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• Enhance the Town Little League Fields • Access adjacent recreational assest Mayor Jones reminded Council and the audience that a.public hearing had been scheduled for the December 13, 2007 regular City Council meeting. At that time, Council would consider the Parks and Recreation priorities and appropriate project funding. Jones reported that the Ad Hoc Committee on Recreation was recommending a total budget of approximately $3 million. Projects currently identified for consideration included: a park at the Bullis-Purissima campus located on the upper field; improvements at the Little League fields that included drainage, maintenance, safety issues and a potential sport court; pathways capital improvement projects; Los Altos Community Pool; and, Westwind Community Barn improvements. Councilmember Kerr advised Council that there was a possibility that a proposal for a park at Hidden Villa could be included in the December 13, 2007 meeting discussion. He would keep Council apprised of the issue. Mayor Jones volunteered to discuss the issue with the Hidden Villa Board Chairman Lee Price. WESTWIND COMMUNITY BARN Councilmember Warshaswky recused himself from the discussion on Westwind Community Barn and stepped down from the dais. • Councilmember Kerr explained that the item before Council was an information only update on the status of the investigation/review of improvements to the Westwind Community Barn. At the previous Council meeting, Kerr had requested an opportunity to present the report to Council to garner Council input and direction on the proposed improvements at the facility. He hoped that the presentation would bring the project development"inline" with the other recreation proposals and permit it to be considered at the December 13, 2007 public hearing. Kerr introduced Architect John Miller. Miller had toured the Barn, meet with staff and members of the WCBC. Miller provided an overview of his presentation and explained that design was an evolution and the one before Council had been evolving very quickly. His presentation included four options and one master plan concept. Miller proceeded with a PowerPoint presentation. He reviewed the mission statement for Wetwind Barn that had been developed over the last year and called for the facility to be a working equestrian training and boarding facility; provide community oriented educational and recreational activities; the preservation of the local historical landmark; to make the Barn code compliant and a functional physical plant; and, to be welcoming and accessible to everyone in Town. Miller noted that the "Program" that he had addressed in his designs called for the addition of a manager's residence, handicap accessible restrooms, improvements to the meeting space, storage, seismic "retrofitting", upgrades to the electrical system, and, connection to the sewer. 4 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes October 25,2007