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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06-07-1967 City Council Minutes SARATOGA CITY COUNCIL SUMMARY OF MINU!SS TIME: Wednesday, June 7, 1967 7:30 P. M. PLACE: Saratoga City Council Chambers, 13777 Fruitvale Avenue, Saratoga,Califo TYPE: Regular Meeting I ORGANIZATION Mayor Glennon called the meeting to order at 7:30 P. M. A. ROLL CALL Present: Councilmen Glenn0n, Hartman, Tyler, Robbins Absent: Councilman Burry B. MINUTES Councilman Robbins moved to dispense with the reading of the May 17, 1967 minutes and approve them as written subject to the following Minutes corrections: (1) delete the Words "of op~nion" On Page l, Item III.-B, line 47 and (2) substitute the name R0bbins for Burry on the second for motion re Tra~t 4300, Page 2, Item IV.-C. Motion to approve minutes~ as corrected, ~econded By Councilman Tyler and carried unanimously. II BIDS AND CONTRACTS A. HAl{ONE GARDENS WATER SYSTEM The City Clerk reported that only one bid was received for the construction Of;Hakone Gardens Water Lines'and Appurtenances and that it was from. Power Construction Company in the amount of $31,946.00. Hakone The estimated cost was $13,500.00, Mr. Huff stated, and he therefore Gardens recommended a complete rev~ w of the plans and re-advertisement for Water bids. The Council agreed that the bid be ~ejected and the staff be System authorized to Seek new bids, after thorough revi~ of the plans; with Bids no objectiofiMayor Glennon so ordered and the bid from Power Construc- tion Company Was rejected. ~]~ CityAdministrator noted that the Florence Crittenton Circle will be unable tO open its tea house service until an approved x~ater supply is available and that, in view of this, efforts will be made to determine whether or not some other. arrangments can be made whereby the tea house can open as scheduled~ III PETITIONS~ ORDINANCES AND FOPX4AL RESOLUTIONS A. ORDINANCE 38.16 CounCilman Tyler reported that the Public Welfare Ccvm~ttee reviewed the weed and rubbish abatement ordinance and that some modifications have been made to Section 6.52 relative to Public Nuisance and Ordinance Abatement. If the ordinance is enacted the Committee recommends that 38.16 it be in the modified form. However, Councilman Tyler stated, the Weed and Committee recommends that action be deferred until the first regular Rubbish meeting in September. 'Meanwhile, efforts could be made to get the Abatement cooperation of property o~mers ~nd possibly avoid the adopticn and enforcement problems of a necessarily cumbersome ordinance. Should it prove necessary to have the ordinance in effect, it was reported that the Fire Marshal thinks it is a good ordinance and indicated that the City of Sunnyvale had a 66% drop in grass fire calls because of similar legislation. It was moved by Councilman Robbins, seconded by Councilman Hartman, and carried unanimously to table Ordinance No. 38.16 until the first reSular meeting of September. With no objection, Mayor Glennon ordered the ordinance re-introduced as changed. SARATOGA CITY COUNCIL MINUTES - JUNE 7, 1967 - Continued B. ORDINANCE NO. NS-3-ZC-38 Ord. The City Clerk reported that this ordinance, rezoding property on NS-3-ZC-38 Allendale Avenue from R-1-40,O00 to R-1-20,000 was ~ntroduced, as corrected' at the last meeting after public hearing~ After pointing out ~hat the cross-hatched section of the area to be-rezoned wos incorrectly shown on the Exhibit attached to the ordinance, the CqunCil and staff discussed alignment of Allendale Avenue in relation to the property. Mr. Huff stated that although.he felt that any modifications of alignment would tend to be on the college site side of the road, the developer could be contacted and requested to alter the approved plans. With no objection, Mayor Glennon directed the record to indicate that Ordinance No. NS-3-E-38 was re-introduced with the statement that the change of zoning applies only Go that section between Rarleigh Court and Portos Drive. Planning Commissioner Smith also commented regarding the cross-hatched portion of the Ordinance Map and the Mayor explained to the audience that the Council and Planning Conmaission send representatives to meetings of their respective bodies to act as liaison between Council and Planning Commission. The Council then discussed, briefly, the estahlishment of plan lines for major thoroughfares and Councilman Hartman verified the City Administrator's statement that progress is being made in this regard. It was reported that Saratoga Avenue plan lines have been completed, except for two problem areas, Quite Road plan lines will be the subject of a hearing before the Planning Commission next Monday and that Fruitvale Avenue plan lines are in the development stage. C. RESOLUTION NO. 357 - STATE GAS TAX BUDGET It was moved by Councilmen Tyler, seconded by Councilman Hartman and Res.357 unanimously carried to adopt Resolution No. 357, approving the 1967-68 Gas Tax budget for expenditure of 2107 State Gas Tax Funds. Budget D. SDR-490-2 Mr. Ruff reported that street work done in connection with construction, SDR-490-2 of the Joseph Long office building on Saratoga Avenue was completed Bond release and maintained for one year and he therefore recommended that the & accept. for offer of dedication be accepted and the performance bond released. maintenance Ccuncilman Hartman moved for adoption of Resolution No. SDR-490-2, accepting the offer and releasing the bond as ~ecommended; motion seconded by Councilman Tyler and carried unanimously. E. RESOLUTION NO. SD-536-2 - ABANDONING SLOPE E~SEMENT OFFER 07 DEDICATION Res.SD-536-2 Slope Easement It was moved By Councilman Hartman, seconded by Councilman Tyler~ Abandonment - and unanimously carried to adopt Resolution No. SD-536-2, abandoning Tr;3946 slope easement offer of dedication over portions of Lots 14, 35 and 36 of Tract 3946. F. RESOLUTION NO. SD-537-2 - ABANDONING UTILITY EASEMENT Res.SD-537-2 Councilman Tyler moved, seconded by ~ouncilman Robbins to adopt Utility easement Resolution No. SD~537-2~ abandoning public utility easement which Abandonment - was granted for the purpose of installation of an underground warlet Tr.3943 service line to serve Tract 3943 and is no longer necessary for the purpose intended; motion carried unanimously. G. RESOLUTION NO. 358 - SLYHITTING A REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR Res. 358 - SARATOGA-COX AVENUE PROJECT 04-SCl-995 - UE2. Sat-Cox Ave. Additional The City Clerk explained that this resolution requests the State Funds to allocate additional funds of $17,004.22 as being 50% of $34,008.44~ which is the participating amount of Change Orders and extra work for the widening and improvement of Saratoga Avenue h~tween Kosich Drive and Fruitvale Avenue as an urban extension of Federal Aid Secondary Project No. 995. Mr. Huff stated that, in addition to the extra work which the Council apprOved as Change Orders, the contract was let on a unit price basis an~ the balance of the additional cost was for over-run of quantities. ~2- SARATOC~ Cirf COL~CIL MINFiES - J0~E 7, 1967 - Continued III.-Go - RESOLUTION NO. 358~ Cop~tinusfl After brief discussion~ it ~gas moved by Councilman ~yier~ seconded by Councilumn H~rtman~ and unanimously carried to adop~ Resolution No. 358° SUBDIViSIONS~ BUILDING SITES AND ZONING REQUESTS A. SDR-667 - WEST VALLEY JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT Mro Huff reported ~hat all conditions of site approval fur the West Valley Junior College District had been covered by agreement~ with the exception of payment of the storm drainage fea~ and he recomle~de~ that site approval be granted subject to payment of the required fee. Replying to a question from Councilman Hartman~ Mr. Huff stated that plan lines have been fairly well established for Fruitvale Avenue and that most of the major land-marked trees will be un-affected~ Mr. Tower~ representing the engineers for the College~ said that it was his belief that the proposed street alignment would expedite traffic more than normally would be the ease. Mro Huff agreed with Mr. Tower and the Council then revie~ed the Master Development Plan and plan lines for the road work proposed~ In any event~ Mro Huff pointed out~ it is not anticipated that the contract will be let for the street work before Spring so ample time will be avail- able to modify the plans~ if necessary. Mayor Glennon mentioned the availability of entrances into the parking lots and Mr. Huff stated that Wilbur Smith and Associates consider SDR-667 the access proposal to be sufficiente The parking area~ Mro Tower West stated~ would take care of maximum enrollment of the equivalent of Valley 5~G00 full time s~udents and one of the oonHitions of the Planning Jnnior Commission was tl~at if at any time it is anticipated that enrollment College will exceed that number there should be further consultation with the Planning Commission and Council. Total parking area is'based on a ratio of 6/10 of a space per students Mro Tower continueds and the parking area will be built in increments~ with the first increment to provide about 800 parking spaces. b~yor Glennon stated that~ although design approval is delegated to the Planning Commission~ the Council has a vital interest in the proposed development of the junio~ college. The Council opposed the development of a campus a~ this site because of the traffic problems it would Create~ the Mayor seated~ but it will accept the College and solve the traffic.problems. However, MayOr Glennon emphasizeds the Couecil w{ll insist that the college be of the highest aesthetics economic and academic quality. Mro Tower indicate~ that defertel of final site approval until the next meeting would present no problem to the college district and Mayor Glennon requested the staff to provide the Exhibits for review by those members of the Council who had not already seen them° Councilman Hartman said that although he did think the Council should be very aware of the specific plans for the junior college developmaat~ he saw no reason why the Council could not grant site approval at this time, it was moved by Councilman Tylero seconded by Councilman Hartman and unanimously carried to adopt Resolution No~ SDR-667-!s granting site approval to the West Valley joint junior College District for the college site located at Fruitvale ~nd ~Ilendale Avep~s~ subject to the payment of s~o~-m drainage fees° Dr. Hall thanked the Council for its cocFe~ation in resolving the differenter between the Co!logo District a;~d the City and commented that the District expeCts.to award the bid for construction of the first unit tome=row night and that he chinks the District and the City of Saratoga ~ili be proud of the campus when it is developed° Dro Hail also invited the Council to attend the ground breaking ceremonies to be held at the Gardner Lane access on Tuesday~ Jup~ 22~ and indicated that formal invitations will be issued within the next fe~ days. SARATOGA CITY COUNCIL -, MINUTES - June 7, 1967 - Continued B. SDR-572 - IL~NS J. ZWEIG SDR-572 The Clerk reported ~hat all conditions of tentative site approval had HoJ=Zweig been met for one building site on Madtone Hill Road and ~t was moved b7 Councilman Hartmans seconded by Councilman Robblues and carried unanimously to adopt Resolution No. SDR-572-1, approving building si~e for Hans Jo Zweig. C. SDR-691 - FPakNKFASOLD The Clerk reported that all conditions of site approval for one lemon SDR-691 Be!!a Vista Avenue had been met~ with the exception of rec~rdatiou of F. Fagold the survey map. It was moved by Councilman Robbins~ seconded by Councilman ~lers and eartied u~animously to adopt ResolUtion No. SDR-691-1~ granting site approval for one lot on Belle Vista Avenues subject to receipt of the recorded survey map, D. 8DR-657 - JAMES DAVI SDk~657 i~= Puff repo~ted that the applicant requests modification of Specific Jazzes Conditions As B~ Cs and Ds of the Building Site Committee Report dated Davi August 22s 1966s setting forth conditions of tentative site approve]. request for one lo~ on Souse Lane° Reasons for this request were outlined for modificationin a letters dated May 31s 1967~ from Fire Davi's Engineer~ Ben B. of Co~ditions White~ and ~. Huff stated that Mr. Davi and his Architect~. Johnsons were present to make further presentation of arguments ~upporting this request~ The Mayor suggested that review by the Public Welfar~ Committee~ in the presence of and with the aid ~ the applicant and his architect, would be the most appropriate and ~xpedttious action but that D~vi and Mro Johnson were weluome ~o comment at this ~ime if they wished° F~. Johnson expressed concern regarding time element but indicated that a delay of two weeks Would be acceptable to Mro D~vl. The City Attorney reviewed the procedure for modifying conditions of site approval and pointed out thats within the time limitation set by Subdivision Ordinance NS-5s the zpplicant has a right to.request the Planning Commission tO ~eeo,armend changes of conditions to the Councit~ with a right of appeal to the CounCil should the Commission recommend no modification. Mr. Johnson advised that~ although the ~oUnoil may consider the request at this times frequent requests of this nature Would break down the normal-procedure outlined in the ~ity'S Subdiv-- ision Ordinance. Mayor Glennon asked if it was the applteant's contention that the delay in requesting modification was due to conditions which occured since the tentative map was approved and Mro Johnson stated that was~ All the condi~ions contested concern off-site improvementss Mr. Johnson stateds and are considered unreasonable and excessive~ particularly in view of Planning Commission action relative to other use permits granted on Souse Lena° After polling the Councils the Mayor announced that it was the sense of the Council and his order that the matter be referred to the Public Welfare Committee for report and reecmmendationat the next regular meeting and Messtee Davi and johnson were a~v:[sed that they will be informed of the time this Cc~!ttme meeting will be scheduled add will be w~Icome to attend. E~ Tr~CT 38i2 ,. ~;C,LONY ~EiGHTS [~o Huff reported that co~struction of improvements in Tract 3812 Tr.38i2 had been satisfactorily compk~ted ands on his recommendations it Consto wa~ moved by Councilman Robblues secnnded by Councilman Ty!er~ and Accept~ unanimously carried to accept the improvements in Tract 3812~ for construction onlys with the one year maintenance period to begin at this time. -4- SA~iTOGA CITY COL~C~L HiNUTES - JUDE 7, 1967 - Continued F. TRACT 4042 u CLAUDE T. LiNDSAY, INC. TR. 4042 request for The Clerk read a letter from Walter Mnirs President!of Clude T~ abandonment Lindany, incorporated~ requesting abandor~aent of a 40 foot pedestrian of Pe~, easement in lDract ~.042 end recommended that it be referred to an easement appropriate committee for study. After brief explanation by the Planning Director. that the Planni~ Commission had originally imposed the condition because of the possibility that a road might be needed across the railroad r~ght-of way at that point, Mayor Gleh~on, with no objec~o~, referred the m2tter to the Public Welfare Committee with the request that it meet with the Subdivision Committee of the Planning Commission and submit a report and recommendation at the next regular meeting. Mr, Muir, who arrived at that time~ was advised of the Council% action and invited to attend the joint committee meeting, G. TRACTS 3997 and 3998 - OVERSIZE STORM DRAIN P~IMBURSEMENT AGREE}~ENTS Tro 3997 The City Clerk recommended that the Mayor be'authorized tO execute & 3998 standard oversize storm sewer reimbursement agreements.for oversize Oversize storm sewer improvements installed by George Day Construction Company Storm Sewer in connectl~'with the development of Tracts 3997 and 3998~ located on Rei~oursement Allendale Avenue. Councilman Tyler so moved~ seconded bY councilman Agreements Hartman, and the Mayor was~ 5y unanimous vote, authorized to execute oversize storm sewer reimbursement agreements for Tracts 3997 and 3998~ H. SD2-689 - DR. CLEMMER. PECK It was reported that all cendttions of tentative Site approval for SDR-~89 SDR-689 had been met with the exception of determination of the Dr. Peak status of the survey map and payment of the:storm drainage fee (which is to be determined in re~tion to the sitems location within the Chester Avenue improvement Assessment District)~ It x.xas moved by Councilman Ilartman, seconded by Councilmen .Tyler~ and unanimously carried to approve Resolution No~ SDR-689, granting site approval to Dr. Clammar Peck, subject to payment of the requt~ed storm drainage fee and filing of the recorded survey map. I. SDR-551 - IMMA~EL LUTHERAN CHURCH SDR-b51- Mr, Huff reported that the Department of Public Works recommends Immanuel release of $1250. of the $!300. cash bond posted by Immanuel Lutheran Lutheran Cht~ch to guarantee improvements required for SDR-551, retaining C~urch of the bond to insure removal of tile A,C. from the gutter line at the d~iveway at such time as the City determines it is necessary. The Department of Public Works also recommended acceptance of the Offer Of Dedication on Saratoga Avenue. It was moved by Councilman Hartman, seconded by Councilman Tyler~ and unanimously cartledge authorize the rel{~cse of the portion of the bond~ as recentmended, and accept the SaratoGa Avenue Offer of Dedication° J. SDR-573 - DONALD McCOR~CK SDR-.573 Planning Director Stanley Walker repo~ted that final site approval D, McCormack' was previously granted to Mr. McCormack for one of two building sites located on Wildoak Way and that the only remaining condition pertaining to Parcel 1 (payment of storm drainage fee) has subsequently been met, and he recommended approval of Parcel 1 as a building site° It was moved by Councilman Tyler, secon. ded by Councilman Hbrtman~ and unanimously carried toadopt Reao].~tlon Nee SDR-1573~2~ ~rr. ntlnE building site approval for Parce~ ! of SD~573o b~yor Glennon~ noting that Items G~ tie X~ and J~ above, were prese~lted Policy re to the Council subsequent to the prepara~ion of the agenda, advocated Agenda caution by the staff in accepting items for Council consideration after Items the agenda closing time. Applicants should be advised, the Ma~or stated, that items submitted for Council consideration after the preparation of the agenda will not be accepted unless ex~raordinary reasons are applicable° SAZ4ATOGA CITY COUNCIL MINUTES - jUNE 7, 1967 - Contin~ed VI ADMIN!STBATi~ I~TTERS A. MAYOR (I) Mayor Glennon called attention to Xtems 21~ 22 and 44 of the bmy Board of 29, 1967 Board of Supervisors minutes relating to matters of Supervisors interest to the City of Ssratoga~ and commented that these items Action will be brought before the Council in due course of time~ (2) Mayor Glennon read a letter, dated F~y 26~ 1967, from Warren Council We Cartman of 18~58 Fernbrook Court, commending the CounCil~ its CQnanendation administration and other civic leadership of Saratoga for an excellent job of guiding the ~uture and development of S~za~oga. FAro Cartman, who stated that, after 12 years as a resident of the City, he was moving his family to Pennsylv~nla~ also expressed his strong support for the Westbrook area residents' request for annexation to the City° I.C.C. (3) At the last meeting of the ~nter-City-Council~ Mayor Glennon 1967-68 reported, he was elected as the 1967-68 President (f that President Organization. B. FINANCE (1) Payment of Claims Bills Councilman Hartman. mo~ed, seconded by CoUncilman Tyler, to approve the claims listed 0n the disbursement llst dated June 7, 1967 authorize that warrants be dream in paymen~ for a total amount of $29,590.65; motion carried unanimously. C. COUNCIL CO~4iTTEES AND REPORTS (1) Councilman Robbing, in the absenceof Management Committee Chairman Burry, reviewed the Commitzee's progress relative to salary studies for city employees.forthe 1967-68 fiscal year 1967-68 and asked!if the Council wished to establish guide-lines for Employee cost of living and merit increases. Mayor Glennon ~uggested that Salary the Committee follow the past policy of the Council of comparing & Wages duties and salaries with comparable local agencies, with emphasis on the end result that over-all administrative costc, per capita, be as low as possible to maintain the level of service th~ Saratoga electorate has advocated since incorporation. Evaluation of+i~]~idual contributions to efficiency, the Mayor indicated.~ shouM be measured by the Committee and salary recommendation~ presented on that basis, within the framework of the general Council policy of over-all low admint'strative costs. After discussion, during which Councilman Robbing com~nented that the F~nagement Committee recommends that a b~nagement Consultant firm be consulted for a thorough study prior to the 1968-69 preliminary budget preparation~ the ~3,or stated that it ~as the consensus of the Council that it did not wish to establish guide- lines for employee salary increases, percentage-wlze, bet wo~;ld leave that to the judgment of the Managemen~ Committee and would~ if necessarya consider further questions relative to general Council personnel policy° D. D. DEPARtmENT IIEADS AND OFFICERS (1) W~th no objection~ Me:for Glennon ordered that, as recommended Quite & by the Chief of Pelice~ John To Ball~ a request for signalization McCoy at the intersection of Quite Read and Money ~:~enue be postponed Sigualization until the comr~enc~:ment of ~ha fall ~chool year for re-evaluation° Request The Clerk was directed to place this item on the ageode for Council consideration at tha~ time. SARATOGA CITY COUNCIL I~TES - JUNE 7, 1967 - Continue~ (2) Action was deferred on a proposed agreement with Pc G. & E. for Water Electrical service for a water pumping station for Hakone Ptmping Gardens, pending outcome of future Council action .relative to Electrical award of contract for installation of water system for Ha!~ne Service - Hakone Gardens. E. CITY ADMINISTRATOR (1) It was moved by Councilman ~ler, seconded by Councilman Robbins~ Village to authorize the employment of James H. Coleman and Assoc!ate~z Parking Dist. to prepare landscaping and irrigation plans for Saratoga Village No. 1 - Parking District No. 1, at a cost of 10% of the bid price or Landscaping & $400° ~hichever is greater, costs to be borne by the parking distri~:~ Irrigation plans' npon~ foz~m~ -~m~on carried unanimously. Williams (2) The Council discussed a request fromMr. Chris Bronzlch of Ave. mid- 20400 Williams Avenue, for installation of a mid-block street block street light on Willtams Avenue between Saratoga-Sunnyvale Road and light Alta Vista, as an addition to the existing Saratoga Lighting District. It was the consensus of the Council and the Mayor directed that the City Administrator contact the other residents of Willjams Avenue regarding this request, (3) With no objection, a letter from the City Attorney relative to Sub. Ord. a proposed amendment to the Subdivision Ordinance was referred Amendment to the Planning Commission for review and recommendation. Easement - (4) The Council briefly discussed a letter from the Board of Brookside Supervisors relative to an easement adjacent to the Brookside Glen Apt. Glen Apartments and Neales' Hollow. With no objection, Mayor area Glennon re.~erred the matter to the Planning Committee of the Council and the Subdivision Committee of the Planning Commission for study and recormmendation. County (5) The Council acknowledged an announcement from Paul Yarborough, Transportation Study Manager for the Santa Clara County Transportation Committee~ Committee relative to scheduled June 14 and July 12 meetings which may Meetings be of espeelal interest to the Saratoga Council. (6) The Council discussed a staff report regarding adjacent cities' policy relative to the serving of alcoholic beverages on ~ity Alcoholic property and determined that no set policy has been formally Beverage established and that, generally~ alcoholic beverages are allowed. Policy - Additionally, it was reported that Ordinance 4-A of the City of City Saratoga, by reference adopting certain sections of the old property County Code, provides that "Alcoholic beverages may be consumed in park areas; provided that unseemly conduct shall be cause for ejection from the. park by the officer in charge", The City Attorney advised that this section of Ordinance 4-A would allow the requested Champagne preview opening of the Florence Crittenton Circle Hakone Gardens tea-house and also would permzLt granting the request of the Chamber of Co~mnerce to serve alcoholic beverages at its scheduled festival in Wildwood Park. Policy relative to the serving of alcoholic heverage~ in city buildings or other city-owned property, other than parks, however, was re-affirmed by the Council as being that specific approval must be granted by the Council in each and every instaneeo Councilman Hartman stated tha~ ha was of the opinion that, althe~gh the serving of alecho!ic beverages in city buildings mtgh~ on ce~taln occasions, be In order (subject to ~pecific apprev~l of Che Council) he f~].t that, as a general rulc~ the deccram of the Council of the City should not be jeopardized by the seIving of alcoholic beverage~ in city buildings. After further discussion, during which Councilman Tyler mentionc~ that ~he design and general use of the present buildings did not~ in his cplnlon~ ].end themselves to any other than theatrical events(exclusiv~ of Council and Planning Commission functions) i~ ~TaJ move~ by Councilman llartman~ seconded hy CcEnctlma~ Tyler~ and carried unanimeusly to adopt, as Co~;ii poiicy~ the SA,R~.TOGA CITY COL_~NC!L 14I]qb~E~ - jb~]E 7~ 1967 - Contuned VI.-E - (6) - Policy re alcoholic Beverages - Continued no alcoholic beverages be served in any city-o~.~ed public buildings without prior, specific~ council approval, VII CO~E.I'ONtCATiONS A. WRITTEN (!) The Council discussed a letter frmmErnie Kraule, President of the Saratoga'Viilage. M erchan~s Asso~iation~ expressing interest Street in improving the lightin in the village business district by Lighting- the replacement of existing street lights with merc;~ry vapor Village lamps~ and a letter from Po Go & Eo advising that the lncan~es~ Area cent lights can be changed from 10~000 lumen incandescent to 400 watt mercury vapor lamp3 at no Cost to the City or !norease in the monthly billing but that this conversion ~ would be subject to the understanding that the Utility Company's installa~ tion costs would be recovered by the use of the new lights for a 5 year period of time, This recover:]ge of installation costs~ it was pointed out~ could not be ac~xlmplished if~ within 5 yoars~ gas lights were insta!led~ ~ep!acing the new lamps, Councilman Tyler Stated that spme mis~understanding had devetoped~ during the pas~ few montbs~ resulting in the geDeral op].nion that the Village merchants oppose the installation of gas lights but that~ in fact~ the majority of the Village merchants are in favor of the installation of bct___hhgas lights and regularstype lamps. This combination~ Councilman Tyler reported~ is presently in use in the City of Los Altos and is desirable tO a number of Saratoga village merchants, Stewart Howell, representing the Chamber of Commerce, and speaking also as a member of the Village Merchants Association~ stated that Councilman Tyler~s observation is the subject of current consider- ation by a special con~nittee and the Council took no action on ~, Kraule's request at this time but concurred with the ~yor's suggestion that the matter be deferred until after the General Plan review recommendations are available for Council c0nsideration~ (2) A communication, dated Ma~ 22~ 1967, from David Dennions attomey for Ralph Van At,dale and Mrs, Pearl Smiths requesting Quit Claim by the City of any and all interests easements, claims~ or Turkey Trot estate in the property kno~m as "Turkey Trot Lane" was discussed Lane - request by the Council and the staff, for Quit claim Fir. Bennion addressed the Council regarding the status of this street which he described as an un-improved area which was never accepted for p'ablic use and maintenance and is oilned by adjacent property e~mers who wish to improve it for parking faci~ities, After considerable discussion, during which the City Attorney revie~qed past and current legislation relative to offers of street dedlcation~ definitions of public usage, economic. ~mpra~t- icabillty of the City's research and determination of the status of a street cmastructed more than 100 years ago~ etc,, the Coun=!l agreed that~ if the City can be assured by contract, tha= Mr, Bennlon's clients will construct parking improvemen~s on the area (which is intended for future use as part of a village area pa~king plan) then the Council will agree to relinquish any interest it may have in the property. Mr, Bennlon stated that, at some future time, his clients might wish to use the property for other than parking use and was informed by the Mayor thats if that be the cases then the City would not, for the benefit of all concerne~ be inclined to relinquish any interest in property which it may later need to provide adequate village parking ~acilittes. -8~ SARATOGA CITY COUNCIL MIN~JTES - JOULE 7~ 1967 - Continued (3) ~e Co~aacil acknowledged a letter from Professor P. E. Barratee~ relative to the sarvi~ of noxious drugs (coffee and tea) in lieu of alcoholic beverages im City Parks and at City functions, At the Alcoholic same time~ noting that this question had been previously resolved Beverages under Item Vi-E - (6), the Council received copies of a telegram from Professor Barfarce expressing his regrets that the crises in the Middle-East forced his immediate return to Beirut and prevented his attendance at this meeting to present further arguments in support of his request° (4) A letter from Dro W!lilsWatrous relative to Planning Cemm~sion SDR.-693 cenditinns imposed on Building Site Approval Application No. SDR-693 Conditions was referred to staff~ upon the report of the Planning Director that snbsequent discussions with Mrs, Watrous indicaued that protests advanced eo~mld probably be resolved at staff level° Mr. Walker was instructed~ by the Mayor~ to presen= ~his matter to the Council again, if necessary. B. ORAL (1) No audience comments (2) Mayor Clennon acknol.;!edged~ with pleasure~ ~he presence of Planning Commission representative Charles Smith; Good GOvern- ment Group representative Frank Yore~ and Mrs, Ruth Owens~ who prepared coffe~ on behalf of the Good Government Group~ for those present, VIII ADJOURNMENT It was moved by Councilman Hartman~ seconded by Counciiman Robbins and carried unanimously to adjourn the meeting at 10:25 Pi M, espectfully ~b.m~ JAMES R. HUFF, CiTY CLERK mdr