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City Manager Everett discussed what the Council can and cannot do according to the Brown Act. The Bethsaida project involves a private dealing with two private parties involved in the sale of a house. The Council cannot get involved in actions between two private parties and has not allocated any funds for this project. The Housing and Human Concerns Committee also has not allocated any funds for this project; however, they did request that the Council set aside a contingency amount of money to possibly fund this project and another project yet to be determined. The Housing and Human Concerns Committee has not taken any action on this project. The steps will be as follows: there will be a hearing by the Housing and Human Concerns Committee; a mailing list will be developed to notify interested parties of future meetings; the Housing and Human Concerns Committee will make a recommendation to Council at which time all interested parties may address the council, the staff will work with the managers of the project and ask the Peninsula Conflict Resolution Center to get involved. Since this item is not on the agenda the Council cannot take any action tonight. (302-10) MEMO 5/24/94 B. Rudy Luca, 810 Vera Ave., objected to the Brown Act process and requested that the Bethsaida project be debated. Mayor Buchan restated that this meeting is not the time nor the place for the Council to engage in discussion and that a mailing list will be formed to advise interested parties of future meetings. (302-10) C. Joe Steinfeld, 850 Main Street, spoke about possible ways to encourage people to shop downtown and his approval of the Bethsaida project. (302-10) D. Ralph Nobles, 3710 Country Club Drive, discussed a letter from the San Francisco Bay Area congressional delegation to Marvin Plenert, Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, concerning the acquisition of Bair Island. E. Sister Giovannina Fazio, 156 Central Ave, discussed the long term goals of Bethsaida Family Living Home. (302-10) F. Jerry Rexroth, 1034 Madison Ave, presented petitions to council regarding Bethsaida house, and stated concerns that his neighborhood had done its share as far as programs being provided, and had reached a saturation point. G. Patricia Nordby, 2025 Jefferson Ave., and Charles Hotchkiss, 3000 Hopkins, submitted petitions and stated they would prefer to have the Bethsaida project located somewhere else. H. Peggy Pribyl, 563 Santa Clara Avenue, Board member of Bethsaida House, emphasized that Bethsaida is not multi-family but one family unit living together as a community. A meeting had been set up with neighbors on Wednesday, June 1, 1994 at 7:30 p.m., at Red Morton Senior Center and all interested parties were welcome to attend. MINUTE BOOK NO. 52 Regular Meeting Minutes Page No. 258 May 23, 1994 Page 2