Santa Clara County and the city of Palo Alto Animal Services have inked a deal to provide Los Altos and Los Altos Hills residents low cost cat care. These services for cats include spaying and neutering, vaccinating and testing for feline leukemia and AIDS.
"Prevention is the key to reducing our large stray cat population," said Santa Clara County Supervisor Joe Simitian, who represents the north county on the board of supervisors.
In 1997 the Santa Clara County Humane Society received 13,000 stray cats, Simitian said.
Beginning Jan. 20 these low cost services became available to all Santa Clara County residents who bring stray cats to the clinic.
For more information, call 496-5933.
Fence proposal before A&S committee
A proposal for a 7-foot-high wood fence for the Rosewood condominium complex is before the Los Altos Architectural and Site Control Committee at today's meeting.
The fence is proposed for the median along Fremont Avenue and Foothill Expressway to visually screen the street from the project, said Los Altos planner Jim Mackenzie. A committee recommendation for approval would send the proposal to the Los Altos City Council, Mackenzie said.
The meeting is scheduled for 4 p.m. at the Los Altos City Council chambers, 1 N. San Antonio Road.
Commission cancels meeting, study session
After moving at a torrid pace for the past two years, things have lightened up for the Los Altos Planning Commission.
The regularly scheduled meeting for Jan. 21 was canceled. "People were out of town, and it was a light agenda," said Larry Tong, planning director.
Then the regularly scheduled quarterly study session with the city council for Jan. 25 was canceled and a 401 Rosita study session added instead.
The 401 Rosita item was "urgent," Tong said, "and there were no pressing planning items."
Council OKs process for 1st, Main
The Los Altos City Council gave city staff the green light to begin distributing requests for proposals for development of the city-owned corner at First and Main streets in downtown Los Altos.
At the Jan. 19 meeting, council members approved a timetable with a May 14 deadline for proposals. This assumes the requests are distributed by mid-February, said City Manager Phil Rose in a staff report.
Once a potential developer is chosen, the city will require a $25,000 good faith deposit to negotiate.
Rose calls this an opportunity, "in a managed process," to look at "private development alternatives. If the process of marketing the property does not result in an excellent result for the downtown, the property should not be sold or leased," he said.
"The purpose of the document," said Mayor Lou Becker, "is to go out and get ideas."
Councilman King Lear said he hopes that development of the that corner will "provide some services that are lacking, like a theater or a small hotel."
- Joanne Griffith Domingue