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10. PRESENTATIONS FROM THE FLOOR Lee Ann Meyers, Los Gatos resident, read into the record a letter outlining her grievances with the Friends of Westwind regarding what she deemed was an illegal eviction notice for her horse from Westwind Barn. She asked that the City Council set up a checks and balance system for the Friends of Westwind or engage another entity to manage the facility. Sue Cretekos, resident and Friends of Westwind member, expressed her concern with the recent eviction of a boarder and the lack of proper meeting procedures for the Friends of Westwind Board of Directors meetings. She thanked the Council for the recent improvements to the Town Riding Ring and commented that she uses the facility daily. Sue Sullivan, Campo Vista Lane, commented that the Bullis school neighbors were concerned with the proposal for a full size soccer field that had been tendered by the soccer club. She noted that it would be nice to improve the fields but suggested that if CYSA/MVLA clubs were involved, use of the fields would be intense and activity would be scheduled for all daylight hours and well into the evening. Sullivan added that the neighborhood was very private and quiet. They did not oppose improvement to the field but wanted the Council to give careful deliberation on what type of fields was planned. Jim Abraham, Viscaino Road, offered that he was in concurrence with the speaker who had expressed a concern with the proposal from the soccer club for a full size, artificial Sturf field at Bullis. He questioned what their expectation was for their financial participation. Abraham believed that the disruption to the neighborhood, the required retaining walls, and site drainage issues were a negative to the proposal that should be considered. He suggested that a rehabilitation of the field would be a more appropriate project and offered that his daughter had played AYSO soccer on the Bullis fields. Dr. Sadri Khalessi, Los Altos, commented that he had been forced to move his horse from the Byrne Preserve pasture at Westwind Barn in December, 2006 by the Friends of Westwind. He explained that his eviction had been a very trying and costly experience and his worst experience in over forty years of equestrian activity. He spoke to the continued on-going change with the boarding rules and offered that he believed it was important for the Council to hear his experience. Meg Finn, Redwood City, spoke to the problems she had encountered at Westwind Barn as a trainer. She suggested that the empty spots at the Barn were due to the dysfunction of the Friends of Westwind. Councilmember O'Malley noted that the problems were normal to boarding facilities and questioned if she had not had some mutual confrontations at Westwind. She concurred. Rodney Robinson, Los Altos Hills resident, explained that he was a proponent of a large soccer field noting that there was no field in Los Altos Hills for older children to play soccer. He commented that boys had the Little League fields but that girls had no sports facilities and he believed they should have an equal opportunity to participate in a sports 12 City Council Meeting Minutes January 11,2007