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41 therefore, deserves more City support than certain other City-sponsored sports activities, such as tennis . Mr. Fales explained that there is considerable broad-based support for softball, and the City maintains many heavily- used facilities for both softball and baseball which altogether costs far more than the support given to tennis. Mr. Fales explained further that the team fees were all that were to be increased . He and Director of Parks and Recreation Weeks advised that meetings will be held with adult team managers to determine if costs can be cut by eliminating some services and developing op- tions to reduce the cost . Pete Uccelli (see above) advised that he sponsors four sports teams and urged that the City find a way to keep teams and minimize cost. Verne Brown, 438 Vera , asked about the budget cuts in- volving fees for adult sports. Mayor Weymouth reiterated that meetings will be held with team managers and sponsors to develop options with regard to cutting costs. Sal Pantano, 1514 Escondido Way, Belmont, requested con- sideration of reduction of the property tax rate and presented petitions containing about 2500 names, mostly of Redwood City residents, who join him in that request. Mayor Weymouth advised that the four days of Budget Study Sessions have resulted in a reduction of the tax rate of approximately 18. 1¢ per $100 of assessed valuation which would seem to be very responsive to the petition. It was pointed out that all properties in the City were not re- assessed, but primarily only single-family homes, and for that reason, the City ' s revenue from property tax will be substantially less than the percentage of in- creased assessment on single-family homes. Discussion followed concerning the number of items which must be included in the City budget as a result of state and federal requirements; the fact that the City faces greatly inflated costs in many essential items; the item by item examination given to the Budget by the Council in attempting to cut costs wherever possible ; and the desirability of federal and state tax reform. In response to Council question, Mr. Pantano agreed to join with Council in urging the Legislature to take action with regard to tax reform by mailing copies of his petition to local legislators Marcella Garcia, 198 Dumbarton, PROBE bilingual secretary, described her heavy workload and urged Council to allo- cate Revenue Sharing funds to PROBE which would permit the hiring of additional secretarial help and result in a more effective operation. Dolores Lara suggested that Latin Americans have a pro- prietary attitude about the Fair Oaks Community Center and that black and white Americans are not permitted equal use of the facility or equal opportunity in employ- ment there . Mrs . Lara urged that an investigation of the practices of those operating the Center be made and that -8_ Reg.Mtg. 6/16/75