January 23-27, 2023

Week 4

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City Council Priorities Setting Session January 25, 2023

City Council Priorities
On Wednesday, January 25, 2023, at 9:00 a.m. the City Council started the process to set their priorities for 2023. The Council discussed the proposed Work Plan and will return on February 16, 2023 to adopt the final Work Plan. To view the staff presentation and supporting documents, please click here.

EOC Drill
On February 1st, the Town will be hosting an invitation only EOC Drill in the Council Chambers with attendance from many of our community partners and agencies including the County and others. We are expecting over 40 participants and will report back to the City Council in February.

Los Altos Hill Quarterly Newsletter in your Mailbox soon.
Look forward to the first edition of the Los Altos Hills Quarterly in your mailbox in the coming days. We feature an entire range of government news and updates including QR codes that will take you right to the sites of interest.

Mayor Swan, Emergency Services Managers Victoria Bebee and Denise Gluhan

Countywide CERT Skills Training
On January 21st, 2023, for the first time since 2018, a county wide Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) skills day was held. This was held to help CERT members county wide freshen up on their skills. CERT teams sharpened their skills on how to perform simple triage and rapid treatment in under 30 seconds, how to treat injuries, perform search and rescue and communicate over radio’s. To view the KRON 4 news story, please click here.

Committees Expect to Start Meeting in Person
Please be advised that due to the expected end of the State Emergency Order, AB361 is coming to an end, and as a result all Committee meetings will be required to meet in person starting in March and advertised as such. The community, presenters and staff may continue to be virtual, however all committee members should be in person. We are actively working on preparing meeting rooms at Town Hall to accommodate these hybrid meetings.

Broadband Ad Hoc Committee Meeting
On Thursday, January 26, 2023 at 10:00 a.m., the Broadband Ad Hoc Committee met at their newly established reoccurring meeting time of the 4th Thursday of the month to discuss how the Broadband Feasibility Study is progressing. The Town’s Broadband consultant, the Gov Tech Group, walked the attendees through a review of the November 28th progress reports, the most recent findings of the broadband survey, discussed potential changes to the Town’s Wireless Communication Facility Ordinance, and provided an overview of broadband related grants available from the State and Federal government. The first draft of the Broadband Feasibility Study is expected to be complete in late March. A final report will come to the Council later this year.

Evacuation Planning
This week Town staff initiated a meeting with the Town Manager’s Office at Portola Valley to discuss evacuation strategies in the event of a natural disaster. Given the close proximity to one another, Los Altos Hills and Portola Valley reaffirmed their commitment to one another that the two Towns will work together in a larger evacuation to expedite the safe evacuation of both commuities. A subsequent meeting is being planned between the Santa Clara and San Mateo County Sheriff’s Offices to further discuss this topic.

Housing Element
On January 25, the Town received our first comment letter from the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) and have prepared a response.

There are two (2) upcoming public hearing meetings for the adoption of the Housing Element, Planning Commission meeting on January 27, 2023, at 5 pm and City Council meeting on January 30, 2023, at 6:00 pm for the adoption of Housing Element 2023-2031 of the General Plan.

The January 27th, 2023, Planning Commission meeting will be live streamed on the Town’s website and via zoom at the following location:

Videoconference Link: https://bit.ly/LosAltosHillsPC
Meeting ID: 810 7639 7750
Passcode: 574533

The January 30th, 2023, City Council meeting will be live streamed on the Town’s website and via zoom at the following location:

https://bit.ly/Jan30HousingElementCCMeetingLAH
Meeting ID: 871 8220 8363
Passcode: 94022

For the updated revised Draft Housing Element, please click here.

City Council Meeting Recap

The City Council held a special meeting on Tuesday, January 24. A recap of the meeting can be found here.

Past Events and Brown Act Meetings:
January 23: Parks and Recreation Committee Special Meeting - 5:30 pm
January 23: Pathways Committee Regular Meeting - 6:30 pm
January 24: City Council Special Meeting - 6:00 pm
January 24: Community Relations Committee Regular Meeting - Cancelled
January 25: City Council Special Meeting - Goal Setting Session - 9:00 am
January 26: Environmental Initiatives Committee Regular Meeting - 6:30 pm
January 27: Planning Commission Special Meeting - 5:00 pm

Upcoming Events and Brown Act Meetings:
January 28: TEDxLosAltosHills - 2:00-5:00 pm
January 30: City Council Special Meeting - Housing Element - 6:00 pm
February 2: Los Altos/Los Altos Hills Library Commission - 6:30 pm

Planning and Building

Planning Permits*
Applied: 4
Approved: 2

Building Permits*
Applied: 8
Issued: 10

Inspections*
Building: 52

Code Enforcement Cases*
Open: 2
Closed: 2
*January 20-26, 2023

Public Works

Storm Events
With respect to this past storm event(s), the Town is seeking assistance from community members to keep an eye out for storm damages and maintenance issues on Town pathways and report them through the Town’s Citizen Portal to “Report an Issue” website. This would directly create work orders and alert the Public Works Maintenance team of issues. Please providing as much information, details, and pictures of the issues.

Grading Moratorium
The Grading Moratorium is in effect from October 1, 2022, to April 30, 2023. Construction inspections throughout the Town in effect throughout the Town for ongoing construction projects.

Transportation

Valley Transportation Authority (VTA)
Town Staff attended VTA’s monthly Capital Improvement Program Working Group with other cities and agencies within Santa Clara County to discuss ongoing transportation news, grants, and transportation-related topics.

Permits Issued

Encroachment Permits: 2
Sewer Permits Issued: 0

Maintenance

After hours or weekend callouts: 0
Fallen trees/major limbs down: 2

Storm Response. Continued cleanup of storm issues. Downed limbs, blocked drains, damaged pathways
Cleared 2 trees on roadways at Laura Court and O'Keefe Lane
Repaired Ceiling tiles from roof leak at Town Hall
Replace and install new Town Hall flag rope and flags

Continued cleanup of storm drains

Tree removal in progress on O'Keefe Lane

Ceiling tile repair in Town Hall Kitchen

Finance, Human Resources, IT Services

Accounts Payable/Budget/Payroll/Receivables

Received $62,275 in cash receipts and/or electronic funds transfer (EFT).
Issued 35 payroll checks with a liability of $99,973.

Human Resources Open Recruitment
Open Recruitment:
Maintenance Seasonal Help in Public Works - Recruitment open until filled.

Chess Expo

Community Services

Community Chess Expo

This new expo took place this Saturday, January 21 from 9-10:30am at Town Hall.

Upcoming Events/Activities:

TEDxLosAltosHills
The Town of Los Altos Hills is hosting out very first TEDx event on January 28, 2023 from 2-5 pm in the Council Chamber. Tickets are sold out. For more information visit: www.tedxlosaltoshills.com.

Sheriff's Weekly Report

Visit the link to view the Sheriff's weekly report for January 9-15, 2023. The Sheriff’s weekly report is always for the week prior to the City Manager’s report.

The Sheriff’s Office and Social Media

At a recent Neighborhood Watch meeting, there were a few questions concerning the Sheriff’s Office and the use of some of the more popular social media platforms. While the Sheriff’s Office does occasionally send out postings to the community on social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter and NextDoor, the Sheriff’s Office does not actively monitor any of these sites. We often hear from people who are wondering why we have not contacted them about the information they have posted on NextDoor or other community sites. NextDoor is a platform for neighborhoods and community members to interact with each other. Reports of criminal or suspicious activity solely posted on a social media site will not reach the Sheriff’s Office for any type of investigation or follow-up.

If you want to report criminal or suspicious activity to the Sheriff’s Office, to have us come and investigate, please contact us by phone so we can be immediately dispatched. If the situation is an emergency, please contact 9-1-1 immediately. However, if the event does not rise to the level of an emergency, but we still need to be notified, you can call the Sheriff’s Dispatch non-emergency telephone line at (408)-299-2311. Both of these calls will go to the same dispatch personnel and result in a patrol deputy being notified to respond.

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