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5.2 Proposed.Cancellation of the Regular City Council Meeting of February 17, 2005 City Manager Maureen Cassingham introduced this item to Council. She explained that the Donor Wall Subcommittee had advised her that they had secured a location for the proposed fundraising phonathon and,that cancellation of the February 17t` City Council meeting would allow the Councilmembers the opportunity to participate in the event and provide their support for the fundraising efforts for the new Town Hall Donor Wall. MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Kerr, seconded by Warshawsky and passed unanimously to cancel the February 17, 2005 City Council meeting to allow the City Council to participate in the Donor Wall phonathon. 5.3 Request for Approval of the Town of Los Altos Hills.Draft Moody R_oad/El Monte Road Corridor Transportation Master Plan Acting City Engineer Dave Ross introduced this item to Council. Council had before them the Moody Road/EI Monte Road Corridor Transportation Master Plan draft dated February 2005. He explained that this was the first "in-house" master plan and advised that it was a working document.that would serve as the strategic planning guide to gain project support and to enable the Town to seek external funding for improvements that would address the current safety and operational needs for the Corridor. Ross presented a PowerPoint presentation that included highlights of the project. Ross reviewed the proposal with Council, noting that the near term needs for the Corridor were divided into five segments. They included: Segment#1-Moody Road Path and Bike Accommodation; Segment #2-Foothill-College Path; Segment #3-Stonebrook Drive and Foothill College Pedestrian Crossing; Segment #4-Re-striping Between Route 280 Ramps; and Segment#5-El Monte Road-Voorhees Drive to Summerhill Avenue. He explained the project descriptions, required construction, estimated cost of each segment, proposed funding and funding status for each segment and noted that the Town would most likely be required to participate in any outside funded work with matching funds. He was working with CalTrans and the Valley Transportation Agency for possible funding needs. Ross suggested that improvements that addressed the current safety and operational needs be programmed now and as additional safety and congestion relief needs are identified in the Corridor,they would be added to the program projects. Mayor Pro Tem Kerr reported that he had met yesterday with the VTA Development Co- coordinator and assistant and had toured the sites reviewed in the draft Corridor Master Plan. He was very hopeful that the projects would be funded. Kerr congratulated the staff on their work and added that it was exactly the supporting documentation that the VTA needed to move forward with the Town's requests. He noted that the Corridor had always been an area of concern with issues of pedestrian, equestrian and cyclists safety problems that have increased with the recent Foothill College expansion work and the loss of the Town's path. The proposed path would be a safe route for children to bike to school and cyclists to ride to downtown Los Altos. Kerr added that the path area was beautiful and paralleled Adobe Creek and,potentially could be named the Adobe Creek path. 4 City Council Meeting Minutes February 3,2005