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Vice Mayor Foust left the dais. Council Member Bain attended the Public Safety Night at the Elks Lodge that recognized Police Officers and Firefighters. He mentioned the retirement of Lt. Jim Stoney. He also attended the Emergency Services Council event and the main issue discussed was the drought. He mentioned how some places were closing, because creeks have dried up and there is severe reduction of water. Council Member Bain noted the Burlingame Neighborhood Network that is similar to active network down here and certain alumni. They talked about how they can standardize the nefinrorks throughout the County and each City. He also attended the Pre-hospital Emergency Services Joint Powers Authority Board meeting. They adopted their budget for 2014- 2015 and part of that was the communication systems upgrade. This Council Member said that he read some comments regarding Saltworks and how the developer is working with federal agencies and is planning to come back to the City with an application. He doesn't know how long it will take, but he doesn't want to entertain any proposal without determining what the public wants. He feels that this should be led by the City. He believes that it is important to get ahead of this situation and he would like to suggest that the Council appoint a subcommittee to address the right process on they will evaluate the proposal. He would also suggest to the developer to not do any community outreach so that the community does not get confused. Council Member Foust joined the Council at the dais. Council Member Pierce said she would like to schedule a discussion about what Council Member Bain just said. Vice Mayor Foust said that she serves on the San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority Board representing the South County seat of Redwood City and it was its goal to place on the November 2014 ballot a nine county parcel tax. She noted that initially the cost was $1.9 million and that there would be a cost to place it on the ballot. From the polling results, it showed that 2/3 votes were needed, so the Board decided to postpone to November 2016. Mayor Gee said he attended the Habitat for Humanity key exchange event. He said three new home owners were given keys. One of the homes was in Redwood City and he was touched by this event. He congratulated the organization on being a great community partner. B. City Council Committee Reports C. City Manager (Oral) Update Dr. Bell said that there was direction from the Council on the Closed Session on Real Property Negotiations to pursue the 710 Hamilton matter with the County of San Mateo. D. City Attorney Report from Closed Session JOINT CITY COUNCIVSUCCESSOR AGENCY BOARD June 23, 2014 MEETING MINUTES PAGE 15 MINUTE BOOK NO. 65 Page No. 194