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<br /> MAYOR JIM HARTNETT MINUTE S <br /> VICE MAYOR DIANE HOWARD <br /> COUNCILMEMBER JUDY BUCHAN ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING <br /> COUNCILMEMBER RICHARD S. CLAIRE MAIN LIBRARY COMMUNITY ROOM <br /> COUNCILMEMBER GEORGI LA BERGE 1044 MIDDLEFIELD ROAD .......-. <br /> COUNCILMEMBER MATT LEIPZIG REDWOOD CITY <br /> COUNCILMEMBER IRA RUSKIN OCTOBER 7, 1996 <br /> CALL TO ORDER - 7:15 p.m., Mayor Hartnett presiding <br /> ROLL CALL <br /> Council Members present: Buchan, Claire, Howard, La Berge, and Mayor Hartnett <br /> Council Members absent: Leipzig and Ruskin <br /> Staff present: City Attorney Schricker, City Clerk Jorgenson and Public Works Services <br /> Director/Acting City Manager Ingram, Parks, Recreation and Community Services <br /> Superintendent Centeno, Parks, Recreation and Community Services Acting Superintendent <br /> Gibbons, Parks, Recreation and Community Senior Services Coordinator Griffith, Fair Oaks <br /> Community Center Coordinator Gonzalez, Public Works Services SuperintendentiArborist <br /> Mann, Public Works Services Supervisor/Arborist Mullins, and Police Officer Livingston <br /> PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Vice Mayor Howard <br /> I. SPECIAL ORDERS OF THE DAY <br /> A. Mayor Hartnett presented a Proclamation declaring Red Ribbon Week in Redwood City, <br /> October 23 -31, 1996, which describes City sponsored anti-drug programs and activities, <br /> and urges parents, guardians and friends to join our children in supporting anti-drug <br /> education and positive alternatives throughout our community. (207) <br /> Mayor Hartnett read the Proclamation and presented it to Redwood City Police Officer <br /> Luann Livingston who thanked the Mayor and Council for their support of Red Ribbon <br /> Week. Officer Livingston described the activities planned in Redwood City to encourage <br /> young people, their families, schools and local businesses, in the pursuit of a drug tree <br /> community. <br /> Mayor Hartnett described a recent incident in one of the City's parks where he was <br /> coaching soccer that involved young people reporting drug use on the premises. He said <br /> programs like D.AR.E. are working and helping young people to make the right choices. <br /> Mayor Hartnett described the Police Department's response to another incident in the park <br /> MINUTE BOOK NO. 54 <br /> Page No. 513 <br />