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• Town of Los Altos Hills <br /> City Council Regular Meeting Minutes <br /> Thursday, December 13, 2007 <br /> Council Chambers, 26379 Fremont Road <br /> CALL TO ORDER, ROLL CALL, AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE <br /> Mayor Jones called the City Council Regular Meeting to order at 7:05 p.m. in the Council <br /> Chambers at Town Hall. <br /> Present: Mayor Craig A.T. Jones, Vice Mayor Jean Mordo, Councilmember Breene <br /> Kerr, Councilmember Mike O'Malley, and Councilmember Dean <br /> Warshawsky <br /> Absent: None <br /> Staff. City Manager Carl Cahill, Interim City Engineer Cyrus Kianpour, Finance <br /> Director Nick Pegueros, Planning Director Debbie Pedro, Parks and <br /> Recreation Supervisor Eric Christensen, City Attorney Steve Mattas, and <br /> City Clerk Karen Jost <br /> MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Warshawsky, seconded by Mordo <br /> • and passed unanimously to limit comments from the floor to two minutes. <br /> APPOINTMENTS AND PRESENTATIONS <br /> 1. Presentation by Lee Price, Chair, Hidden Villa Board of Directors <br /> Lee Price, Chair, Trust for Hidden Villa, addressed Council. He thanked them for the <br /> opportunity to make a presentation on a possible alternative to the recreation options and <br /> park facilities to be discussed later in the meeting. Hidden Villa is a nonprofit educational <br /> organization. The site consists of an organic farm, wilderness hiking area and community <br /> center, all open to the general public. Hidden Villa is located adjacent to the Town. Price <br /> proceeded with a PowerPoint presentation that included the founding and history of <br /> Hidden Villa and the numerous programs available to the community. <br /> Price reviewed Hidden Villa's current financial dilemma. The organization is land rich <br /> and cash poor with 1,600 acres and an endowment income of only$35,000. The Board, at <br /> their December meeting, authorized discussions to sell or lease a small portion of the <br /> lower fields to raise endowment funds. Price shared an aerial of the area identified for <br /> sale or lease located near the entrance. He noted that if the Town were interested in the <br /> site for a soccer field, an annexation process would be required. <br /> He thanked the Council for their time and commented that Hidden Villa was very much <br /> • interested in entertaining discussions with the Town. <br /> 1 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes <br /> December 13,2007 <br />