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preparation of the fiscal year budget and he estimated the report would be forwarded to Council at a July meeting. 5.1.2 Bringing Public Education Back to the Hills 5.1.2a Status Report on the Re-Districting Alternative Negotiations- Mayor Kerr and Councilmember Jones Mayor Kerr provided a brief overview report of the Redistricting Alternative Negotiations effort. He noted that he and Councilmember Jones had multiple contacts with the negotiators since his last report to Council. Senator Joe Simitian had been contacted by the Mayor and a request had been made for his assistance. Kerr noted that the negotiated settlement "term sheet", although negotiated in good faith, its passage had not been advocated by the Los Altos School District negotiators before the full School Board. He had attended the June 5, 2006 Los Altos School District Board meeting and spoke to the Board. He was disappointed that the issue of the creation of a "true neighborhood school" in Los Altos Hills had not been discussed. Kerr did not expect the subject to be reviewed by the Board anytime before the Fall. He noted that the Town had exhausted their options for a successful negotiation with the Los Altos School District and he could not guarantee any further progress could be made with further negotiations. Councilmember Jones suggested that the negotiations had been the effort of the Council and the Town to try every feasible approach to work with the surrounding communities to • meet the need for a permanent "true neighborhood school" that could be accessed by all Town residents. Jones believed that the decision to move forward with the negotiation efforts and expend the additional time had been the correct approach. The meetings had afforded an opportunity for all of the stakeholders to have a clear understanding of each other's needs. Councilmember Jones read into the record a statement from Mark Goines, LASD Board Member(email dated June 6, 2006): `Greene and Craig-I want to let you know that there is no way LASD is going to be able to address the term sheet (or framework) items in a manner that meets your timeline. We are steeped in a deep analysis process that will take weeks to complete, and will clearly go past your June 8 meeting, and possibly could last until September. The ramifications of these decisions are very large and the board must be thorough in its analysis and process, which will take time. The timeline we have been given by your council is simply not achievable by LASD." Mayor Pro Tem Warshawsky questioned why Goines referenced the timeline as Council's timeline when the timeline had been requested by Goines and defined by LASD. Jones concurred that it was a timeline that they had requested and had been granted by Council and noted that other parties in the negotiation were able to reach a conclusion within the time frame. Jones referenced an email from Bullis Charter School Board Chair Ken Moore (dated June 6, 2006), to the City Council. Jones read Moore's statement into the record:"On behalf of the BCS board, we thank you for the strong leadership you have demonstrated toward returning public education to LAH. While we do not like everything in the term sheet, BCS fully endorses the term sheet as written as a vehicle for returning 3 City Council Meeting Minutes June 8,2006