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In their closing remarks, both speakers encouraged the Council to continue their support for Westwind Community Barn, both as a boarding facility and as a community asset and • link to the wonderful surrounding open space. Council thanked the Friends for their donation and stewardship of Westwind Barn for the past 31 years. B. 2009 Earth Day Community Service Projects-Chris Vargas 0 Consideration of Request for Town Support Chris Vargas, Templeton Place, thanked the City Council for the opportunity to present the action plan for Earth Day 2009. Vargas, a resident and member of the Standing Pathways Committee, had organized the Town's Earth Day path clean-up event for the past three years. In its inception year (2006), 180 students from Bullis Charter School had launched the program. By 2008, three schools and 300 students had picked up litter on the Town's pathways (Bullis Charter, Pinewood and St. Nicholas). Vargas reviewed the goals for 2009 that included an invitation to nine local schools to join in the activities with a target goal of 5 schools and 500 children involved. Proposed projects included: trail and pathways cleanup in both Los Altos Hills and Los Altos; public parks and recreation facilities cleanup in both communities; and, planting and cleanup projects on school campuses. Vargas offered that the vision of the Earth Day campaign was to "engage children in service projects that help them understand and appreciate the connection to their local community." Benefits of the previous events had included a cleaner Town with litter free trails and public recreation areas and proud excited children • who recognized that they had given something back to their community. Parents of the student participants were pleased that their children could be engaged in a safe and rewarding comm.unity event with recognizable results. The volunteer 2009 Earth Day committee consisted of residents Vargas, Courtney Corrigan, Scott Vanderlip and Anna Brunzell. They were charged with developing 35 projects and soliciting support from school principals. Vargas was before Council requesting financial and town staff support for the 2009 community event. In addition,he encouraged the Council to approve the creation and presentation of a "Mayor's Award" with recognition of all participating schools and special recognitions for outstanding service. Council thanked Vargas and the Earth Day committee members for their commitment to the 2009 community event. The consensus of the Council was to authorize the City Manager to approve the required funding for supplies and recognition awards in an amount not-to-exceed $2,500. CONSENT CALENDAR Items Removed: #3 (Finance Director) MOTIONED SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Summit, seconded by Larsen and passed unanimously to approve the remainder of the consent calendar, specifically: • 2 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes February 26,2009