Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAbout05-04-1966 City Council Minutes SARATCGA CITY COUNCIL SUMMARY OF MINUTES TI-'-,IE: !,Yednesday, .May 4, 1966 7:30 Po M. PLACE: Saratoga City Council Chambers, 13777 Fruitvale Avenue, Saratara, Calif. TYPE: .Re~uiar }IeetinF~ I' ORCANIZATIOII Mayor Pro tern tlartman called the meeting to order at 7:30 P. A. ROLL CALL Present: Councilmen Hartman, Tyler, Burry Absent: Councilmen Glennon, Drake B. MI~UTE3 It was moved by Councilman Eurry~ seconded by Councilman Tyler and unan- Minutes imous!y carried to waive the readin~ of the April 20, 1966 minutes and approve them as written. II BIDS A~ID CONTr~CTS A. COI,;SIDEI~TIG}] OF BIDS ON SALE OF BO.DS - AZL"~E HO}.'.ESITES I~-~PRO'~KII~ZT]T PRO3ECT Aznle - .'.it. Henley reported that eight bids had been received on the $35,293.52 Bids on p~r value bond§fro be s61d on the unpaid assessments for the Azule Horaesites Bonds Improvement Project and that~these ran~ed from a loT.? average interest cost of $13,7~3.76 to a high,of $15,411.68. D~.vis, Skates and Compan~ bid net lo~ interest rate of 4.4589%'and it was the Staff reco~endation that the bid be a~.;a~ded to this low bidder when this item comes up later on the aF, enda fo~ award of bid. $. TO wi { LOS cATas The Clerk reported that this amendment to the a?reement ~.yith the Los Gatos Los Gatos Scavenger Company has been retyped to list the correct bin type collection Scavenger rates, as reccrnended by the ~!ena~ement Committee and as discussed at the Co. last meeting. All other provisions of the amendment are in confcrm. ity with Agreement the Committee's recor~endations, it was reported, and Councilman Burry Amendment moved, seconded by Councilman Tyler, to authorize the }[ayor to execute the a~reement as presented; motion carried unanimously. Mayor pro tern IIartman welcomed the students of the ArRonaut School Civics classes, introduced the staff members and press representatives who were ore- sent, and invited the students to ask questions re~ardin~ clarification of Council action durin~ its consideration of the ~enda items. C.MINIMb~,I ACCESS STPd~ET RE~IBURSE~.TEHT AGREE:IENT BE~.IET~ CITY OF SA~TOGA AI]D B. HICI~EL A~]DERSON B.Anderson lilt. llaniey explained that this' is the standard a~reement ~hlch the City Min. Access enters into when a developer initially constructs a minimum access road Rd. Agrmt. which will benefit othe~ properties as they develop and provides for re- imbursement to the first developer of each subsequent developer's pro rata share of the costs of constructinq the access road. It was moved.by Councilman Tyler, seconded by Councilman Burry and unanimously apDroved to authorize the Mayer to execute a minimum access street reimbursement agree- ment bet~-men the City and B. Michael Anderson, as presented. D. AC, REE':.iENT WiTH UOME3'S AbXILLIARY OF SAN JOSE LIGIIT OPERA ASSOCIATION FOR USE OF ttAKONE GARDENS Makone Mr. ltanley presented a form of agreement for the use of Hakone Gardens for a decorator sho~ next fall. and explained that this is the formal dacumenta- Gardens- tion of the Council's previous decision re~ardinF~ the use of this property Agmt. for for this purpose. Mr. Henley reviewed the conditions of use, includin~, use by S.J.Light adequate liability and damage insurance, and stated that the City Attorney Opera SARATOGA CITY COb~CIL' ;.IINUTES - May 4, 1°~66 has approved the a~reement' t~tth the addition of a clause relative to the presmmption that the Lessee shall be liable for any damages to 'the premises and that the burden of proof to the contrary would be upon the Lessee. }lakone Details, such as restrlctin~ traffic to footpaths, will be covered under Gardens - the general requirements for adherence to rules 8nd-regulations established Decorator by the City for the luse and .~Iana~ement of the'buildin~. It ~zas moved by Show Councilman Burry, seconded by Councilmen Tyler, and unanimously carried to authorize tJ:e tlayor to .execute the Agreement with the Uomen' s. Auxiliary of San Jose Liffht Opera Association, with the addition to the contract of the · clause, dra;m by the City Attorney, as outlined above, ~Irs, ?,aisa k_'oc.her, Saratoga interior decorator, expressed her concern that the' finish'of the walls or floors t.~ould be marred or dama.-.ed by u~e of the buildings for a decorator shot.:, ~{rs. Latiner, Decorator Coordinator for the scheduled show, a~reed ~..~ith ~Irs. ~ocher that the natural finish of these buildings should not be thanfled by wallnaper, hanFinFs, etc. and assured the Council that atI the decorators will be re~uired to plan their furnishings in a true oriental style which will not affect the existin~ architecture, Councilman Tyler concurred that the utmost precautions must be observed to insure that this use t.~ill not be detrimental to the character of these buildings and ~r, Hanley indicated that he was confident that the cooperative efforts of all the interested _6arties .~;ill result in an effective use of the property without Jeopardizinc its unique qualities, A.t the su~estion of the City Attorney, the City AHministrator stated that he t~itl not release the contract for the use of I!ai:one Gardens until such time that the property has. actually been purchased and the ne~otiations t.~ith . . Cit ' S the presen~ owners comDIeted i,n accordance ~-ith the y option and a~ree- ment 'fo~ the purchase of the property. III PETITIONS, OPDINA~I~ES AND~ FOFJFJu EESOLUTIO:/IS A. CRDiL~ANCE ~S-3-ZC-33 Ozd. NS-3~ZC~33 ~I~. Henley stated that ~rdi~anee NS~3-ZC-33 was in[reduCed, after public C-95 . hearin~ at the last meeting, r~zoning property l~Cated on the southeast comer of the intersection of Prospect Road and the Lawrence Expressway. from R-I-10,000 to C-N. It t,xas moved by Councilman Tyler, seconded by Councilmen Burry and unanimously carried to adopt Ordinance NS-3-ZC-33, File }~o, C-95. B. RESOLUTION NO. 325 Res.325 It was moved by Councilman Burry~ seconded by Councilman Tyler, and Azule unanimously carried to adopt Resolution No. 325~i~]unpaid asess- Unpaid ments and provtdtn~ for issuance of bonds for the AzulFH~mesites Improve- Assess. meat Project. C. RESOLUTIO~Y NO. 326 Res.326 Councilman Tyler moved, seconded by Councilman Burry, to adopt Resolution Azule - No. 326, awarding the sale of bonds for the Azule Homesites Improvement Sale of Project, to the low bidder (as reported earlier in the meeting), Davis, Bonds Skag~s and Company, D, PETITIOT] FOR FORt~ATION OF OFF-STF~ET PARKING ASSESS~fENT DISTRICT T~fr,' 'Itanley explained that a number of the nroperty o~zners in an area com- Petition prising approximately 1/4 of the village area, t,,ho originally si~ned the for Off- petition for formation of an assessment district for the. entire village area, Street ultimately concluded that it would be preferable from their standpoint to P~king withdraw their names from the petition presented to the .Council on },'arch 2, District 1966 and to present a net,; petition for the formation of a separate and distinct district comprising approximately one-fourth of the village area. Mr. ltanley indicated on a map that this area lies rouF, hlybett~een Big Basin Way and Saratoga Creek from the Kocker property to the Herring parcel. -2- SARATOGA CITY CODICIL ~,IINUTES - May 4, 1966 Of the 14 property o~mers within these boundaries, 11 have signed the petition and ~Ir. itanley reported that the petition has been checked and certification filed with him that the petition has been si~ned by the Village o~.~ers of more than 60% of the area involved in the project. Actuelly, Parking ;.It. Hanley pointed out, the petitioners comp. rise between 85% and 9OZ of District the area. They request that the Council proceed with the initial resolu- No. 1 tions for the formation of an assessment district for off-street parking for this portion of the villaSe~ leavia% out the other portion of the village to proceed, if the o~.mers wish, to form a district for parkin~ facilities for their use. Mr. I~nley indicated that a number of the present petitioners have lon~ been active in supporting an off-street parking district for the entire village area even though it would have been more costly for the people of this area to participate in the total village project but that, after finding insufficient support form the other village o~.mers for an overall plan for the benefit of the village, they now wish to proceed with the section described above without jeopardiz- ing any future plans the other village ~embers may decide upon. Mr. Phillip Assaf, representing the bonding attorney firm of Wilson, Jones, ~brton and L}mch, explained the procedure for formation of the requested assessment district and stated that only those properties ~hich will benefit from the district can be assessed. He pointed out that, after the engineer'~ report has been preliminarily apnroved, the Council sets a full scale hearin~ on the proceedings and that each property o~,mer proposed to be assessed ~il~ have available, at that time, a general description of the wo~, written notice of the time and place of hearing, and the estimated cost of the individual assessments. Hr. 1teber~erlink, representin~ opponents of the original parkin~ dtstrict~ stated that he wished to raise a point of order and asked that the parkin~ district proceedings which were initiated several months ago for the village area be abandoned before any acti6n is taken on the present petition. ~Ir. T~rlink said that alth6u~h the origina! opponents of the parking dl~trid~ ~0 ~Qt oppos~.t~ present ~roposal thev do not w~nt the status of the original district tO ~e~ain ~endin~. Mr; T~e~li~k raised the objection that his clients ~ant to either exercise thei~ right to file ~ritten protest to the original district or have the Council's declaration of intention to abandon any further proceedln~s on the original district. }It. Teerlink also questioned the clarity of the record in distin~-~uishing the original Parking District No. 1 from the proposal for a district to be kno~.m as Village Parking Distirct No. 1. }Ir. Assaf explained that, legally, the Council does not have to t~e any action on the first district as no map was filed with the Cqunty Recorder's offices, no engineer's report was prepared, and public hearin~ was not. set° ~Ir. Hanley and the City Attorney pointed out that the two districts are clearly distinguished by the maps attached to the petitions and resolutions and, furt!~er, that the first district, desi~nated Parkin~ District !Io, 1, ~.;as initiated under the InvestiSative Act of Division 4 of the Streets and I!i~ays Code, whereas the district presently under consideration is desi~- hated as Village Parkin~ District No, 1 and is proposed to be formed ~ith- out proceedin~s under Division 4 of the Streets and !ti~hways Code. Councilman Tyler stated that, altlmu~h he understood there is no necessity of abandoning the first district proceedln~s, he favored adoption of a resolution abandonin~'proceedin~s on the oriqinal district, for the benefit of the opponents. Mr. Assaf indicated that he did not, at the present time, have a prepared formal resolution to accomp. lish this and Mr. Teerlink stated that the opponents waive formaI resolution and will be satisfied with an expression of the Council's intent. ~.Tlth Council concurrence, Mayor pro tem itartmzn stated that it is the intent of the City Council to abandon further proceedings on the original district, Parking District No. I, and directed that a formal resolution of this intent be drafted for Council action at the next regular meeting. -3- SAP~TOGA CITY CO~CIL :'IINUTES -".iay 4, 1966 Res. 327 It was moved by CounCilman Burry, seconded by Councilman Tyler, and unani- Determine mously carried to adopt Resolution T]oo 327, determinin~ to underrate Fro- to under- ceedin~s pursuant to special assessmen~ and assessment bond acts for the take acquisition and construction of improvements l~ithout proceedings under proceedings Division 4 of t~a Streets and Highways Code - VillaFe Pa~in~ District No.1 Res.328 Councilman Tyler moved, seconded by Councilman Burry to adopt Resolution Appoint. No. 328, appointing engineers and attorneys for Village Parking District Eng. & No. 1; motion carried unanimously. Attorneys It was moved by CouncilF~n Tyler, seconded by Councilman Burry, and unani- Res,329 mously carried to adopt Resolution I~o, 329, bein~ a resolution ~f intention Res. of to acquire and construct improvements in Villa[e Parkin~ District No. 1. Intent, IV SUBDIVISIONS, BUILDING SITES AND ZONING REQUESTS A. SDR-518 - FRAIF~ J. PRIAm]DO SDR-S18 The City Clerk Presented a request from Mr. Frank J, Orlando that the Orlando $15,00 filing fee uhich he paid. at the time of his application for build- filing ing site approval, No. SDR-518, be refunded as the property has been fee acquired by the Campbell High School District and he ~i~l be unable to refund Proceed with development of the property. The Plannin~ Director reported that the application has been acted upon by the PlanninZ Commission but no further action has been taken and it ~yas moved by CouncilDan Burry, seconded by Councilman Tyler, and carried unanimously to refund the $15.00 filin~ fe~ on the grounds that development could not' proceed as a result of loss of the property throuZh condemnation. B'. SDR-531 - GEORGE AKEES SDR-531 It was moved b~ C~u~Ui'lman Burry~ seconded by CounCilman Tyler and unani- Akers mousiy carried to a~cep~ the impr6v~ments ~o~Strdcted {n connection with const, SDR-531, 'for construction only, as recommended by the Director of Public Accept, Works. C. SDR-485 - R. E. UALSIt SDR-485 Mr. Hanley read a letter, dated April 25, 1966, from Mr. R. E, Walsh, Walsh - requestin~ a t~.yo year extension on final buildin~ site approval, The Extension Council discussed this request with the staff and the City Attorney advised that the City's ordinances make no provision for either grantlnq or denying an extension of final building site approval but that it would be within the authority of the Council to do so, In these circumstances, the City Attorney added, the Council can, if it so desires, impose additional con- ditions to those which were oriRinally set by the Planning Commission and acted upon by the Council in grantin~ final site approval. It ~zas moved by Councilman Burry, seconded by Councilman Tyler, and unanimously carried to grant a two year extension from the expiration date of T{ay 20, 1966, .u~o i~ed ~ additional condition be accepted requirin.~ the installation of ~. ~Ir...Yalsh was not present and Mayor pro tern nartm~n directed that Mr, l~alsh be informed of the Council's action in imposing the addi- tional requirement as a condition of extension, D, SD-611 - TRACT 4167 SD-611 Mr. Hanley reported that all conditions have been met, bonds posted and fees Tr,4167 paid in coanection with final map approval for a 15 lot subdivision on Charters Aven~e~ and it was moved by Councilman Tylers seconded by Council-.. Final map man Burry, and unanimously approved to adopt Resolution ~Io, SD-611-1, approvin~ the final map of Tract 4167 for Saratoga Foothills Development Corporation. -4- SARATOGA CITY CO~CIL ~IINUTES - May 4, 1966 E. C-96 - JOSEPH J..PeN Mr. Hanley reported that }it, Pen has submitted a request for postponment C-96 of consideration of his application to fezone from R-I-40,000 to Pen R-I-40,000-P-D approximately 11 acres.located at the westerly terminus of Verde Vista Lane, and with no objection, Mayor pro tern tIartman directed the matter deferred to the meeting of ~.~ay 18, 1966. PUBLIC HEARINGS None VI ADMINISTRATIVE Z.~TTERS A. ~YOR No reports B, FINANCE ~1r. Hanley called the Council's attention to the last seven warrants on the Bills llst of disbursements and ex?lained that one is for the first paI,.~ment on the acquisition of the Wildwood Park property and the other six are the individual property o~.mers share of the first pa~.-nent for the acquisition of Hakone Gardens, The Hakone Gardens sale is expected to be closed within the ne::t few days b~ ~lr. tlanley stated that the City's survey of the Uild- wood Park property indicates~ the property to be ~urchased by the City amounts to 3.76 net acres an~ that this is less than the. Ratty's estimate so this purchase will be in escrow until the area involved hod been verified by the Ratty' s. It was moved by Councilman T~-ler, seconded by Councilman Burry and unani- mously carried to approve the disbursements oH the list dated May ~, 1966, for a total amount of $160,043.42 and authorize that warrants be dra;~n in payment. Saratoga Councilman Burry asked how the Saratoga Avenue reconstruction project was Ave, progressing and ~Ir. Hanley indicated that considerable ~ro~ress has been Construct, made in the last fe:.; days but that it would andear dubious whe!ther or not the Contractor ~ill be able to meet the ~;ay 23 deadline, Wildwood It was moved by Councilman Burry, seconded by Councilman Tyler, and unani- Park & mously carried to exercise the options to purchase ~Yildwood Park property Hakone and the Hakone Gardens property and authorize the City Administrator to Gardens assign the funds for the first payments, as previously a~reed upon, to Options Valley Title Company. C, COD~]CIL C0.~Z4iTTEES SDR-463 - FRANCIS MINSHALL 3DR-463 (1) Councilman liartman read an opinion ~rom the City Attorney, submitted Minshall to the Plannin~ Committee for its ~onsideratien in .its review of conditions Mr. Francis Minshall's request for deferment-of payment of storm drainage fee for 2 lots on Saratoga Avenue until the lots are sold and for relief from the requirement that a t5' strip of property alon~ Saratoga Avenue be dedicated as a condition of building site approval. The City Attorney advised that the City's ordinances require that storm water fees be paid at the time .of fil~nE for final site approval and that, inasmuch as ~he condition requiring the 15' dedica- tion was imposed when the applicant o~med the property and could have provided for the dedication, the condition is valid and unless waived by the Council must be required before final site approval can be granted, In the light df this opinion, Councilman Hartman reported that the Plannin~ Committee reco~nends denial of the request, and it ~.;as moved by Councilman Burry, seconded by Councilman Tyler and unani- mously carried to deny the request, l.:ith no objection, ~Sayor pro tern -5- SARATOGA CITY COUNCIL MIMb'IES - ~iay 4, 1966 Hartman directed the staff to direct a letter to Mr, ~finshall point- ing out that, as an alternative to acquirinK and dedicatin~ the 15' strip~ Mr. Minshall can deposit with the City an amount of money sufficient to cover the expenses of the City acquirin~ the property by eminent domain proceedings, D. DEPARtmENT HEADS AND OFFICERS Improve. (1) The City Attorney reported that the City recently collected the costs Cost of constructing improvements required in connection ~yith the Post recovery Office site and that this was the result of a suit vhich the City suit brought against the bonding company involved. (2) The Director of Public ~orks reported that problems have been on- Oak tree countered with infested oak trees located in Flood Control District infestation - right of way. The Flood Control District has indicated that they Flood Control will not spray the trees and the staff, Mr. Huff indicated, have had easements no alternative but to suK~est to concerned residents that they bear the expense of treatin~ these trees. Councilman Hartman expressed his concern regardin~ the widespread infestation of the trees in ~arato~a and asked that the staff immedi- ately contact Pied Piper~ !nq. to assure that they are conducting a spraying and ~rimminZ progra~which is recommended by the AFricul- rural Co~issioner or the Horticultural Foundation, After discussion, it was also directed by th~.M~vor oro tom, with no objection, that the staff contac~ Pied Piper t~ ascertain whetherl0r not they will be willinK to.sp~ay the tre~s in the Flood ContrOl District right of way, at the r~queSt and ekpense of the home owner, but at the City's rate of only $6,00 per tree. (3) Planning Director Stanley Walker reported that the County has many Cut-off pondinK subdivision applications and ~ould like a clarification of Date - the cut-off date for the imposition of the increased inspection fee Inspection schedule adopted by the Council on ~rch 16, 1966, After discussion, fee schedule it was aKreed by the Council that the County be informed that the cut-off date for computation of fees be the date of filinK of the improvement plans, regardless of the date of tentative apgrovalo (4) Mr, Walker reported that wben Mr. Clarence Neale's property was rezoned the condition was imposed that only one sign be all~,~ed for C. Neale - the site and that subsequently several additional uses were allowed signs and ~. Neale now requests that the sign limitation be waived and the normal regulations of the Zoning Ordinance relative to signs be applicable, If this restriction were removed Mr, Neale would be- allowed more signs on the property. With no objection, Mayor pro tom ]{artman referred this request back to the PlanninK Commission for recommendation. E. CITY ADMINISTRATOR (1) Mr, Henley gave a progress report on the Reid Lane crosswalk which is briefly s~zmmarized as follo~s: After the last ~etinR the City 'Reid Lane contacted the Traffic EnSineerlnZ Division of the !li~hway Department Croes~alk and submitted a formal request for report; the follox.~nF Friday morn- ink the Staff met with the State representative~ Mr. ~chaelson, ~nd offered the services of the City enKineerin~- staff to conduct the study. The City's engineerin~ staff then Kathered the data in accordance with State requirements, cal'ulated them in the form re- quired by the State and submitted them to the State last Friday, The State has not yet come to a conclusion but it is expected that a report will soon be received as to whether signalization is justi- fied in the light of the State criteria required, At the same time, the State will check as to whether a flashing yell~ light would be -6- SARATOGA CITY COUNCIL MINUTES - May 4, 1966 helpful at this location. Mr. Hanley all o reported that the City s applied for an encroachment permit to install a cross walk pedastrian si, gn in the center of the crossing durin~ school hours and word has been received that tha permit was a~nrov~d. On this basis, the Cit'/ purchased such a si;,~n and the Director o~f Public I,~orks is currently in contact with the SchoOl District in an e~fort to work out a manner of getting the sign put out and brought in Ifo t~ hours that the State code specifies. Mr. anley oo'nted out ~hat his s ~ s an inter'm II 1 ~ t i, i 1 device ~o contribute help to' the situation and that, although the State was a little reluctant they did a~ree to this sign but that it is the only one of the sug~estions whichI ~ere presented at the last meetinF which met any of the standards o~f the State. The State was asked to and did consider alternative e~c wne atl s on basis of r o nd on the criteria that would meet their t ndardsI. Reid Lane Mary Guth, Jean .~{oy!es and Carolyn Grou! spoke re~ardin~ the urgency Crosswalk of the situation and were assured that the State have available all the factors relating to this crosswalk and its present and potential use and recognizes the urgency of an early solution. Various traffic matters were discussed in their relation to this cross- walk, including the proposed ns ructian of a sidewalk from the high school to the Plaza and speeding; on Rei~ Lane. Mr. tiuff indicated that the plans and specifications for t~e sidewalk should be ready to go to bid in about thirty days. In ~eply to Hr. and Hrs. L'ads~rth's complaints fe~ardin~ speeders On Reid Lane and the manner in whiC~ they mip~ht best be stopped, tha City Attorney advised that any person may file a complai,nt and appear in court in an effort to curtail reckless drivers or speeders. w~eeher juvenile or not. Calls to the Sheriff's Department for extra r il~ of knox.m offenders was also suggested and the Mayor ~ro tel assured those nresent that the level of traffic lax.7 enforcement in[the City is a matter of contihdtng~:study bY the i Council and staff and that increased protec- tion l~ added whehever ~he record~ 'n ~a~ the nded. 1 di · ~,lrs. Guth, ~Iho advocated the installatipn of several stop signs in the vicinity of Reid Lane and Saratop~a ],Iills Road, was advised that a thorouFh study of her sug~estions will be conducted if she will present her recommendations in the form[ of a written request. ,~lo one else wished to speak regarding this matter and the Mayor moved to the next item on the' aRenda with the~eobservation that the City l~ill continue its high priority efforts totard a solution to the County (2) he City has x~ressod some interest in the parcel possibility of acquirtn~ from the Co n ~ - m ty ~ small parcel of land located Quito & at the north-easterly intersection of POllard and Quito Roads, and POllard ~.rlth no objection, Mayor pro tern dir ed Mr, Hanley to direct a , ect letter of inquiry regarding this property to the Board of Supervisors. (3) Mr. Hanley reported that two changes id the Civic Center landscaping Civic plans were suggested x.rithin the past we~ek and that both were recom- [ne i Center mended by the Landscape architect as be fic al additions to the Landscaping project and that, as neither of these i[tems would add to the cost Change O~ders above the total estimate for the pr 3ect and required i.~mediate ~_ O s ~3 and ~4 authorization, he had authorized Chan,~ rder No, 3 and 4, total ng an addlticnal cost of $507, and consi~tinF, of an alternative light- inF, approach to the Council Chambers a ~d the installation of a water llne and 14 sprinkler heads on the is and between Fruitvale Avenue and the ser ice rad. It was moved by Councilman Burry, seconded by Councilman Tyler and unanimously carried to ratify and approve Change Orders No. 3 and 4 for the ivi Center Landscaping nro~ect, as outlined above. -?- SARATOGA Ci?f COUNCIL i.,~INI?iES - }lay 4, 1966 Civic Center (4) ~Ir. Henley reported that Hay 15 is the completion date for Landscaping the landscapin~ of the Civic Center and that the contractor Contract has proceeded with the job diligently but it is estimated Extension that another 10 days will be required to complete the stone work on the ~.Talls and install the beadles. It ~;as moved by Councilman Tyler, seconded by Councilman Burry, and unanimously carried to granta 10 day extension of the contract with Palo Alto Landscapln~ Company for the Civic Center Landsca~in~ project. VII COMIIUN!CATIONS A. I.~ITTEH (1) Mr. Henley called attention to a letter form I~r. Un~aro of the Seagraves Saratoga Union School District, formally advisin~ tile Council of parcel - the School District's need for an early action by the Council re- adjacent ~ardinS the previously discussed exchange of property after purchase to Fruitvale by the City of the property adjacent to the Frultvale School. School ~fr. Hanley explained that he and the Director of Public Works have deli~ently attempted tO contact }lr. Sea~raves, who has been out of the State for some time, and although they have been in contact .with }Jr. SeaZraves' son and he is m~are of the City's interest in negotiating for th~ purchase of the property, they have, as yet, been.unable to meet with the, ~mer. }~r, llanleyindicated that he ~tll, as suggested by the Council, immediately direct a letter to 'Hr. Seagraves advisin~ him of the City's ihterest in ne~otiatin~ fo~ the purchase Of this property. Sheriff~s (2) Uith Councilapproval, ~yor pro tom itartman referred to the Public Dept. rates l.~lfare Committee~ a memorandum from the County Executive's office relative to nroposed new rates for Sheriff's Department ~atrol services~ Rabies (3) The Council acknowledFed a notice from the County Health Department. Control that a quarantine has been established on skunks and bats in an effort to control rabies.' H~gh School (4) A letter from Students of Saratoga }!i~h School, thanktn~ the use of Counoil Council for the students recent use of the Council Cham~ers, was Chambers acknowledged. (5) The Council briefly discussed a letter fromNr. Heiser relative to Heiser - a street dedication and improvement requirement and it ~as reported street that it appears to be a dispute bet~-een the buyer and seller of a improve. parcel as to who should finance this requirement of buildin~ site requirements approval. This matter was referred to Staff. B. ORAL No one present wished to speak and Nayor pro tom Hartman ackno~tedFed, with pleasure~ the presence of Chamber of Commerce representative Don Bush and the Good Government Grcup representatives who served coffee at the recess. VIII ADJOUI~ENT It was moved by Councilman Burn?, seconded by Councilman Tyler and unanimously carried to adjourn at 10:35 P. M. Respectfully submitted / William C. Henley, City Clerk -8-