By Kniss reappoints LA man to fire district

Supervisor Liz Kniss reappointed Los Altos resident Jay Stone to serve a second four-year term on the Santa Clara County Los Altos Fire Protection District Commission last week.

Stone has served on the seven-member commission since 1996, when former supervisor Diane McKenna appointed him to the position. As a commission member, Stone is responsible for keeping Los Altos and Los Altos Hills prepared for fire emergencies. The Los Altos Fire District serves more than 12,000 people.

Los Altos

PC reviews housing complex

Peninsula

The Los Altos Planning Commission has scheduled a public hearing 7:30 p.m., Thursday, at city hall to review a 12-unit affordable housing complex planned for Fremont Avenue, Which adjoins the Bank of America parking lot. If approved, the project will become the first exclusively affordable-housing complex in Los Altos.

The proposed plan includes placing a two-story, 6,232-square-foot office building and three, two-story affordable residential buildings with four rental units each, at the site. Developer Jeff Warmoth transferred a requirement to build eight of the units from the Tree Farm site on El Camino Real to this project after the Los Altos City Council decided that housing would not be appropriate for the Tree Farm development.

The city’s initial plan had slated the Fremont site for an approximately 2,000-square-foot retail development and three town houses.

The city could grant Warmoth variances for a larger complex in exchange for placing the affordable units on the site.

Fifty neighbors last month signed a petition opposing the project.

- Staff Report