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Mayor Pro Tem O'Malley reported that he had been elected to serve as Chairman of the Lower Peninsula Flood Control District Advisory Committee. This group works with the • Santa Clara Valley Water District for the Palo Alto, Cupertino, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills and Mountain View area. At their last meeting, the Water District gave a presentation of the Reach 5 project as a successful model of the Water District working with a community's residents in a responsive and positive manner. O'Malley congratulated everyone who had worked on this successful solution for Adobe Creek. Mayor Cheng reported that she had met with a concerned member of the Los Altos School Board, speaking on his own behalf, on May 17''. The meeting had included City Manager Cassingham and included a discussion on how the District and the Town might work together to reopen Bullis School as a Los Altos School District School. He estimates that it will cost approximately $750,00041,000,000 annually to reopen Bullis as a full service school. The formation of a Bullis School Foundation along with financial assistance from the District and the Town was mentioned as possible funding solutions. It was suggested that two School Board Members and the Assistant Superintendent meet with two City Council Members and the City Manager to work on this issue. Councilmember Warshawsky volunteered to assist with the discussions. City Attorney Mattas suggested that if Council wished to engage in further discussions, it would be appropriate to agendize the matter for the next Council meeting. Staff was directed to place this item on the next agenda. • 8. STAFF REPORTS 8.1 City Manager City Manager Cassingham reported that the cities and public agencies have reached an agreement with the Governor and agreed to funding cuts for the next two years to assist the State Budget for his support for a constitutional amendment that will protect local revenues into the future and keep them local. This is a different effort than the California League of Cities initiative that will be on the November ballot. Cassingham requested that she be authorized to draft letters to the Town's State Legislators for the Mayor's signature in support of this agreement, noting that this is consistent with the Council's authorization in the past. City Manager Cassingham thanked Town staff, especially Sarah Joiner, Carl Cahill, Debbie Pedro, Angelica Herrera Olivera and Steve Garcia, for their many hours of work to facilitate the upcoming relocation of Town Hall to Bullis School. They have overseen numerous responsibilities including: site planning and office layouts, re-keying of the facility, installation of voice and data lines, cleaning the new facility and packing. 8.2 City Attorney City Attorney Steve Mattas noted that a memo had been drafted and sent to Council • from his office in response to a request from Council at their last meeting regarding various alternatives relating to interest in acquiring the Bullis School site. Mattas 6 City Council Special Meeting Minutes June 2,2004