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HomeMy WebLinkAbout08-17-1966 City Council Minutes CITY OF SARATOGA SI~U4ARY OF MINUTES TI~: Uednesday, AuRust 17, 1966 - 7:30 P. M. PLACE: Saratoga City Council Chambers, 13777 Fruitvale Avenue, Saratoga, Calif. TYPE: Regular Heating I ORGAHIZATIOH Mayor Glennon called the meetin~ to order at 7:30 P. M. A. ROLL CALL Roll Present: Councilmen Glennonm Uartman, Burry, Tyler Call Absent: None B. MII..q3TES Minutes It was moved by Councilman Burry, seconded by Councilman Tyler to ~,aive the reading and aoprove the minutes of the Special meetin~ of August 9, 1966, as ~Jritten. Motion carried ~ith Mayor Glennon abstaining as he ~as not present at the meetinZ in question. C. APPOINTmeNT OF COUNCIL~/~N TO FILL VACANCY C. H. Robbing Councilman l~artman moved, seconded by Councilman Burry to nominate Council Charles H. Robbing to fill the vacancy on the Council created bv the Appointment resignation of Richard V. Drake; motion was then ~ade by Councilman Tyler~ and seconded by Councilman BUrry to close the nominations. Charles I;. Robbing x-;as elected by the unanimous vote of the Council on a motion p~esented by Councilman Herman and seconded by Councilman Burry, Robbing - Mayor Glennun administered the oath of+office to Council~an Robbing Oath of and introduced him to those present with a brief biographical sumdry. office Councilman Robbing took his seat as a member of the Council. D. ELECTION OF~YOR PRO-TEMPORE Hartman - Councilman Burry moved, s~conded by Councilman Tyler to nominate Council- Mayor man Hartman as Mayor Pro-Tam, ore and, the~e being no fdrther nominations, Pro tem Councilman Hartman, who abstained from ~oting, was eledted Mayor Pro- Tempore on the unanimous vote of the other Council members present. II BIDS A~ CONTRACTS A. C~TINUATION OF CONSIDERATION OF BIDS ON ~IGI~.~AY 85 ~LICI~Y Highway 85 Mr. Henley reported that the developer of the area North of Herrimam Walkway Avenue along HiSS.my 85 has nots at this points agreed to pay a pro-rata Bids share of the.im~rovements and it was therefore recommended that the low bid on Alternate A for construction of a walkx.~ay along l~i~h~;ay 85 be accepted for only that area from Ferriman Avenue to the Plaza. It was moved by Councilm~n !{artman, seconded by Councilman Tyler and unanimously carried to accept the low bid of Copenhaver, Inc.~ for the ~o~ described above at a cost of $9,105.40. B. SDR-202 - PERRY POLENTZ-ACCESS ROAD Pa~SURS~E}IT AGREEMENT SDR-202 Uith no objection, Mayor Glennon deferred this item until the next meet- Polentz inS, at the request of the Clerk who stated that the necessary material Agreement has not yet been received. III PETITIONS, ORD~NCES ~3 FOPCt~L RESOLUTIONS A. PETITION FOR ANNE~TION OF I{AKONE GAP~ENS TO SANITATION DISTRICT #4 Pakone Gardens It was moved by Councilman Tyler, seconded by Councilman Hartman, a~d annexation unanimousl~ carried to authorize execution of the petition for annaxe- to Sanitation District ~ SARATOGA CITY COL~CIL ~.ff',-IUTES - August 17, 1966 tion of t!akone Gardens property to Sanitation District No, 4, desi~nated as Annexation 1966-9s and. direct that ~.~arrants be dream in the amounts of $2,837,05 for connection to District lines and $252,92 for annexa- tion to the RESOLUTIOI4 .NO, 85-5,1 - Atu~NDI.~G SALARY PAIIGE FOR AD~.flI~I~TRATIVE AIDE Re8,85-5,1 A motion was mad~ by Councilman }:arman, seconded by Councilman Burry, A~ministrativ~ and carried, ~xith Councilman ~obbtns abstainin~ to ado~t Resolution aide i~oo 85-5,1~ amendin~ the salary range for the ~reviously authorized position of Administrative Aide, C, FINAL AI~UAL BUDGET FOR FI~AL .YEAP~ 1966-67 1966-67 It ~as moved by Councilman Tyler~ seconded by Council~an Hart~an and Final carried~ ~ith Councilman Robbins abstainin~., to approve the final budget Budget for the 1966-67 fiscal year, as presented and s,~marized by the City Clerk-Administrator, D. ORDItlANCE NO, 19-I Ord, 19-I CounciLman I~artman moved, seconded by Councilman Tyler, to adopt Setting Ordinance }Io, 19-Is fixing the amount of revenue from nroperty taxes amount of necessary for the support of the City of Saratoga for the current year revenue and fixin~ the amount of revenue sufficient to pay the estimated costs needed for for the Saratoga~ Azule and 0uito Liahtina Districts~ motion carried~ 1966-67 ~ith Councilman Robbins absEaining, E, PJ~SOLUTION ~I0, 32~I Re,, 32-I It ~as moved by Councilman *~artman, seconded by CounCihnan Tylers and Setting carried, ~tth Councilman Robbins abstainln~., to adop~ Resolution 1966-67 32-I~ fixinE the General Property Tax rate for the City of Tax rates for the fiscal year 1966-67 and the special assessment tax rates for the Sarat6ge,' Azdle and Quite Lightin~ Districts, IV SUEDIVISIONS, ~UILDiNG SITES AND ZONING REaLiSTS A. SDR-651 - BERNARD ALTER SDR-651 Alter CounciLman Tyler morsel, seconded by CounciLman .~urry to 8do~t Resolution lb, SD~-651-1, ~rantin~ buildinn site approval to Bernard Alter for one lot on Glen Una Drivel motion carried, B, SDR-642 - JA~S V, SDR-6~2 Narino It was moved by Councilman !lartman, seconded by Councilman Tyler and Underground unanimously carried to grant Dr, ltarino~s request for waiver of the lJtilities underaround utility requirement for SDR-642, subject to Dr. Harino enterinn into an agreement ~lth the City to ~ay his nro-rata share of the cost of undergrounding the existinto line at such time as the City may require it in conjunction ~.~ith the develolnlen~ Of adjacent lots~ such agreement to be in form satisfactory te the City Attorney, C. SDP~-647 - L, J, BIANCItI Bianchi l.lith no objection, I!ayor Clannon de~erred this item until the next meetinns at the request of the City Clerk ~.yho indicated that the Co~nittee has referred the question of the stem drainage easement requirement on this buildin~ site to ~he staff to !~ork out a possible solution ~ith the property o~.mer. D. SDP.-512 - F~S SDH-512 It was moved by Counciknan Hartman, seconded by Councilman Tyler and ~ig carried, ~ith Councilman Robbins abstainin~,, to adopt Resolution No. -~DI~-512-2, grantin~ buildin.-.. site approval to Hans Zweia for Parcel 2 of SARATOGA CITY COUNCiL ~:INIJ'I~S - AuEust 17, 1956 V PUBLIC HEARINGS None VI ADMINISTRAT!VE~TTERS A. MAYOR (1) In the absence of Charles !I. Smith, Chairman of the ~.{ayor's Retirement Coun~lttee to study retirement facili~s, Dr. Uilbur !~ellum, Facility · Co~nittee member~ was present to discuss with the Council the Study report from the Committee. Mr. X~anleV read the Co~nfttee's report~ dated July 26, }966, and, after considerable discussions the t~ayor with no obJection~ referred the report to the PlanninE Commission for consultation ~.;ith the City Attorney and reco~enda- tion to the Council re~ardinS the Special Committee's Report. Then, if desiredr the Council can approve the recommendations on a policy basis and direct the City Attorney to draft an ordinance to implement them. (2) Mayor Glennon announced ne~ Council Co~nittee essifmments as follows: Cpuncil Management Cor~nittee: Councilman Burry, Chairmon J Councilman Cor~ittee Robbins, :{ember Appointments PlanninS Committee: Councilman Hartman, ChafrmanJ Councilman Tyler, :[ember Policy Cceimittee~ Councilman Robbins, Chairman~ Councilman Burrye Member Public Uelfare Committee: Councilman Tyler, Chairman; Councilman Hartman, ~.!embef Additionally. ~[ayor Glennon announced the follo~n~ assiF31ment of duties: Council a) Councilman :!artman, as ~yor Pro-Tempers, ~rlll serve as alter- DaleEats hate to the Inter-City Council and to County Sanitation Dis- Appointment8 trict No. 4~ b) Cohncilman Tyler ~ill serve as official delegate ~o the Cohnty Trafficways Committ~e, ~tth Councilman Burry as alte~nr~te. c) Councilman Bhrry ~.~[li s~r~e as official delegate to A~AG, ,.~th Codncilman R~bbins 'as alternate. d) Councilman Robbins ~11 officially represent the City on the County X~ater Co~ission with Councilman Tyler as alternate. GGG (3) Tieyet Glennon acknowledEed notification from the Good Government Representatives Group that recentlf appointed daleSates to monitor City Council meetinEs are Robert ].~. Lex?fs and Thomas J. ~etsker. Mayor Glennon (4) It was moved by Councilman ~urry, seconded by Councilman ,~artman Leave of Absence and unanimously carried to Erant a leave of absence to ~ayor Glennon until January 1, 1967. B. FI/qANCE (I) It was moved by Councilman }lartmen, seconded by Councilman Tyler Bills and unanimously carried to approve the disbursements on the list dated AuSust 17, .1966, for a total of $75,822.60 and authorize that warrants be drawn in payment. (2) The City Clerk's Financial Report and Tressurer's Report for the Finance month of July, 1966 ~;ere accepted and the City Clerk announced that, Reports effective July 19, 1966, interest rates on time deposits of 90 Days or more were increased from 4 3/4% to 5Z. Additionally~ ~{r. Henley reported that First Valley Dank has offered to aSain accept addi- -3- S~/{ATOGA CITY COUNCIL MIN'jTE. S - AuSust 17, 1966 tionai time deposits provided the City places part of its Active !.!arrant Account ~.~ith them. Uith no objection, the First Valley Bank' s proposal was referred to the t~nagement Committee for study and recommendation. C. COUNCIL CO.~KTTEES (1) The Council discussed with the Staff, l.fr. Roche Garcia, represent- ing U. C. Garcia and AsSociates, and l.Ir. 30ha Cone of Riches Research, tile Joint Planning Commlittee and Subdivision Co..~mittee report, dated August 10, 1966 relative to the C-S Zonin~ District C-S Zone Study. After extensive discussion of the report and tile .-.ro~osed Study - Garcia development the Council expressed approval of the rayoft in Report principle and ~Iayor Glennon, ~.rlth no objection, referred the ques- tion of the additional conditional use of a retail specialty shop center in the C-S zone to the Planning Cormhis,ion for action, In (Garcia addition, the ~layor referred the recommendations that all permitted Development) uses in the C-S zone be made conditional until overall policy is adopted for the area, to the Plannin~ Commission for consideration and then, if approved b~ the Connnission, to the City Attorney for preparation of an urgency and emergency zoning ordinance for Council approval at its next meeting. At the s~me time, the question of the overall treatment of time C-S zone ~as referred to the Plannin~ Commission for further study in the light of the Consultcat's Report. D. DEPARtTENT HEADS AND OFFICERS Tr. 3861 (1) It was moved by Councilman Herman, seconded by Councilman Tyler Monument and unanimously carried to authorize release of the monument bond Bond posted for Tract 3861. Azuie (2) It ~.ms moved by Councilman Fartman, seconded by Councilman Tyler Notice and'unanimously carried to authorize the Staff to file notice of of Completion completion on the Azule llomesites Improvement Projects in accordance with the recommendation from the Director of Public Uorks. Bohlman (3) Upon the recoumendation of tt~e Director of Public ~.rorks, it was Rd. So$1 moved by Conn~llman Hartman. and seconded by Councilman Tyler to Analysis authorira pa~ent.'of additi~nal costs, 'not to excee~ $550.00, for Cost the Bohlman Ro~d soil analysiS, ~.~hich ~-}as oriainally a6thorized Increase for a ceiling of $5,000, ~iotiOn carrie~ ~vith Councilman Burry cast- ing a dissenting vote. E. CITY .43)}IINISTRATOR No reports VII COMMU}IICATIONS A. IfllITTEN Chamber (1) Councilman Burry moved, seconded by Councilman Hartman to ~rant of Commerce permission to the Saratoga Chsmber of Commerce to have a .~arade Parade on Saturday, September 2~, 1966, at 11:00 A, M, commemorating the City's anniversary, (2) A request from -~Ir, C. K, McAlister, Jr,, Vice President of Prides' Street CrossinS Iiomeo~mer's Association for street s~.;eepin~ services was SweepinS - referred by the Mayors ~.~lth no objection, to the Management Comittee prides, for study and recommendation. Crossin~ (3) Uith no objection, Mayor Cleanon referred to the Planning. Comtttee Tr.4200 a request from the o~.mers of Tract 4200 for elimination of the Underground standard requirement for underground utility facilities. Utilities (4) l. Ylth no objection, ~Iayor Glennon referred the request of ~ir. Kenneth Taxicab J. Siefers, dated August 13~ 1966, for a taxicab regulation ordinance Regulations to the Policy Connlttee for study and rec~zu~ndation, SARATOGA CITY COb~{ClL T.ffNIrrE, S - Auo~use 17, 1966 B. ORAL Bank (1) It ~as moved by Councflr~an Tyler, seconded by Councilman ~urry Signature and unanimously car~_ed to authorize the execution of new bank 'Cards sLSnature cams for ~tbdrawal of funds from City accounts in accordance ~th the election of Councilman ',,~artman as Mayor pro tem~ (2) Mayor Glennon ackno~,ledged, ~,~ith pleasure, the presenca of Plannin~ Ackno~ledgments Commissioner Wilbur Kellum; ~frs. Dorothy Parker ~o served coffee on behalf of the Good Government Group; Robert Le~.yis and Ton ,'ietsker, representing the Good Government Group; Steerart ~lall, representin~ the Chamber of Cu~erce; City Treasurer Vladimir Fabris; and extended ' his greetin~s to Mr, and Mrs. Paul H. Gardiner. VIII ADJOUR~IL~,'T It ~as moved by Councilman Robbins, seconded by Councilman Tyler and unani- mously carried to adjourn the meeting at 10:45 P. M. Respectfully submitted, UILLIA~!f C. ]hNLEY, CITY CLERKJ