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B. Council Member Hartnett — spoke of the recent newspaper reports of the decisions that San Carlos and Belmont may be making in connection with the dissolution of South County Fire District and their contracting or merging of fire services with neighboring jurisdictions. He stated there was mention of a San Carlos special meeting on Thursday, October 6, at which time the intent is to pare down the list of 4 agencies that included San Mateo, the California Department of Forestry, Redwood City and Menlo Park Fire District down to two agencies to further discuss details. The article indicated that in effect, the decision had been made to pare down to San Mateo and the California Department of Forestry and that perhaps, Redwood City was not in the running or seriously interested. He stated his desire to clarify that Redwood City is very interested in serious discussions with San Carlos and /or San Carlos and Belmont in connection with jointly providing fire services to our communities. He further stated his belief that neither San Carlos nor Belmont has completely utilized the available data nor are they fully or completely assessing the implications of various decisions that need to be made. He stated that after studying the San Carlos staff report, it appears that the figures that Redwood City has provided are very close to the figures provided by San Mateo. It appears that the interest is how an agency might come in and solve budget issues, rather than how an agency might come in and provide the appropriate level of fire service for the right price. He further expressed the hope that our staff can provide some level of analysis of the San Carlos staff report and that through the Mayor, some analysis can be provided from our Mayor to the San Carlos Mayor and a query as to whether they might defer their decision. C. Council Member Bain - stated that a recent newspaper article mentioned a Modesto Ash tree that fell on Bristol Way when a truck bumped into it. He stated that it raised various questions in terms of the City's tree policy. He referenced recent complaints of root cutting that appeared from photographs to be rather severe. He stated that he has asked the Public Works Department to investigate this recent occurrence of the tree falling and to provide a report by the next Council meeting. He further stated his eagerness for further discussion about the root cutting and alternatives such as rubberized sidewalks. 9. ADJOURNMENT - 11:30 p.m. M/S Pierce /Howard to adjourn until the next City Council meeting of October 24, 2005. The motion passed by a unanimous voice vote. Respectfully submitted, Patricia S. Howe City Clerk JOINT CITY COUNCIL STUDY SESSION WITH OCTOBER 3, 2005 PLANNING COMMISSION AND PAGE 7 ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMITTP-P MINUTES MINUTES BOOK NO. 61 Page No. k