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266 PUBLIC SAFETY (continued) reports have been given to Council regarding cost to build and man a station there, and on the sufficiency of fire pro- tection for Redwood Shores. It was noted by Council that press coverage is sometimes presented in such a way as to cause unnecessary concern by the Shores residents in direct conflict with the facts. Mr. Fales and Mayor Biagi pointed out there have been several meetings with the RSHO Association and discussed with them the fact that response time to Redwood ... Shores is no worse than for any other part of the City, and in many cases is better. In response to a comment by Mayor Biagi regarding imple- mentation of the Redevelopment Agency, City Attorney Schricker advised that Council is already a Board of that Agency, and suggested either meeting on a regular basis with the Agency's own agenda, or setting up a standing item on the Council 's agenda for Board reports. Assistant City Manager noted that the City has gone through the phases and is now at step 3 of implementing the Redevelopment Agency. Mr. Fales indicated that there may be nothing to report for the next few months, but that it was a good idea to keep it visible. Mr. Fales advised in response to question by Council that the areas of Emerald Lakes, North Fair Oaks, and agricultural lands near Horgan Avenue have been assigned to the City as being within its sphere of influence, that consideration of these areas preferably should be taken up outside the Planning { Commission because of the heavy load of priorities they al- ready have, but that perhaps it could be considered after their study of vacant land within the City. M/S: Chandler/Britschgi to approve all items considered beginning at page 31 through page 60, except as modified by Council action. Carried unanimously by voice vote. (Councilman Chandler left the meeting at 3:07 p.m. and did not return) POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION (pp 61-68) LEGISLATIVE/POLICY DETERMINATION MANAGEMENT/POLICY EXECUTION LEGISLATIVE SERVICES/RECORDS MANAGEMENT CONSENSUS: Mayor Biagi determined that it was the consensus of Council to approve the request of the City Clerk to re- store to the final budget goals and objectives as they were originally submitted for her department budget 1980-81. Council briefly discussed the matter of frequency of Council meetings, that fewer than four per month has been tried and a certain amount of continuity is lost, action is delayed on wit certain items, the necessarily heavier agendas resulted in lengthy meetings and the possibility of flawed decision- making; that Council has the capability of cancelling a meeting if it appears unnecessary to hold one. Budget Study 6/21/80 Page 8 i �