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• consideration of the contract amendment and the economic status of the program. Mordo reviewed the analysis of the fixed costs and revenues for the horseback riding programs that had been prepared by Administrative Services Director Sarah Ragsdale and appeared as Attachment 3 in the staff report. Mordo suggested that the program was in its infancy and there were several methods that could be adopted to increase the revenues including an increase in non-resident fees and the addition of more sessions. He explained the issues that currently affected additional arena time for the programs and suggested that a long term solution would be construction of a third arena or covered arena. Mordo recommended approval of the requests being proposed by the Parks and Recreation Department with the caveat that they investigate ways to increase the revenues including the option of revised fees for nonresident program participants. Council discussed the proposal. Council consensus was that they were not opposed to subsidizing the programs. Mayor Pro Tem Jones requested information on the current status of availability of arena time for the program. McLemore offered that the Friends of Westwind had been cooperative and that Jane Kawasaki was satisfied with the accessibility of the arena for the programs. Council directed the Parks and Recreation Department to investigate the option of increasing the fees for nonresidents as a means to reduce subsidy of the program. City Manager Cahill offered the revision would return to Council as a consent calendar item. MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Mordo, seconded by Kerr and passed unanimously to approve the amendment to the current horse lease agreement (Attachment 2) and to authorize temporary funding in the amount of not-to-exceed $8,408 to cover the shortfall in revenues for the riding programs. Staff was directed to return with suggestions to increase revenues for the program at a future meeting. 6.2 Proposed Amendment to Title 4. Public Safety, Chapter 3. Traffic City Manager Carl Cahill introduced this item to Council. In a post project review of the recent stop sign installations, staff had determined that there had been resident interest in notification prior to the installation of the signage. The signs had been installed on the basis of standard traffic engineering principles; but residents had expressed a desire to offer their opinions on the signs. Cahill noted that support for the installations had been expressed but there were also quite a few complaints with regard to the absence of any prior notice to the affected residents. Cahill proposed an amendment to the Town's Traffic Code that would establish an administrative Traffic Safety Review Committee and establish procedures for notifying residents when the Town proposed to install stop signs. Controversial stop signs would be forwarded to the City Council. He noted that no additional stop signs were being proposed at this time but that it seemed appropriate to amend the code prior to any project. • 6 City Council Meeting Minutes October 12,2006