CC 07-02-56
p. O. Box 597 AX 6-7064
C I T Y 0 F CUP E R TIN 0
CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA
REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL JULY 2, 1956
Place: Collins School, Teachers Lounge
Time: 8:00 P.M.
Press Present: San Jose Mercury, R. Cox
Sunnyvale Standard, M. Soomil
I
ROLL CALL
Councilmen Present:
Councilmen Absent:
Wilson, Meyerholz, Nathanson, Saich
Lindenmeyer
II READING MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING
The minutes were approved as read.
III PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS
A. Written
1. A report to the C~ertino City Council on the special
meeting of the Inter-City Council in San Jose Municipal
Auditorium July 2; Councilman Lindenmeyer informed the
Cupertino Council that the Inter-City Council decided to
offer the County 5% of the sales tax collections, unear-
marked, if the County will enact the uniform sales tax,
2. G. T. McCoy, State Highway Engineer, reported that the
drainage problem in the vicinity of Cupertino is being
given further study and that we may expect to hear from
them within three weeks,
B. Oral
1. The sample Ordinance presented by Doctor Turner was given
a first reading and enacted thereupon as an urgency measure,
Councilman Nathanson moved that the County Ordinance be
adopted by reference with the addition of a posting clause;
seconded by Councilman Meyerholz and carried 4 - O. Dr.
Turner, Ðirector of Public Health, Santa Clara County, said
that enforcement of the Ordinance would not require the City
to furnish any additional funds; Cupertino would be treated
the same as the unincorporated areas, with the dog license
fees going to the County.
2. Dr. Joseph Brown requested that the Council reconsider
the $100.00 fee required for a dog hospital business license.
He listed the fees in neighboring and other Cities, After a
short discussion the Mayor asked the City Attorney to amend
the Ordinance to permit licensing of dog hospitals for $25.00.
3. The Clerk was asked to contact Assemblyman Bruce Allen
and give him the names of the men whom Governor Knight is
expected to appoint to the local Planning Advisory Board
formed to administer the new law providing federal planning
assistance to Cities with population under 25,000.
IV UNFINISHED BUSIKESS
A, Ordinances for Adoption
Attorney Anderson reported that he had no fOj'mal offer as yet
from P,G.&E. The contract for the street li¡hting will be in
the form of a resolution, when executed, ';;hrre waf nothing
to report on the gas and electric franchises.
ß. Sales ~'ax R~9rt
After hear-ing the message from Councilman LLlden;neyer (sel')
IIl:-A-1. abO'\;e) Councilman Nathanson asked the Ch~rk tc\ invite
Clark Bradley to explain the Bradley-Burns ((ni~~rm Sales
Tax) law at the next meeting.
C. Gas Tax Allocation - Project Statement for year ending June
:30, 1957:
It was moved by Councilman Meyerholz, seconded by Councilman
Nathanson, and carried 4 - 0, that the project statement be
signeè..
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D, Speed Limit Matter
An Ordinance decreasing the 55 M,P,H. speed limit on Stevens
Creek Road was read for the first time. The first reading
carried 4 - O. The Ordinance as altered provided that a speeð
limit of 45 M.P.H. be enforced along the length of Stevens
Creek Road within the City limits of Cupertino.
E. Miscellaneous
1. The Council decided that no refund was due Gregory
Vistica on his business license.
V NEW BUSINESS
A, Planning Commission Report - Recommendation that Kompanica
Property be rezoned C-1-H subject to the following conditions:
Applicants to pay $750.00 to the Board of the Cupertino Sani-
tary District to help with the eventual sewering of that
general area, and, applicants to pave, at their expense,
from their curb line to the present surfaces of Highway 9
and Homestead Road. The Council voted 4 - 0 to approve the
use permitj the Mayor asked the City Attorney to draw a
Rezoning Ordinance for the i/3 acre,
Mr. Dunwoody, who is acquiring the property for the
Texas Company, told the Council that the lease is of no use
to Texaco without a rezoning.
E. Attorney's Report
Attorney Anderson noted that the City Ordinance governing
Council Meetings provided that any Monday in the month be
deemed a regular meeting, This would eliminate the confusion
over which meetings are regular and which are special.
C. Report of Finance Chairman
The Quarterly Report of June 30, 1956, showed that $16337.26
had been received by the City, of which $6033.11 had been
spent. It was moved by Councilman Saich that the Council
approve the reportj seconded by Councilman Nathanson and
carried 4 - 0, A few small readjustments brought the tenta-
tive budget from $35300.00 to $36000.00. The City Clerk was
asked to determine when and how the City Council must submit
its tax rate to the County Controller,
Councilman Meyerholz mentioned his intention to put four
or five thousand dollars in a savings account.
D. Report of Roads and Maintenance Commissioner
The Council agreed that Councilman Saich should negotiate
with Leonard McCarthy on road patching.
E. Report of Police and Fire Chief
Councilman Nathanson reported a consultation with members of
the Sheriff's Office assigned to Cupertino.
F. Report of Building and Health Inspector
No report
VI ADJOURNMENT at 10:10 P.M.
R~ectfullY submitted,
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Lawrence K. Mártiñ
City Clerk
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