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previously approved final map. Staff would review the Master Path Map for the path route in question and report back to Council. • MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Mordo, seconded by Warshawsky and passed unanimously to approve the amended Parcel Map, Lands of Horton. Resolution No. 76-07 PRESENTATIONS FROM THE FLOOR Dru Anderson, Emergency Communications Committee Chair, addressed Council. She provided an overview of her 3 year term as Chair of the Committee and shared with Council the safety attire they wear during their drills and emergencies that would identify them as emergency volunteers (jacket, hard hat, identification card). Anderson noted that the membership of the Committee had grown during her term to include 21 voting members and 4 associates, all certified amateur radio operators. Many of the members are both SEIMS and CERT trained. She thanked the Council for their continuing support of the Emergency Communications Committee and noted that Rick Ellinger would be beginning his tenure as Chair at their next regularly scheduled meeting. She would continue as the business lead on the antenna upgrade at the La Cresta water tank and in their efforts to bring a"ham"presence for emergency preparedness to Foothill College. Council thanked Anderson for her dedication and volunteer commitment to Los Altos • Hills' emergency preparedness. Fritz Mueller, Duval Way, addressed Council. He explained that he was before Council to advise them of the re-routing of the campus loop road that was currently being proposed by Foothill College and included in their Facilities Master Plan. He distributed a schematic of the proposal to Council. Mueller offered that the proposed change to the road would severely impact neighbors of the College. Every car that entered the campus traveled on the road. He thanked the staff for their involvement and support of the neighbors' opposition and encouraged the City Council to continue to monitor the situation. Pat Meneely, Duval Way, thanked Planning Director Debbie Pedro for her recent letter to Foothill College commenting on the impact to residents of the proposed loop road to the residents. She believed the proposal would not only impact their life negatively with noise and pollution but would have an impact on the environment. She asked the Council to remain vigilant on the project. Bob Meneely, Duval Way, explained that the proposed loop was very close to his property and with approximately 10,000 vehicles traveling daily in and out of the campus via the road, the effect would be devastating. He noted that the residents had not been informed of the revised Master Plan or been afforded an opportunity to offer their input. Meneely suggested that the loop road realignment would also negatively impact the nearby seasonal Purissima creek that had been reclassified as a drainage swale. He 4 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes October 11,2007