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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01/28/1976 (2)46 PLAd:JING COM!IISSION Town of Los Altos Hills 26379 Fremont Road Los Altos Hills, California REGULAR MEETING Wednesday, January 28, 1976 pc. Reel 43, Track 1, Side 1, Count 261 to 976. Chairman Carico called the meeting to order at B:00 p.m. ,In the Council Chambers, Town Hall, Los Altos Hills, California. A. ROLL CALL Chairman J. Carico. I•;, Perkins, Commissioners: K. Brown, L. Hillestad, D. Proft, T. Schick, and K. Young. Also Present: R. E. Crowe, City tIanager; A. D. Russell, City Engineer; K. R. Pastrof, Town Planner; D. Pennington, Secretary. B. CONSENT CALENDAR - Approval of the Minutes of January 8, 1976. The following corrections were made to the minutes: Letter of T. Schick - add date it was written: January 8, 1976; Letter of L. Hillestad - second paragraph, fourth word from end of second line, correct to read °first" instead of "fourth". Add a final sentence to the toiird paragraph from the bottom of Page 1 of the minutes: Commissioner Hillestad wanted to have some input because she was going to be absent. Chairman Carico assured Commissioners Hillestad and Schick that their letters were a part of the minutes. There being no further corrections, Commissioner Proft moved, seconded by Commissioner Perkins, that the minutes of the meeting of January 8, 1976, be approved as corrected. The motion carried by the following vote: AYES: Chairman Carico. Commissioners Brown, Proft, Perkins, and Young. NOES: None ABST.AI^I: Comnissioners Schick and Hillestad. Commissioners Schick and Hillestad asked that the record reflect that they abstained from voting because they were not present at the meeting of January 8, 1976. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES - January 28, 1976 C. INTROGUCT ION OF SECRETAW:Y Chairman Cari co formally ir.treducad the secrcrury, Donna Pennington, and explained a crowded calendar at the last two maetings had prevented her from doing this before. She asked the Commissi0nars for suggestions on ways to Improve procedures. After the Commissioners welcomed the secretary, they recommended the followinn: 1 -hat the agendas be timed, and that if scheduled for a time different from the normal one, that the special time be called to the Commissioners° attentlon; that the Chairman of the Variance and Permit Commission be consulted prior to the agenda being published; that the Commissioners be polled on the Monday before their ',Iodnesday meatina to see if hat te f rake to assist the seccretary; be athat ble tthe tpacket tmaterialSbef aeffortn extra labeled to correspond with Its agenda designation. D. STAFF REPORT - THREE FORKS LANE_'. This was continued until Staff finished revising the subdivision ordinances. Commissioner Schick asked whether any Planning Commissioner had attended the meeting of the Three Forks Lane property owners on January 27, 1976, and she was advised that none had. The secretary was asked to call the Com- missioners and remind them of such meetings in the future. Mr. Pastrof advised that it was a very well attended meeting, about seven of the principal property owners came to discuss the improvements to the Three Forks Lane entrance. What was really beneficial was that it got the property owners together, and perhaps these people will came back with consolidated plans when they wish to subdivide --which is the best way to plan, in large pieces. E. PUBLIC HEARING: Amendment to Section 9-5.301 of Chapter 5 of Title 9 of the Los Altos Hills Municipal Code, and adding thereto Article 9 entitled "Public Facilities." MOTION: Commissioner Proft moved, seconded by Commissioner Schick, that this item be continued to the meeting of February 11, 1976, because the Commission had not received any supplemental information on it. DISCUSSION Mr. Crowe stated citizens had asked that the Council consider this type of zoning. The draft was prepared by the City Attorney, and referred to the Planning Commission for recommendation. Even after discussion with the City Attorney, he really couldn't provide the list of advantages and dis- advantages the Commissioners had asked for at their last meeting. Commissioner Perkins thought they had enough information to permit the Commission to have a Public Hearing and to make a decision on it. His personal opinion was that it was very, very far from what they wanted and that more Information and input were not going to change it much. Commissioner Schick advised that she seconded the motion only because (( at the last eting the Commissioners were told that 4there would be me / more information coming which could put this proposal In a different light. Commissioner Brown noted that the draft ordinance had been discussed at length at the last meeting. He, too, found there was no need for additional input or information. - 2 - PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES - Jan_iery 28, 1976 PUBLIC FACILITIES ZOJ Itl9 - Continued PUBLIC HEARING Chairman Carico opened the Public hearing at 8:3J P.M. She called upon Larry Giller, 25981 Vinedo. Hg stated the intent of the proposed ordi- nance was to limit the use, to which public tocilities can put properties they no longer desire. The closing of trio schools in the Town adversely affects the children and those persons who are trying to sell homes to people who have children. The Town has not been able to change the school th districts' policy. However, if the districts couldn't sell their property for residential use, the market for it would diminish, which might, in turn, discourage the. districts from closing the Hills' schools. Mrs. D. Saviano suggested that material on any Public Hearing be made available to members of the audience. Chairman Carico closeo the Public Hearing at 5:40 p.m. She commented that she did not believe this ordinance would stop the closing of the schools. MOTION: Commissioner Proft moved to continue this matter to no later than 9:00 p.m. Commissioner Schick seconded the motion. They subsequently withdrew it, and Commissioner Young moved, seconded by Commissioner Perkins that the Commission continue its discussion of this matter after Agenda Item F had been heard. The motion carried unanimously. F. EXEMPTION FROM THE MORATORIUM: Lands of North Staff gave a synposis of the Staff Report of January 23, 1976. Chal man Carl co called upon John Clegg, the applicant's engineer, who agreed with the findings in the Staff Report. He asked that the Exemption from the Moratorium request be granted without the condition that it must adhere to the new proposed ordinances. He explained that the applicant had a sale for the piece of property he was cutting off and wanted to close it as soon as possible. He noted that it would be several months before the ordinances would be adopted, and that basically this was only a lot split, not a major subdivision. MOTION: RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNCIL Commissioner Porkins moved, seconded by Commissioner Hillestad that the Planning Commission recommend to the City Council that the LANDS OF NORTH application for an Exemption from the Moratorium be approved, with the condition that the appilcati on be subject to those changes in the subdivision ordinances which are pertinent. The motion carried unanimously. E. PUBLIC FACILITIES ZONING - CONTINUED Commissioner Brown commented he had spoken to a number of concerned citizens on this subject. The Town does face a serious situation insofar as the closing of the Town schools is concerned. However, in analyzing the proposed amendment, it does little or nothing more than what the Municipal Code currently provides. Just a few years ago there was a great deal of discussion about establishing a public facilities zoning in Los Altos Hills and the consensus at that time was that such action could seriously erode or Impair the zoning ordinance. He was not prepared at this time, or at any other date, to support a change to the Municipal Code which would in any way jeopardize the zoning ordinance. acs PLAPINING COMMISSION Mh�!�RES - January 20, 1976 PUBLIC FACILITIES Z},ril,JG - Continued P10T ICN: REC01r.N'.`.DAT ICN TO TNS Commi ssio ,cvad, seconded by C,r,,n+issi oner Schick, that the Planning nonce entitled: Amendment to Section 9-5.301 of Chapter 5 of Title 9 of Commission recommend to the City Council in it not adopt the draft ordi- the Los Altos Hills tlunicipal Code, and ad -ding thereto Article 9 entitled "Public Facilities." DISCUSSION ON THE 1hOTI0N Commi s5i oner Perkins pointed out that under this would not be necessary for anyone with ore rty to put up a modest, eighteen story structure to facilities for the "public fact lity The motion passed unanimously. proposed ordinance, it zoned "public facility° house the necessary Chairman Carico called for the vote NEP! BUSINESS - Introspection Chairman Carico turned this discussion over to Commissioner Perkins. He commented that the founding fathers were tremendously astute. If one acre minimum parcel. they made a mistake, It was in establishing the aside for streets and such. Since the Town has 5,000 acres, with 1,000 set that left 4,000 acres to develop --a monumenj that tal task --and, they proposed doing it with o e ppaid emoyee. He relate, Commission had held an he "INTROSPECTIG4 of January see Planning NIGHT" to see where it was going and to see whether they were really adhering to the fundamental notion under which the Town was founded. This was done primarily because the Planning Commissioners wanted to know if it was developing in the way they wanted it to, and if not, what was wrong. The meeting was very well publicized, wet I -attended, and there was a lot of good input. back then had been that they were not really happy The general consensus with the way it was going. Because there is a high commitment to develop - on ment, things that are going to make a diffehen kindsoofh entry ry waytth atld probably be lesser ones like road design, goes into a subdivision, etc. In any case, was it worth'.+h warnedle /ing Commissi\onerJ Perkins, it NIGHT a' lot of might be interesting, but, work. A few of the things that would be needed were maps which show the development to date, how much of this town is committed, how much is actually developed, the areas which are committed but not yet developed, the areas that are yet to be committed, as valuations and population trends. These are the simple planning tools that the Commission needs and should have right now. Chairman Carico invited the Commissioners to comment. Generally, the Commissioners appeared to support the concept and found It and interesting idea. Commissioners eBrownand wain Schickng believed dafter ttha report timing was not quite right, and suggested to division ordinances wereommadoptedttee sto have an I NTROSPECTIONthe SNIGHT. sub- - 4 - ow PONA ING COMMISSION IAINIUTES - January 28, 1975 M INTROSPECTION NIGIiT - Continued Coemissioner Young commented that the sr,.all at tend antes at the greetings indicated they might possibly be getting out of touch with the people. If this thing could be organized effectively, along the lines suggested by Commissioner Perkins, the opinions o the pecple who have never bothered to come down to the meetings might cora as quite a shock. Commissioner Schick responded that perhaps people weren't at the meetings because they are happy with the job that is being done. A fed years ago the meetings were jammed because the people weren't happy. Commissioner Young observed that no matter how the Town Chambers over, low, 1t still amounts to only fifty or sixty people out of seven thousand or more, so there is a considerable apathy. Chairman Carico moved, seconded by Commissioner Proft, that discussion of -'INTROSPECTION NIGHT" be placed on the agenda for the meeting of February 11, 1975, and thereafter that a vote be taken on the consensus, and a date set,if the vote is favorable, for an INTROSPECTION NIGHT. The motion carried unanimously. ADJOURI1KENT: 9:55 P.M. There being no further business, it was moved, seconded, and unanimously carried that the meeting be adjourned. Respectfully submitted, Donna Pennington Secretary - 5 -