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i that the Council was not talking about getting rid of Westwind Barn but relocating it to a better location. Frank Lloyd noted that one of their committee members, Shabnam Jain, was preparing a report on Westwind Barn, thus the Finance and Investment Committee had not reviewed that property and had no position on it at this time. As far as O'Keefe and Story Hill were concerned, they supported selling them. Mr. Lloyd commented that the money from the sale of these properties could possibly be used for the Town Hall project as well as Town recreation programs. During the discussion, Douglas Norby noted that the Finance and Investment Committee had not recommended the sale of Westwind Barn, as it had not yet reviewed it. Rebecca Hickman noted that Parks and Recreation could not use the O'Keefe property and they had no objection to it being sold. Patty Radlo further commented that issues with the O'Keefe property, if used for recreation purposes such as soccer fields, included parking, noise, and impact on the neighbors. The Parks and Recreation Committee also did not object to the sale of the Story Hill property but noted there was some history of erosion problems on this piece of land. The Parks and Recreation Committee strongly supported not selling the Westwind Barn property. Rebecca Hickman further suggested looking at the Town Ring land near the little league fields as a possible site for recreation programs. • There was parking available, the neighbors were used to a programs being conducted at the ring and it could result in a `recreation corridor' along Purissima. Finn believed selling the Westwind Barn property and moving the Barn to the Byrne Preserve would be a `win/win' for the Town. Los Altos Hills would have a better facility for Westwind Barn and would get needed funds for additional recreation programs in the Town. Finn also inquired about the possibility of moving the Town's corporation yard located on Purissima and was advised that Council would be discussing a request for proposals for consulting services for evaluation of the Public Works Maintenance Department at the regular meeting later in the evening. Cheng stated that she thought the Council should have a specific plan for the funds obtained from the sale of Town-owned lands before any sale was contemplated. The City Attorney stated that she would be providing a report to the City Council on the legal steps required when considering the sale of Town- owned lands. PASSED BY CONSENSUS: It was agreed that O'Malley would contact the Nature Conservancy to see if moving Westwind Barn onto the Preserve would be in accordance with their restrictions on the property. Regarding the O'Keefe property it was noted that discussions were ongoing with April 18, 2002 Special City Council Meeting 2