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Councilmember Mordo commented that he was supportive of the proposal's Scope of Services Task 1 and Task 2 as identified but believed that Task 3 should be performed in conjunction with the Ad-Hoc Advisory Committee. Task 3 called for the development of an evaluation report that included alternative methods for restoration of the Barn. Cassin ham offered that the proposal could be resubmitted to Mark Thomas & Co. for a g p p rebid of the project with the amendment as noted to the scope of work. She suggested that there was a potential for an increase in the cost of the services and would bring the revised proposal back to Council at a future meeting for their consideration. Council briefly discussed Councilmember Mordo's suggested modification to the proposal. Council determined that the report would be a "first draft" report on the restoration of the Barn and would not prejudice the design phase methodology. They accepted the scope of work as defined n the proposal. MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Jones, seconded by Mordo and passed unanimously to approve Resolution No.108-05 authorizing Mark Thomas & Co. to provide certain professional services to inspect and comprehensively evaluate Westwind Barn. Councilmember O'Malley recused himself from consideration of this item and did not participate in the vote. 5.6 Proposed Restoration of Town Riding Ring City Manager Maureen Cassingham introduced this item to Council. Council had before • them a staff report that included a detailed proposal from the Los Altos Hills Horsemen's Association for renovation of the Town ring to permit year round use of the facility. The proposal called for the installation of a new ring surface system. Cassingham provided a summary of the review of the project that had been conducted by the Parks and Recreation Committee and their recommendations. Initially, the Committee had recommended that the project be funded by Park Bond Act funds, but following'a more recent review, the Committee was recommending that the project be financed from Town General Funds. This financing proposal for the Ring restoration would ensure that Park Bond Act funds were available for other non-horse projects and facilities. Lori Askew, LAHHA President, addressed Council. She thanked them for their consideration of the Association's proposal to restore the Town's Ring on Purissima Road. Askew spoke to the recent revival of interest in horsemanship and the benefit to the community to have a public arena in a different geographical location than Westwind Barn. She promoted the Town Ring as a safe riding facility for children and an excellent venue to exercise and train horses. The ring also supported numerous community equestrian events. Askew offered that the ring's surface was rapidly deteriorating and needed to be addressed to ensure proper footing for equestrian activities. Councilmember Jones expressed his support for equestrian recreation facilities but requested additional information from the Parks and Recreation Committee on non- equestrian facilities available to the community. • 7 City Council Meeting Minutes November 17,2005