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CUPERTINO I C.LIFORNL..
SFECI.L I1BLTHG OF Tl1¿ CITY COUNCIL
Je.nuery 16, 1956
Cupert ino Union School, Stevens Cree" Road
8:00 rl'I
Press ire sent: Cupertino Courier, W. Norton
San Jose t1ercury-News, ;;:. Hansen
Sunnyvale Standard, M. Soomil
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ROLL C ..LL
Councilmen Present:
Lindenmeyer, 11eyerho1z,
N~thanson, Saich, Wilson
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Councilmen _.bsent
II. INVOC /IION
..Salute to the Flsg led by I1"yor Lindenmeyer
III. RE .DING OF HINUTES OF "REVIOU3 IlESTING
_'. The Secretary was instructed to resd the minutes of
the previous meeting, which were approved as read.
IV. "ETITIO:JS ,.ND COlíHUNIC _TraNS
" Written
1, Wm. ~truthers, iresident of G~rden Gate Home
Improve'Gent.ssoci tion, requested e_ meeting
with the City Council to discuss the ~ros and
cons of annexation to Cupertino.
B.
Oral
1.
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Moved by Councilman Nathanson the Council set a
meet lng de.te with the.nnexstion Investigating
Committee of the Garden G9te Home Improvement
.ssoci·tion after the completion of South McClellaR
and Highway ~9 annexation.dl~~~~_~ð~. Seconded by
Councilman ¡;alson and un"mimously carried, ¡'ir. '~m.
Struthers orally agreed to this arr8ngement.
2.
Mr. Sam ,aller, BusinEoss Man.!3ger of the Cupertino
.Éle~entary School Listrict 9dvised the Council
the Trustees "do not feel th-3t an option at this
e',rly date would be fessible~ ~ ~~þ¡/'-'-<-4.,
J.., Symon, Leputy County Counsel, ststed a
3chool Listrict may sell any rEopl property which
is not needed for classroom buildings pursuant to
Sections 18561 ''JDd 13663, subject to the require-
ments of the State Livision of FinanJe,
3,
4,
Livision of Highways stated the City may adopt a
Resolution stating the names of three officials
to sign documents p,rt-e:'niug to roads 2f.iÜ maiu-
tensuce. It was decided by thE: :üuncil the
following peo'"le woulQ sigu these documents:
HAyor Rc'lph LindenI'1E:yer, Road C.,mmissioner John
Saich 8nd Secretery Edith H. unthony.
League of California Cities. Regular meeting,
Redwood City, 7:00 iM, Nipa Hut, 1/19/56. No
'1ction tarl:en.
5.
Mayor Lindenmeyer invited Mr, George Bilby, Civil
Engineer to 3ppear for an interview for the
position of City ..dministrator. Hr. Hllby stated
.f.'
LIe hes been .gffUlated with the Fublic Housing
..uthority I C1 ty Engineer I s office of .:J3TI Jose
~nd Spn Francisco, has ffiPde spprsissls for the
Veter2ns .dministration, has had no experience
with City revenues; ffieintains his office in
San Jose. ¡·j,,:yor Llndenmeyer st'3teã. if Hr. Hilby
w'?s interested in the position of City..dminis-
trstor, he could submit a written application.
V. U~FINISHED BUSINESS
" Ordinances for adoption. ~ee Item VI-.,
B. Miscellaneous
1. £ayment of Insurance
8. ¡joved by Counci lffiE"n Nathan.son the Finance
Chairmprl pay the Stgte Compens.qtion Insur-
ence in fullsnd the ComJ;'rehensive ¡'¡ultiple
Lisbility Insurance ',-'remium on the .60th dsy
which is February 29. iremlum is" 150. 00
BU.3INESS
.ttor\1E;y I s Report
1. City .ttorney S3ffi ,.nderson stated thE; facts snd
figures of an ap¿raisal are of extreme impootance.
2. Business Licensing Ordinance is being dr3fted in
accordance with instructions receivGa 1/9/56.
VI.
NEi..~'
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2, liesults of Survey of "outh Highway lT9 .,rea.
a ..[-,proximately thirty people of south
McClellan and west of Highway lT9 were con-
tected by the Councilmen. ..11 p,crsons
contacted were receptive to a meeting with
the City Council. 30me were desirous of q
¡O"re('nbelt area ~Jithin the City lir1its.
3. Two resolutions and two ordinances pertaining to
the "nnex3tion of Homcsteed l-C and Homestead 2-C
will be presented at the next meeting.
E. Report of Fin~nce Ch8irmaTI
1, Chnirman Meyerholz reported the City will receive
"n '~stic:1,·ted ,,5,050 from gas tax revenue for the
fisc"l ye3r 195ó-57,
2.
Ch'?irr3n ¡ieyerholz reported on a conference with
County Executive Frank Thill. If the services of
the 'l'ax Collector, .ssessor, C"'Ul1ty Librr.'ry,
County R02.ds, Health and Building ImJ¡:>cctor, and
flannil1g Com'TIission and oth'ors are dthirea by the
City, an agreement must be subnittcd to the board
of SUPél'V isors before 1 N8rch. Ch8.irman !1eyerholz
has requested rough drafts of such agreements from
the County Counsel~.
3.
If the County adopts a:3·'les Tax ordinance, the
City would recciv€ 80;'~ 811ð. the County would retoin
2~: of 811 collected reven~e for collection ex-
p~rlses. Three County Supervisors are for the
snles t9X ordinance adoption and two men are non-
cO!:lmitt!?l.
L
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'rhe .3t8tc is c11lqcpt~:'1~ .,1,000 for engineering
purposes, 't¡, tlv., ";<--"110~~
County Engineer Bushnell will present the repair
cost of flood damaged roads within the City.
5.
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6. Ì'Íoved by Councilm'.m \Hlson the Ci ty.ttorney be
instructed to draft FI regu1=,tory business license
ordinance for present9tion at the aext meeting.
Seconded by Councilm<>n 33ich Jnd cFlrr'ied 5 - o.
C. Report of Roads and Maintenance Commissioner,
1. CommissionEr Saich reported on the conference ),:;/I'r
held 11132n Francisco. State funds have be·n t-.
alloc9ted to improve Highway 7T9 cCle a oad.
-. traffic light will be inst"lled at l'remont and
Highway ;.9; roads will be widened to four lanes
at traffic signals. work will commence about
Þhrch 1, 1956.
2. "letter to the Division, of Highw3YS approving
the St~te's improvement plan was requested by the
S9n Francisco office. Moved by Councilm2n Wilson
this re',luest be accomplished. Seconded by Council-
m~n Saich FInd cFlrried by the following vote:
,YES: Councilmen, N9.thanson, Saieh, Wilson
Nû~S: Councilmen, Lindenmeyer, Meyerholz
3. I10ved by Councilman Saich, 4: miles of streets,
na~ely, Stevens Creek RO?d, Elaney, Stelling and
Miller be declared as major streets, this declar-
ation to be forwarded to Nr. ..1'3.n Fortmey in San
Francisco. Seconded by Councilm':n ~ilson and
c<::rried 5 - O.
D. Report of Police and Fire Chief.
1.> complete police service cost of ,,17,496 was
presented by Mr, Floyd Higgins "nd Mr. Ellis.
In addition to traffic patrol eight hours per day
from 8:00 "M to 6:00 J."M and 'J sixteen hour night
p~trol from 6:00 HI to ð:OO ..¡'1, I1r, Higgins stated
his organization would be willing to organize,
screen 'Jnd assist in the training of auxiliary
police and would furnish accident reports, cita-
tions, process warrants and other paper work in-
volved in carrying out the duties of an effiCient
pollee force,
E. Report of 3uilding and Health Officsr
F, Report of ilanning Co~mission.
G, Mlscell~neous
H. Good and ~elfare of the City
VII. S?ECLL OR;..ERS OF THE D.Y
VIII. COUNCIL ¡f¡L:TING CONTINUED 8:00 FIf¡, J~nuory 17,1956