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5. PUBLIC COMMENT Stan Young, resident, thanked the City Council for supporting the reorganization effort. He believed it was essential for the Town to control their own destiny over education and that a neighborhood school was an important factor in the fabric of the community. Mark Brier, resident, congratulated the Council and panel for their continued efforts on the education issue. He spoke to a public records request he had made to the Los Altos School District for email correspondence. Brier believed he did receive full compliance with his request. He shared email communication comments between District officials that had been provided. He forwarded a copy of the comments to the City Clerk for the public record. Ken Lee, Templeton Place, addressed Council and expressed his support for redistricting and suggested that it was a way for the residents to stand up for,what was right. He supported the Council's continued effort with the process. Bob Kamangar, Snell Lane, explained that he understood the residents "fear" with redistricting but suggested that they look at Bullis Charter School successes to alleviate their doubts. He commented that he had no faith in the Los Altos School District and believed that redistricting would unite the Town. Eric Clow, Central Drive, spoke to the benefits of having school facilities that could be • used by the whole Town and encouraged the Council to continue their redistricting efforts. Clow noted the resources and energy that mainland China was dedicating to education and offered that for the United States to maintain their competitive edge they would have to focus more on education. Resident, expressed her support for redistricting and explained that the turning point for her was when she realized that the children in her neighborhood within a two block radius attended seven different schools. She was hopeful that redistricting would address this issue and interest more families in leaving private schools and enrolling their children in a neighborhood school. Marion Robertson, resident, former PTA president at Covington, supported the redistricting effort and offered that the current model for education in Los Altos Hills was not working for a sizable portion of the residents. She believed it was important for residents to retain control over their education tax dollar. Alexander Atkins, resident, read excerpts from the writings of the Town's founding fathers and excerpts the Green Sheets that were written at the time of the Town's incorporation in 1956 that expressed the importance of self governance and independence. He voiced his support for self governance of education and the importance of using the democratic process for the citizens to determine their own destiny. 3 City Council Special Meeting Minutes November 15,2006