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Town's one acre parcel minimum called for in the General Plan. He stated his support for the sale of theroe p P rtY. • Councilmember O'Malley concurred with Councilmember Jones. He did not want to see the creation of a non-conforming piece of property and noted that the only person that would have an interest in the parcel were the adjacent property owners. O'Malley reiterated that the Town had followed a sophisticated appraisal process and believed the sales price was reasonable for the parcel. Mayor Mordo concurred with the comments of the Council. OPENED PUBLIC COMMENTS Jim Abraham, resident, believed that the appraisal had been flawed and the parcel should have been valued as a residential piece of property. He opposed the sale and was of the opinion that it was inappropriate for the Town to not take the right-or-way dedication at the time of the sale. CLOSED PUBLIC COMMENTS MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Jones, seconded by O'Malley and passed unanimously to adopt Resolution No. 78-08 approving a purchase and sale agreement between the Town of Los Altos Hills and Steve and Karla Jurvetson for the sale of APN 182-21-003. Direction was given to the City Attorney to amend the • agreement to add a provision that required the purchaser to merge the two parcels. 10. Consideration of Holiday City Council Meeting Schedule and Cancellation of Regularly Scheduled Meeting(s) (Staff. K. Jost) MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Warshawsky, seconded by O'Malley and passed unanimously to cancel the November 27th and December 25th regularly scheduled City Council meeting due to their conflict with holidays. 11. Consideration of Revised Schedule of User Fees at Westwind Community Barn (Staff. N. Pegueros) Councilmember Breene Kerr recused himself from consideration of the item and stepped down from the dais. Mayor Pro Tem Warshawsky recused himself and did not participate in the discussion. Finance Director Nick Pegueros introduced the item to Council. Council had before them a resolution to adopt a revised schedule of user fees at Westwind Community Barn for the period beginning January 1, 2009. In July, 2008, the City Council adopted a six month operations budget for the facility using data provided by the prior operator. With four months of revenue and expenditure experience, the Town now had reliable data to forecast the annual budget for the operation of boarding services. Pegueros noted that the most notable increase in costs has been for feed and bedding. Additionally, managing the • barn as a public facility had significantly increased barn operation costs. The proposed 9 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes November 13,2008