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Council Discussion: Council discussion ensued. Councilmember Mordo congratulated the group on their successes but noted his concern that the Town was providing 100% funding for a "private" group and questioned if the members who directly benefited should minimally participate in the funding at a minimal cost($20/30 membership). Mayor Kerr suggested that the Council consider approving the request for the next nine months and then revisit the funding allocation during budget discussions. Councilmember Warshawsky added that he and his son attend the family oriented events and they were a wonderful resource for meeting neighbors and new families. Councilmember Summit congratulated Jones and Carlstrom for their efforts and spoke to her experience as a new resident and how difficult it was to network and meet new people. However, she concurred with Councilmember Mordo's comments and offered that she had been under the assumption that the initial funding of$5,000 last year would help launch the group but that it was a one time funding request. The new proposal request of $10,000, suggested that it would be an annual request. She expressed her uncertainty where the funding could be addressed in the annual budget and suggested that it might be considered as a subset of the Town's Parks and Recreation program. She did not believe that it would be appropriate to include it with the grants to the non-profit organizations. Council discussed the feasibility of integrating the group into the Town and the consensus was that it was more beneficial for them to remain a separate independent entity. Jones confirmed that the expectation was to return to the Town annually with a funding request. MOTION MADE AND CARRIED: Moved by Mordo, seconded by Kerr and passed unanimously to approve the funding request of$10,000 for 2010-11 and to recommend that the LAHF investigate ways to self-finance a portion of their expenses. The funding for LAHF would be reviewed as a line item during the annual budget discussions. 27. Deer Creek Road Bike Lane Project(Mayor Kerr) Mayor Kerr reported that Stanford had several proposals under consideration for Deer Creek Road including reducing the road to two lanes and stripping for bike lanes. He suggested that before the agreement with Stanford for the C-2 trail was signed, it would be prudent for the Town to have an understanding of Stanford's proposal for Deer Creek Road. City Engineer Chiu acknowledged that staff had made an attempt to have representatives from Stanford attend the Council meeting but due to the short notice, they were unable to attend. However, they did indicate that they could attend a future meeting if that was the desire of the Council. 14 Approved City Council Regular Meeting Minutes October 21,2010