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Duffy Price, Anacapa Drive, complimented the City Council and community volunteers including standing committee members that have worked towards the redistricting effort. She read into the record a statement from Community Relations Committee Chair Roy Woolsey that would be presented by him at the County Committee Hearing scheduled for December 7t" . The statement had been unanimously endorsed by the CRC. David Pefley, Los Altos Hills resident and Los Altos School District Board Member, addressed Council. He requested and received additional time to present his comments. Pfefley stated that he believed redistricting was an unnecessary and terrible idea and would have a significant impact on jr. high schools, south Los Altos Hills and a negative impact on property values. He noted that the Bullis school would open in 2008 and suggested that it was most likely that all children in LAH could attend the school. Pfefley questioned the need for redistricting and suggested that it would not provide a net benefit to the community or improve the quality of education. Resident, thanked the Council for the very informative public meeting. She encouraged the City Council to stay the course on redistricting. David Spector, resident, Palo Alto Unified School District, expressed his support for redistricting but suggested that the Council work to better explain to residents how they would not loose the ability to attend Gunn if the redistricting succeeded. He spoke to the success of the Bullis Charter School and the fact that now many Los Altos Hills children cannot attend because of the enrollment limitations. Michele Wu, resident, concurred with Council's support of a community neighborhood school and suggested that it would be helpful to see a letter from PAUSD Superintendent Mary Callan stating that they would accept the LAH students at Gunn if the Town was successful in redistricting. Resident, thanked the City Council for the public meeting. He spoke to his childhood of growing up on the Stanford campus and his positive experience with public education. He decided to purchase a home in the Hills because of its rural beauty and his ability to send his children to the Palo Alto Unified School District. He cautioned the Council that he believed the redistricting effort would fail if residents could no longer enroll in the PAUSD. Resident, Magdalena Road, suggested that the naysayers were doing a disservice to the residents and spoke to the importance of innovation in education and suggested that those that were concerned look at the success of the Bullis Charter School. Bob Johnson, former Mayor and Los Altos Hills resident, addressed Council. He offered that the process of redistricting was a momentous action and expressed his surprise that the City Council did not seek an advisory vote of the residents to better assess their wishes before moving forward to reorganize. Johnson noted that he was heartened to see the Los Altos School District plans to reopen Bullis School. 4 City Council Special Meeting Minutes November 15,2006