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. . I . . Mayor Hartnett welcomed the members of the Council appointed board, committees and commission and thanked them for their outstanding efforts. Mayor Hartnett said the '--- Council was well served by their willingness to volunteer and the Council could not operate in the best interest of all the citizens of Redwood City without the help of its advisory boards, committees and commissions. Mayor Hartnett reminded everyone that the Council Members had received each group's Report and Work Plans and the representative for the group need not repeat what was in those Reports (on file in the City Clerk Department.) 1) PLANNING COMMISSION Report: Annual Report, Planning Commission, October 21,1996 Planning Commission Chairman Michael Bursak referred to the above Report and said the Port Commission had taken upon itself "to look at the entire Port area in light of the possibility of the Pacific Shores project actually being developed. We will consider the viability of the Port and its value to the City as is and as it may be restructured. This can be expressed as considering what might be the 'highest and best use' of this land which will also be in the 'best interests' of the City, and doing so in the context of long term land use planning." Chairman Bursak acknowledged the statement had engendered controversy, and said that the Commission was interested in "looking at very long term land use planning for a very large area of Redwood City." He said the Commission would not look specifically at the Port, but the "Cargill lands, '-- the Pacific Shores area, and all the land going back to the freeway," as much of the undeveloped land as possible, since it appeared development would eventually take place there. Chairman Bursak said the Commission was not looking to become "spoilers" regarding the Pacific Shores project, but believed the whole area would take a year or two to review for long term land use possibilities. He said with the acceptance of the Pacific Shores Project, the Port had limited its physical growth. He added that the Commission decided to undertake a complete review of the entire Port area in response to the Council's statement during its January 13, 1996 workshop, "the recent decision of the Planning Commission regarding land use at the Port, sets the stage for an overall discussion of the Port as a Redwood City economic asset." He said it was the consensus of the Commission to take up this project. Chairman Bursak said the Commission would go into this project with an open agenda and see where the search takes them, acting in the best interests of the City. He said it was difficult to predict what the Commission would learn or report at this time. Chairman Bursak referred to the letter sent by City Attorney Schricker to the Board of Port Commissioners, and reaffirmed that the Commission's approach would be "open- ended", one with "more wonderment and amazement than we had planned at this time." Chairman Bursak described the Commission's successful work on the old Petrini '--- property and the neighborhood meetings held on that project. ADJOURNED REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING OCTOBER2I,1996 MINUTES MINUTE Book NO. 54 PAGE 11 Page No. 536