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Council Members discussed concept of regional governance which tries to resolve regional problems that cross city limits. Nita Spangler, 970 Edgewood Road, advised Council that members of the audience were not privy to background material the Council had and therefore could not gain complete understanding of this issue and others that Council acts upon. Mrs. Spangler asked Council to find a way to inform the citizens of issues and policies, provide more facts, and gain the public's input in such important issues. Council Members discussed the generous coverage of this issue in the Redwood City Almanac and how most media react to the not so glamorous issues; the articles concerning regional governance published by Councilman Murray; the letter from the County of Sonoma just now exploring the issues so thoroughly discussed and reviewed by Redwood City last year; and the San Mateo City/County Association of Governments as a model that will be replicated. Title read. M/S: Greenalch/Buchan RESOLUTION NO. 11716 APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF AMENDMENT NO.2 TO JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING THE CITY/COUNTY ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS Adopted by unanimous roll call vote. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- B. Vice Mayor Bury, Redwood City representative to ABAG, reported on the ABAG General Assembly Meeting, held March 19th in San Francisco, advising the discussions centered on Bay Vision 20/20 and consolidation of MTC, AQMD and ABAG. After prolonged and animated discussions the issues were referred back to ABAG for further review. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- C. Vice Mayor Bury attended the Legislative Committee of C/CAG on March 21st and reported they discussed some of the same ABAG issues at their meeting. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D. Vice Mayor Bury reported on the Legislative Meeting of the National League of Cities Conference he attended in Washington D.C., March 7th through the 9th; the talks by President Bush and Senate Majority Leader Mitchell; the City and Port issues he discussed with Redwood City representatives; and information on financial strategies and reporting introduced there as innovative but already in practice in Redwood City, along with other information that he will share with department heads. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E. Mayor La Berge described the Planning Meeting of the South County Coalition for Drug and Alcohol Prevention headed by Redwood City Chief of Police Tony Guardino and funded by a $45,000 grant from the San Mateo Drug and Alcohol Department. Mayor La Berge reported that the vision statement was created and the committee is working on how to present their ideas to the community and have the community use these resources to develop their own plan to prevent the effects of drug and alcohol abuse. Regular Meeting Minutes MINUTE BOOK NO. 51 March 23, 1992 Page No. 30 Page 4