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[[underlined]] Report of the ad hoc Committee on Food Services [[/underlined]]

Senator Sasser reported that the [[underlined]] ad hoc [[/underlined]] committee on food services met on December 12, 1985 in Mr. Conte's office. Attending the meeting were Senator Sasser, Chairman, Mr. Conte, and staff representatives of Mr. Mineta and Regent Emeritus Haskins.

The meeting, which commenced at approximately 12:45, lasted for about one hour. The Regents present and their staff hear a brief presentation from Smithsonian staff members John Jameson, Jim Hobbins, and John Clarke.

The Smithsonian staff presentation centered on reports relating to current crowding at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum restaurant, the status of current food service contracts, and future proposals for the construction and operation of modernized restaurant facilities, principally at the Air and Space Museum.

As a result of its deliberations, the [[underlined]] ad hoc [[/underlined]] committee offered the following findings and recommendations for consideration by the Board of Regents:

1. The current restaurant facilities at the Air and Space Museum are clearly outmoded and are not providing suitable food services for the many thousands of visitors who frequent the facility daily. The Board should proceed with a decision to authorize construction of a new terrace restaurant at the Museum and to authorize new Requests for Proposal (RFPs) to be issued to serve as the basis for the selection of a food service contractor.

2. The [[underlined]] ad hoc [[/underlined]] committee, taking due note of the past history of the original request for proposal, expects that such history will not prejudice any decision by the Smithsonian with respect to any