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5. Approve Participation in CalCard Program Mayor Jones explained that he had requested separate consideration of the item to permit further clarification. City Manager Cahill offered that the Town currently provided credit cards to the City Manger and department heads to facilitate day-to-day operations. The cards were kept in the safe room. Finance Director Nick Pegueros noted that the request before Council was for the Town to join the State of California's purchasing card program that was available to all governmental agencies in the state. Participation in the program would allow the Town to take advantage of discounts and rebates. All expenses/purchases would be reviewed daily. MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Mordo, seconded by Warshawsky and passed unanimously to approve Resolution No. 87-07 authorizing the City Manager to apply for the corporate credit card program. PRESENTATIONS FROM THE FLOOR Jitze Couperus, Page Mill Road, thanked the City Council for their action on consent calendar agenda item #8 approving the lease agreement between the Town and the Santa Clara Valley Water District to utilize Edith Park as a temporary construction staging area • for the Adobe Creek Upper Reach 5 project. He alerted the Council to preconstruction activity at the park site and the possible removal of trees. Construction was slated to begin in early spring. He suggested an article in the press would be appropriate to alert residents of the project and assuage any concerns about the work. Mayor Jones requested that an item be added to the December 13, 2007 agenda for Council discussion regarding a feasibility study on a future beautification project at Edith Park. Study costs to be approximately$15,000420,000. PUBLIC HEARINGS 9. Los Altos Hills General Plan Update: Proposed Amendments to the General Plan include an updated Safety Element and Noise Element and Adoption of a Negative Declaration of the Project Consultant Leslie Hopper introduced the item to Council. She summarized the process that has been established to review and draft the updates. In July 2005, the City Council established the Ad Hoc General Plan Committee and chartered the membership with the General Plan update The broad-based Committee has six members, including current and former members of the City Council and Planning Commission. The Committee has met twice monthly to update the existing elements of the Town's General Plan. Phase 1 of the project which included the updated Introduction, Conservation Element, and Open Space & Recreation Element had been approved and adopted by the City Council on April 26, 2007. Phase 2 of the General Plan update consisting of the updated Safety 3 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes November 8,2007