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City Manager Cassingham advised Council that the Council/Staff goal setting session was scheduled for Saturday, May 14, 2005. The interview schedules had been confirmed with • facilitator Bill Lewis. The framework for the day has been identified by Lewis as beginning at 8:30 a.m. with business beginning at 9:00 a.m. Items of discussion included the consideration of proposals for park bond monies and the goal setting process. The session is tentatively scheduled to conclude at 3:30—4:00 pm. Cassingham noted that the session was open to the public. Council concurred with the schedule. 8.2 City Attorney 8.3 City Clerk 8.3.1 Report on Council Correspondence 9. COUNCIL-INITIATED ITEMS 10. PRESENTATIONS FROM THE FLOOR Kim Cranston, Fremont Road, addressed Council and advised them of a notice that he had received from the City of Palo Alto regarding the proposed development by Stanford of additional office space across from Xerox Park on Hillview and Foothill. Cranston • noted that the identified mitigation for the proposed project was the installation of traffic signals on Hillview/Fremont/Arastradero Road and Deer Creek/Arastradero Road. He expressed his concern that this could have a negative impact on Los Altos Hills residents with an increase in traffic, notably on Fremont Road from motorists attempting to avoid the traffic signals and heavy traffic on Arastradero. He encouraged the Council to direct staff to respond to the notice and request inclusion in any future study of the proposal. Cranston believed that the residents of the Town were not properly noticed and there would be significant impact on residents from the increased traffic. He suggested that the City of Palo Alto should be encouraged to direct traffic away from the Hills. Cranston feared that Arastradero would eventually become a four-lane road to Interstate 280. Mayor O'Malley noted that the Council had reviewed this issue at a previous meeting and had determined that Arastradero was within the Palo Alto boundaries. Staff had been directed to send a letter to the City regarding the proposal. City Manager Cassingham explained that staff had written the City of Palo Alto and requested to be a part of the project's Environmental Review process. Former City Engineer Dave Ross added that the construction of the signals at the two locations would require the preparation of an environmental document. The actual installation would require the placement of signal loops within the Town's boundary and Palo Alto's staff had confirmed that an invitation to comment on the documents would be forwarded to the Town. Ross offered to contact Palo Alto with a follow-up discussion. • 10 City Council Meeting Minutes May 5,2005