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make an appointment within the 60 day period, the Council would then be obligated to call for an election to be held to fill the position. Public Comment: Vance Smith offered his congratulations to Ira Ruskin and appreciated his resigning in a manner that Council can go forward to appoint someone in the community. He stated his amusement in that the Council has a selection process in which Council Member Bain was appointed several years ago and Bill Stangel was appointed years before that. The process was based on the next largest number of votes for the Council positions in the last election. If that is the case, he stated that someone he knows as a past Council Member and past Chairperson of the Planning Commission, Paul Sanfilipo, has served on numerous boards in government, business and entrepreneurial. He stated that there is no need for a process or going to a vote. Jeff Filippi congratulated Ira Ruskin and spoke on behalf of Paul Sanfilipo, stating his pride in running Mr. Sanfilipo's last campaign. He encouraged the last process be used, pointing to Mr. Sanfilipo having coming in next in votes after the successful candidates, possessing proven leadership skills, good working with others, is honest and ethical. Paul Sanfilipo congratulated Ira Ruskin on his victory and reminded Council that he is still interested in working on the City Council to help build and maintain a more vibrant Redwood City. He asked that should Council choose to appoint, that he be given the opportunity to show his knowledge, experience and desire to represent the citizens of the city. Mayor Ira stated that he would be assigning a Council subcommittee to explore the process to fill the vacancy and any costs involved for all options. The subcommittee would bring a report to Council for public discussion as soon as possible to meet the 60 day deadline. Mayor Ira appointed Council Members Bain, Foust and Howard to the subcommittee. E. Council Member Hartnett — stated that as mentioned under Oral Communications, the issue of field usage and field fees, specifically, as it relates to the Sequoia High School, each field has its own set of bureaucrats who administer the facilities and control them. The Superintendent and Board seem to not play as big a role in that as exists in the Elementary School District which treats its fields as community fields. The partnership with the Elementary School District in scheduling fields outside the school hours has resulted in a positive working relationship in a variety of ways, both field and non -field uses. The relationship with the High School District has been in ways such as the City providing space for programs and use of Red Morton and McGarvey field, but an equal amount of partnership and cooperation has not been received from the CITY COUNCIL AND REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY NOVEMBER 8, 2004 JOINT MEETING MINUTES PAGE 9 MINUTES Book No. 60 Page No. 352