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Mayor Jones noted that the agenda item had been the primary focus of the September 27, 2007 Council Strategic Goal Setting Session. The identification of the recreation • priorities and corresponding capital improvement budget would be considered as a public hearing at the December 13, 2007 regular Council meeting. He sought Council input on the logistics and planning of the December meeting. Council had previously approved the mailing of a Town-wide notice of the public hearing, and Jones requested Council consideration of scheduling options. He suggested that the Bullis school upper fields, Little League fields improvements, pathways construction projects, and the Los Altos community pool be scheduled for the December meeting and Westwind Barn be the subject of a public hearing at the January meeting. Jones offered that scheduling Westwind Barn for discussion at the January meeting would permit the necessary additional time to consider the governance issue and facility improvements. Additionally, he suggested that the Westwind Community Barn Committee should have a recommendation for a project plan for the facility by the January hearing. Vice Mayor Mordo questioned if there would be funding available for the Barn following the December 13th hearing. He suggested the second meeting in January would be a more appropriate hearing date because of the holidays if Council decided to schedule discussion of the barn for a second hearing because of the holiday schedule. Councilmember Kerr understood Mayor Jones' concern that the Westwind Barn's proposal was not adequately developed given the presentation that was made at the Strategic Goal Setting Session. He proposed that an agenda item be scheduled for the next Council meeting to address the Barn's infrastructure and identify what was • necessary, at a minimum, to correct the outstanding issues at the Barn not the restoration of the facility. He added that he would like the opportunity following the discussion at the next meeting, to refine the proposal and bring it in line with the other recreation opportunities presentations. Kerr suggested that the topics for discussion at the October 25, 2007 meeting could include the expenditure of the cell tower revenues for the more critical improvements at the facility and a status report from the Westwind Community Barn Committee(WCBC) on the governance issue. Mayor Jones queried if it would be helpful for the City Council to give direction to the Westwind Community Barn Committee on the ultimate product that Council was seeking for the Barn. Drawing from the previous Council discussion at the Strategic Goal Setting Session, Jones had identified the following as his proposed direction for Westwind Barn and was seeking Council input. He suggested that the City Council supported the restoration of the Westwind Barn as a historic building in Los Altos Hills. He noted that this was a goal without comment on the expenditure of public funds versus private. Jones suggested that the improvements be focused on the following features: 1) Maintain the existing footprint of the building with no new buildings or add-ons; 2) upgrade the public bathroom; 3) upgrade the overnight accommodation — small residence quarters appropriate for one person; 4) improve the electrical and plumbing as necessary; 5) • improve the lighting as appropriate and cost effective; 6) eliminate the dry-rot as much as possible; 7) beautify the building through paint and window replacements appropriate to 8 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes October 11,2007