HomeMy WebLinkAbout04-21-1987 City Council Minutes TIME: Tuesday, April 21, 1987
Pha~: Community Center, 19655 Allendale Avenue
TYPE: Adjourned Regular Meeting
Councilmembers Anderson, Clevenger, Moyles, Peterson and Mayor Hlava were
present; Public Safety Commissioners Borah, Crane, Long, Mulford, Newby,
O'Rorke, and Swanson were present.
Staff members present: City M~nagerPeacock, Community Services Director
Argow.
1. Joint Meeting with Public Safety
The Mayor called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m.
A. Commission Work Pr6gram Priorities for 1987-88 Fiscal Year. Council
agreed the Con~nission should concentrate its efforts as follows:
1) Continued expansion of Neighborhood Watch to new neighborhoods and
keeping interest and commitment alive in neighborhoods which have
already been certified.
2) Work on a new master plan of bicycle and pedestrian facilities
throughout the City; to coordinate this work item with the City
Engineer and Planning Department and ultimately with the Planning
Commission, since the plans will need to be adopted as part of the
Circulation Element of the General Plan.
3) Evaluation of the DUI Program. It was pointed out by the
Commission that even though many more arrests were being made in
Cupertino rather than Saratoga, those efforts kept people from
ending up on Saratoga's streets even though the DUI stops were on
Cupertino city streets.
4) Vandalism. The Commission was encouraged to do whatever they could
to attempt to come up with ways to have a positive impact on the
vandalism problem through neighborhood Watch, the schools, the
Sheriffs Department, etc. and to keep the council informed of
their efforts.
B. Substance Abuse Team. The City Council agreed to sup rt the formation
of a team in Saratoga as outlined in the Attorney General's ~etter and to fund
participation by a City parson and a person from the media~ It was suggested
that the Rotary Club be contacted to provide some of the added funding
necessary because of their involvement in similar efforts. Commissioner Newby
was chosen as the delegate to represent the City Council at the upcoming
Community Action Seminars.
C. Antenna Ordinance. It was agreed that the Commission would be
available to assist the Planning Commission in determining the limits of need
for amateur radio facilities in the City to provide adequate emergency
communications capability as the Planning Commission reviews the proposed
ordinance regulating amateur radio antennae.
~ D. Improved Communication. In order to provide adequate notice for
Commission comment to items appearing on Council agendas it will be necessary
to provide the Commissions with copies of Council adjourned meeting and study
· session agendas as well as agendas for regularly scheduled meetings. It was
agreed the City Clerk should begin this practice immediately.
E. Sheriff and Fire District Appreciation Picnic. Commission informed
Council the picnic is set for June 13 at E1 Quito Park. Discussion ensued
about possibility of City fielding a softball team for that day.
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2. Study Session with Realty Board Members to Discuss Ordinance Requiring
Filing of Real Estate Transfer Disclosure Statements with City.
The Mayor called the meeting to order at 8:00 p.m.
The members of the Board had several comments on the proposed ordinance drawn
up by the City~Attorney. These were that 1) only licensed realtors could be
penalized for non-compliance, this seems unfair; 2) despite the claim of no
warranty or liability on the part of the City, City is taking a responsibility
and to some extent a liability as well; 3) the time of when the disclosure form
was to be filed might cause severe problems in closing escrows; 4) a question
may exist as to whether the City can enact such a law if the document is
privileged information; this is being checked through the office of Senator
Petris, who authored the disclosure law.
The Council indicated that their concern for code compliance grew out of the
second unit non-compliance issue and that a' pre-sale inspection program such as
the one developed by Santa Cruz was the City's first option. However, with the
mandatory use of the disclosure form being established, it was felt the same
purpose could be achieved without added cost and bureaucracy.
Alternative approaches to the problem were discussed. It was agreed that both
the Realty Board staff and City staff would research what other cities are
doing or are contemplating doing in this area, and the City staff will work on
preparing a new concept involving a pre-listing approach using notices to
correct and determine the potential cost and manpower which would be involved.
Once the concept is 'worked out a report will be sent to the Board and Council
for review and further discussion. It was suggested that the focus of
inspections might be limited to health and safety considerations rather than
zoning issues, so that too will he considered.
The meeting was adjourned at 9:30 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
City Clerk