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Mayor O'Malley polled the audience to identify which section had the highest number of public in attendance that wished to speak noting that the segments would be reviewed in that order. Les Earnest, 12769 Dianne Drive, addressed Council. He had three questions regarding the process: 1) did the plan consist of the map and the spreadsheet, 2) when would the De Anza trail be considered, and 3) would the email that he had sent to Council that identified errors in the map be addressed at tonight's meeting? Planning Director Carl Cahill explained the spreadsheet would be an exhibit to the map. Council moved forward with the public hearing. Council briefly discussed the De Anza trail alignment that was identified on the Draft path map. There was consensus to delete the De Anza trail alignment from the draft map and return it to the Pathways Committee for further consideration. SECTION(Study Zone)14 Chris Vargas, Pathways Chair, identified this area as the Hidden Villa to Rancho San Antonio zone. The Committee had walked the area and taken input from the residents. Vargas explained that the Committee identified the need for alternate routes into Rancho San Antonio and after much discussion and input from the Community, they had focused on proposed routes from Hidden Villa identified on the map by blue arrows (134.1, B4.2). The Committee had also voted by a narrow margin to retain two additional routes (133.28, • B3.30). The Planning Commission had felt that these were unnecessary due to traffic issues and the difficulty in controlling public access into the neighborhoods. Vargas concluded that before Council was the recommendation to retain alternate routes into Rancho San Antonio through Hidden Villa but not using the routes through residential areas. Bill Kerns, Planning Commission Chair, concurred with Vargas noting that the Planning Commissioners were recommending the elimination of two connections (133.28, B3.30) because of parking, safety and erosion concerns and were recommending the retention of potential future connections into Rancho San Antonio from Hidden Villa(134.1,B4.2). OPENED PUBLIC HEARING Patty Ciesla, 27150 Moody Court, expressed support for retaining connector B3.28. She opposed shifting the responsibility to Hidden Villa for a path into Rancho San Antonio. Chris Vargas explained that the Pathways Committee had voted to keep the loop however during discussions at the Planning Committee, it was determined that it did not satisfy any of the requirements in the Path Element for paths that included: connecting cul-de- sacs, connecting neighborhoods or leading to a public space. Nancy Ewald, resident, voiced her support for retaining an additional access into Rancho San Antonio. She was concerned that Hidden Villa might change in the future and there 3 City Council Special Meeting Minutes March 8,2005