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<br /> MAYOR DANIELA GASPARINI MINUTES <br /> VICE MA YOR JIM HARTNETT <br /> CITY COUNCIL <br /> COUNCILMEMBER JUDY BUCHAN <br /> COUNCILMEMBER DIANE HOWARD 401 MARSHALL STREET <br /> COUNCILMEMBER GEORGI LA BERGE REDWOOD CITY, CA <br /> COUNCILMEMBER PAUL SANFILIPO <br /> COUNCILMEMBER JANET STEINFELD <br /> REGULAR MEETING <br /> FEBRUARY 13, 1995 <br /> CALL TO ORDER - 7:31 P.M., Mayor Gasparini presiding <br /> ROLL CALL <br /> Council Members present: Buchan, Hartnett, Howard, La Berge, Steinfeld, <br /> and Mayor Gasparini <br /> Council Members absent: Sanfilipo <br /> Staff present: Everett, Schricker, Jorgenson and Nelson, Bolanos, Wilkins, Patterson, <br /> Luck, Church, Passanisi, Jones-Thomas, Svoboda <br /> PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Councilwoman Howard <br /> INVOCATION: Pastor Richard Barraga <br /> Four Square Gospel Church <br /> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <br /> 1. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS <br /> A. Joe Steinfeld, 850 Main Street, asked Council to reconsider the Downtown Improvement <br /> Plan which requires the removal of several trees, to conduct a hearing on this Plan, and to <br /> notify the people who asked for another hearing on the trees issue. Mr. Steinfeld cited <br /> excerpts from a letter written by Mr. Bruce Hagen of the California Department of <br /> Forestry after his visit with the City Arborist and Mr. Steinfeld. Mr. Steinfeld asked that <br /> the City consider alternatives to removing the subject trees, and establish a Citizen's Tree <br /> Board to promote community involvement and to deal with urban forestry issues in the <br /> future. Mr. Steinfeld asked for a meeting with the Peninsula Conflict Resolution Center <br /> to resolve the tree issue. (II 0) <br /> Mayor Gasparini reminded everyone that excerpts can be taken out of context, and <br /> advised that the subject letter is a public document. <br /> MEMO 2/14/95 <br /> MINUTE BOOK NO. 53 <br /> Page No. 059 <br /> -,.. <br />