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Matt Leddy, a resident with a Masters degree in Ecology, a biology teacher at the College of San Mateo and assistant curator of birds at the Academy of Sciences, said Mr. Ponti invited him to view the site last Saturday and they saw two white tail kites at the site. He also said there was a partial bat skull so he suspects they are there as well. Julie Abraham expressed appreciation for the passion, creativity and collaborative opportunity to dialogue and work together and opined this process is also beneficial to Mr. McGowan. Dean Collins, with the Finger Avenue Pride Committee, expressed appreciation for the drawing and spoke in favor of a mediation process for people with different viewpoints. He opined there will be a project out there and questioned how to compromise with the same plan from eight years ago. Daniel Ponti, representing the Finger Avenue Pride Committee, thanked Council Member Foust for her comments, expressed hope for this discussion, and noted that is why they sent their letter. He spoke about the fact that they are all tired, but they are now ready with ideas about reducing costs, mitigations, reuse of buildings. He also apologized for late emails while noting that it is hard to formulate them until they see the staff report on Thursday night prior to the meetings. He asked if there is a way to stagger the staff reports so they come out a week before the Council meetings. One Council Member asked Council to consider Zoning laws and she would like the Planning Commission to study this because the Planned Development Permit process allowed for this type of situation. The Mayor concurred. Mayor Aguirre closed the Public Hearing. M/S Gee/Bain moved to continue this matter to the September 10, 2012 meeting, because of the volume of the information to be considered and he City Council wishes to continue working on this matter in the interim; furthermore, the motion includes designating the City Manager to work with the Community Development Director to initiate a process with the parties (with each community group designating two representatives) to provide an opportunity for a mediated/facilitated discussion using the Stipulated Judgment as a parameter with the goal of reaching an agreement on the plan for the proposed project. If there is a cost to the mediation/facilitation the parties involved are to split the cost. City staff will coordinate the logistics for the discussion but not the discussion itself. MINUTE-ORDER 157 One Council Member made comments about the fact that this is an opportunity to find compromise and stick with it. Another Council Member said that he would like to see this work even though he was not hopeful. He opined that for that to happen this needs to be a completely voluntary process with those involved thinking beyond their personal needs and wanting to think about the greater good. Another Council Member said that he will support this process even though he was ready to vote on this tonight and he hopes that the desire and respect will make this a successful endeavor. Another Council Member noted that in September there will be a decision and she hopes that CITY COUNCIL July 9, 2012 MEETING MINUTES PAGE 12 MINUTE BOOK NO. 64 Page No. 179