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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10-04-1967 City Council Minutes SARATOGA CITY COUNCIL SUNNARY OF TII~ .~ednesday, Oc~obe~, ,. 1967 - 7:30 P~ ~ P~CE: Sara~d~a'City Council Ohmbars, 13777 F~i~vale Avenue, Saratoga, Calif. T~: Regular Neecin~ ~yor Glennon called the mee~in$ ~o order st 7=35 P, ~ RO~ ~L PreSent: Councilmh Glennon, Hartm~, ~le~, Burry, Robbins Abs~nc~ None B, it ~as ~ved by Councilman Robbins, seconded by Council~n Bur~s and unanimously carried ~o dispense vith the raadin~ and approve the ~nu~es of the SepCe~er 20s 1967 mee~inas as ~lc~en. n Bins None~. A, ~SOL~ION ~ 381 - ~ P~I~TION ~ P~VAILING WAGE .~,, ~e,CiCy Clerk reported ~ha~ ~he Pol{~y,c~{c~ee me~ last ~eek Rest:381 discuss ~he ~bOr~Code require~e~t~hacprevailin8 w~e scales be PubliCation pdblishadL~y~en~ieS a~SrdinS cbh~r~cca for ~blic works projects. of Pre~il~ The ques~i~ of ~eMi~ or repealing ~his pr~ision is currently ~es - ~d~ stud~ ~y a a~i~ee of ~he S~aCe LeZisla~ure and,~he League Request ~o C~itfor~a ci~i~s has been asked to poll ~he cities ~in ~he Sca~e repeal d~hemine ~heir ~ishes re~ardi~ ~his ~es~ion. The Policy C~n~ilman RobbinS sCa~ed~ reco~ends cha~ the Council adop~ a resolu- ~ibn ur~i~ ~he Sta~e LeSisla~ure ~o repeal Che publica~ion provision and ~ha~ ~his resolu~ions alon~ ~Ch a le~er ~rom ~he ~ayor lis~in~ ~he es~i~ed cos~ of such publication in Saratoga for the pas~ ~ive years~ be tr~s~ed ~o the League o~ Calilomia Cities. Co~cilman 8urry pointed ouC ~hs~ in his opinions p~lica~ion of pre- valli~es is a meani~less ~as~e of f~ds and staff ~es unneces- sarily in~er~eri~ ~Ch lsbor-mnaSemen~ rela~ions. Council~n Burry ~herefore moveds seconded by Councilman Robbins, ~o adopt Resolu~i~ 381, reques~in~ the SCa~e LeSislaCure ~o repeal Section 1773 o'f the Labor Code. Co~cilman T~ler indicated ~ha~ he did ~ ~eel q~lified ~o vo~e on this question as he had no basis for de~e~ni~ ~he needs of o~her areas in ~he SCats. He did~ howlers ~avor amendin~ ~he presen~ pro- vision co the effec~ ~ha~s in lieu of specifyi~ ~he prevaili~ rate of per di~w~es in the call for bids, the a~ardi~ bod~ ~y re~er ~o a copy thereof a~ its principal Council~n Robbins said tha~ he thou~h~ ~he Council need only be c~cerned about ~ressi~ ~ opinion as i~ pertains ~o S~a~o~a he felt ~ha~ o~her cities would surely protect ~heir o~ in~erests. Council~n ~ler ~reed and, on ~his' basis, withdrew his previous objec~i~s to requesCin~ repeal of Section 1773. Hayor Glennon called for the question and ~he motion to ~op~ Resolution 381 carried by ~he ~animous vo~e of ~he Council. IV S~DI~SIONS~ B~LDIHG SITES A~ ZO~NGREQ~STS A. SDR~697 - L. R. CUIST SDR-697 ~. Huf~ reported tha~ the scarf had advised ~. Guist that the City L.R.~isC A~orney had indicated ac ~he las~ meeCinZ tha~ ~he Council could not ~rant .~'. Guis~s request ~or rei~d of inspection fie and release SARATOGA CXTY COUNCIL NINUTES ~ OCTOBER 5,- 1967 - Continued XV. ~ A.~SDR-697 - Continued i~ProV~ment bond unless t~ took ~he unprecedented action of hi~ ~om .the pr~tstons o~ his site approval contract.: A~ the= time the a~endn was prepEed ~. Guise indicated that he ~tehed to ask the COUncil.go void *~he contract bu~ th~he decided today to~thdrm~ r~queS~ de'he hd~ ~de other a~ran~ements. ~i~h no bb3~ctt0n. Che v~ wi~hd~ ~om the a~enda. B. SD-672- ~ ~301 ~he Ctt~ e~erk r,epbrced that all conditions have ~een met, fees pa~d and bonds posted in 'connec~ion with flus! map approva~ ~o~ an !8 l~t subdiv- iSIon ~t Cox and Cu~e~land Avenues~ ~Counctl~n Tyler asked what vision had been ~de to ~uarantee ~tnteunce of t~e landscaping requ~ed by the ~lanntn~ Con~sston:and the Clerk replied ~hat no SD-672 p~tslon to this'effect had been~d~ a~ the time o~ tentative ~p ~ract ~301 app=~al ~ that conditions may not be added at this time. Final ~p C~unctlmn Ha~tman ~pressed concern t~ no means of ~lntaint~ the required landscap~n~..was pr~tded ~d sta~ed that he fel~ that any i~r~ents ~equirt~ =aintenance ~posed by the 'Planntn~ Co~ssion Should always be acc~panied by adequate pr~tston for conCtn~n~ matnten~ce. ~he CoUncil ~d sta~,dtScu~sed ~eastbiltty of establtsh- tp8 hintchance dis~rtcts ~d the Cit~'A~tomeyadvtsed that i~ vould b~ Impracticable ~o ~om ~hts t~ of district for'such a s=a11 amount o~ 'annual expenditure. ~he City A~eome~ blso stated~ in answer to a query ~rem ~he ~yor~ ~hat it tsposs~bld to a~end the Subdivision Ordi- nance to 'prOVide tha~ the deve!~ p~s~.~ matn~en~ce bond ~or a longer period than the~p~esent one yea~ p~lsiOn. In this case, ho~ever~ ~..3ohnst0n pbtn~ed Ouc thac t~e C~ncii ~an chanEe condi~tons only at ~he. request of.th~ deveioper~ ~e co~hc~l makes a factual dete~ i~atton o~ ~he~he~ o~ not all ~e Condit~o~ of tentative mp approval, ~e set by the PlahnLn~ C~tsslon, have been =e~, either by per~o~ance o~ b~ bo~, or It was ~ed by Councilman ~ler~ seconded by Councilman Hart~n, and un~i~ously carried to adopt Resolution SD-672-1, approvin~ the final map for ~rac~ 4301 ands with no objection, ~yor Glennon asked the staff to c~tact the develope~ to request their cooperation In a bond sufftcten~ to ~uarantee maintenance of the landscapt,. ~ith no obJection~ ~ayo~ Glennon referred to the Plannin~ Co~tttee and the Subdtv~ston Co~ttee the question of mendi~ the subd~vtsion ordtn~ce to provide ~or landscape mintchance. 1~9 in ~he O~ this Joint c~4~tee, ~ amendment is appropria~e~ then they~y ask the C~ty Attorney to prepare the necessary ord~mnce. C. SD-694 - TRA~ 4~44 The City Clerk outlined conditions of tentative map approval which have not been mats inclUd~.ng submission of a petition supporting form- ation of a par kmaintenance district to maintain landscaping for this SD-694 subdivision and the original Arroyo de barntoga subdivision. The cost Tro 4344 to property owners in the original 241 lot subdivision and the 64 lots Final in Tract 4344 would be negligible, Mr. Huff indicated. Map Councilman Tyler reported that the Planning Committee and Subdivision Committee,. as directed at the last meeting, had met with representatives of the George Day Construction Company and the Flood Control District regarding the flood control easement required in connection with the development of Tract,4344. The problem, Councilman Tyler stated. involved several large trees located within the Flood Control plan lineo' Some of the trees were located in the creek and some on the other side of the creek on property not within the subdivision. It was suggested by the Flood Control representatives that this type of problem could be avoided in the future if the top of the creek bank isspotted on the tentative map. - Jim Kaiser, engineer for the developers stated that it SARATOGA CITY COUNCIL MINUTES - OCTOBER 5, I~Y - Continued would be n~ proble~ to~locate the top o~ the creek bank on the tentative map but tha~ the cost involved ~b~ld not be practicable at the prelimin- Tr, 4344 ary map stage, Councilman Hartm~n expressed the opinion that the pre- liminary map is where the information is most needed. It was moved by Councilman Tyle~ seconded ~by Councilman Robbing, ,and carried unanimously to,adopt Res~lutionBoo.~SD-694-1, approving the final map Of Tract 43~, subject to the ~ohditions listed on the resolution, With no objection, Mayor Glennon refer~e~ ~he question of whether or not creek banks should be located on eith~Ithe.tentative or prelimin- ary map to the Plannin~ Con~nittee and ~he S~b~ivision Committee. V PUBLIC HEARINGS Hone VI ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS A; ~MAYOR l,C,C~ ~ayor ~l~nnon ~nnodnced that the. ihte~City council will meet tomarrow Ntg. evening at the ~lu~ed Horse, with ~onte Sereno as the host city. B. FINANCE it Was moved ~y.jCouncilman Burry seconded by Councilman Robbing and Bills Carried UnanimoUSly to approve t~e disb~rs~ments on the list dated OCtobe~ 5~' 19671;axtd authorize t~at warrants b~ dtaw~ in payment for a total ~f couNc CO i Eg (1) ccd~eiima~ Bd~ry ~eported that the Management Committee is in the J~b .. proce~ o~ cG~tacting ~lanagement Consultant finns and other public Evai~atiGn agahcies regarding a Job evaluation sutwey for the City. Council- ~U~ey man Robbing commented that the scope of.work should also include a study of administration of the cities compensation plan to deteunine whether or not it provides proper incentive. (2) Councilman Tyler reported that the Public Wal£are Committee met with representatives of the County Health Department to discuss Semi- the proposal ~or semi-weekly garbage pickup as a fly control weekly measure. The Committee is awaiting a reply from Green Valley garbage Disposal Company regarding the cost of twice weekly service prior service to evaluating the Health Department information and submitting as fly a final report. However, it was reported that the Committee was control concerned that a substantial number of householders do not now measure' subscribe to garbage service. The City Attorney advised that Ordinance 6-A presently provides that failure to subscribe to garbage service is a misdemeanor and that the scavenger company is supposed to pick up from each occupied household and utilize the City's services, in court i£ necessary, to collect payment. Councilman Burry stated that he felt Chat the City should see that this provision is enforced. The Public Welfare Connnittee is con- tinuing to explore this matter and will report back to the council. (3) Councilman Hartman reported that the Planning Committee has reviewed Civic several proposals for Civic'Center expansion and recommends, at Center this time, that further action on civic center expansion be defer- Expansion red until the General Plan review is completed or developed to a point permitting evaluation in light of General Plan proposals. X~ith no objection, Nayor Glennon asked the City Administrator to notify Lawrence Livingston that the Council will be contemplating acquisition of land for civic center expansion as a part of the General Plan. SARATOGA CITY ~ou~CIL BS ~ OCTOBER 5i 1967 ; COntinued D. DEPAR~EN~ HEADS AND OFFICERS Director of Public Works Robert Shook reported that the sidewalk te- SDR-665 q~ired to be constructed in connection withaevelopme~ of. SDR~665, Acceptance W~sthope Presbyterian Church, has been satfSfactoriiy com~ietediand he of Improve. r~co~mended acceptance of the improvements ~and re~eas~ Of the improve- & Bond ment bond. It was ~oved by Councilman Raftman, sec~nded~by Co~n~ilma~ Release BUrry, and unanimously to accept the improvements and release the bond es rec~n~n~ed. E. CITY AD~KNISTRATOR : '! Cupertino ~! : ~ Sanitary (1) It ~as moved by Councilman BUrry, ~Seconded by C~u~cilma~ R0bbins,. Dist, - and carried unani~ously to authori~e 'the Mayor ~o execute a tress- transfer fer.qf easement from tbe Cit~ Of Saratoga toCupertin~ S~nitery of easement District for ~he sanitary. se~er easement leadin~ north from Joannie~s Villai which ~he City aCqUire~ by 0rde~ of Condenmation~ {2) councilrash'Regimen asked wh~t had 'tranSpired whettry Cupertino Sanitary DiStrict had remov~ 'a ~tnmber of oiive trees adjacent to the Ga~cie'propert~ at Prospect Avenue and HighWay 85. ~r. Huff ~ree reported that: the ~anitary district was granted an encroachment remove! permit from the DiVision of fifthways to install a sanitary sewer by'CUp~ line hndfound that a ~a~er line interfered with their plans so Sanitary they a~ked for,; and received~ p~rmission from the City to move the District - proposed line ~oward the trees~ ~his pennission~ Mr. Huff emphas- H~/. 85 & ized~.waS granted. Subject to!the ~ndition that the sanitary Prbspect district. receive specific permission from the City offices prior to remqvir~ any trees and this authorization was not obtained by ~hem. COUnCilman Hartman.Stated that the cost of replecin~ trees of comparable Size wdul~ be approximately $800 to $900 each and that he was ~0t'S~gge~ing that the t~e. eS be replaced but that he strongly recob~nended th~ ehe:senit~r~ district be notified of the City~s expe~ati0n that they compl~ with all City requirements in the future arid the COUncil~s reaction to their failure to camply in this instance. With no obJection~ ~ayor Glennon requested the City Administrator to contact the sanitary district in this regard and rcp~rt b~ck to the Council. P~k'&.' (3) With no objection, a sample ordinance relating to dedication of Recreation land or payment of a fee for perk and recreational purposes in Facilities - conmection with subdivision development, w as referred to the Subdivisions Planning Comm{ttee, Crime {4) The City Administrator reported that the Sheriff's Dep~rtment Report has begun preparation of a monthly, computerized crime report and that a copy has been transmitted to the Chief of Police. An additional .copy, he stated, ~ill be available for examinatidn in the Mayor's office a~ city hall. (~) The Administrative Aide submitted a report of civic center building Civic maintenance costs for last year, with pro]ections of costs for Center the present year. He recommended, as a result of his analysis, Building that a part-time building maintenance employee be hired and the Maintenance present contractural arra~ement for building maintenance combined Study with landscape maintenance, be eliminated. With no objection, Mayor Glennon referred ~h6 matter to ~he Management Co~,,,{ttee. (6) Mrs Huff briefly reviewed the Council's previous action in tabling a weed abatement ordinance until this Fail and asked whether it \ wished to take any action on the proposed ordinance at this time. Weed Councilman Hartman suggested that a city~-lde survey be undertaken' Abatement to determine ~he extent of unsightly or fire hazardous area which Ordinance was allowed tO develop during the s~,~er, .Councilman Robbins agreed that the City needs first to esgabltsh ~hether or'not a weed problem exists and, if it.does, proceed as far as possible toward abatement with the aid 0f existing ordinances before adopting additional legislation. IThe City Attorney explained the differences between the graters weed abatement ordinance and ~he one proposed for the City.~ Primarily, he explained, the State ordinance requires -4- SARATOGA COUNC NII TES - OC 0BEI . 19 7 - Continued that each instance o~ ~lleg~d nuisance or hazard be established individually, whereas the C!ty~s proposal would establish a blanket Weed definition of nuisance within a stated nth~ber of f~et from build- Abatement ir~s, etc, The Council agreed with CoUncilman Hartmanes suggestion thaC any problem areas be identified~now and the owners notifiedwell in advance of the hext gr0wiu~ seaSon.that they will be expected tc asstune £ull responsibility=for .cleaning up weed problom areas. With no objection, l~ayor Gl~nnon directed the s~aff to proceed with the survey and ndtify the property owners as indicated, VII CO~tl/NICATIONS A. ~RITTEN Glennon to h~y,85, (1) With no objection, Nayo~ referred the Planning Committee Brookside the question of ultimate useOf the excess parcel of property Glen,Neale~s sad access road adjacent eO Neale~s Hollow and the Brookside Glen Hollow - excess apartments and Highwai~, 85,'~. This property was recently relinquished property .to the City by the Board o~ Supervisors, (2) TheC~uncil discu~!Seda letter from tit, Eo B, Rutledge, President o~ the. Saratoga Viil~ge ~e~Chants Association~ transmitting a petition signed by a~number:Of Village merchants and o~mers req~e~ing replacement o~ t~' present street lighting in the vi!1ag9 shopping"a~ea'by'mercury vapor lamps, ~r~ Huff informed the 'CSuncil that the lights could be installed by Pacific Gas and Electric. Co,, at n~ cOst'tbthe City or property owners but that the.u~ility c0mp~ny!!~aS ~nd~c~ted that, they would expect assurance Village. that ~he lights wo~ld.'~omhi~ for h period of ab0U~ 5years, l~erchants Huf~ suggested tha~'the Co~n~ii ~i~ht ~ish to study the marchantes A~s0Ciation a~Sbai~tion prdpo~al: ih th~ ligb~ of ~e~ehE ~,u,c, action providing request £or for ~x~enditureof fUhds b~ ~tility companies for conversion mercury overhera u~!lity lihes t~ underBround. Nayor Glennon suggested vapor lamps that ,the CoUncil withhold action pending complete information reg~rdidS ~he relationship between the installation of mercury vapor lamps and gas lighting and the impact the recent P.U,C, action may have on the village area, Councilman Tyler stated that he now feels that neither undergrounding nor a successful assessment district for gas lights would be affected by the installation of mercury vapor lamps at this time, He stated that it was his understanding that both types of lighting are currently used, to advantages in Los Altos and that mercury vapor lamps would require the use o~ lighting standards at any event, l~ayor Glennon acknowledged that improvement assessment districts involve the consent of the o~mers and that theyhaven or exhibited the willingness to partipipate that has been evidenced by the marchantes but advocated no action until a!1 data is available, I~r, Rutledge noted that presently several mercury vapor lamps are located in the village area so that the addition of mare would not constitute a completely brand new type of lighting, H~ever, ~r, Rutledge stated that although he did not personally think that the situation would be altered by the other factors discussed, he did a~ree that all the facts should be knownto the Council before it makes a decision, lifo Ernie K~auie stated that additional lighting is needed in the village area now and urged Council action as soon as possibleo With no objections Nayor Glennon directed the City Administrator to contact the P~ G,& E, Company regarding the questions raised at this meeting and report back to the Council at the next meeting, Additionallys the .Nayor asked that the Planning Director be requested to check the lighting arrangement in Los Altos and: submte a r~port for Council consideration, SARATOG~ Crl~ COUNCIL NINIrEES ~ OdrOBgR 5, 1967 ~ COntinued Policy - I ! .~ .: County (3) ~e council acknowledged .cdpie~ of a memorandum from the Santa Housin~ . Clara County Ho~§in~ AuthOrity relative to its statement o~ policy Authority an~ procedurag~ide~ . :! (4) T~e City Clerk read portion~ of Assembly Joint Resolution Federal ~ax r~questing enactton of sbme form of ~' federal tax sharin~ proSram sharing a~d the a¢compen~in~ letter from Ass_~_blymanBobNonaganaSking proposal c~ncil support 'for thi~'requesto Co~ilman Burry stated that he thOu~ht it a ~a~te of time to requeeti~Unds ~hich could not be paid, The Council took no action in the Bea~n~ (5) The DireCtor ~;'Publia ~rkS reported that a complaint frumNrs Avenue Fred ~ Uise re~ardingl~he~.resurfacing of Beatunont ~venue ~ill be complain~ Cbrrected next ~eek an~ th~ l~r, ~ise rill be notified to this effect, 9o OEA.~ -' '= (1) .l~r~ E~. B; RutledSes as a m~r~an~.in'Plaz~ de1 Roblea called the Perkins - CountlieS attention to a si~uati6n~hich he believes trill create Plaza del a hardship during;the Christma~ shoppinS season, The york on the Roble - ViIIaBe'PerkinS District N0~. 1 is'at such a stage as to seriously & Village limit parking until ~ell b~e~ the end of the holiday season, ~arkin8 ~r~ Rutlades reported, H~ ds~ed'i~hether or not it ~ould be possible Diet, ~1 fo~l:the Contractb~ to do.e~ork imedtately to provide for pa~kin$ and delay Completi~ ot the Job until after the heavy shoppln~seasun, The C0u~'{l~nd staff discussed methods of alleviating the probluma~g~eed that the City ldministrator Cun~ac~'the COntraCtor.to p~.s~ht the problem to him in an effort to correct. it in a mhnner .eqUitable to all concerned, l~r, Rutledae ~as .adVised to cdnt~Ct 14to Huff next lveek to determine ~hat may ~ done~ (2) Ha~0~ Cie~non aC~b~i~dSed, ~it~ ~ie~s~re~ the presence of Planning ~or~!S~{O~ J0hdsqn~ ~v{s{~ihg a~orney fromAustralia, and iir~Rhth'Oivenswho ~11 ierv~ coffee after adJour~t on bahair of'the G~6d ~oVernment Group, i~ was moved by Councilman Burrys seconded by Councilman Robbins~ and carried unanimously to adjourn the maetin8 at 9:50 P° H, J, R, HUFF, tit"/CLERK mdr