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MAYOR DANIELA GASPARINI MINUTES VICE MAYOR JIM HARTNETT CITY COUNCIL COUNCIL MEMBER JUDY BUCHAN 401 MARSHALL STREET COUNCIL MEMBER DIANE HOWARD REDWOOD CITY, CA COUNCIL MEMBER GEORGI LA BERGE COUNCIL MEMBER PAUL SANFILIPO COUNCIL MEMBER JANET STEINFELD SPECIAL MEETING JANUARY 30, 1995 CALL TO ORDER - 7:35 P.M., Mayor Gasparini presiding ROLL CALL Council Members present: Buchan, Hartnett, Howard, La Berge, Sanfilipo, Steinfeld, and Mayor Gasparini Council Members absent: None Staff present: Everett, Schricker, Jorgenson and Ingram, Nelson, Ponty, Patterson, Church, Luck, Passanisi, Jones-Thomas, Schnell PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE - Councilman Sanfilipo INVOCATION: Father Vern Jones, Episcopal Priest of the Diocese of California, gave the invocation and led the assemblage in a chorus of "America the Beautiful." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS A. Joe Steinfeld, 850 Main Street, Redwood City, referred to the earthquake in Kobe and the Council's rush to approve the Westport Project; criticized the Council's handling of the public hearing on the appeal of the Health Risk Assessment on Westport; and asked that the public hearing be reopened. Mr. Steinfeld stated that the Mayor and Vice Mayor were playing dual roles as Director of the Sequoia YMCA and President of the Chamber, respectively, and the Mayor, chief YMCA fund raiser, should excuse herself from participation, and the Vice Mayor should resign as Chamber President. Mr. Steinfeld added that the focus group meetings sponsored by the City and the Chamber were illegal when attended by a majority of the Council. B. Jen Holding, Sue Cortopassi, Jyoti Negi, and Nicole Sasson, members of the YMCA Youth and Government delegation, introduced themselves to the Council and described their participation in the Model Legislature and Court System program. The delegation also described their interest in volunteering their time to the community. MINUTE BOOK NO. 53 Page No. 043 .._-, _.