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• Items Removed: 4.1 Approval of Minutes: July 15, 1999 (Regular Meeting) MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Dauber, seconded by Johnson and passed unanimously to approve the minutes of the July 15, 1999 Regular City Council Meeting with the following correction: page 2, Item 3, insert following after third paragraph: "Dauber stated that she could not believe there were issues that could affect Councilmembers such as a house next door and you could not speak on it."; and page 7, first paragraph, change the last word 'streets' to 'driveways'. 4.6 Proclamation--Lawsuit Abuse Awareness Week-- September 20-24, 1999 Dauber asked that this item be removed from the Consent Calendar. When she had put it on she had understood that the request was coming from the Mayor of Saratoga. However, she then realized that Mr. Wolfe was making this request as Executive Director of the Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse. MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Siegel, seconded by Casey and passed unanimously to delete item 4.6 from the agenda. 5. UNFINISHED BUSINESS 5.1 Adoption of Resolution authorizing grant of easement to Pacific Bell on Town • Land for installation of an underground vault and letter of agreement-- Reso #_ Tracie Wright, right of way agent; Randy Okamura, External Affairs; and Trent VanWormer, Planning Engineer-- Pacific Bell addressed the Council on this request for an easement. They stated that their primary responsibility was to provide phone service to everyone in Town and currently some did not have it. They commented on the exclusivity issue and also noted that the issue of DSL services was very competitive. They were therefore reluctant to comment on when they would be available in the Town. Rick Ellinger 28520 Matadero Creek Lane and Robert Fenwick, 28011 Elena each addressed the Council stating the recommended approval of this application by the Utility and Information Systems Committee. Mr. Ellinger also referred to a detailed letter he wrote to the Council on the subject of vaults, DSL services and access and the high level of interest in the Town for DSL services. Les Earnest, 12769 Dianne Drive, commented that he was a current subscriber to DSL services. He was concerned about the structure of this proposal however in that it was open only to Pacific Bell and not competitive. Dauber raised the issue of the two year landscape maintenance agreement and did not think this was long enough for the landscaping to become established. She recommended a three year maintenance agreement. Casey commented on the recommended approval of this request from the Utility and Information Systems Committee and the importance of this as a public benefit. MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Dauber, seconded by Siegel and passed by the following roll call vote to amend the agreement from a two year to a three year landscape maintenance agreement. September 2, 1999 Regular City Council Meeting 3