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Mayor Pro Tem O'Malley clarified that the City Council has worked conscientiously for the last three years to acquire capacity rights for residents. Council, with the City Manager and City Engineer, have worked diligently with the County Board of Supervisors and the City of Los Altos to resolve this issue. They have been advised that answers will be forthcoming when the Los Altos Master Sewer Plan is completed. O'Malley added that some people are keeping their capacity rights because their property presently has a septic system and they will eventually hook-up to a sanitary sewer. He understands Husher's concern but it is not an easy issue to resolve. OPENED PUBLIC COMMENT Jim Abraham, Viscaino Road, stated that it was presumptuous of the developer (Husher) to say what the City Council should be doing to facilitate his project in the unincorporated area. He is concerned that Los Altos Hills residents will not be able to hook-up to sewers when they need to because the capacity rights have been sold to non-residents in the unincorporated area. Allan Epstein, Ravensbury Road, expressed his belief that capacity rights are an important issue for all and the Council needs to address the issue because it is a problem that is not going away. CLOSED PUBLIC COMMENT Hall requested that the City Council: 1) initiate a letter to residents, inquiring about • unused capacity rights and any interest in selling them; and 2) if the neighbors should acquire capacity rights, support their request for a connection with a resolution to LAFCO. Following Council discussion, it was agreed that before taking any action, Council would wait for the issuance of the City of Los Altos Master Sewer Plan and the Joint City Council Meeting (Los Altos Hills/Los Altos) scheduled for May 4t`. If, after these two events, Council does not have resolution to their questions about the Los Altos Sewer Basin and capacity rights,they will revisit the issue. 6. NEW BUSINESS 6.1 Appointment to the Environmental Design and Protection Committee Environmental Design and Protection Committee member Pat Ley addressed Council. She explained that she had served her four-year term on the Committee and was requesting re- appointment. She has enjoyed her involvement with the Committee and looks forward to another term. Council thanked Ley for her services and volunteerism on behalf of the community. MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by O'Malley, seconded by Warshawsky and passed unanimously to appoint Pat Ley to the Environmental Design and Protection • Committee for a term of four years. 6 City Council Meeting Minutes March 18,2004