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6. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS AND CONSENT CALENDAR Elizabeth Travers alerted the Council that the Parks & Recreation Commission and department are preparing to submit a revision of park rules which would destroy the few rules in place to control large crowds generated every weekend at Stafford Park. She referred to large bags of garbage being left to attract animals, large groups with barbecues, people without permits, a large fire in the small children's area,. a truck on the turf unloading tables, and alcohol on the premises. She asked when the Parks and Recreation Commission and staff are going to assume responsibility of monitoring the permits citing the ratio of parks to residents being lower than other cities on the Peninsula. Raegene Castle, President of Peninsula Self Help for Hard of Hearing People (SHHH), representing 14% of the population, commended the City for making their lives a lot better. She stated that the meeting room in the main library is looped, an area for equipment storage is assigned, use of the meeting rooms at the Veterans Center and library is afforded and allows the necessary outreach to the hard of hearing community. She further stated that during the past two years membership has doubled and continues to grow. A model program has been developed and is going nationwide which would not have been possible without the City Council and staff support. Council Member Foust thanked Ms. Castle for her tireless work stating that she is the model of what every community needs. Janet Borgens clarified that the PAL building is actually in the Friendly Acres Neighborhood. She thanked the City for the Community Improvement Grant Program that funded the neighborhood picnic on the previous Sunday where great community involvement occurred. She thanked the Fire Department, specifically, Dewey Duran and Jason Blodgett, for assisting with the barbecue on their day off. M/S Foust/Aguirre to waive reading of the Consent Calendar except the ordinances by title, adopt the resolutions and the ordinances, and approve other items. Council Member Foust submitted a revision to the minutes. The motion passed by a unanimous roll call vote. 6.1 Section — Motions A. Approve the minutes of the September 12, 2005 Joint City Council and Redevelopment Agency meeting as submitted; (301 ) MINUTE ORDER 05-192 JOINT MEETING MINUTES September 26, 2005 CITY COUNCIL AND REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY PAGE 5 MINUTES BOOK NO. 61 Page No. 06