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5. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS AND CONSENT CALENDAR Michael Sullivan, new Development Director of the San Mateo County History Museum, thanked the Council Members and. Police Chief who participated in the recent "dunk tank" fundraiser. He reminded the community of the candidates' night on September 13 and the Columbus celebration on October 8 from 11:30 -2:30 at the History Museum. Barbara Boles, President of the local League of Women Voters, announced to the Council and community that the League is sponsoring a Candidates' Forum in the City Council Chambers on Thursday, September 29 from 7:30 -9:30 p.m. The forum will be videotaped for rebroadcast on Peninsula TV before the election and may be broadcast live on the regular Council access channel. She stated the hope that interested residents will attend the forum and provide challenging questions for the candidates. Andy Frisch, speaking on behalf of Redwood City International, invited the Council and community to attend the annual Mexican Independence Day celebration on Thursday,. September 15, from 5:30 -8:00 p.m. at the Veterans Memorial Senior Center. Redwood City has two sister cities, Zhuhai, China and Colima, Mexico which this fundraising event will benefit. Pete Hughes stated that the Redwood Shores Community Association held its annual levee clean -up where 12 cubic yards of refuse material was collected by 100 volunteers. He announced the candidates' forum at Sandpiper Community Center in Redwood Shores on October 12 at 7:30 p.m. With the upcoming election, he stated that he likes the direction of the Council and that he would like to have them back again. Kathy Schrenk stated that she lives on McGarvey Avenue at the intersection of Connecticut and she wished to, speak about. speeding on McGarvey Avenue. Although there has been good response with a sign installation in the crosswalk at Connecticut, the sign has had some issues. She showed a photograph of the sign that has been intentionally hit and has finally been destroyed. She stated that the speeding problems have actually worsened and the last Wednesday night another accident occurred. She stated that the residents on McGarvey near Farm Hill have forwarded a petition to the City and there may be some movement to get an agenda item on soon so her interest is that the residents further down on McGarvey will be included in the discussions. James Streeter, a resident in the same area, stated that entering and exiting the driveway is an adventure and that although the speed limit is 25. mph, after 4:00 JOINT MEETING September 12 2005 CITY COUNCIL AND REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY PAGE 2 MINUTE BOOK NO. 60 Page No. 568