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Mayor Pro Tem Jones offered that with the survey findings and the feasibility study; it was possible that the Council could make a decision on the issue this year. He noted that the Los Altos School District was open to discussion on the Bullis field. Improvements to the field were not included in the current phase of renovations at the site. Jones suggested that the Council wait to assess the residents' comments on recreation priorities and review the feasibility study on the Little League study to better evaluate the options. Councilmember O'Malley requested that the Parks and Recreation Committee be included in the process. OPENED PUBLIC COMMENT Kathy Evans, La Loma Drive, spoke to the many recreational opportunities available in Town including Westwind Barn and the development of the O'Keefe property as a wetlands. She advised Council that a property was for sale at the rear of Foothill College that would be an appropriate site for a Parks and Recreation facility for classroom courses. Evans encouraged the Council to explore all opportunities. David Rock, Little League President, explained that he had discussed the shared field concept with City Manager Cahill and after visiting the site with the consultant, it was determined that there was not adequate space for a "stand alone new field". However, there may be room for a field in the outfield of Field#2. CLOSED PUBLIC COMMENT 6.1 Consideration of Council Meeting Schedule for February 22, 2007 The City Clerk introduced this item. At the request of Mayor Pro Tem Jones, discussion of the February 22, 2007 meeting schedule had been agendized for Council consideration. Both the Los Altos School District and the Palo Alto Unified School District had vacation weeks scheduled concurrent with the next council meeting. The Clerk noted that the tentative meeting agenda was very light. MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Jones, seconded by Mordo and passed unanimously to cancel the regularly scheduled February 22, 2007 City Council meeting. 6.2 Consideration of Adjustments to Council Meeting Agenda Format City Attorney Steve Mattas introduced this item to Council. He explained there were several options to a meeting format that might be amenable to Council. He noted that some surrounding communities schedule the closed session discussions at the beginning of their meetings. They convene their meetings and then adjourn to closed session and at a designated time, return to the open meeting and public hearings. Council could have the closed session begin at 6:30 pm with a planned end of the closed session at 7:00 pm and • move directly into Presentations from the Floor and the Public Hearings and the remainder of the administrative agenda. Another option suggested was to establish time 9 City Council Meeting Minutes February 8,2007