HomeMy WebLinkAbout01-23-1979 City Council Minutes MIN ES
SARATOGA CITY COUNCIL
TIME: Tuesday, January 23, 1979 - 7:30 PoM.
PLACE: Saratoga City Council Chambers 13777 Fruitvale Ave. ~ Saratoga, Calif.
TYPE: Special Meeting
AGENDA ACTION TAKEN
I. CALL TO ORDER CALL TO ORDER
Present:Corr, Katb, Kraus,
Callon, Matteoni
II. COMMUNICATIONS COMMUNICATIONS
A. WRITTEN
Mr. & Mrs. M.C. Berg,
13985 Pike Road - supportin
corridor
Rudolph Kanne,
19918 Bonnie Ridge Way -
supporting corridor
Betty Lou Maa~,
20360 Saratoga7Los GatosRd.-
supporting corridor
Mr. & Mrs. Monte'Boisen,
13896 Lynde Ave.
supporting corridor
Donald G. Bruns,
13754 Orleans Court -
supporting corridor
Carmen Jordan,
18873 McFarland Ave.
opposing corridor
John A. Brigham, Jr.-
opposing corridor
Sandra W. Chun,
13436 De Havilland Ct, -
opp6sing freeway/expressway
III. PUBLIC HEARINGS PUBLIC HEARINGS
A. TO CONSIDER PUBLIC INPUT ON The City Manager explained that
SANTA CLARA VALLEY CORRIDOR the'Council ~s being asked to
EVALUATION PREPARED BY comment to the Joint Policy Committee
MTC/ABAG, AND ITS IMPACT ON and MTC, which is the governing board
SARATOGA for the corridor analysis. It is
....... -~.--- .............. ~ anticipated this item will be
B. TD~CONS~DER~PUBLIC~INPU~ ON agendized' for action at the Feb. 7th
;WEST 'VALtE~ft~S~O~TA~'~N~ Council Meeting.
~O~RRiDOR~ .... ~==.~,~.-
The process of review includes the
15 cities in the County, an~
hoped to reach a~ons~[s~on
AGENDA ACTION TAKEN'
III. PUBLIC HEARINGS (Cont'd PUBLIC HEARINGS
parts of the cities to enable a some modes which show compatibility.
uniform approach and response to
ABAG and MTC. She eontinued: "Further, concern
exists over.the fact that the re-
Re: Land Use. Analysis indicates suits of the Santa Clara Valley
that if General Plans currently in Corridor Study have not yet been
effect in the County are imple- released with its recommendations."
mented by 1990, the land will be
used up. One of the alternatives The City Manager has reported that
suggested in the analysis is that this recommendation has been re-
by increasing densities in certain leased, and this corridor received
communities, it would allow · top priority for the money that
approximately 30,000 acres to be would be'coming into the County in
available for future development order to preserve theright-of-way.
after that date -- most of which
would occur in south county. "The E.I.R. or the State's role in
Current 150 building permits per projecting the right-of-way has
year would increase to approxi- not yet been completed."
mately 223.
She indicated that this E.I.R. will
Re: Transportation. Two elements be available at the end of February.
that apply directly to Saratoga
pertaining to the West Valley "The' City Council continues to urge
Transportation Corridor. One pro- the protection of the West Valley
vides for the protection of the Transportation Corridor. Further,
right-of-way and continued purchase the C~uncil supports the work of
of same, as required. Second per- the Task Force and wants to cooperate
tains to analyzing operational with citizens and government agencies
improvements to the current Route in finding solutions to the transDor-
85in Cupertino. Also speaks to tation problems for the West Valley.
the expansion 6f the basic 500 However, at this time, the City
bus system to a 750 bus system, and Council cannot meet with the full
speaks specifically to light rail wishes of the Task Force until
in the Edenvale Corridor. further community input is provided."
The Mayor opened the public hearing Ms Gualtieri explained the Task
at 7:46 P.M. Force has prioritized many things,
and their immediate goal is the
Mardi Gualtieri, Chairman of the protection of the corridor by pur-
Route 85 Multi Modal Task Force. chase of the remaining 50% of right-
She indicated she would like to of-way.
give a presentation this evening
to answer some of the concerns She then introduced former Mayor
expressed in the City of Saratoga's A1 Smith of Los Gatos.
letter of October 5, 1978, which
she proceeded to paraphrase: Albert B. Smith, 14561 Winchester
Road, Los Gatos, commented that 20
"The City Council continues to years ago, we Wouldn't be sitting
support the preservation of the here talking about what kind of
corridor, and to consider the con- corridor we are going to have.
cept of multi-modal transportation He commented that there are'many
within the corridor. However, people around whose lives have
there is considerable concern over been really altered by this corridor,
what exactly would be encompassed for instance his neighbor across
in that concept. As viewed a~ the s'treet.~ho for years liv~d with
the present time, the list of the threat of the corridor coming
possible elements or particular through their property. Los
modes being suggested are not thought they would call the State's
necessarily compatible with bluff and allow something tobe
each other." built in the corridor, and there
presently e~ists a warehouse. Walt
Ms. Gualtieri commented her Williams, o~ner of the Family Food
presentation would, hopefully, Locker on Quito Road near the
show the Cit~ Council there are railroad tracks,'sold his business
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AGENDA . ACTION TAKEN
· III. PUBLIC HEARINGS (Cont'd.)' PUBLIC HEARINGS.
and moved to OregOn because of (~/%r. Walworth)
this freeway. He commented that
although 50% of this land has He pointed out the Blossom Hill
been bought,'approximately 49% ~ast of Almaden Road in 1970 had
· of this' land has been set aside_. 28,000 cars; in1976, it had 57,000.
.by something we call a "mlan ~ ~ Therefore, 4 lanes was enough in
line" so it can be devel~Ded. ~" 1970, 8 lanes in 1976 andin 1982,
' ' we will need 16 la~es, and in 1988,
He commented that he believes the we will need 32 lanes. He suggested
full width of the corridor should the solution would be to put 68
be preserved regardless if it is peoDle in one vehicle, takes only
for light rail or multi-mOdal ~ne'operator and one line of tra~
idea, as you still need land, (equivalent to 24 lanes of freeway);
and landscaping would soften the no smog; and you can attach it in
transportation corridor. trains for the commuter hour. He
displayed on .the overhead a projection
He believes a good job has been of the multi-modal corridor and
done in preserving this corridor light rail system.
and he would urge ~aratoga to
join the other cities of the He reported there are 1.5 deaths
West Valley in the preservation for every 100,000,000 passenger
'of this corridor. miles on automobiles; on freeways
.8; on buses .2; scheduled airlines
Dave Walworth, office at 1160 .1; and railroads .07.
N. Santa Clara-Los Gatos Road.
He explained that the verticle Councilman Kalb indicated he hasn't
axis as shownon the overhead seen too many interchanges between
exhibit represents the number ligh~ railsand' freeways; it seemed
of vehicles per hour per lane aS thoug~ half the time, Mr. Walworth
with a 2~ second gap between the was talking about the necessity Of
cars. Across the horizontal lin{ .treeways, and half the time, the
it is speed. By the time you'get advantages.of ligh~ rail.
to 10 m.p.h., the l~ne is '2/~
saturate~, and when.yon get to-' Mr. Walworth comm~n[~d the only
30 m.p.h., that lane is carrying reason he joined this task force
as many cars as it can. There- was to insure that,we don't have a
fore, you can move about 1,500 fre'eway: There isn't enough
cars Per lane, per hour,. and you :land, even if you keep the whole
can't improve upon this by .corridor, to put a 'freeway through
speeding it up. there, because there is not enough
land for an interchange.
Mr. !,Talworth commented that a
freeway and an expressway are Councilman Kalb: The Corridor
both limited access roads on :Study evaluated the various
which you can only take high corridors for light rail, freeway,
powered vehicles; the difference · etc., and the evaluation of the
between a freeway and expressway Los Gatos-Sunnyvale line recorded
is that a freeway has interchange the lowest potential patronage.
and an expressway has inter-.': He-~.'asked Mr. Walworth if he felt
sections. the study was not valid inChis area,
He outlined the proD'osed corrido The study makes~3the assumption that
routing, pointing out the loca- there will be no light rail, on page
tion of the Southern Pacific- 75. They count vehicles, but they
Vasona track, and indicating don'~ know how many people.
that one of the advantages of
rail is that it doesn't take muc~
.space, He pointed out the loca-
tion of Winchester Road and
Pollard, s'tating that this is th~
interchange between the Permanen~
and Vasona.branch railroads.
AGENDA ACTION TAKEN
III. PUBLIC HEARINGS (Cont'd.) ~\. PUBLIC H'EARINGS
~. TO CONSIDER PUBLIC INPUT ON Winchester Boulevard and Route '101,
SANTA CLARA VALLEY CORRIDOR in which 65% ~emains to be acquired,
EVALUATION PREPARED BY and only 35% is owned by the-State.
MTC/ABAG, AND ITS IMPACT ON The Saratoga portion: 24% to be
SARATOGA acquired; 26% ks already owned by
the State.
Callon: Question with re-
gard to width of right-of- He then presented the traffic
way for the light rail. count as recorded in 1977: 28,000
close to Prospect Road on the north;
Mr. Walworth replied that 28,500on Cox Avenue; 26,500 opposite
each one takes about 12 Argonaut; 18,700 at the Village going
feet. into Big Basin Way; 17,500 going out
toward Los Gatos; 21,200 ~n'Fruitv~__ale
Callon: Inquired regarding.~ Avenue intersection toward Westi~,~
parking near the light rail q~V.~.a_l~l~ C~llege.
Ms. Gualtieri commented Mr. Wil'liams outlined the estimated
that what might happen is cost for Cal-Trans completion. It
that the interchanges -is estimated to cost $257,600 to
might 'be used for parking,, finish Route 85 to Saratoga-Sunnyvale
and it is possible land Road north into Cupertino. From
will be saved at the inter- Sarato~a-SunnyVale Road to Route 17,
change'area. about 10,332,000to finish
acquiring the rest of the corridor;
Shelley Williams'preSented and between Route 87 and Route 17
further slides of various in the Blossom Hill area, about
' ~Ui~i-modar~fr~'o~ig~" $20,621,000; and Monterey Road
~yst~/~-He 'th~-p'~&j .... to Route 87 $750',000,000.
sente~ ~lides showing the
proposed corridor and Jeff Locks, resident of C~ampbell,
sketches showing how a' and manager of a savings~&loan
corridor access could be .~ff{~&-'~n~'E~'Gatos BOuleVard and
used for this particular B~oS~Om"Hili Road, commented that
section of the West their group does not advocate any
Valley Corridor. "~ kind 0f' transportation program or
proposal that would increase
He presented a headline density. The 200-foot right-of-
from the'San Jose Mercury way is. felt necessary because it
News pertaining to the preserves all the options.
bond issue back in. 1957. ~
The West Valley Corridor A resident of Woodmont Drive in
as shown later became the Argonaut area addressed the
280, and the corrlidor Council.. He commented he has seen
was later abandoned. 280 go in as a solution, the Central
Expressway go in as a solution, and
Mr. Williams explained 85 go in as a solution. He on
that from Stevens Creek occasion had to drive to Palo Alto,
" to Sarato'ga-Sunn~vale and he found out traffic conditions
Road, over 99~%lS'fzt~'~ were so bad that we made better
'l~h'd~h~lre~beeH~pur- time on the side roads. He is
chasedv'--Erom 'Saratoga- sure this is what will happen if
Sunnyvale Road to Winchester we put a freeway through Saratoga.
Boulevard, 26% still needs It wodld be extremely foolish t~.
to be acquired and 74% change the character of the town.
has been purchased.
Richard Brown, 12877 Glen Brae
He commented that the big Drive, commented that in listening
drawback comes between
to the presentation, he was struck
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AGENDA ACTION'TAKEN
-t~t.-b_~JPUBLIC"HEtRINGS~(C6~F'~d~-)~ ~_i-pUBLIC~H.EAR{NGS~
with the fact that there is a cross Stelling Road that'runs
great emphasis on light rail. parallel to Highway 9, and picks
Our County Supervisors spent. up the traffic at HighWay 9 and
over $200,000 to run a study Prospect Road. From the point of
on light rail. The citizens view of the people he is speaking
voted 1/2-cent increase in for tonight, he commented that
this county to support light they already have the traffic.
rail. He commented that if He would urge Saratoga to take a
light rail is here and they look at its situation because it
have the money to do~it, already has the traffic too. He
put it in and see how it would-propose. we do whatever we
works. However, what he need to do to preserve .the right-
suspects we are really.talk- of-way, at least down to the
ing about is vehicular, and Highway 9 intersection.
not light rail.
Mayor.'.Kraus asked if he was correct
When he first moved into in his understanding the previous
this valley, he moved to speaker say he would be in favor
Moorpark Avenue. It was of protecting the right-of-way from
a 2-lane road with .a cherry Cupertino to Saratoga. He commented
orchard across the street. he believes this would result in a
He watched this grow into disaster in this town.
a boulevard. He indicated
what the Council is going Mr. Westpizer commented that an
to be adopting for Saratoga analysis shows that a lot of the
if it allows a freeway to traffic is already passing through
go through here is pollution. Saratoga on Highway 9 and along the
Also, you are going to get edge of Saratoga on Prospect'.
a pronounced traffic roar Traffic counts were made at Prospect
through Saratoga ~T~e~~''' and Stelling a few years ago, and
'~fw~d- ~ ~o~6~ic.impa&~ counte~ 27,000 cars per day.
~n some pe6~l~ 'i~'S~t~a' ·
"'~f~K"~h'iS"freeway. " Mr. wolfe, 139'll~Ra~enWood Drive,
' stated. he lives at this address
Mr. Brown commented it because his house was taken by
seems whe~ you put in a 280.. What he laughs about is in
freeway, you cut down the th'e d~ys of!the Southern Pacific
access between. the ccmmmity, at the station at Loy01a Corners
and you cut down communi- and the one in Los Altos~ this
cations. Further~ they was.a marvelous form of transpor-
are asking Saratoga to be- tation. They said it didn't pay
come a conduit for the for itself, but strangely enough,
South V~lley. there weren't enough seats. It
~" is a shame not to realize the
Henry Westpizer, who resides possibilities for transportation
in West San Jose, commented 'by rail. There is no:reason with
he and others in his neigh- the engineering abilities of-the
borhood are completing a County and cities, parking places
long and tenuis effort effort cannot be devised just as Bert has.
to change their city
boundaries so they could join Charles Early, 20098 Chateau Drive,
Cupertino. He commented they commented that 20 years ago, he
are in the area where .the heard someof the same sentiment~
proposed 2.3-mile stretch expressed tonfght~. He commented
of freeway would go through, that Blossom Hill Road is backed
from Stevens Creek Blvd. to up all the wax from Almaden
Saratoga-Sunnyvale Road. Expressway to Lexington Drive --
There currently exists a and it is not 22,000. Further,
very unsafe situatio~.~for there are not 36,000 past Cox and
his children who have to.. Saratoga-Sunnyvale Road -- it is
a bad number.
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AGENDA ACTION TAKEN
III. PUBLIC HEARINGS (Cont'd.) ~ PUBLIC HEARINGS
(Mr. Earley)
He indicated he has looked at He stated that our problems are
every product study on trans- nothing compared tohthat County.
portation in Santa.Clara Mr. Huff indicated he drove 280
County by rail by so-called when it was first built --.from
"professionals". They all San Carlos to San Francisco and
under-estimate the cost and there was no traffic. A short'
over-estimate the income. time after completion it was
He commented that the most~ clogged, and so was Bayshore.
used trolly line in the If 85 is put through a~ a freeway
world -- not even for con- or expressway, more peopl~ will
sumers but for fun -- is the commute greater distances and
cable car, and they lose they will clog it. People like
their shirt. himself will then get off on the
side streets.and use these.
Mr. Earley further cbmmented
that all over the world, Mr~ Huff stated he does not like.
the cost of transportation misrepresentation, and it is his
is proportionately more per opinion the proponents of this
ticket than~cha~ged in corridor are promoting. I~a very
Y~ Santa Clara. He indicated thinly diced promotion for develop-
that he believes in the ment of a 6-lane expressway. If
corridor -- and it is. going' they really Want to push the
to be for the automobile. light rail system, they couldLuse
However, he urged buying the S.P right-of-way.
85; however, don't get it '
mixed up with self-driven
He stated that every few years,
cars, etc. some group comes back with the
idea of building an expressway.
Dale Watson, Via Madronas Ct., A few years ago, a small group
commented that he does not of citizens came up with 2,500+
want 85.1'As~'d~'s'~to
signatdres favoring "~o freeway --
clients' ~omeS ¥hYoughOUt the
no expressway". He stated that
county, he recognizes there if this issue ever came up on a
is congestion and we have a ballot,'you would be looking at a
great problem. He believes 60-40 split
the real problem is not to '
buy the corridor, and suggest Joan Herscovitz, Schubert Cou~t,
the decision-makers who live commented that she feels a little
inSaratoga put the emphasis deceived by this group. in that
on trying to solve the prob- they talked about pedestrian
lem. There are many answers trails and_bike trails,~and then
to our problems; however, pUt up a slide of ligh[ rail and
putting up more concrete 6 lan&s of traffic right through
and more'enticement for the back yards..
more enviro~lental destruc-'
tion -- threatening the last ~he would truly symp'athize~With
community"that is proud to those people in CUpertino and
come home to -- is not the problems as expressed; however,
answer. she would suggest a traffic light
or c~osSing guard is much more
Charles Huff, resident of fiscally'sound th~n a freeWay that
Miller Avenue, commented nobody in the Saratoga area wants.
that he wants to consider
where he came from -- Orange= ~lso, in the spirit of Proposition
County in Southern California.. 13, which Saratoga carried by'f80%
When advocating freeways~ the to 20%, We don't want that
point people never tell you $300,000,000 spent.
is freeways generate traffic.
AGENDA 'ACTION TAKEN
III. PUBLIC HEARINGS ~ont'd. ~. PUBLIC HEARINGS
Frank Perdichizzi, 19804 ColbyL of lanes through the':West Valley
Court, commented that he area that' do not need to be
listened tothe group in favor serviced.at this time, or are
.of the multi-modal transpor- not necessarily going to.be
tation corridor for almost alleviated in any way~
50 minutes, and could not
determine if they were for Carman Jordan, 18873 McFarland
a rail system, a horse trail, Avenue, commented she has heard
or a freeway. It seems more a great many outsiders advocating
likely they were in favor of a freeway through Saratoga to
a freeway. He stated a alleviate their'traffic problems.
freeway would cause .a tre~ However, she ~es not know that
mendous increase in pollution, this will alleviate our traffic
and tremendous increase in problems because freeways have two
traffic. lanes -- ohe coming and one going.
She attended the ABAG Meeting, in
85 was supposed to alleviate which they Were advocating a 10%
the situation between 280 and increase in d~nsity of Saratoga
101. The only thing the from people that this freeway
extension of 85 down to. would bring into the area, radically
San Jose will do i~ increase changing the character of the city.
that mess. As previous
speakers have. said: "Freeways She pointed'out that fre.eways are
just concentrate the traffic, really an old fashioned solution
and 85 instead of alleviating to traffic problems, and not a
the traffic situation, would modern solution.
bring more traffic onto 85
and traffic jams would extend Mrs. Jordan commented that very
· all the way from South San few. Saratoga residents were aware
Jose.~.:to 101. of this meeting, and urged that
the Council delay any decision
He would recommend if ~t is until the people of Saratoga can.
decided to Use the traffic really make their feelings known.
corridor,.to use it for
anything except motor vehicles. Albert Savis, resident on-Bonnett
Way, fee.is the ~reeway would
He ~tated that it is. his bring on noise~pollution, air
fdeling this corridor Should pollution, would have a tremendous
not be buil~ and the freeway effect on property vaiues. FUrther,
should not be extended. he believes the State should sell
the~property and bring'it back to
Jim Rosenfeld of Saratoga the tax roles, and he is for no
'urged the Council ask itself freeway.
some questions in regards to
the study of AB~G regarding Dr. Clevenger, 19337 Titus Court,
the validity of conclusions member of the Transportation
~- they have drawn as putting. Commission of Santa Clara,
the West Valley Corridor as indicated he has had-the opportunity
the first priority. to review the Corridor Evaluation
Study which we have been awaiting
Mr. Rosenfeld stated that for 2~ years.. It iS his impression
he would question if the this is one of more political
traffic flow which comes from documents he has read during the
Cupertino m~ans that this is past 5 years. He also feels the
.~e~lly "through traffic.'.! presentation by the~'~ui~i~modal''
._.~he_f:~s.~:~:~-i~n.~:~n~6::, group is equally political in it~
"~{th~L W~.~L~l~rL~ap:~.~ character-
'~' He continued that the the s'tudy
cros~v~o~nty situ~t~gn] His basically states in relation to
conclusion is that you will the corridor that it is the top
gain nothing but another.group priority in acquisition of right-
-ofiWay: It is equally significant
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III. PUBLIC HEARINGS Cont'd.) ~ PUBLIC HEA~INGS
(Dr. Clevenger)
that it is stated that the Mr. Swartz indicated that it seems
current study does not make any' that What the Council is being
selection or recommendation asked to do is vote-on whether or
pertaining to mode of trans- not this city will endorse the
portation in that corridor,; and acquisition of the remaining
there are important reasons for property in the 85 corridor. He
this. does not. believe light rail ~s
one of the things that 'should in-
Dr., Clevenger pointed out that fluence the decision at this point.
in the report it is stated No one has brought forth a.plan
this is to be preserved as a with a price tag on it, and it is
multi-modal corridor and this incomplete as the plan exists.
is a top priority.
What the corridor will do that
He stated that the people who people have not talked about is
are making the multi-modal bring south county traffic going
presentation are aware that to the intensive job areas in
the first mode for the Mountain View and Sunnyvale right
corridor is a highway. The through this community. Also, if
effect of this would be to it comes through, we have to face
postpone for an indefinite the issue of ramp metering. He
period of time the develop- believes if the Council votes to
ment if a signifi~a_~nt alt~:... either abandon the right-of-way
native mode. If:~_~v_o_t_e_ as '~ that is being held, or vote to
'-~f~'~.~e~ve the corri- continue the status quo but not
dor~','e~'are v~ing for a acquire any new land, either of
highway in that'corridor. these would be strong indications
that this city remains opposed to
Further, he commented it freeway, throUghway, expressway,
would seem the development etc. The,City is going to find
of this type of corridor.. a lot of forces -~ ranging from
would tend to defer and A.B.A.G. to Future Transit Society
ultimately make more expen- whoare ready to ban together and
sive the real solutions do some heavy lobbying, and it may
that. need to be made. be too late for Saratoga'to speak.
Dr. Clevenger suggested that Vic Monia, 14665 Granite Way,
if the community is opposed (President, West Valley Taxpayers
to a freeway, it should con- and Environment Association).
sider 3 possible resolutions: The Board of Directors of this
1) Vote to eliminate the association has requested that he
corridor in Saratoga; speak on their behalf and ask that
· 2) Vote to slenderize the the corridor be abandoned, or at
corridor-(wide enough for least keep it status quol His
light rail, horse, bicycles); fear of what is goingzto transpire
3) Approve the corridor in is that the cities that align this
concept, but ekclude any corridor area may in fact vote to
,'p~s~ib'i'l~fty'~"'~f~'~Y'.-, procure all of the land, and some-
(~eXpressway.' .-- :~ day we may have some pressure from
~ ..... some strong lobby groups to put a
'~eff Swartz-, ~928~-Sa~Marcos~ freeway through'. 'The people in
~Ro~d, add~esse& theCounci~.._~ Saratoga are not going to then be
~ He indiCatedhe and his.wif~ in the position they are today.
~bo~h'commu~e oneHighways85 .to ~1 He would like to recommend that -
<Mountain View.~-If th~ 85 ~--~.--'~ the Council seriously consider
?~xtension~ere bu~f~.'i~Wo~ abandoning that corridor, and
':~cut thei~'c~mmu~e. time .in~atf.~ demonstrate to the people outside
He-wou~d~s.trong]ly ~g~ th~ ".' of this conmunity that the Council
Council not to allow the free- can see through all of this "hot air".
way to go through.
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III. PUBLIC HEARINGS (Cont'd.) 'C~ PUBLIC HEARINGS
Ron Lisic, Titus Avenue, (Mrs. Anger)
indicated he has commuted back
and forth on Lawrence Express- dumped on Highway 9 that are
way for 12 years, he has seen causing all the traffic in Cupertinoo
the expressway widened and
overpasses put on it -- and There is a high school'On McClellan
it still hasn't solved the and an elementary school, and on
problem. He agrees with pre- Buck Road-there iS a junior high
vious speakers that more school, and when the commuters are
concrete does n6t solve a going to work, this is Usually when
problem, but generates prob- it is time for the children on
lems. He and his family live bicycles to 'go.~o school. When
in the northeast section of she hears how unreasonable these
Saratoga which a freeway · people-are -- they want to go back
would cut off and create a totheir little kingdom an~ pollute
man-made barrier against the us.
rest Qf the community.
She believes we need air forms of
Mr~ Lisic commented 'that'he transportation =~l including autoz
~s not believe that people mobiles. Mrs. Anger indicated.
in the western past of the She is ,asking the Transportation
United States have acclamated Commissionerto cloSe.Highway 85
themselves to a public trans- which is dumping onto Stevens
portation system. Creek Road, and she believes she
will.get a lot of support.
Bryce Reynolds, Prospect Road~i~'
indicated he came to the. Jack Vance, resident on Athos
meeting this evening very Place, indicated.he would like to
much in favor of completing commend the City Counc%l for its
Highway 85. However,. he infinite patience this evening.
was very disappointed in His position in what has been
what he heard in the discussed ~his evening is that it
presentation. He'believes is a conduit and it will not
that Cupertino and.a po~- solve the problem.
tion of San Jose will be
successful in completing MaKge Bunyard, 12625 Miller Ave.,
the freeway through ~to commented she would hope the
Rainbow, which will help Council will push to flnd ways to
his own situakion. get cars. off the streets by.giving
people transportation alternatives.
He commented that if the
freeway is completed to Charles Huff again addressed the
Saratgga-Sunnyvale Road,. Council, stating that if any
the same cars that are group wants a positive metho~.i~of~
currently going down trying to solve the problem now,
Prospect toward the West- there is one -- and that is
gate area and coming up car pooling. However, this will
Saratoga-Sunnyv~le Road. not work until the Federal
He does not see that this Government does one thing -- makes
will have any impact on it profitable. For instance, if
traffic flow in Saratoga -- you have an employer who reimburses
ik will still be a mess. an employe~ for car pooling ~o the
extent of 6¢ per mile for 2; if
A~n Anger, Monte Vista area, there are.3 in a car, it is 18¢;.
commented that no one has 4 in a car, 24¢ a mile. This is
ever been ~ncerned that more than what'it costs to operate
this traffic dumps on Stevens a car today. The Federal Govern-
Creek Road. The people in ment would give the employer a
Monte Vis6a have never com- tax credit for that particular
plained because they knew it expense. This would remove as much
would be temporary. She as 25 percent of the vehicles on
commented that it'the people the streets today, and would con-
who do not want the traffic serve oil and meet all the needs.
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III. PUBLIC HEARINGS (Cont'd.) PUBLIC HEARINGS
· -~ ~ I _z~I~ M/S: Kalb/Callon ~o continue the
Carried unanimously by voice vote.
IV. 'OTHER BUSINESS OTHER BUSINESS
A. MAYOR
1. Bay Area Pollution No interest expressed by Council
Control District Two-Year' to serve this term.
Term.
2. Appointment,of Library Council authorized advertising
Commissioners. for vacancies on Commission.
B. COUNCIL AND COMMISSION
1. Matteoni - Attendance City Manager exploring this, and
at public hearing re: will report back.
evaluation of excess
school sites. Suggestion
was that City should not
be spending~,~ommunity
developm~n~UndS'on ex=
pans~on of ~t~mm~nity
Center for senior citizens,
but us~ school sites avail-
able.for leasing.
2. Kalb - Decision ,Between ~City,Manager'to review agreement,
Blue Hills and Hanson School and report to Council.
still not ~esolved. Great
deal of concern about the
corridor tbr_Eg_oough'Kevln. Mora:
Park and~zule 'P~k~" ~'~ ~T~
and sugge~'~hisbe con-
sidered for opening up.
V. ADJOURNMENT ADJOURNMENT
M/S: Kalb/Matteoni to adjourn the
meeting. Carried unanimously by
voice vote.
s ec submitted,
R?bert F. Bey r