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Councilwoman La Berge said she appreciated Councilman Leipzig's concerns, but a diverse group of people of Redwood City had spoken to the Committee and not one of them had said "don't do it"; in fact, they had lots of ideas on how to improve communications and wanted the Newsletter to go forward. She described the editorial process and the planned evaluation. She invited the entire Council to get involved in the process. Mayor Hartnett said the Newsletter could become one of the important educational tools the Council is seeking to communicate information to the people of Redwood City regarding matters such as code enforcement. MIS: CLAIREIBUCHAN. TITLE READ. RESOLUTION NO. 12939 APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF AGREEMENT FOR PREPARATION OF COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER (C. J. PREIMESBERGER OF REDWOOD CITY.) ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING ROLL CALL VOTE: AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS BUCHAN, CLAIRE, HOWARD, LA BERGE AND MAYOR HARTNETT NOES: COUNCILMAN LEIPZIG ABSTENTIONS: COUNCILMAN RUSKIN ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Councilman Ruskin returned to the Council table at this time. MEMO 10/22/96 5. BOARDS, COMMISSION AND COMMITTEE REPORTS A. The Aqua Terra Project Video Presentation and Oral Report by Vice Mayor Howard, Chair of the Redwood City Pride and Beautification Committee; (205) Vice Mayor Howard advised that in 1994 the County of San Mateo began a program to remove abandoned vessels within waterways of the County's jurisdiction with the help of the foIIowing agencies: The San Mateo County Sheriff Department, Redwood City Police Department, Redwood City Fire Department, the Coast Guard, BCDC, Fish and Game, the Water Quality Control Board, the County Health Department, the City of Redwood City, the Port of Redwood City, Congresswoman Eshoo's office and Senator Feinstein's office. She described the City's efforts in the Aqua Terra Project to clean up Redwood City waterways in Phase I, which focused on removing abandoned boats in Redwood City waterways. She said Phase I is on-going with the cooperation of all the agencies and the Redwood City Port tenants as weII. Vice Mayor Howard said the Aqua Terra Project's participants realized they needed a plan to maintain the cleaned-up waterways, and a Citizen's Action Group was formed with the Police Department, Fire Department and members of the Pride and Beautification Committee with Fire Marshal VeIIa and Vice Mayor Howard as liaisons to the Committee. Vice Mayor Howard introduced three members of the Committee, GJ. Scove, Robert HoffÌnan and Police Captain Granucci. ADJOURNED REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING OCTOBER 21, 1996 MINUTES MINUTE BOOK NO. 54 PAGE 6 Page No. 531