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City Attorney City Mattas explained the waiver process. The special legal counsel that the Town had retained to advise on these matters had indicated that there was an expectation of a greater success of approval of the waiver if there was a consensus (endorsement) of the affected entities. Mattas added that letters had been drafted for the Districts to, if they concurred, send to the County Office of Education to show and memorialize their support. Kerr added that the Districts representatives had reviewed the letters and responded favorably but they would require their respective Board approval. Kerr, with the concurrence of Council, withdrew any time limits on comments from participants of the negotiations. OPENED PUBLIC COMMENT Mark Goines, Los Altos School District Board member and negotiations participant, stated that the District had negotiated in good faith. The preliminary plan for the Bullis campus currently being considered by the Board included: plans for sharing the site and a target opening date for the campus of December 2007. The Board had approved refunding of the parcel tax bond for construction purposes. The CACF had begun an option analysis of the framework and Goines expected their findings to be available for the Board when they consider the proposal. The Board had begun the legal investigation of the appropriate resolutions and agreements that would be required. Goines added that recent analysis by the CACF had confirmed the need for a seventh school. The District enrollment was growing and it was important for the Board to consider their long term • plans and noted that all "needs' would be reviewed and evaluated by the Board. No formal vote on the framework had been taken by the District Board. Mordo asked if Goines would note on the record that he supported the framework presented by Jones. Goines stated that it reflected his position. Mordo questioned if he believed the District Board would vote favorably on the proposal. His response was that there was a good possibility that it would be endorsed but that there were many details that needed to be resolved. Martin Neiman, Bullis Charter School Board member and negotiations participant, thanked the Council for the time and effort they had expended in securing a solution. He noted that the BCS participants had negotiated in good faith and the framework term sheet that had been presented by Councilmember Jones reflected the consensus of the participants and principles the BCS Board could endorse. Neiman explained that the legal challenge by the Charter School regarding the appropriateness of the Egan campus for the Bullis Charter School would be moot and cease if the framework were accepted by the respective Boards. Francis La Poll, Bullis Charter School Board member and negotiations participant, stated that the negotiating team would be recommending the term sheet to their Board and subject to input from the Board,they would be voting on the proposal. • David Pefley, Los Altos School Dictrict Board member and negotiations participant, offered that the framework accurately represented the status of the negotiations. He urged 10 City Council Meeting Minutes April 27,2006