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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06-06-1973 City Council Minutes MINUTES SARATOGA CITY COUNCIL TIME: Wednesday, June 6, 197'3 - 7:30 P.M. PLACE: Saratoga City Council Chambers, 13777Fruitvale Ave., Saratoga, California TYPE: Regular Meeting I. ORGANIZAT ION A. ROLL CALL Present: Councilmen Bridges, Diridqn, Dwyer, Kr~us and Smith Absent: None B.~, MINUTES ..I It was moved by' Councilman Bridges ~nd seconded by CoUncilman Kraus that the minutes of May 16, 1973, be app~oved. The motion was carried. II. BIDS AND CONTRACTS A. AGREEMENT WITH SANTA CLARA COONTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT It was moved by Councilman Dwyer and. seconded by Councilman Kraus that the Mayor be authorized to execute the agreement. The motion was carried. 'B. CARDINER PARK/EL QUITO PARK DEVELOPMENT It was moved by CoUncilman Kraus an~ seconded by Councilman Diridon that the staff be authorized to advertis~ for bids for construction of Phase I. The motion was carried. Co AMENDMENT TO MANAGING GARDENER AGREEMENT - COMMUNITY GARDENS It was moved by Councilman Kraus and seconded by Councilman Bridges that the agreement be continued through the end of AUgust' or first of September, with the increased rate of compensation (from $300 per month to $500 per month). At this time, the Managing Gardener Agreement will be reviewed in conjunction with the-.Odd Fellows Lease Agreement, and recommendations will be made. The motion was carried. : Ill. PETITIONS, ORDINANCES AND FORMAL ~ESOLUTIONS A. RESOLUTION NO. MV-63 - Resolutign ofi the City of Saratoga Prohibiting Parking or Stopping at~Any-.T~ime%Al'ong~t~he~Easterly t~ ~"S'i~f~li~ ~i ~"~0~~ the~Ek~nd~d~iSout~er~Curb It was moved by Councilman Diridon and seconded by Councilman Bridges that Resolution MV-63 be adopted. The motion was carried. B. RESOLUTION NO. MVZ64 - .Resolution Establishing "No Passing" Zoneon Canyon View Drive Between Fourth Street and 380-+ Feet Westerly of Glenmont Drive It was moved by. Councilman Diridon ahd seconded by Councilman Dwyer that Resolution MV-64 be adopted. The motion was carried. C. REQUEST BY RESIDENTS OF WESTCOTT DRIVE FOR ENGINEERING SURVEY TO DETERMINE THE COST FOR STREET IMPROVEMENTS TO WESTCOTT DRIVE AND IF AN ASSESSMENT DISTRICT IS FEASIBLE (Cont. from 4/4/73 and 5/22/73) It was moved by Councilman Diridon~nd seconded by Councilman Bridges that the Cityc~h'~Ff'z~he engineeringsurve~ and if. an assessment district is feasible, the City's contribution be 25% of the project cost or the engin- eering fees and contingencies of.t~e assessment district, whichever is less, for minor streets and 50% for major streets. The motion was carried. D. VILLAGE PARKING DISTRICT NO. 2 (Cont. from 5/16/73) The City Manager requested that this be continued to the.next regular meeting. IV. SUBDIVISION, BUILDING SITES AND ZONING REQUESTS A. SDR-931 JORDAN M. FENNOYER, PIERCE ROAD It was moved by Councilman Diridon ~nd seconded by Councilman Bridges that Resolution SDR-931-1, granting Cond~ti. onal Building Site Approval, be adopted. The motion was carried. B. SDR-1039 WILHELM VEERMAN, PALOMINO! WAY It was moved by Councxlman Diridon and seconded by Councilman B~idges that Resolution SDR-t039-1, granting Final Building Site Approval, be adopted. The motion was carried. C. SDR-IO08 J. F. ZEID, PALOMINO WAY It was moved by Councilman Diridon and seconded by ~ouncilman Bridges that Resolution SDR-1029-1, .granting Final Building Site Approval, be adopted.. The motion was carried. D. SDR-1029 KATHRYN PRONGER, LOMIT.A AVE., 2 LOTS It was moved by Councilman Diridon and seconded by Councilman Bridges that Resolution SDR~1029-1, granting Final Building Site Approval, be adopted. · ~ The motion was carried. E. SDR-895 S. B. WALTON ) SARATOGA HILLS ROAD, 2 LOTS SDR-iO14 LAWRENCE GUY) ~ It was moved by Councilman Dwyer and seconded by Councilman Kraus that the Deferred Improvement Agreement with the conditions as outlined be approved. The motion was carried. F. TRACT 5350 GATEHOUSE CONDOMINIUM It was suggested by Mayor Smith thatZ this matter .be'continUed to the next regular meeting, and in the meantime, extend an invitatign to the owner to attend the next Study Sespiqn .t5 further discuss the matter of the age restriction. Coun&ilman Dwyer seconded the motion I~nd it was carried. V. PUBLIC HEARINGS .' ' ' A. SARATOGA CAMPUS OFF-STREET PARKING LOT ASSESSMENT DISTRICT (Cont'd. from 5/16/73) Mayor Smith indicated that this matter was continu~ from the last regular meeting in order that the Council could consider certain questions which had been raised. He explained that one of the points was the justification of the .6 parking place formula, and another was the movement of several L parking places which would lower the impact for certain neighbors. - 2 - (cont 'd . ) SARATOGA CAMPUS OFF-STREET PAR'KING LOT ASSESSMENT DISTRICT The City Manager indicated that sinc'e the last City Council Meeting, there have been two letters re ~ived requesting that the Council overrule the Planning Director's decision to file a Negative Declaration regarding the Environmental Impact Report. These letters were from Mr. Walter E. Muir and Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Martel. He further indicated that the Council has until June ll to decide whether or not to uphold the Planning Director's determination, and if the Council does not act by June 11, the Planning Director's determination will staBd. He-'informed~th~cCou~cil. that since the last meeting, he had met with Mr. Hardy and Dr. Lowery of West Valley College with regard to some of the questions raised. The Mayor opened the public hearing .at 8:20 P.M. Dr. Lowe~y~t~'.~i~'-~'i~lf~e~j~o_!l~eg~I2dx~ed .t~e R~eSti~n of ".6 spaces/ each full-ti~ day student" ha§ bee~ r~Se~fc~ed to some extent, and the re- sult.:of their study showed this ratio was in line with other colleges in the area. Dr. Lowery discussed the matter of ~ehicle circulation and felt there had been some misunderstanding at the previous City council meeting with regard to "internal circulation". He explained that is the college's goal to quickly and safely get the cars off.the street and into the parking lot, and they do not expect the students to drive around the campu§. 'He explained that the perimeter road is basically for emergency vehicles and t~ get into and out from the parking lot. With regard to screening of the parking lots, Dr. Lowery indicated that they have slides to illustrate thatlthe trees surrounding the lots have grown rapidly and stated that-they do plan to maintain that kind of plan for the proposed lots. / Mayor Smith inquired if there was a~small parking lot planned for the area adjacent to the south entrance. Dr. Lowery replied that there was and that this lot would probably be the least used. Mr. Joe Azzensa, 14234 Saratoga-Sunnyvale Road, stated that he appeared b~fore the Council and spoke against this project about a year ago, and since that time he has not changed his mind. He was of the opinion that the Council should reject this method of financing for the following reasons: 1) If app~oved, he felt the Councillwould be approving something which the majority of Saratogans would vote against if given the chance; 2) He felt there ~si'no~-p~oof~Tthat additional parking is necessary, based on information which had been made available to him, and he commented also that school enrollment is dropping; 3) Mr. Azzensa felt that Physical Education is on its way out and that as he understands the present law, people over the ~ge of eighteen do not have to take compulsory Physical Education; 4) He indicated that when the Santa Clara Campds isbuilt, the student population here would probably be cut in half. Mr. AzzenSa felt that if the' Council approves this assessment district it would open the door to more use of this method of financing. Councilman Dwyer advised Mr. ~zzensa that his efforts should be directed toward getting the Board of Trustee~ at the College to change their methods of getting them replaced by people he approved of. Mr. Bert Martel, 14420 ~Fruitvale Ave., felt that the ~ouncil should not separate the need fo~ parking and Physical Education (with respect to Parking Lot No. 4). Secondly, he indicated that he and his wife had attended a Board of Trdstees Meeting meeting at. the college, and the students ey could.' - 3 - (cont'd.) SARATOGA CAMPUS OFF-STREET PARKING LOT ASSESSMENT DISTRICT Walter Muir, 14156 Short Hill Court, indicated that they had purchased their property five years ago, and prior to the purchase they tried to work things out and based the purchase on the committments which were made, one being that this street would not be used as a campus road, but for deliveries only. He indicated that he is now informed that a 200± car parking lot is proposed across from them which would also be next to the library and next to the ~ittle theater. Mr. Muir specifically referred to Lot #8 in relation to the proposed parking lot on the easterly boundary of the college, and stated that whoever is living at this location is going to have screehing right next to him and 200 automobile~ parked directly across the street. 'Mr. Muir suggested that other alternatives be looked at for this parking lot. He mentioned the "swap" of the warehouse facility, but indicated that in moving this facility,~the college obtained additional parking. Mr. Muir suggested that as an an alternative Ithey could take the hockey' field and move it over to where the parking l~t is, and move the parking lot where the hockey field is, giving the residents the open green area across the street instead of the 'parking lot. Mayor Smith asked Mr. Muir if the warehouse negotiations had ended in a satisfactory note as far as he was concerned. Mr. Muir replied that when this came up, the College asked~if they could take the warehouse separate from the parking lot, and he had told them "No." He knew that after they moved. the warehouse they would immediately turn that additional spece into a parking lot, and all this has done is increase the parking lots and the noise. Councilman Dwyer asked Mr. Muir if he had ever discussed with the'College the idea of using that parking lot for "last resort" parking. He indicated that that lot had been paved quite a few years ago and there had been a chain across it between the swimming pool a~ea'and the soccer field for quite a few years. Mr. Muir indicated that ~hen this first came up, it was his impression that the parking lot would be used for special occasions such as commencement exercise~, etc.; however, he indicated"that.he knows there is going to be use of the parking lots because they are right by the athletic field. Councilman Kraus inquired i~ the pa{king lot and the hockey field were approximately at the same level. Mr. Muir indicated that he felt the hockey field was higher than the parking lot. Councilman Bridges commented that the parking lot has to be utilized 100% or the formula .'6 plan canno~ be applied.. Dr. Lowery advised that this switc~ of the hockey field and the parking lot would be possible; however, there was a sixteen-foot elevation difference, and it would require significant grading. He indicated that this whole issue has been studied extensively and discussed by the Board to some length. He further indicated that we would be t!alking about $6.,000 additional cost than if the residents had gone along with the original location of the warehouse facility. , Mr. T. Fecskes, architect for this pYoject, explained that three schemes had been under consideration by the Board: The first alternative was to leave the warehouse where it was, this being the most acceptableLplan. Secondly, it was considered to move the warehouse to its present approved location~ The third alternative was to move the hockey field to the location o£ the warehouse, leaving some portion of the parking lot between the athletic fields and have another portion in thei~ocke~£ield'area. Mr. Fecsk~s stated that through this whole evaluation they found out that to move the hockey £ield' to the present parking location, it wouid not follow the ~atural terrain. Col. Barco of Dundee Ave., stated that he .~s not in support of this project for the following reasons: 1) The ecology factor -- He felt this project was strictly for convenience; for exampl~e, he indicated there were fifty-five - 4 - (conrad. SARATOGA CAMPUS OFF-STREET PARKING LOT ASSESSMENT DISTRICT Ponderosa Pines and an old Pepper Tree thet would have to come down and be replaced with five parking places~ at the most. Col. Barco stated that the College has more parking than they need right now, and also, that to his knowledge, there has never been madea time schedule space-available study made. This would involve schedulingn the classes in such a manner to make the maximum use of the parking space~ available. He commented that thirty percent of the campus is going to began "asphalt parking lot'i. Mr. Assensa inquired if for a ~method of financing the college could charge ~he students for parking. Secondly, he indicated that he hadn't heard any- thing about space for small cars, and he would guess that approximately 1/3 of the automobiles in the lot are small cars. He asked if anyone had made a study on how many more spaces could be picked hp by~assigning~e~tain sections of the parking lot to small cars, and he felt that the City should ask Dr. Lower~'~f they could pick up 300 to 600 more spaces by allotting certain spaces for small car~ would ~he College be willing to settle for those numbers?" John Terry, 10675 Woodbank Way, asked if the Council 'were to take action on this matter tonight, would it preclude any other activities which are planned in the way of paths and the nature of the landscaping around the parking lots? Mayor Smith replied that he didn't feel the Council's action would preclude these activities. Dr. Ellsworth Wyosnick, 14231 Hilltop Way, stated that his main objection would be to have Parking Lot #3 where it i's proposed, near Short Hill Et., as he was fearful that it might eventuall~ be used as an access road. Mayor Smith asked Dr. Lowery what the estimated increased cost would be to make the "flip" of the parking lot and the hockey field. Dr. Lewery replied that according to studies by the architects and engineers, this would be approximately $100,000 additional. Councilman Dwyer stated that he wished Parking Lot #3 were not an in~g~] \ part of this ~e~aus~ ~e would like ~o ~e~ the rest of this prqject.g~ under ..... /' way as soon as possible so there isnot a parking problem in September. M~. KeB ~s ~Wilsoq, Jones, Morton.and Lynch indicated that there are some administrative matters which wOuld haVe to be taken care of be£ore this project would become a reality, which would take 30 to 45 days after it is approved. He indicated that in order to release the project for this admin- istrative process, t~e Council ~ould have to close 'the public hearing and take action, reserving the changes for Parking Lot #3. Councilman Dwyer asked Dr'~ Lowery a~proximately how ~any full time day students the school had enrolled last September. Dr. Lowery 'replied they had 4,000 students last year, and they expect 5,000 this year. Councilman Kraus asked Mr. Stan Walker, Planning Director, if the Planning Commission had proposed additional depth of the landscaping along Short Hill Court. Mr. Walker replied that originally a fifteen-foot width had been proposed, and it was increased to nineteen feet. He further indicated that there was some additional supplementing of the island landscaping proposed. Mr. Muir stated that the Planning Commission had agreed with him that his prog posed lot was a poor place for parking, and they had sent the proposal back to the Board for reconsideration. The Board, however, refused to reconsider the proposal, and when it came backto the Planning Commission they felt they had to accept it. - 5 - (con~'d.) SARATOGA CAMPUS OFF-STREET PARKING LOT ASSESSMENT DISTRICT Mayor Smith indicated that there seems to be lehree main concerns here: 1) The interior road; 2) Placement Of the hockey field and parking lot; (a) ~ff~ld be shifted; (b) whether it could be eliminated; and (c) if it could be cut in half; ~nd 3) The elimination of the parking lot at'Fruitvale. Councilman Bridges felt that since {here is such a great deal of citizen complaint over by Allendale Avenue, apparently caused by the parking lot in that spot, he was of the feelingSthat there should be some alternatives offered. Councilman Di~idon inquired if a poeential~solution might be to have some access between Lot #1 and #4 and the access onto Fruitvale that is over by #4. He indicated this would also complete the link of access road around the campus. ~ Councilman Dwyer asked Dr. Lowery i~ he would ask the Board if they would be willing to give up some of the parking spaces in Lot #3 along Short Hill Court, amounting to approximately twelve,spaces, so the barrier could be widened.' Councilman Bridges moved that the public hearing be continued to the next regularly-scheduled meeting on June:20; Councilman Kraus seconded the motion, and it was carried. VI. ADMINISTRATIVE MJLTTERS A. MAYOR 1o Announced Inter-City Council Me~ting tomorrow, June 7th. 2. Announced the visiting del~gatiqn from Japan ~e: 'Brother Garden Relationship. 3. Announced that he.had received a number of complaints re: traffic problem on Miller Ave. - This to be discussed 'in detail during budget considerations. 4. Advised that a contribution in the amount of $1,000 was received from an anonymous Saratoga citizen to go toward ~inten~hdei~fT~th§~and trails. B. FINANCE 1. Payment of Claims Warrant #17386 in the amount of ,$516 added. It. was moved by Councilman Dwyer and seconded by Councilman Kraus that the list of disbursements be approved and the Mayor be authorized the warrants. The motion was carried. C. COUNCIL AND COMMISSION RRPORTS 1. Parks and Recreation Commission Report Re: Re-chann~lization of Saratoga C~eek at Wildwood Park. - Noted and filed. 2. Parks and Recreation Commission Recommendation Re: Official Name Desig- nation for "Gardiner Park". - Noted and filed. ~ ~,D. DEPARTMENT HEADS AND OFFICERS 1. Planning Dept. - Re~qrt Re: EnVironmental Impactl Report Criteria, Procedures and Objectives for Public Non-Land Projects in the City of Saratoga (Resolution 653-1)., - ~his was scheduled for the Committee of the Whole' Meeting on June 26.. - 6 - 2. Planning Dept. - Report Re: Control of Urban Development in an Urban Service Area and Proposed Amendments to the County Zoning Ordinance, - It was the Council's feeling that the City Manager should communicate ~ith the County and advise that the City of Saratoga would endorse the proposed amendments to the Zoning Ordinance.. City representative to attend the hearing on Junel~0~at the County. E. CITY MANAGER 1. Presented proposed 1973-74 Budget. A,Ldis~ussion of the-proposed~bddged scheduled for[the June 12th Committee of the WHole Meeting, and t~e public hearfng on June 20th, 2. Fourth of July Street Closure - Chalet Lane.- It'was moved by Councilman Dwyer and seconded by-C6uncilman;Bridges that this Istreet closure be approved. The motion was carried. 3. Appointment of Cou'nty Library Commissioner. - No recommendations. 4. C.A.T.V. Ordinance - The City Manager explained that approximatelX 'O~'~{~n~a~3'8~5~'Gt~'~g'~~ee~'~'~'oT~l~~tions, Inc., and Telecommunications had thirty days to respond. He indicated'that yesterday he had met with representatives of the franchise, and they had advised that they could not accept the conditions as outlined in the Ordinance, and that they would like to discuss these differences with the City. Mr. Spence Wood verbalized some of these discre~ancies~L and the Council neg~0'~x~t~o~s'~elecommunicat!ions, Inc. and have a report to present at the next regular City Council Meeting. The motion was carried. VII. COMMUNICATIONS . A. WRITTEN 1. Walter E. M~ir, Chairman of the Board, ~edallion Mortgage Co., 2172 Forest Ave., San Jose, requesting E.I.R. for parking lot on easterly bodndary of West Valley College,be required. -.Noted and filed. 2. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Martel, 14420 Fruitvale Ave., appealing to the Council to reverse the Negative Declaration in connection with West Valley Parking Lot Assessment District and cause "Ecology Impact Study" to be made. - Noted and filed. 3. Mrs. Robert R. Simner, 12791 Idlewood Lane, opposed to rechannelizat'ion of Saratoga Creek at Wildwood Park. - Noted and filed. 4. Marjan E. Pope, 13594 Wendy Lane, opposed to rechannelization of Saratoga Creek and the addition of parking spaces. ~ Noted and filed. 5. Bruce M. Stephen and Mary Alice, Stephen, 12321 Saraglen Drive, protesting rechannelization of Saratoga Creek. - Noted and filed. 6. Maurice L. Martin, 245 Almen~ra Ave., Los Gatos, requesting that Building Site. Approval be extended for one year on his property at 14633 Quito Road (SDR-897) - It was moved ~y Councilman Kraus and seconded by Co~ncil- man pwyer that a one-year extension be granted~ The motion was carried. - 7 - 7. Julian P. Henry, D.V.M., requesting that conditions imposed on tentative map approval (SDR~1046) be deferred until it is determined whether or not the West Valley Freeway is to be completed and requesting that this property be used as collateral in lieu of posting a performance bond. - This to be scheduled for Committee of the Whole Meeting on June 26; to be agendized for the Regular Me~ting on July 3. 8. William L. Newman, Jr., Chairman, .Saratoga Community Garden, requesting that funds designated for the salary of a playground director for Kevin Moran Park be diverted to the Community Garden. - City Manager to respond and advise that there was no allotment in the Budget for a playground director at Kevin Moran ParK. 9. Lyn~ C. Belanger, Planning Commissioner, complimenting Mayor and City Council on the recent appointmeqt of Jean Woodward. to the Saratoga. Planning Commission. - Noted and filed. 10. James M. Cuthbertson, M.D., 20555 Prospect Road, Supertino, supporting the concept of bicycle lanes rn~Saratoga. - Noted and'filed. 11. Marian R. Weiser, President, League of Women VoterS, P.O. Box 335, Los Gatos, opposed torechannelization of Sa~atbga Creek. - Noted and filed. B. ORAL 1. Charles Huff, President, Prides;Crossing Homeowners Association, con- cerning traffic problems on Miller Avenue. VIII. ADJOURNMENT It was moved by Councilman Bridges and leconded by Councilman Diridon that the meeting be adjourned, the Executiv~ Session to follow the Adjourned Meeting on Juhe 12tb. The motion was carried. The meeting was ~djourned at 12:05 A.M. Respectfully submitted, R?bert F. Beyer - 8 -