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Meeting Minutes <br /> March 9, 2006 <br /> Town of Los Altos Hills <br /> City Council Regular Meetingin <br /> g <br /> Thursday, March 9, 2006 6:00 P.M. <br /> Town Hall Council Chambers, 26379 Fremont Road <br /> 1. CALL TO ORDER, ROLL CALL,AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE <br /> Mayor Kerr called the City Council Regular Meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. in the Council <br /> Chambers at Town Hall. <br /> Present: Mayor Breene Kerr, Mayor Pro Tem Dean Warshawsky, Councilmember <br /> Craig A. T. Jones, Councilmember Jean Mordo and Councilmember Mike <br /> O'Malley <br /> Absent: None <br /> Staff: Acting City Manager/Planning Director Carl Cahill, City Attorney Steve <br /> Mattas, Administrative Services Director Sarah Ragsdale, Director of <br /> Public Works/City Engineer Henry Louie, Senior Planner Debbie Pedro <br /> • and City Clerk Karen Jost <br /> MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Mordo, seconded by O'Malley <br /> and passed unanimously to limit the length of time for public comments to three minutes. <br /> 2. APPOINTMENTS AND PRESENTATIONS <br /> 2.1 Presentation of Sustainable Silicon Valley and the Partnership Process— <br /> Sally Tomlinson, Executive Director <br /> Sally Tomlinson, Executive Director, Sustainable Silicon Valley thanked the Council for <br /> the opportunity to encourage them to join Sustainable Silicon Valley as a participating <br /> partner. She acknowledged the environmentally positive pro-active goals and policies <br /> that the Town had recently engaged including the high standards in energy conservation <br /> sought during the construction of the new Town Hall. Tomlinson reviewed the goals of <br /> Sustainable Silicon Valley (SSV) to reduce regional carbon dioxide emissions by 20% <br /> below the 1990 levels by 2010. She explained the requirements of becoming a pledging <br /> partner and the benefits the Town would receive by partnering with the organization that <br /> included education and information sharing; mentoring resources; and public recognition. <br /> Pledging Partners set their own voluntary reduction goal of carbon dioxide and choose <br /> their own baseline year; report their progress annually to the organization; and pay the <br /> annual membership dues of$1,000. <br /> • <br /> 1 <br /> City Council Meeting Minutes <br /> March 9,2006 <br />