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5. SPECIAL ORDER(S) OF THE DAY A. Presentation -AAA Donation of$5,000 to the Redwood City Fire Department's Emergency Preparedness -Jim Skinner, Fire Chief and Stan Maupin, Deputy Fire Chief Brendon Haumea and Paulette Sanfilipo from the AAA Northern California, Nevada & Utah branches presented the check to the Redwood City's Fire Department. The Mayor expressed sincere gratitude for this gesture, and Fire Department staff confirmed this will be used for a great cause. 6. PUBLIC COMMENT David McCallum spoke about the fifth annual "Romancing the Creek" event and how 60 people showed up and they removed 1,000 pounds of trash out of creek in two hours. He thanked City Council and the City for the support and help, which included providing bags, a boat from the Port and personnel from both the Port and Public Works. He said they learned how to do this event from Council Member Howard and the Pride and Beautification Committee. He spoke in favor of the positive impact of the plastic bag ban has had since there used to be plastic bags "everywhere", but since the ban, they only had one plastic bag in three months. Mayor Gee thanked the team that worked on organizing the "Romancing the Creek" event and Mr. McCallum for his feedback regarding the plastic bag ban. Amy Buckmaster, Redwood City San Mateo County Chamber of Commerce Chief Executive Officer, congratulated Vice Mayor Rosanne Foust on being named the Chambers' 2013 Person of the Year with her husband Jim Harnett, former Mayor at their annual dinner last month. She noted that this is the Chambers' highest most prestigious award that was created in 1970 to recognize those who do more than anyone else and had the greatest impact on the Chairman's success for that year. Criteria for the award included overall enthusiasm, willingness to accept multiple tasks and commitment and dedication to the success of their assignments. She also announced that they will have the State of City Address this Friday, February 28, 2014 at the Oracle Conference Center with both the Mayor and Vice Mayor speaking and tickets are still available online at www.redwoodcitychamber.com Mayor Gee congratulated Vice Mayor Foust and former Mayor Hartnett on this accomplishment. 7. CONSENT CALENDAR Items on the Consent Calendar are considered to be routine and will be enacted by one motion and one vote. CITY COUNCIL: Waive reading of the consent calendar and the full text of ordinances and resolutions, and approve the Consent Calendar items. CITY COUNCIL February 24, 2014 MEETING MINUTES PAGE 2 MINUTE BOOK NO. 65 Page No. 86