With only three members of the council in attendance at Monday’s meeting, Councilwoman Joan House succeeded in manipulating the quorum requirements by leaving the hearing room whenever issues or votes came up that would otherwise split the council. House said Councilman Harry Barovsky was recuperating from surgery and Councilman Tom Hasse was at a business meeting in New Mexico.
Van Horn reluctantly dropped several agenda items, which will likely be rescheduled for Dec. 20:
- Reconsideration of a variance request of Mariposa Land Company and the Adamson family for a self-storage facility on Cross Creek Road in return for a public easement;
- A proposed ordinance to set a new fee on parking spaces;
- A ballot measure limiting council members to two terms in office; and
- Consideration of an appeal of the planning commission’s rejection of a stringline determination that would have permitted the construction of a pool at a home on PCH.