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remaining issues identified in the final communication from Friends applied to changes of <br /> Subsection F of Section 2 of the Agreement. Specifically, these pertained to: 1) the <br /> process that the Town would follow if the Friends requested an additional "boarder" <br /> beyond those anticipated in the Agreement be seated on the Friends Board of Directors; <br /> and, 2) requested the number of"boarders" permitted on the Board be changed from a <br /> maximum of two to three. The first issue as modified would give the Town the unilateral <br /> right or option to give the Friends thirty days notice and require an action of the City <br /> Council. <br /> Mattas offered that all other terms of the Agreement that pertained to governance were <br /> acceptable to the Friends. For the benefit of the public, he reviewed the terms that had <br /> previously been agreed to by Council. They included: 1) The Board of Directors shall <br /> consist of seven members; 2) All board members, with the exception of the 4-H <br /> representative would be residents of the Town; 3) Current Board members positions <br /> would be grandfathered through June 2008; 4)No Board member should have a financial <br /> interest in Westwind other than a maximum of three horses boarded at the Barn; 5) No <br /> elected official or relative of elected officials of the Town would serve on the Board; 6) <br /> One voting representative on the Board would be a 4-H member and one Board seat <br /> would be preferentially assigned to a neighbor of Westwind; 7) A Board member who did <br /> not attend two (2) consecutive meetings and did not contribute a significant amount of <br /> time could be voted off the Board by the other Board members; 8) Board members would <br /> be limited to three consecutive terms of three years each; 9) Only Friends members who <br /> were Town residents would be permitted to vote for members of the Friends Board of <br /> Directors; and 10) Friends would provide the Town a certified copy of their election <br /> results following each election. <br /> Mattas advised that the Council should consider the changes and if they concurred with <br /> the two changes that he had identified, there would be agreement with the Friends Board <br /> of Directors and the Operating Agreement would be approved by both parties. The <br /> Friends would be required to amend their Bylaws pursuant to the new agreement by April <br /> 30, 2007. <br /> Mayor Pro Tem Jones tendered a motion to approve the new Operating Agreement <br /> including Section 2 as approved by the Friends of Westwind Board of Directors. Motion <br /> was seconded by Mordo. Council discussion ensued. <br /> Councilmember Mordo voiced his disagreement with the last minute changes. He did not <br /> believe they were necessary but suggested that they would not have any substantial <br /> impact. Mordo favored only two Board members having horses boarded at the Barn and <br /> suggested that additional boarding members might cause the Board to focus too much on <br /> the minutia of the Barn. Mordo preferred a new Board rather than the grandfather clause <br /> but added that everyone had worked very hard to find a positive resolution and he could <br /> vote for the revised agreement as presented. <br /> Councilmember Kerr thanked Councilmember Mordo for the diligence that he had <br /> exercised in working towards a solution and the President of the Board for her efforts. He <br /> suggested that the Town now had a historic opportunity to move forward in a positive <br /> 6 <br /> City Council Meeting Minutes <br /> March 22,2007 <br />