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i Town of Los Altos Hills <br /> City Council Regular Meeting Minutes <br /> Thursday, May 8, 2008 <br /> Council Chambers, 26379 Fremont Road <br /> CALL TO ORDER, ROLL CALL,AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE <br /> Mayor Jones called the City Council Regular Meeting to order at 7:10 p.m. in the Council <br /> Chambers at Town Hall. <br /> Present: Mayor Craig A.T. Jones, Vice Mayor Jean Mordo, Councilmember Breene <br /> Kerr, Councilmember Mike O'Malley and Councilmember Dean <br /> Warshawsky <br /> Absent: None <br /> Staff: City Manager Carl Cahill, City Engineer/Public Works Director Richard <br /> Chiu, Finance Director Nick Pegueros, Planning Director Debbie Pedro, <br /> Parks and Recreation Supervisor Eric Christensen, Public Safety Officer <br /> Steve Garcia, City Attorney Steve Mattas, and City Clerk Karen Jost <br /> MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Warshawsky, seconded by Mordo <br /> and passed unanimously to limit public comments to two minutes with the exception of <br /> "Presentations from the Floor". <br /> APPOINTMENTS AND PRESENTATIONS <br /> 1. Presentation on Tuolumne River Diversion Proposal—Vice Mayor Peter Drekmeier, <br /> City of Palo Alto <br /> Palo Alto Vice Mayor Peter Drekmeier thanked the City Council for the opportunity to <br /> address them on the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission's Water System <br /> Improvement Program. Drekmeier explained that he was not before Council representing <br /> the Palo Alto City Council but rather as a member of the Tuolumne River Trust. He was <br /> seeking the Council's support in opposing the Commission's proposal to divert water <br /> daily from the Tuolumne River. <br /> Drekmeier proceeded with a PowerPoint Presentation that highlighted the value of the <br /> Tuolumne River aesthetically, environmentally, and, as an educational and recreational <br /> resource. He reviewed the proposed water-diversion proposal and noted that the water <br /> diversion was imbedded in the proposal to upgrade the Hetch Hetchy water system. The <br /> Trust believed that the upgrade and seismic improvements to the system were critical and <br /> have recommended that the SFPUC focus on conservation, efficiency and recycling and <br /> decouple the water diversion from the Water System Improvement Plan (WSIP). <br /> Is Approximately 100 conservation groups have supported the Trust's position. Drekmeier <br /> 1 Regular City Meeting Minutes <br /> May 8,2008 <br />