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Declaration. Cahill expected the ordinance would be scheduled for Council consideration by the end of July. Councilmember Jones spoke to the issue of raising the awareness of Town residents to the availability of single stream recycling. He suggested that the Council consider launching an educational effort that included a town-wide mailing and dissemination of information on the new service at the Town picnic. Jones added that it was his estimation that only 25% of the residents were participating in single stream recycling and he believed that for it to succeed it was critical to increase awareness of the service. Jones distributed a handout to Council that identified the key points that would be included in the public awareness campaign. He noted that the Environmental Initiatives Committee was monitoring the program to determine the net result of recycling in this format. Council discussion ensued. Council concurred with Jones and agreed that the picnic would be a good venue to advertise the program. Council suggested that Los Altos Garbage Company have the special blue bins used for the program available at the picnic and information handouts be distributed at the picnic. Mayor Kerr reported that LAGCo was doing a mailer in response to Councilmember Jones request. Council consensus was to include an article on the single stream recycling in the next Newsletter and to send a postcard to residents at the end of summer if participation had not shown a marked increase. 5.1.2 Bringing Public Education Back to the Hills • Mayor Kerr reported that Council had reported on the status of education in Los Altos Hills at the joint Los Altos Hills/Los Altos city council meeting held on May 8, 2006. Council was now waiting for a response from the Los Altos School District. Councilmember Jones reported that an initial presentation of a preliminary review of the financial impact of the proposed redistricting had been made by a subcommittee of the Los Altos School District's Citizens Advisory Committee on Finance. They had suggested that there would be a relatively low fiscal impact to the District as a result of redistricting. Jones noted that this was one of the factors considered b the State and g Y County when reviewing requests for redistricting. The final analysis will be presented to the Los Altos School District Board on June 5, 2006. 5.2 Underground Project Status Report Mayor Pro Tem Warshawsky reported that the Ad-Hoc Undergrounding Subcommittee was in the process of scheduling a joint meeting with the Standing Finance and Investment Committee to review financing options for a town-wide undergrounding effort. 5.3 Update on General Plan Review 4 City Council Meeting Minutes May 11,2006