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Pete Hughes announced the Redwood Shores Homeowners Association Music in the Park to be held on Saturday, September 25 at Marlin Park. The feature will be the "duck race" along with a festival. Ray Fowler spoke about statements made by Council Member Jordan regarding the Redwood City School District. He agreed with some of the statements such as need for improvement, more funding, schools and city are connected in determining quality of life. He disagreed with other comments and urged an apology be made. He substitutes one day a week in the Redwood City School District and sees the f'me job the educators do there. Fernando Vega spoke in support of Council Member Jordan and her concept of a City sponsored program to teach English to the children of Redwood City. He passed out and cited various portions of the "English Language Education for Children in Public Schools" initiative and articles regarding test scores in Redwood City and success in similar programs. Patricia O'Brien spoke about a possible conflict of interest involving a Council Member employed in the real estate industry and serving on the code enforcement review committee. She felt the meetings were conducted in private without notice to the public and referred to the pamphlet "Conflicts of Interest", published by the Office of the State Attorney General. Carlo Montisano requested assurance that the issue of street parking will be heard on September 27 and that exterior sound and video will be provided during the meeting for those citizens in the lobby. Lynn Simms, Neighbors for Reasonable Action, referred to upcoming meeting of September 27 and asked that Council consider those individuals involved She stated her organization has walked the streets and has met with two Council candidates regarding the issues and suggested mediation may be helpful. 3. CONSENT CALENDAR Items on the Consent Calendar are considered to be routine by the City Council and will be enacted by one motion and one vote. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Council Member or Citizen so requests, in which event the item will be removed from the consent and considered in its normal sequence on the agenda. Mayor Howard removed Item F for a language revision and to be heard at a later date. A. Approve the Minutes of the Regular Council Meeting of August 23, 1999 as submitted; (301) MOTION ORDER 99-119 B. Approve Promoting an IT Analyst II to Senior IT Analyst with Above 5% Salary Increase; (905) MOTION ORDER 99-120 C. Approve Promotional Appointment to Administrative Assistant in the Human Resources Department with a Salary Increase Greater than Five Percent (5%); (905) MOTION ORDER 99-121 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES BOOK NO. 58 SEPTEMBER 13, 1999 MINUTES Page No. 413 PAGE 2