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D. Swearing in of Planning Commission Appointees - Janet Borgens, Rachel Holt, and Ernie Schmidt - Silvia Vonderlinden, City Clerk City Clerk Vonderlinden swore in the appointees at the podium and congratulated them. 6. PUBLIC COMMENT Mayor Gee noted that 7.1A was pulled from the agenda. Gail Raabe, representing Redwood City Neighbors United, thanked the Council and the City Manager for listening to their concerns about the inclusion of the salt ponds on the map of 7.1A. They look forward to working with the City on recycled water issues. Nancy Radcliffe mentioned that the Redwood City Pageant will be held on February 22"a at the College of San Mateo Theater. Mayor Jeff Gee will be the photographer; Barbara Pierce will be the Ticket Administrator; and Sheri from Studio S will be the choreographer. On another note, Ms. Radcliffe also brought up her role as a Board Member of City Trees. She thanked Council for letting Public Works partner with City Trees and together they have grown over 2,800 trees and started a pruning program the third Saturday of the month and started tree walks. The next walk will be on March gtn at Sequoia High School. Ms. Radcliffe further stated that they have received a generous donation from Former Mayor Ira Ruskin; and so on April 19th, there will be a special recognition event tree planting in honor of Mr. Ruskin. Additionally, Ms. Radcliffe mentioned that the new county jail will have a program that allows inmates to plant and grow trees at the facility. Lastly, Canopy from Palo Alto will be partnering with City Trees. 7. CONSENT CALENDAR M/S Aguirre/Seybert to approve the Consent Calendar with agenda item 7.1A excluded and Council Member Howard abstaining on 7.2. A as she was not present at those meetings. Marsha Cohen, member of Redwood City Neighbors United, thanked City Manager Bell for removing the 7.1A item from the Consent Calendar item on the recycled water. She mentioned that she participated in a series of workshops providing citizen input regarding urban water management plan facilitated by Justin Ezell. She said that he stated in the beginning that there will be no discussion of water issues pertaining to the salt ponds and Cargill. She opined the use of recycled water is important and should be throughout Redwood City. Alice Coffman, with Committee for Green Foothills, also thanked Council and City Staff for pulling the item. She appreciates the City's responsiveness and would be happy to work with staff and Council on this issue. Chris Johnson, member of the Committee to the "No Downtown Jail Initiative", discussed 7.1 G. He believes that the County changed course on the second jail and opined that Redwood City is bearing tremendous costs already to the downtown jail and CITY COUNCIL February 10, 2014 MEETING MINUTES PAGE 3 MINUTE BOOK NO. 65 Page No. 75