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6. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS AND CONSENT CALENDAR M/S Bain/Pierce to waive reading of the Consent Calendar except the ordinances by title, adopt the resolutions and the ordinances, and approve other items. Council Member Hartnett stated that he would not be voting on Item 6.1.B because he lives near the Redeemer Lutheran Church. Vice Mayor Ira stated his abstention on Item 6.1. E as he sits on the Board of SBSA. The motion passed by a unanimous roll call vote by those present with Council Member Howard absent; and Council Member Hartnett abstaining on item 6.1.B and Mayor Ira abstaining on item 6.1.E. Cathy Moyer reported on a recent event held by the Friends of Redwood City at the library that was a resounding success with 150 participants. She stated that a number of issues came out of that and that a detailed report would be available on their website: www,forwc.orq. Some highlights she mentioned were support for protection and greater access to use of the baylands; carrying capacity and a generalized preference to leave contingency buffers in development and growth; support for a vibrant, energetic downtown with housing. Areas of concern were downtown parking, eminent domain; the Costco expansion with gas pumps and related traffic issues. Nedra Moore gave a memorial tribute to John C. Edmiston television engineer who assisted in broadcasting of Redwood City Council meetings. She stated that Mr. Edmiston died May 26, 2005 after a short illness and leaves his wife and son. He was born in San Francisco, before and after serving in Vietnam, he earned Bachelor degrees in zoology and electrical engineering. His work in the TV industry began as maintenance engineer for KCSM-TV and KTVU; continuing to his own video production company, "Times Two Video Productions", with his wife, Terry. He continued freelance work for numerous companies. Mr. Edmiston was the backbone of Peninsula TV as he was a tireless leader in ensuring the highest quality in the production òf the shows aired. He was known as a constant source of encouragement and enthusiasm, never regarding a task as impossible. Ralph Nobles, Friends of Redwood City, commends the City Council for placing item 7. D on the Council agenda because that item concerns a timely matter that has already received a great deal of discussion in selected environmental circles in the city. His comments focused, primarily, on the Cargill Salt Ponds that consists of approximately 1,400 acres of historic San Francisco Bay Tidal Wetlands. The EIS authorizing the 1988 expansion of the S.F. Bay National Wildlife Refuge includes these lands and identified them as essential wildlife habitat important to the environmental health of S.F. Bay. These lands are under the jurisdiction of BCDC, classified under the Federal Clean Water Act; are under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers; and have a general plan designation of Open Space and a zoning of Tidal Plain. Friends of Redwood City recommends that the City Council place an initiative on the November ballot requiring a vote of the people before the JOINT MEETING CITY COUNCIL AND BOARD OF EQUALIZATION JULY 11, 2005 PAGE 2 .~.. ... '~"1r"