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Home My WebLink About06-21-1961 City Council Minutes SARATOC, A CITY COUNCIL ' S~Y OF NINUTES TI~E: Wednesdays June 21, 1961 .7:30 P.M. PLACE: Fruitvale' Schools Fruitvale Avenues Saratoga, Cali£o~ula TYPE: Regular ~eeting I OP, C4~IZATION A. ROLL CALL P~esent: Glennon, Drakes Lang~ill, Hartman Absent: Brazil B. MI[.IUTES Councilman Drake moved, seconded by Councilman Hartman to waive the reading of the June 7s 1961 minutes and approve them as mailed to the individual Councilmen, ~otion carried unaniraously. RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES A. ..O. RDINANCE 15-E The Clerk read Ordinance 15-E, this being the second reading, Council- O=d. 15-E man Drake moved for adoption of Ordinance 15-E, establishing salary for the Oi~y. Cierk-City Administrator for the 1961-62 £1scal year, Councilman Lang~ill seconded the motions which carried unenimously, B. ORDINANCE 31 The Clerk gave Ordtnnnce 31 its second reading ands after discussing possible £uture budgeting of unallneated resetross Councilman Landrill Ord, 31 maved~ seconded by Councilman Hardmans to adopt Ordinance 31s adopting the budget for the 1961-62 fiscal year. l~tion eartied vn~nhnously. C. RESOLUTION 85-1 The Council discussed Resolution 85-1 as read by the Clerk and noted Eesolution that it is in accordance with the 1961-62 budget, Councilman Drake 85-1 moved, seconded by Councilman Lang~ill to adopt Resolution 85-1s creat- ing classifications and/or salary ranges for Deputy City Clerks Junior Civil Engineers Zoning Administrator and Director of Public ~orks. ~otion carried unanimously, D. ORDINANCE 28-1 The Clerk introduced Ordinance 28-1, amending Ordinance 28 by according Ordinance the Western Califo~nia Telephone Company the same exceptions applicable 28-1 to the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company. Nayor Pro Ten Glennon directed that the record sho~ the ordinance was introduced and ~ill be on the July 5th agenda £or second reading and debate. E. ORDINANCE 3A-ZC-19 The Clerk &a~e Ordinance 3A-ZC-19 its second readinS and etated that the Public Hearing was held at the last meeting. ~ayor Pra Tern reported Ordinance 3A-ZC-19 that the applicants have indicated that they plan to construct cooper- Saratoga Inn a=ive apartments for adults at this location and that such construction is subject to Architectural & Site Control. Councilm~- Hardman moved~ seconded by Councila~n Drake to adopt Ordinance 3A-ZC-19~ chan~in~ zonin~ district of Saratoga Inn property ~o R-4-H. }4~tion carried unanimously. F. RESOLUTION 98 Resolution Counc.~lmn~ Langwill moved, seconded by Councilmen Rareman to adopt 98 Resolution 98, desiEnatinE W. Eo Glennon as alternate director for County Sanlta=ion District No. 4. Motion carried unanimously. G. RESOLUTION SD-271-1 The Council discussed the map of Tract 2970 .for a 69 lot subdivision Resolu~ion filed by Frank Shepard on property located South of Prospect Road. SD-2~I-1 Tract 2970 CounCilman Drake moved, seconded. by Councilman Lan~will to adopt Resolution SD-271-1~ approvin~ final map of Tract 29~0, sub]act to clarifica=ion'of the City Clerk~s certificate City Attorney. Motion carried unap{mnusly. IV OLD BUSINESS A. biT. EDEN ESTATES ASSESSMENT DISTRICT After discussion of minimum street standards, Councilman Drake moved, ~l~o Eden Estates seconded by Councilmen Hardman to instruct the City Administrator~ City Assessment District A~torney and S~aff ~o .proceed with the assessment district for Mr. Eden Estates on the basis of ~he report from ~he Subdivision Comm~t=ee of the Plaanin~ Commission dated June 12, 1961. Motion carried unanimously. B. SANITATION DISTRICT ~4 After discussions CounciJm~n Hartsart moved, seconded by Councilman Sanitation LenSwill to authorize the Mayor to execute the deed of easement for DisE. ~4 Deed of Sanitation District ~4 sewer line across the Civic Center upon receipt Easement of the amoun= of money deposited with ~he court by Sanitation District for their order of ~mmediate possession. Motion carried unanimously. Recessed and Reconvened. V I~ BUSINESS A. SDR-291 - EARL J. PETER Resolution Councilman Lan~will moved, seconded by Councilmen Drake to adopt SDR-291-1 E. J. Pet~ Resolution SDR-291-1, approvinE one lot on Bonnie Brae Way as a buildin~ site for Earl J. Peter. Motion carried unanimously. B. ~DR-217 - EMMETTAND RUTH MOSSMAN After discussion of the area of the corridor lot indicated on the record of survey, the City Attorney reported that the new zoning ordinance will clearly designate the requirements for a corridor lot and that as this Resolution map met the requirements at the time of tentative approval by the Plan- SDR-2IT-1 Emmett and ning C~lssions it is now a legally non-conforming lot. Ruth Mossm~n Councilman Hartmanmeved~ seconded by Councilman Drake to adopt R~solu- tion SDR-217-1, granting building site approval to Emmett and Ruth Mossman for two lots located on Pike Roan. Motion carried unanimously. VI ADMINISTRATIVE ~t~TTERS A. MAYOR Intercity Mayor Pro Tem Glennon announced that the Intercity Council will meet in Council Gilroy on July 6th at Corsiglia's Restaurant. B. FINANCE (1) ~he. Clerk called to the Council's attention the $55,720.29 warrant payable to the First National Bank of ~an Jose, Quito Branch, to be deposited to a 6-Months Inactive Account. This distributes City funds among all the hanks currently located in Saratoga. Finance (2) Councilmen Drake moved, seconded by Councilman Langwill to approve the disbursements listed for a total amount of $79,360.59 and authorize that warrants be drawn in payment. Motion carried animously, C. COMMITTEES (1) SDR-230 - NORMAN AND PATRICIAKOEPERNIK The City Administrator reported for the Council"s $nformation, SDR-230 Norman and that the Plnnnin~ Commission had rec~nded a~ainst el{m{uation Patricia Koepernik of Condition ~8 of bulIdin~ .site approval. SDR-230, and that the appli-1 cants had been advised of this action and their right to appeal to the Council but have decided not to appeal. -3- (2) Councilman Lan~wills Chairman of the Public l~orks Committee, gave a progress report on th~ Argonaut School site drainag~ problem and read excerpts from the City Engineer's repor~ dated June 14, 1961, and from the Director of 'Public Workss report dated June 16, 1961. Argonaut He reco-~nded, on behalf of the Public Works Committee, that School Drainage Steps ~1 and ~2 of the City Engineerss letter be the action taken by the Council at this time as the prelinLtnary steps toward forma- tion of an assessment district to serve a larger area than that originally contemplated. After discussion of the history of the drainage'problems in the area and possible solutions, Councilman Langwlll moved, seconded by Councilman Drake that the City AdnnLn- istrators City Attorney and Director of Public l~orks be directed to work with the interested parties and report at the next meeting as to the interest indicated from an informal petition and, at the same_ times to obtain proposals from quailfled engineers for the assess- ment survey work. Hotion carried Unanimously. D. _CITY ATTORNEY Announcement was made that the Planning Co--.~ttee of the Council~ the Subdivision Subdivision Committee of the Planning Commission, ~he City Administrator Ordinance and the City Attorney will meet Thursday, June 22rid, to review the sub- division ordinance. E. DIRECTOR .OF PUBLIC WORKS The Director of Public Works reported that plans have been sent to the Herrlinen Avenue State Division of Highways for final approval of H~rinmn Ave~ bridge and Improvement ~he second' week, in July ,~ill~ be the earliest date '~er advertising of bids. F. .C. ITY ADI, U. NIS~J~OR (1) The City Administrator reported that he has received a connnunication Fall-out from the Building Industry Conference Board of Santa Clara County Shelter an-ouncing that their plans for construction of a model fall-out shelter on the Civic Center Site have been abandoned at this time because of lack of public interest. ' (2) The City Administrator announced that the annual Lengue of Call- Learns .04- fornia Cities Conference will be held in San Francisco from Calif. Cities Conference October 22 through October 25 and asked that all who plan to attend notify the Clerks s office so advance reservations can be made. VII PETITIONS AND G~.I~VANCE__S A. _W~_ITTEN COMMUNICATION~S None B. ~RAL COMMUNICATION______JS Mrs° Marion lintlinger of Blue Hills Realty appealed to the Council to urge the State Division of High~.mys to install an enmrgency signal system at the intersection of Prospect Road and HighwayS9. She described Intersection several accidents which have recently occurred in the area .and stated Highway ~9 & Prospect that letter~ are being sent to City of Saratoga, City of San. Jose, County of Santa Clara and State Division of Highways requesting some kind of emergency signal, as the widening of Highway ~9, with channel- ization and installation of traffic signals at this interssection cannot be completed soon enough to correct the ~mr~diate hazards. Mrs. Hutlinger also reported that petitions are currently being circu- lated requesting the City Council to reconsider widening Highway ~9 south of the railroad tracks. She advocate~ that the extensivehess of the undeveloped areas adjoining Highway#9 which are zoned residential and the recent subdivisions which have been filed or approved for dev- elopment of the area will add to the hazards of the highway being reduced from four to two lanes at the railroad tracks. She appealed to the Council to call a special meeting to consider the matter when the petitions are received by the City Clerk. Mayor Pro Tempcrn Glennon acknowledged, with pleasure, the presence of Planning Comm{ssioner Glenn. Councilmmn Langwill moved, seconded by Councilman Hartman to adjourn the meeting. Marion carried t,-~nimously, 10:30 P.M. ~spectfully submitted, City Clerk ~m -S-