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Councilmember Kerr requested an update on the negotiations with Comcast. City Manager Cassingham explained that there had been a delay in the negotiations while awaiting the Town's cablecast studio equipment list for the new Town Hall. This has now been delivered to Comcast. The key issues being negotiated are universal service terms and public access channels. Cassingham explained that Comcast would be approaching the Council with regard to their new build project for service to the 384 homes unserved by cable as part of the universal service franchise terms. This is tentatively scheduled for the October 7, 2004 Council meeting. Council requested the City Manager convey to Comcast that they strongly urge the completion of the franchise negotiations by conclusion of the fourth extension, December 19, 2004. MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Kerr, seconded by Warshawsky and passed unanimously to approve the extension of the current cable franchise agreement between the Town of Los Altos Hills and Comcast from September 20, 2004 to December 19, 2004. 5. UNFINISHED BUSINESS 5.1 Town Goals • 5.1.1 Complete Town Hall On Time and On Budget 5.1.1 a TBI Update Tony Vierra, TBI Construction Management, reported that a milestone for the construction of the new Town Hall had been reached with the pouring of the concrete_slab today. He thanked the New Town Hall committee members for their efforts during this phase of construction noting that Al Whaley and John Harpotlian had helped to ensure that the appropriate number of openings for conduits had been included in the slab. Vierra reported that they are continuing value engineering on the electrical system and they are on target for the scheduled completion date of March 15, 2005. 5.1.1 Identify and Fund Underground Project 5.1.2a Undergrounding Subcommittee Proposed Project Councilmember Warshawsky presented a brief overview of the Town's Undergrounding Project. He reiterated that the ten earlier identified streets proposed for the project had been narrowed to three and included: Fremont near Bullis, Altamont near Byrne Preserve, and Purissima at the Little League fields. The Subcommittee had walked the three streets with representatives from PG&E. PG&E had selected Purissima as their primary candidate for the project. The criteria the street needed to meet were high traffic, high clutter, high civic/scenic value and few overhead drops. Warshawsky explained that it would be necessary to choose a trenching agent before PG&E will accept the • application into the system. He will return to Council in late October with a status report. 4 City Council Meeting Minutes September 16,.2004