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No report. 9. COUNCIL-INITIATED ITEMS 9.1 Consideration of Councilmember Use of Town Email Addresses for Official Councilmember Correspondence—Councilmember Mordo Councilmember Mordo had brought this item forward for discussion following comments from a resident that suggested that Councilmember email correspondence regarding Town business should be in the public domain and accessible. Mordo suggested that all Councilmember email addresses be provided by the Town and located on the Town's network/server. Council discussion ensued.There was no consensus for the proposal. 9.2 WCB Committee Workplan-Next Steps—Councilmember Mordo Councilmember Mordo reported that he had scheduled the first meeting of the Westwind Community Barn Committee. In addition to the Committee members, he had extended an invitation for the initial meeting to all persons who had expressed an interest in serving on the Committee. The City Clerk distributed a work plan that had been developed by Mordo for the Committee. He reviewed the scope of his proposal that included the following: 1) reach agreement on the activities at Westwind Community Barn; 2) develop a plan for the restoration including the layout of the facility and prioritization of the renovation work; 3) evaluate sources of financing; and 4) recommend governance setup that will allow the identified goals to take place. Mordo noted that the membership was reviewing their options for a permanent meeting schedule and commented that they would meet possibly two times a month during the early phase of the workplan. He expected several subcommittees to be established and workplan items to proceed in parallel: Council supported his workplan for the WCBC. Following a brief discussion, Council consensus was to avail the Committee of Town staff(Parks and Recreation Supervisor) support when they had specific questions that needed to be addressed. 10. PRESENTATIONS FROM THE FLOOR Jay Shideler, Environmental Initiatives Committee addressed Council. He explained that he was before Council representing the Single Stream Recycling subcommittee of the EIC and noted that he was the primary liaison with the Los Altos Garbage Company. Shideler expressed his concern that the Town was not achieving the expected improvements in recycling by instituting the single stream option. He and EIC member John Harpootlian • had meet with representatives of LAGCo to review their reporting methods and revised spreadsheets would be forthcoming from the company that will assist them in monitoring 10 City Council Meeting Minutes September 14,2006