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marked national historic trail that could bring a lot of people into the Town. She reported looking at statistics of people who used open spaces in the immediate area and found that Arastradero Preserve had 90,000 visitors per year, Stanford Dish had 250,000 visitors per year, and Rancho San Antonio had over one million visitors per year. She added that the Town's path system was never intended for large scale public use. Chris Vargas, Templeton Place, agreed that obtaining data and facts was a good idea before the matter is discussed by the Pathway Committee. He asked whether the item should be on the Pathway Committee agenda next week or in May. Cahill suggested the Pathway Committee consider the matter in May. He suggested asking the County and the Parks Service whether they might be willing to provide the Town with a grant to pay for an Environmental Impact Report(EIR). Vargas reported that the Pathway Committee discussed the trail about six months ago and voted on a preferred route. He asked about the direction the Pathway Committee should take. Cahill noted that the Pathway Committee, by a majority consensus, came up with a route for the Anza Trail that took advantage of the on road system. He suggested that staff, Mr. Vargas, and Pathway Committee members meet with the Park Superintendent and go along the route already recommended by the Pathway Committee. County Parks Planner Jane Mark spoke about the proposed Stanford S-1 trail alignment, which was an unusual situation because the S-1 trail was a development condition from • Stanford. Stanford is required to pay for an EIR document for the trail alignment. She requested that the Council consider the criteria that the National Park Service sees for an Anza Trail alignment. She added that the County would be happy to participate and lend its technical expertise and to follow through with the staff protocol. 10. PRESENTATIONS FROM THE FLOOR Michelle Harrison, representing neighbors on Lupine Road, said the neighbors were disappointed to read the letter from Mr. Alon to Carl Cahill regarding the proposed lowering of the buttresses to mitigate the square footage reduction. She said the neighbors thought the intent of the Council's directive was a way of compromising by reducing the bulk by 560 square feet, but the proposed buttress lowering was not in the spirit with which the neighbors thought the Council's mandate was made. Planning Director Carl Cahill reported that Planning staff met with the Alon's to express the Council's direction and that the methodology proposed by the Alon's was not consistent with the Council direction. He believed the Alon's planned to make corrections to the house plans to comply with Council direction. Councilmember Warshawsky encouraged the neighbors to stay involved. 8 City Council Meeting Minutes April 21,2005