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___________________________________________________________________________________ <br />JOINT CITY COUNCIL/SUCCESSOR AGENCY BOARD/ April 13, 2015 <br />PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY MEETING MINUTES PAGE 4 <br /> <br />Dr. Bell spoke about labor negotiations with the Police Officers Association Union and <br />Police Sergeants Association Union, and how he received direction from the Council to <br />continue with those negotiations. He stated that another discussion was regarding <br />Docktown and how liveaboards are not consistent with the public trust. Council directed <br />Staff to prepare a report to bring to the April 27th Council meeting to discuss whether to <br />close the Marina and review relocation options. Council directed Dr. Bell to prepare the <br />report and notice Docktown members providing advanced copy of the report and notice <br />of the meeting. <br /> <br />6. PUBLIC COMMENT <br /> <br />Tania Sole spoke about her online petition to ask the City of Redwood City to put in <br />place a 12-24 month building moratorium to preserve water. She opined that residents <br />are already experiencing traffic and parking issues and the city's infrastructure may not <br />sustain what is already being built. She spoke about possible cutbacks to preserve <br />water. She noted allocations mentioned by Council Member Seybert, but the total <br />allocations in all of California far exceed the amount of available water. <br /> <br />Roxanna Christy spoke about the skyrocketing rents in the City, and what she views as <br />the subsequent displacement of minorities and low-income workers. She stated that in <br />her complex ethnic minorities and families have been displaced by rising rent costs. <br />She spoke about a high school woman who has to stay with her to finish High School <br />because her family could not afford to stay in Redwood City. <br /> <br />Lee Callister spoke about the drought, noting that he hasn't heard how new <br />development is accounting for the water they are using during the development process <br />and on an ongoing basis. <br /> <br />Mr. Aknin, Assistant City Manager, stated that most development is under an <br />Environmental Impact Report (EIR) which has a required Water Supply Assessment <br />component. For Downtown Development, there is a Water Supply Assessment and <br />each project has to fall in line with that. Mayor Gee asked Mr. Kyaw to include this <br />information in his Council updates. Dr. Bell noted that the CIP Budget Proposal will be <br />brought forward on April 27 which could include some of that detail. <br /> <br />Council Member Seybert asked if construction companies are actively accessing the <br />recycled water filling stations. Mr. Kyaw replied that is correct. <br /> <br />Council Member Howard stated that Redwood City is working with the Tri-County <br />Apartment Association to reach out to owners of properties about escalating rents and <br />encouraging them not to do that. Mayor Gee stated that he and many others have <br />called the local owners/operators that the speakers mentioned, and they are not <br />answering phone calls. <br /> <br />7. CONSENT CALENDAR <br /> <br />Tania Sole shared her disagreement at what she called the City offering the City <br />Manager an almost 50% salary increase so that he remains on staff for an additional <br />7.1.J. - Page 4