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Home My WebLink About10-18-1961 City Council Minutes SARATOGA CITY COUhI:IL S~T OF NINUTES TlliE~ l~ednesday, October 18, 1961 - 7:30 P. PLACE'- Frui~vale School, Fruitvale ~enue, Saratoga, California ; ~/PE: Regular I ORGANIZATION Nayor Brazil called the meetin~ to order at 7:35 Po lio A. ROLL CALL Present: Brazil, Glennon, LanS~r111, Hart~n Absent: l)zake Coeneihnan Lazyrill moved, seconded by Couneihnan Kartmsn, to approve the minut. es of the October 4, 1961 meetin~ as mailed to the !r~_ividual councilman and dispense vlth the reading? Hotion carried urmn~ously° lI BIDS AND CONTRACTS None 11I ORDINANCES AND FORNAL RESOLUTIONS A. P-~-gOLIYI'ION NOo 105 - SUPF.~INTENDElfI~ 0~ STREETS Councilrain LeaSerill moved, seconded by Coencilman Gleunon ~o adopt ResL 105 Resolution NO. 105~ creatin8 the office of Superintendent 0£ gtreetb SupS° and appointin~ the Director of Public ~o~ks o~ Saratoga aS said Streets Superintendent o£ Streets° B; RESo~U~Iom RELAT~E ~O Nt RDE~ ES~A~ES ASSESS~r DIS~SICT ~0. 1 lit, Eden Estates (1) RESOLU~10~0. 106 Asses~nt DietriFt ~1 Councilman Natiron moved, seconded by Councilman Glennnn to adopt Resolution Boo 106, bei~ A Resolution Amendin~ Resolut~ ion Noo 99s A Resolution Determinina To Undertake Proceedings Re,, 106 Pursuant To Special Asses_~ent And Assessment Bond Acts For Amendo~99 & the Construction Of Improvements I~ithout Proceedin~s Under DiD- ordering ision 4 Of The Streets end Highways Cede, And Resolutions plans & specs. OrderinS Plans, Specifications And Estimate O~ Costs £or Eden Estates Assessment District 1~oo 1° Hotion carried unanirmusly. (2) RESOLUTION NO, 107 Re,, 107 Councilman Glennon moved, seconded by Councihnan Hartman to Approvin~ adopt Resolutton l~o. 107, approvinS plans, speCi£ications and plans &spacs, estimate of costs for Nt, Eden Estates Assessment District Noo 1° Hotion carried unanimously. (3) a~sowrXo~ ~0. Re,. 108 Councilme_n G!eunon moved, seconded by Councilm~n Lan~eill to -Ees. o£ adopt Resolution Noo 108, A Resolution Of Intention: ~o Construct Intention Improvements in Nto Eden Estates Assessment Dfstrict No. Hotion. carried ummimously° (4) P~SC~YION ~0, 109 Reso 109 Councilm~u Gle-n_~n moved, seconded by CoenCilm--n LanSvill to Establish. adopt Resolution No. 109s establisb~ prevailinS wage scale ~aSe SCale lit, Eden Estates Assessment District No. 1o Hotion carried unanimously. (5) RESOLUTION NO. I10 Res. llO Councilman Glennon moved, Seconded by Councilman I~-.~will to Call for adopt Resolution No. 110, A Resolution Callin~ For Sealed. Proposals PrOposals For Mr. Eden Estates Assessment District No. Motion carried unanimously~ IV BUILDI/~ SITE APPROVALS AND SUBDIVISIONS A. SDR-239 ~ BARBARA CALD~LL SDR-239 Councilman Hartman moved, seconded by Counci l-~n Lan~wil l ~o adopt Caldwell ResolutiOn No. SDR-239-1, approving property of Barbara Caldwell on Big Basin Way as a buildins site. Motion carried ,,nnn~nously. Bo SDR-298 ~ W. C. Watrous Councilman Lan~will moved, Seconded by Councilmen Glennon to adopt SDR-298 ResOlution No. SDR-298-1', grantins buildin~ si~e approval to one lot~ Wattone aC Fruitvale Avenue and ~hran Oaks Way. l~tion carried unanimously. C. SDR-309 - I. O. 0., F. Home Hotion was made by Councilmen Cleanon; seconded by Councilmnn SDR-309 Lang~ill, to adopt Resolutian SDR-309-1, approvins parcel of I.O.O.F. I.O. O. F. Proper~y~on Fruitvale Avenun as a buildins site. Home Motion carried unanimously. v - S:10 m A. UP-30 OUR LADY OF FATIMA ~ILLA - APPEAL ' Mayor d~clared the contiduation of th~ public hearins on the Appeal of UP-30~ our lady Of Fatima Villa,'.o~enado. . UF-30 Clerk r~ad a request fr~.josaph Bo,na~ian~ representins the propon- ~ublic entS~ ~Skins £0r further continuation~of the hearins to the next Hea~ins- regular meetin~ as h~ ~s ~deavorins ~ w~ik out some adjustments . Appeal with the appellants. Ci~k also r~ad a l~tter. from representins the Appellants, app~0~tns st~h ¢o'ntinuation~ With no obJection~ Major ordered the public hearins continued a~ain to the next regular meetins of November 1, 1961 VI ADMINISTRATIVE A. K~YOR No repor= B. FINANCE (1) Councilman Lan~will moved for approval of the' disburse~ents listed in the amount o~ $18,099.59 and .for authorization that Bills warrants be drawn in payment. Counci3mnn Hartman seconded -. the motion; carried unanimously. (2) City Clerk's Financial report for the month of September, 1961; Fi~8~ce Treasurer's Report for the month of September; and the first Report quarterly budget report for the 1961-62 fiscal year, were submitted to the council. C. COmmITTEES ' (1) Mayor Brazil read a libt, as submitted by; Councilman Drake in Poli.cy re accordance with Council discussion at the special study session Annexation of octOber 10, 1961,. of policX fnctars to be considered in Requests connection with requests for annexation to the City of Saratoga. COuncilman Glennon ~ted tha~ he did not ~eel the wa~. sdf£icien~ly de~i~i¢ive to d~ermine pOl~c~ on requests f~om specific areas, ~ht agreed Go endorse it ~fter ¢o~¢il ~n- cUr~ed ~ha~ i~ ~es ~ se~ forth specific .factOrs b~ ~hi~ e~h a~eXa~ion reques~ ma~ be Considered, ~ generally outlines cd~cil policy reS~di~ such requests so ~a~ ~h case ay ~e considered indi~d~llys usi~ ~he sta~ut o~ policy ~ a basis for deCe~ni~ Specific criteria, CO~cil~ ~ill rowed, seconded by CoUncil~n~ H~n to ~op~ the staten2 policy reg~di~ n~n~a~ion req~s~s as ~i~en by ~u~il~ Dr~ ~d as ~nded. ~ti~ carried ~usly. (2) Co~i]m=n Glen~ re~brted ~hat .the Pl~p~i~ C~t~ee ~d Sub,~d. Subdivision C~{ttee at October 16 to discuss ~he las~ of ~e Fees 58 it~ ~hich were o~Jec~ed ~o in ~he Subdivision ~di~ce ~d ~ha~ a~ther ~e~inS h~ been scheduled for ~ober 30, which ~ i~ is ~ec~ed ~ha~ the ~tter ~11 be resolved. (3) Co~il~ Gle~on reported tha~ a meeti~ o[ ~he Pl~nni~ L.G,-S~a, C~ttee ~d ~presenta~lves o~ the ~s Ga~os-SaratoSa Recr~- Recr~tion Cion Advisory C~l~ee h~ been scheduled for t~orr~ nigh2 ~pt. 2he city o~ices Co discuss recreation ~ers. (~) Cou~il~ H~ reported on ~he proStess bei~ ~de reS~di~ co~ty water problem ~d asked for council iMica~ion o~ ~ou~y position reS~di~ ~ ~re~nC in principle of ~he~ rou~e su~- ~er ~es~ed by ~he various e~ineerl~ [i~. ~Cer dis~ussion~ C~il~n H~n be authorized ~o support the c~bination rou~e ou~l~d. ~ion c~ied ~n~usly, ~er Cx~ ~c~o~e~ reported tha~ the i~erse co~i~ pro, eedf~S ~ vs, ~yer versus S~a2o~a have been ~s~ssed. Sara. ~Cess ~d RecohVened (1) City Ad~strator re~r~ed ~ha~ in res~ns~ to his reque's~ L.GZU.H.S~ a ~e~i~ wi~ ~he ~S~Ga~os U~on HiSh S~ol ~d, he h~ B~rd ~ reCeiVetin reques~ ~r~ the High SChool for~ a~ ~6inc ~e~i~ Cb~il ~he entire city council wi~h the. Board ~o. dis~Ss o~h~r ~t~erS ~ re as ~il ]a~ the He~ Avenue I~rov~n~ project. Ci~ ~ini~ /~, e2c; traC6~ w~ direc2ed tO .~o~i~ the requested mee~ ~0r on N~emb~ 7, at ~he Saratoga High Sch~l libra~. ~ : conc~ued action ~ ~he SCarf s~udy re~din~ buildi~ inspection ~o~y se~ices to Nov~ber 13, so that ~he City of Sarat~a can ~ld~, wi~h ~. H~d C~pen, County ~ecu~ive, to discus the ~pec~ion ~or dirtied, wi~h no objection, ~ha~ ~hen ~e analysis of ~racts the repor~ is r~eived from ~. Pasetta, ~e City ~nis~rator 'f advise the co~cil so a representative can ~r~n~e ~o mee~ wi~h ~. C~pen. (3) C~il discussed the c~plaint of ~s. Mn Obenaue~ re~ardi~ ~e ali~ent of ~e He~tm~n Avenue brid~e ~d, after careful c~si~rati~ o~ all ~e factors involved, co~urre~ ~ha~ ~th- ~ c~ be do~ at ~h~s point without s~rifici~ C~e very re~o~ why the ~prov~n2 is bei~ ~de and, ~ha~/while the city has ~ legal obl~ation in the ~ter, ~he council ~eels a certain ~ral obli~ation ~o ~a~ seeps to allevia~]e ~ siCua- He~n Ci~ crea~ed by ~he proxYiCy of 2he ~provemen~s ~o the Ave, - Obenauer proper~y,. if possible. ~ ~his b~is, 2he s~aff will Ob~auer s~udy ~ans of shieldi~ the prop~ty by way o~ fenci~ ~d Property landscapi~ ~d su~ a repor~ ~en the construction o~ the Hen!m~n avenue ~pr~nCs is c~leted, a~ which t~e c~ncil. can [~ther consider the (1) ~ ~ION S~L DIS~ICT Clerk read a le~er fr~ the ~ard of ~ustees of the Sara~oSa Uni~ ~hool Ms=ric~ reques~i~ re-eo~idera=ion of the city ~ployi~ ~ adul= crossi~ ~uard on S~a=oga Avenue a= the S~red He~= School cross~, ~u~il diseased wi~h repr~' ~a=o~a sen~atives of the School Board several ~t=ers~ i~ludi~: m~s ~ni~ of fi~i~ ~rossi~ g~rdss re~ula~io~ ~e~iv~ ~e of School s~uden~ patrol 8~ds, Safe~y status of S~a~o~a Aven~ at ~is ~s~ric~ - poin~, ~eh~ca! trdfie devices - siZnals~ barriCadess Crossi~ foot-paths ~hro~h Sacred He~t pro~rty a~ city pr0perty~ G~d e~sti~ ~d proposed rights-of-way ~ F~vale Avenue~ s~l ~d/or city liabilities, ~raffic ~1~ e~c. ~e follovi~ .p~so~ fr~ the ~die~e spo~ d~i~ this discussion: ~, D~ ~ro, Superintendent of ~a~a Union Sch~l ~, ~lls ~. Ed Crecelius~ ~. Vi~e ~rod, ~us~ees of ~he -~h~l ~s~ric~; ~, Jer~ Briney; ~s, Baskin; ~d ~y ~les, ~er eonsidera~ions Co~cllman Gle~on ~ed ~ha~ the i~ be r~ed fr~ the ~enda aM ~he Staff be directed to obtain su~ey .of pedestrian ~d ~r~fiC ~onditions on S~atoSa Avenue in order ~o dete~ne ~hether or no~ the s~ree~ is co~idered haz~dous by ~r~fic ~d s~e~y officials. He further ~ved ~ha~ ~e results of this sU~ey ~ su~i~ ~o ~he City A~oney ~or ad~ce reS~di~: ~y liabili~ ~he ~i~y ~h~ h~e in rel~ ~ion to Se~ey findi~s; ~ha~ ~he feksibili~y of ob~aini~ or developt~ ~ha~C~l devices for [~ffie ~ntrol be i~est~a~ed a~ ~hat ~hen ~he a~e ~ta is c~piled ~he stdf notify ~, U~o vhen the matter rill ~ be on the eou~il ~en~ for discussi~. ~ion seconded by ~u~il~n H~n~ Garried Co~il e~ressed ~he hope ~hat ~his c~ ~ ~c~plished in ~he nex~ ~o ~o fo~ ~eeks and represen~atives of ~he School Bo~d assured Co~cil ~ha~ ~hey ~11 assist in ~y possible ray in ~his ~er, (2) Cl~k read a le~er, da~ed Octo~r 18~ 1961~ siZned by D~vld R. Calbrai~h~ 18~90 Blyth~ood ~ives ~s ~tos; G~orSe H, Hasse~s 18515 F~u~ Lanes ~s Ga~os; ~. ~e~h Bell~ 18612 ~ca~ur Road, ~s Ga~os; ~s, A. J, Ferreira, I~00 ~. Bl~hsvood ~ives ~s Gatos; aski~ eou~il approval ~o c~nee Request- proceedi~s preltmtn~ to reques~ for pe~ssion ~o eircula~e S, of Austin petitions ~o ~ proper~y ~o ~he Cl~y of S~a~oZa. City A~o~y revieved nnn~a~ion proced~e ~d~ ~er discussions the S~df vas dirtied to sumy the ~eas c~pile da~a in accord- ance vi~h ~he ~ati~ policy adopted this eveni~ ~d i~ vith a l~e scale map ~ibit to ~e individual co~cilmsn for ~heir revi~ prior ~o ~he ne~ co~il ~e~i~. O~ (1) ~s. ~uriee ~ker requested co~cil ~o p~t s cros~alk on Sara~oZa Avenue a~ or near ~ui~vale Avenue for ~he benefi~ Cros~alk of pedestri~s en rou~e to F~itvale Seh~l. Ci~ A~inistra~or S~a, Ave, reported ~ha~ ~he S~aff is cuaen~ly ~i~ a study of cross- . valks in ~he City ~d ~he ~t~er vas referred ~o ~he nex~ ~e~- i~ ~en ~his re~rt Vil~ be c~ple~ed, (2) ~yor Brazil reported, in ansver ~o a que~ fr~ ~s, ~cker~ Civil ~ha~ ~he S~a~o~a Civil ~fense ~era~ions Plan hu been ~rans- ~fe~e ~ted ~o the S~a~e for approval ~d ~hat ~he plan viii be available ~o all public institutions d~er i~ is approved, (3) Nayor Brazil welcomed pl~tn~ Co.-,,,iesioner Johnson ~o the ~eeCin~. COunciira~- Lan~ill ~oved, seconded by Counctlrnnn Har~nan Zo adjourn Zhe meeting. Nocion carried unanimously 11:2~ ~. 1~. Respecr.,fully submi~ed, / Gordon H. Ho~es City Clerk