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Home My WebLink About08-16-1961 City Council Minutes SARA~0GA CITY COUNCIL SU~v~RY OF ~ednesdaye Augus~ 16, 196~ - 7:30 P. H. Frui~vale Schoole Fruitvale Avenuee Saratogae C~ifb~nia Regul~ ~eti~ ~ ORatiON A. RO~ ~LL ~esent: Cle~ ~a~, ~11~ H~ Absen~: Brazil (1) Council~n Dr~e ~ed ~haC the minutes o~ the regular meeti~ o~ AuSusC 2 ~ approved u ~led 2o the indi~dual councilmen and ~he re~i~ thereof be waived. Council~n ~lll seconded ~he ~tion whl~ carried unan~usly. (2) ~Cion wu ~de by Co~cilm~ L~ill ~d seconded by Councilm~ Har~ ~o waive the re~i~ of ~he ~nuaes of ~he special ~ o~ AuguSt 1, 1961~ and approve ~h~ as m~led ~o the indiadual co~il~. ~ion ca~ied u~usly. II BIDS ~D ~N~TS A. ~ A~E BRI~E ~ ~ AV~E ~e Director o~ ~blic ~0rks dis~iayed ~he pla~ ~or ~ Avenue b~id~e and street ~r~e~nC ~d requested cou~li authorization ~ adver~ise ~or bids ~0r cons~r~Cion o~ the brid~ ~d ~deni~ He~m~u Avenue ~r~ Saratoga Avenue to SararoSa Vista Avenue. Herrf~n was ~lained the2 wide~n~ beyond Saratoga Vista Avenue is no~ Ave. ~ideni~ con~plated a~ ~his C~ because right of way has no~ been secured Brid~e ~r~ ~he school district on ~he south portion of Herr~m~ ~d S~i- tation DisCtic2 ~ ~11 soon be ins~allin~ sewer lines on ~ Northern portion ~een SararoSa Vista Avenue and HIShway ~. ~er discussion o~ ~he school board's position re~ardi~ sid~alks~ the ~yor pro directed, ~h no objection, that the City A~inistrator negotiate with ~ school board in ~ e~for~ ~o resolve ~he ~ter. ~uncil~n ~e m~ed that ~e City Clerk be authorized to ~ver~ise for bids for ~he co~2~c~ion o~ Herr~ Avenue brid~e wideni~ and Herr~m~u Avenue ~deni~ fr~ S~ato~a Avenue 2o ~ra~o~a Vista Avenue. Co~i~ H~n seconded the ~ion which c~ried un~i~usly. ~e Clerk read Resolution No. 103~ a~ah0rizi~ ~he city a~Corney pr~eed ~h cond~a~ion o~ propar~y ~or Herr~ Avenue ~rovement~ -1- and it was expl~i~ed that although It is expected that the ouo parcel of land which has not yet been acquired will soon be in o~ders the City Attorney recomnends that this resolution be passed to asstrre that the project will not be held up for any reason after it is put to bid. ~4~.]~3 Councilman Langwill moved, seconded by Councilman Drake to adopt Resolu- tion No. 103, authorizing the City 'Attorney to proceed with condemna- tion of property on Herriman Avenue and autho~izing the Treasurer to drawn warrant in the ~ount of $850.00 as lawful payment of the pro- perty for right of way purposes.' Motion carried unanimously. B. AUTHORIZATION TO ADVERTISE FO~ BIDS FOR SEAL COATING ON CBRTAIN STREETS IN Tl~ CITY OF SARATOGA. The Director of Public Works read the list, attached to the specifica- tions for seal coating projects of the streets proposed for re-surfacing Bids for be either oil and screenings 'seal or slurry seal coating. After Sea.1 · ..Coating discussions Councilman Lan~ill moved that the City Clerk be authori~d' to advertise for bids in accordance with the schedule presented, Councilman Drake seconded the motion which carried unanimnusly, The spqeifications call for re-surfactn~ approximately 10,11 miles of city streets. III ORDINANCES AND FORHAL RESOLUTIONS A. RESOLUTION 2~8-2 Res, Councilman Hartman movedr seconded 'by Councilman Ian~wtll to adopt SDR-248-2 .aceeptin~ Resolution No. SDR-248-2, accepting offer of dedication for property street on Highway #9 from Lu-Ray Pl,r~htnE Company, Motion carried B. ORDINANCE 19-D Ord. Councilma~ Drake.moved to adopt Ordinance 19-Ds as read by the Clerks 19~D T~x ~..i~.~s6 the tax revenue necessary for support of the Depar~nts of Revenue .the C~.ty of Saratoga lot the current year and to pay any bonded indebtedness of the Citys and Fixing the nmount Of revenue sufficient to pay the ast!,~ted costs for said fiscal year for SCL District 1 and Azule Lighting DiSt~icto Councilman Har~mn, seconded the motion which carried unav~u~ly, C. RESOLUTION 32-D Ree, Clerk read Resolution 32-~and Coan~Am~, L~n~ll moved, seconded 32-D ' '- by Councilman Hartman to adopt Resolution 32-Ds setting tax rates for Tax Rates the 1961-62 fiscal year for the general p~operty tax in the City of Saratogas the Saratoga Lighting DiStrict and [he Azule Lightin~ District, Motion. carried unau!~usly, D. ORDINANCE- 4A- 18-1 0rd, ~he Clerk read. Ordinance 4A-18-1, amending Section 10,7.1-8 of Ordi- 4A-18-1 Bicycles hence 4A-18 to conform with Santa Clara County ordinance. relative to · duplicate issues of bicycle licenses, After brief discussion, the matter was referred to the next mea~ing for'second readi~ and debate, UBDIVISIONS AND BUILDING SITE APPROVALS , A. SDR-225 ERNEST %~ESTBR00K SDR-225 ~/estbrook Councilman Dzake moved~ seconded by Councilman/.aa~rl_11 to adopt Resolution SDR-225-1, l,~ranti~ building site approvel to ~-z~est ~/estbrook for one lot on ;Peach Bill Road, Z~otion carried unan~mousl?, V ;PUBLIC A, ZONING O~J)Z~I~C~. , CI~ OF SA~A~.~, AND ZONING Public Heari~ was continued from the 3uZ? 19 meeting and re-opened at 8:40 P, N'o ~ayor pro tern briefly reviewed the items ~hieh were submitted at the '3uly 19 meetia8 and a~ou~ce~t that they ~Tot~td ' be individually considered after other e~-,,,,ents from those Public present had been heard. Hearin~- Ord. The following persons spoke: NS-3 (Zonin~ Mr. C..1~. Young. Gardner. Lane~ Sarato~a~ objected to the 40,000 square Ord& , Hap) foot zonir~ proposed for the area near Allendale Avenue which is current- ly one acre. He was advised that it is ce~non plannin~ practice to zone areas to even sizes for simplification and to alloy development of areas which otherwise would not be developed after required roads and easements ere deducted from the gross area. l~r. B...T. Caleb~ 20437 Seagull ~ay~ advocated light industry or similar zonin~ adjacent to the railway tracks and east of'Highway ~9s and , emphasized the cost of removing existin~ .,u~.es in the area. 14rs. Marion Hutlin~er. Blue Hills Realty. Saratoga requested 10sO00 square foot zoning, instead of the propsseal R-1-40,000 for approximate1? three acres 6~ Piercr Road near Foothill Lane. Mrs. Mattiesont 14825 Fruitvale Avenue, abked about non-conformin~ 'uses regardin~ horses and was advised that if the Planning Committees. .com-~ndations are adopterie any dne who has a horse in a=.one acre zone at ~he time. the ordinance is adopted will be able to keep the horse withou= a use permits in accordance with the section regula~in~ pre- _existin~ uses. Councilman Hart~_~n read the report of the pl~nntn~ Co.-.~.tttee of the City Council, dated August 15~ 1961, re~di~ the meet~ of~ AuZust 7 ~th the Plni~ C~ssiou Subdivision Co~ittee. He then re~ the port of the Subdivision C~ttee~ dated AuEust 7~ 1961~ in ~ich reco~ndations ~ere ~de on each c~....~--~nication suetted at the July 19 ~eti~. ~e Pi~ C~tee conchred ~th ~e Subdivision Co.~,.~ttee report ~ept reS~di~ the ntter of keepi~ horses ~d on this utter, it ~as reco~nded that the regulations ?utlined in the staff report dated August 7, 1961 fr~ St~ley ~al~r, S~re~ of the p] ,nn~ C~{ssions be adopted.. John Canonv 14050 ~i1~ Avenue objected to the C~-~-lttee~s c~uts reSardi~ the ~ril~ Aven~-~shall Lu area. ~ adv?cates 10,000 square foot ~ni~ for the ~ea ~d it was called Co his attention that the 'n~er of persons who objected to the 10~000 sq~e loot zoni~ w~ at leas~ equal to the nx~her of those requesti~ ~ere bei~ ~ further c~nts fr~ ~yone present, ~yor pro Gle~on declared the public he~i~ closed at 10:10 P. A ~tion to waive the readi~ of the ordh~ce was passed and Co~cilman ~ill m~ed to adopt ~din~ce No. N~3 and the z~i~ map which was attached thereto, ~th the i~orporation of the ch-~es as it~{zed in the stdf nor~d~ from St~ley W~ker dated AuSust 7s 1961. Council~n ~- seconded the ~tion which was passed and adopted by the un~ous vote of the council. ~ere ~re no dissentin8 votes ~d no council~ abstained fr~ voti~. Co~cil called to the attention of all present that adoption of the emprehensive zoni~ ~din~e ~d mp ~ill ~t, at any t~e, prevent ~y person fr~ fili~ for a cbmnEe of zoni~ h ~y ~ea. B. ~56 TID~A~ OIL C~ hblic Heari~ opened at 10:28 P. H. h accord~e ~th w~cil action A~56 ~d~ater at the last ~eti~ [or a he~ de novo on the appeal O~1 Co. Appeal 0il C~p~y fr~ the plann~ Co~ssion dora1 of .~chitect~al ~d site control appr~al for a se~ce station p~ isl~d c~opy. No one present spoke for or a$ainst the application ~d Cbuncilm~ H~m-n read the report of the P1a~i~ Ce~lttee rec~ndi~ the appeal be ~ranted ~d that the applicant be required to const~ct the canopy of ~stic desISn. hblic ~ari~ was declared closed at to adop~ Resolution No. 14-A-56,- as read by the City AdminiStrator, grantin~ architectural and site control to Tidewater 0iliCompany for a rustic type canopy over service station pump islands at the station located at Saratoga-Los Gatos Road and Big Basin ~4ay. He=ion carried unanimously. · Hr. Espeseth of Tidewater Oil Company commended the Council and Planning Co---~ssion for their consideration of the matters and stated that it is hoped thats some rime in the near futures it will be economically feasible for Tidewater Oil Co. =o remodel the buildin~ to conform with the rest of the area. C.V-196 'PECK L. MERRICK The Clerk reported that Mr. Metrick has asked to withdraw the appeal V-196 as he intends to file for building site approval on ~ corridor lot Herrick- Appeal which will meet the requirements ~f the city and has requested refund of the $20.00 filing fee on the appeal. Councilmn~ Lan~ill moveds seconded by Councilman Hartman to refund the filin~ fee Of $20.00 to Hr. Peck L. Herrick and strike the appeal from the agenda. Herion carried unanimously. VI ADMINISTRATIVE HATTERS A. ~AYOR (1) Nayor pro tern announced thats after havin8 met with Hayor Brazil recently to discuss the possibilities of a compromise regardin~ Highway ~gs another meeting has been scheduled for the 26th or 27th of Augusta at which time they expect to come up with a compromise plan to be referred to the Planning C~mmtssion before it comes back to the Councilo (2) ~ayor pro tam announced that he had also discussed 'with Nayor Brazil the 'parks and recreation problem ands a~ this points . Parks & : :they kope .to hold one or two informal p~blic' meetings' of the Recreation Plannin~ Committee kith a three man special c~.;.-~tttee from the Planning C~,,,,,,tssion in order to get an indication of the publicks desires, He reported that they hope to schaduie these meetings .before the end of the year so that a co~mtttee could be selected from those who attend 'to frm~ a~ issue regarding parks and recreation as it would appear in a bond' issue. B, FINANCE Bills (1) Councilman Drake moved, seconded by Councilman Hartman to approve the bills listed in the amount of $6s813o83 and authorize that warrants be dra~n in payment. Herion carried tmanimously, 1960-61 (2) ~1~e City Administrator announced that the annual andit is Audit currently bein~ conducted and it is expected that qhe completed audit will be presented to the council at its nex~ ~meeting. C. COUNCIL CO~ITrEES (1) Councilmen Hartmnn reported that the water. situation remains in a state of confusion and outlined recent actions of the County various agencies which have contributed to the lacl~ of an ~/ater Commission ~mtcable agreement. He reported that the County Water Ccmm~tssion at its meeting today, had passed a resolution recommending that the Board of Supervisors continue negotiations for South Bay Water, with the understanding that. they would not contract for this water before the commission comes up with a final re~ort on the water importation problem. ~heCo~tssion also ~dopted a metiOn reeomm~-ndtng that the Board of Supervisors levy a establish an emergency water reserve fund. (2) .Nayor pro tam reported that the request for revision of specifi- cations regarding Mt, Eden Estates' Assessment district had been ~lt, Eden ' reviewed by the Planting Comm~ssion, as requested by the council Estates Assessment at its last meeting, and, on the reconmmndation of the Planning District C~,~.~lssion, Councilmen Drake moved that Resolution No. 99 be Amend. to Res.99 mended to incorporate the action of the Planning Co~tssion at its meeting of August 14 with respect to the ~t. Eden Estates Assessment district as set forth in the report of the Secretary of the Pl~ing COmmiSSiOn dated August 15, 1961o Councilmen Hartman seconded the motion ~nich carried unanimously, D. DEPART~tENT HEADS AND' OFFICERS (1) Council and staff discussed.the results of. study and on-site : inspection of Quito Road near Aspesi Drive and concurred that, :.. 'quito Rdo Sidewalk quite apart from the problem of the schucl children Walking in the area, th~ road at* this point needs improvement to the extent of providing a safe walk way on the basis .of the overall safety and liability situation. ~hat it would aid the school children who ~rtll be walking ~o Natshall Lane School would be an added benefit and in no way set a precedent for providiu~ wa!k-vays .... for school. children, bus rental s~u~on ~ d~c~2d a~ ~h2 1~ ~et~s ~d had 12n~ed ~hn~ ~ ~ ~ ~Cer ~hteh ~h2 ren~den~s of ~2 ar2~ could ~ up ~h the ~y Cou~el ~d/or school board b~ ~s no~ ~hin the Jurisdiction of ~he city ~o ~8ue ~e ~ter. Co~ilmnn ~ ~ed, seconded by ~i~ Hz~n ~o authorize the Director o~ ~blic Vor~ to prosed with i~tallation ~f a valk-vay on Qui~o Road, near ~si ~ive, on the b~is o~ his esti~e of approximately $~20. for appro~ely 3~1 feet crushed rock ~d ~raCi~ oil wal~way fo~ fee~ wide. ~ion c~rted u~usly. (2) City At~o~y re,fred that he had su~t~ed ~ opinion reS~di~ S~2~ the reques~ fr~ ~. ~y relative ~o conditio~ of the Garcia Cucia subdivision~ S~2~. ~e Clerk read a letter fr~ ~he City A~to~y da~ed ~8us~ 16~ 1961, ~d, ~er discussion~ the ~er was referred ~o ~he PlnnntnS C~4ttee of the ~il ~or consultation . with Che Subdivision C~t~ee of the PI~ C~ssion, &nn,,-~ (3) ~e City ~nistra~or re~r~ed thaC the ~ual report h~ been received fr~ the printers and t~ t volunteer help in e~elopes for ~ili~ vo~ld be appreciated. (~) City Aamiuistracor read s letter from ~ta Cl~a Co~ty Fled Co~ty Water C~trol ~d ~a~er Co~e~atlon ~strtc~ co~t~i~ the appoin~n~ C~.;axesion of Councll~n H~ to the County ~a=er Ce.-.-Jssion. (5) After discussion of a proposed ~n~nC ~o ~e encroach~nC ~nd. to ordi~ce as req~sted by Sanitation District ~s =he City ~d. 28 (g~roac~ ~nt) Attorney reported ~ha~ the n~n~nt h~ noC ~en dr~ up pendl~ indication from other u=ilities of their wishes in chis raged. ~i=h ~ objection, the ~t=er wu refe~ed 2o the City Mm{n~ezrator ~d the Director of ~blic Works. (~) Cit~ Aa~inistraCo= ~sedz tha~ an~ wishi~ to attend the of Cities ~ of C~ifo~ia CiCies conference in S~ Fr~cisco in ~tober ~st advise the Clerk~s office so rese~atiou ~y ~ ~de.. VII C~I~ONS A[ ~I~N ~lipor~s (1). Council briefly discussed a letter fr~ S~ JOse ~lic~ers, Inc. ~d concurred ~hat. the c~y is welc~ to su~t plus for consid~ation~ aC' ~y AmXexation (2) A request from Dr. Frank g..IVatkins for nnnpsr~tton'of property Request off Prospect Road in the Rollin~ Hille area was referred to the Plannin~ Co-~ttee of the City Council. B. ORAL (1) l~r., Barry lta11, 14051 Highway ~gs vas advised, in shaver to a ~laza design querys that the design dra~m by the Director of Public ~/orks for a four lane highway around the ~laza had been draxqn at the direction of ~he Hayor and Councilman Glennon In an effort to resolve the matter of traffic at this point. (2) Hayor pro tern directed that the minutes ahoy, with appreciation, the presence of Planning C~.-..~ssioner Anderson at the meeting° VIII ADJOURI~4ENT Councilman Drake moved, seconded by Councilman Hartman to adjourn the meeting. Hotion carried unsntmnusly 12:00 P. 14. Respecte~lly submitted, City Clerk