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Jim Abraham, Los Altos Hills, said that the facility should be shut down and used <br />for Parks and Recreation activities only. <br />Michael Wagner, Los Altos Hills, said that there will be a fiscal impact if <br />boarding is not included. <br />Val Metcalfe, Los Altos Hills, pointed out that there are hidden costs and having a <br />no boarding option would impact revenue. <br />Wendy Mattas, Los Altos, said that the Westwind Barn is a treasure and should be <br />made available to the community. <br />Torie Dye, Mountain View, stated she currently runs the school program at <br />Fremont Hills Country Club and is potentially interested in moving the program to <br />Westwind Barn. <br />Richard Sereni, Los Altos Hills, proposed that he could be successful with the <br />Year Round Riding Program. <br />Nancy Couperus, Los Altos Hills, mentioned that the Friends of Westwind had no <br />Year Round Riding Program that brought in revenue, so the numbers may be even <br />better. <br />Rebecca Hickman, Los Altos Hills, encouraged the Council to go forward with <br />commercial boarding. <br />Allan Epstein, Los Altos Hills, said that the Finance and Investment Committee <br />had a discussion of a need for a subsidy and there was support among the <br />committee members. <br />Saila Kariat, Los Altos, said she boards two horses at Westwind and outlined the <br />business structure that works at Portola Valley Training Center and Portola Farms. <br />Jolon Wagner, Los Altos Hills, said that the community has amazing resources. <br />Kathy Evans, Los Altos Hills, said that the barn is a "community barn," not a <br />commercial barn and it is for kids and families. <br />Further Council discussion followed. <br />MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Vice Mayor Radford, <br />seconded by Councilmember Harpootlian and passed unanimously to conduct <br />structured interviews with any candidates that believe they can do the entire vendor <br />process or part of the process and have them interviewed in the next week; then <br />move from there to indicate which ones the Town wants to submit a request for a <br />quote for what they think they can do; it should be a staff function with one <br />Councilmember participating. <br />4 <br />City Council Special Meeting Minutes <br />November 5, 2013 <br />