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MAYOR DIANE HOWARD M I N U T E S <br />VICE MAYOR IRA RUSKIN <br /> <br />COUNCIL MEMBER RICHARD S. CLAIRE 1017 MIDDLEFIELD RD. <br />COUNCIL MEMBER JIM HARTNETT REDWOOD CITY, CA <br />COUNCIL MEMBER JEFF IRA <br />COUNCIL MEMBER COLLEEN M. JORDAN <br />COUNCIL MEMBER MATT LEIPZIG <br /> REGULAR MEETING <br /> 7:30 p.m. <br /> February 8, 1999 <br /> <br />CALL TO ORDER - 7:42 p.m., Mayor Howard presiding <br /> <br />ROLL CALL <br />Council Members Present: Claire, Hartnett, Ira, Jordan, Leipzig, Vice Mayor <br /> Ruskin, and Mayor Howard <br /> <br />Staff Members Present: City Manager Everett, Interim City Clerk McKay, <br />City Attorney Schricker, Community Development Director/Assistant City Manager <br />Nelson, Community Development Services Manager Church, Fire Marshall Vella, Parks <br />and Recreation Director Griffiths, and Council Volunteer Balsamo. <br /> <br />PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE - Led by Council Member Jordan <br /> <br />INVOCATION: A moment of silence was observed. <br /> <br />1. SPECIAL ORDERS OF THE DAY - Aqua Terra Donation <br /> <br />Bob Hoffman, Aqua Terra Committee Chair, presented the donation check from Pacific <br />Shores Center in the amount of $10,000, noting that this amount doubles the contribution <br />for the maintenance fund and the police boat which improves recreation and public <br />health. He cited last Thursdays Chronicle article reporting that oysters are returning to the <br />tidal area after 30 years of extinction, indicating that past efforts to cleanup waterways is <br />effective. <br /> <br />2. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS <br /> <br />Pauline Truscelli, 2502 McGarvey, Parks and Recreation Commission Immediate Past <br />Chair, reported that Redwood City received three awards from the California Parks and <br />Recreation Society District IV Tuesday, January 26th Annual Awards banquet. The first <br />was a facility design award for Sandpiper Community Center for which the department's <br />unique partnership with the school district was noted; second, the department received a <br />programming award for its Leaders in Training Program which organized 30 middle <br />school youth providing basic job skills training and on the job practice in many of the <br />departmem's summer programs, and thirds she and her husband were honored as the <br />Outstanding Volunteers for the Department this Past fiscal year. She also noted the <br /> <br /> MINUTES BOOK NO. 57 <br /> Page No. 255 <br /> <br /> <br />