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. 5.1.1 Public Education: Bring the Future of Public Education to a Vote Discussed as Agenda Item 9.1. 5.1.2 Underground Utilities: Develop a Financing Plan for Voter Approval Mayor Warshawsky reported that consultants Godbe Research had completed the development of the telephone survey and the expectation was that the survey process would be initiated in the near term. The results of the survey should illustrate the acceptable level of the utility tax to residents. The Ad Hoc Undergrounding Committee was targeting a mail-in ballot vote in Spring of 2007 contingent on the fmdings of the survey. Warshawsky noted that the pilot project was on schedule. 5.1.3 Sanitary Sewers: Update and Implement the Master Plan City Engineer/Public Works Director Henry Louie reported that the Request for Proposals (RFP) for the Sanitary Sewer Expansion Study was scheduled for distribution next week. City Manager Cahill advised that the Sewer Agreement with Los Altos was moving forward. The revised draft was expected this week and would be forwarded to the City Attorney and Councilmembers Mordo and O'Malley for review. 5.1.4 Wireless Communications: Continue to Improve Town Wide . Cell Coverage Planning Director Debbie Pedro reported that Verizon had submitted their building plans and they were currently under review. Additional projects from T-Mobile and Cingular Wireless were being forwarded to the Planning Commission and subsequently to the City Council for their consideration. 5.1.5 Complete General Plan Review Councilmember O'Malley reported that consultant Leslie Hopper was on vacation and the Ad Hoc Committee would resume their efforts when she returned. He was hopeful that the General Plan review process could be completed by the end of the year. 5.2 Herbicide Use/Town-Wide Weed Control Program Mayor Pro Tem Jones introduced this item to Council. Jones explained that he had requested the item be forwarded to the City Council for discussion noting that the issue of herbicide use in Town had been reviewed by the Open Space Committee and staff following an initial inquiry on the subject by a resident. He was seeking additional data that reflected the Town's current use of pesticides in comparison to previous years, and the Town's standard practices for weed abatement. Jones was seeking input of different methodology to reduce the use of herbicides going forward. He noted that the Council • had conducted numerous discussions on macro-environmental issues and he believed this was an important component in a program to enhance the local environment citing the 5 City Council Meeting Minutes July 27,2006