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Home My WebLink About03-15-1961 City Council Minutes SARATOGA CT'I'Y COUL:CIL SUMMARY O,v TIME: Wradnesday, March 15~, 1961 - ~ 7:30 P, H. P~CE: Yru~le S~ls Fr~vale Aven~ Saratoga~ Cal~o~ ~E: ReSular I O~I~TION . A. RO~ ~L ~sen=: Braz11~ Gle~n, ~&ke~ ~111~ Absent: None B. ~TES ~c1!--- ~,~111 ~ea~ seconded by C~cllma~ H~-, to waive the re~t~ of the ~nutes of =~ ~rgh 1 ~ett~ ~d appr~e t~ ~ ~$1ed. ~tlon carried ~usly. II ~I~CES ~ ~SOLUTIONS A. O~I~CE 28 - ENCROA~T Clerk zead ~di~ce 28~ th~s bot~ the =eco~ reading. ~ter ~d. 28 Encro~- discussion of a~..~na~nt proposed b~ ~e P~ific Te!ep~e ~d ~t Petite Te~eS=aph C~p~ ~e Clerk in~roduc~ by Alternate A~ ~d as ~ded b~ Alterate B, ~e ~tter was cont~ued ~o ~e n~t meeti~ ~d in the in~er~s the Cit~ Attome] Will x'evi~ ~he h~c Utility Co~ ~d report back O~CE 29 ~d. 29 ~o C~erk introduced Ordin~e No. 2~, reSul~i~ procedures CounCil ~ocedure for Ci~ Counc~! ~ certain Pl~n~ ~e ordiu~c~ ~ill be on. ~e n~t ad diacu~sion. None IV O~ ~USI~ES~ S~122 ~ne Director o~ ~blic ~orks sub~ad S~ee~ Ends in alternate solution for ~rea~ut o~ the s~ree~s in ~t 822~ ~822 SararoSa Gardens. ~e Council ~iscussed ~he proposal SpliCs~one~ repres~i~ the ~veloper, ~ers in ~ ~2. Eight propert~ ~ers ~o ~ould be ~fecZed iudic~ ~e~ prefer ~he l~ds~i~ -1- Hartman to exprese the inten~ of the Cotm.~il to a~.~.?.ovo the aJ. te.~nate tres~n~nt, as submitted by the Director of Public 14orks, of the streets in Tract 822 at the appropriate tl~e in connection with development of Kentfield - Unit ~2o Motion c~rried unanimously. B. SDR-24~ - PECK L. MERRICK The City Attorney reported that he had written a s,-m~n~y of SDR-244 findings regarding this matter and had advised Mr, Metrick ~errick that there is no riEht of appeal from a buildin~ site approval decision. Mr, Joseph Bonacina, Attorney for Mr, Metrick, asked that the anttar be continued to the next meetin~ and with the concensus of the Council~ the Mayor so ordered, V NEW BUSINESS A. SDI~-221 JAMES TRUMAN Conneilman Glennon moved, seconded by Councilman Drake to approve SDR-221 Tr~-nn- Resolution SDP.-221-i, granting building site approval to Jznes Truman for ~wo lots on Verde Vista Lane, Motion carried unanimouslyo B. SDR-202 - PF~RRY POLENTZ SDR-202 Councilman Drake moved to ~dopt Resolution SDR-202-1s approving Polen~z three lots on Vieleery Avenue as building sites for Perry Po!entz, CoUncll~n~ Hc;-t--~n seconded the motion which carried unanimously, C. TRACT 2032 - SARATO~-~A ~OODS On the recoumendatlon of Ch~. Direct_or o£ Public ~orks, Co~mcil- Tr.2032 man Drake moved~ seconded by Councilman Glennon to accept the Sararoyce l~oods street improvements in Tract 2032 for construction only. Motion carried unanimously, After discussion of a Flood Control condition regardinn fencing, the Mayor ordered~ without objections that the matter be referred to the next meeting and in ~he interims the Director of Public Works will prepare an estimnte of the amoun= of bond required for Construction and maintenance of the fence ~md will obtain from Flood Control a written comunicztion reEardinE removal of the fencing condition, VI ADMINISTRATIVE NATTEaS A. NAYOR The Mayor stated he had Eone to Sacramento as a ~mber of the Inter-City Coune~.l Mal~)r~s Corauh~ttee an4 had met the three lagislatgrs f~om this area, He reported it wae a pro~.iteble day and annouuced the'.' the Mayor' s Committee has suggested a s~lar ~rip In about a ~nth, B. (~) Councll~ ~e ~ved~ aecondcd by Councilmn- Har~-- =o Disburs~s approve ~he d~sburs~en~S as listed in the ~ount $24s485,53 and authorize ~hat warrens be dra~ in pa~en~, ~tion c~ied u~usly, (2) ~e City Clerk's Fin~cial ~eport for the ~nth of Feb~y, City 1961s was revived by the Council. ~e Clerk reported that Clerk ' s .. Repo~ the distribution of inactive f~s ~o ~clude all the local b~ ie ~n process, ~s authorized, ~d that $17,500. has been tr~sf2=red fr~ ~uac=~ve f~ds ~o ~he wa=~-~t account fo= purchase of Series E ~d Ser~es H bends, in accordace with Co~i]. action of ~r~ 1, 1961. C, ~0~I'rI~ES (1) Councilman Glennon ~sked ~hat 2he Council revi~ a IZ~ A~I Rope= su~ed by the City Admlnistratcr of i~ fGr uual repo~ ~d m~e =hei~ suggestions at (2~ Co'anc~luan Glunon reported that the Pla~i~ Cu~lt~ee had me= ~f~e wi~h Supervisor Hubb~d ~d had artended a Bo~d of Superr{sore ~eti~ {.xiCh reGa~'d to Higk.}ay dg, reported that the Boa~rd of Supoz,-louts had ~en~ed their ~9 resolution to acquire =IEhts-of-'~ay f'or wideni~ HIEhway #9 to exclude that portfon of Hf~ay ~9 south of the railroad tracks in Sarato~c~ on =he basis that request less th~ 80 fon~ riEh~-of-way in one area might Jeop~dize th~ other par= of the wtdenff.~ protry, Council- mn Gle~n reco~ended =hat ~he Council walt till the ~re~nt with the County uud State ~s executed before tat~i~ further action, Counci~an Clench -)pposed a suGEeution by Cou~ilman D~rske for rc$o~Idern~lou of width of ~Ixway {~9s ind!cati~ he feT.= i~ would accomplish nothin~ ~d in ~er to a query by the ~yor~ sCa~ed he h~s no evidences at ~his =~s =hat ~e State would en=erta~;i f~vc. TabZy ~he ~pr~p~pr,~ sou~h of the railToad tr~cks to the standards ad3p~ed by the D. CITY ATTORNEY (1) Councilmen Har~m~n moved, seconded by Coun~ilnmn La, X~will Seven Oaks Homes~ Inc.- to deny the claim of Seven Oaks lierues, Inc. which was Claim referred to the City Attorney at ~he las~ meeting. (2) The City Attorney zeported that the letter from Lee B. Jones truck and Company relative to damages to a truck belonging to accident - Lee Jones Co, their clten=~ Peninsula Bullet Expresss has been fordarded to our insurance coupany and no action is r~qutred of the Council. (3) Cl~y Attorney announced that a suit has been filed by Moyer vs, Moyer versus Laderos City of Sa.'.-atoga~ and others~ in City connection with the development of Argonaut Shopping Cents=s and that he is tic. king the necessary steps to pro- teat the ctty's interests. (4) City Attorney reported that he has written to Aaron Cohen~ Lark Way Attorney for Mr, Will Jacobs, axplalntng why Lark Way is not a cl~y street and ~herefore falls under the sun, ey the cl~y is currently condu~atng of privately c~ned streets within the city, (5) Tee City Attorney amnounced that he has written an opinion regarding a gazbage collectZou problem involving the William Kruse Kruse~ss and Dzo Broenmer and the Los Canoe Scavenger Garbage Company. He reviewed the history of the case and referred to a letter from the Health Department advoaattn~ that the City do something to alleviate the serious garbage problem which e~xtsts at the Kruse residence, Councilman Glennon moved, seconded by Councilmen Drake Co request the Los Gatos Scavenger Company to resume garbsge service for the Kruse residence, Morton carried unanimously. (6) A report from the City Attorney that sr~eral pollcy questions Mr. Eden nmst be ens~ered before making up procedure forcases such Estates Assessment as the requested 14~. Eden Es~a~es Special Assessment dist- Dls~o rict was taken under advisement° (7) City Attorney reported that the title report has been Parcel #~ Civic Center received for the fourth parcel of the civic center site which the city recently purchased. E. DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORZ~ (1) i~e Dlrec~o~ of Public Works ~nnnune~d that a letter has been received from Lawrence Llvin~ston requesting if the city Freeway wishes hh to indicate a 50' buflcr strip alo~ ~he fre~ay Bdf~ str~ps on =he s~ee= p~tern maps he ~s dr~ up. ~ese r~hts- of-way would be f~n~ced by ~he c~=y. ~=er d~scussion~ =he ~yor ord~ed~ w~hou~ objec~on~ ~o refe= ~he mn=~er =o =he Pi~ Co~ss~on fo= =heir considera~onmd c~n=. (2) ~e D~rec~or of hblic ~orks repor=ed ~hat a ~=~en repor=s includ~ curten= co~esponde~e fr~ Flood Con==ol, ~he Avenue S=a~e~ and ~=e~ and S~cu~ar~ has been d~s~r~bu~ed =0 each B=~d=e cou~il~ for cons~deraU~on re~d~ the }le~tmsn Avenue br~d~e project. ~er d~scuss~ou of fin~c~ ~d design ~he matter w~ eon=~nu~d for e repor~ fT~ ~he ~b1~c ~orks Councll~ ~ake ~eds seconded by ~lmn~ Cen=er au=ho=~ze the C~ty ~nis~ra=or to proceed w~h l~scapL~ L~dscap~ for ~he c~v~c center ~ an esCaPed cos~ of $1~980. ~n accorda~e w~th =he plan eubm~=ed. ~=~on carried. (2) Counci~ ~ake ~veds eeconded by ~,anc~n ~e~on Res. 92 =o adop= ResoXu~on 92~ decleri~ Coxmci~ in~en~on =o app=~e S=a~e Re~r~en~ conerat= pr~id!~ for p~cips~on ~n S=a~e ~p~oyees~ Re~ir~t Syst~. Mo~on ca=fled uuan~ously. (3) ~e CL~y Administrator ~ounced ~hat the Pen~ula ~e of Cal~f. of the ~a~ue of C~fornia C~es w~11 ~e= ~n ~ood C~es =~. C~=y at ~he ~ers Restauran= on ~rch ~7. (4) ~e Council co~ed ~o ~ab~e ~he ma=te= of Water l~ne w~ S~ Jose ~ater ~or~ for ~ns=a~a=~on of a wa=er for =~ c~=y offices un~i~ ~uch =~e as =he Co~cL1 fee~s i= ~s required. (5) ~e C~ ~s~=at0= a~o~ced ~ha~ Pla~ Consu~, S~udy Session h~en~e L~ston w~l be present a= a s~udy session on the zon~ o=d~n~e 'on ~n~y, ~eh 20 a= 7:00 P. a~ =he e~y offices. ~ VII PETITIONS AND CRIEVANCES A. ~rP. ITTEN COMMUNICATIONS (1) ~le Clerk read a letter from Campbell school distric~ Crossing requesting the council to reto/n, during the next school Guard- Campbell year, the crossing guard at Quito and Mccoy, The matter School District was referred ~o the budget study for fiscal year 1961-62. The Mayor announced for council informa~ion that there is presently before the State legislature a bill which would allow schools to pay for crossing guards, Freeway (2) The City Adm~niStrator reported that the executed agreemen~ Agreeinput with the S~.a~e for the West Valley Freeway has been received, B. ORAL COHHUNICATIONS Mayor Brazil hated for the record the presence of Planning Commissioner Crisp at the mee=tng, Councilman Langwill moved for edjcu~,auent, seuoade4 by Councilman Drake, Marion ca~&~ed una'atmously 11:15 P. M. Respectfully su~mitted~ City C!erk