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7. REPORTS FROM COMMITTEES, SUB-COMMITTEES, AND COUNCILMEMBERS ON OUTSIDE AGENCIES 7.1 Report from the Los Altos Hills representative to the Los Altos School Districts Citizens Advisory Committee Eric Clow, the Town's representative to the Los Altos District's Citizens' Advisory Committee, addressed the Council on budgetary issues facing the school district. He noted that the school district was experiencing a drop in revenues for 2001-02 and it was predicted that the budgetary shortfall would get larger in 2002 and beyond. One option to correct this situation would be to close a school and Bullis School was a possibility. Mr. Clow asked Council to send a letter to the school district stating their non-support of such a closure and also stating the limited possible other uses for the school site. Mr. Clow noted that when Covington School had been closed it had been reopened as a site for day care centers, the Morgan Center, etc. He hoped that if the school district was advised by the Town regarding future possible uses for this site at this very early stage in their discussions, they may not consider Bullis School as a viable site for closure. The Council thanked Mr. Clow for his participation on this committee and for his report. However, they felt that this matter should be responded to by the PTA of • Bullis School rather than the City Council. 7.2 Municipal Code and Policy Review Committee Evan Wythe, Chairman reported to the Council on their recent meeting y� p g held 7/17/01. At that meeting they had agreed to change the name of their committee to the Municipal Code and Policy Review Committee to better reflect their task. They also agreed on their goals and charges. The committee agreed to focus first on the Municipal Code, Policy Statements and the Residential Design Guidelines. Dr. Wythe pointed out that the committee planned to review these documents and others for inconsistencies and to present these inconsistencies to Council. The committee would not be deciding what the code, policies, etc. should say. The committee planned to bring their suggestions back to Council as the proceeded with their tasks rather than waiting until they had finished reviewing all the documents. At this first meeting they addressed the Design Guidelines document for inconsistencies with the Municipal Code and this initial report would be forthcoming to Council when ready. 7.3 Site Development Ordinance Committee Carl Cottrell, member, reported that the committee had held its third meeting on 7/21/01 and they were proceeding to review the background information. He • July 19, 2001 Regular City Council Meeting 6