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because of the associated costs. She had a binder of pictures and documents to support her comments and offered to share them with the Council. Morrison added that she had agreed to bring sewer to the subdivision at a major expense and would be expediting the process. She expected to begin the sewer project prior to October 16, 2007. Peter Kline, counsel for the applicant, proposed that Conditions of Approval 5 and 6 be modified to include direction to the City Engineer to consider the drainage issues from off-site sources and that CalTrans be included in the mitigation measures as determined by the City Engineer. Ginger Summit, Pathways Committee Chair, thanked Ms. Morrison for providing the pathway easement. The new easement would provide a connector between La Cresta and Purissima. Summit explained that for safety there were many agreements between neighbors for escape routes. Toni Casey, Ravensbury Avenue, spoke in favor of the subdivision as approved by the Planning Commission and suggested that the Heritage Oak Tree Ordinance that had been written by her and Bill Siegel during their tenure on the City Council provided adequate protection for the trees. Casey reminded the Council that during the site development review process for approval of the homes on the lots, there would be an additional opportunity for Council to review and approve the development. . CLOSED PUBLIC HEARING Mayor Jones requested clarification on the comments made by the applicant's counsel regarding the offsite drainage and inclusion of the item in a condition of approval. City Engineer Cyrus Kianpour explained that when the Town performs the hydraulic analysis of the project, the volume of runoff from Interstate 280 would be considered. He noted that the Town was monitoring the current improvements being made on Interstate 280 and the impact of drainage. Kianpour added that the volume of water runoff at the site was regulated by the existing outfall. The issue that would be investigated was "duration" or the amount of time it takes for the runoff to reach the site. He noted that if that had changed, the Town would work with CalTrans. Kianpour explained that the peak volume of water that flows to the site was regulated by the existing pipeline and that particular pipeline was not being increased in size. Mayor Jones proposed that to facilitate discussion of the application, Council comments be organized into the following topics: 1) the general subdivision; 2) Parcel 2 and the heritage oak trees; 3) name of the public street; and 4) other issues. Council concurred. 1) Subdivision—no comments 2)Parcel 2 and the heritage oak trees Councilmember O'Malley commented that he did have concerns about the lack of an open space easement that would protect the oak trees but noted that the circle that 8 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes September 13,2007