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Minutes of a Regular Meeting January 3, 2002 Town of Los Altos Hills City Council Regular,Meeting Thursday, January 3, 2002, 6:00 P.M. Council Chambers, 26379 Fremont Road 1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL Mayor Casey called the Regular Meeting of the City Council to order at 6:05 p.m. in the Council Chambers at Town Hall. Present: Mayor Casey and Councilmembers Cheng, Fenwick, Finn and O'Malley(Councilmember Finn arrived at 7:05 p.m.) Absent: None Staff: City Manager Maureen Cassingham, City Attorney Sandy Sloan, City Engineer/Public Works Director Mintze Cheng, Planning Director Carl Cahill and City Clerk Pat Dowd Press: Liz Cloutman,Los Altos Town Crier 2. APPOINTMENTS AND PRESENTATIONS 2.1 Presentation by Lt. Ernie Smedlund on burglaries and vandalism Lt. Ernie Smedlund, Santa Clara County Sheriffs Office, presented a special report to Council on the issue of recent burglaries in the Town. He noted that there had been an 80% increase in overall residential burglaries in the West Valley area in comparison to the same time period last year. He noted that there were similarities in that the suspects entered the house often through open doors and often when there were people in the house. Most of the crimes occurred between 6:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. Generally jewelry, cash, purses were taken from the master bedrooms. The last burlary occurred in Los Altos Hills on 11/20/01 and one had not occurred since then. Lt. Smedlund reported that they had increased surveillance details and nighttime patrols, educated the public through the media and coordinated efforts with other law enforcement agencies. Detective Powers, lead investigator for these crimes, commented that they were following up on leads but there was actually very little evidence. In the case of the January 3, 2002 Regular City Council Meeting 1