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4111/ F. OLD BUSINESS: (continued) : Nancy Alexander, consultant , presented an overview for the Council of the recently completed Community Opinion Survey. She commented on the executive summary of the survey, the findings and the approach of the survey. Ms. Alexander also highlighted some of the questions which were asked in the survey, including the rural character of the Town, the issue of open space, the size of the homes , the pathways and the matter of architectural review by the Town. Ms . Alexander commented that the survey had been very well received by the residents who were well informed and interested in commenting on the various issues. Mrs . Shari Emling, 11853 Murietta Lane, commented on the question regarding bicycle paths and reported how dangerous Moody Road was particularly on the weekends with bicyclists. Mrs . Betsy Bertram, 11854 Page Mill Road , concurred with Mrs . Emling' s comments and also added Page Mill , Altamont and Robleda to the list of dangerous roads . Mrs . Bertram also noted that oftentimes the recommendations from the Safety Committee concerning the safety of joggers, bicyclists , etc . were not acted upon by the Council . Mrs. Bertram inquired about the authorization to the consultant to continue to ask the question on senior housing in the pretesting period, asked for an explanation of certain of the appendices and requested that at least one copy of the survey be made available as a reference copy. Mr. Rob Hamilton, 26480 St . Francis , thanked the Council for undertaking such a survey. He also asked how those under 18 years of age would be treated in evaluating the results of the survey. While those surveyed were 18 or older , Mr. Hamilton noted that many of those using the pathways in Town were under 18 years of age. Council thanked Ms . Alexander for her presentation and expressed their interest in using the survey as a valuable tool for the Town. A discussion took place on the appropriate distribution of the survey and it was agreed that the sub-committee would review this and bring a recommendation back to the Council at the next meeting. One of the suggestions was the distribution to each resident of the three page executive summary with a cover letter. 2. Los Altos Juvenile Alcohol Party Ordinance a) Response from Captain Thomas - Sheriff ' s Department Council had received a copy of a letter from Captain Thomas which included the statement that he did not believe the Town also needed to adopt a Juvenile Alcohol Party Ordinance. van Tamelen noted that she had received comments from school officials in Los Altos that the ordinance would not work in Los Altos if one Lwere not adopted in Los Altos Hills . -6- 3/15/89