisn.bors. COmmissioner Glazier: How much will this proposed iddition cost the club? Mr. Kennedy: It I. about ~1.2 million. COmmfssjooer Glal;tr~ How do you come up with that flgure? Mr. lCenned'y: Tltere is iI c!'Jrltnctor involwed who gave us that ni.imber. It included a stair. which is no longer needed. So roughly under a million dollars. (hajrman Marsh; There are two parts to this pr~jettt ;s I see it. One is the 8,500 sQua~e-foot addition to tne .embers' diDing room. The second is t~e reconfiguration of the space to accommodate the restrooms and storage space, etc. J am not clear on how those t_o items ire related. Could you d~ the reconfiguration of t~e space without having the additional square footage? Mr_ Kennedy: No, that n!w space is needed to provide the office space and bathroo~s. and the storage f~r the kitchen. Chainman Marsh: B~t the new spice is in the ~mbers' diDfng room. Mr~ kennedy: No, It is on both levels. Tne 3,500 is on the second level for tne aembers f dining room. and the remaindeT of the 8?SOO is on the 01/17/91 -4· • first level. That Includes two stolnooys .nd the hondic.~ elev.tor. Chairman Marih: And almost 5 J OOO square feet on the first floor? Mr. KenDedy~ Yes. Chairman Marsh: ~d that is for bathrooms. storage and added office space? Mr' Kennedy: Yes. Chafrm2n Marsh: 00 yo~ ant1c1pate add1tlQnal employees f~r that new office space? Mr. Kennedy: No, that is to at(ommodate the present employees. C~airman Mars~: Jf we look It this purely on i square footage basis. it appear. to me t~at t~e SO parking spaces that yo~ Ire providing would allow you to build perhaps 5,000 additlon.l sQu.re foot.;e. ~y question to you Is whether it Is f •• slble for the club to do an .,ponsion that provides no parking d~ffctt for the amount of additional square footage? Mr. Kennedy: When we f1rst made the parking calculation, we idded the number of spaces based on th1s addition over what was pre~iously in the record is being needed. We.at that need by adding t~at amount of parking. Since then, stoff has re'dowed the entire faCility, recalculitfng it based Dn Dccupancy, and has come up with a deficit of 20 spaces. We toave I prDposal that will cover that by screening off apprOXimatEl, ~alf of the addition in the dinfng room upstairs when there it a part] of aver 300 being co"t~mplated downstairs. T~e other part of that question is. we had a~ upgrade to the parking study done this weekend. and the parkfng count is very good. At this point, we do not exceed the needs of the parking lot, and do not antiCipate that the addition will do so. Chafr.an Marsh: But there are times when you do eXCEEd the parking 9 four times in the last year. Mr. Ken~edy: No. Tnat ~as not exceeding the limits of t~e parking lot. That was people parking in the str~et out of frustration in try~ng to get f~to the lot. because the cars wer~ backed up. Chairman Mar5h~ 00 you thin~ the recanfiguratfon will tike~ care ~f some of tnose prob1~s? Mr. K~nnedY: Yes. and some other methods, too~ One of the problems, as you approach the club, is that you do not know where the tur~-in is roclted, so peopT! statk up there. We haVE already added i sisn. and that problem has been impro~ed. But what happens now is that when you get into the lott there is still confusion as to where to go, so people stop again to loot around, causing aore traffic to back up. So the traffic engineer h •• proposals for t,at .1,0. The club has Instituted parting lot attendants, too. December is tneir big month for parties, and tnere was no a~erflow in Oecember, so the combination of signs and parking lot attendants has .ssential1, solyed the problem. 02/27/91 -5- \ , • " /'"" ChaiDl3" ~.r$b: But let ~ make s~re J understlnd your anSwer to the in1tta1 questton. Is a 1esser expansion feasible? Mr. Kennedy: J would think so. The~ have SEt 1 standard ~f what they would like to hive. C~lirMan MarSh: J would like to ask I question of staff. Mr. Kennedy referred to some changes in the parking numbers that o<curred over time. T~e deficit figu" Quoted i" the st.ff report of 20 spaces, doe, that rei ate to tne expansion or to the facility IS i ~o'e? Ms. lytle: My reco1'ect1on is that it re1ates to the expanslon, and t~at they are 20 .paces short for that. chairman Marsh; Vhat do we know about the facility as i whole, iCld could you e-xp1a1n what Mr. kennedy said in terms of revised staff numbe-rs rel.tfng to parking spaces? Ms. lytle; i am not sure what hE me~ns when he talks revised numbers. Mr. 'tnnedy: When we first ~et with staff 9 they went back to tne files .nd found toat with the last addition to the building, , very sm.ll expans10n to the ladies' locker room, 231 spaces were required. 22S were pre~icijs1, req~ired and another six were required for the added lQ,~er rDom space. With that, we ~d! the calculations, and for the new space, we ti'c~lated 71 additional parking spaces required. We went out to the site and made I count af what was there~ and tnere were actuall, 257, rather thin the Zll required spices. Tht owner ~ad done some extra striping at some pOint. We needed 308, lnd when we subtract the 2S? existing, we add 51. What we discovered was t~at the parking Tot is wery generous in t~eir spices --nine foot. Sl% inches inst!ad of Eight foot, six inches wide. far inst&n~e. Th!re are not compa~t sp~ces pr~~ided, so we iTe able to restripe , adding .11 the planting islands required by the city, and cam< "P witk 30a sp.ces. Ms.. Lyt1@-: They had originally come in under th~ assumption that th~'y had I ~redit of parking, and .e examined t~e project and determined that they had not included in their parking ~ount the pool area and 1Dcker room~. ~ich put t~em in a deficit position. So the~ ~ad counted on 20 spaces of credit in their ca.lculatior!s. originally in ~u=et'ing the ~ar\:..ir, .. g requirements (or t~e addition. When we did our normal ct1c~1ations, we determin2d tnat they were 20 in the hole. Chairman Marsh; Your current pos'tiQn in terms of parking i~ that you are not ,. the hole. Mr. Kenne<h: T~it Is correcL In fact, our traffit: stud} will further corrobor.t. that. CommiSSioner Huber: [f J understand .mat you ire saying. ~ou do net q~arrel with the square footage aspects of what is requirea fer parking spacfs~ but that your us~ge ;s different. Mr. (rnnedy~ Yes. Steve Kikuchi w~uld likr to present a deSign, as a neighbor is conterned with ~tews. 02/27/91 -6- I 1 \ ! Steve k'k~c~J, 145 Eeerson Street. P,]o Alto! We have be!n working wiih the club for quite awhile tD rellt'en to the expansfon and other .r~as. We were requested to address tne current situation an the western prDperti line with reglrd to the ~tsternmost nei9~bor. and the 1~acts of our club on his propert1. W. looked .t the situation from two ,tandpoint5. One is the vie. from our club .1009 that slope th,t is uphill towards hi. propertl •••• el1 the view from hi. propert, onto the club. One of hi' aaf~ concerns was their view over the e~plcyee housing ITea lnd onto the remainder of the club, the e~istfng b~11ding, is well is their y~ew towards the propo,ed expansion. Thl. plan more or l.s. refleet. I lot of t~e proposed landscaping. IS well is some of the parking lot landscaping Ind .ome Interior pllnting' that .e hop. vill .itigate .ome of the 1epacts~ This 91an is a~ enlarged version s~owing that we are making a substantial effort to fmpr~ve the employee h~u5ing area by l~ndstaping and pro~idfng I recreatfon irea for the employees. This section shows the concept of what we ire attempting to do with regard to his sight lines from ~is property over the club. We are proposing to piant Shrubs along the slope .hlc~ viII grow tc a cert,i, height and block his view of the emp10yee housing direct1~ belo~. In addition, we are a150 proposing interior pllntfngs with;~ th! club which will mitigate some of his views such as bls views of the restroom facilities relating to the pool and the receiving servfce arei related to the kitehen fecilities. T~ suppl~rnent this, we took some pi~tures from the wester~ property line (which were p,ssed out) and did an o>erlay to shov the Impacts of the proposed landsclpinq. Tnere will be some additional p1antings screening out the recelvfng ar ••• and Swm! supplemental plantings on the back side of the housing facility tnat screens out the swimrni~9 pool area. So what you are seeing now from his propert~ is extensivel1 landscaping and greenery, wHh very l1ttlt of the facility sho,,·ing. We 1150 feel confident t~at thlS screening will bla<k I ~ajority of the prnpo~ed expansion, as well. We 11so felt that is combination with the improvements s~own on this plan, and w;t~ the landscap~n9 of the parking lot, the views over the entire cltJb will bl! vastly illlproved, with the nu.ber of trees we are adding to tne parkin9 lot and wit~ the interior )andscaping we are dOing, IS well as the s10pe plantings propo5ed. With a lot of the plant material we will be using, we will try not to repeat the mlsta ••• made i. tne past. The pllnts will be drought·toler,nt and mere frost-Tl!sistant than whit was planted before. An irrigation s~stem will be Inst.lled t"at will be more relIable. There will h"e to be some type o! contfnui1 maintenance to make sure they perform in the manner that we want them to d~. ~;ssioner Beec~am: I have Questions about the landscaping; will IOU begi. instill.tlon? (2) when will it be complete? (3) expect that the drought will ~ave any impact on the ability te s~c(e$sfYl11 ~iDtaf~ it? (I) when do you Mr. llkucb!: The lnst.llition Is r.l.ted to the approval of the expinsion. A lot of tb~se improvements ire tied f~to the entire proposal for the expansion of the club. As far os t"e effect. IS i re5ult of the drought, they are dtought-re5fstant plantings. ~robabl, i drip irrigation 5y,te. will be installed •• llow!ng the plants to thrive In • healthy condition. They will probably not grow .s f.st i. we would nooo.lly s •• If it ••• not. drought situation. We fe.l confident we can get them to 02/27/91 .J. iIl"!I!I~--~~'--'<---.. <--'--.".--"""""'--... , .' \ thrive. As regArds their N..IdlnurD 1l1pact~ IS with 111 hndscapin9. it 15 ~ot In '~st&nt.neOU5 effect. It could be twa years before we attljn the effect we ore depictIng in these photographs. Commissioner Nuber: There is I fenet there ~OWI corrtct? ~r. litK'bl: Ye$. there is I chain-link fenc~ on th~ prope;t, line. Commissioner Huber: So it Is nDt i fence that blocks the view, if it is chin 11n~. Mr. K'kuchi: ~o. it ~oes oot. Commfssio~er Huber: From what p051tion is this scene depicte~ in the photogTap~ we have? Mr. Kikuchi: That WjS taken fr~ the countr~ cTub property. standing on the tlub side Df the chain-11r.k fence. Unfortunately. we could not gain access to the nei9~boTfn9 properties to tak! pictures. tommjssiD~er Cullen: The photograph could net have been taken at street levei. It must have been tak~n It some height. Mr. ljkuc~i: Yes, 1t was taten from the weste~nmost neighbor of the club, approx1mate1, 30 feet 'lgher than the club. It;s 30 Feet abcve the parklog lot. CDmDissioner C~'Ten: How does that 30 feet compare with the elevation of Mr. __ . I have forgotten ~is name. Mr. Kikuc~i; This was taken risht it the pro~e~ty line adjacent to his residence. We tried to approximate bis ~iews is aCcuT4teTy is ~e could. Commissioner Cqllen: I also hav* I concern about the water Situation. Given the regulations that ire coming up, a~e you using PaTo Alto water up there! (Yes) And of course we ire bound by the Hetch Hetchy rEgulitions comfng from San Francisco. Just tonight, the paper said that even public golf courses aTe not going to be watered under the new regulations. So r act ccnceT!led. MP"". l:ikudd: ] feel flirly confident that something can be-attained. For instance, a lot of th~ free_a, plantings that you see ire drought· tolerant plantings that might just receive winter ~aterlngs and occasional sum~er waterjngs. Tbos~ are don! iA a very inefficient manner with a lot of spraj lost in the air. These-would be done with a drip irrigation system w~fch would probably use on2 or two gallons per wee~ for I large tree. CQmmfssfoner Huber: Whit fs tne length of the screening that needs to be dene? Hr. Kfkuchi: Approxilllately 300-400' feet. Ilong H,,e entire slope of the western propeTtl~ That is ~,it we are proposing for landsc~pin9 on that slope. A lot of the-precise location of plantings will be done fn the field in order to maximize their screening ability. Comroissl0oer Huber: 1 1m interested in whether you ir~ trying to scrEe~ for the benefit of the neighba~. not fOT the benefit of employees and rest ---,~----.... " -,." 02/27/91 -8- :--. • Ireas. fuhion feet? -, . . . ,-1-.. . ,. -',~':" ! .. curious about t~e length that you ~aye to screen in some to protect t~.t uphill property own... Thlt i. about 300-400 Mr. «1kycbl: No. probably the len9th to screer. the employee housing arei would be Dnl, about lOa r.et. CQOmI •• !oner HYber: Will that .lso screen the utility dropoff se,vie. Irel, as well? ~r. Kikuchi: ~e •• It would screen the majority of that. It would not screen the storage orea. we hive depleted in the photograph, but we think we ,a. do that with b.ckground sc ••• nlog. COmmissioner Cnristensen: Help ee to understand ~ow this landscaping is tied to the project, Ind wh, It could not be done now? Mr. Kjkuchf: Tbat is a queltfon for the ~anager. We we,e r!quested to prQPose this ~it1gation measure as a result of concerns by tne neighbors fn relationship to the expansfon. Chairman Mar$~: J believe there is an~ther person who wishes to make a formal presentation. ErIc Tweit, JHK Associates. Emeryyille. CA; J would like to pass out t"is report wh!,h we just completed. We orlgin.lly did I traffic study for this site in January, 1990. and some concerns were rai5~d since that time that th~ study did nDt really iddress a t1me or e~~nt at the club t~at had as sign1ficant fmpact as some of the other events do throughout the year. 50 we were asked tD return this past 5aturda~ and take another inventoTj of parking. From what [ understand from the club manager, this past Saturday was a good day for it. There vas a lot of acti~lty at the club. Tea times were booked solid unt'l 2 o~cloek. and there were tWQ parties, one in the afternoon of 230 people, .nic~ I am told Is a l •• ge part! fo. an afternoon. There was an eveni~9 part1 of 200 people which they consider to be medium size. Some of the larger parties, wh~n they do occur, are between 2GO and 350 people. The study obviously did not catch an activity like that , but I tried to project what conditions might be with. larg .. party. If you look It Table One in this report, H summarizes the counts that weTe taken. The right-~and coiumns are 15-.1nute summary counts of the number of cars entering Ina e~iting. From that. we deducted the number of cars parked f~ the lot at iny given time. If you look at Il:4S I.~., ,hortly aft •• the fl.st e,ent had begun, there were 255 ,ars parked in the lot, which was the pe.k fo. the day. That wo~id include people who were there g01fing and for the party. It has been ncted on the pl.n that there are now 257 .paces at the sit •. When I was making the counts. there vas no time that I noticed only tw~ spaces left in the lot. T~ere were usual11 10-20 spaces vacant. The counts were contfnued into the evenfng for the start af the part1 held in the evening. As you can s~. It begIn at six o'clock. a~d 130 cars were fn the lot at 7:30 p.m. I. obs ... lng the clr, is they entered the lot in the .orning. there was onlJ one instance when there was I queue on Alexis Orive, consisting of four cars. That did not last more tnan two mfnutes. We did not lee that cars do .low down as t~ey .pp.oac~ the d.iveway, and it is IIOstly out of confusion IS to whether t~e-y are at the countr,)' club. We 02/27/91 -9- ~ '- '. sugge.t that there are .'ys t. mltigate this, flrst, by havlng > .ign in advance warning people that t~p country (lub ~s, for example, 500 feet i~eidt and second, I sign right at t~e drive_at. Also, once they get into the lot, we rtcommer.d I couple Df thi~gs that co~Td be done ~. efther ha~lng an attendant thert to dlrett traffic to keep them moving once they enter. One of the problees Is that onG' you get fnt~ the drive_dY, there Is anotl1er turo to the right to one of the looer levels of parking. People 510. down IS they try and dec~de w~tther to turn Into that Tot or to continue forward. We su;gest either ~aV)n9 $cmeone thert to dir~~t t~em to keep them gOing fo .. ard or else, retonfigure the curbing so that people cannot turD Into that first lot, .. 'ing It an exit or.ly. Once people turn in, they would ~eep driving forward. AlsQ, place another sign in. ide the lot to direct poopl •• 'ther to the ,al.t par'!n; dropoff or the passenger dropoff or to the other parking areas. In loo~ing at w~at I !aximum party lct~vity ~ight be for the parkfng lot right now, I lIide s.ome assumpt'ons. biS~d on my counts. For txamp1e, i:". the ~rning It tne very outset, t~ere is usually about Doe person per car, osually the men coming to play golf. As you get closer toward the party time. it is generally two ~eople per vehicle. Given that there wer! 230 pe~ple at the afternoon party. and ls.$umin9 people per car, t~at is 115 cars that were parked t~ere for the party. That leaves 140 spaces ir. the lot for ot~er members w~o are 901f~n9 or enjoying other activities. If you project that to assume 2&0 people, which 1S more I ~aximum figure f~r an afternoon pa,t1~ and probably even higher, that would mean about 125 Cir. for guests. If you add tnat to the 140, you get 265 cars, leaving about 43 spaces for additional traffic that m.y be generated. rn the evening. there ts even ~re space left. w~ talc~lite ibout 103 spaces ava.ilable for parking. Ttlat ilSsumes ... lI'IilXfmum. sized ~arty of 3050 Pf!Ople. T~ere are obviously times when the parking lot does come close to being fwtl. The ,ountry club has prDpos~ one method to mitigate the 20-space deficit that is said to occur. Tbeir plan to close off part of the upstairs is a val1d one. fr~ & traffic and parking point of ~iew_ We also suggest another possibility. They do use ~aiet parking now for large parties. If tney deslgnated an area for vilet parking, they could park more cars than there ire spaces by parking them closer together. to maKe up for tne deficit. Steve Saperst~3089 Country Clyb Court. Palo Alto: ] live ~n the corner cf Cour.tr1 Club Drive and Alexis Ori~e. directly across from the entrance to the club. I want to talk about traffic. I do not nave the latest traff1c study. The or,ly or.. I have is the one su~~itted ~ith the appl ic.ation back in November, which is iI lot different. The current traffic estimltes during events fs reported fn the application by the Palo Alto Hills CountTl Club. They observed a 20 percent full parking lot when they did traffic flow st~dies. I do not know whether t~is new report includes traffic flow or ~ot. I would like to address the traffic flow probltG.e have. If I assume that their numbers are correct. 6S cars were observed in one hour (I half hour before ir~ after the start of In event) and the parking lot wa. 20 percent full. If I then extrapolate that to the parkln~ lot being full, that would .ean that there would be • total of 233 cars 1D that hour, whit" ~ins (our cars every .inute going up Alexfs. Alexis is i very narrow street and that is a lot of tr.ffic for Alexis. The proposal that we have before us would add anoth!r 33 percent of floor spate. I assume that I full parking lot will 02/27/91 ·10· • \ also be the case at tfmes, then. !f J extrap01ate those numbers, we would g!t 303 caTS per hour before i~ after an event, ~ich tomes out to f;Ye Clr. per olnut. goln9 up lnd down Alexl.. I thin~ that f. I Yery large &IOunt, conslderfng what Is gofng on. I do not •• nt to .e. that number go up. I jotted down ,0Ie comment. on thl. new propos II as It .is being .tlted. They •• Id 255 peop1. 10 the lot, .. anlng two .paces left over. don't understlnd how they .xtrapolat. from 255 t. 350 .oople at I party would l •• ve 43 parking spaces open. This I. the same company that did the , ... survey that did the original survey ond found 20 percent In the porklng lot and concludod that .as the trlfflc flow, bas.d on that. I ca. S'e why the staff might have had some problems .lth th.t. Another q~estfon on t~e report was, there _is 140 spaces left over according to the calc,latlon, of two people In each car for me.bers of the club. That also fnc1~des employees, so please, i~ your counting, also include employees and members of tne club. Also, it ~as not summer so there woul. ~e no pool actlYity right now, I wouldn't think. My con<luslon I. that the origln01 study that was su~itted was reall, fl.wed b~ I factor af almost ftve, and it should not be considered. If you notlc. I" the addendum submitted by the club on aecember 31, 1990 to support this action, It said .ssentloll, th.t the traffic problems is stated by the report done by JHK the last time, t~tre wculd be no traffic prDb1ems, at the v~ry bGttom of that addendum. Please consider that in your discussion. Fiye clrs per minute is tertainl] ~ot beneficial to the character Df our community. ~r neighborhood is Rr. and I do not want to see any .ore cars come up the street than 15 necessary. The third thing Is that If the events are attended at less than 100 percent, traffic will st~11 1r~rease, and ~ny fncr~ase in traffic is not ~a"t!d. ~ second point Is nols.. W. ha •• had a lot of noise from the club. We llv, down the bill. little bit, and the parking level fs above, at about the same level as the second story of our ho~se. Just as recently as t~c weeks igO, a part1 was breaking ~p. There was a lot of noise about 1:30 •. m. In the parking lot that woke me up. This happens about twice • month. somewhere between 12:30 and 1:30 at night, 9Oop1e ore blowing hDrns. At first we thought it was the staff, but now we are quite sure it is the partygoers that make this noise. it is rither disturbing. and again. In increase of 33 percent floor space ~s ob~ious11 going to make it worse, rather thin better. The third point Is, as fir as the club chlllfng that t~e dicing room will be used for members only and not ftave any impact on Ulf! bookings of these banquets, 10 one breath they say that. I just picked this up on the addendun as ] read it t~is evening. and they sa, thst there will be no f~rtheT banq~et loading by this expansion. On the other nand. if you read the addendum, it say~, wft~ the club so restricted iD its use, it would be no longer economicall, felsi~le and they ~ould develop it into sfngle-famll, homes. Tbis 1. the threat now that if they cannot get thi, 1o, they will have to de.,lop Single-family homos. Tbis seems to be contrary to what they were saying before t~at they would not use t~is for banquet space. Now is this for incoae Dr is it not for income? Thank you. BYi1tll Da.i •. 400 Hlmilton Avenue. P'IJl}JLt2: [am. real est,t. attorney I. Pal. Alto representing 5,1 'iovannotto. J would like to begin by passIng out I seri.s of photog,aphs. Hopefully, you have seen Q2/27/91 -II· some of them already. They will re1.te to some of the cooments r will I.k.. The p~ctures sp!ak for th!mse1ves. I want to respond to some of the things t~at the project proponent st.ted. First of Ill, as to Ms. Helson's comments~ I believe s~e stated erroneously that the ~roposed addition Is only going to •• tend two feet about the existing building h.ight. I believe it 1$t f~ fact, I f1ve·foot extension, and t~at does f~act .y client'. view. It's contlnu.l1y emph.slzed In connection with this project thit the added dining roo= Is for ... bers only. Sut you have to .ee beyond that to note the re.l efftct of it. Right no., they hive a very l.rge dining room, b1gger than these council c~ambefs. They ire iddi~g i room tnat is about tn~ sa.e size. It doesn't ~an Jnything to restrict the usage of the added ro~ to member. only. bec.use that com,lotely frees up the existing room to rent out to parties. As ft is now, they ~ave to dl~1de the ~$ige of t~e e~lstfng fattlity between ~r f~nctfons and special events. They derive income from the specfal events. At the lonfng idminlstrator heari~91 it was noted by one of the neighboring residents at I lM!eting early on with the flomeowners that the purpose of this add'itlon was, in fact, to make money. nat is the reaSQfl It started out. and I think they ba~e done some things tc try and mask t~at, but nothing. as far IS that gOES. has changed. It iliS stilted ju.st recently til at overflov has only occun"ed ({Jur t irnes in the Pist 12 mont~s. That is sfmpl) not true. as some of the ~ei9hbors will tel' you. It was stated lisD by Ms. Helson that t~e trees that were planted died t~ree years ago in the freeze. I do not remem~i any freeze tllree years ago that wa~ strong enough to kill trees. ome of the photos i. the filo sp.aks cl0.rly .s to how effectively the club has dealt with the mitigation ~ •• "ros. Thes. trees were slaply .11owed to die for lack of water4 Given the current circumstances, I don't think the country club. e~en ff It were so inclined, has the power to adequately water ne~ trees. e~en if they were drou9ht·tolera~t treei. It tlkes a fair amount of water to get landscaping established. That is a proposed mitfgation ~as~re is not going to be effective at all. As to the .itigation meas~re that is proposed for adding i screen to screen off onE dining facility or the Dther, _gain t that is type of thing that ~s impossible to police. By the c~untr~ club~s actions, as will be substantiated by the testimony Df neighboring residents. allowing a mitigation measu~e 11«e that to s~pport in expansion lite this, and trusting t~e club to put up the s~reen an~ .ake sure that no simultaneous events occur is j~st not going to be effective at ill. As far a~ the co~nts about the landscaping go, things like that would be benefichl, blJt the,. are ru11y I peripfteral issue to what is. really iDYolyed here~ What t~~ club is proposing is essentiallJ cOMmercia'izatfo~ in in open space district. Tkat 1S a big part of the r@lson that the project was denied It the zoning ad~inistritor level. I do not want to get f~to t~e new triffic study, not ha~;ng seen it. I think that ~.ving • study like this pres.nted at the time of the planning c~issiQn bearing speaks for itself iB terms of t~e intent. Tbis project has been going on for ~re than I year. The zonlng admf~istrator hearing happened In ~ovember, and I found it !nteresting that the traffic engine.r st. ted that they did tho study 1.st Saturday because tho club thought it 02/27/91 ·12· .. would be • good d" to do It. I want to emphlslze that .t the zoning admlnl.tr.tor h.arlng on this fssYe, the findings were .ade that t~e proposed use would b! detri~ntal to property In the vicinity and Is not 10 .ccord with the ~.lo ~lto COIPrthenslv. Pl.n and Title 18. Th,t I. the direct con.er •• of what you would hl.e to find In order to approve this project. Since this Is • cDndltlonal use perllt, I. order to approve the project, IOU would have to find that the propo.~ us. would not be detrimental. The zoning .dalelst.ator went beyond berel, finding that the proponent could not show th.t the project would not be detrlment.l. The loning Idminl,tr.tor .ctuilly found that the project would be detrlment.l. [think that the .t.teoents that the neIghbors will aake will substantl.te lhat better tha • • nythlng else I could SlY on that point. In reading over the flle j it 15 evfdent from the numerous ]~tters written that the nel9hbor. 0 •• rwhelmln91, fe.l that the countr, c1ub i, .1reocy operated in such. way that It is • nuisance to them. Allowing.n expans~on t~at they arE prcposing will o~11 aggr.vate tne situation greatly. You have oil seen the country club schedule that they published as to the number Df special events. IA February alone, tnere are "ine scheduled. As J understa~~ it from the neighboring residents. t~is is the slow season fer them. The spring i~d summer art their r!il busy 5!aSOn with regard to spec h 1 events. Chairman Marsh: In t~e pack!t of information that came to ~S. th!re was a letter (rOl'l you regarding Mr. Gio'w'anflotto's willingr'less to meet with the club any possible modificatIons that would lessen the impact. It sounded like an .offer to try and negothte for some Ilid-grol.ind. Mr. payfs: Tnere was never anything spe,ific mentioned ,t .11 , no speelflc mitig.tion ... sure •. [did meet with Gordon McClintock and walked through tbe club. We t.lted about some possibilities. One thing th.t my client mentioned would be possibly lowering the addition do.n four Dr five feet so that it would not extend the existing roof line. That was out of the question, fr~ the club's perspective, and the! did not offer inythfng concrete for us to respond to. Jerry Scf\wartzmal'l. 30n Country (.lub COJl.rt. Palo Alto: let me state at th! o~tset that 20 years ago, ~en our house was bui1t, the countr1 club was there. That was one Df the reasons that our house WiS built. Having I private country club i~ the area has some benefitial effects on our property ~llues and the amenities. Most privite country clubs. however~ do have some limited outside rEntals ~ith catering activ~ties. This is USBJlly ltmited to .eabers having ptrsonal guests Dr comp~ny functions at the club. I~ this instance, all reason has been abandGned~ You have before you a clse where I private country cl~b has declded to go whole hog 1"to the commerc'al catering bU$iness. They are itlem~ting to int~Tjett a large. cosmer';ll enterprise lDlo one of the finest resldential estate ore .. of the elty. When I say whole hog. I .... n just tllat. In your ~atkets ton1g~t, you have an agenda Df events tkat were held i~ Oecember. There-was 14 private, tittred e\1ents. plws lhe \lsual club e~~"t$ sut~ as Christ.as parties, golf events, ett. 34 catered commerclll events. We find thIs to b. completely Intolerable. G2I 17/9 I ·13· ." . \ \~ let~s an.lyze together W~lt th\s proposed addition wil1 mean. When the club ha •• ..-ber event .cheduled which I. too l.rq_ to b< held in the ..-bers-onl, dinIng ro .. , they hive to hold It In the .al, dining room. Thl. precludes their r.ntlng the ~.In dining room. If •• follow this through and .ake I bigger ~rs-only dining room. this ,"ow~ the ~ain dfnlng ro~ to be rented out lOre often. henc~t our objection to it. Th1s will free up the -.1n dining room for even DOre c~~rcjil events. Analyze, pTease, the reason for wanting to do t~is. It is obvious tMat t~e real reason is that the more ~"e1 they can .ak@ on outside commercial rentals, the Tess it costs them in -anthly dues, hence .a~ing tne oembershlp v.lue jump coemen.uratel,. Dues now run $200 per ~nth and tn • •• 1ue of the Aembership Is .pproxlmat_ly S75,OOO_ r can only say to them, If IOU can't stand the h.at, get out. They s.y that If .llowed to build this ~xpan$ton in t~e .embers di~fng room. they will close it off and not use it, by means gf I folding c~rti1n screen, when there is I major event going on In the dining room. r think they oetu.l1y expect )OU to belieye that_ If you were to f.l1 for this ploy, who would police It? Would w_ call the police? The planning director? M •. Cullen, wou1d you like to have I phone cill from us it night ~~!n they ~ave tnese e~ents1 No. of course rlot. Tnere Ire I couple Dare thfngs thit just don't add up with this project. One is that t~ey sa!d there would be I dectelse in outside commercial activity because of this Iddilion. ibat is some more p~ppycock. I Isk yo~, why bUlld it if there is going to be I decrease i~ activity? It is okay if they want to add john._ But why odd more restaurant sp.ce if they Ire g01ng to have less .'tivit1? Jt does ~ct fo11cw. A good friend of mine asked one of the board membErs, what fs t~is going to cost us? He said it is not going to cost you anything. We will b~~e at least a 50 pertent increase in Ictivity that will pay for ltself. Has anyone consfdered the iapact on the adjacent neighbors, lit! los Altos Hills? More specifically. the one mile of Pag~ Mill Road ~~ich is serpentine from Alexi. Drive to Highway 280_ T~ls is • very dangerous roao_ los Altos Hills I. not going to Improy~ It. First of .11, they tell me they do not have the money. and they have never been checked with on th;s project until the other day. Then they call.d "so lytle and cnecked on it w;tn her. It was the first time they were ev!r consulted on it. rt does ha~e J big impact on t~em. The credibility ~f the cl~b leaves very ~cn to be de5ire~. J can say this from past history. If you drive .long Alexis Drive~ you will find ten tre~s that have died aTong the street that they put in because of past requfre~~nts of the planning commission ind ot~er boards. They are dead. Mr. Gfovannotto had another plantfng which has been referred to several t1.es , and they died~ We had the fiqnt with t~em on their driving r.nge. They sald t no, we are just repladng an ,existing driving range-fence. A bunch of bull. They made it t~ree times as high Ind twice is wide. It Wi5~'t an existing fence at 111. Based upon past performances~ take eyerythlng they ~ave said wit •• grain of s.lt. You have seen letters from adjattnt h~~owners ~o do not belong to the club. You have read the report to Ms. Lytle. Stop this encroach~nt into the RE zone. Put t~is commercill actlv~tl D~ the [1 C.mino where it belongs. Thank yo"_ 02/27/91 -14- • Chlirman Marsh: In your C~"t~1 you referenced tne batnrooms. There are two sectto~s to this project. One is the upstlirs eembers dinfng roem .04 the second Is the r •• trooms/offlce/storage on the first fl.or. Ar. your objections to t.ls projecl prl.arlly focused on the expansion of the aeJllbers dining room? Me, $chwartlman: yes. The c~rcfl'izltf~~ allows for ~uch ~ore commercial ullll.otion of the club, more tr.fflc, and the things that go .long with It. If they want to add. ladies john, i can understand that. If they want to do some face1lftln9. I can ",der,tand th.t. lO·year-old clubs need tt, but t~ey donrt netd to infringe upon our property ~alues by putting. commercral enterprize th.re. SonYI kaplan. 3077 Country Club Court. Palo Alto: I ~~ve li¥ed at this address for 21 years. and I ~ave seen some dramattc changes in the ~e1ghbor~ood, In the eirl~ years, it was a little more rur.l t~an it ~s now. [t was 0 place for children to phy and aduHs to walk. It Is no longer safe to Wilt Alexis Orfve. As I walker, I have been forced to drive elsewh!'re 1n order to find a safe place. It doun l t matter w~at time of day~ If you Ire an early cornfng walker, It is tne problem cf the golf~r$ coming up to the club. True~ It may be some of the neighbors leavfng to go to work, but the increased amount of traffic has ~ade it ~ery ~~pleasant to lf~e in t~e neighborhood on a beautiful day, on a Saturday or Sunday, not to be able to walk on the street. You also have to understand t~at we do not ~ave sidewalks. but in I n~ighborhood zoned as it fs, one does not expect to have I race track running through there. The problem of tr.fflc h.s been I long-standing one. Tne fact that there is • stop sign exiting the club. as well as a stop sig~ on Country C1ub Court, was not ilwa~s the ~ay It was. It was only after a great many protests and calls to the police, etc. that those stop signs were finally put In. I appreciate the fact that the club and the city ha'e worked t. clear away the greenery that was obstructing some of the view at the entrinee. However. III that does now is that instead of having to come out h.1fway into the intersection, you only have to come out a Q~arter of the way. It is still. verI dangerous intersection. for those c~i~g down Alexis Drive from lbove the club, it is bazardous. When [ c~me up the .treet to turn onto Country Club, there is no stop sign. I hold my breat~ and hope that nobody is going to hit me. On t.o Dccasions within t~e list two ~~nthsi driving Oown Alexis Drive between ]0 and II in the 5Orning, during the wetk, deliver~ trucks have been on their way up to the tlub. Why do I know tn!y ire for tne country tlub? Because they are delivering canned items, the bread truck, tne liquor truck, and instead of ita~ing on t~eir side of the road l is they come ircund tne corner, they Are coming straight at ~e on ~~ Side of the road, and I nave been forced to swerve off the road. This has been an ongoing problem that ne!ds to be oddrossed. [find It .xtremely distressing that In the 21 ye.rs tnat I ~av. Hved there, neighbors perlodl<llly h.ve tried to get together with the tl~b. and periodically, the club does try and ~ake nice~ the real prohl .. s ~ave not been resolved. Adding. l.rge addition to the club is only gofng to compDund the problems tnat already exist. So I ple~s~ ask you to seriously consider that there is i history tD t~is country clUb, there Is • _istory to the neighborhood and the ongoing problems. I do believe we would like to work together ina work it cut, but not .t the expense of us is ha.eowners. Deborah "risel. 3]3' AlExis Orive. Palo Altp: I a~ also against the 02/27/91 -15- , . expansion Df the club. J .. aga1~st in(realed traffic. J agree with Sonyo thlt t"~ regrad1ng of t~e drlve •• y mitigated the halard of the entrlnct and exft to t~e club~ but it is still very da"gerou~. It is not an acceptable solution. [h.,. only lived I. the neighborhood for three y •• rs, but [ ho,. seen the IncredibilIty ~f the club llready. I ••• the trees dIe behInd the Giovannottos property and on Aie.is Cri,.. I feel th.t this drlvew.y has been there for I long time .nd ha. not been chlnged. Why should they be Illowed to dos such. bit Interior exp.",ion without ro,lly fixIng fundamental problem. that .re re.lly a h.zard. [ h,yo three .~ail children and It •• les me r •• lly scared when they begin to drive. People drink It th! club, and they have to come out almost halfway Into the stre.t. [c,.'t tell you how.any ti .. s [ have almost been hit. I feel that the club ha. to r.ally stand behind Its word before It Is .llowed to ~aKe such. large expansion. J also feel that ! did not buy into this neighborhood to have I eommercial enterpri~e there. This was a private club. We h~ar the noise in the sumrner~ which does not bot~er me because we are far away, but I can see how the nearby neighbors would be very bothered by the noise. Peopl! in the s~r frequently roam around on the golf c.ourse ilt ~i9M after parties. it usually does not bother me, but I do not feel re.l cD~fort.bl. about It when It Is I.te .t night. ! just feel there are, lot of problems th.t should be f.ced before .n expansion, Those problems have been brought up ~fore, ind no ~iable solutfon has to.e across. I also think that when t~ey try to use a bargainIng chi~ of. when they get the e'pansIDn. then they will replace III Df the landscaping that they were supposed to ha~e alread) done, that bothErs ~ • lot. Th.t I. not a ~ay to negotiot •• it' neighbors. R"fn Rao. 3081 Al~Xis prlve. Pjlo Alto: 1 live right OPPOSite the cou"try club. I ~ave been in the neighborhGGd for four years, and i mov~d here from the flat lands of Texas into this ~illy. winding community. [ found that to te protty InterestIng at fIrst, but then I found it to be prett, dangerous is well. My kids ~sed to rfde bikes in Texas l but out ~ere they have a problem riding the bikes, DT even walking. One of the problems 1 first faced was that the school bus did not come into the neighborhood. [hav. three kids and I had to prevail upon the Nixon school board to get the school bus to come there. How the .. are it le.st 12 or DOTe Children ot the bus stop opposite the country club. Older people are not going to ltve forever ind w1il have to sell their homes, so we have to look It the futUre of now this neighborhood is. going t9 be. More children wi 11 lIove in. My kids for two yeari had to waH frorn my house. about 8/JO~s of a mile, to Page ~lll Road to catch the bus eyery ~rnfng and every evening. At that time, they were ages 7~ 9 ind 13. T~e1 have been al~ost run over many times because there is no s;de~alk. It 'is absolutel, unacceptable to lie to see .11 these stran9f cars speeding and trying to come up these driveways. This has tD stDP, becaus~ someb~dy I. going to be kIlled. So ~ first objection is the troffic. If you look on a Saturday or Sunday from 280 to Ale.is Orlve along Page Mill Road, approxi-ate11 one Rilt, you see a lot of bikers. inere is hardly any room for t~em. They g~ up Alexis Ori~e, tOO, and we have I terrible traffic probl... [t ha. to stop. [agr •• with Kr. Saper,tei. about the traffic density and frequency. I have had D~cas10"s ~hen a number of cars ~ave turned in ~ drlyeway in the .iddle of the olght to back out. The light., etc. bother "s, ond we have the noIse from the club at oi9ht, 11:30 or I o~clock* and I don't see anybody Ict~1111 sup~rwls1ng these people. 1 ~ave attended a couple of ti~s at tne c1ub. and the traffiC was terrible. People were almost drunk. and I don't want this nefghbGrhood 02/27/91 ·16· • > with people wilting around drlnkln~ and carousing out there. Thi, ha. to stop. So I hl.e very boslc objections to expanding the club and trying to aike t~il an economtt enterprise in the ~;dd]e of I qUiet, calm~ resldenll., neighborhood. The other proble. is, I don't know about the lind.caplng, but there ha,. been pfne trees that hive been there fOT 20 years or ~re that are dying on Al .. !s Drive. There Is just un~lIe'''blt dam.ge being done, so I don't think the lind,caplng they are prop.slng Is going to happen. I am b.slc.ll, against t~l. and will .trongly protest any change in lhe club if It happen,. 5,1 Glovann2!12: [live next do~r to the cQuntr~ c'u~. You hive heard oIl the complaints obout the noise and people drunk at night. I am 20 feet oway from them. I om 20 feet a.ay fro. the deli.ery trecks; I am 20 feet IWiY from t~e club wnen people are wandering ITound drunk it night, and t~is has been all the time. As i matt~r of factJ the questiDn WiS asked about the cyclone fence. The club did ttl beca~se people wert dru~k at 2 and 3 o'clock in the morning. Between me and the country club, t~ere is I bill. and the~e is a beautiful Yie~ there. At bight, yeople liked to go thsre and sit down and look. They would wander up tc my door and urinate in my yardi that is W~l we had to have that ugl~ cyclone fence ~ut up. The way t~is thing started, when they not!fied us that the cl~b wa~ted to do an addition, t~. president and .ice president were there and all the ~omeQwners around there. The1 had an attorney and an accountant there and the yay th~y explained it WiS how .UCA they ~re going to make in re~enues and hQ~ they would get thefr .aney back in five years. The whole conversation ~a~ that it would not cost the club I penn~ because it would all be done i~ five years. Tnat was the ~ay it was approved by tne members. Now tn~y keep c~angfng but the ~e~ers that voted fo~ it before still thlok tnat this addition is not going to cost tnem .~·tning. I am here for the traffic. People park in ~ parking lot all the time. We have a fire bydra~t that we had to install when ] p~t an addition on my hO~$el beca~se ~est Df 280 1s a fire ~azard. Tne hydrant always has cars ~locking it. We have to call tne policei we always have to do something about that. 'OU know ~ow dan;erou5 the exit is It t~e cl~b. It took one .an one ~our to do what t~ey did. There has been nothing done that took more than In ~our~ Why did they never do it before? We ~ave been begging t~em to do that~ They spoke about my trees dying from the freeze. That Is not true. The bead garderler told us that ~e was tcld to conserve water and not to water them, although the sprinkler system is there. It was installed when the trees were planted. They ~a~e been tryin9 several wells but ha~e r.ever found any water, so there \s no hope for that. I called fer a well at ~ place, and they told me that I probably would not have any better luck thon the country cl"b. Regarding the cl~b's credibility. you can look in your recards. They ha~e been red tagged severol times. They got red tagged when t~.y put in a ten~is court. and when they put fft spot lights it aight. T~ey never checked with the n.lg~bors, and t~ey had to be red tagged. Now they put I. 0 bunch of posts to stop tne balls. They had to be red tagged ag.ln. They told us, wo ha.e t~ do t_is, Dr it will turn into single· family residential. They connot afford the $200 fees every month. • .~~ .. '.' .. 'l!" I couldn't car. l.ss If they cannot afford Inoth.r probl... It Is the traffic. The noise. If you go there and try to get I, .r out of the club, you .111 see ho. daogero"s It Is. So up there at 019ht .fter people hIve ~14 three or four drinks, and see how tke street lOCKS like. Pe~ple jump o~er fences. It is I dead end street, Ind people don1t know their way. "~own drly~ay is d~ngerou$. So this is the wrong area to do this cOMMerc~.l enterpri!e. There is the employee housing nett door to me. only 20 feet away. When J .oved in. I was aware there vert some p~ople liYi~9 there, but I was net aware it would be fa.ilies with children. ~e know there Ire cntldren th.r. beelu •• they .re regi.ter,d with the P.lo Alto school.. There '" plctur •• of people going up on top of the housing Ind puttlr,g .attre .. es up there to pllY cards and drink. The president of the club was with me w~.n he told lh •• e people t. get down and stop drinking. Thi. i. only 20 f.et ••• y from oy ho"se. I dido't bargain for thi.. They put up the ballo.ns but they ~er. not done properly and did n.t .how the height. Eyerything they do Is •• Ista ••. ~ben tney t~lked ab~ut this pfcture, they said they could n~t see the height fr~ the neighboring property because they had no access. They "ave belan on my property .. bout 15 t'me-s. and 11..,1:/S. 'ltiith my c~ns.ent. They ha~e never been refused access to tike i pittu~e or study somet~in9~ The president of the club has bee-n to my place four tim&s taking pictures. but haye not given them to yO". I .. 20 feet a •• y from the club. On. n!ght About four mont~s ago l there were people stabbing people. There is a po1ic, report about it. People were taken to the ho.pit.l. This is because people are drunk and there are too lIarlY people tne~e. There toas beer. shooting. Peopl@ Ire shoottng deers. The police hav~ been ttl led about this. ] never birgained to have this kind of p~ople ne.t door to ~, 10 feet away. Thank you. Barbara Dgerkop, 2944 ~lexis Dri~e. Pa1q Alto: 1 'i¥! at the bottom end of the street, and get .11 the tr,ffic going up and down. It is not eDn.tant, It is once i ••• h!le. I am glad I do not live on Middlefield Road. The tree. they are talking about belong to the city. I think they J"st got cold, ond aay still be olly.. They,ll turned brown, but they do belo~ to tn~ City, and they can't lay it on inybody else. ] flat ice people .llking on the street all the time. They are men~ they are w~men. 1 dcrl't see a~y kids, but tney r~n, they walk. regul~r jO~9~r5 and _alters. There are also peo~'E who ride bicycles up and down th~ street. We have t6 homeowners who Singed the letter not objettln9 t~ the club"s expansfon. J don~t know if that ~s a majority or a .inority, but I do nat like being told that the aajorlt, thinks somet~ing, .hen I am not .ure it Is true. J did have trees freeze three years ago. They had ju.t recovered when they freze again. Alic!. KDil,ne. 19S7j\lexls Drive. P.lo Alto: I Ilv, just before the cDuntry c.lub. We have lived trlere for 23 years, and hl\{!' a1ways found the club to be • Yery good neighbor. We have good relationships .lth them. ~ husband and I were president of t~e neighborhood aSSOtfation o~e year. and found that .11 the people .t the club were yery willing to listen to us. They let us use tne dining roo. for ~etlngs, and tried to be &oe.lble. If there problems, they.ere ,.oil.bl. t. t.lk to "So The club has always been a commercial ~enture. Tne outSide parties have Il~ays 02/27/91 .)8- . , • \ '. i i /" occurred. Ve hive understood thlt. This Is nothing ne. thlt It I. going to be tu,"ed Int. & .. ne~ktng project. That I. what It has .1w'1' bee~. ~ h~sblnd and 1 walk O~ the gc1f course and we walk on the street all the tl ... W. go out In the .,rly mornIng .nd l.te at night. We r •• l1y do not hive ""y preble.. Ve do not have .ny trouble with trucks or tl)O _iny cars. The trees did die, and that I, too bid, but they were ~lty trees. We went through this when we were Inyolved with the town. Al,o the new plantings that have be.n mode or. doing very well. As for os the parking lot is concerned, 50met1mcs there ire big parties with I lot of trlffic going up, bij! it doesn't list very long. We hive ~ot been dist~rbed b~ them. Occtisionally there is i line af Clrs, but we really do flot feel we 1Iave been fnto~venienced b~ t~em. Also, when W~ Ire up there swimming ind there is i party going on, we do not feel inconvenienced by any of these coomerclal parties. Cjane Bottoms. 3101 Alexfs Drive, P.l0 Alto: 1 live rig~t I~ross the stre.t from Sal and Stell. Glavannotto. I .ant to tell Y"U t,at I have lived there for ilmost ten years, I WiS trEaSUr!r of the homeowners association for eight years. I have alw3Ys found t~~ club to be very cooperatIve .ed very helpful to the neighborhood. I feel bad1) listening to the trouble about triffie and people being Ifraid to walt, because I walk every day and probably am I hazard ~ys~lf. as I have a dog with me. There ire over 7S homes i~ o~r neighborhood~ I .1so feel badly because there ire six dri~ers in .Y ~ouseholdt and we have efght cars, S.l and Stella Giovannottc have fhe or s-ix cars. if YGU go tlJ those 1S homes and ask trow m.anl people have how .. any cars. we III nave I lot of cars. ."hen you t~1nk Df i1~ the Co.1ng5 and goings. we all go too fist and we tno~ that. This seems to me ta be i tempest 1n a tei'pot aver not very mar.jo' square feet for I dining facility. It seems to ~e that there ~ust be some way to wor~ this out. 'eople ire upset Ibout I lot of thi~gs whic~ we all contribute ta, and there must be a way that it can be worked o~t. Chafrman Marsh: Si~ce I have no other cards rr~~ members of the public, will close the public hearing ind returA this item to the planning commission. I ~uld like to Isk Ms. Nelso~ to return tQ respond to questf ons~ Co~fssfoner Callen: Whit ar~ the open hours of the club? Ms. N.l.on: Starting time for the golf courSf 1. 7 o'clock in the .afAing. If there is a private function, the last cil' for ilcoholic beverages is it 12:30. and bands are reQuired to leave bet~een the ho~rs of 1:00 and 1:1S a.&. Commj$SlQngr Cullgn: A question for staff~ Does the original use permit spell out (arldtHoM, such is apen ho'Urs, etc.? Ms. lytle: It is I pre-existing use, 50 it did net have I co~ditiona1 use perm; t. COMmi$sjDn~r Cullen: I im concerned Ibout the landscaping. When we approved the driring tinge addition with tne new fence, there was landsclping thot went 110ng with that. If tnat is not in .ery good shape, I am wondering what hold we would have on that. Would you object to • " -.... , .\., . , OZ/Z1/91 ·19· • bond Dn th~ ~ew landscaping to ensure th~t it is actually tn5t~1!ed? Ms, "eh9D: tertail'lly. I beHeve the trees that are mentiorled are those t~it Ire .long Alexis Or1~e, not those within the driving range landscaping. T~er. Is I condition within the apP"Dy.l of the driYlng rlnge t~at if t~e trees die oyer I five-year pertod, tney hive to be repllced. Because of the tneonsistency with the weather, right neWt the~e Ire lbout flYe t. ten trees that look like they ~'Y not come b.ck. We lost .11 of our front shrubbery and I lot of .eget,llon on the golf course. We are wiiting until the sltultion warms ~p before putting planting I. ig,ln, since they are apt to die. Commissioner GljlJer~ I have I few quest tons about t~e ecor.~ics of the addition. It has been stated that you do not plan to increase membership or 1ncre~se fees to members to pay for this. Is that true? !s N@lsoo; No. that is not truE. Quite pr~bab11 •• e will be increasing fees to t~e .embership to support the facility. The original proposal, the one Mr~ Giovan~otto spoke of, invDlved the arc~itectural firm of Churchill and Associltes. T~at f"itial presentation showed one room that could be divfded into two s~b·rooms. The interpretation at that time was t~at the area could be rented out for addition~l outside events. W~en the proposal was brought before t~e membership, the ~mbership ippro~ej the proposal , based on .ember·onlJ uS4ge~ It WaS internal and was in the ballot, ett., because the membership did not ~ant a facility that was rented to tbe outside but not give them the en~lncement that they were looking for. There was. Question .bout dates that will become free or available for bookings. The calendar s~ows t~at there would be four idditional Sunday dates tnat would be iva1labl" assuming tnat .11 the member activity woul1 be up in the new, me~ers-onl1 dining room. The t~rrent members' grill room tan seat 80-86 people; the dow~stairs room can seat up to 400 people without a dance floor. We ~ave certain golf functions t~at involve a shotgun. Tne shotgun is ~ere everyone goes out at one time and co~s in at one limt, "Whieil nor'llaily invoives about US players. Under those circumstances, we end up hosting the dinner downstairs. Ot~er club funttions, dinner-dances, things Qf t~at nature, w1ll still be conducted downstairs because we end up with an attendance of about 2CO~ ind the new enhanced, members-only diDing rDom Goes not ~roYide a dance floor. Commjssjpner Glazier; What percent of this addition will be paid fer by extra comAercfal activity? Ms Nelsqn: What the club has looked at in their long-range financial plans (we ha~e almost ~aid for the land entire11), so tne amount of money t~at is going for debt retirement and principal will be allocated to fina.ncing tn.e new diaing room. Based o~· the project and how lIlany other IreaS the tTub is going to have to look i~to, Nr. lennedy Quoted i price of about I million dollirs. If the landscaping enhanceme~ts are addEd, that will cha~ge the project cost, so we cannot ~ake a cQ~itment right now as to what the attual costs are going to be. We are in l position where the projeet has changed enough tnat we will hi~t to go back to the oeobership and repropose and t.ll them what it will be. So I am sorr! I cannot aake a firm commitment. 02/27/91 -20- -.. -,- • / CQ!lfS51gner Glazier: How many private parties did you have list year? Ms~ Helson: last year we ranged bet~en 8 Ind 13 part~es I montn t except for Oeceober. when wo had 36. So that Is <10 •• to 17S eyents. ~i9nrr GIAlier; What is the average revenut that you receive from a private ~artl? M~ Melson: Five thousand do111rs 1$ average. Commissioner Glazier: So if you had to pitk up 50 percent of the cost of the million dollar addition fro. ~ri,at. ~art;.s .• Ms. Nelson: We cannot look at prlY3te part~~$ for fynding. If tne prlnte parties Ire going to support. for e){unple~ I portion of the w.2'.ter bill or of some other expense, the funds are already committed. What we have to look at is .ember-generated Income. whether it through the transfer fee In<ome, that we g.t every time a ~rshlp is sold. To clarify that, a ftember has to resign in order for I naw member to come i~? so the populatfon is fixed. We cannot go out and s!ll new membershfps. Normal Ittrition is 16 memberships per year, amounting to 522 ,000 per tnnsfer. Commissjoner Glazier; The Question I have been driving at 15, what kind of new volume are you looking at with t~e addition of this project? Ms, N,lson: We Ire looking .t $25,000 additional income frorn t~e four additional dates, if booked. They are il' Sunday dates I which are ~ot highly .arket.bTe. [f they were Saturday night., I would .>y we could bool it 100 percent. (omrnjssfoner ChrI5trns~n: J asked earlier why the landscaping had not be2n replaced between you and your neighbor to the left. It does not seem to me to be related to this po-oject .t all. Ms, Nelsgn: No, it doesn't. and we wer! wrong. The trees died because of tne freeze. Tne perso~ who was responstble for maintainl~g tnat ar~a left our employ~ The program that e~ists now i$ very different from the orlglnal proposa) for the tr.es that died. Chairman Mar5~: Of those special e~er.ts tnat you ha~e, how man1 of tnem IA • year exceeded 300 people, Ms. Nelson: Approximatel, 10 to 15. Chairman Kar$h~ ] be' ieve staff explored witfl you II potenti ... l ttmdition that .ight b. placed on this .p~lic.tIQn which would be to limit s~.cial e\l'ents. in partfcular, ~er'y hrge spec; ... l events. The infonution we ha""e It this point is th,t lhe club would not be willing to entertain .uch • li.il. Is th.t true? M$, NelsRD: Depending on t~e scope, ] had ~elrd tonight for the first tile, would the club entertain 11.1tfng yer~ large parties to no more tkan t~~ a year and those were parties of 300 and greater. I would not ~aye I proble. wtth that .t .11. Ol/l7/91 ·ZI· • . - ..... Cnainaan Marsh: Regarding tne partition, J have d1fficulty understanding how th.t would .ork physlc.lly. You t.lted obout putting 0 partition In the .embers-onl, dIning r.... What 1 visualize Is that the .embers would come to tnt cl~b. they would park$ get out ~f thefr ears and go ~p5tifr5 before tney found out t~at there was no place for th~ to sit. S~ it seems 11" that partttiD~ would !end members away earlier. but it does not sound 11k. there fs 0 proctlc,l way f.r It to keep those members from c .. fog t. the club. Mst Ntlson: [don't thfnk t~at I partition would deter .embers from c~fng. one ~a1 or the other~ ] think t~ey ITe 901n9 to come ~r ~ake a phone Cin alld I~~. U the partition fs up or not.. The time in question hIS to do with when we host swim meets, al'td there is J lot of activit! by the poQl~ Someone aade I comment earlier t~at W~ did the parking study in February when the pool is not open. That is very ic'urate~ T~e pool is open wher. the weither gets real nice. That has an impact. If thert is a swi • .eet, there is a great impact. A more realistf( l~proach would be thlt the club lfmit the 5i~e of in event. If there ~s I swim meet, to flx I size of perhaps ]00 or 150. To me, that 1S .ore realistic. and thEre is IPOre ab1Hty to IIOnitor that. 81Jt to put up a pa.rtit ion up when you ha-we full occ"pancy .n t~e pool deck is • baodald, .nd very diff;c"!t to enforce. But if WE took our pool schedule, when we have I meet, and the pool deck is going to be busy, then it is easier to monitor that. C"airman f1ars~; r want to isk yO!l the .same question. I asked Mr. Kennedy. You hive two pieces to this project. One is the members lounge and the ,.cond fs t~e offlce/restr •• ms/storage .re. of 5,000 square feet d~stairs. Do YDU conside~ those pieces to be Independent of one another? Ms. Nelson: Yes. But 1 will tell you that tn. primary reason for the expansion is for the ~ers-onl, dining room. That Is the real focal point of t~e presentatiDn t~ t~e members~ip, to enhance the area that they currently ~ave. A subset of that is tc create new restroom facilities and additional offices l storage and !levator and handicap access. Our meobershlp is getting older, and we have to have st.ff lift people up into tne different le.els. That improve .. nt addresses that. Cha11"11an Marsh: I understand that etnployees living on site number around 12. Is that correct? Ms. Nel$on: Yes. Chairman Marsh: Why do you have so r~ny employees living on site? fs that. ne,esslty? Ms. Nelson: The employee struct~re is for those who are on a lower income ringe. It fs maiA11 for maintenance personnel, busboys, dishwashers, etc. and it is I, way to provide them with a sourCE of living at an affordable rite while we a1 so 91;'t them as employees of the elut'!. We piy them minin,um wage or greater, but close to .in1~um wage. eh.lraan ",roh: So it is l. employee benefit. Ms, Nelson: Yes, definitel,. As] understand !t, the original purpose Df the eaployee housing was to provide access for employees and to provide 02/27/91 -ZZ- • , ,I .; houslftg f~r low·inc~ per~onnel~ Chairman Mjrsh: Your title fs M1nager of the club. is that correct? (Ves) So you Ire an employee of the board of directors? (Ve.) Part of What we are grappling her. hi' to do with history through the ye.rs of bad faith on the part of the club. J .. very curious about the fact that there Ire no ~ers of your board of directors present tonfght. Ms. Nt1son; Unfortunate1y,~. McClintock, Who has be.n involved with the project slnce its fneepUon. lIIas sWlI1tOned by I judge H~ • nttleroont utter and cou.ld not attend. Sever.-l of the other board ItKlbers were contlcted. and they are out of town~ It is unfortunate that we do not h.,e repr.sentation of the board. Chairman Marsh: You can certainly understa~d that one of our concerns would be the commitment of the board, should we pass something witn conditions) to enforce those conditions. As. tiel son; The board itself ha, gone through a reorganization. A ~ear-and-a-half ago.y titl! lIIas ·Club Hanager.-My c~rrent titl! is -General Manager.-As general ~anlgtr. J ha~e the respo~s1b11it;es of tne greens superintendent and the golf prof.ssiona1. That was part of the problem. You had management bodies who were reporting to I board of dfre(tor~ once I mQnth, ;nstead of ~anagement personnel daily4 The landscaping at that time f,lj under the sreens superintendent. and there .a. no fc11~p. C~a1rm3n Mar$~~ ] apprecfite your ca~dor. CommiSSioner Beech.m: Part of the p.ob1.~ stiff h,s, [ believe, with tne opplication is the shortfo11 in p.rking. They ca1c,l.te that that ;s equlvl1ent to 1,200-1,300 squ,re feet, depending on the type of use. What would be t~e club's reaction t. reducing the project by about that amount? Ms. Nelson: I just learned about this this eve~fng. It was proposed to me that if the space was cwt out to i certain row and if that ~ould ha~e an impact, what we are rea1'1 looting for to meet membersh'p needs is an area that s.at approxlm.te1! 135·140 people. [be;i.ve the Irea that is presented right now tan seat approxtmately ZOO peoplt. So it mig~t work. Commissioner Gl.zier~ Could you compare for us the number of private partfes that you had three years ayo as opposed to the number of pr;.ate parties you had last l.a.1 Ms. Nelson; [started i. the pro shop i. 1983, ,nd 1 did banquets so [ Cln give you a close figure O~ that. T~e number of parties I would say is the 5ame~ the same 5fnce lbo~t 1985. W~ do t~o fun(tfons on a Saturday, Ind one if we can book it Dn a Sunday. Prices have gone UP, but I believe the attendance and number of events Ire about the same. Chairman Mirsb: 1 have I question fDr staff. Regarding this cilculation I. the potentll1 conditions for appro,al (the set of findings ind conditions that h"e been prepared by the staff .nd pa.sed out tonight, should the cOAllsslon decide to approve ,n expansion), the ca1c.l,tion of 20 spaces. You note that that would require reducing the project by 1,304 square feet, and yet Ily undershnding ",as that only 7J spaces .ere OZ/Z1j91 ·23· -' required for th~ entire 8,500 square-foot addition. rt does not look to .. lIke thlt cllcullt.S correctly. Ms. Lytle: That ts Issumfng t~e restaurant square footage. The entire additfcn was broken up into storage, wnich is a very low parklng generator. bithrooms befng I very low parting generator, and the restourlnt being • ~Igh gener.tor_ Chainnan "arsb; We Ire now ready to begin discussion. CM'mfisionl!t C91],0: I .. "'''ing gT'i!'it d'fficuTty witn this application. ~ith th~ previous application, some of ycu commented on ~ow ambivalent you felt. I feel aab1valerot .~ut t~!! ~o~ too, but am coming down on the side of 1"tensiffcltio~ of i nonresidential use in an area which ls resfdentfal~ That is not _hat we envisioned when the country club was allowed up t~er. originally. I might f •• l a little better about it if I f.lt that they have been good neighbors, but. lot of the complaints th.t I bear indicate that they have not been. ~er the years, we ha~e seen evidence of tnat. So I am not rull), willing to ta:':'e a dince, at this pOint, Dn all of the prD~ises they Ire ~akir.g tn the hopes of getting this increased square footage. Even thou9~ it is billed as additional sQuare footagE for meMbers, It does release other square footage down below for what is essentf.l1y a commercial use~ So that is the iide I am cGmlng down on. U~le$s some of ~ fe110w commissioners can convince me otherwise, I am going to uphold the zoning administrator's judgment witM the findings. ~Qmmiss1oner Christensen: I am pr~tty ~uch in agreement with Commissioner Cullen. althoug~ J fett that Chairman Marsh was leaning towards the idea of ci1viding the spice. Haybe we can do that fn our deli berations. r do not have I problem w1t~ the bathrocms and reconfiguration of the office space on the groynd floor. T~at does ~ot add to th~ intensification of the use. and it benefits th~ membership. The other area does give me pause. and cause for concern. even under the Tatest proposal for limiting the size of the square footage. I need to be convinced that the intensification could be controlled. I do DOt have much faith io aonitoring ~se pe~its on a complaint basis. Commissioner Sla7ier: J have a Question for staff. Have we ever attached I condition related to attendance is part of a use permit? How successful have we been at monitoring it. an4 how is it monitored? ~i~: J do not recall attaching one in the three years I have been here. There may have been cttendance reQairements attached to other use permits. CertalnTYt we have limited other things in conditional uses that we were not ~ery good It monitoring. This is one that would be tough to DOnitor~ but we have requested ft as a part of the conditions that werf distributed at t~is meeting that recorDS be kept so that tompliance could be checked more readily and that a report be given of how the events are befhg conducted. similar to t~e type of data presented for the application. In that way. we could attempt some kind of monitoring ~ffort. Chalnaan Marsh: lhere is an ex~ple fa t~e Gamble Garden Center, which was approved with i li~it on the number of special events and t~eir size. 02/21191 -24- Commfssiongr Berch'm! This Is I sc~fzophren1c re'atfons~ip problem. We have some neighbors c .. fng 10 and signing papers t~at say, this Is 9reat Ind we get along fine and Ire a happy family. We ~ave others coming in with. f.ml1, feud th.t I have never .een the like. of. That Is a problem. What we have to firod. in order to approve this, is t~at t~e project will not be detrl .. nt., to the neighborhood. Staff,;o our new handout tonight, has •• de an .ffort t. define conditions which would oake the project not be detrimental. SoQe of the conditions are perhaps appropriate, and some perhaps not. Staff makes the effort of saying that the city staff will al~ ,s an obsorver fn r.l,tlons between the applicant and the neighborhood. I .. not .ure If that has be.n done much In the past, and it wouid be I goo.d effort, ~ut !t is up to the parties involved to do It. There Is a benefit pOint, you .fght s.y, to the applicant for being' preexisting use. The applicant was there. Two houses were there. Other; c~ and joined It. Others ca~ and built r!sidences overlooking it~ The preexisting use certainly ~as 1 benefit in that they ~ere there first. Let ~ dispense with a couple of issues we ha~e talked about. On visual Impact, my ~plnlon of what b •• been propo.ed i. that it will h.ve • noqllgible .isu.l impact. It Is on • roof line that will De changed and will be seen by some residences, but It does not substantiilly impact t~eir ~1ew of the bay area. FrOG the pictures we have seen and from the documents and ex.-ples, there 15 ... inimal illpact on ttleoir abilit,)' to enjoy the view. $0 I think yl.ual Impact •• re low. There has been , lot of talk about landscaping. Of the two speakers tonight, one said that landscaping is peripheri1 te the fssu~. while the other said it is a negotiating p01nt, OT s~methfng to tnat effect~ That Is exactly right. Toe landscaping i. designed not to benefit the public but just or.e residence. That is not an approprflte reqUirement, in any sense, to go f~ an app11catton like this. There's an i~act by this applIcation on the neighborhood. If therE are benefits that we should look at that .Ight aake this nondetrimental, they should benefit the neighborhood. To ha.e something In here bEnefitting one residence is not opproprlite. Also not appropriate. I feoel. is considerition of the effact of having tn~ employee housing iD there. for MOstly the same reisons. looking at the numbers, the appli,"tlon tal •• about adding 3,500 squaee feet for the upstairs diGing room, is well IS 90' square feet of lounge area, for a total of 4,400 square feet for dining and lounge. 4.400 square feet tompaTes. if I understand theo numbers carrectly in t~e report, to about 5,800 existing square foot. That Is about I 75 percent increase in t~is use. IA one of the tables, 1t talks about the paT~ing spaces needed for a different type of use. txcept for the lobby, which seems odd to me, the din~ng and lounge use fs the bigheost parking spac! reqyirement type of ~se. So in terms of parkfng reqUirements, in a sense the~ Ire getting nearl, a 75 percent increl5e of the primary use~ I t~ink the parking analyses that were done Ire optlsfstic in terms of coming ~p with a calculation of only 71 spaces acre. 1ft practtce, I feel it would be .. re than t~at. The area currently his. parting problem, not .0 much one of capacity. but of effieienc1 and effettiveness. It lS difficult to get .round in the parting .re. and It Is difficult for people who are 02/2 7/91 -25- , , • "." ~." .. ' .. ~ ./ unf.-l1llr wjt~ t~e entrance t. find It. That causes it to back up into the stre.t. That would be one of the primary detriments of t". Ippllcation. Stiff has ... ntloned that sl,ould you have. shortf.l1 of 20 ,paces, cut off about 1,300 squa.e feet. I do not find that to bo adequate. Ynfortunatel1. There hive been comments ~ado lbout trlffic, with people zoooing up the rOld. Thlt Is I difficulty I would say we ha.e to l\ve with. It I. up t. the pelle! and ether depart ... nt, to .onltor traffic and .ee that thoy ,tay Dn the right Side of the road. The road e •• lly meets level of serYlce reqUirements, 50 I do not see that ;s being I constrl1nt on ~at we are doing here. But J do feel that the parking analysis is Significantly optimistic .. 4dding 4,400 square feot of dining space will overwhelm the parking. The club has offered to cut off part of its upstairs dining room, Ind that is l good ideal but J do not see It is being enforceable. [t I, something the city requl~' and something the neighborhood requires, Ind I do not t~fnk we could be satisfied vitn that as an offering of a way to take eire of It. I would like to find I .ay t •• 1100 this to happen. The club has i lot of good reasons for dGin~ it. [cert.i"l~ support, as others do, the addition of bathrooms and office area t etc. From the way t~e club was set up, they .issed putting tne dining room where it should h.ve beeR. ] ~ould like to see another approach t~at takes care of the parking problem. Pernaps. addi~g some space it some other level, althougti that would be difficult bec.u,. of grading. 1 .ould like to find a •• y to allow thE club to expand, but J think this. application does not pe~it it. Comni$sioner Glazier: Tbis applitation boils down to two issues. Ooe is economics 'nd t~e other is intens1ts of use. If you look at how the casts of this .illio" dollar addition is 9~ing t~ be s~ared, given the exp~nses t~at the ~lub is p~obably gOing to intur to rep~ace some of the lost landscaplng due to the freele and probabl, some of the increased ~narges due to the drought, the .embers are gOlng to have enough expense to bear there without h.ylog to be.r a huge chun' of thi' additional expense. So I would conclude that the cost of this addition will be borno by private parties. [f YDU look at I figure of S5,OOO a party, th.t ~s an awful lot Df plrtfes. J do not have the exact figure, but it is somewhere bEt~een ]0 and SO percent rncrease over som! perfod of time. ] agree t~is is i tough issue, but it does boil down to 1~tensit~ of use. We are being Isked to increase the commercial traffi' i~ that area anywhere from 10 to SO percent. I just do not feel comfortable with doing that at this pOint. I certainly would be supportfve of a motion to allow th~ c1ub to add additional bathroom space and office spate and renovate its facility, room. and that is a good idea, but J dQ not s~e it as being enforceable. It fs something the cit), requires lnd something the neighborhood reqUires, and I do not t~ink we could be satisfied with that as an offering of a way to take care of it. I would Ii_. to find •• ay to allow this to happen. The club has I lot of goad re.son. for doing it. [cert.inly support. as Gt~ers do, the addition of bathroa-s and office area, ett. From the way the club was set up, tney missed puttfng the dining room where it should have b~en~ ] would like to see another approach that takes tare of the parki~g problem. Perhips adding some space Jt some other level, although that would be difficult because of grading. 1 would like to find a .ay to allow the club to expand, but I think this application does not penait it, 02/27/91 -26- • and I ""uld ~.v. a ... 1 hard tl,.. supporting the current appll«tion. CO!miss'OntT Huber: This country club started a~ead of the loning. but 1t is now in t~e OS zone d;strtct and $urrounded b~ RE. These are the ireas that we go very lightly In with ne~ Ipplle,tlon., because ~ •• nt It to be open space. We do not want it to look l!ke downtown, for instancl!'. Cl •• rly, the country club ha •• right to be there, Ind .It~ • lack of • use penolt, It cln do .Ittuolly anythIng thlt rel,tes to I country club. But when .e l~k It reQuo.ts for additional spa,e that .e .. to suggest he.~fer pote~ti~l Qutstde USE IS opposed to .embership use, ~ really have to go slowlY. My sens. of whit I. hoppening here Is slmllo. to Commfssfoner Gl.lfer. T~ere ts going to have to be 1ncrelsed outside ~se to cover expense ind to tis!!' the factHty. J do not necessarily quarrel with somebody doing that, but I do not feel t~at this is the appropri.te place to do !t. T~e$e sorts of s1tuatfons bet~een neighbors and fac11itfes are, at best, in u~eas1 marriage, ~f nothfng ever ~arpens up ther.. If their partie. ore reduced by half and their membership by half, there .111 .tlll bt compl'ints by neighbor., bee.u.e you just c.nnot control a group of peopl •• hen they C~ up there _ith tho bt.t of Intentions. The Llttl. SI.ters of the Poor need only have a few gl.sso. of wine too much and the1 would make some noise; t~at is in irritant. and it .ill always be thus, no ~atter ~at we do~ ]n t~fs in§tince, 1f the cl~b is interested in providing some additional square footage that allows for I face lift. ~re bathrooms ind office space. J can live with that, but ] am not conv'nced that the space required lS appropriate for this lrel~ I 1m certainl1 not convinced t~it you can get away with t~e parking as suggested. The findings that have been distributed tonight that suggest a melns of approval have too ~any conditions. [was an old neighborhood activist, and 1 did not like anyt~ing that said you could have ]0 or 50 or 300 people, because you cannot count. rt force$ the frustrated individuals surrounding t~e area to complaiD ill tn! time. 1 don't thlnk that 15 really appropriate i~ this situatfon. [suppose t~ere are ways to ~ork with lt~ but what I see here does not satisfy me. I would bo .llllng to let the club come back ~ith .omethlng that speaks more to usage by t~eir club .embers, is opposed to what appears to be going Dutside of the membership. So unle$s there were some change .ade. J will support t~e decisfon Df the zoning idmi~istrltor. ',",airman Marsh: J will echo some of the corrrnerl[S already !!lade. Commissioner Beecham noted that he ~ould like to see much of tnis proposal to be enacted in the long terll.~ 1 'WOuld a9ree W1Ut that. In t~e long te~, tn~ club could get much of what it wants, b~t _e need to take tnis process i~ stage$, and adapt to change, to update, to refine the facIlities. At thIs point, It sounds to me as though the club is i •• transition stage. We ha~e established t~at ~t has I bad record with ~any~ If not .11 of its neIghbors. The club man.ger, Ms. Nelson, noted t~at the club hiS been in I state of reorganization with its ~anagement~ Jt ;ounds lite its board is fn I stlte of Some flux. and as we noted. we do not nave any board members present tonight. That is a matter of great concern to eel because the on11 assurances we have in terms of long-term aanagement rests with that board of dire,tors. Employees and managers are transitional folks, and are bere today but m11 not be ~ere toaorro~~ I d~ not feel we Cln strike a bargiiD that depends upon an agreement that is expressed bJ those individuals. We have to have board members present. On the other ~and, if we lelve t"is project alone, 1 do not th1nk we ~ave any assurances that any of t~e Improvements we would like to see made ~p 02/27/9] -27· " '. ·~-.-------. t~.r. will be .. de it ill. The neighbors could b. l.ft In is .ad • situ~tfon as they Ire tod~; Ind t~at is not i good outcome, either. So I would propo •• that we cut the b.by ift h.lf. I think it I. re.sonable to allow the cl~b to do the expan$~on of its bit~rooms, its storage space .nd Its .fflce., as proposed for tho bottom floor. !f we Igr&e to do that. we wtl1 want to IttlC~ some cond1ti~ns in terms of landscaping end perhaps neighborhood .. ellngs. I »QuId then encourage the :lub to work with'n the next year to implement those cha~gesJ to get I ~uch better record that we tan look at In teno. of your rel.tionship with the neighbors, .r~ If thl"gs go ~oll and continu, on the path th.t you seem to be on rfght now l it Is entirel, feasible that witnin a couple of years. you could come back Ind have neighborhood support for I different kind of eX9ans1an. Rfght now, we have nc record to move on to allow the fu'~ breadth of your expansion. Without that, we cannot allow ft. It;s possible that If there is not onl, good intentions b,t good .ctions in the future, we might feol differently. ~: Cpmroiss;ontr Beecham: I move that the planning comrnissio~ recommend to the city council that they uphold the decision of the zoning administrator. [would. however t like to change finding '2 of the February l2 $taff report, Page 5. and delete. as you lOOK through it, there is & sentence begfnnfng -Title 19 ..• • Del~te that sentence and beyond 1tt so that Ffndfng 12 ends with the sentence -The ~istory of complaints by surrounding property owners demonstrates an lnability Qf the club tD MOnitor these special events to be compatible wft~ tr.e neighborhood uses.-The reason for deleting tbat is betause I do not belfe~e there is any relations~ip between thfs issue and the employees and resident papulation It the ciub. Chaintan Marsh: If we wish to entertain the possibility of allowing some of this expansion, ~s some of us have said, is the appropriate ittiDn for ~s to try Jnd rewrite this, Dr sho~ld we turn it down and have the applfcant return? Ms. Lytle: It would be prudent to consult wit" the applicant. My understanding is that the project is not viable unless the di~in9 room expansion is included. T~at is the p~i"t of the projett. I do not know that you are doing them I great favor by allowing the lower floor IpprDv~l. It may be easier for them j~st to exhaust their administrative rights here and take thE denial on to the ccu~c;,. You could isk the repres~ntitive who is p~esent tonight abOwt thit. Ms. Nel son: If we go ahead w1t~ th,e lower level restrooms and tne office space, I would love it. as [~ork in the offices, but the reality is that the upstairs Is what the members"ip I. in sapport of. They were looking for membors"lp enh.ncement of use. I will ta'. it back t. the board .nd dl!cuss it, but! do not reill, think It rel.tos to the purpose. thlirman Marsh: Then it sounds like ~ s~ould yote on the findings and conditions iA t~e staff report, as ~d;fi&d. We c~n go on record as notfng for the (ity council that the .ajority Qf th~s commiss~on would support an option that allowed 'Kpans!on On the first floor. Cgmml$sJcner Beec~am; wo~ld igree with tnat. 02/27/91 ·28- • ~: By C ... lsslon.r Chrlsteos ••. Chlfrmar.~: Js there lny further diSc~ss1Qn on this mot~on? We ~lve a moticn to recommend tD the t1ty coun~11 t"at It up~old the decision of the loning adafn1strator and deny the conditional use permit for the proposed .xp.nslon. fIndings as lndic.t.d, with. ch,oge 1. fInding '2, .'1minatln; .11 senten<es frem the words 'Tltle 18 ... • tpmmi$s1on'r~: I know Gordon McClIntock, a$ I have been 1n~oTved in • lot of litigation with him. I tilted to him tadoy on hIs .obil. telephDne as he was on his -11 to this con'erence~ which everyone antIcipated would l.,t .bout 19 hours. S. I suspect h. Is still .t the courthouse. Otherwise, he would hive been ~~r2. MOTlQH PASS£S: ChaIrman ~ars~; All tnose in favor, say Aye? All opposed? That passes unantmo~sTy on I vote of 6-0, with (ommisSione, Nirsc.h Ibsent~ Chairman Marib: ] would like to get a consensus regarding the first floor expansion posslbil1ty for recommendation to the council. It appears to be unani.ou$ t~at the commissiDn would agree. is well, that a different configurition of e~pans1on would be Icceptable. That assumes t~at Yirious conditions for landscaping and parking requ1re~nts would be attached. Mr. Gill~: Thls;s scheduled for tne ~it1 council en March 18. Ol/Z7/91 ·29- • fiNDINGS RECOIIIEHDED flNCINGS AHD CO!IlJITlOHS FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONCITIOHAL USE PERMIT FOR 3000 ALEXIS DRIVE 1. The proposed use at ttH! proposed locitiofl. will not be detrimental or injurious to property or improveme~t5 in the vicinity. and will not be detY'lmenta.l to the public health. safety. general welfare or (onvenience. in that the project a$ condition~d will supply .11 incrementally re~uir.d parking on-sHe, ilnd imp.rove the iCCesS sHe distance f~r t~e main driveway. reducing the potenthl for accident5 caused by poor driller visib11ity_ Special events attended by 300 or ~ore p~ople will be 1imited to 12 per YEar; this will effectively reduce tne number of large events, whic~ tend to exceed tne resources of the facility and cause the greatest impact On the neighboring properties. landscaping will also be utilized to lessen the ~i$ual fmpacts of the addition, as well is improve the on site employee housing arfi, and provide iii: visual screen and noise buffer for neighboring properties. 2. The proposed ~se will be located and condu,ted in a manner in accord with the Pala Alto Compre~ensive Plan and the purposes of Title 18 of the Pa10 Alto Ji!unfcipa) Code, in that i country club and gol f course is a conditionally permitted use in the OS zoning district. As tondition~d~ the project will not cause a significant incrfase in the intensitj of U5e above current levels, and will not operate contrary to the first goal of tnt Housing Element. which protects the character and qualities of e~isting si~91e-fami'y res;de~tial neighborhoods. By creating better on site a~n1tlest such as a landscaped private area for use by thp. ~mployee residents of tne country cl ub~ tne hcil it.,';' better complies with the Title i8 reg~latlon to approxfmate tne intensity of the principal permitted use, which is single-family residential. rn addition, is documented in the negative declaration, the project will not create slgnificant environmental impJcts, including traffic or visual impacts. CONDITIONS ). Prior to appl ication for Architectural Review Board apprD .... a:l ~ tne proposed addition shan be reduced by ] ,304 Sl1;uarf feet in order. to reduce the parking demand by 20 spaces, thus meetlng Zoning Ordinance requirements. 2. Prior to final sign-off of the bunding pe",it, the appliCint sha11 i~lement thf recommendations in the project's Traffic Impact Study~ to improve the iCC!SS site distance for the fitilit)'s ~aln driveway, to the satisfaction of the Chief Tr~~sportation Offitiil or his designee. 3. Prior to .applicatfon for I bllilding permit, the applicant shall gain Architectural Rfwiew Board and sitt and design process approval of and i~l.m.nt a landscap. plan ~hfch will effecti •• ly scr.en the facIlity from neighbor~nQ prop~rt1es. and provide a private outdoor area for use by the • .r _~ ___ , __ " ._--_ .... _---"" c1LJb's emploYHs. adjacent to t!'ie'ir on-sit! housing? as shown in the phns titled, Conceptual Landscape Jmprove1I"ents an" Screening Plan, dated October 11. 1990 ilnd received by the Ph';'!ning Oepartment en October 16, 1990. The landscape phn shlll incl ude the-amount and type of vegetat'ior. propcsed and an irrigation phn to be re-.1ewed and appro¥ea by tne Utiltties Department. Every effort shi!:ll be made to iflclude draught tolerant planting ~aterials whenever PQssjble~ 4. Special event. ,ttend.d by 300 or ~re people .hall be limited to 12 in anyone-calendar year. The projected special e'llent calendar for each upcoming year shall be submitted annually to the Zoning A(j:ministrator, and records shall continue to be kept ~f .11 special events and the number of persons attending, in order to monit(lr complfam::e with this condition. 5. The applicant shall appoint. neighborhood liaison (respon.ible party or pa.rtiesJ who may be c~n.hcted by tnt neighbors during all hours. of (lperation and during special events to vaice (omplaints about :'",oise ~iol.tions And ot~er disturbances at the club facilities. This liaison shall be available to receive complaints at iny time th~ facility is being used or opi!ra.ted. 'The person will be pro·...,ded ttle auUlority by the applicant to correct any vio1ation (If the use permit c.ondit;ofls? and to pro'Jide e'lle-ry effort to ivoid disturbances to thE': n-alghborhood. A. ... y changes i~ the namts, phone number and duty shifts of the neighborhood liaison shall be provided t~ the Zoning Admi~istrator immediately. 6. The appHcant shall schedule regular meetings with the neighborho{)d. a minimu. of (In.e ever~ six months. to review the status of ~ompliance ~ith the terms of the use permit, the-status of parking and nuisan(e control, and tne status of neighborhood re1ations~ Advance notice of these reg\.J1ar seetings will be provided t~ the Zoning Administrator in Drder t~ allow .ttendanc.e. A summary report ~n neighbori'tood relations shall be provided to the Zoning Administrator in January and August of every year, outlining the status of the meetin9s and measures t~ken to improve t~e relat;~nsnip. ... -, .. . TO: PALO ALTO PlAHHlNG COIIMISSION FilE NO.: 90-UP-JO, 90-EJ~-21 9 PREPARED BY: Nancy Lytle DATE: February 22, 1990 PROJECT IHfORllo\TC!I"'ON"-____ _ ,",pplicant: ADpellant: Property Owner~_: Requested Action: PROJECT SUM!!AJtY lOOO Alexis Drive P,lo Alto, CA 94306 Palo Alto Golf and Country (lub 3000 Ale.i. Driv. P,l. Alto, CA 94306 Palo Alto Golf an, Country Club Palo ~.lto Golf and Country Club Appeal sf the Zoning AdministratorTs deCision to deny the conditional use permit to a1io~ an SI_IS"square foot first-and second-story additicn to the existing country club -------------- The applicant pr~poses to ddd 8,418 square feet of first-and second floor area to the existing fac11;t~e$ at the Palo 41to Golf and Country CTub. The additions are for expanding the Members DiDing RQom~ and for adding bathrooms. office area and stoTdge at the first floor. The project ~ill also intlude restriping and landscaping the parking lot to provide additional parking spaces, however. not the entire number required by ordinance for the proposed incremental ~ncrease in floor area. The Zoning Adrninistritor denied the con1itional use permit for the expansion, citing the inability to make the required findings d~e to the objections, comp1aints and nuisance reports received from neighbors of the property during the time frame of this application and far se~eral yeirs prior. Furthermore, the applicant was unwilling to accept iI prohibition of special events is a condition of approval. The applicants ~ave appealed the decision. REC!l!!!EIIIlED ACTlON ________ _ Staff recommends that the Planning C~issiao recommend that the City Council uphold the decision of the Zoning -Admiaistrator and deny the condftional use permit for the proposed .,pan.ion to the P,10 Alto Golf and Country Club, 3000 Alexis Ori~e, based on findings contained in this report. p: \CountryT Page I . ~. . • !lIE INFQRHATION [xiitfng Zoning~ ComRrehensive Plan Desfgnatfo.n: Densih; Exi.~_tirN.land Use; Surrounding Land _~: /lillQa: ~ndatorw Action Date: p: \CountryT 130 acres. 181-35-008 and 182-35·035 OS Open Space, Controlled Development 1 un1t per 10 acres Recreation, Country (lub Arastradero Preserve to the north and west and low-densit1~ single-family hou5ing (RE, Residential Estite) to th~ south and east July 20 and December 11, 1989: Preli.inary review of the desig" by the Architectural Rewie~ Baard [minutes attached). April II. 1990: Application for co~ditional use permit and site and design filed, later d~termjnEd incomplete due to insufficient parking. November 7, 1990: Application suppT_nted_ Hovember 15, 1990: Zoning Administrator heiring conducted and continued to December 7. ]990 (~inutes of tn! Dec~ber 1, ]990 hearing ere attached, but the minutes af the November 15, 1990 ~earing are unavailable due to a malfunctioning of the tape recorder). Detember 20, 1990: Zoning Ad~fnistrator decision t~ deny the conditional use permit was i5SUed~ DeceMber 31, 1990: Applicant's app?al was filed. The Plannfng C~Mmission shall hold a Page 1 .. tnYJr_O!tmeiltal Impact Asses:;men1: publiC h~aring on the app~al by Harch 31, 1990. Tne recommendation of the P1in~ing Commission is to be transmitted to the City Council within 30 days of the action. No significant impact and a negative declaration ~as prepared and is attached. The Palo Alto Golf and Country (lub pr~poses to add an 8,SOO-sQuare-foot dining room expansion to the sec~nd floor of tne existing country club and to reconfigure the interior sp~ce to add offices. storage and rest rooms to the first floor. The parking Tot is being red!signed to provide 51 additional parking spaces a~d landscaping, however, 71 spaces are required by ordinance. Therefore~ thE appl icant prop(ises to include, as a condition of the use permit, the provision that a folding diwider be installed at the second floor Members Dining Room. A portion of the dining room could then be closed for ~se when the downstairs dining room and swimming area were open, but wouid be a~ailable when these areas are not simultaneously in US!. BaCKground The proposed project requires a c:)nrj'it~ona't use pe:"mit, the subject appllcation, and d site and deSign approval whIch would follow should the use penmit be approved. The deSign issues are therefore not the subject of this application, which is an appea1 of the denial of the conditional use perm'!!. IssueLof Concern The Zoning Admjnfstrator denied the use permTt based on the following issues of concern. The applitant has responded to those concerns in his letter dated December 31, 1990. Park.ing The proposal .ill generate a need for 71 additional parking spaces~ but the applicant p;oposes to add only 51 spaces. The remai~ing park1n9 need will be al1evlated through the use of a room df~ider that will be retra<ted during times when other portions of the club are not in use a~d closed when they are~ HIe issue of overflow pCirldng has for years been the subject of complaints by the neighbors of the Club~ and testimony by t~e nearby residents showed that the problem has occurred as recently as November 24, 1990. Because the method proposed by th~ applicant to a11eviate the parking d~and is one that the City has little <:ontrol over and will f)ave a difficult time enforcing~ the Zoning Administrator was not persuaded that the allowed Expansion would not become detrimental to t~e public convenience. Tne on-street parking constricts the width of Alexis Drive, which is. a ctlrving, rural config~rationt with numerous p:\Countryl Page 3 • . ~., difficult driVeway entranc.es frum the single-family residences as "ell as from tho Club. The additional squart! footage proposed by the club lIPi11 allow opportunity t9 iRtensffy the special event flmct~a\"ls? i.e. I weddin9s, parties, banquets, etc., now engaged in by the Club. A1tnou9n the new dining faciliti£s are stated to be fo~ member use only, the project will also free up area at the lo~er level f~r more intensive use by outside parties and make the facilities more attrattfve for tnat purpose. The applicant w~s unwilling to accept a prohibition of tn~ speci,l events is a tondition of U'ie permit approval. The enforcement of or conditions iimiting the number and size of those e~ents is problematic and costly. In.W' The primary traffic issue which has been raised by neighboring residents o~er the past se~eral years is the site dist~nce restr)ctions at the D~ly ingress/egress to the facility. This entrance is doc.umented to have a visibility problem in the traffic ana1ysis supplied by the applicant and prepared by JHK and Associates. The neighboring residents ha~e historically complained about the hazard at t~is dri~eway, which the residents of the area f~el is made worse since the use of altohQl is common at the special events t~at take place it t~e c1ub. The Police Department dOcumEnts that three non injury accidents havf been reported since 1984, III Df ~h;ch ~ave o(curred since 1987. Two of the ;u:cfdents inv<dved on11 one v~hic:1e, while one accident involved three vehicles. While the problem .1tn the driveway is an existing situation. and the pr9posed project ~ill not produce a signific~nt safety impact, the inconvenience to the other users of Alexis Dri~e and the potential incidence of accidents ~long Alexis Drive will be increased by the proposed Club expansion and resulting increased trafffc. The loning Administrator had requested that the applicant attempt to address and resolve this problem in 1989 when the Ciub ~ade their first c~ntact regarding the application and the first neighborhood meetings were cond~cted. It was not until the decisio~ t~ deny tne application was issu!d~ that substantive steps were taken to correct the so~rce of l~ngstanding complaints. The applicant has subs~quentl1 contacted the {ity's Trarsportation Division to coordinate t~e trimming of vegetation and rfmoval of earth for impro~ing a site distance at tbis ent~ance. Res i dent P.Qllitl a t i on The proximity and density of on-site employee housing for the Club hiS led to nuisance complaints t~ the adjacent property owner, Mr. Giovannotto. Because tMP. employee quarters are very mi"imal and there is no outdoor irea deSignated for the employees they ha"e, according to the nefghb!>r, used the roof of the building f~r Hlis purpose, particwlarly du-ring hot .. eather. The prol(imity of the employee quarters and the density of nccupancy of those quarters has led to a n~mber of land ~se conflicts, i.e., noise, litter, etc. It was recommended to the Club~ early in the application process, that ~asu~es be taken to buffer and improve or relocate on-site the employee quarters so that p: \Couotryl • .-.",. ; thay 'Would not be such i. notable impact to the adjacii:nt prilperty owner. The Club has been unable to negotiate a solution tG the problem ~ith the neighbor. ~ landscape plan has been proposed to attempt to screen the employee housing from t~e neighbor and tc pro~ide an impro~ed outdoor area for employees. The Zoning Admirdstrator was tmconvinced by Hie proposal sin.ce prt'!w1ou'S landscaping instalTed in t""at location to addres~ the COD'lph1:'ltS was not maintained by th~ CTub and eventually dIed off. Because t~e proposed expansion hiS potential to intensify the events held at the c.ol!"try Club~ it conseq~ently has t~e potential to exacerbate this existing conditiDn. The additional Members Dil'dr"g Area is likel1 to lead to the increased use of the facility by meIT1bers ar.d the nee-,j fo\'" additional employees to SHve them. !!fgl!llENDA T! ON Staff re-corrmend':s. that the Planr,ing CO!TlTlission recommend that the City Counei 1 uphold the decision of the loniog Administrator and ~en} the conditional use permit fQr the proposed expanslon to the Paro Alto Golf and Country Club. 3000 Alexis Drive. based 00 findings contained in this report. FINlJINGS ---------------- 1. The proposed use at tne proposed location ~il1 be detriment~T to property or improvements in the witinity and will be detrimental to the general welfare and public corovenience, in that it wnl allow for an expansion of the existing us!~ ~hicn is currently documented by neighborin9 residents to be i nuisance ouring the tim@s when the ~lub is rent~d for special events. ~Yring these spetial events. approximately once a month, overflow parking has been s~o~n to rEstrict the width of Alexis Dr;ve~ 1 curving r{)ad constructed to standards consistent With the as zone district. The road and th! entrance to tne Club do not conveniently ~andle the amount and type of a~tiYity that the events generate and ha~e for many years caused concern by the surrounding ne;ghborh~od, to which those responsible for the Club ha~e been unable to respond effectlveiy. 2. Tne proposed lise will not be located and conducted in a manner in accord with the Palo Alto Comprehensive Pl~n and the purposes of Title IS of the Palo AHo Municipal Code, in that the first g;}a.l of the Housing Element i~ to protect the character and qualities of existing single fami!y residential neighborhoods. Whi1e tn~ use permit could be canditioned such that the intensity of use not be permitted to incr~ase ab<Jve cu!"rent levels, the conditions would relate to internal o;>entions on weekends and in the eYenings? ~en and where it ;s impractical to enforce a.nd monitor compliance. The applicant is un .... illing to accept a condition prohibiting the rent1~g ~f the facility for special events+ Tni! history of complaints bjl surrounding property owners demonstrates an inability of the Club to monitor these special events to be compatible with the neighboring us~s. Title Ie ilso requires t~~t the number of employees and resident popul,tion shall appraximate that which ~ou1d re~ult from a prinCipal per~itt€d use. The employees and resident p:\CountryT Pag. 5 • / papulation froa the (lub are co~centrit~d in a small ar!i adjacent to the nearest neighbor, Salvatore and Stella G1oyan~otto. The intr~sion which results from this concentration and number is in excess of ~at would be expected to result frOCl"any other principal peT'll'litted IJSe, due primarily to the lack of any buffer between tile ,e .. es! neighbor and the limited .re. devoted to the resldont popui.tion. Again, the applicant has been ~nable to effect1~ell improve the situation and reduce the conflicts tnat arise. ATTACHMOOS letter of Appe,l d,ted December 31, Ig90 Decision of the Zoning Admfnlstrator dated Oecember 20, ]990 Minutes of the Zoning Administrator htlttng of Oecember 6. 1990 File correspondente Application aaterilts ind addendums, faeluding the view analysis and traffic stody Negative Oe~laration ~jnyt!s of the Architectural Review Board from July 10 and Dece~r 21, 1989 COP IES salT TO Ly. Nelson, Palo Alto Hills Golf and Country Club, 3000 Alexis Drive. Palo Al to, CA 94304 S. Saperstein, 30Sg Country Club Ct., r.1. Alt., CA 94304 Hugh Kennedy Spencer and ASSOCiates, 700 High Stre.t, Palo Alto, CA 94301 Gordon ~cC1;ntock. 1400 fashio. Island Blvd., Suite 800, San Mate., CA 9440. Russell Oavi 5, Wire and Frefdrich, 400 Hamilton Ave., Palo Alto. CA 94301 S. Jerra' Schwartzman and So.y. Kaplan, 3077 Country Club Ct., Palo Alto, CA 94304 S.l Gio.,nnotto, 3090 Alexis DrIve. Palo Alto, CA 94304 EA. Walker, 945 I.urel Glen Drive, 'a1. Alto, CA 94034 Careen Scott, 3157 A1exl, Drive, P.10 Alto CA 9~304 Deborah Keisel, 31>2 Alexis Drive, Palo Alto, CA 94304 P' \CountryT Page 6 / ZONING A~INISTRATOR'S HEARING December 6 y )990 3000 Alexis Drive Palo Alt<l, Cal1fQrrlia N_~ __ J_:t..th.; The abi>ve He!! was continued from November ]5, 1990. r tH:ve receiwed ~everal pieces of corr~spo"dence ~h1Ch 1 would like to review before c-penfng up this hearing for public testimonjl+ I will read the-name of the p~rson who read the lett!r, and then brief1y state whetnpr thej support or ~bje(t to the application, and tneir reasons. W.J. Reduchel. 3111 Alexis pr;we~ objects to further expansion of tne country club. The re~s~ns for the objection are that Alex,s Orive 15 PlarrO'\lll .md is very difficuTt to IJIQnitor the traffic ftow resulting from the large functiorts a.t the club. He would. like to see that no further impacts occur on the residential neighborhood. ~bQrah Meisel. 3]32 Al~xis Drj~E~ is strongly against the app1icatfon. She rites as reasons the parking up ilnd down Alexls Drive, ~hfch is narrow, causing i traffic ~azard tnlt is unacceptable, and additionally. it is danger~us because people who go to tne club to drink. She feels that tftat creates oil further hazard. There ha .... e been man), near misses in the nelghborhoad, and the maintenance at the club is a constant nuisance in that tney wa~e people up as earl, as 5:30 a.m. Phyllis Wasserm~n. 3144 Alexis Orive, is opposed to the country clu~ expansion. Her maia reason is that the -streets are already clogged witn traffic. Ben Hag. 3073 Country tlu~ tourt, writes to object to the expansion. His reasons for objecting are; the capacity of the club would increase by 650 guests; the l~rger dining room capacity would er.a~1~ the main dining room to have ~re outside events, and there is not enough parting in the area tD accomnodat~ the cars; there is already a tuff'll: ?roblern on the two-lane A1exis Drive every time there is an ~vent; and there are children in the area~ muking the traffic hazard more objectionab1e. Jos~~h Russo, 3122 Bandera Drive~ objects to the expan~'an. His re~sons are that his understanding of the expansion will l110w for an attendance 1ncrease in the mai~ dining roo. for priv~te parties. Some year~ b~ck> there is an example cited of a foreign excha"ge student who was lD an accident at the club entry, who lost i fir.~er. This writer a150 belie~es t~at the danger is l"creased because the club members have a tendency to drink alcohol ~hen the), frequent the clUb. He fee1s that this use is inc~nsistent with Palo Alto's commitment to envirDnment-reduc~d triffic and ~igh regard for safety and that expansion ~f this ~se would be inconsistent wit~ tn~se objett;ves. He also mentions that he will join with other homeowners in taking legal actfon against the cTub and the city if the e~pansion is permitted. Edward Walker, 945 laurel Gle!) Drive, gives stipulations that would be needed iB order to approve the use permit l rather than objectfng~ They i~clude: limiting the membersbip to the number c~rrentlJ on file; restricting the usage of the upstairs dining are~ to members only and prQ~iding a ueans of auditing that for comp1jance; restricting the 12/06/90 -I- :;. . /' deck.ed~over brook area from use by food and beverage senice. sunbat~ing, etc.j reQuiring that the Palo Alto ordinance ~hich defines vehicle parking be adhered to, and that no varjances be a"~wed; provide that lighting of the club and its parking lots do r,ot nlumi1'late surrounding resider.tial properties. He believ~s there is l hllird at the entry of the club property and that that haz.rd should be studied by the city" traffic departmeot, regardless of the outcome of t~is project. Gjdu Shroff. )125 Alexis Orive f firmly objects to the expansion. He has nated that he is a long-time resident of the neighborhood and has noted an increase in traffic from the users Qf the country club. He fi!el s that the dub is attempting to impose a: cCPIJlerc:ial enterpri:.e on one of Pa10 .a.lto's finest residential area5. In fact, not only should they not be al jawed to expand, but t19hter restrictions shou1d be imposed on the club instead~ John Carey. 3121 8andera Drive, writes to express opposition to the plans. He bas noted an increase 1~ parties and other functions it the club since he no~ed tD Pa10 Alto in 1979. He has noted that these occasions cause traffic impainment on Page Mill Road and Alexis Ori~e lpading to the club. The intersection of the club driveway with Alexis Drive is i dangerous int~rsection, and memb~rs lnd guests us~al11 d~ not stop before pulling out (lnto .Alu.1s, creating a hzard, especially because thE.)' drink t makfng the situation more dangerous. Core~n Scott, 3187 Alex,s Drive, essentially supports t~e appl'cation. She quotes, as examples of the cl~b's good intentions, that there was i driving range problem situation and cod~ enforcement Situation ~ere the club worked diligently to make changes. The expafislon will not change the status of the club as it has ex.hted for the pa.st 30 years. The club should not be forced to remain stagnant, and should have the right t~ improve its image and faciliti~s. [very homeowner in the neighborhood purchased bis home knowi~g that the countr1 ~lub was part of the neighborhood, and the club, in fact ennances th~ neighborh~od with its open space. The relations~ip between the clUb and the homeowners is ongoing and constantly neEds mutual con(ern and understandin9. She bel;e~es there is a silent majority of homeowners who are content with coex1sting with the club and do not object to the expansion. Sanzo Loehner. 2934 Alexis Drive, registers i protest against the country club expansion. As l Z9-year resident, ne has witnessed an increase in traffiC, and in particular, the special events create i prob1em. The expansion ~ould have a det!ime~tal effect on his enjoyment of ~is home. "5. lytle: We will now open the hearing and begin with the tl.pp1 icant. Huqh1~.nnedy, SDe~ser Associates. Architects, 700 High Slr.~e..L .... f'iio Alto: I would like to address the issues that have come up .ith the proposed expansi.on and ·liith the hearing process. The club was there 30 years ago, prior to the creation of the open space district. at i time when there were oni1 two h~s i~ the are!, which were well down the ~i11~ away from the club. Since then, the homes nave beer. built aro~nd the cl~b, often because of the attraction of the open space of the golf course. Har.y of the neighbors ha~~ chosen to jOin the cTub due to its amenities. The facilities are In a very lovely setting, and it· ~as proven to be very attTact~ve to the Palo Alto ComMUnity for spec1al events such as weddlngs, buSiness and charlty events. There h~d been abuse of the club by one 12/06/90 -2- . , ' : .... / orgar.fzation, a bachelor's club, w~ere they had too many people ~now up. they abilseoj Hie club and the parking, so the club has instituted policies to prevet;t acce:5S to sinlilir Cirganizaticms in the future. I wCHlld like to talk about tne expansion itself. rt .. "[}uld be in three areas --the dining roo~, the offices, and toilet facilities. Here is i model snowing the expansion. wtl1c" has beer. on diSplay at tn;;! cl ub. There have be~n three neighborhood meetings it the club wher~ ~eDple ~ere able to ~1ew t~is. The expansion is in this area on the seco~d floor, and on tne first floc\"'4 The porte cochere hiS been lowered two feet to improve views. The existing area on the sE(ond floor that is beir.g expanded now is posted for 11S-people capacity_ Tbat area is now part of the club that is avaflable for use by outside parties. Whe~ tne club realized that that was the most pop~lar area because the ~iew from there is very lo¥e1y (you can see the bay from that area), the idea of e.pansion of that area came ~p. The club agreed to it, is long is it was restricted to member use only, ~nd no longer used by outside or9anlzations~ lt snou1d result in even less commercialization of that space. This irea includes expanded dining facilities, as well as in elevator to meet hand~,ap requireme"ts, ar.d some stairs. On the fir~t floor, the office area is being expanded by about 1,iOO square feet. This is to make up for the 30 y~ars of expansion in the area and for automated equipment, that sort of thing, and for the staff, ~ich is really pa(ked in~ So tnere won't be any ~ore staff added. The to~let rooms on the first floor are being added becau~e the people who COOte to use the rooms cCl!'nlercially no· ... have to use th€ locker hcil Hie-i. This will give them a separate place to go. A1so on the fjr~t f100r is area added for kitchen storage, for i break room for the staff, and for a meeting room for the maitre d~ to meet with staff people privately~ One of the objectives of the design has been to minimize vlsual impacts of this addition, and not adversely impact views of the neighbnrs, partly because a lot of the neighbors are club members. So rather than an addition that projects out and down t~e hi119 it is a 1ong, thin addition to mfnimize the impact. 1n fact, a full-size mockup wa:; put into place for club members to see, and was photographed. That was incj~d€d is part of the record here, showing that there is virtua11y no ad ... erse impact from tflis addition. The ~lar.ning department was initially contacted early in 1989 ~lth this addition. Required from that point on were several thinQ~' The parking lot, which is all asphalt and is striped for fline-foot six·inch wide spaces? exceedi~g standards, was modified to include planting islands, and the spaces were narrowed to do this and to add more par~ing for tnis addition. Neetings with oeighbors were held, and these meetings resulted in the construction of that model. It r~su:1ted ; n strategy to paint out roof-mounted equipment .hic~ neighbors up the hill ,an see when they look down_ This will tend to blend it witA the addition~ Strategies were developed to control parking9 traffic and commercialfzation. The preparation Qf landscape drawings submitted ~ltigated (omplaints from a neighbor over noise and site problems from adjoi~ing worker apartments. These meetings have resuTted in opening lines of commun;,ation betwee~ neighbors and the club, which tne club feels will improv~ relations with tne neighborhood. ..... \ ' , . 12/06/90 -3- · . --:-------.--------.--~ ...... ---.- Presentations were midI! tG the /I,rchitectur.al Re~iew Board. The first presentation was very conceptual~ and c~nts were noted. The design was modified ,after that meeting~ resubmltted~ and the model represents tne resubmitted design that the ARB has. approl(ed, subjl!ct t-:l these heari.pgs. A tr4ffic study was conducted to an4lyze the traffic impact of a typical event. Tl'!e-e'{ent studied was .. typic.al event on January 6. It was not a large, spetial e~ent of the type tbat concerns the nei9hburs~ but this st~dy did conclude that the park;ng is adequate, and what ;s needed is ;mprove~nt of ingress and egress fro~ the parking lot. Some of the suggestions have been ;pstalTed already~ such as trimmin9 back the p1anting from the-parking lot exit. There were also some suggestions f<ll" signs, and that ;s still going through diaTogue with the neighbors as to what they would like to see in that area. An outside consultant from San franc\sco was (ommissioned to do a vie~ s~ed analysis on the facility. He found the 5a~ thing that we did~ using some computer modeling. whic~ is that there really is no impact. Tne city performed an enwironmental impact study. A landscape design was commissioned for the closest neighbor. The proposal was made by the elub tG partition off a portion of the second floor to restrict club use when a large, spEcial event is occurring i~ the large dining room belaw_ Conclusions arE that the addition will upgrade and wisua11y improve the appearan~e of this lO-year old facility, with no negative impact on the neighbors_ The transfer of the use of the second-floor dining area from commercill to club use will result 1n reduced commercia1izatian cf the fae; 1 lty. The hearing proci!ss has opened dhloglle between the dub and the neighbors, w~ich ~as resulted ~n i~provements in the Club's processes and physical plan. The club hopes this will continue_ lynn Nelson. Gen~ral Man~ger, Palo AJtc Hills Country Club: 1 would like to comment on a few of th~ things that were brought up at the list meeting. and 5Gme measures that have been taken to ensure that certain concerns that were brought up have been dealt with_ I would like to give you s~weral documents for your records, ~ne of which ~as distrib~ted to our employees in regard to employee hou~inq and not allowing children to reside i~ t~e e~loye~ resident s~ttion. I ~alled tne City of Palo Alto Unif1ed School District to c~nfjrm that the h~s uses the parking lot as a turnaround place. The action tnat has been taKen with the employees is t~at it ;s a 105S of hcusing or their jobs if they violate any of t~ose r~'es. I would like to address the o~erflow situation. In 19B8 and years pr;cr~ we did host the Stanford 8achelors party, anc we stopped dOing that in 1989_ We still have hid situations w~ere there has been a Slight amount of overflow, which car. be deflned anywhe~e from tnree tc twelve cars. that occurred in 1989 prohabl, six to ten times, and wery possibly, in 1990~ three or four times, tne latest of which was about a week ago, when there were eight cars a10n9 Alexis Drive. T~ere was a Lomment ~ade in the paper that we had a party go through a r.eighbor's property and into their shrubs. I have no record of that ever happening. I ~ave been involved with the banquets portion of the cTub for 12/06/90 ·4- --------------........ , . '. , . ./' seV'i!l1 years. If it did. J was not tOld about; t. I wanted to COITment on those t~ings. Thank you. I1s. Lytle: That completes the applicant team. Any other members of the public? JEWr-W Schwartlman t 3071 _~untrv Club Cpurt. Palo_Alto: I have three things to tomment upon. They s~id that the upstairs dining room now 1$ for .... embers only. This;s not correct from the lnformation I halle been given before. it 15 s~pposed to have al~ays been a members-only dining room. T~at is not true. Ho view damage? If you call a fille-foot pane of glass that runs a1most the entire lengtn of the building at the front a no-view impact on neighbors l I disagree. The most damning thing is that 1 had a call today from a ,lub member ~ho is also a neighbor of mine_ He said. Jerry, to emphasiz~ your feelings about the co~rclalilatiDn of the club~ the membe!'s ha'fe been told that this e~tension 1's not going to cost the Membership anything. We will have at least a SO pe~cent increase in 6utside parti~s to pay for the addition. That is a direct quote, and 1 will see if r can get an affidavit from kim. At least a 50 percent increase in outside parties. T~fs is commerc1alization. ~he same thing object to. ] do n~t object to living next to a country c1ub. It ~iS certain advantages fer us, non commercia1. Thank you . .ial SiovannQtto, 3099 Ale.xi_~....Dr..iye, PalQ Alta: [1 lve next to the cour-try club~ The architect said there have been a lot of meetings wHh the neighbors. The only ~eetlnQ we had WiS that that ~as the way it ~a5 goin9 to be. We made all kinds of su-ggestiofls but none have been ta"en. Any addition should be put an the back ~here nobody will se~ it. Tney said, it costs ~Qney. Also. can t~fs be 10w€red SG this addition will be level with tne other one. They sald that means we have to d19, and it costs money, so it was nat done. Also, about the traffic. could cause an accident~ people can see both ways! they would hal,'e to put in heryorle knows the entrance is dangerous and Wh~ not put it where there is a long stretch so They said, that would cost mnre money~ beca~~e a retain;r.';, wall. Also, we ~anted them to demoiish i building, and they said no~ we want to use that for storage. Tney want to keep the building so they can maKe more things to ma~e more ~oney. They don't wa~t to 1o~e a square foot. I went to two meetings, and the only thing they supported was hav;n9 quite a few free drinks, and notfling has been changed. All the suggestions, and not one inch ~as been given. They showed some balTocns where the addition is ~oi"g to beT and it is not going to be there. We believed that until we saw some pictures last week. So they were not tr~thful. Maybe they made a mistake) but not just a~ honest mistake. I repeat again, the initial meeting had a ta~ accountant there and an attorney exp1aining things. They explained no. they would recapture this money fn five ye~rs. the writeoffs. etc. So it is not correct that it is just for the m~rnbers. About the parking, we had this proble~ when ~e bad the meeting. Cars are parki~g in front of my home. There is a fire lane for ambu1anc~s and fire trucks. ard the cars ;.rc pCi.fil.ea tnere. 12/06/90 -5- , \ • 1 We have had pol ice there for people fight ;n9 wit" a kni fe. r came home and fQu~d ~11 these p~lice cars in front of ~y house, and it frightened ...,. ~ut the housing, the peopTe living there ire using guns and are s~ooting deeI"'. The police t1a .... e been notified. I hear t!1e shotguns, and other nei9~bQrs do too. rt is a matter of record. My children are 20 feet away from that place. There is going to be a law$uit over all this. A lot of tnings happen on Monday when the club is closed. In the summer a lot of them are lp. the pool. Little children are in there ~ith~ut clothes. I Si!e all t.~js from my window. We want His club here. but want them to act like a country ciub. We like tne open space, but I .ill file a lawsuit if this goes ahead. Debslra.h "'ejseL 3132 Alexis Drive; I agree with sOlne of the things that have been said. and I 11so have ~eard about hunting on tne golf course. That concerns me very much. I also am 1ery concernad about the driveway. I agre€ with everyone who has stated that the driveway is a hazard and should be changed. Tb1S meeting is not about that, but it reilly h~s to b! changed. The other thing is about the hunting. My next door n2ighbor saw a club pickup truck on the course. She heard shots, and a minute later, she saw some of the ~orkers who live there s~ooting guns intn the air. She phoned the club, and told whoever answered~ she thought it wa5 the person in charge of the difling room, said we11, )OU knO\oj, it is worker's day. It was a M'onday. My ne~ghbor said? well, .. e can't have shoot'.ng. Unfortunately, she did not call the police. T~en about two weeks a90, she called me and told me that she and her husband both heard shots again on the goH course. rt was also a Monday. [cilled the police and also th.e rangers. The park rangers ha~e been investigating it? because people are hunting in Foothills Park and they also know there has beeu hunting on the cl~b grounds. Tne ranger said these incidents have been happening on Mondays. That is 1111 ] can tell you~ ili.!t lIIe are eX'tremely conc.erned about it. Somebody cOlJld get shoL The club should inve~tigate U1is. ~s. lytle: We have a letter from you also stating that you object to expansion. ~: object to any expansion for two reasons. The rna;n one is the driveway. As it stands now, it is a halard, ~nri if they expand, tnat just makes it IIOre of ill nazard. Tt?is situation has gon£:-on for so long. and they ~ave Known about it and h2ven 't done anything to improve it. There is no s'ign that can be pl aced it that €xi t that would help. It 1S physicalT] impossible for the people exiting to see. What good is ill stop sign. They have to go halfw~ into the traffic lane to see anything. lhe gent'ema~ spoke of a sign, but [ don't Kn~w what ~ind of a sign could do any good. The exit has to be changed. ft is impossible the way it is now. Steve Sa&erstei~: ] feel like the lone Ranger. I am not sure that the relationship should be broken with the country club. I had a meeting with some of the !I'hlnagement of the club last week, ind I do bElieve that with the current $ituatio~ being what it is, there .ill be some changes. 12/06/90 -6- • Peoplp living in the area need to help the cl~b to come up with those chaIlQ€s. I ~olJ'd like to ma~e i start in dOing that, but unfortunately, this parti(ular additicn is driwing a ~edge between the club and tne neighborhood. No one is ta1king to anyon~. r still object to the expansicHl, for the reasonS of traffic and no~se. did i quick numbers game on tn~ traffic report, and would like to speaK to that. 1 am very concerned abo~t it, and tne amount of traffic on Alexis Drive is dangerous, and the overflo. is unsightly. What 1 calculated was that in tnfs case study which was submitted to the architect and was also submitted to tne city, [ beljeve, they c1a!m tnat they ~.ad 37 cars entering the parking Tot on a Saturday night e .... ent that they ~onitored on January 5, six exiting the lot for a nalf hour before and after the starting t~me of the event. nat is tiS cars, and that comes to a car every 60 seconds up and down A 1 €.X i s Dr he. The cu r·re-nt 1 aad, a:i I recompute that~ 9iv~n the fact that they noted the parking Tot ~as only ~O percent full, I would expect tnat fj~e times more usage of the c1ub would aT so occur. That comes out to be 237 cars on Ale~1s Drive, ~r a car every IS seconds. That is the curr~nt situation. I don't see anything wrong ~ith these calculatjons~ and I have not seen anything from either the architect or the country club or the planning people t~ilt disputes these figures. We ~ave seen the parking lot 100 percent ful1. I would like to continue working w1t~ the club on tnl!' current problems and believe that any future expansion will certainl1 make matters worse, not better. Carl~.@.. __ Scott, i87 Alexis Drive: I donIt think it is physicaUy imposslb1e for the club to increase their commercialization by 50 percent and to fit it intc their sched!.l1e. I think the club is not increasing its c~rc;alizatfvn. The fact that the pres€nt men's grill, which is used for members w~en there is a downstairs party. is presently also ~pen for the pub1ic, and that will not be the ca~e ~hen the new dining room goes In. Quite a few yea~s ago, we had the city come out about the entrance to the club. rt really Jnes need to be revamped. and [ ca~not 1mag i ne t~at the club would object t~ loo~fng into that situation. The main problem is t~at as you exit the c.ub. you do not have the viSlbility to the right. Vou can see down the hil1~ and penple come around the curve and past the entrance tQ the c1ub. I do not see thit the visua1 impdct of the expansion has too much relations~ip to the people in the neighborhood, other than perhaps Mr. Giovannatto, .... ho 1 Lloks down at the back; s ide ~f the c~ut:. People on Country C1ub Drive and other places real1~ do not see much of the club as they jrive by. You can see the roof line and th~ arbor at the entrance, but physicil1y from the neighborhood, there is not thit much ~isibility of the building. We have lf~ed here 14 years, and r have not seen any increase in traffic from the time we li .... ed here. The club has not been able to do anything at all to expand the numbers of parties. The expansion is really a practical thing. for the public parties that are held, the people come oft~n dressed in ver1 fo~al attire, and t~ey have t~ use the same bithrooms as people in shorts and golf attire in the locker rooms. It makes se~se to me for the club to be able tD pro .... ide a plice for guests to go to the restronms w}th~ut being impacted by the golfers. As a member of the (lub, you feeT a little like you are Il/05/90 -7- • intruding on ,people when they are wen dressEd and you are wollking around in your country club attir~ on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon. There is i majority of the neighborhood who is satfsfied with the club, as twidenced ~y the fact that we have over 70 homes and the number of letters yo~ have re~eived. Th~y also think it is i great benefit to the neighborhood. T~e neighbors enjoy 1t for recreation. They walk there, and their kids p1ay ther~ an the qrass~ and the cl~b has endured a Tot of vandalism thro:..fgh the ye,ns from neighbors ind fr01'!l citj. peo,oTe who come up on the weekends to take ad¥antage of t~e pond. The club has tried hard to be a good neighbor. and I would Mate to see the ipplication turned do~, and I think things can be worked oot~ Russe1l pavis. 4QQ Hamilton A~: I represent Sol Siovannotta. I "ill keep my co~ents brief, because the comments of the resldents are more relevant, but [ do ~ant to correct a couple of things that ha~e been said. l believe that Kr. Nelson stated that since 1988, the Stanford Bachelor Club parties ~re discDntfnued. Si~ce then we have only slight overf'~w in tne neighborhood of ~ to 12 cars. Not only ha~e the residents disputed that, but also i~ the pictures tak~n last spring and summer, which sl,owed the nei9t'.~rhood streets 1 ined with cars. Also Mr. Kennedy ment~oned that an environmental impact study had been performed by the city. That is not the case. It was just an environmental assessment, whic~, is you know, is a much briefer procedure. If thi $ project goes fot...,ard, maybe an environmental impact report will be made. My last comment is that fro~ a legal point of view, in order to approve this applicatlGn. if granted, the applicatio~ cannot be detrimental to the neighboring properties. It is clear from what the property owners na~e said that the operation of the club is already detrimental to their O$e and enjoyment of their property. The granting of U'lis application wnl onTy aggravate the situation. ~~, ____ J"yJ;J~: It was also stated in the appUcant's. pr-es~ntat;{)n that the Archjtectural Rev~ew Beard had approved the design. T~at is not accurate, either. They ha~e approved the modifications to the porte cochere at ~h~ entryway nf the project, but they have on1y cond~cted a prelimindry r€~iew of the rest of the proje~t. No action 1S taken out of a prel;ml~ary review. [t is merel) an Dpportunit~ for an appl~cant to receive some design guidance from individual board members through their comments. Indiyidual ~e~~rs were support;v~ of the design concepts, but took no action, certainly, on the application t and would ~ot do so until the use pe~it was issued. (arlf!_M. Scot.tn!. 3187 Alexis Prj .. !:: With r~ard to the shooting~ understand there was a deer wit,., i broken le.g, and they had to call the humane society, ind tAey said to shoot the deer and take it away. and they told them where to take it. That was the club management people who handled it, so maybe that has been blown out of proportion, or maybe there have been other indd'ents. That 'lias hand1ed correctly, ana' I feel that the chtb .. ill in~esU9ate any other inCidents. Oeb~iJ_nrteiseL 3132 Ale:cis Orive: There have been ot~er incidents besides this one. There are also people who are shooting bows and 11/06/90 -8- • . . \ " ... " arrows. The ren~ers found i hroken arrow ~n laurel Glen, ~nd they came door to door in~~stigatlng that. They found a trail of blood, but they never found the anlm~l. We are talking about p~cple in a pickup truck on the golf course shooting either i sh<lt91.,in Dr a rifle. I d<ln't think. the club has really tried to investigatl! it. They probably would if they were asked to, but nothing h~s been done so far. Jl!s. lytle: n~e main p{l-int all the s.hooting~ if I may interject here, is that it is fairly unrelated to the propcsed expansion. It is appropriate that tne police and the park rangers were contacted, and that would be the place for memb~rs of the public to direct furth~r Qu€stions in that regard. 1 do not think ther~ is potential for exacerbation of that situation as a result of the proposal. ~_. Mel..?.li; .... ell. only if they ar~ going to allow more people to live there. Already we highly suspect that it is the people wno are li~ing there. ind I ~on't even know tr.e stat~s of their citlzenship~ and it doesn~t matter. but apparently they have i lot of friends who come over to visit tne~ on their day off. Nobody knows about the status of their c1t11enship or their awareness of what is proper conduct ;~ this area. Tney probably think it is very proper, because they don't come from this country. to go hunting, because it looks like a nice hunting area, ~ith i lot of deer and a lnt of quail. That really bothers me~ ind it is net only the responsib1lity of the rang~rs, but also the club's responsibiljty, as they do e~'oy these people. The police cannot go any farther than the doorstep without a warrant. So I do feel it goes beyond what the pulice and the rangers can do. r don't think we shou1d lIatt until one of the nei9hbors ~s injured or kll1~d before something is done. If t~is expansion means they will hire more emplo~ees, it co~ld compound the s ituat i on. Craig A1anella: I am an architect, and [ h~ve been a mem~r of the country club for nine years. I .ould like to respo~d to a few of the items that have been menti~ned today. First of all, the woman sitting her~ ~ho referred to the herftage of the employees is ~ure speCUlation, don't knolll that YOil can tie in heritage to who is shooUng and whether or not it is related io the club. fior.dol),s it is closed to the members, but the staff is still working. Thel dG the majorlty of t~e work on the gQlf course, and there are full crews working. It is not a free-for-all on those days. The first person w~o spoke, ~r. Sc~wartzman. as r recal" disputed Mr. (ennedY"5 respons! regarding the 118-lnember grill upstiil'S being a member-only facility. At t"1S point, it is a 118-rnember grill, and is called a member-grill? but ~as never heen excluSively used by the members. rt is used ~t all times, when ~mb~rs art not using it, for outside functions. So true, it will be increised in size, but it .ill be exclusively for ~s~ by m€mbers. therefore. the amount of commercial usage wi 11 defi.i t.ly drop_ He also made some comment about ~earln9 s~~body, which again is pure hearsay. as to SO percent increase in parties. There has been no official notification to m€mbers. It has been specifically stated to this tommjttee at the last meeting and to t~e members that we ~r€ more tnan wllling to put into the use permit that it fs a member-only grill 12/06/90 -9- upstairs. That is ~hat the members ~111 accept, and we mentioned th~t last week. So that iSSl~e should be fairly ciear. Ai far as the meetings ~re concerned regardioq the d~sign of the remodel, I have been inwolved wlt~ the building committee for the three years of its existen£e, and there nave be~n r.~~rous meetings offered, with not a Jot of fnW'oh'ement by the Ciuh1de neighbors. in fact~ the in .... ohement has app~ared in the last tw~ ~eks. Most of the peep1e here have not made appearances in any of these meettngs~ either because they were not aware of tne meetin~s or they were not interested in attending. Mr. Cio~anotto ~as been involved from the beginning and has had concerns~ ~nd we are a11 aware of those. As far as the free drif,ks that Mr. Giovanotto menti.on.:d, ther~ was ne1ier i\co~ol offered at any ~f these homeo.ner me~t'ngs. ~bsolute1) not. He made a cOOlTl~nt, as weil. ab<Jut the e-xistin-g housing in t~e rear. One of his sUQgestions has been to tear dow" the existing housing. What that does is mitigate his view. It does not real11 resolve any of the issues at h~nd. The comTients that were made in reply to Mr. Giovanotto ~as that we ~a~Td entertain ttle-idea of elimin.ating the housing. an issue which the city has stated they want to stay out of~ but we want to maintain the ability to use thdt as a facility for the members, suc~ as a iacker room for the p~ol. something to tnat effect. Not anything for outside parties. Another comment was made regarding balloons being in the wrong places when they were ti~1n9 th~ phetographs. lkat is a totall) i~c~rrect statement. It has been cOilfirmed that they were precis~ly in the location where the remode1 is pr~posed. As far as the d~er being found dead, 1 ~now that a deer was found d~ad en tha course due to o2tural causes. This issue regarding a deer with a broken leg being shot I am not a'Mare of. The COrmle!'lt was made that it ",as shot by pe(lple with gun:; in iI club truck. The club does not own a vehicle for the employees. The people own their own veh~~les. Sc whether Dr no~ those pe(lpl-e are on the grounds shooting aT!~mal s does not necessari ly mean they are related to tne club. And ilS y(}U had mentioned. that is an irrele~ant issue for ~~ut we aT~ ~er~. As far as re1ationships with the outside members and the entrances, we all acknowledge that there is ~ problem with that driveway. Maybe a solution is to put stop signs on Alexis Orlve to mike it I fo~r-way stop. We had a ]ength~ meeting, i~ excess of t_o hours the other night, with one member ~o seemed very conc~rned. We came up with a series of suggestions that seemed to be ~ork.able, ami eveTYOrte Is inves:tigaUng them. I don't thtnk the club has any argument ~ith solving those issues~ "s_, _____ ~elsjJn: I wcuid one of the meeti~gs. but was available is for the record. like tG clarify one tning. There was a bartender at The bar .as available. Alcohl was not encourag€d. easily as sodas were. I wanted to make that clear !ll......Jst~~ Yes, I was at that meeting, and I found tha.t conment interesting, because I had personally been offered and ~ad dec1ined the free drinks. Ms. Nelson: Regarding the issue of the deer and shooting concerns me a 12/06/90 -10- .-.. ' great deal. J am on the record with ~~t~ the fire department and th€ CIty of Palo Alto to be contacted if something occu~s. J ha~e been (ontacted. We nave had an employee who was locked in the b'JiTding, things of that natore~ and it does (oncern me. Ms. lytle: But you had not heard about it ~ntil today? Ms+ NelsQn~ 1 kn~~ about the deer on Control had been called to re~ye it. of it and ~as told to disPQst of it. nDt know of an)' srlotguns being shot. the gol f (ourse and that Animal Our r.',aintenance 1T13i1ager took care That is the tssu~ I know of+ r do "$. lytle; So the rangers have not contacted t~e c1ub~ and the pol ici' have not contact~d the (1ub. I'Is. Nelson: A~ regards Ms .... eisel making a pholle call to the club and letti~9 someon€ know, that did net get to me. The issue with Mondays, as Mr. Alanella mentioned, there is i full crew on the golf course that works, in addition t~ security. from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. to monitor certain guest privileges that the employees ~ave. The company is Aylor Security and if th~re is a need to c~ec~ t~at. please do. Tn regards to nighttime, we lock both access roads w~ere 'Jeh.icles can enter and exit, and we o~rs~Tves ~ave had i problem where unauthorized veh;cle~ have been on the golf course, c~usinQ damage to our fairways. That could be in relation to what is going on at night. r do not k.no~. ~urcott. 2944 Al~Xis Dr~; [wouldn't change it for the world, but there isn't a driveway except m;r.e and my two nefghbors which isn1t damn dangerous on Alexis Drive. There is not ~ne dri~eway up there that [ would f~el comfortable going into or coming out oft except for mine and my neig~bors'. The rest of them are all hidden in some way. sa driveways are i prob1 em. [agree that the club's driVe ... ·a..,. is bad, but so is everybody else's, and jf W1!! !'Ja'Y'en't learned b~ tJtis tfme that 'tile have to be very cautious, then .. e never will. Just today. someone coming up Homer made a left-hand turn from the right-hand lane t so it not just the peop!e at the club that need to be n.utio:.ts. But we do nave dangerous driveways lip ther~t no qu€stion about that, and everyone else's 1s, as well as the club. Mr. Saner}tein: There is no way to restrict the dining room addition to member5 on1y. They can make all those kinds of statements. b~t there are no restrictions that you or the city council OT the planning commission can put on them to restrict it arlii enforc'! it. Also, I have b~en to t~o meetings when the h~o~ners were invited to the club. The stai.;;ment that no (lne here or allOOst no one ~as b~~n to them is incorr€ct~ because r ha\'€! been tG two meetfngs .. as well as my wife. The saTient point is, I did not s~y there was a 50 percent increas~ in the overall facility. Tne direct Q1lote _as. ''If the mer.lbers' dining room is increased in size, it woyTd allow for i 50 percent increase in outs!de rentaTs, if they have. larger members' dini~9 room. If the members' dining room is increased, it frees up the other dining room so that they (~n rent it out.- Mr. Gio_vannotto: Today is the first time ha~e seen the architect. He Il/06/90 -11- • -' \ " has not been at any of the ~et1ngs. E~erything you said was incorrect. The balloons ~ere not cQrrect. "",s. lytLe:: Mr. Gianovotto, could yo\.l restrict your 'orr~r1ts. to new points. Mr. Gto-vannotto: But ne just said they were in the right place. Ms. Lytle: I understand. and forth ~ith you saying were in the right place. you disagree. but we could: tney were in 1 feel It is do this all day. We could go back the wrong phce and hi 5 saying they a waste of ti~e. 1 understand that Mrt Gio¥anootto: My point Is that eyerything the architect said is incorrett. and [ can prov~ it. Mr. Kennedy: 1 would like to address two things~ and they both have to do with traffic. At tne neighborhood hearings that we ~ad~ t~e ~ssue of this exit came up. Some ideas came 9Ut to widen it, to relocate it, to do several things. ] would think the tlub would welcome some solution to the iSSUE. ~s. lvtle: If I may lnterject~ I hav~ heard that compiaint f~r seven years. It is hard for me to believe t~at the club welcomes solutions to that problem, beca~se it has been like that for is long as [ have nad experience in th~s locality and people have complained to the c1ub about it. The solutior.s have been recOImIend€d over and O\ler again, such as cutting back the landscaping and t~e grade at that entry and increasing si:gflt distance. We can have Mr. Stoffel address this, but I question the cor.ment that the club itelcames iii. solution to iI problem it learned about recently at the neighborhood ~etings. Mr. f(E!JI-''1~<b:: Two {;oncepts hayS! come up. One is that if you widen it. };OU could e~d up with iii. retaining wall which would impede the view. Also, if you relocate it, tne ~ei9hbors object€d to another opening. it is one tnat has been back and forth. MS •... ~~.f.tlg: Mr. Stoffel, \lljIJuld you e.are to co.ment on the dri\leway sit~ation? ~t9JJe'.:t.._Tr.o!Insp~rtation DjyisiDn: Well, it is one more opinion, you might say. I was just up tflere toda)'~ and it is my opinion that it does fieed. improvement, and no matter what Mappens }lit" the project, we have had a coup1e of cOlnpliints that I need to respond to, and j will be contacting lynn or the proper per~on. It is a little ~ard to tell right now. Sometimes you "a'Ve to trim away some bushes and then see what you can see. It looks l1~e tMat with some substantial improvements, SU~A is removal of landscaping. not fncl~din~ trees, and jf possi~le, a little modification ~f the b€rm near one edge of the dri\leway, tn~ sight distance can be imp~oved pretty dramatically. All of the landscaping is either on public property or club property. Part of it is on public property in front of the neighboring home. The oleanders would ha\le to be cut down to a lower height for 20 feet or so. ~1 opinion is th~t with removing landscaping and a little modification of the berm, maybe e~en moving one park1ng place back, it appears t~at some significant improvements could be made that ~ouTd be sufficient to handle a suitable sight line. We can do 12/06/90 -12- • ".'. t~e landscaping changes first without dOing any ~f the earthwork? and then see ~hat appears after getting the oleanders out of t~ere. [ would disagree with the findings in the report t~at you need to remove trees~ T~ose do get 1n the way, but we donrt want to ta~e trees out, and they are (lnTy approximately 18 inches wide, sa you can usually see artHmd tnose. Steve Saperstein: Mr. Stoffel, have you had a chance to really leek at the traffic flow, IS well as t~e 1ngrtss and egress? Mr Stoffel; J looked at it briefly. The consultant not only counted the cars out there ~n certain days, but also looked at a trip generatio~ rate that is in the eng;neeri~g literature for country clubs. Tn2t partit~'ar rate i~ indexed by the number of parking ;~aces, so he used t~at to calculate .hat it would be t~eoreticlllli based on the number of parking spaces. It came out fairly cTose on a weekday_ Not so much on a Saturday. Tnat means that on a typical weekday when you have typical patronage, that is the typfcal number of cars that you see there. The theoretical Saturday count came o~t considerabl1 higher, b~t he was on a Saturday~ !"'!pcrt1i19 an actual condition. It may be that the studies in t~e literature were dnne on days whic" had larger events happening. The SaturdaJ traffic count Cin probably be considerab11 bigher than what was reported in the study. It doesn't mean that the traffiC impact of the expans.ion is still not going to be signHicant, in ttle sense ttlat I!te haYe these .. thods for the level of s."jee. That is not to say that the parking impacts do r.~t ~xist, b~t the act~al increas~ in ventcle trips from the expansion would defiftiteTy increa~~, but would not be environmentally significant. lh.-~_~~ Do we hue any further c~nts from membe-rs of the publ ic? Seeing none, I will clQse the public hearing_ Thank you for coming_ 12/05/90 ·13· • JUL'! 20. 1989 £XCr:RPT ARCHlTECTlJRAL REnE-V BOARD !oiINUTES 3000 ALEXIS DRiVE ?alo Alto HIlTs Garr &: Country Club, Inc. Replace Poles and Netting OD Driving Range 89-ARB-147 89-D-19 The follo'oiIing people e)(pfes~d their CQncems about this application during public .comment: 1) Bob and Sylvia Hc'Chscheid, 2957 Ale"js Dri .... e, P_"., 2) Sandr~ Nadi.m, 2927 Alp-xis Drive, Palo Alto, 3) Sunny Kaplan, 3077 COU:'ltry Club Cour,-. Palo Aho, 4) Rick johnson, 3110 Bandera, Palo Alto, S) Barbara Deerlo'p. 2944 Alexis Drive, Palo Alto, ar,d 6) Jan Terry, 925 LallIel Gten, Paro Aho. Those aspects of concem 'indl.lded the heighr of the po!~. visual impact against the sKy from private residences, location of the drivtng range, safety and Irs..ffic problems, balls endlng up on Atexi~ Drive, and tack of adequate bndscaping. One person objected to the thickness of the potes as well as the heigbtj most objected to the height and not the thickness. 1 .... 0 other persons wrote letters expressing similar concems and opposition to the poles: 1) Joseph D. RlJSSO, 5122 Bandera Oriv!!, Pato Alto, and 2) Judy !'.lll1er, 2979 AlexLs DriYe. Palo .A.Jto. After comments and cfiscussion, the Board CONTINUED, 4-0, this item to give applicant furt!ler time to reevakace safety ~ssues. to host a neighborhood meeting, to explain , ... hat seCtlon d the golf course is to be closed down and to hear neighbor's comments, to develop a.dequate lan.dscape screening along Alexis Drive, and to consider the use of wc-od peles of 9 -12 ir.ch thic:kness. 7he Board Vo'ouJd like to se~ samples of netting next time, and indicated that they w(.'Ufd consider supporting the 20 inch wide poles (reduced to !1 25 foot height} if they are landscaped and screened. Mr. Schink indicat~d that one or two ARB members migbt be .able to attend the neighbcrhood meeting.. END or EXCE I{PT 7/20/89 Page 7 CG • '::'. /' ment l ~ould be very useful to help neighbors understand ho~ this is going to lock. Other .... ise,. Mr. Evans stated that he thinks the design, use of 1I1aterials and colors is quite befitt.ing the area. He mentioned later that the restr .. "'.Om ~all reads from above as a false ~all and needs to be designed to make it feel ~ore like building volume than .... all. Shirley __ ~ilson app!"eciated the applicant 1 5 response to previous comments and thought the project is corning along nicely. She did think the ~all around the restrooms on the left needs some detailing attention because it could have a very deadly effect; could be improved with clever use of materials and kept very simple~ too. Ms. Wilson preferred that the dining room windows he very rich and elegant~ particularly at the columns; maybe even have the windows popping out a little to prvvide detail and to scale dining room. END OF EXCERPT 9. JOPO A!._~-X.~_~ __ PFJ __ ~·'_t Palo Alt:·-. 'l-::: -:;:;:~ ::.t~,,_ country'::" tib .. l21Zli.9 fXCf.RP·J I\RJ!, HI ~t"!'E5 seCOND YRE~IH!Nk~1 kEYI~Y o! 3,400 5qua~~~f~ot dining room addltion to existing fll:cllity !!In.£) lanclse,)pe imp:rovenle.nt.$ t_Cj e¥istinq porking lot It is noted th~t for final rEvi~w this project will be e major site and d~siqn review requiring Planning Commission, ARB and City c~uncil approval* as well as an amended Condi tional V$e Permit_ No revie~ or pl~n check for conformahc~ vith zoning or applicable cod~s has yet been made on this prcject~ The project was revje~ed by the ARB on a pr~limi nary basis at the July 20~ 19S9 meeting. »arbar?IJ D'Jrkof:(. a near-by neighbor to the Club. voiced concern during pu:blic CODmlent about r.ig'ht skylight refle~tioh; she ~as concerned that e c~nstant glc~ might be disturhing at Night to. residen.ts who live abov~ the Club. {The a~plicant responded that the 5~¥light5 vculd have a very soft 910. because they have only about S to 17. light tran.:smi t.tance.) No formal action was taken since tl"J.is -was a preliminary revi~w; ~oard ~e~~rs made the following comments regarding the progress of thE! design but they urged the City to n<'lld the Use Permit public meeting at the site~ Representativ~s of the Club sa.id the)" "'oulo be happy to have the mcetinq at t_·he Club. Mr. Schink emphasized the J'leect tor the ARB to hear the vh61e picture that comeS out in ~he pUblic process. He said ~he architecture is going to b~ adjusted to meet the requirements 'Of the neighb<;J.rhood. ;.ing d~.B9)s.A stated that she has hO maj"r problems with the design at this point, but that she is always concerned about skylights and nei9hbor~ because of tne glow at night bothering the neighbot's~ ~~~nt felt ccmfortable ~ith ~hat was before the Soard tooay ~ but said he would ['~se,rve detailed ccmrnents unti 1 after t.he Bc·,;>,rd hears the re:sul ts of the use permit public 1"1e:aring. He thought it important to nold the hea;:-ing up at the sit.e it possible for a better t·~rn(Jut earl.y in the process~ ~~~2A~A called ~he ~at~ri~ls honest and noble~ He s~i4 it is important for appJic~nt to ~upply oetails of hQ~ the ~echanical equipment is qOinq to be handled. H~ no~ed that the handicap parking in front is on the other side of the ariveway, which may be illegal and could pose a safety problem even it not illegal. On the wbole Mr. Lyzwa felt t!"le project is he:aded in the right dit"<B-ction, and that. the detailing and colors described today have a 9~eat deal of merit. J~.9.b~n.a said that a. study model. j ncl udin9 :coof treat ... 12/<1/69 Pag" t5 eG " . / Enylrornoental Documents -City of P.l0 Alto E~VIRONMfNTAl ASSESSMtNT Project Description/Title: Cond1tiona' Use Per;it and Site and Desjgn Rewfew for I 8,418·sguare-fcot two-story addition to the Palp Alto [oyn.ry Clyb buildina. location/Address: 3000 Alexis prjye_ Palo Alto_ CA 94303 Sponsoring Agency/Applicant: lYn Nelson. Pil. Alto Golf and CQuntry Cl"b Address Ind Telephone of Applicant: Sar~1 (415) 948-1800 Applicat~on for: Conditional Use Permit and Site ind Design Review (e.g., zoning change. subdivislon of property~ architectural re~iew. ~se pe .. itJ Zoning at Froject location: os NOT[CE Of DETERMINAJIOH Based upon reV1EW of the prGject files, the undersi9n~d ~ber of the Planning Oepartaent has concluded: Iii negatjve Declaration: The project has no significant en~irQneental iapict. No Environmentil Jmpacl Report is required. The reasons for i Oeclaration are: T~e project m~ have a sign1ficant environ=ental impact. ~ [71vironmental lmpad Report wi ~ be prepared. 7 ' 'l.nning Oepartment Offici.l: P1o""I09 Director; }'0.J;i,k::: .c::-v ( ~*' The project h.s been approved. T~e project has been denied. Date: Date: File No,: 90-EI~-21 AKEHD£O 10-24-90 -.--. \ ~ ,," Environmental oocuaent. -City of Palo Alto Proj_ct De8crlpt1o~/T1tl.: 8,418-square-toot two-story a4ditlon to the Palo Alto Country Club bUildInq. Location/Address: 3000 Alexi. Drive. Palo Alto. CA. 94303 sponsoring Aqency/Applicant: Lyn "eloon. Palo Alto Golf and C~try Club Address and Telephone of Applicant: Sal'ile (415)948-UOO Application for: U •• Permit. Sit. and De.i~. Architecture Review (e.9 .• zoninq Change, Bubd~.!on of property, arch tactural review, Q •• permit) Zoning at Project Location, os r •• Receipt No.: 90-140 NOTICE or DETERMINATION Based upon review of tA. projec~ tile., the under81qned _ember ot the Plan ninq Departaent bas conciuded: Negative Declaration: The proje-ct h&8 no eiqnif1.cant envirormental ill pa.ct~ No Environaantal Impact R.port 1. required.. The rea.ona for a Negative Declaration are: in the attached initial stUdy. A record of project action is available for revIew at the Palo Alto Planning Department. locatad on the 5th floor of cIty Hall. 250 Ha.l1ton Av~ palo Alto, CA. 94301 ,_, The project may have a aignificant environmental lapact. An Environ mental Impact Report vill be~r ared. PlaMinq DepartJoent Official. 7, Plannin'10irector: )6, .qQIR S~~ate: 7(1' ('10 rhe proj act has been approvel:l. The project has been denied. Rev1Bed 8-1-79 Date: oate: rile No.: 90-EIA-21 90-EIA-21 I I. II. III. IV. • '. INITIAL STUD'll,2 ~roj.ct Title/Address: 3000 Alexi. Drive, Palo Alto, CA. 94304 Project Description: aaelicatlon tor a Use Permit, Site and oesli¥ and ARB approval to a 8,418 Dquare teet ~t floor area to the ex st ing 2~,S63-.quar.-foot palo Alto Country Club facilities. ThI. two .toib additIon Inelud •• a aeabera dInInq roo. upstairs and addlt~ oft ca. r •• trooa and storag_ .pace down.taIra. Environmental Settlnq: The pro1oct 1. located In the city'. ~en space district on a aite that II tully developed a8 full •• rv~e 18 bole olf and count Club. The addItIon wIll ~e laced In an roved area at the frent of the ex at n bu 11:1 n Environmental rapact Checklist (Explanation of all .y •• -anavera are in Se etion VI L. ~. Will the proposal r .... ult in: a. Un.table ear.h condl tiona or chanqe. in qeologic substructur •• ? ~ b. Disruptions, displacements, co.paction or overcoveri719 ot the loi1? ....!.... c. Change in topography cr qround .urtace relief feature.? .JL d. The destruction .. coy.ring or :aodifica .... ticn of any unique qeoloqlc or physical features? ~ e. ~'Y increase in wind or water erosion ot soil~, either on or oft the site?-~ f. Exp06ure of people or property to geoloqic ha2.ards such as earthquake., landslide ...• Ud81idas, ground failure l or daila r hazard.? .JL 9. Changes in siltation .. depoSition, or eroaion wblcb may .odify the cbannel of a river or the bed of a bay or 1nlet? .JL lAdapted fra. Appendix I, California Guidelin •• for Implementation of CEQA, 'DeeeJllber 14, 1976. 2updated Kay, 19S~' June, 1983 £11.9021 KB 90-£11.-21 2 .*t .... . ., 2. Air. Will the proposal r •• ult in: a. Substantial air .mt •• iona Dr d.terlora tion of ambi.nt air quality? b. The craation ot obj.ction~l. ordor.? c. Alteration ot air movement, moisture teaperatur., or any chang-in cllaat., either locally or ra .. ional? 3. !!!!r. Will the proposal r •• ult in: •. Chanqa. in ab,.orption rat... drdna... .lL pattern., or the rate and amount ot b. c. d. e, f. aurtace water runoff? Alterationa to the course or flow of flood waters? Di.charge into surtace waters, or in any alteration ot surface vater quality, includil'.g but not llaited to Umporature. di.colved oxy .. en or turbidity? Alteratior. of the direction of rat. of flow of qround watera? Exposure of peopla or propertf to water related hazards 8ucb a. tloodLDq or tidal wave,,? Chanqe in the quantity of c;rround .... t.r •• either throuqh direct addition. or with drawal., or through interceptions ot an aquifer by cut. or excavations? 4. Pla~t Lifa. Will the proposal result in: a. Chang6 in the diveraity of speciea, or -! nuabar of any epecle. of plants (includ- Inq trees, shrub.~ qra.s l crops, a1cro- flora end aquatic plant.)? b. Reduction ot the nwollen of any unique. .lL rare or endanqared. apecies of plante? EIA9021 XB c. Introduction of nev apecies of plants .lL into an area, or In & barrier to the nonaal replani.hloant of exi.Unq epeci .. ? d. Reduction in acrea .. _ of any agricultural .lL crop? 90-EIA-21 3 • 5. Animal Lit.. Will tho propos.l result in: a. Chanq. in the diversity ot epoci •• , or o~ any species of animala (b1rd.~ land animale includinq reptil •• , fiah an4 .hellfish, benthic crqani.~, inaaota or .. ierelauna) ? b. Reduction of the nuabera of any unique, rare or endangered species ot animals? c. IntroductIon of new epeci •• ot animals into an area, or result in a barrier to the aiqration or movement of animal.? d. Deterioration in exiatinq fish or wild life habitat? 6. !2!!!. Will the proposal result in. a. Increas •• in ex1stIng no1 •• levels? b. Exposure of people to a.vare noise levels? 7. Light end Glan. Will the proposal produc. no'" 119bt <;liar.? 8. Land Us.. Will the propoI.l result in s SUbstantial alteration ot the pre.ent or planned land use of an area? 9. Energy/Natural Resourc... W111 the proposal reault In: a. Use of aUbstantial amounts of fuel or energy? b. Substantial increase in delll>lnd upon existing sources of energy, or require the development of ne~ .ouraea or enerqy? c. Increase in the rate ot use of any natural resources? d. Substantial depletion of any nonrenew abla natural resource? 10. Risk ~t Upl.t. Does the proposal involve a rIsk of an explosion or the relea •• of hazardous substanc •• (includinq. but not llaited to, 011, pesticides, chemical. or radiation) in the event of an accident or upset? EIA9021 KB _x_ 90-EIA-21 4 • '. ,". : ,.' 11. Population/Hou.lng. •• Will the propooal alter the location, dl.tribution, density, or qrowth rat. of the human population or an ara.? b. Will the proposal effect existing housinq, or create a demand tor addi tional housing? 13. rransportation/Circulation. Will tho propo •• l result in: •• Generati~ of aubstantial additional Vehicular movement? b. Effect. on exi.ting par~ing raciliti •• , or demand tor new par~in9? c. Alterations to present pattern. of circulation or aov«mant of people andV or qoods1 d. rncr •••• in traffic hazards to actor vehicle., bicycliat. or ped •• trian.7 13. Public Servi.,... Will to". propoul bave an effect upon, or result 1ft a need for new or &l tared governaental Hrvlcea in any ot the tollowlnq area_: a. Fire prot.etten? b. PolIce protection? c. SchoolS? d. Par~a or other recreational recillti •• ? •• Haintlnance of public taciliti", including ro~ds? f. other governments I ouviel"? 14. Utilities. Will the proposal result in a n.ed EagOn XB tor new systems, or .~tant!al alteration. to the following utilitie., a. Power or natural gas7 b. Comaunications .yat_a? _l[_ ..L ..L 90-EIA-21 5 1$. c. Water? d. Sever or .aptie tank? e. stano water drainago? t. solid vast. and disposal? H1.uaan Health. Will the propeoa 1 result a. Creation ot any health hazard or petential bealth hazard (exclUding mental heal th) ? in: b. Exposuro ot poople to petential health hazards? 16. Aesthetics. Will the propo.al result 1n the obstructIon of any Bcenie vista or view open to the publiC, or will the proposal result in the creation of an aesthetically otter~lve aite open to public view? 17. Rocreation. Will tho propooal r •• ult 1n &n 1Bpact upen tho quality or quantity at oxiot log recreational opportunitio.? lB. Cultural Resource •. EIA9021 KB a. Will the proposal rosult in the altera tion at/or tho destruction ot • prahl.torie or historic arcbaeological site? b. Will the proposal result in adverse physical or aesthetic ettecta to a prehistoric or historic building, structure; I or obj act? c. Does tho propesal have the petential to causes a physical chanqe whicb would a~fect unique cultural values? d. Will tho propc8al r •• trict exi.ting religiou. or sacred u ••• within the potential impact area? •. , ) m MAYBE NO ..lL L ..lL _x_ 90-EIA-21 , \ 19. 1I1ln4 .. torY "1mUng" of Sign!!!" .. !!".. YeS JQYBf;!!Q ... :l<>4la tb", prQj.et r..". th. p;:>tanU.l to .1L 4~r"'4. th. quality ot the ~vtronaent. eul>lotantially reduce th. llat>ttAt Qt a flah or wildlife apeela .. , cau.. .. t10b or vl1dlit. popul.~lOh to dXop ~.lo~ e.lt~ .. u.tainln9 1 .... 1., tllr.atAn to eluinat ... plant or ani __ l ecwaunity, reduce the nUBber of r •• tr1ct the rang. at • rer. <>r .04 .. 119 ... -.1 pl",nt or ""bal or al.bi ..... t. bpoJ:t.ant aXUl'la. of th. "",jo:. p.ri~e ot ealifo~~i. hi.~ory or prahietory? 1>. Doe. the project h .. ve the pot""t11tl to achieve eho~-term, to the 4ie .. dvante~e of lanq-t.r., environAental ~l.. (A Iillort-t"'nt upaat on the e"vtro""".nt La one ~ioh OQCUr .. in a r.latively brief, 4ettnitive ~i04 of ti •• Vhtl. long-ter. f~paote vill aMur. well into the tutur •• ) c, 00 •• the project hav<o i~pa~t. Vb1eh are individually li.~t.dJ ~t ~Qlatlvely eond<lerel:tl .. t (J>, proj .. "" ."y Uop"ot on two or _ore •• 1'81' ata r.lllOUrC<lI ~re th'" t.paQt on .. cb " •• OQr¢!! is r<oletlvaly amall, ~t .h"r", tb •• ttect ot th* t~tat ot tho •• lmpelOtll on the ""viro_\:. 1¥ .iqr.H1eant. ) d. Doe_ t.h. pro:!ect haVe e""!ro",,,ental effact. which will caua. .Ubetantial adver •• efrect. on human being., either directly or lndirectly1 v. 2Xp~.nation ot 'y •• -.. n.w.~. in envlro"",ent"l cheekli.t. Sea "tt""l1e4. , • 1. Earth (bt~l. Construction or the proj8ct vill disrupt .ite soi15 and resu~n • nor chang •• to existing aito topoqraphy in tront of the club hou •• facilities, No significant gr~din9 vill result from the addition. A detailed qrading and draln~q. plan .ball be required ~or rev!.w and approval ot the City 8nqinaer prior to i~euance of any qredinq and or building perait •• The aite 1. located within a .eiamlc area of moderate risk, an~ would be subject to very .tronq qrQund 8h~~ln9 in the .v.nt of an earthquske. All construction on the .1t~ shall be .ubject to the provisions of tha sost current Uniform BUilding Cede (UBel, portions ot vhich are directed at .inimizinq seis_Ie r1ak and preventin~ loss of lit. and property in the event of en earthquake. 3. water (a)~ The development ot the site will r •• ult in minor alterations to exIsting arainAiB patterns. A detailed drsinaqe plan ahall be required to be approved by the City Engineer prior to issuance of a Buildinq Permit. 4. Plant Life Ca). oevelop~ent ot the proj.ot will involve the removal ot ~lnor exIstIng landacapinq that iD established around the clubhouse. This material 1& primarily ornamental and will b. replaced tollowinq completion of the addition (sea plant list in applic~nt. environmental documentation). The city Arborlst h •• ~ecommended that the use of Hackberry trees (Celtis) be substituted for the Carob trees (Ceratonia Biliqua) proposed to be used in the parking let planters. Th. carob trees are conBidered a poor choice for tbe aite because they are 1ntol.r~nt ot poor drainage and their root systems ~an causa consid~~able pave~ent damage for the size of the canopy. The only siqnificant treeB that I";ay be removed as part of this addition are ~he two pine trees at the northwest aide of the .ntranee driveway~ ~he traffic study reoommended that the.e be removed to i.prove safety of the entrance by incre.aing the site distance in the vicinity. This vill not result in a slqniticant impact because & substantial amount ot new tr ••• and ebrubs will be in.talled vithin ~~6 parking lot as part of the upgraaing of the lot. 5. Noi •• (a)~ construction activities will temporerily increase ambient ambIent noIse levels in the area. Construction activities will be subject to compliance with the pr~visions of the City's Noise Ordinance {PAKC Cllapter 9.10). 8. Land Cse. The existinq count~ club is an intensive use •• tablished in an os zonlnq district, which 1s primarily re.idential in nature. CUrrent operations at the country club inelude special .vents which occasionally impact the adjacent neighborhood with overflow parking. Additional aquare footage will provide adaitional tacilities tor intensification of this use. Although it is ste.ted that the ne ... dining facilities vill ba available for &.aber. only, this project eay fre. up the downstairs facilities tor more extensive use by outside part16s. As part of the Use Permit process, condition. could be established to limit tho number of .peci~l functions that can be conducted in the !&ci1itiea to .tni.ioe impacts on adjacent neighborbOods. 12. Tran.~rtationiCirCulation (.,b,d). A traffic otuay prepared by JHK and a88oc~t.& ind cates the addItion may generate an additional 20 trips at th. peak .fternoon hour on a weekend Qurin; a .peeia! event. This EIA9021 Xl! 90-EIA-2l 8 " , ~ ad~itional traffic va. found not to ettect &ny ot the current levela ot aervic. for any of the intersect ton. in the are., which are pr •• ently operating vithout ~.l.y.. The report in~ioat •• current eite ~i.tance • standards at the clubs entranee ara to ••• t •• tahIr.bed safety order to t vae rSC01IaI.ended tha. t recommendations. '. Tbe site nov provides 257 .tandard parkinq apaoae. Though this amount ot parkinq met the requirement. at the tiae the project vas built, parking standards have become .or. r.st~ictlve aince then. In addition during several special evant. the .xisting parking lot h.. been tull and overtlow parklnq has occurred in the 8urrounding nelqhborhood8. Tb~r.!or., the site is not considered to have a 8urplua of parking. In accordance with City standarda for Country Club developaent the 8,.aO aqware toot addition will require provIsion of 77 additional apaee., tor a alta total of 334 spaces. The proposed .ite plan .how. that 51 apac •• can b. provt~.d within the existlnq parkin; area by converting many ot the .tan4ard apacee to c~ct spaces through restrlp1ng4 However, 26 additional apaces .uat be provided for the proposed expansion, or an alternate .eans ot assurinq adequate parkinq must be establIBhe~ as condItions ot the propo.ed use per.it. Several options which can be conoidered are, 1) reducing the proposed ad~ition to the additional parking that can be provided vithin the exi.ting parking area; 2) .xpan~ing the parking area to a~ an ad~itIonal 26 spaces: or 3) restrictinq uses And .lta actiyltl •• occurrIng at any on. time to the parking wbich can be provided. For e""'ple, the poel could be closed during the iarge evening ~unction.. Or special events coul~ be liaited to use of only one of the dIning roo ... at a ta.. RaqaMle •• of which ot th ••• three alternative parking solutions i ••• leet.~, to .lnl.lze overflow parkinq durinq special events conditions should be placed on the use permit to liait attendance tor such events the aaount of parking vhich can be provided. Use of valet parking should a180 be considered tor such events to temporarily increase the amount ot parkinq available. 16. Aesthetics. A visual analysis conducted by Walker and Chin 1r~icates that the a~itiQn will only create ainor viaual impact for a couple of adjacent properties. The property at JOB5 Alexia vill be able to see the addition tbrough an existing tree canopy, but no exi.ting viewB vill be obstructed. rha property above the country club at 3090 Ale"i. DrIve will also be able to .e ... portion of the n4V .. ~ition. Mo.t of the addition vill be blocked by tva exiatinq tree. and the remaining vi.ible portion of the a~~ition will not obstruct any scenio vista.. From this analy.i. it appar.nt that the ad~ition will not create any .ignltioant a •• th.tic i.~acta in the vicinity. ElM on XB 90-EIA-21 9 " ' • CITY or ,ALO ALTO ADOENDUM TO ENVI~AL ASSE55IIOO to-ElA-ZI OCTOBER 24, 1990 12 (b) TransDortatjon/Cfrcylatjon. In recognition of occupant load exceptfons ailowed in the Unifonl Building Code for accessory use areiS wh'~~ ordfnarll1 are used onl, by persons who occupy main ar •• s of • bUilding, the project will not be required to provide parking for the .ew .t.'rway and hallway ar •• to be added t~ the project. As a result, the project will be required to provide lO additional spaces above tho •• shown on the .ubeltted plan rithiT than the 26 previously identified. The developer will still be required to provide this 'ddit~cnl' parkiny on site or an acceptable alternat~ weans of assuring that adequate parking will b. provided ror ,II sit. aetlvlties and ... 1 ... octIJpa.ncy. a:.i.9021.odn!sc • .' ': "'. '. December 31, 1990 OlG ~ 11990 CiryofPaIoAho i ~',':.d~PH OF Pl~rlrw~; Office olme 01)1 Ocrl< 250HarmllOnAvern)e ; ~'Ill ,_! P.~ lo:' At j'J : PaJoAItD,CA 94301 --'it>-vP-,,-' qcciJ~7' ~-"RB.~~ 'f'-EII1", RE: Application N<>. 9().UP·lo-3000 Ai!:xis Avenue Subj: Appeal !rem the Decision of the Zoning Administrator dared r~cember 20, 1990. RlCeived rn resp:;mse U) the findings of the Zoning Administrator, we oIfer the foUowir.g: Finding La: "The proposed use ... in that it wiil allow for an CXp311s10C of the existing use during the times when the club is rented fCJr special events.. .. RESPONSE: The existing secood floor Dining Room is DOW availzble. for rental for special event!. The Oub Member>hip approved the expansion ol the second floor Dining Room only is IeSmcled to use by membets. nO( as a rental. b: "During thes~ special events. approximately once I month. overflow parlcing has been sbowo :0 Iestrict the width of Alexis Road.... The road and the entrance. 10 the Club do not conveniently handle the amount and type of wJvity that the evenU generate ... which those responsible for the Club have been unable to respond effec:::ive:!y.- RESPONSE: The number ol ev011lS wbere there was parking on the street was reduced ~ four in 1990. with none in the month of December. The Dub is ::ommitted 10 eliminating any overflow. With regard 10 cootrol ol traffic at the entrance/<~it from the Club parlcing lot. tho Club MI!lllIger, Lyn Nelson. has met with Carl Stoffel (ol the PaJo Alto Tnffic Departmen.) " me sit. and bas implemented his ""lDest to cu, back shrubbery and to ",move portions ol the hill wbicl> block vision. Mr. Stoffel is 10 review a:r.e.se improvements next week. The Club will coopeme fully with Mr. Stoffel to improve conditions &l the road entrance. Finding 2 &: "The proposed ..e ... will no< be.,. in acccrd with ... TItle 18.._ RESPONSE: This issue was respnnded to io the enclosed" Addendum to Application for Use Permit" b: • ... conditions ... impractical to enfon:e andmonittrcompll=." RESPONSE: It is qui •• CQIIlIIlOn to post the copacll)l ol gathering places and cnIoreement and mooililring bave never been lUI issue for doing so. c: TItle II aha requires that the nwnber olemployec.s and resident popuI.ttiOD shaII approximate that which would result from • principal pml1ined ..... RESPONSE: See enclosed "Addendum to Application for Use PenniL' d. "The employees and resident population ... are concentrated ~n I sma1i area adjacent 10 the n~s.t neig!lbor .... The i...,trusion which results_ .. due primarily to th" lack of any buffer.... The applicant has been unable to errec.iv,ly Improve me situation .... RESPONSE: The Club commissioned a Landsc.p< Ar,hit<C~ Kikuchi and Associates. to prepare plans to mitigate this probl:::::;n. Plans were submined to Planning arid neigb"oors about October ] I, 1990. The Oub tried onsuccess(uUy to meet with the neighbor who noted in che public hearing that he didn't trust the Oub to keep the trees alive. The Cub feels the; planting plan is excellent for the propose, is wiiling to meet with Ihe neighbor~ and pledges to keep the plants ali .... e. The expansion ,",,-ill nO( increase t."'e number or employees or activities in the 8IU of complaint. In conclusion.. the. CWb., which when built thirty yea'!"S ago, prior iO creation of the Open Space District and had only t'i'O neighbors well down the hill. preserves more OpeD space tl1an if converttd Ie housing, iiid provides the Palo Alto community will). a beautiful and popular setting for -.-uiding recc.pnons, business and charity evenrs. The proposed ex.pansion will provide dining facilities for members only {cancelling current commet'Cial use), separate [oiler facilities for-nonmember! who presently use facilities within the locker rooms, and additional offICI!: and storage space. This proposed expansion is for the convenience of users and members,. and will Dot increase the number or capacity of "Special Evenls". No new memberships will bt: sold. Communications with the:: neighbors ha .... e been improved before and during the Use Permit Hearings process lind wiil continue to benefit these relationships_ Approval of the addition win result i." a net benefit CO the: entire communir:y_ ADDENDUM TO APPUCATIOX FOR liSE PERMrr PALO ALTO BILLS GOl.F AND CCl!;:,(T:>."' -: ":-.e ptc?oseci :W.d.iticn c' l ci..-.;:,g: :-OO~ c:.:. rej~:!-c. :'::cilii.es ..-.~j r-.: CG~mu::r.t a~c cc:t:p:l.:J01: '.=lith the ir.umt z..-:d ~',:",,?ose ~f Chapt.::" l~. -; ~ c f &.:-C::y cf P:uc A..!:o ~1unidpal CaC.=. T.::c propos.ro facility kS ii!. re.3..5onacle o~c or op::.'1 ~;;:;;:.c:c 1= .. -:.0. "I,:r..':C":1 p:"'--:::::!:5 tt.: 0..;;-; ~o !"e!ai.". roembm by provicii"lg w:.:c;' r..!ed~ ci."tir!g reet.' ~p:c:. ir.:-::Jer .. 1c::rs c.r:::: .::cmplimeming me pr:ser:t ~e of ±~ Ch.tb. wbile!lt the s~e ti..'":le preser.i.ng ar.d t:rotetting the open SPl!.::C en Lr,.-: Ch.:b grounds and goi:" co:.m::. \Vcrt the Ch:"o ~o rcsmC!r:d in k; use of its pmperr;y that mc~bcnhlE dec:iincd. IlJaking the Club's, pres:::.;);: ''';I~ no !onge.r economicall;.t fe.aS1cle, 6e Club '~ .. c~l.d likely ~e :::I!e'\le!o~d mID s::ng:e·faD".L.:. housjn~ w1.L1..a ccrr-es-pcnding lass ofL":!: q:.!!'l spzc: :::0",',' ;:,:,·.:(:ed eon L";-: C!:.:b·s sro~:-.C:::: . • ":.,5 required ·oy Section 18-, '7: .060 of 1.. ... : Cry cf ?Sc . .:....l,o :\1unicipal Co.:~. :.:...:,: ::ab::: of employees r.nd resieect popula.tion i'olio'Wing t..":.e :;roposed 2.dditiC:l \' .. :~ ~te thlU whidl wc~ld result from L'rtc: tue of the Q-.:c property fot' smgic·:f&:.c:J:. dwellings, USc: ur...de: 19.il.040 (d) of t.~e Cod::. un ~'l day a: t!:~ Cl~b me e.r.d resident popu1!.tio::. ~: e:::y one time fr.=. day t:lt::.is times of the day o\.lmbc= is less. tf.~ the ... \ Application No. 90-UP-10: 3000 ~lexis prive Use Permit 90-UP-IO is denied for construciion t use and operation of an 8,418- square-foot expansion t.o the eXlsting recreational us~~ 1$ per attached plans, at 30{)O ,l.lex;s Oriv!1 Z.::ne District as, Pillo Alto, California. FINDINGS 1. The proposed use at the proposed loc~tion will be detr;~ntal to prop~rt1 or fmprov~ments in the vicinity, and will be detrimental to the public convenience, i~ that it ~ill allow for an expansion of the fxisting use, w~ich is currently dQc~mented by neighboring residents to be a nuisance during the times when the club is rented for spetial events. During these speciil ev~nts, approximately once a month, overflow parking has been shown to restrict the w1dtn of Alexis Road, a (urying road constructed to standards consistent wit~ the OS zone district. The road and the entrance to the Cl~b do not conveniently ~andle the amount and type of activity t~at the events generate t and ~ave for many years ~aused concer~ by the surrounding neighborhDod , to ~ich those respons,ble for the Cl~b have been unable to r~$po"d effectively. 2. The proposed use will not be located and conducted fn a manner in accord wit~ the Palo Alto Comprehensive Plan aod the purposes of Title 18 of the P.lo Alto MuniCipal Code, in that the first goal of the Housing Element is to prate(t the (~aracter and qual1tfes of existing single f~il~ residential neighborhoods. While the use permit could be ~ond;ttDned, such that the intensity of ~se not be permitted to incrEa~e above current levels, the conditions would relate to internal operatfons on weehnds and in the even1r~gs, when and where it 1 s impra(tic.al to enforce .and Inonitor compliance. The appl fc.ant is unwilling to accept a condition prohibiting the renting of the facility for spec1.al events. The bistory of complaints by surrounding property owners demonstrates an inability of the Club to monitor t~ese sp!cial €vents to be compatible with the neignborlng uses. Title 18 also reQuires t~at the number of ~loyees and resident population shall approxlmat! that ~ich would result fro~ a principal permitted ~se. The e~loyees and resident populition {rom the Cj~b are concentrated in a small area adjacent to the nearest neighbor, Salvatore and Stella GiQvlnnotto. The intrusion whfc" resul ts from this concentration and numter is in ucess af wtlat would be expected to resuit from any other principal permitted use, due primorily t. the lack of any buffer bet ... n the n~.re.t neighbor and the li.itej area devoted to the resident popul.tion. Again, the app1icaot UP9010 12/20/90 Nl Page I • \ /' -----,-" ---- h.s been unable to effett1vely improve the situati~n and reduce the conflfcts which arfse. A~.JL~J; 1/ NANCY MADDOX LYTLE Zonfng Adminfstrator ~ember 20 t 1990 , . Tbfs for. does not constItute the use permit for which application was .ade. If t~e applicatfon is approved and ff no appeal from thfs decision is filed by any person, fir. or corporation affected by the decision on or by December 31. 1990, you wfll receive a copy of your permit in the mafl. If this application is not de~ided to your satisfaction. the decision may be appealed to the Planning Commission by filing an appeal application with the Plannfng Department and City Clerk on or before the above-mentioned date. Attad_nt cc: Lyn Nelson, PlIo Alto Hills Golf and Country Club, 3000 Ale.is Drf,e, f,lo Alto, CA 94304 S. Saperstein, 3089 Country Club Ct., Palo Alto, CA 94304 Hugh Kennedy, Spencer and Associates, 700 High Street, Palo Alto, CA 9430) Gordon McClintock, 1400 Fashion Island Blvd., Sufte BOO, San Mateo, CA 94404 Russell Cavis, Ware and Fr.ldri<~, 400 Hamilton Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94301 S~ Jerril Schwartzman and Sonya kaplan, 3077 Country Club Ct~, Palo Alto, C'" 94304 Sal Giovannotto, 3090 Al.,i. Drive, Palo Alto, CA 94304 E.A. Walker, 945 laurel Glen O<;v., Palo Alto, CA. 94304 tareen Scott, 3J87 Alexls Orhe. Pala AHo: C4 94304 Deborah Mefs.l, 3132 Alexis Drf,., Palo Alto, CA 943C4 UP90IO 11/10/90 NL Page 2 lP' AlL tjJ) AlL 1l'0 IHIlllLlL§ GOL~ AN~ COU~Y~Y CLU~ 3ClXJ AJe,b Dr1ve Polo AlIa. CdI/otrio 94304 Memorondum DATE: SUBJECT: TO: From.: ........ 5.1999 Polo Mo Hils GcIr crld Cou7try CI<b Members' Dining Room and OffICe Addition ~ Clmce, City of Polo Mo Kugh F. Kennedy. Spence, AsSociot ... SPENCER ASSOCIATES A~H1TKTS &: PlA"'"'tfRS Written Project Descrlpf>Ott ll1b 8AOO Sf will add a Member> Oiling Room (only) on !he enlry skle of the _Ing foctitI .... foc'ng !he SOn Francisco Say, N the some lime. spoee will abo be provided for oddtlonc! offlces, !oIe! rocii!les and sfOfQga. The eidsfing polldng lot will be ottered to provide file added porl<ing requ1red (see attoc11ed Po r1<fng Analysls). with foncI£oping fmp!OWmenl$, Memoer>hfp In !M CIOO wJ1 no! be fncteosed and tt1is added IOCIfty will not be ovaIobIe to fll'L(lUbIc and therefore Increased po<1<ing needs are not orlflclpoted. 700 HIGH SIRHT 0 PALO ALlO, CALifORNIA ~I.Hm 0 TELEPHONE ,41S) .i28-2200 JOHN W, SfVPGlA. AlA .. .\.I-:(lIIH(l 0 IkUtl<', W ROOO,"" AlA, ARCHHrn rU)RIIX~F. I '>Pr,M~1 R ~''''I-\. I(),rn(r~r ·' PALO ALTO HILLS COUNTRY CLUB :>ARKING A"ALVSIS 21211'9 SPACES REQUIRED fOR EXISTL'IQ SPACES REQUIRED FOR ADOfTIONS" • 1ST flOOR: 2ND FLOOR: TOTALS TOTAL # SPACES RfOUlRED ACTUAL COUNT BY SKI' NEW SPACES REQUIRED 2,693 /100. 1,24& 1301). B09 115 4,750 3,318 J 15_ 26.93 ",'6 53.93 221.2C 231 77 30B -257 51 85.02 Occupants Occupants 307.39 O<cupam, SPENCER ASSOCIATES ,\RO!iTECTS S.,'7L';:\:"ER~ NUMBER OF SPACES REQUIRED: 307.39 J 4 : 76.85 Spaces :-i~! I~!CH Slr~lET G P..l..l.OAU(J. I.-\Llr(llt'"f, ',";:C,1 :J fHEPHO'\f. (.ii;. ,LFl . .!_'1)/1 W!l.lI \.'.\ 'I hi '.'J: ·\t.:.. Q lOi""-v .. Sr'I'll-'. \' . ..\.,::, ,_'.I;>;~ \\ ~C.D1'-\ ·\i c -' ,.-(.1 0, r~ll 'I 1;1 RTf.1 q '-~, ., i Vi-'-C::': f I, .... ,. /' eft PALO ALTO HILLS OOlF" COUNTlIY CLUB 'I\I'OMEN'S LOCKER ROOM ADDITION EXIS TIN:) AREA T A BULJ. mNS FOIl R£OUtREO PAAKII'G ~D PAAKII'G AT I SPACE PEIl4 OCCUPANTS EXlSTffi PARKI~ AVAIlABLE: ~:-'. !IIl'l196 ,/,' W, ..... !.J., 225 +'-: ~~I 2:11 J 2 •• > :.-' "/' A~f.t 1 L Rte"r) ,""HH'lH!1 "HAL OOClJ1ll:N'S _ PALO AlTO EIA-l EOYIRnNIUTAl ASSESSKNT IKlR'SHUT IVAilllIDiT Of P\.AllllIIi(l -----~-~-... ----------CITY OF PALO UTD I.o.I'a 91l-c,"'-L, Oa ttl! .J.1::!J..~-l- A,,",,,,, of pr.j"'t_~~tis (Jr'.) tYQAj~ cA flll"re-nt lOnlng,~ ~ Comp!"'theru .... e Plan Des1gn.atlon ___________________________ _ ~",,," ::~'t"!£:::.~~~.' I L 7. 1 • s. •• 1. •• • Sft~ and Oes'g" IJ~ Perwtt lone Change-to Subdhfs'on ElISTlIIG SITE -------* S'l. of ,Ite .ItiJ,b"., Plr<.1 Mop ARB Rerlew ElR.~ CMII"'K; "2, ~5-Pl'$ As ...... •• P."".1 NUol>er tf:I,!/tMw-'ll'''''''''f'-e'Js-: Site'" OIMed V rented b, appHClnt. [."tlog .w of property _f'JdvMe C1u b Toul nunlber af occorJNInts/rt''51denh and/or 1IIP1oyees fot' the ellfstif'lg "" &-J1!2 tiul'l()er of f"){istfng parir.fng SpaCfS Z51 ~rc:ent of c.-pact spaces_fl.i'YJ N~r of ea:htfng bike 'Sprlces /), tlus __ Ihltober of o.l •• tlog st,"ct.re.~ ..... t Ie tllel. u .. C440(/,!iK,.e"t,u~t{~ """" /161"t "IA. _ ./ ;,I' .,111 lU,Y be deMOl~ for tM'S Pr"ojtctl' 1'.s__ No_V_ She of uhthg stf"Uctures. ~I 5".{,.3 7?': @Ik(Lv) Cnrod1tton af uhtlng bund1p\gS~ ___ 6~ ___ _ 1ifufoIber" or (IWfIer-occupfed Uf'I1ts on-sUr. ""7 16. 11. 18. Per~ent of sfte to be cQvered b)' pe'fetttnt. ___ _ lotil nl,Jllblol"" of resfdents Jr "'Plo,Ye!S 1!'.1I!;~;led to OCr.UP1 the p,..opos.e(j P,oJect.JZou LA'A'4I r t1£<.& ~rt , FO\ .... Sfde.tl.' .S<' i-- •. otAl~" of untts b. N r.,f !Mits pe"-tef'l! f ---- t~ 'WI1es r,ce or ~ntlll,. II"1!nt per M111ng W'it. ___ _ Of cc.aunft1 bu11 diings, ___ _ •• outdoor prhat! ~" 5~cr per Uft1t, ___ _ f. §. derote Inc_ ... !ts: I "\ for rent ----1)1 _, pr.'lde~r ul. /zi Sol ••• d/or ... nta.~f,"' _____________ _ tot., ._r of .. hle'es upeeted da!1y for proposed project (J.t] fP..1"'':J. ....ooer af !',I;htfttg plI'i.fn1l s,paCI!'S .YI1~lbl. for tfte proposed Are: to,wfC .. stu ta be 41s<h«~d1 Y!!'s • NtI~ If ~;. cO'IIpl("te ,,,nII fur.-hhed by P.ul 1 ding In,pectlofl. -- /1.1. I IlpN:tt:1f alllOunt or \fIllter 1.Is.a~ (~.cept for ru1de~ti.l de"e1opcJe",ts (If fewer-than C u"~ts not Toe_ted 1n the '",oth111'$.': •. Dome,tlc (galidaYI~_ Pea' us. (gAl/.hl.J/A_ ,. C-..rcl.l/lncklstrfal (gal/do,lh')? Po ..... (gal/""J~Jf'*'" c. [,pocted fire flow ....... d (gol/olnl. N.~<!::{/rf~) 71. )4>Wl!}p discharge dl111 lovtr 30 fhture Lm1h (1111)')_ -.!! A ----- Indlclte the .-aunts of u.pected energy use. Cos IZ~T"'- ilett rl c 1'1b9 / JVlJIt < ~ I 'e.' EI~rlc _nil ..fl::2-KW fleW 'l1li111 the .tr'Ier-gl' be used? fndfc.te the llses 1M eqw;f~nt siu-s. •. Space lleatf"'J: F~l: CI<_::"V __ Tons r1ectrfc ResfSt.eltCf __ ~w ___ _ Other _________________ ~~4 •• b. Air Cand1ttl)nfng: NuRlber of unfU .g Toto I Ton,"go ,6 <. Water Hl!ltfng: ;fI~ fuel: (;0,, ___ _ aTUII ------ sorir ___ _ ANt Recovery ____ . (lect r t c_-":-__ KV, __ _ other __ .,,-_________ _ "---------. Ct"tril.l Systelto'_\-',r, __ rnd(yfdual $)'ste\llllS __ . 4. OtNer: l"door Ughtt.q •..•.•. ':~ KW zo Outdoo' 119httn9 .. /JA KW -- Cook fng-.1L0t:.d/(I KW __ , STUll .. __ Itlt.,, __ 6k-__ .. __ . HP .. ~ __ _ RefrlgenotfM AInu. ~. Tons or cw. rt. __ X'''''y &A C"""ute' ____ _ ""ldor ----fl.t<-.---. Other ____ _ 1). At,. pollutfM e.tss1ons: (Cheell: applfc.ble BAAPtD regvlatfons) Ca.ercfal and fndl.lstl"',al ollly: Source and type HA _.t _____ . ____ _ Iyl>" .. b • .. _-_ .. _-------- ;Ci. Or.fMge pro'(fsfo"s frOCli s'te _______________ _ 76. _unt of grading proposed (culllc yor"'l Aiot,.../o-__ U. Ohpo.ftlon of .. ".oted .Urf.I _____ .....J.;i .• '"IA=>-__ S.M> Clan ralley Water Ofst.l<t ____ _ BCOC 8ay "Ai'i!i"Mi"l'ollutfon Control Ofst'lct ____ _ Corps of (ftgfneers Ilt ...... _ .... __ _ ---_. __ ........... . • " <; /. tIl. DiYIRONKNTM, DESCIUPTlON ~IIL Pj"n.rnt ,"4 diJ"f'cthn oOf 'Slope 0' grounoi.t Sftl!'_~~ .f'.4~ ~f). :~ t~fs site f" flo1ld t,Ulrd arel" ___ ._="-'-___ _ 3i. E.r'sting H. 30_ J'_ )6. riolS(' ct·.tracte ... of 11'N (hcludl!' si",1ffcant uhtfftg 'SDurcU ____ _ -~ 'J PN"".,"" .. d by ~ ~~ Dot. _ j't,.U-() Te1ephone More fnf(1"""tlon ., be requf~d before-l~pH!:ltro" Ctlft be processed. lnc~le-t(' "ns"-,1'"So M.\y ,*~ .. y yaur project. Call tl'le Pltl'U,1"g DePlr"bll!ont If you N¥e qoe s.t 1 on'S. PLEAS{ RETUIIN EIIYU~NTAl OOCU'UTS TO PI._ING QEPIUITIUT. CITY rT PAlO At TO . . DEC 0 1 1989 S-"ft;cm A;)$..ncI4Te:! .. ",.;-: "'!:.,~ ., .. Ki"-uchi (; Associates rlr _ Hugh K cnnedy Sperlcer Associates 700 High St Pdlu Aito, CA _ 9430 I PE: Palo A ito Country Club Dear Hugh. Ler>ds.c~ AA~it.ecli""~ S~IG'~ Pursuant to your request. the fel/owing is an inventory of existing plant material to be removed as a result of the Country Club Addition_ TREES 1-15" Podocarpus gracillior. Fern Pine 1-10' Pooocarpus graci/lior. Fern Pine 1-10" Olea europaea. Olive Tree I-multi lrunk 15" Acer palmalLm. Japanese Maple 1-6" Fraxinus uhdei. fvergreer> Ash 1"4" CaJistemon Viminalis. Bottlebrush Tree 2-4'-Pyrus calleryana. Bradford Pear SHRU8S 11-Viburnum suspensum. Sandankwa Viburnum 4 -Ceaoothus "Julia Phelps". Wiid lilac 5-Rap1liolepis indica. Indian Hawthorne 6-lemon bushes 14 -Azalea species 4-Rhod oden dron spec ies 5-Dooonea purpureus. Purple Hopseed Bush 4-DicKsonia anlarctica. Tasmanian Tree Fern P!lIo Alro (A. 9d:.:J()1 (0415) 321-3200 ,;} ~ ii~ :tfa1o Alto HillS Department of Planning November " 1990 and community Environment city of Palo Alto 250 Hamilton Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94301 Attention. Ms. Nancy Lytle Zoninq Administrator c.:""\ r i~\ i.) lJ -riCII () .1990 - Re: Palo Alto Hills Golf' country Club M@mbers'Dining Room AddjJJ~o~n~ ____ _ Dear Ms. Lytle: The purpose of this letter 1& to supplement the application ot Palo Alto Hills tor Amendment to Use Permit. Th9 application is scheduled for hearing on November 15, 1990. In our prior discussions, you have indicated concerns with the adequacy of parkinq_ In addition, you have notEd that nelqhbors have raised questions concerning traffic control end the possibility ot increased deliveries to the loading dock area. We take this opportunity to comment on each ot the three issues~ larkiftg. There are 257 existing parking places. The plan reflects an additional 51 parking places as a result of rastripinq and the wide~inq of the driveway. The calculations prepared by Planning indicate that 71 new parking places are required. We arB 20 parkinq places short of that required tor the additional space. We propose a solution as follows. We would install a tolding divider in the second floo~ dining room which would allow U8 to close otf and isolate 1304 square feet which is equivalent to 21.37 parking spaces. A copy o~ the proposed drawing is attached. As part of our use permit, we would agree that the isolated area would not be open for service when the downstairs • Ms. Nancy 1,yt Ie November 7, 1990 Page 2 dining room and swimming room areas ",'ere both open for use~ When either the do· .... nstai rs dining roo:!n or swimming pool .... ere not open tor use, we ~~uld be able to retract the folding door and utilize the balance ot the addition. In addition, '.ale 'Wi) 1 develop int.ernal procedures to limit the use of the fdcility to that compatible ~ith existing parking places. As Lyn Nelson pointed out in her letter of November 30, 1989, W'e have already stopped accepting certain groups because the nature of the event .as not self-limiting. We agree to limit use of the faQility to events that our parking can accommodate without spilling over on to adjoining streets. 'D· __ ~.ffi<: __ C9"p.!:~9_;t. At least one neighbor has expressed cancer., 'With drivers becominq confused acout the locaticn of the club and hoW' to return to Page Mill Drive. 't-.'e have engaged a traffic engineer to design and install appropriate di~ectioT'1_al signs at the exit from the parking lot. He is also to design and install a sign to advise drivers approaching the club on Alexis that the drive~ay is 100 feet ahead on the right. All of this signage ~ill be incorporated into a master plan for landscaping along Alexis Drive and alon9 the property line with Mr. Giovannotto 'Which 'Will bE submitted as a supplement to the Site 2~d Design Application. rncrease_d De~ iveries. We do not believe that there will be any increased deliveries as a result of the addition. The size of the kitchen and its capacity are not being increased. If anything, there may be feilier deliveries because .... e have created additional storaqe space adjacent to the kitchen. Nevertheless, the issue of the vie~ of ~he neighbor of the drive~ay and loading dock is being addressed. Our ~andscape architect has prepared plans for site and Design whicn are intended to screen )090 Alexis Drive from the view of the loading dock area. We are also villjng to plant ivy or some ether acceptable plant to soften the vieW' of the E'x:isting cement block wall immediately adjacent to the entry of the loading dock. We believe that the entire problem can ie alleviated by a carefully considered planting program designed by o ... r landscape architect and approved by Site and Design. I trust t.hat this adQresses the immediate concerns that you expressed wit~ respect to the Application for Amendment to Zoning Permit. If r have failed to address any issues, please let me >fs. Nancy Lytle November 7, 1~90 PidfJI?' ,) Jat.;,.,-i:emedi<1tely. and ! 'Will providE!: a further supplement to our applicat.ion. Clef" .,j £ncl<::-stJr".: C(:: Hugh l<t:'nn~dy Lyn t:elcon Co:'trol. SoC!f ~esp~ctful1y $ubmitted l GIJ)J-:-.... :~ kfl~:.-;: C,J;UI<!'"22_\[ ':C::"':J3. 3COO Alcx~ Dri-.'e Pakl M(,. CCIif<">I'T1kI "'EMU_S [)JNtNG iOOM AOOfT!ON SJides 0: fun mrJCk.-up ot srte, Injen~ To ~hOw views. trom adjocent properties 1 2 3 • 5 6 7. 8 9. 10 View from 1 ~ house 00 hill cbove (Giovor-rofa} Diito wfth telephoto View trom 2nd house View from 3rd house DiM with telephoto View (10m 4th house Not visible from Alexiti Drive, SO 1hfs v~w Is from drop off rood 10 Porta Cochere View at Pcxte Coch&re VieW on o~her end or drop off rOOd View from upper parXfng 101: N.:;,te. the p;-,o,irneterOf the MOrton is at 11le rope tow~ch OfongC boIlC>0'1S are uHuch(-',j. I')()r the baflo-..>OnS. . ...-..... ......... -.................. ~ •. :.-..". -."-"-'\....... .. ----'---.• • / • • • - ' .. • ; 7 • , . • , 10 ~ \ I t ··'~r· '~'_'.!L __ ~~-! ____ __ .j I I - • • 2 . -._---" -_ ........... " I .' t , \ .' -.... , , i 1 4 I • " , ~ : , , ~' , " , L I 5 ..J , . " ~, • , , ~ ------ -AI fill Palo Alto HillS Dear Employees, / .' November 20, 1990 Attached are some ru~es which seem to be neqlected lately. It is important to understand that failure to adh~re to these rules not only causes others inconveniences, but could result in the termination of either your privilages or your jobs.. Please cooperate, to insure a pleasant employment relationship .. ith everyone at Palo Alto Hills. Your cooperation is appreciated. PALO ALTO J.lILLS GOLF {. COUNTRY CLUB. 3000,11 .. ;, 0.;.., P.I, Aho, C. ~ • ("5)9",'000 Palo Alto HillS EXPLOYU HOUSING RULES 1. Employee Housinq is for full tiEe employees cf Palo Alto Hills Colf and country ClUb. 2. Rooms are reserved for the employees only~ spouses, children and quests are not allowed to stay in the l.·ooms over night at any tim.e. J. Employee's cars and motorbikes must De parked in the designated area of the parkinq lot marked -Employee Parking~. 4. Employees ~~~ot leave their car unattended if unloading for longer than 5 minutes. 5. Pool a~ea locker and restroom facilities are not tor employee or their quest use except on Mondays. 6. Plates, qlassware, meals or other Clubhouse Supplies may not be taken to the rooms at any time. 7. Employees ~ho are not ~orklnq may not break or visit other emp~oyees in clubhouse areas. All employees in the clubhouse should be ~orkinq there scheduled shifts~ 8. Employees may not leave the clubbouse while on-duty unless permision is given by the supervisor on duty. 9. Rooms may be issued by t..'l.e Department Head 'ali th approval of the General Manager. While these rules are strict, it is to protect the privilage of h~ving free housing. Reports of violations of these rules will result in a written wa~inq and the second offense .ill result in the loss Qf the employees rOOD. Further violation will result in termination of employment. • PALO AllO '-HLLS GOLF 0. COUNTRY CLUB. 3000 Ale.;; Dr'~-e. P.lo Alto, Col 9(1.)04 • (4ISj9lJS.J800 -..: . 8ANQUET POLlCtES I. Ail guests MIJST park in Club parking lo~ yelliele. are NOT permltted along Alexis Drive or Country Club Court, at any time_ 2. Please plan on confirming aU mtnu a.rrangE'm~nts at least one month prior to your Cunetion. Arrangements may ~ made over the phone or by appointment. l-The flna! head count (bill.ble guaran~) m\lslbe confirmed ten work ing days prior to your event, this numbe-r Is not subject to r~uction. but may be-in-creased should you n"d to a<:commodate addit/.onal g'J~ts. 4. Palo Alto HHIs will be prepared to accommodate any ad~ltlonal guests up to 5:: of your guarantero amount.. You Mil oc.ly"be cha.rged for any additional entrees, if you nero them. s.. The sale & service oC alcoholic beverag~ are regUlated by the Cal!! ornia Alo::ohOl ~verage Coctrol Board. Paro Alto Hills 3S a lice-nse'E' is responsible !or the administration or all rules &-regulations the Soard reqUlres. It i' a poticy. within that code, to not allow any t?pe o[ alcoholic tx>verage to be brought Into our facility. 6 The contracted party is responsible Cor all damages during tl::eir fundion. 7. Palo Alto Hills requests a $500.00 deposit to confirm your Cunction date. Unfortunately, the deposit Is NON-REFlJNDAllLE, arter 30 days or your check wbmlssion, unless the cancelled date can be b¢ok~d. 6. Palo Alto Hills is not responsible lor If:.e.ms that are missing or dam~ged, g. In add,tion to rood & beverage expenses, Palo Alto Hills reqUires a set. up Cee or $450.00 Cor e"",Ding [unctions or $350.00 Cor arternoon !u.nctfons~ ~kh includes linens~ china. coatroorn attendant,. prepara.tion &: breakdown or the room. 10. Prices ere sublett to cheng_ wflhOut notice, but mey be confirmed thirty deys prior to the eng.gemenL I L No rice, bird seed, conCeltl. etc. should be thrown or addHlon.1 ch8rge. will be Incurred far the ele,n-up. which Is $25.00 per hour. (2 hour minimum). 12. VeTet parking fs m.on~:tC'ry for ~1T (um:t1ons over 225 guests Office hours ere Tuesd.y -S.turdey. 9:00.m -5:30pm If you ha .... e any quesUans .. pleese contect Paull~ Tei.lCetre or her BssIstt:lnt. Keren Soencer. 415-948-i 600 • \. '/ Page 1 USE PER.'>1IT HEARING DECEMBER 6th,1990 Presentation Outline 3rd DRAFT 1216190 I. The Club A. Built 30 years ago, prior to creation of the Open Space District, with only 2 homes located well away from the Club. B. Homes have been built around the Club often because of the attraction of being adjacent to the open space of the golf course . C Many of the neighbors have chosen to join the club 10 use the amenities the facility offers. D. The faCilities are in a lovely setting which the Palo Alto community finds very allraclive for special events such as wedding receptions and business and charity events. One of the users has abused the privilege by allowing too mar,y people to attend an evant, resulting in OVer attendance of the facilities and overflow parking on adjacent streets, The Club has cancelled this event permanenUy and has 6stabr,shed rules to prevent a~ss to similar organizations. II. The Proposed Expansion of the Existing Membe~s Dining Room, Offices and Toilet Facilities: A. The existing Owing Room and bar on the 2nd floor is posted for 118 person maximum capacity This area is currently ava~able fO( outside parties. This room has a view of the Bay and is popular with the members for the Wednesday, Friday and Sunday night family dinners, and weekdays for breakfast lind lunches, which is the reason this room is being expanded. The membership approved this expansion en the condition that use of ~he second floor dining room would be restricted 10 member use only, not for outside parties. Thus use by outside parnes will be decreased if this expansion moves ahead. The second floor expansion is 3,5255f lor dining, and includes a bar, stainways and an elevator (10 meet State Handicap requirements). • . / Page 2 B. The offices are being expanded by 1,134s1 to accommodate tho equipment and staff t.~at have been added in the 30 years since origlna! construction: no more staff will be added. C Toilet Rooms are being added (1,23251) to provide facilities for non-members who now must lise the membership's locker room facilities! D. The remaining area being added is for Kitchen storage (880sl) , a small break room for kitchen staff, an office for the Maitre 'd to meat with the staff away from the kilchen, and space for the Iobby/corridor,stairs and an elevator. E One of the objectives of the design has been to minimize the visual impact of the addition and not adversely impact views of any of the neighbors. To accompITsh this the 2nd floor Membor's DR expansion was designed as a long, thin room which remained flat against the existing building, with ceillngs as low as possible to reduce roof heights. A temporary full-size mockup was put in place and photographed from all surroundir.g properties to satisfy all members that the design has virtually no impact on neighbor's views. Photos were included in the submittal to the City. III. The Submittal Process: A. The initial contact with the Pianning Dept occurred early in 1989. Required were : 1. Redesign of the parking lot to add planter islands with trees, planting and irrigation. 2. Meetings with neighbors (several were helo) which r"sul!a<! in the construction of a mooel to show neighbors what the addition will look like, a strategy to paint out roof· mounted air oonditioning equipment which has annoyeo up-. ~m neighbors, improvement of sight lines from the parking lot exit, strategies to control parking, traffic and commerciali2ation, and preparation of landscape drawings to mitigate complaints from a neighbor over noise and sight problems with the adjoining worker apartments. These meetings have resuned In opening lines of communication between the neighbors and the club which will improve future relationships. • \ IV. Conclusion. Page 3 3. Presentation to the ARB, with the result that design changes were made and presented to the ARB at a laltar hearing which resulted in conditional approval 4. A Traffic Study was commissioned 10 analyze the traffIC impact of a typical event. The event studied was a typical event (on January 6,1990) and not one of the ·special events· that occur several times a yesr which result in problems for the neighborhood. The Study concluded that the parking proposed is adequate, but that access to the club parking area needs improvement lor both egress and exiting, some of which (clearing away planting to improve -at the exit), but signage is stili to be done pending the results of the hearing process, including neighbor input 5. A View Shed Analysis was commissioned 10 have an outside consultant analyze the impact of the addition on neighboring views. The analysis confirmed the previous mockup study which showed virtually no negative impact. 6. An anvimomental impact study performed by the City resulted in a negative declaration. 7. A landscape design was commissioned to mitigate concerns from the closest neighbor about visual and noise problems emanating Irom the worker apartment building (a small one story residential-type building). 8. A proposal was made by the club to partition off a portion of the second foOOr ( see the drawing dated Nov 1, 199(), 'Parking Reconciliation St"dy"] when a large event is scheduled 10 prevent exceeding the limits of the parking lot 1. The addition will upgrade and visuatly improve the appearance 01 the 30-year old facility, with no negative impact on the views of neighbors. 2. Transfer of ihe use of the second floor dining area from commercial to member-only US9 will result in reduced commerciafization of the facilities. -, P~e 4 3. The hearing process has opened dialogue between the neigh!lors and the clt .. b. resullirlg in improvements 10 the processes and the physical plant of the club. The club hopes this process will continue. and intends 10 keep the dialogue open. ~, Palo Alto HillS ", : VALE'l' POLICY HlUlUAL As a valet parker it is Important for you to remember you are the first introduction to the services Palo Alto Hills Golf and Country Club offers it's lrIf!mbers and guests. Courtesy, appearance, ef.ficiency and responsibility is a must at all times. You are responsible for the handling of a quest's car, and the club is intrusting you with a great deal of responsibility in treating th~t vehicle with the utmost care. You are ~lso responsible for helpin<J us to maintain good relations with our neighbors Who have been inconvenienced by cars parkinq along the adjacent streets. It makes it difficult wh~n quests from club functions take up residential parkinq spots, and that i~ why large partie~ are requi~ed to utilize valet services. You gust make every effort to keep all meDbe~ and guest vehicles otf of the streets. If quests park alonq the streets, please write Gown the license plate number and 'live this to the manager in charge so he/she may make an announcement tor these vehicles to be moved. P~ease take a moment to review these rules: 1. Dress: pressed slacks (no jeans), white dress shirt, and tie, clean white or black joqqinq shoes. 2. Each quest must be given a claim ticket, ~hen they are ready to collect their vehicle, be sure they return the ticket. Never-leave keys unattended, or surrender a vehicle without proper proof of ownership. 3. Park vehicles alonq north end of the lot (near driving range) and work towards the south and of the lot (near the club's entrance}. 4. One person, called a ·Pa~king Lot Monitor-needs to be stationed at the bottoD of the hill, near the ~ntrance during a11 a.fternoon parties and any evening parties qreater than 200 quests to direct traffic into the club's parkinq facilities. This person also needs to post the sign on the post which viII direct guests to tbe lot, notifying them that street parking is prohibited. Their sole responsibility to keep quests from parking along the street. • PALO ALTO J.·NLLS GOLF &-COUNTRY CLUB. 3000 A/~J(is D!ivp, P.1o A/!Q, C. 94JDiI • (1.I.IS)948·IIJOO 5~ Once all guests are pArked, check along Alexis Drive and Country Club Court to insure Vehicles are not parked on th~se streets. It you find vehicl •• parked there, vrite 40wn the description and license plate number, and pass this infot'lDation on to the Hanaqe.r in charge of the special event. 6. Valet parkers are not to use unoccupied c1ubhouse space during the events (ie Member Grill Room). 7. No speedinq in the parking lot. 8. Be courteous at ~11 tim ••. 9. No loitering or loud play1nq of .~sic in the parking lot. 10. Any problems must be reported to the manager on duty. lL Be sure to keep the valet room neat and orqanized .. return al"l plates and glassW'are to the kitchen after your meal. Thank you for taking L~e tim. to review these rules, please siqn the attached form for our ~iles to insure that you have been prope~ly informed of these revised r~lations~ Adhering to these requirem~nts will help insure good relations with members, quests and neiqhbors. .. 12-2-90 ~&a~ Hanaqer 0 t Banquets , Special Events • FACSIMILE FORM Please deli,'er ItO: ~ Nancy Lytic, Sara Cheney PAX #, 329-2240 JOB TITLE: PAHG&ee tTg Permt[ Hwinn TOTAL NUMIlER OF PAOES (INC1.UDING 1HlS COVER S~E"T): 2 p.~s DATE: Dccemb<;r' 1999 FACSIMILE TELEPffONE: 41~28-1 ~9. !1'-yO\) 00 NOT RECEIVE ALL PAOES, n:LEPHONE: 41~28·Z200. INSlRllCTIONstCOMMENTS: Dc", Nanq and Sata: .dclo5e<l find an addendum fe< J/Ie Traffic SlUdy_ Thnnks, Hugh . .,:: Oordon !>fceHn"",' (FAX 573-1.18T) Lyn N<L<oo ( fAX 948-9S3Z) J2-e~-ge WED ~~:15 SPENCER/TPP DEC-4-90 ruE 13:25 AI:JOE!';DVM To FAX N), 1~lSe5S5-:-3:J Tbc Falo A110 COIlOtr)' Club TJ1lffic St~d>, ~pot1 Thil addcn.1lJnI Icrvc.s 10 .respond: ):0 qUoeS11011S W CtmiffiCnt5 from :Mo. Hlotgh Kenl1edy. Spence: &. AJ~te., and Mr. Corl Stufr.l. Ci" or P':o Alta for tile drat! report or "Palo Alto COuntry Oub Expan.j<Jn Traffic Srudy" dJ.ted january U, 1990. In lite Pat!<lll, 1ICC<Ioo on page 2·6. lb. numba "r •• istin& plI'ld"S .pocu of 357 I. Incomct The ==1 nIL"""', i, 257 and the .... uldng oe<:upiod rat" ['" !he paWn, lot ....,uld be abo", l5 _ot BotlI IrilliC Illd pol1<in& CO'JD" ~ Iakon toe • wcel<day evenins period and • Sanmlay night .pecial evenl. Tho wClOkday ooun" ,...'" lakeD OD nHll'.sdAy. J""..., 4, 1990 be!We<:n C P.M. iUJd 6 P.M.. Tho SI!Ul'day WIIDII 'l«re liken on JlnUit)' 6, 1990 bclWCCn 6 P,M. and 7 P,M .. The llip I_flnon ra!Cs ...... den vcd from ox;stln, ""Ilk; CO\ln" &lid wI~~ ~r .... ncc frlIm w Institute of Tr&l!Jportt tiOD Englneert Trig Genrnrigll ML.ual (4L~ Edidon, 1987~ '/be inc1ea" of trip. Crom tile proposed t.~cn .... , .. dmated to be Ipp!'Ol<imalCly 20 perteJlt !ot a weekday evening peek hour and 40 P<""<"l for • Saturday special evenL .. ,1',- fROt..l THE OESKOF ~===== .... rr===:yf:: Jerry Schwartzman ~: }J;jp'7 '1 il<- rtJt? ;&(//1- z;~ ~ y}lf A-ft O'~ f 7:OO-ll:30MG (i"' .... Pan,'.. , ...,;og -MDRJ " 7:00. U:JO MG ""-,....., "'---- 3f 7m_-.'~ t""--' , \'eaiJlg • MrR J " -----'- ScaiotU-rs: / Palo A!to Hills Golf and Country C1cb Sdledule of Events -Ot<:ember 1990 Club C;",oQ a.b CIos.d 17 Clob CItJ.J~ Club Clt;m! -7-II:30MG M_',_ Yaros E-.e Party C/oh ao_ 1 c"'" CIov4 12 Day lllDdl &: 3innec· MG Senkll).~ P3rty E'R!l1oc -MOR lJ l' fkm: l.ad1c:!I Chmuna P8.ny MOIl "'0 so J 18 fIoIe Ladi<o 51 • 29 _ 6:00-l!~ Me Priv;ne Parties Aft. a. Eve. -MDR ~ .. -- Luac.1I: Thelday -Sunday ll.:30 -3'00 ~~ Mnts . W~fa)' 5."00 -~.OO MG ~ T~, n~y c~: W~.Fridar 1(;;00-3'00 {:;adldig:':-Wt.~y 5:{)J-8:00MDR Satwday & Sunday 1[:00-1:OOp Saosroay k S"""y 9:30.431] C,""""it"--Fridoy 6'30 -i.30 MDR "'''',...Jay k Frid;;}' 11,00· '1>.300 Dnr~ c.Jtc:A,.. ..... ,..,Iad.n..J r ... .,.,.~forJl~~...z.e.u ........ ~ ~,~stwrII,~",.l..,..s.r/I ... _~.6r~_-:-_. J-. T<'I' SUO.,T ...... r<I'JIJ_IUJ., &or -.~.Jarii.t1-tHq--. FROM DATE SUBJ'ECT IiuI.II ~.l/.Ji4 Y ~P£1.X-lE.R mWn'ln:! LYN NELSON .5',&/90 lkt.e. • ,&rogr (!£ 4 IIJFo • \ . . -, . . j' -, " ?Moe'S /~al.V-b,~ &I'4Ii1!!. roe 0i7ll ~~. ,6Q, Pi (. A778Ct1~ .. A4!IO ~):'~Q:n:!=S WAh eWM Ar~ PEOPLE WHO RESIP€ AT PALO ALTO HILLS ~ AAROYO. fERHANI)O CAHASA. fERHANl)O COUAL. MARHH EHCI\RW.CIOH. CARLOS GOMEZ. J'~O GUITERREZ -j£I.DOZA. ,OSlO REFUEIUO. DIOSDJlOO ROORIOOEZ. ]OSE ROHAN. Al.FREDO SQ~ THOMAS TEDENA. JOEY p.~ • ./ PALO ALTO HILLS EMPLoYEES MI!OYO. FERNAHfX) A/!R()y0. LUIS S4RBER. CfCELI,I. IIAI!R. .1ULIE IIIoRltIOS. .1O&!: _. EDIIW!OO _. HII1lY:IANE CANASA. FEI!HNIlIO CANIOO. TERESA. CNl(j-LVM t "''PS51Q CLARE.. T-.sA CORRAl.. _IN CRUZ. HECTOR ()ANOVICH. CHRIS DAVrs. STEVE DEAN. BAR/(LEY DE.1,o,YHES. EVELYN I>IIIIAs{}. BltIAN 1IOJI.foHUE. PETE 1>OY LE. RIoL1'H IIIlLUNf 00141/. HICHAEL OO/lIiIN. T IHOTHY £:NCAltJIACTQN •. CA2LOS FrCOflICH ~ STEPHEH FUNG. CHERYL CMRVALE. MICHAEL GOHEl. PErIRO GUEVARA. MARCELINO ClUlTERREl-H!NOOlA. JOSE HAMFRTOI/-/(ELLY. RUTH HCRNANVeZ. RoBERT .10 JONES. TROV TtOHALI> KERR. HIKE t.AH4S.. HAHIJAL LEDE2IIIIA. JOSE LOPEZ. GASltIEL LUWIUIG. ROMMEL HANSFIELI>. MICHAEL HAROIJEZ. :1UAJo1 . H),ROOEl. ROflERTO IfU1V>HY. SHERII>AN NAVARRO. ERIC NELSON. LYII NII!lfE1WING. BOB "IRSCHEL. GLENI>,o, P.:! ~ ClVA_IAN. ~€€ «'lllra, !'«RXO> OT'YHItN. HARV 10 PiIJ$, :rf;FF PIl~O. JR. SAr~IN l'.lt4'TeR. QAAV RM'J..fCt. fiWMlOO R!Yl!REl, CiJtLOS R£1'1Jf5/Ut!. i?:r0StM00 IU!FUERUh ~ IIIWU .• HAlfrIN. ~XIWE1, .rose 1tI»IiAN. ~ /UJIIIAH, ~ SA LAS. AHPE.tto W. TJff»IAS SORIANO. ALFONZO SPENCf:Il.. 1Wf"EN STKAUSS!R, C"Rrc T~. J'OSl: T .. UNf;/W. :ne. /..wo TcrXli~. PNJI.A TORRtS. V leToR 111£1...4. ~ IIUtA. HUHtU!) youm;, (lLOIUA .1MI! • JlI' AlLCl AL'-;r~ IHIlllLll.§ GO~W AN~ COUNT~Y c~ua 3COO AJe,b DrIve flC*:l Alto. c...~V"'''-l 74Y)4 Memorondum DAl'E: SUBJECT: TO: From: ..u..S.I91!9 f'.o1O Ma H'b GQit Gnd COUl'1Y eM> Memt;>e,,· DlniI19 Room ond Office AQ<;IItIon !'IonrlInQ OffIce. City ot POlo Alto SPENCER ASSOCIATES !',~Hrr!CT51 PL-,,'\INERS Wtitt$n. PrQlect Descnptior'!: m" 8.A(X) Sf wtr 0CId c Memt)el"$ Olning Room (otjiy) 01"1 the entr( &ide of tt\g e~stng 1DeiMi$!, rocr.g trle Son ~ &<3'1, Ai t:\e some 'Ime. space wil obo be pro-..ided 1'0( OOcfrtJonoj ol'nCes totIet f~ies and' storoge. The &kJS! ing poll(ir;g lot wi. be ottered to pfO'oiide 1116 QOdoeO pa~ reQ\.iireQ 008_ onoched POr\(in'ti MOly~~}. 'Aliff! k::IndScoping imprOV8frntnts. MembefShlp., the 0uD wtl I":Ot be InCreosed and mill OOded fQ(;lU1y 'W'iB ~ De c\f~e 10, troe pubic 0f"Id lierefore Increased potking ()~ ore not onfiC;poted • , . fACSIMILE FORM --------- ------------------ THAJ\i'l( YOU. " .. \ , . /" P.04 t. .. ____ 0 ___ ~_.""'_ ______ ._...._.4 ••• ___ ._. __ ~._ -----_.---• -----•• -... PALO ALTO HIllS GOlF .. COUNTllY CLUB WOMEH·S LOCkER fl()()M ADornoH VIlCif-iE. U:;c -~ 15 IAJI1'I!UUH , 5~ II\." 200{ IO..U>I )(II o,;"l ;nJIJt 3!l! ll'Jt;.l :5 to' (Hf rAil) ~ 15· VHAI>l: 3IJ0I lO88Y 1f [l'15T.iIi J l.l"O IOTAl SF ~ .. viE 53 64Ul ~fil 141 101 60581 ~ ); REQIJlRCO PAAKIOO ... TIS PACE PER 1 OCCUPANTS EXIS'THl PARKIt-G A'( AIlABLE: 9/1 'lias 'tOAD- 385. 1 to~ 1 T2 ~o 21. 2Do' 265.: 899.8, 237 ] 2 ------:..it . ? PALO ALTO Hj~L5 (;OIJNTAY CLI)5 PARKING ANAL VS1S 2/21/89 SPACES REOUI~EO FOR EXISTL"lG SPACES REQUIR>O FOR AOOI1IONS' TOTAl. f SPACeS REQUiFlED ACTlJAL COUNT 6Y BKF NEW SPACES R~RED • , s r FLOOR:" 2.69J 1100 = 1,246 1300 '"' 809 115 .. 756 331& 115 '" 350 /300- 3.668 TQT~ 8 418 :sq. tL 26.93 .c., 6 53.93 221.20 1,17 (-~ 7 ~ W 77 Joe Tl/ ". ,-" Ht..: ,. ..... , .............. 'f,( 5' T""A-<.., ,_, .... f. 85.02 Oceupanls 2:2'2.37 OceupOi!"!~ 307.39 Oc."JJpants NUM8EH OF SPACES REQUIRED = 307,039 (4 E-1&.85 Spaces o , OtNIt(EI, ~,.u.. (r.'~ !.0 ________ j 1'" ~ 1~ .. I..""'I'tCl' ...... " ,...'; ~ ::>uRI~<ii ,"l.u.r,ol. lO.JtI1f-e. 1M 1'1IE' flJbjf FLolI!:I'a. "1l'>\1"1~ ~ P"'~HO: Ut..Otf:::i/,.tAi'IDH ~~~ dIF ~"f ~ flt J.l'PiJt.'O .. f.(I ::! ,·.",:1AAI-; \~~ ...... t~~/~.+4:~~ .. 2.'.('-! --'-Q'""O .. -- PARI(ING RECONcaJJI, .ruOY PARTIAL 2ND R.OOR i 1- Palo Alto Sill Country Club View Shed Analy.is Prepared by Waliter and Chin January 1990 'alo Alto Bill Country ~10b Vi~ Shed An&lrol. TUtor: OF COJl'l'ZlITS tnt.roduction tllpact criter1& St ... ndara. Inveatiqation Metboloqy St l1<1y Ar •• General Analysis of th. fropo&al ./ lYTRODUCTlON The P~lo Alto 8111. Country Club, located in an Open Spece District, has propo.e~ an addition to its club hOuse. P~r the Eequi, ••• nts of tb~ Initial Study Cheetlllt eandated by the State of California, the developer mu.t pcovide documentation regarding the propo •• ls i.pact _o~ vi.lb11ity. The srchlteet., S~ncer an~ A • .oci6te., had performed an initial pho~09raphic Itudy using bell~. ballon_ and .tring vhicb wal reviewed by the zonin9 ad_iniltretor and planning ataff to deter.ine the locationa fra. whIch potential vil1hlity ehoul~ be esse.8ed. The loeationa were ultl.ately ezpanded to inclu~e views froa the recreational u •• are •• of re.l~ence. withiD the view ahed and troa the .treet where the view .bed i_ entere~ and .xited by autoaobllea. Thi •• tu~y pr •• ent. th* re.ult. of the view shed analyai. perforae~ by walter and Chin. 1 '~ ...... \ IMPACT CRITERIA Vi.ibility. as defined for this etudy, is the quantitative Bssesa~ent of tb. net Change in the vis~al landscape due to the a~bjeet proposal. While it takes into account the attibutes of human siqht it does not address the assessment of the impact baaed upon non-physiological .timulus f~ctore (subjective analysis c.sed upon cultu£e and experience'~ Illpact Criteria 11 Disruption of eightline8 The DOBt cOmnon for. of impact i8 the placement of a new object in the tandscape Which Obscures the view of an¢th@r~ They can be divided into two categories. a) Background Tbeae disruptions are objects which either alter the profile of the di.t&nt horizon line or block portions of the 4i.tent view. b) Foregrour.d Objects need not punct~re the horizon line to create a distraction. The eye at rpst tends to fOCQ$ on the .oat dist~nt object which is diRtinctiye~ For ~xample, a field of wheat will not distract the eye an~ allo~ focueiaq on the distant objects. Introducing a~ object int~ the foreqrQund~ & rusty tractor for exa.ple. is a form of foreqround distraction as it ~ll force toe eye to focus on the object th~5 shortening the eye r~lief distance. 2J Contrast and reflectivity Changes in oontrastines. i.pact views by causing the eye to focus 00 the ne~ object. For example, tbe introduction of an all wnite building in a row of earth toned structures creates vi5ibllity by contrast. Reflections and glare caused by 8hiney or airrored aurface. are otheT for •• of viaual ~i&ruptlon.~ The pcoposed project _ay produce glare by ita use. Bead lights from automobile., temporary siqnage. and firework. are exe.p1es of this type of impact. 3) Change in contir.uity A change in the vi.ual pattern of the landscape may be di.ruptiv~~ The introduction of • long blank concrete wall between a .erie. of rowhouaes. regardless of its color and height. will change the continuity of tb. vi.ual pattern. • " 2 '. INVESTIGATION METHODOLOGY View Area end Siqht Plane The lide-by-a1de ~iring of the eyes perAits a wide horizontal viewing area which, including all peripheral vi, ion total. almost 160 d~ree.. However" the EOne of perceived focua is .omew~at •• aller~ Even While viewing long dietance object., i.e. sunset •• distant ~unt.ln., the actual perceivable focus angle 1. 1 ••• than 45 degrees. Vertically, the zone of perceived focu& is appro%i-ately 30 deg~ee. Within. 45 degree Eone. The averaqe hu.an eye i. located 5 feet from the 9round and i. angled from level to parallel to the qroun~ plane. The views were docuaente4 photographically on 6x7 em. equipment using a S5~. 18nl4 This i. a moderately wide angle lens whieh gives a view _lightly larqer than the zone of perceived focus Without exce •• ive di.tor~icn. The direction of each view was directed at appcoximately tbe intereection of qridline Band 14 {from the architects plan). The location of each view was re~rded on the Brian Kangas Foulk aeEial 8urvey. The angle of each view wes either level g£ parallel to the ground plane. Analysis of the viewe wer ... de baaed upon the Spencer an~ Associates drawing. dated 11-20-89. A coaputer a.sisted graphic aodel _as ereated of the propo.ed additional and t~. edge points of the ewietinq building_ Perapective i.aq •• sl.~latiD9 the view angles and elevations were gen.rated and -atched with the pbotographs. From the list of •• teriale ~ovided by t~e architect r a table of reflectance values was eoapiled for the proposed building. An analyst. of the view. for eaeb location w •• -ade and ia oo_paEed to th. viewa .s they exiat. The conclusions are ~.ed upon the difference. that aay be experienred. Where applicable, the area of any di.ruption was hand sketched over the photograph. The .ketcb is intended to syabolize the quantity of net visibility. Refer to the Azchitect. drawings for ~.piction. of the ~opo8al. ~/' STUllY .ruu;A ~e ezisting clubhou.e i. a two .tory concr~te block an~ plaster faeed etructure .ited on the ••• tern feee of a moderately steep hill~ It i. flat roofe~ with. built-up tar and gravel finish. Hu.erous mechanical duct., mechanical equipment. and other coof top appurtaneea are 4pparent~ There are co mechanical screens OD the aain building. Acce •• to the aite i. by AIezit Drive which fronts the ea."ern edge. The building ia separated. from the Alexis Drive by two a.een~inq tier' ot double loaded parking lota, a .teeply qraded bank, and a driveway. The tot~l distance froe the drive to the face of the ~in building is 370 fret and the total elevatiQn distance Ie appro~imat.ly S) feet. The golf course run. north and veat of the .ain building. The .outhern pcoperty line 1. flanke~ by re.idences aituated on a steep slope ~hlch overloo~ the country club grounds. The proposed addition will be attached to the e~stern face of the ~~ildin9 and will eztend bey~nd the existing roof by 5.5 feet. Principle material. inel~d. c •• ent plaster, concrete blocK~ fiberglASS sandwhich panel .kyliqhts, solar green tinted glass. and verdigria treated copper. New landscaping. including interior tree., planting island_, and border trees is proposed for the parking lot to bring it into conformity with the current city parkin9 lot landscaping requirements. 4 .. " "I , j , I ...... III ".:'i I 4 I I r , • I 1 VIEW SHED LIM]TS AND VIEW LOCATIONS L 1 \ GENERAL ANALYSIS OF THE PRO~SED STRUCTURE The aat~rial. csed on the propo~ed str~cture ~ere analyzed independent of its visibility to specifie locations_ Specifically the fol1o~ing components were e~amined for their goeneral ilflpact.s~ 1) Skyliqntl Would dMytime reflections and glare increase and would there be niqnttime transmission of artificial light? 2} Window qlassf What will be the impact on reflectivitYr glare. and transmi85i~ from the specified glass and its di strib'.ltion? 3) Canopy Materialz What will its impact on reflectivity i!l;nd contrast be? 4} Wall Materials: Will the new mat~rials contrast with the adjacent'? 5) Roof Materials: Ho~ yill the new roof impact the continuity and contrast of the total roof? 6) Landscaping: Wh~t will be the net impact on the offsite and above site view? ANALYSIS The vie~ shed encompasses an arc of 210 degrees. Beyona the no~tn edge of the view shed, visibility is bloc~ed by the cro~n of the hill and the intervening couree. Beyond the south-west edged of the view shed, visibility is blocked by the existing b~ildin9 and the intervening couxse. 1) Skylight: The aY5tem proposed is & sandwich of wnite and semi~clear transluscent fiberglass sheets bonded to a 9cid of interlocked aluminum structural 1 beams. Its appearance has often ~en compared to Japaneae ahcji screen5~ It diffUses light effectively. The surface 5heet has a low sheen. In daylight it will appear white and should Dot produce auch glare. However. it i_ in COIOT contyast to the existing bla~klqrey roof. At night ita translucency should reduce the quality of internally pr~uced li9ht to a glow. 2) Window qlass: The &aterial specified is a .olar 9re~n. Solar glasses, by their design. are intended to refl.ct a portion of sunli.ght to rec1l.1ce air conditioning expenses and to .inimize interior glare. Solar glasses produce exterior glare. In general~ the darker more mirrored glasses (bronze and 9Qld) are DO~e reflective and pEoduce the most e%terior glare4 The .olar qreen8 and blues produce the least amount of .zterior qlare~ In the daytiae tbe green color will have 6 ;; .~ ,'. / 1~8S color contrast against the exterior block ~al11 when co~pared to the bronzes and qolds but greater then if clc~r glass was installed. However. clear glass ~culd permit offsite viewers to see occupants inside the clubhouse. Glare will occu:-in "Winter o1uring the early r;orninin9 hours. The severity of the glare depends ~pon the position of the viewer. Sunscreens ~ill have no effect on the low angle winter &unlight. The us~ of Bolar glasses have littl~ effect on the transmiesion of interior light. Given that the proposed addition has more windov area than the ezistin9 building. there will be DOra illu.ination transmitted to the exterior during night ti~e ~ae9. The amount will be based upon the lightir.g design of the interior space. 3} Canopy Material: The proposed canopy material at the port~ cocn~re is copper treate~ for verdig~is fini~b. Copper~ in its initially installed state. will be highly reflective. Normal o~idi~ation caused by weathering will eventually turn the s~rface to a green-grey patina. The proposed treat.ent accelerates the process and provides some degree of control over the final effect.. Use of the treatment should. witnin a year of installation. reduce the reflectivity of the vault. There will be little color contrast ~ith the building. 4} Wall material: The pcopo.ed material. concrete block, is intended to match the e~iating walls. 5) Roof materials~ The existing roof i$ grey/black built-up tar and gravel. Numerous beige colored ~nscreened mechanical units and asscci~ted dUcts and roof appurtanences are apparent. The new roof is indicated to be composed of the same materials. New mechanical unit. are shown lpcated at the south side of the roof. The units .hewn on the drawin9s are approximately 4 feet tall and are surrounded with a 5 foot tall ~ecbanical screen. While the new roof will not e~dcerbate the visibility of the ezisting ~echanical ducts. it will ~lso not reduce it~ 6} Landscaping: The new interior landscaping will not have a great effect upon visibility, except from the clubhouse. as there are fev offsite vantage points oyerloo~inq it~ The edge landscaping at Alexia Drive will have an impact on reducing visibility especially of the first row of par~in9. • • 7 / VIEW I Location 1. root of driveway of 2987 Ale.is Drive (e~st ~ide of street) • ~91e of viev: appr¢xia4tely 1 oegt~e I.pact Criteria: 1) Disruption of 8ightline •• None by the building addition. New tree line at edge of parking lot ~il14 at maturity of the tree •• ca~5e the hori&on line to be raised. 2) Change in Contrast/reflectivity: Non~. New tree line is of the same color and reflectivity value of the foreground. The tree line should contribute to the baffling of headlights of cars parked at the edge of the par~inq lot during the evenings. j) Dis£uption of continuity: None Remarks: The residence at 29B? Ale~is has no ~indo~s faCing in the direct.ion of the c.lubhouse. 'Tbis vie ........ css selected because it describes the northern edge of the view shed~ Ccncl~5jon! Minor i~p~ct tLom the new tree line. No impact tc the residence. e • , , . ' VIEW 2 Locatfo~: Foot of driveway of 2991 Alexis Drive (east side of .. treet). Angle of view: approxi~et.ly 6 de9re~5 (level to ground} I_paCt Criteria: l.) Dis'tuption of s.i9htlines: Non.e by ~he bu.ildl.ng addition. New tree line at edge of parking lot ~il1. at ~3turity of th~ trees, cause the hori&on lina to be tai.ed. 2) Change in cootrast/refleetivity: None. New tree line is of the 8~me color and reflectivity value of the foreground. The tree line .hould contribute to t~e ~ffling of headli9~t. of cers par~ed at t~e e~qe of the p~lking lDt during the eveni~5. 3) Disruption of cootinuity~ None Re:aarks: The residence at 2991 aited on a plate~1J approxiJflately 15 feet below the street. There are rlO windows facir~g \o1est and tne top of the .slope is yell landscaped blocKing ... ie .... s towards the country club. conclusion: Minor impact from new tree line. Modecate reduction of lJl'lpact fro," headlight. in par1dn9 lot .. No impact to the residence. • "" ,> 9 VI 2\0,' .., VIEW ) Location; Front door of 299~ Alezia D:.:ive (east side of s.treet). Angle of vie~: level Impact Critetia;: 1) Disruption of eightlinea: The porte coc~ere. already Yisible~ .ay b.co~e .li9btly more pro.inent~ The new tree line a~ the edqe of ~h~ p6rking lot ~ill baftle views of the building- 2) Change in contrast/reflect19itYI None. New tree line is of toe sa~e ~olor and reflectivity value of the foreground. While this tree line w111 provi~e 80me daytime baffling of cars parked at the edge row, the open area below the bottoIT'. branches (approximately S teet) will not blOCK headlights (rOD flashing across this view at night. 3) Disruption of continuity: None Reaarks: The dining room ~nd one ~room this xesi~~nce also share a similar view. Conclusion~: ~inor i~pact from tree line. Moaerate mitigation of viSibility of parking lot to re6idenc~. 11 • • • " " lJ , ~ i t , VIEW 4 Location: Edge of building of 3077 Country Club (south side of .treet). Direetly oppo.ite driveway to club. Angle of view: approzimately 15 degrees up Impact Criteria.: 1J Disruption ot siqhtlinea; The existing Yie~ 16 6cr~ened by foreground trees. 2) Change in eontrast/refleetivitYI None. 3) Disruption of continuity: Hone. Remarks: The reB~denee at 3017 Country Club is site on a plateau approxiaately 18 feet below Alexis Drive. Conclusions: No impact. , .. Y 13 • VIEW S ~ation: Front Ooor of 3071 Alezia Drive leest side of street). Angle of view: level Ialpact Critet"iaz IJ Vi sn:.ption of sigbtlineat The dome of the nell; porte cochere will be DOf~ visible. The line of the existing horizon will not be .iqnificantly changed. 2) Change in contra8t{refl.etiYity~ Some reflections from the copper vault aay be vi.ible until the o~idation prOCB$S Is completedl. 3} Disruption in continuity. None Re~arks: Deck. shown at edqe of phOt~raph, shares a limilar view. Conclusions: ~inor impact. 15 L .. I>, i i I 1, I , \' .. .-\' . I I , t • t • i 4 , V[EW [, Location: Recreation decK of 3080 Al~zi. Drive (northwest side of street) .. Angle of view: level· Impact Criteria: 1) Disruption of sightlines: The eZl$ting hori%on is defi~ed by tall foreground trees (right side of photo) and lIIic39'four,d trees (left side of photo).. The ezisting clubhouee roof. while not puncturing the horiLon line, p£ovides a strongly contra.ti~9 ele.ent. The addition will Dot change this view. Most of the addition will be Ob5cu~ed by existing foreground landscaping_ Some of the pre.ently visible ~c~anical equipment will be obscured by the new mechanical screen. 2) Change in oontra.t/refl~ctivity= None .. ~~ile some roof and wall surfaces are changed, the overall cOntrast remains the Similar .. 3) Disruption in contin~ity: None. Remarks: Siailar views are shared by th@ living room and lower pool deck of this residence. Conclusions: Mi~or impact to residence. So ~itj9ation of existing visibility. 17 • -'. • -\ 1 , - t I i ! t ! I I J, 1 1 l I VIEW ? Loc-ation: Edqe of fenc'E'. rear yard. 310S Alexis Ori\'e(~orth",est '$ ide of strE'et}~ Anqle of Yle~t l~vel IIP::p.e;ct .criterja: l~ Dis[uption Qf 8ightlines: None~ The addition ~ill be ob$cuzed by ne&r fe~eqr~nd l_nd,caping. This resid9nce 1$ sit~d far enoU9~ aboy~ th~ clubhou$e $~ ~hat the addition will hot puncture tb_ h~~izon li~e ~veo in the Abge~~e of lar;.dsc::aping. 2) Chan9~ in contraat/refl~ctivity: None lJ Disruption of continuity, None ~C"~K&1 Bear foreground landscaping {.hown in photo) ~nd edge of fence 16ndsceping (beoin6 camera Yi~vpoint) obscuc. moSt mi~ qround vi ews 4 Concl~sions: No impact 19 I I .. -r- I '-~-' .. ' ".,-'-l.-~~Vf:·· ~ I I i VI E\oj 7 :":., f , . , /~. . ' -"'-= __ L_'_' _~_. ___ .-'_._-C., ... VIEW a Locationl Patio of 3120 ~le%i. Drive (northwest side of street). Angle of view, level I.pact Criteria: 1) Di.r~ption of siqhtlinel: Sone. above the elubhoua. 50 that the the bori~on line. This re.i~enee i. aited addition will ~ot puncture 2) Chanqe in contr •• t/reflectlyity: None~ While .o~e root and wall surfaces are chan96dM the OYeral1 contrast r~main. the aiailer .. 3) Disruption of continuity. None. Reaarx.: This view i •• hared by leveral room •. Conclusions: No i.pact~ • '-. 21 • • J VIE"w 8 22 VIE!{ 9 Locati~~1 Patio of 3124 Ale-zil Drive (DOrthwest .ide of atreett. Angle of viewl tevel 1.pact Criteriar 1) Disruption of lightline.. The exi.ting horizon is defined by tall .idground trees (far right and left ,ide of photo) and by the tennis court aereen (center of photo) which d001nate. the Yiew4 The Ixletin9 ~lubhou.e roof can barely visible over tbe top of the .c~een~ The addition~ vbile visibl.~ will not puncture the horizon. 2) Change 1n contra.tlr.fle~tivity: None. 3} Disruption of continuttYI Non~. Reaa&K8: This view i •• hared by .everal rooms. Concl~sionsl No iMpact. 21 • .> VIEW 9 I ~.. I .-------- I I • I I .. I .. f 1 i ~ vuw 10 Location~ Edqe of d~i~.w~y of 3073 country Cl~b (south si~e of &treel;.) .. Angle of vie~~ level t~pact Crit~ria~ 1) ~j8rup~lon of si9bt1in •• , Th. porte oochere, already vi'ibl~~ eay ~eo~e 'ligbtly .ore ~ominent. Tbe nev tree line .t the edqe Qf the parking lot vill ~ffle vi~~. of tne fir.t row cf ~r«in9. 2} Chan9~ {n oontrast/refleetlvity; SOae reftectlona from t~e c~r vault ~y be vi.ibl. until the o.1dation procesS i. co:epll!t.ed .. )} Disruption in ~tjnultYl None ~e.arks: This view 4eBcribe. the eeatern e09& of th. view shed. ~') Country club ! •• et bac~ froe the atreet (beyond the left ~dge of t~e phQtograpb) .nd ~. not *r.ar~ this view~ Con~luBiont: NO isp_ct • • I I • VI EW lO • · . _________ jhk & _____ lI_~\I>(~ TRAmc I.PACT 8T1JDY POll TH!! PROPOSED UP AN9JOIf or TH!! PALO ALTO II1LLII COUlITBY CLUB Pt reef 1m -.,11,]* DUktQ! ,j,:l~ i Of Pt.AAINI"-C tlTr OF PALD Al n 1c -M';-~0 '10'-0 -..., fO -tl4 -l( 90.-vP-II~ I. IIfTRODOC'l.1ON Study Pu __ Study &a.kIro_ TABU! OF CONTENTS n. IXDn'ING ROADWAT AND TIlAt'P1C CONDrI1ONS ElIi,t1", Road •• , Conditio,," E.!,tI", A_ Simt Distan.e Current Tl'atfle Volume6 Curftnt Levels or Service Partl", UL TIlAPPIC III. ACTS Study Site Generated Trlpo t'o_ ,.,..,ne CoMltiono IV. UCOIIIIIHDID IlfPIIOVEIiENTS Capaclt, Improvements Aceea Slgbt Dbtanee Improvement> I-I 1-1 1-1 t-I '-I 2-1 ,-, t-2 t-8 3-1 3-1 1-1 4-1 4-1 4-1 !able 110. 1 2 S l'!!rure lIo. 1 1 S 4 j • 1AITOF TABLEB Lovel or SeM/1ce J>aetolpUon C\lJT'ent lAve. at Bentee Lo .. la or S.",1ce tor the ExlaUns PIi.lS Blte-Oenerttod 'mIne LIB!' OF l'IGUIl!B Prolec' BIte Location ProJeet Site PIon Exlatl., Trafflc Volum .. Slte-Geoentod TrIllO hint., PI .. 81te Traffle Volame Lo<!atlons of '!'Peel 0I1d _ Recommended to be Removed or Trimmed ~ 2-4 2-~ '-4 1-2 1-3 Z-3 3-2 3-S 4-1 , . /. L DITaODUCTION STUDY PURPOIII! This report describet the :resuJtJ of • trarnc Irnpet"t ,tudy ror the pt'Op05ed expenstol'l Inside the Palo Alto Hilla Country Cillb at AJexla Drive, City or Palo Alto. The purpoae 0' this Itudy 10 to anolyu the exlJtlnc trame oor.ditions and the Impacts or the proposed npanslon of additional dinIng, office, toilet. storage, and lobby ffilc:ilJtles In the eountl'y club. Improvement meuurt's to mltlpte any detielenclea In .aplelty ... sarety will be provided, II' _fbi.. Th!s study will also ell. mine the usace c4 the pvk1nc t:paeH. STUDY BACKGROUND The subject eqNlJWfon • propoIed tor otrke, dininr, .'(orale, toilet, an<! loI>by expansion. The exlstlnr club complu contains 2:8,12D 8quare feel or indoor area. The expansion will add. total of .,.lllqU1.re 'Ht to the nlstinc club house. About 4,40& out of tbe total I,'D& IQI.&aN 'Nt ls tor cf.nlrc and bar area. Tbe remalntng aquare footace wHl be tor of11ee. ftotal!!, toUe'l. and lobby expansion. There will be on also odd!tioflal 51 perklnc ope_ added to the eJ<lltinc 251 parking ope.... The site, as shown In. F!ew'e 1, .. toe.ted to the west or Aln:is DrIYe. Figure 2 lhows tbe lay-oul of the proposed ezpaDiion and the u:iJtJne club house. The entranee/exlt Is loeated on AleJ:ls Drive. The toeal e.ecets to the country elub woul~ be vIa Page Mill Road a.'"'Id Aluis Drive. The regional aceea wauld be viI. Z·285 and Pq:e MiU Expressway interchange whlcb is to the nortb of Pac!' JIll III Rced. 1-1 PROJECT SITE Figure 1 Project Site Locallon L-_________________ jhk" _ 1-2 , < . • -- .. :.-.. ;.: "." . .. , .' Figure 2 Pro/eel Site Plan .' I J Do ItZ1BI'IJIG aOADWAT .um TlLU'l'IC COHDrI'IOH8 BlD8'lUIG IiOADWAT CONIllT1ON8 Pqe lIill Road II • wtnc!1nc colleetof' whleh Hr't'e5 to coJleet and diatribute tratfl.e (rom loealatreeta to reckmal highway Iynems. AJesis Of>lve is I local atreet whieh serves &I dI~t aeeeas to tM dl-h,eways ot relldenttal houses IUld to the pro]eet Ilte~ Botb .lreeta are two-Jane two-way ItneU In~ tbe ~ Jlmlt Is 2S m.p..h. In the Ituc!y area.. AlP.Xts DriYe bas curbs and: ,ut1ers and Inr~uent street U,hto. A ,top aJcn II loe&ted on the awoaeb of AJezil Drive at the intHlectJon with Pege Mill Road.. For tbe Intersect Jon of the country elub aceess ., Ale.xll Drive, two stop Iip\I an located at the exit, one c.clll8' the driveway and the other one racl"ll the parki"ll lot. The ,Ito e~ltlentrance Is ok.wed at an .,..Ie or approximately 45 deireet .lth Alexia. Drive. There Is DO IItreet lirbt on Aled. Drive at the IrllerseeUon with p~ Mill Road. Next to Alesls Drive on Pace NUl Road Is Paseo Del Robel. Becauae Puea Del Robel ia located closely to Alexia Drive, the BOUthbo.U1\d traffic OD Pace Mill ~ . Road: whieb would lUI'll rlrbt to Alexis Drive oeculonauy misturr.eci into Paseo Del ~I" ~ RobeL. Tnis .ituatkm can be Improved by installing-I 11gbt to shine on the eountry ,'i ~ club sign wblch Is c-U1'I'ently Joeated between these two Intersection&. EXISTING ACC_SlGHT DI8T ANCE The C'!'iterl. tor sight distance Is based Oll the AASHTO blue book {A Policy on Geometric Deslirn of HislJwayo and Streeto, 1984 edition). FOI" speed ~O.,!ltioD of Ii m.p.h., the minimum !toppir:a: sieht distance is 1$0 reet (wet payement5)~ The ute Intersection llint dlIItance [for. stopped passenger vehJe]e to turn lett Into. 2-lane highway) Is about no feet. Accordi11l' to (ield measurement. the slgbt distance f!'Om tbe stop bar to the lOuthbound! tr.ttf.c on Aleda Drive Is only about 20D feet~ The .topping light diJ:tanee tor the .outhbound trattle to ylew tbe CI"OSIlng traftle from the exJt Is about 250 tee1~ 1-1 • \ , ; .~ .. ' ~. / ______ . __ jhk_", ..• ,,",",,,-- For the northbound b'atfic OIl Aled. Drive, I partiallectior. of roadway 'about 15 teet !on;) is behJ~ I eU!'Ye .. and Ita Ilrht distlnce ia about 220 feet to the Itop nne c( the club olt and about 185 feet to tbe cenlel' of the northbound tr8we] lane in trorlt of the club u.1t.. Otber thaD this hidden H'cHon. t..he a:1ght line is e leel' within 475 feet aouth of this tnterseeUon4 Both northbound and lOuthbound trarrie en Aluls Dl"i\ie ha\'e surricient ,'opplnc stcht <fiJtanee approaehlQC the club leeesa. Howner, the e:z:itinc traffic from the country club needI pelter lJebt d).lance to cross and enter Alexis DrIve without be1na: owertakeA by erou1nc L .... tne. CORREIIT TRAl'P'IC YOLU.I!!! Vehicle turnir .. movements were eoonted tor tbe intersections of AleIi:!! Drive witb PBle MHI Road' and M<exls Drive with 1be club access. The lI'afrie counts were taken '?Om'" to 15 p.m. on • Thurada,-evenine a."K3 lrom • to 7 p.m. tOl' • sebec.1uled Saturday evenll'll spech.] event (tbe apeclal e\lenl .tarted .. t &:3C1J.. Th~ eounu are s.bown In Pltute 31. Notiee tbet t« \be Intersection at the club entrance/exIt no exiting traffic turned rlB'ht to AJuiJ DrIve and tbere wu no !eft-turrt-in tr'affie trom Ale:dt DrIve durinr t~ twe eountKl time periods.. CUiUlENT LI!VEUI OF DZIl \'leE Current levels ot lervice (l..O6) for the two key intersections we~e computed with 1985 Highway Cap&clt, Manual 1e.ebniques. Levels or Sery~e are rated from A to F, witb A rep"esentinc tbe trattk! condition of' little -,r no delay and F representing very 10111' dela, caUMd by tnN'le ueeedlor the interseetion capacity. For level ot leniee dNcrlptioo, lee Table 1~ Tbe ana):yzed LOS results tor the existing weekday aftemoo.'1 peak 'hour and the Saturday evening at the be"lnn~"I' of a speclaJ event are .bown Tn Table I. BoUl InteJ"IeCtlona operated at level-ot-serviee . A. However. 1M the .~ea lnteneet~ I lepanle analysis was made assuming that exitilll' (J'eturnincl trarlle at the end of the !lpeeial event had the same number and used the Ame route u wben they entere-d tbe elub at the beginn1n& of' the event. The Computed reaulu eont'lI'medi that thl. tr.rf~ operation is .tm at inel of terv1ee A. 1-2 .. ' .- , , " ........ , , , \ , , PAI.O AI. TO HI.1.II " alllKIft'fClUl .. ) I I I bcunt,ycu> I_ I I I I lEGEND ~PM4:~-5:~ (SIIurIIIy PM 8:00 -7:00, figura 3 Existing Traffic Counts ~ ________________________________ jhk.-a- • • ·." ' Table 1 Intersec lion Level of Service Criteria SlQnali<od Irnoroeotlon UnaiglldzOClInte!$6CI1on \.o¥tt 01 A_ _OCI CIIIlC&IY -~ion V_ ~ (P .... ~ca_~ A ".. StCjlped LoIS hi" Ulle Of montlllan VohIcIos ... ry 5.0_ no delay. 400 LDw Delay. a -~ 5.1 -15.0 snorttrarrlC 300·399 -.. -CIe!ay. c $ignIfIcanI 15.1-25.0 ,,-__ c 200·29S _01 -delay. BIDpped .. _. 0 Manysl~ 25.1 ·40.0 Long_Ie: 100 ·199 -.. -delay. E liml04 40.1 ·&i.O Very Ior9 O·IIS accepI_ delay -CIe!ay. F Unaccop!abIe Mono II1IIn Extreme UsalMllO detay. SO.O_ Hole: ~ 01_ reI ... ,.,......n _10< oIgnailecl -..:liOns. For unoIgnaIIzed in19tsecflOfll. _ 04 _ ...... 10 tJm/ng mo_ ... IhIlITIJIIIIDP 0< yield bOI0<8 ~, Source: HIghway CIpad!y Manual. SpedII RIjJOII209; r __ Research _. Wuhlnglon. D.C. 1985. L.. ___________________ jhk .. - TablU CUn.nt ,"-v,ls of Servlce ExisIino W_P.M, INTERSEC110NS Trallic ....... -(;onrro! men! ~Df'J UnoignaI-HBlT Page Mill Ad. liz'" EB _Dr) UnoignaI-NBLl eu._ Iizod EB NOTE: 1. R'.I ¥eel CapecIy ~ whides per hour. 2. lOS • _ CC _ (M'). 3.ll • 11ft ...... ......",.,., .. 646 1000 774 lOS A A " ... 4. EB. NI ~ taICbouncf. WIItK:u1d ~ mo ........ -.- I:apaciIy 993 752 1000 822 Ewf( lOS " A A " Ia..-______________ jhk .. - 2-5 _____________________ ,jhk & ~~,~ PAIlIUNG The numbe't Dr e:J:ist1nr pIIl'klnr IpoIces Is 357. The Dumber of occ'Upied spaces wu also counted duMlli tbe traffle OO\l11t tIme perJods. The: nighest ccunled Dumber WU .t for the weekday elien1nr anc! 53 at the specla.l event. The .occupled rates for the perk1nc lot were 1 ... thsn za percent durin&: both counted time periods... Plenty of spaces were evanable. 2-6 / J'hk . _________________________ ~~~~~.~~~~~Ir' m. TILU'PIC IIiPACTB STUDY IlITI! GEJlIlRA TED TRlPS TrIps generated by tbe proposed expansion were eatimet::;:d ,based on I phone InteJ'Vlew wIth the club man8l"ert n:tst1ne trlpa by ~I.lstlnc land usag., and vehicle leneration ra1es from the Institute or Transportat!on Ens'ineef"S Trip GeneraHon Manual (4th Edition, 1981). Aeeord1nc to thto Information from the elub manager, the purpos.e or the nparu:lorl is to prol'lde emtilli members with more spacio\ls room rather than to attract more m.mbers. However, Cor the purpose or trip toreeastinr. It is esUmated that the additional 1,400 square-foot l!'.J:pansion will (enerate an additional lIttlpa durinr a weekday eveninG peak hour and 2D trips tor a Saturda, apec:ial event. The estimated inbound and outbound trips were 2 and B vebie!e trips. respectively, tor tbe weekday evenl", peak hour and 14 and • ve'hfcIe trips for the SAturday special event. The trjp distribution w.s .. Umated based on existing trarfic patterns.. Fifure 4 p!'esents the ustrned tum1rli movements at the two Inteneetloru!ll. The total projected traffic vol\.'lmH were obtained by addt", the lite pnerated trips to the e.J:isling traffIc. Ft,ure 5 ptelenu tbe 10lal hourly volumes chl.l'lng weeKday evenings and lCN" a Saturc:Jay evenlng' event. FORECAST TRAl'FIC CONDITIONS Level of lel"'.rice calculations were performed with the existinc plus site l'enel"81ed trips base<J on the eslltir"!l roadway network. Tbe rorecast levels of' servke and key mea..surements are presellttd In Table J. It shOws that tJ'aff'ic eondltions for betli Intersections will relnain at Inel""O!-aervice A witb • minor reduction In reserved eapaelt,. S-1 <. I , .. PAlO AI. TO HUB ClOU'IIRYc:u.a 'I I r I CountryClIb , -I 1 I I LEGEND WMI<day PM .:~5 ·5:.s (~PM 6110·7110) figure 4 Site-Generated Traffic ~ ____________________________________ jhkA~ , ,"", , , , , , , <.. .. , I I I ~cu. II , I I LEGfM) -,. PM 4:45 -5:45 ~ PM 6:00 -7:1)0) .i""· Flgule 5 ExlsUng Plul project Development Traffic • ~----------------------------~~.~~ 3-3 • Table 3 Levels of Service for Current and Plus Development Conditions Existing Existing • Sie Weel<day P.M. INTERSECTIONS Trame Move-Reserved c-.. --Capacity [-DrJ . NBLT 984 Page MIl Rd. -EB 646 ~DrJ \JnoignIj-iNB LT 1000 !elm--ieB n4 NOTE; 1. Res !!r\led capacIy .1f'8hic:tes: per hour. 2.lOS·_Of_~ LOS A A A A 3.lT ~ 1Ift..IUm movements. "'EB.NII-_._~~ SaIurday Even! WeelcdarP .... Rese:'t8d ReulWd -c.pac;ty LOS LOS ~ 993 A 984 A 9911 752 A B32 A 728 1000 A 1000 A 996 822 A 757 A 791 - LOS A A A A ~ __________________________________________________ .jhk. ___ , > ~,:(. '-~ =---=;...;:.;.... ______ -',_ '_L:-':;,''-,-,_C __ _ ___ ,jhk .. "~;~,, W.aBCO..xMDKDIMPBOVBMKHTB CAPAcrn IIIPROVBIIIU1'1'1!1 The h,upae-t.a '\0 the tnUie ne'\work by the lubject ~v~lopment are mtnlme.1 and therefore, 00 capacity jmprov.menta are reeommendedi" The parldnt' Jot is tOl'e(!ut to have more "eel than lUi demand. ACCl!II8 SIGHT Dl8TAMCE IIIPIlOVDUln'll The exltinc t.n!fte from the. eountry etub a.eeess did not have sufficient light 4Istanee to Ybuall:u trafrle ctOmlnrl from either ~tkm DO Aluli Drlve~ The major eaUH III the pometrle Datura of AJe:lt1s DrIve which windl thro\ch the hUla and residential lota.. Improvement of tbe aC'f!e811 i\ibt distsn{;e w1thout major roadway eonIItruetion would requlrt ,.moyl .. or tri=nm1nc trees and buabes that bloek the .i&'ht line of el.1tlnr driven.. Flpe' 1bo"1 the }oeatloJ'lS of trees and bushes ~eommen4ed to be removed «trimmed. Tbe Improvement meuures will provide the e.l.lttnc puRJJler vehle-lea sufflelent aiCh1 distance toward crossinc traff'ie from the rlrht. To tbe left Qt the club aeceu. tbe resulting -reht distance may,UD not be oufflctenl but It will provide olcnltlelltlU, wer eondltlona than the edsting condltlonf.. '-I .. • , o Two Shaped 8<Jslles To Be Re<ToY<!(! Figure 6 locations of Trees and Bushes to be Removed or Trimmed , ; Ms. Nanq Lytic Zoning Administrator Ci!y of Palo Alto 250 Hamilton Avenue Palo Alto, California 94301 December 6, 1990 He: 3000 AIaio DIM -u.e PomtiI "w" al' .. Dear Nancy: .-- , ' , " ' ';' . T!L .... ><iJ .. 1: , .... ' :U-I·.,. •• EncIo5cd for your r""jew and your records are copies of the photographs which we showed you at the November IS. 1990, hearing regarding the Palo Alto Country aub', use permit application. Also enclosed are additional photographs taken by my clieru, Sal GiovannoHo, on the weekend of November 24. 1990 •• bowing that the parking problem at the country club I1ill eDt.. We trust that the City wiD comider the country dub', appfication in light of existing circumstances as described by yarious neighbors of the country club. rather thaD tl-.e traffic aDd other reports pceparcc! by the country club, which .... believe to be biased, ROM = Mr. Salvatore Giavannotto Very tru!y yo"", WARE &. FREIDENRlCH, A Professlooa/ Corporation " r-- By \\X, .,l\\ 1,,,; w, Rusoell DaVis Photos will be at Commission places at the meeting on 2/27/91. " '-", • ........ ~ ..... ,,"" .... '''''~ ~ ... "''''' ........... ~., ........ ..: .. ...... _~ .. """",o ..... NOr....,...... ~ ........ ", .IOOUo'_O'O'CL ... "Ul ..... ,-" .. _. "c.!IIT" _ ....... ...... ,~ ~ 00(>0l.0>eQ ~""""E'" oo.:::>eI:,,",. "<.i'$U, ... "'~I'O<I:""~ ~""'-S" ~C'-......, ............ --.. C"'OUJ,." -..,,~.~ ..... >Cl-E.".,~ .. ""' .. "l-...:IIG ,Ri'C J 1._ .u.-...:;'" "'-, ~_oon"'~L Qo.-.. .. ~ ... • ~,~_ .. C>o ....0... ................. ~~""'c-.. ~ .... ,,~ .... ~.-~ .. ,~ .. _<>0., ........... ,. .>O"" ..... ~ -"'_E"""~'<lO "T't:'.'t .. fI~. ~ .... tvo« -,~ -,~ _100:·_ ...... • --.._sc DCo.iGO..~=-._ c: .......... ~ ... o. ..... "<>O' -.. ..... J~ ~ ... c_ ~'T"l,...."' • ...oo<u;fo Ms. Nancy Lylle Zoning Administrator Plan ning Department City of Palo Alto P.O. Box 10250 PaTo Alto, California 94303 / WARE & FREIDENRICH A P.ope •• ~o"''''L (:O ... OB.>.,.'O,," ,.CO _.,.III..TOfrj ."'!t*-lll: PALO ALTO, C.U..tPo.Ifl4 94;JoOl-I8(')9 e ......... ~ ,..., ........... --. -.~ '00()0l'1~~ ..... oovo •....... .~-.. _ ..... .J_ C ...... Io,._c.. _ ......... ~~ IOOCOO ~IMQ'T><'I'~-_ ... ",""""",01' _ ..... _,.. .. ..... ~ "., ..00.,0.'-'-. _ .. ... -.r ( •• ooc,...,o .. """.~ ~....... _ .. ot<X>C .., ...... a_"" '''-~C:>JI __ '''' ....,T..,.. , ......... DC __ ,,~'ooo .-,-...;.c0<.' "_::! .".,"""-00 ........,'-.. ~ ....,...... .. ~~ otCIIK~1" .-, ,J....: ... "'"c .... u .. """C.J"'-"_ ""~.""C _ ~.-~ .. """"""£"' ..JCO-Oo_ .... """,<';.C:".s<;,~ .......... ~ .. .JUo.1I: .. ...:_ ... _ ...... "" -;>Ore"'" ...,..",,~ ... ~- MardI 6, 1990 G04U-900200 Re: Palo Alto HiIlI Golf and Counuy Cub, 3000 AIc:Iis DrM:, Palo AlIa, California Dear M"-Lytle: C)<O'.'I:' .. ,..'00:_."" i'0Kl5 ,'" .. , 1.,,00....""_"": ~~IO'£IOC:_,CO< ,,'''''.n co "'~" .. ~u!lll' 01' CO..J><:!5I1'L n:. t"-<C><C l4r5) 3ZS-6SISI 11:~n. 348 372 H.C£CO'" :<U5) 327-3699 As we discussed, th is firm repres<.n .. Salvatore and Siena G iovannotto, whose residence is adjacent to the Palo Alto Hills Golf and Country Oub (tbe "Country Oub"). I understand that the Country Club i< in the process of seeking a conditional use pennit ("C.UP.") for the expansion of its facilities. In accordance with our discussion, J am writing this letter ID request that you notify me in writing prior to any public meetings or bearings pertaining 10 the Country Club', application for a C.UP. or any otber application. reToting 10 the Country Club', proposed t:Xpal15ion. As you know, Mr. and Mrs. Giovannouo and otber neighboring property ownen are concerned about the po'ISlbTe expansion of the Country Oub and its impact on their properties, induding the potential roc increased traffic and intensity of use in an area designated as open spau, ob5!rUCtion of views and related impacts. , • Ms. Nancy Lytle Page 2 If you hav< any questions, plea..<e feel frce to give me a call. ROIvw cc: Mr. Salvatore Gi()\o'annotto Steven G. Cohen, Es<j. Very truly youn, WARE & FREIDENRICH, A Professional Corporation ; ,";' ., - '.' • .I.~J,"S it ,tiLt" J ,,(.t .. /;:h ,dktA ':-'-"1 < i.ea-!-"lIt/) ,.r'~; )~ .k~#~~~:J/,,~-OrU~~'r i'&-l1..;; c1£4-jU;& ~~ ~ ?jC<U/ /1.:- .e~<-<PI ~ c-U;'~ ~. 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Dept. ;; Sf) H.qm 11 ton Ave. :; th Fleor I'~Jo ALto, C~ 94303 Ilr:u ~.,.! ~ t J e; 1.111; y,rit.ing 00 tbe-sllbje,:t of the-Palf,,/ Alto Hllls C01lntn· /"j (1l.~ pr·(,~.\. • .s.-'r:l pxpansior •• Att~Jch~,~ i.os a lette·r which was delivered to e;1ch address ,-'n (fH' sf r,..,('t~ adj8ceont to the Club on SaturdllY, r~e ... cmber I, 199J. h'rspor'~,' to Hi)" lE'tt.e-r as of a. pm, December 3, t18:., b(>en 11linilf,,1. Ttl" m.n.i"1'" ro!")cern sppe-ars to be a.n expected il"lcr('A.!'=;C' in traf"fi·: :!.~ .1. !, • ...,-.1111 of tbp E'".'{i,nnsion. My p>";:"rsonal request to 70\1 is that steps be t.A'I-:E"n to limit U(~ impact 0f club trafYic ana to atop any future ~rowth that might ad"'l!rs'E:'i:-affect tb(' peace and quiet of the neighboy·ho<':>d. 1 },1'<">'os(> that th«'" following $tlr·'.llation~ h,C' fln.de 3. pal't :)f ~}I" n',f-' J.l •. ~'"'ai.t itl SCi fNr oR!, it is le)(al to do so. ~. if thr expgnsi~n is allowed, T~strict USIlgP of th~ '1l,F:talrs dinin~ ~rea to members only ~nd rr' \'ide J\ mo".><>'l.s to ~l1dit Uds If'striction for-compliance. 3. :-:"~.>tl'"jrt thp.-oi('cked-over roof ar{"'s from us.'t~'" re'l L r,d -""(: I •. >vpr'~~e ser"vitr, s~nb8thi~g etc. ~. r,'r.-I..j.IJlre that tI,e J-'alo Alto ordir.ance ",,'hier. '~'='""'lrl(;S ·,€t:H'l, l-"'1l"~.ing rf'quir£"!IlE"nts be adhered t.o. In otl1t"'r -..'crds? 0,) r",1 ~Iant a var'iancp ~llowing r~wer apar~s th~n ('aIled for b) IhoE> orr1inance. I feel that tne ordinance r€"(L.irf-'H1f'l]ts "E\, hf" *)~,tjall"~+ ,:lchjeved by eliminetion of 1.1->(' l-'.'lrki~~ lot "firl~er" r.'quire-ment. f. T'\'o .. ":de that li~htinl3 of th.,.. club anti it.; i'"lddn''( ld:,-, L ... ";llch lhat it "'ill not illuminate slJrrounQir;\.., r";~idlf'>rlll;,l ;'ropPf"ties. 1 ~m advised th~t this ~as stir·\sl~t~J iT~ ~r, f ilrl i ,~r USf' p£'rmi t. • I bctievp that it ~o~ld be in everyon~'s be~t ~nteri'st jf Y"iJ ~outd ~~k our city traffic department to study the entrance to tnt"" l'" lub property. 'The haza.rd presented to nlf.!ighbcrs at that entrance hAS been frighteningly obvious to me on severlll occ8~ion~ durjng the P8St three years. I belipve tt.al this o~e fll'l?lJrd contributes cODsiderably t.o the apprehensiof'. (elt by nejl(hbors. This !.-:.tt·"'r is not to be construed as }l r-eq\ . .e~t b:l thE" i1()me n',m.q>s· \ssociation. 1 feel the number of respCLr·,;,et;;. to my !t.-tter j~ not KI1Cficlent to qi(nal a ma.lority response by the 11~·j !;thl,orhood. Very truly yours. :;;;~.Db.·4~' -~ A": ~:a.lker 945 Laurel Glen Prive Palo Alto, CA 9t304 • / DE"cember l, 1990 DEAR NEIGHBOR! I am wrlti,g to you as the president pro tern of the Hom~ Otoiners ' Association. T~o weeks ago I recpived a copy of a letter ~ritten by Jerry Schwartzman ~hich brou~ht my atten!ion to a p~oposed expansion af1d upgrade of the "Palo Alto Hills Go}f and Country Club'" facilities. I hope you have also seen Mr.Schwartzrnan's letter. I have also receiv~d l,elephone c&lls from concerned nei~hbors. Those who have called me have registered concern relating to: a. Traffic increase.' b. E~cessive parking overflo~. ~. Ncise generated by vehicle~ and peopl~ using and working the facilities. d. How their view will be affected. e. The credibility of statements and agreern~nts m~dE" by club officials to members of the Home Owners' Association. I have met ",-ith Lyn Nelson, the club general manager. Lyn h~~ .advised me as follows: (~) The proposal put b~fore the city planning administration is not the same proposal that we all g~: ... e our input to about a ye'!lT and a half ago. I do not recall a majority of neighbors objecting at that time. ~b) The ~urrent proposal occupies essentially the sa~e area and is to be the same height as was proposed earlier. tel Parking r~cilities will have to be incre~~~d to sati~fy the city requirements which are baspd en a ralber complicated for.lllul.ti invulving ~'ossible body counts by area of tb~ club, such as dirling, hallways. office. t~unge, etc. The net result is that the cit.Y ~Rnts 71 more parking p]&ces. (d) The proposed dir.ing area expansion is to be on the second f Iocr near-tbe current Ijrill. One could saYJ in front of the grill and Extending over and beyonct the current entrance. (e) The dining area expansion is to be -members oDly· area. To Ee~ this means it cannot be rented out for private parties. (f) There is an expectation of increa5~d revpnue because the ~memhers only~ area will free up the majn dinIng room for ~ore private parties. ",-,. • \ I~} Additional expansion is proposed to the right ot the m~in ent~ance on the ground floor. This is to be essentially office space. {h) Lllrge private groups ... ·hieh have contributeod to noise '-lild parking overflow in the past, wlll no longer be l'lble t.o lise the facility. nd'l :is eiub policy .. A revie~ of the concept drawings with respect to height indicat~s an approximate 5' increase in height over the current height. No mechanical equipment WaS shown on the n~w section. I did not raise this increase in height as an issue because my pers~nAl feeling ~as that it ~ould not materially atfect the view from the street. Thus, 1 felt the majorjty of neighbor9 would not have st,ron! objections. These homes that look down On the club ~jll h8V~ a different perspective and their owners are. no doubt. very concern~d. Lyn appeRred t,o he very open and concerned. )ofy impressi on is that she will ~ork hard to rind solutions to our concerns. propose to write a letter to the planning administrator asking that club memb~rship be fixed by ~use permitft stip.dation: /,1. 2. h. , ./4. To the current number of rn~mb~rsbips on file. The decked over roof area may not be used tor any act ivity (i ~e. food and beverage service. ~unbathing etc.} other than care of plantings. Use of the upstairs dining area be restricted to "members only" and that such LJsage bE verified by appropriate audit. The Voifor. Building code be strictly adhered to with respect to parking space requirements. This report is already auch too long. If I have overlooked II concern or made ~ny erroneous assumptions, please let ae know. ~ven if 1 haven't erred, give me a call any~8y. Let me know your thoughts on this subject. Or, if you prefer, let your fcelin6s Le known lQ Nancy Lytle, Zoning Administrator for lhe city -250 Hamilton Ave., Palo Alto, 94303 --z£~ Te-d Walker 945 Laurel Glen Drive, 941-7431 This letter has been co-ordillated with Camilla Shroff and Howard Dienger~ They are Secretary and Treasurer of the HomE ~'~ers' Association. • Ms. Nancy lytle ZOlling Administrator City 01 Palo Mo PlaMing Department 250 Haminon Avenue, Fjlth Floor Palo Ana, C." 94303 Dear Ms. lytle: 3122 Bandera Drive Palo Mo, CA 94304 December 3, 1990 As a Palo Ana resident L~ the Palo Alto Hills, r wanted to record my slrong objection 10 the expansion projeCt the Palo Ano Hills Country Club has before Ihe Cily of Palo Mo's Zoning Adminislra!O<. H "as been expressed by the club General Manager that the expansion wiIT allow for the jo!eO<fed increased use 01 the main dining room for privale parties. The originai use perm~ for the country club allowed for a quiet, sedate, open space counlry Club. To the contrary, a revenue generating renlal hall has evolved. Tt, is is to the detrb"l1ent 01 the homeowners in the area, the open space RE zone inlended and the City 01 Palo Alto. Some years back, a neighbor's French foreign excl1ange studenl returned home 10 ~rance with a finger on her hand missing &S a resu~ 01 an auto accident in frol'l 01 the club entry on Alexis Drive. She win r>Ot forget Palo AlIa for the rest of her life. All 01 the homeowners go past th is entry with their !oat covering Ihe brake pedal _. traffic fiow is that bad now. (h is especially bad wilh members, guests and renlal han functionaries who nave been clrinking aicollol). ij is incoosistenl wrth Palo Alto's oommrtment 10 the environmenl reduced traffIC and hlgl1 regard for safety to allow expansion 01 this commercial enterprise. Rather, Palo Aha sIlould promote and enf"rce a cessation of commercial use of Ihe country chm. If expansion is permitted, I will join wnh other homeowners in taking legal action against the cl ub and the Crt}' of Palo Atto 10 prevent the expan sian and adherence 10 the declarations and covenants involving foothills properties. Thank you for considering the it1pul from a concemed homeowne r. Soi:X _ J ~ co: J. Schwartzman. 3077 Counlry Club Ct S. Sappersline. 3089 Coun!ry Club Ct. T. Waiker, 945 laurel Glen Drive " , .' ~ . , • M .. N ancJ Ly<le Zoning Ad.TllinLstrator Ciry of Palo Alto Planning Dopl 250 Hamilton Sth Boor Palo Alto, CA 94303 Dear Ms. Lytle, Nov. 26, 1990 NO'I ,I 0199D I am writing 10 you reganling the Palo Alto Hill, CoWltry Cub E'p"nsion Plan,. A ftu 1 have read aD the do",;melllS p"'3Cmcd by both the country club and the fellow homeowners in Ihe viciniry, 1 have ckcidcd 10 OBJECT '0 the elCpOllSion plans based on the following reasons: I. The proposed expansion would raise the capaciry '" aboo. 650 guests in the dining and lounge areas. It's ,,'ery clear to me that they are planning to start. commercia1 cr.~crprisc in a residential area. A larger dining room capacity win enable them to ose their main dining room f{ll' more outs ide rentals and events. 2. 'IlImo is simply not enough parking in the .,... for them 10 accommoda.e a few hundred can in case of an event 3. There is already I ua.ffic problem on lhe two-Ianc Alexis Drive every time there is an event in the COtlntry club. The expansion will worsen the: traffic problem significantly. 4. There are many childrellliving in this a..""ea. and many cars on a narrow street, Alexis Drive. certa.iruy .ca. .. create dan:gers. Thank yOll for your attention. Sincerely YOUIS, ~?> //_~ '7'" ~ BenHao 3073 Country aub Ct. 948-8578 ;: .:/c .; ~.~ :!!z1f" ..... ~d A ~ ~~~~ _a ~~A<_'~~ jl~~}J ~ .. .#~ M ou ___ ~ .J",U -I • ti..-"'" /....:7~_J.'I 9 « 1 ..(.~. CA.,L.tf. " ___ ~",,,-"_J '<-/.'--"-~"- Deoo:rah r-1eisel, D.D.S •• M.M.Sc. 3132 Alexis D~ive Palo Alto. CA 94304 Nancy Lytle Zoning Administratot'" City of Palo Alto Plannin9 Departmenl 250 H~~ilton 5th Floor Palo Alto, CA 94303 Oeat' Ms Lytle, Thia. letter is about the request for a \rar-iance by the Palo Alto Hills Countr-y Club. I ~~ stronoly against it. As it is r~ when the club has a special function there is parking up and down Alexis Drive which is narr~. This causes a traffic hazard Which is unacceptable in a residential neighbo~hood. With the proposed expansion this problem will be cOJl'lpounded. What makes the traffic problem doubly dangerous is that people ar~ drinking at the club and then tr:ying to navigate a narrow, crowded road. In fact about two years ago a fellow parked his BMW in front of our house a proceeded to tir inate onto the lawn in broad daylight I That was the first clue that people like to drink over there~ ~t all times when people attempt to negotiate the exit there are serious prob1ems. Due to poor visibility the cars must penetrate the oncoming traffic lane. I have had too many near misses because of this problem. The traffic commission is conducting an investigation at this time. As it is the club is constantly causing a nuisance to us in their maintainance proc::'ech.lres by waking us . .;p as early as 5:30 a.m. including weekends. Calls to the police. certified letters and numerous telephone calls haven·t been m~ch of a aeterrent. I am concerned that further expansion will fOrce the maintenance schedule to be early more frequently. There is a nois~ ordinance r but the club doesnrt seem too interested in respecting it. I enjoy living near the club. bllt for the reasons stated above~ r feel that the club ~~S DC business expandi~g when there are unsobred existing p[oblemg~ Our neighborhood is m) place fer a party hall. Sincarely~ ~ Deborah Meisel. D~D.S.~M.M.Sc. • '. · .. " :' {;~. ~{/.kf Ii I' 71-f,-3 l.-1bI..-~ e t'1f2llh'd Ibk SI!!4¥ 'r" -"'" --p . Cumort _ IO<id -OIl M ~..a --"" fIJI ~~ioI ~I<)( ~ ..... p»IcIng I<)( 01111 2<)'!;, Iul !aciIItIeo nwt_ 37 Era (SooIll) 37'S. 1$6 ent .. 51 ""hiring 186+14 .1!19 En! ~ =.. enIoring e EJIIirIO (No<1h) 16"5=30-.g 12 b:ftlg ~E<lt W .~. TOtAl.63 TOTAl. 236 ~_ TOT"'~..:I , TOTAl~215 Tatar ~ <II .o.:12..e6 ~15>22-:137 B:a:!2--lI5 23&>:12-251 <:8/$ on AIo><io 1.0tl~& ·13,115_ TAlMo r;<d. on HI ............... ..2$~. l~ 1 .... awry til _11 tar 8WK'IIS ~ ! "'" """'Y 42 ..., 1 ..... """"I 1"- "" &lJdy -~ A ~ ...... "" • 00f\Ird0y ~ kJr 1ll! hOIJr t><>["", oM..n ... _. _1!>e poil<iJ\g ti 1<> 1>1> i/O% fIJI dtIrinilllie ..... ~"" tI<IilbooI "'" _ ""file ~ 101 !>oitIg lOO'l1./ul as ~_. ".11.111 f II ttl. "aU U". I'" 3111 AI.lds Drive • P,lo Alto, CA 94304. (415)948-2460 c __ nZN.'JJSO /Il1O _ IOZ·~' T ..... 5OHlISJJCfaHl,.SJIII(J 1M? 11<. lanoy 40tle ZODin( .&c:Iltnia tre. tor' Cit, of Palo Alto 250 Ba.ilton Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94304 ne..r "". Lytle, You are currentl), revlewinr expansion pl~ tor tbe Palo Alto Hill. Golt and Country Club. .&$. re.s1dent or the area, I want t.o object to any rurtber expezlIion of tbb tacilit.)'. ~ res80na ror objeet.ing are !otraip.ttcl'Ward: llexi.J!! Drhe b a reU:t.iYel7 narrow .. two-lane, dead-end .treet berittinc thb raidea.tial neiJhbcrbOOd. It h not dedfUed to haod.l.e the trafric ~e Club 1. eenerati~. letore approviDj' any further expansion tor tbe Club, I uk J;JU to .aaitor the tretCle tlov for ,everal larre tuccliona at the ClUb. RecentlJ J the line or '\.ratric wa1 'tiD&' to enter tbe Club went. all the lial dowo Alexis 8Dd oot-o Pa:.re )lill tor over a block. .& res ideot retllMling boIIe bad to .pend lO .inut.es in Bne to (e1. to hi 5 Ol" her hoee in a residential ceighborbood. llexh Drive h a reddenU41 .street, not .. ec.aereial hilhway. For veddinr receptioca, nearl, e'l1e~one arrives .t the Club .t. the .sa.! tie. cr.eating' o! serioua trattle hazard. and seriousl, inconveniencinc local residents. Should tbere ever have to be aD evacuation or the Club through one Il8.rZ"OW driveway onto one narrow street. I believe the consequences could: 'be tr.,ie. Thl~ is a re3idential neifbborbood .itb a re~id~tial .street. Functiooa at the Club already eenerate a potentiall, serious .etet1 riak. Increa.aine' the T:requeney of tunctions at the Cl\lb ClIll.7 C:C8IpC\lJlda that riu. Ple.,l.Ile reatriet the Club to beil1l • prf.vate elub tor ae.ben with DO buaebed arrival and departure ti~. Th4flk you. Sincerely, tP·j·~ .': 1/ / r'· • \. JIIIs Nancy Lytle Zoning Administrator city of Palo Alto (00 Ha::nilton Ave Palo Alto, CA 94303 Dear Ms. Lytle.. December 9. 1990 This letter is from a group of Homeowners who are neighbors of Pdlo Alto Hills Golf and Country and would like to express our comments about the Club and support the proposed expansion project. Palo Alto Hills Golf and country is an aesthetic benefit to cur resid6ntial community, the Club has been r~sponsive to our needs when we have communicated with them our problems and concerns. The Club bas also had to deal with inconveniences from the community caused by vandi!lism associated with its attractiveness and open space. There ar~ times wben traffic is high, or when car-o are infrequently parked along the strer3t but it is l}C)t a problem that cannot be solved ~ith the additional parking added in the cluh's parking lot from re-striping and physical expansion ot the upper level. The Club has existed in this neighborhood for a long time, the operations of ths club have not changed in its 32 years of existence. Palo Alto Hills has always provided a facility to entertain its members and host various public functions, many of ~hich are related to charities. Palo Alto Hills has a value in the community, its 'Well tended and manicured grounds render very amenable views for homeOwners along its boundaries, and provides walking trails for us to use early in the mornings or at dusk. The Club should be allowed to improve its racility for the use of its membership as the project is intended. The Club should have the same a~ility to improve itself as any other residence or business needs to do after 32 years of existence. As Homeowners, we ~ere ~ell aware of the Country Club in our neighborhood and have learned to exist with the traffic conditions and occasional street parking. We support the project, and would like to see the club be able to continue with it's plans. • \, • City o( Palo Alto Zoning page 2 Hcmeowner Siqnature Nalle .~ddress 1£:lu.~o"".""Tt",.,,",-< -""a,--~;.ou.-"-t-?~ __ .l,-,-5.J-J.J ! Ode f ,)\ f> A- <c/I2-~~~~~~~~---1:.tL- / C -) • /' City of Palo Alto Zoning page J Name Address Gord<'n E McClintock, Esq. 1400 Fashion Island Blvd. Suite 800 San Maleo, California 94404 '\\-ARE & FRE[DE~'RlCH October 5, 1990 ro~ ,:v· ". © ~ IJeT 0 ~ 1:l3u u' "r..TM!::~' ')~ i\,i :' " '", "~'4""""""" , ... ".: n ...... · n:... .. ~o .. ~ '''''I. ""-...:wo •• 00411-900200 Re: Proposed Expansion oC Palo Alto Coun!ly Cub Fa..-ilitics Dear GOf(1:-m: This is in response to YOllr letter to Nam .. y Lytle dated September 26, 1990. [ want to correct af1Y misconceptions thai your letter may create regarding my c:lienfs willingne .. to negotiate with the Palo Alto Hills Golf dt Country Oub regarding the Country Oub's propctsed expansion. Sal Giovannotto is willing to disl..~ at your convenience, possible modiftCatiom to the Country Oub"s proposed expansion plans that would Jessen the impa(..1: of the expansion upon hi. property and surrounding property. Sal has been frustrated by his prevrous dealings with the Count.ry Gub and its ICiCk of seruit.i,,'ity to the concerns of neighhoring property oWllers and is disturbed lJ)at the Country Club did nee solicit input from its neighbors when planning the addition in an attempt to Ies~n its impact upon them. Based on his previolls discussions with representatives of the Country Club and the Jnions they have taken to date, Sal is uncerta!n whether the Country Oub sincerely intends to ftsten to ar.d address his (oncerns. Although you and I have had several conversations regarding thts iss'-Ile, [ have not re.:;:eived any s.pecifIc offers from you as. to steps that the Country Oub wou1d be willing to take to address Sars concerns. We would welcome and consider any specific proposals that the o,unuy Oub might make. Afte r visiting the property with Sai this. morning. r have a better unde!!tland ing of his objections 10 the proposed expansion. The location of tne addition and its e'Ktension above the existing roo( line will obstruct the view of the Bay from Safs · . Gordon E. McClintoc", Esq. October 5, 1990 Page 2 property. If the Country Qub i:s 'Willing to consider changes in the size, height, and/or location of the proposed expansion. then it certainly makes sense fOl" the two panics to meet and discuss the matter. If the addition can he: rekx:ated or reconfigured 50 that it does not extend above the existing roofline of 1M building. it would be far less objectionable foO Sal. AddilLonaUy, sioce the Country Oub's service entrance fa~es and is very close to Sars house j we. would like to discuss pos.lilble screening ar.d noise reduct}on measures w.uch would address Sars COJ1Cern that the: expansion of your facilities will increase the frequency of deliveries to the CounlIy aub. Please let me know wbcther you feel it would be beneficial to meet with Sal and me: to discuss these issUe$. RDrere cc: Ms. N .ncy Lytle Ms. Sara Cheney Mr. Sal Givvarmotto Very truly yours, WARE 4< FREIDENRICH, A Professional Corporation .. • •. ,.-.c • McCLL"TOCJ( '" QUADROS Ikrlll A Bbb.: .... Allmn~!I1 4l I ., .... 1::. ...... M Jac:lU."Jl tko;'min A J .. hn",m Gordon E. Mo: Clr.\kX:k. Kf,I!'wt\n.q M, QuMto\ De-Il~ TrMI·M(oms 14UO h~~n. h!.a.nd Soul.!~'.d Sl.IilC 800 ~Il M,alca,. Cf,iI{'ffU'oIII 94ti()4, ToIIle~ (41Sl 371. 4300 1cr..n~~ (4 i5j S 7 3 1381 llHIZ S-.ln Vi~el\!e Bcur.e:lillrd fO\J~,r, FlQO( 1 ;. Los ~lts. CA 9004'J T tj"phO'IOii i2l3i S'2:b· ~400 September 26. 1990 Ms _ Nancy Lyt~e zoning Administrator city of Palo Alto 250 Hamilton Avenue Palo Alto. CA 94301 Dear Ms~ Lytle, I have made repeated efforts to meet with the attorney for Mr~ Giavannotto to discuss the resolution of his objections to the dining room addition project~ I have telephoned RUssell Davis on numerous occasions si~ce our meeting of July 31, 1990. He has been cordial] but un~illin9 to talk about any of the specifics of his client's 0pp05ition~ t fact, as best as I can discern, he has .not met vith his c~ient or visited the property. We have been elltrernely frl!strated with our inability to meet with Mr. Davis and his client during the last two months. We have no reason to believe that Mr. Giavannotto vill beco~e any more cooperative if we allow more time to pass. As a result, we have asked Mr. Kennedy to reschedule the public hearings previously scheduled s and taken off calendar pending discussions with Mr. Giavannotto. GEK, .. j c~~ Sara Cheney Hugh Kennedy Lyn Nelson W. Russell Davis, Esq. . Yours very truly, -.-t;11!(~ Gordon E. McClintock .,-. --.' .' ... ,-;' .---------~-~----.~---. • McCLINTOCK ... QE4DROS t-k,"nl'''' ~;w At!:m-,eys "I l .. ", t ",. '" J ....... ~11 ?oo-"joIOTlil1 A John ... " G(>«Io."I E Me ("hltcod .. ~al~fle J(. Q<....J,dln5 n.rn~ T, ani MOIll~ 141l() ~d\~:lIOI1 Is.!a"d &LlWvllrd S .. ilte N)O .sa" M.li~ CIIUfmnlb 94404 tele?hOM (4.1!j.j 311 4300 Telec(l.p;c [4151 573 U-97 ~ l~\L S"''' V,,'1"'1!' So\Jw~,wJ r()lJ~ ~-k--or i..DS "~. CA 90049 Tcte~"1I! i21~' ~2f:,-4400 September 26. 1990 Ms. Nancy L~~le Zoning Administrator city of Palo Alto 250 H~~ilton Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94301 Dear Ms. Lytl~1 I have made repeated efforts to meet ~ith the attorney for Hr. Giavannotto to discuss the resolution of his objectionB to the dininq room addition project. I have telephoned Russell Davis on numerous occasions since our meetinq of July 31, 1990. He has been cordial, but unwilling to talk about any of the specifics of his client's opposition. I fact. as best as r can discern, he has not met with his client or ,,·isited ths property. We have been extremely frustrated ~ith our inability to meet vith Mr. Davis and his client during the last two ~onths. We have no =eason to believa that Mr. Giavannotto vill become any mor~ cQOperativ~ if ~e allov more time to pass4 As a result, we have asked Hr. Kennedy to reschedule ~~e public heari~gs previously scheduled, and taken off calendar pending discussions with Hr. Giavannotto. GEM:ej cc: Sara Cheney Hugh Kennedy Lyn Nelson W4 Russell Davis, Esq. Yours very trulYI ~ t;/1I(~ Gordon E4 McClintock '. • • McCU'I/TOCK" QL.1ADROS Elh'''' A B.'Ibow .A.nomt')":I aI u,w 1400 Fllsi1,on l$llOnd SOL.:i-e<.'.'<:! f ..... M Jb(kim Bo-nJMl1j" A Johr.'\.On C-"lfdon E ~ CI,ntcx k Ki:ltwrlroo;> M Q .. ~,()<; n....n~ Tf.I!nJ MoM"I~ SLJit.t 800 San "".''''0. Cltliiomia. 94404 TN,pM'1e 1415) 311 4300 T.l~{opo"", 14151 57.~ 1?.87 Ilhl.2 Sotn Vi,<tr(" ['.(-Jur~<Jo!!.d ro,""" n:>ot Ms. Sara Cheney Zoning Administ~ator City of Palo Alto 250 Hamilton Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94301 September 25, 1990 Re: Dining Room Addition Dear Ms ~ Cheney: '-~ Ang.>I .. ~, CA 9004<j T<!I"phf->'1P ~21:\1 ,0;:26 440(1 The purpose of this letter is follow-up our meeting of July 31, 1990. r have confirmed ~ith the manager of Palo Alto Hills Golf ~ Country Club that approximately $120,000 in sales taxes was genera~ed by the dininq room and lounge in 1989. Of this amount, $83,30-0, or approx:imately 70\, was the result of non-member parties. Member parties accounted for approximately $35,700. In addition to the dining room~ sales in the golf professional shop generated an additional $31~OOO. Please advise if you re~~ire any background documents or need the figures verified in any fashion. GEM:ej Ms. N-3Inc.: Lytle Cltv of Palo Alto Pl~~inq Department Fi.ft"" Floor 250 t-tami I ton Palo Alto~ Californla (}ear-Mos. Lytle. My 'otlif@. Sonya I<aplan and 1 r-eq'Jest: thd'"t "Ie be notifleod of any ,equiE'!oot by the Palo Alto Hills. Countr-')i Club, 3000 Ale~15 Drive. to ~ezone or obtain any ~ind of special use pe>r-rnit for that p-roperty_ Also. thoink you fo~ YOUI' cou,r-teous. hrl~ful ~E'sm.)('"·"'p to my ~any qti@stions. Very trut';,