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5 City Council Special Meeting Minutes December 4, 2019 Scott Bryan, Los Altos Hills, said that cutting off gas is not ideal. He further stated, "the government shouldn't tell me what I can and can't do." Bill Evans, Los Altos Hills, was not in support of banning gas. He said that this is not the right way to becoming "woke." Bob Sandor, Los Altos Hills, said that he finds it ironic that we talk about undergrounding utilities and the one thing that is currently underground is natural gas. Jitze Couperus, Los Altos Hills, said he lives is an "all electric home and it sucks." Paul Boultbee, Los Altos Hills, does not think the costs are feasible. Wayne Kelly, Los Altos Hills, said he built his house in the 70s and it is all on natural gas and asked to the Council to not ban gas. Scott Overstreet, Los Altos Hills, asked the Council to please not ban gas. Tom McReynolds, Los Altos Hills, said to look at the efficiency of natural gas in the home versus PG&E's generators. Dan DiCanio, Los Altos Hills, said he has been in his house since 1968 and he took out the electric range and put in a gas range and the total PG&E bill decreased by 15% over the course of a year. Carol Meyer, Los Altos Hills, asked the Council to consider incentives, not mandates. Encourage people to put on solar and utilize different technologies. Jeannette Foley, Los Altos Hills, requested personal choice, not government regulation. She spoke about her concerns about the cost of electricity. MOTION MADE AND SECONDED: Councilmember Corrigan moved to continue the meeting past 10:00 p.m. The motion was seconded by Vice Mayor Wu. Motion Carried 5 to 0: AYES: Councilmember Corrigan, Councilmember Tankha, Councilmember Tyson, Vice Mayor Wu, Mayor Spreen NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None