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UNFINISHED BUSINESS • 12. Update on Town Goals • Emergency Preparedness Mayor Mordo provided an overview of the emergency preparedness and response exercise that was held at Town Hall on Wednesday, April 29, 2009. The successful drill was coordinated by the Town's Public Safety Officer Steven Garcia. Participants included members of CERT, Emergency Communication Committee members, and Town staff. Mordo thanked the Los Altos Hills County Fire District for underwriting the costs associated with the exercise. • Environmental Initiatives Councilmember Kerr reported that the EIC would be making a presentation to the City Council at next week's meeting. Currently, the Committee is reviewing options for grant proposals. Councilmember Kerr and Councilmember Larsen have both met with Congresswoman Anna Eshoo to discuss federal support(public financing) of private solar installations. • Parks and Recreation Assets and Programs Councilmember Summit reported on the numerous successful activities that have been coordinated by the Parks and Recreation Committee. The Annual Pathway Run had over 600 runners/walkers and was deemed a success by all the participants. Summit noted that Los Altos School District Superintendent Tim Justus had commented in a recent meeting • where she was a participant that the District was interested in revisiting the installation of a soccer field at the Gardner Bullis campus. Summit reported that Gardner Bullis Principal Erica Gilbert was aware of the Town's interest in a pathway at the school site. She and the principal were scheduled to walk the path in the near future. • Sewers and Infrastructure Councilmember_ Larsen reported that the next meeting of the Ad Hoc Infrastructure (sewer) Committee was scheduled for May 27, 2009. The Ad Hoc Committee is currently reviewing financing options for expanding the Town's sewer infrastructure. 12.A Consideration of Financial Incentives for Sewer Main Extension Projects (Staff R. Chiu) City Engineer Richard Chiu introduced the item. At the direction of the City Council, staff had reviewed possible financial incentives to encourage sewer main construction and early participation in connecting to extensions. Incentives that had been reviewed included a proposal from a developer requesting that the Town finance street cut fees. Chiu explained that the Town currently collects $10.00 per square feet of pavement cut for utility installations. A project developer is required to pay the associated costs up front and collect from future users their proportional share at the time they connect. The developer's proposal called for the Town to front the cost of the street cut fee and collect the proportional share from future users when they connected to the system. Chiu • reviewed the request with Council and explained the potential negative issues related to the proposal if future users chose not to connect and the Town was unable to collect the 4 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes May 14,2009