Food fit for the gods WEEKEND | P.13 FEBRUARY 26, 2010 VOLUME 18, NO. 8 INSIDE: MOVIES | PAGE 16 650.964.6300 MountainViewOnline.com City Council sets the stage for major budget cuts By Daniel DeBolt potential cuts to police and library ser- — including $1 million in new revenue ountain View residents and city vices, cutting off funds to local nonprofits, and $1 million in employee compensation NAT A GLANCE employees responded en masse possibly closing Deer Hollow Farm and a cuts — to fill the rest of an estimated $5 to the prospect of city budget possible 2 percent increase in water rates. million deficit in the 2010-11 fiscal year. Proposed measures to improve the city’s budget M outlook include: cuts, packing the City Council chambers City manager Kevin Duggan said the The cuts could mean the elimination Tuesday night until there was nowhere potential cuts might appear to be severe of 37 employee positions, about 24 of Cuts to the Police Department .... $1.4 million left to stand. because the city exhausted its options for which are currently filled. Duggan said Reduced library hours ......................$150,000 Council members said they had received less painful cuts last year. 80 percent of the city budget is employee more than 100 e-mails that afternoon By June, the City Council must sift compensation costs. Reduced code enforcement ..............$110,000 alone from people concerned about a through the potential cuts, which total The list of potential cuts includes Eliminating funding to nonprofits .... $272,000 list, released by the city manager last somewhere between $3.3 million and eliminating or partially cutting funds to Eliminating weed abatement ............$105,200 Thursday, which outlined potential cuts $4.3 million, to find about $2 million in Raising water rates by 2 percent .....$300,000 to various city services. The list includes savings. The city hopes to find other ways See COUNCIL, page 8 City may allow medi-pot dispensaries by year’s end TEMPORARY BAN APPROVED, GIVING STAFFERS ENOUGH TIME TO CRAFT REGULATIONS By Daniel DeBolt urgency” prohibition takes effect within 30 days and would sunset he City Council approved on April 18, 2011. It was proposed a one-year ban on medi- after an “urgency” interim ban Tcal marijuana dispensaries brought before the council two Tuesday to allow time for the weeks ago failed to gain the six city to craft regulations allowing votes it required due to opposition medical marijuana to be sold in by council members John Inks and Mountain View. Tom Means. Both continued their There now appears to be three opposition to any kind of tempo- potential Mountain View dis- rary ban on Tuesday. pensary operators, including a So far no council member is man who introduced himself to clearly opposed to having a dispen- the council Tuesday as corporate sary in Mountain View. Council attorney Matt Rocero. member Laura Macias appeared “It can be a very important to come close two weeks ago when JAMES TENSUAN source of tax revenue,” he said. “I she noted that the federal govern- MAHALO: have been here since 5 p.m. and ment still has not legalized medical Members of Halau ‘o Keikiali’i perform traditional Hawaiian dances at the Community School of heard everything you have been marijuana — though the Obama Music and Arts on Sunday. The group’s mission is to educate the public about Hawaiian culture through talking about,” referring to city’s administration has turned a blind its performances. potential budget cuts. eye to it — possibly putting the city City attorney Jannie Quinn said in a difficult position. the council would hold a study ses- “There is an interest in mak- sion on medical marijuana-related ing this available,” Macias said issues before summer break, and Tuesday. proposed regulations could be Medical marijuana lobbyist Guv’s Challenge gets teens off the couch approved by the council sometime Max Del Real said he was sur- By Kelsey Mesher There was always an excuse, Sports aimed at getting students by the end of the year — which is prised at the lack of opposition to she explained: She was too busy; to exercise more. Its premise is when a City Council election will medical marijuana in Mountain hen Los Altos High her bike tires were flat; her knees simple: commit to exercising for also be occurring. School senior Anna were bad and she couldn’t run. at least 30 minutes three times Approved by a 4-2 vote, the “non See POT, page 9 WLee quit competitive Then, in December, she heard a week for a month. Perks for swimming last year to participate about the Governor’s Challenge, participants include free gym in Main Street, the school’s top a statewide program put on by memberships and lift tickets at choir, she also gave up regular Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s exercise. 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