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MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Kerr, seconded by O'Malley and passed unanimously to agendize the draft letter for their consideration. City Manager er Cahill offered that staff had been advised yesterday (1/23/08) by the Sheriff's Department of the proposed fee. The Board of Supervisors would be considering the proposed 911 and Disaster Preparedness fees at their January 29, 2008 meeting. If passed, the County would require phone companies to attach the fees to phone charges for everyone in the county. Cahill noted that staff had identified several issues of concern in the proposed legislation that were applicable to the Town and the residents. Duffy Price, Los Altos Hills County Fire District Commissioner, explained that the District also intended to send a letter to the Board of Supervisors. The District's Counsel was reviewing the proposed fees. Price noted that the Fire District currently provides Emergency Disaster Preparedness training to residents at no charge. In addition, a phone g Y p g notificationemergencyrocess formessages to residents was in place. She suggested P that it would be appropriate for the County to provide additional time for analysis of the proposal. MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Kerr, seconded by O'Malley and passed unanimously that the letter before Council on the dais be forwarded to Supervisor Liz Kniss and the Board of Supervisors under the signature of Mayor Jones. 17. Consideration of Resolution Ordering the Preparation of Engineer Estimates and . Hiring of Professional Advisors to Assist Staff in Forming a Sewer Assessment District City Engineer Richard Chiu introduced the item. Before Council on the dais was the final iteration of a resolution to initiate proceedings to form a benefit assessment district to construct sewer works and improvements in the West Loyola neighborhood. Residents of the area had delivered a petition with signatures of approximately 85% of the neighbors in support of the formation of the sewer benefit assessments district that would finance construction of the sewer infrastructure. Approval of the resolution would allow the Town to move forward with the execution of agreements with the necessary professionals to prepare the Engineer's Report. The Report would beprovided to the Council at a later date for their approval. The Report would also provide the necessary details to the affected property owners regarding estimated construction costs for the project and assessment values for each of the benefitedro erties. P p City Attorney Steve Mattas clarified that the resolution before the Council on the dais had several modifications from the version that had been provided in the packet. The changes were not substantive relative to the direction that had been provided by Council. He reviewed the changes and noted that paragraph seven (7) addressed the issue of costs that would be incurred with the preparation of the Engineer's Report, including staff time and legal costs. The resolution required a reimbursement agreement be signed by a majority of the benefited parcel owners and a necessary deposit be placed with the Town prior to the start of any work. If the Sewer Assessment District was formed, the initial costs could be included in the assessment. Mattas explained that this insured that if the 10 Regular City Meeting Minutes January 24,2008