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40 5.1.1 Public Education: Bring the Future of Public Education to a Vote Mayor Pro Tem Jones provided an update of the Ad Hoc Committee on District Reorganization's work on the key elements directed towards the December 7t" Hearing before the County Committee. He advised Council that it might be necessary to readdress the subcommittee's previously approved budget following the December 7t'Hearing. Jones reviewed the three possible outcomes of the Hearing: 1) the County Committee approves all of the requests submitted by the Town; 2) the County Committee denies the Town's request; and 3) the County Committee takes the subject under additional study. Jones believed the third option was the most likely scenario. Jones reviewed the agenda and protocol for the November 15, 2006 Special City Council meeting on public education. He explained that the purpose of the meeting was to gather public input and the Question and Answer period and public comment portion of the meeting would offer the citizens and opportunity to express their opinions on reorganization. Jones noted that the final item on the agenda would be Council consideration of a resolution reaffirming their support for reorganization and further clarifying their position on the importance of Gunn High School as a part of the reorganization plan. 5.1.2 Underground Utilities: Complete Pilot Projects and Assist Underground Assessment Districts City Engineer/Public Works Director HenryLouie advised the City Council that the pilot projects were on schedule to begin construction in June 2007. 5.1.3 Sanitary Sewers: Update and Implement the Master Plan City Engineer/Public Works Director Henry Louie reported that the Sanitary Sewer Expansion Study was on schedule. He expected the draft report to be forwarded to staff for review in December. The study would include a conceptual drawing of the sewer expansion plan. City Manager Carl Cahill reported on the status of the Sewer Agreement with the City of Los Altos. He explained that Los Altos City staff was bringing the agreement back to their Council for consideration. The agreement still contained the penalty clause and Cahill expressed his concern that the agreement as proposed could potentially cause great harm to the finances of the Town. He noted that the Town did not have enough data to evaluate the risk. Cahill added that the Town was willing to pay all true costs associated with any overflow. The penalty was not based on the overflow amount but on the approved flow plus any overflow. Discussion ensued regarding the installation of temporary flow meters to ascertain the existing flow amounts prior to signing the agreement. Louie commented that the cost and time frame for installation was an unknown. Council directed staff to investigate the 3 City Council Meeting Minutes November 9,2006