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Home My WebLink About03-15-1967 City Council Minutes/~'~' ~ SARATOGA CITY C0~CIL SUPMARY OF EELFEES TIE: Wednesday; March 15, 1967 - 7:40 P,M~ PLACE: Saratoga City Council Chambers, 13777 Fruitvale Avenue~ Saratoga, California TYPE: Regular meeting 0RGm T!ON Mayor Glennon called the meeting to order at 7;~0 PoMo Ao ROLL C~LL Present: Councilmen Glennon, Bu~ry, Tyler, Robbins Absent: Councilman H~rtman B. MINUTES It was mo~ed by Councilman Robbins; seconded by Councilman Burry; and Minutes unanimously carried~ to waive the reading of the March 1, 1967 minutes and approve them as ~ritten. II BIDS .AND CORmfRACT.S. Without objection, Mayor Glennon deferred discussion of the Youth Center lease agreemot until the arrival of the City Attorney. ~. Huff reported that the Management Committee had met with representatives of the West Valley Circle of the Florence Crittenton Home to review the Crittenilon license agreement to permit operation of a Japanese tearoom at Hakone Gardens.~ License Motion was made by CoUncilman Tyler; seconded by Councilman Robbins; to ac- Agree- cept recommendation~ in the Management Committee report dated March 15, 1967 ~ ment motion carried and so ordered. c. Joi m. S _ORM meJmCT ; '. Upon ~eco~mefidation Of the Director of Public Works, Councilman Burry moved; SaratOga seconded by C6uncilman Robbins; to approve refund in the amount of $1610.OO Storm to Ruth & Going~ and fihal a~eeptance of imprOvemen~s on Saratoga JOint Drain Storm Drain project; motion carried unanimously. Councilman Hartmen arrived at 7:45 P.Mo III PETITIONS; OI{DINANCES AND FORMAL RES.U~UTIONS A. _RESULOTION NO. Discussion of supporting imposition of a special vehicle use fee to finance Res. County-wide Highway System was ce~ried over by the Council from the previous 35~ meeting. Councilman Tyler reported on a meeting held in Sacramento conce~'n~- ing pending legislation of the special vehicle use fee. Councilman Burry moved for adoption of Resolution No. 35R; seconded by Councilmen Robbins; unanimously carried and so ordered. II A..Y. 0UT~...CEHTER LEASE AGREEMENT Due to the late arrival of the City Attorney~ this matter had been continued from earlier in the meeting. Mr. Huff presented the report of the Manage- ment Comittee dated March 9, 1967, outlining ~-ecommendations for changes to the originality proposed lease agreement with the Saratoga Youth Center, Inc. T"ne City Attorney stated he had prepared a revision to the original Youth agreement incorporating the first two changes mentioned in the report. Center Dr. Warren Sturla and Mrs. J. J. Sitnay presented the views of the Saratoga Lease Youth Center, Inc. on proposed uses of the Center. Mrs. Sitnay said it Agrmt would be necessary that the building be used for some commercial purposes such as rental to local groups for luncheons, dances, dinners, etc. to meet operating expenses. Some money will be received from the Saratoga-Los Gatos Recreation District for use of the facilities for adult recreation groups during the day. The Council opposed these proposed uses on the basis that such activities are not youth oriented end could interfere with youth activ- ities. Also, the Council expects the lease to clarify the use of the building -SUN~G~Y OF MI~FJ]ES - SAR~TOGA CI~C COUNCIL -MARCH -~.5, 1967 pg o~ II ~. YOUTH CE~FfER LE~SE ACuREE~i~T (Continued) by the Recreation District~ so that no S~atoga resident in the Adult Recreation P~o~'m wo~.d be excluded because he Is not in the S~stoga- Los Gates Recreation District. Youth Center ~s~ Sitnay said the S~atoga Youth Center~ inc. ~roposes the formation Lease of a Youth Center Bo~d~ comprised of three members of the present A~eement toga Youth Center organization, sd two other members~ one preferably member of the City Co~cil~ to administer the Youth Center. It is anti- cipated that s full-time directo~ will be hired. Stunt Howell, of the S~atoga Ch~ber of Comerce, inquired of the Comcil ~ether or not they would rule out absolutely the use of the buil~ng by cornunity ~oups for !~cheons~ etc. ~yor Glemon replied that~ if allowed~ such uses would have to be approved indiadully by the Council. ~e ~yor referred the a~eement back to the ~nagement Comittee to be re~s~ in final fo~ to cover all the contingencies discussed. IV S~DIVISIONS~ BUI~ING SI~S ~ ZO~NG..~Q~STS A. ~ACT 4253 - 8D~659-1 - J~EPH EN ~. Huff reported that this is ~equest for final map a~roval for thee TR 4253 lots on Verde Vista Lane by Joseph Pen. All con~tions have been ~t and 8D-659-1 fin~ maps were presented to the Comcil. Co~cilm~ ~ler moved; seconded by Comcilmn Robbins; for final approval of Resolution SD-659-1~ ~act motion c~ried un~imously and so ordered. B. ~R-442 - B~T GI~.~0 ~. Huff stated that Bm't Giraudo had obtai~d site approval for a ',non- SDR- confoxing lot in ~ acre zone~ p~ing $450 storm drain fee. He recomende~ 442 refund of $17~ of the fee, since $275 is the norml fee for R-l-12,500 Glraudo lot ~d other ncn-confo~i~ 10ts have been ch~ged accordingly. Motion by Council~n Robbins; seconded by Comcilman H~t~; approving $175.00 refund to B~t Giraudo; motion c~ried ~manimously. C? C-102 - GEORGE C-102 is $ reque.St for Change 8f zoning from P.A t0.CAC, corner of toga Avenu~ ~d S~at0ga SunriFle Road. The Planning Octmission recom- C-102 mended deni~ of this application in a report dated March 2, 1967. Ol~ Edw~d Hinsha~ attorney~ a~e~ed to represent ~. Oldare. He was in- fo~ed by Mayor Glennon that when the Pl~ning Comm~ ssion racemerids denial of a Ch~ge of Zoning, it is generally upheld by the Council, ~d; if the applicant ~shes tO contest this dete~inatimn, a public he~ing is sched- uled. ~., Hinshaw requested a ~blic he~ing and, ~thout ob3ection~ M~or Glennon directed the Clerk to schedule a public he~ing for C-l~. None ~ES~A~ ~RS A. ~YOR (1) ~yor Glennon asked the COuncil to accept the resi~ation of Wilb~ E. Kellum from the Planning Co~sslon due to a proposed Dr. KeEum move out of the City. Councilman ~ler moved; seconded by Resignation Councilran Bu~ to ~accept~ ~th reluctance~ the resignation of Dr~ Kellum as Pl~ning Co~ssioner; motion c~ried un~imously. Without obJectlnn~ the suggestion of Comcilmn B~ry for a ~it- ten e~ression of the City~ appreciation to Dr. Kell~ for his ye~s of service will be c~.ried out by the M~or. (2) Councilman Hartman moved; seconded by Comcil~ B~ry; for ap- Ch~les pointmerit of Ch~les H. Smith of Norton Road~ to the Pl~ning S~th Com'~ssion to fill the vacancy crested by the resi~ation of Pl~ning Wilb~ E. Kellum; motion ~animously c~ried. ~ Glennon Co~ssioner ~ministered the Oath of Office to Ch~les H. Smith. Fur~L~J~Y OF MEi~I~ES - SARATOGA CIsYf COI~qCIL ~ ~Z~CK lS~ 196'~ Pg 3 ~}DlS~TI~ ~S (Continued) B ~FI~CE 0.) cmx . I% Was moved by Co~ci!~ E~tm~ seconded by Council~ Robbins; Claims and c~riea ~imously to approve the list of disb~sements d~ted M~eh 1~ 1967 and mlthorize w~ts be ~a~n in p~en~ fo~ a total of $16~475,09~ Clerk ~ With no ob3ec%ions oP co~en%s~ %he fin~ci~ ?epor%s of ~he ~easurez' Treas~e~ Ep%s and City Clerk ~%e~ Pebbly 28~ 1967, were accepted by %he Co~cil~ C ~ COL~CIL COMTI'SS ~ ~PORTS co~cil~ ~ier repoP~ea on %he hblic Welf~e Com~%~ee ~e%in¢ on M~ch 6~ 1967. ~a ~ecomendea~ in s repo~ as%ca ~ch 13~ 1967, %he City Co~m~i~ suspend f~%he~ wopk on %he Pike Road pro~ec% by non- Pike Roaa~ adoption of %he ~esolu~ion adoprime %he En~tneeP's Repel%. ~. ~le~ S~s~o~a sai~ tha~ perhaps development of %he S~a%o~a Hills Road Assessment HI. lie Road Dis%Pie~ should be aefe~Pea~ since the Pike Road pro~ec% is bein~ continued. ~. H~f stated Council had ~op%ed Resoh%ion of In%entign~ sn~ resolutions appoin~in~ en~lnee?s and attorneys. A portion of ~he en¢inee~in¢ work had been co~le%ed~ but %he plens wo~d rein %he property of ~he en~ineeP for use if %he assessment ~s%Pic%s ~e activated a% some fut~e ~i~. Don~d ~c~ae~ Reid L~e~ ~ep~esen~ea homeo'~ePs o~ Reid L~e %o oppose openin¢ of Pike Eoad~ ~a Henry Jessem~ Pike Ros, d~ was lold by M~oP Glennon %ha% any pos~nemen% of development on Pike Road was due ~o o~rs' delay penain~ outcome of the assesbmen% dls%~ic% fo~a%ion proposal. Councilm~ moved~ seconded by Co~cilm~ ~ler~ fop ~efusal %o adopt necess~ ~esolu%ion aaop%in¢ En¢ineer's Bepo~ fo~' Pike Road Improvemen%s~ motion e~iea unanimously and so o~dered. Councilm~ ~ler read %he ~epo~% 0f ~he ~blic Nellie Co~t~ee aa~ed ~ch 1~ 1967, ~eeo~en~n¢ oil ~a scPeeninCs s~facin~ of Cheste~ Avenue fi'om Allendale ~o %he north end of ~he assessmen~ Ches~e~ Ave. ~s%ric~ ~rovemen~ Co~cil~n Robbins moved] seconded by Council- m~n H~%m~ %o accept the Public We~ave Co~%%ee ~eco~endations ~d ~ec~ed ~he s%~f %o obtain ~do~a~ions from %we oP ~ee %~scto~s fo~ %he cost of ~his s~fa~l~ and au%ho~izin¢ eo~letion of %he woTk f~om fhnas 6%he~ ths AsSessment District funds~ .subject to review of %he quo'~ations by %he Co~cil; motion C~ried ( 3 ) ~TV~E A~ Council~ H~%~ m~d %o accept the ~epo~% of the P~nin¢ Co~t%~ F~ui%v~e da~ed M~ch !~ 1967, reeo~enainE ~aian l~ascapin¢ on Fr~tv~e Avenue Avenue develop~n% %o ecco~oda%e a me~ c~b; seconded by Landscapin~ m~ ~!e~i motion c~iea Co~cilman B~y moved for apVroval of %ha Policy Co~i%%ee Hakone menaa%ion in the ~epo~ da~ea Mm-ch 1~ 1967, %o defeP ~y decision BG~aens ~o p¢chase %he Hincks estate ~acen~ to H~one O~dens until E~a~sion ple%ion of %he General Pi~ Review~ secon~,ea by CouneilE E~(ONE G~F~ENS F~DPk!RS I% was moved by Conncii~n ~ne~ se,~ondea by Co~cil~n B~ and Etone ~imously c~ie~ ~o adDp% ~he ~epoP% of the ~n~emen% O~dens aa~ea ~'ch 1~ 1967~ reco~en~.~epaiPs %o the ~%chen and acl3oin- Repairs fn~ buildinCa a~ H~one G~dens fop ~ es%i~ed cost of $~10~00. SU_~L~HY OF ~.[[~NUFES ~ SARATOGA CITf COUNCIl, ~ MARCH 15~ 1967 PG ~ C,, COU~..~FEIL CONMETeS AT~D RE~OHTG (Continued) (6) Co~cilm~ Robbins move~ f0~ appoin%men% of Ve~gil Givens~ 14170 Ai~por~ Vickery Place~ as S~atoga ~epresentative on %h~ County-wiae A~a~ion Co~mnittee Ai~por% Co~i%%eeL ~%h ~epor%s Df %he fee%inE~ ~o be submi%%e~ to the Co~cil; seconded by Co~cilE B~; motion c~iea ~imousl?,'~ D. DEP~T~ }~S ~ 0PFICER8 (1) ~B~ HIGH SCHOOL DIS~C~ ~. Stanley W~er reported that, at the last Planning Commission meeting, Building Site approval h~ been given to the Cabbell Hi~ School District f~r a proposed building on Pr6spect Avenue~ imposing Campbell conditions s previous~ ~scussed. Without objection~ Mayor G[ennon High SChool referred conditions involving impr~ement of h. ospsct Avenue, District - aro~ds at the end of streets abutting the ~ school property and signalization at the high school entrance to hblie WeEare Coattee. (2) L~SC~ING ON S~ATOGA A~ ~ ~A Mayor Glennon referred quotations ~d recomndations of the Green S~atoga ~e Valley ~intensnce Co. concerning the fontgin and landscaping on Landscaping S~atoga Avenue at Via Monte, to the hblic Welf~e Committee for renew md report. (3) I~RO~ENT - PR~PECT A~ A letter received from Ruth, Going & Beck reg~ng construction of Prospect Ave mirrored portion of ~ospect Avenue batten La~ence E~ress~ an~l S~atoga Avenue was referred by the ~yor to Public Welf~e Committee, A request from ~s. Dorothy Stoner, Quito EA, for a foyer-way stop Stop sign at Quito Road and McCoy Avenue, was referred by M~or Glennon to the Quito-McCoy Chief of Police for consultation ~ith the Sheriff's Dep~tm~. E. CI~ ~NISTR~0R (!) Councilman Burry moved; seconded by Councilman H~tman; for appoint- Adting ment of Douglas E~s as ~cting Deputy Clerk due to the protracted Deputy Clerk illness of Dean Roth!iSberge~; motio~ c~ied ~imously. (2) Counc{lmn B~ry ~oved t0 de~{gna~e ~y 24th ~S S~atoga ~nual S~ing Spring Cle~-Up Dgy~ ~th free pick-up service to be provided by Cles-Up the Los Gatos Scavenger Cobany; seconded by Co~cilm~ Robbins; motion c~ried u~imously. C0~CA~ONS A. ~ITTEN (=1) ~e ~yor noted receipt of a letter frm LeRoy Br~ e~ressing appreciation for b~sh cle~ce at Vessing and Quito Road. B. OR~ (~) Tom Leong appeared for Paul ~sson~ Inc. to request mo~ficstion of a Building Code requirement for installation of fire walls unless Paul Masson building over 18,000 sq. ft. is s~ro~ded by $ ~ ~. y~d. V~i~ce Building Inspector~ Fire ~shal and Fire Chief approve the v~i~ce in ~ew of the fact that the required ,y~d contains only the inCo~us~ tible San Jose Watsrc Works water ta~ and addition~ ~d cannot be acquix=ed. Comciim~n H~'tm~ m~ved for approval of mo~fication of the Building Code requirement for installation of fire w~ls on the v~ehouse proposed by Paul ~sson, Inc.; seconded by Co~cilman Burry~ c~rried ~animous~ SUi~vf~EqY OF PKNUTES - S~]R.~TOGA CITY COUNCIL ~ I, Ia~RCH 15~ ]-967 I'g 5 Mayor Glennon welcomed representatives of the Good Government Gro~:p., the Chamber of Commerce~ and the Planning Commission representative~ O. W. Johnson.~ to the meeting~ and invited all present to enjoy coffee in the lobby~ courtesy of the Good Govern-, ment Group° VIII ADJOUR~ENT Motion for adjournment at lO:lO P.Mo by Councilman Burry; seconded by Council- man Robbins~ motion carried unanimously. Respectfully submitte~d~ msf