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5. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS Jeff Gee, representing the Redwood City /San Mateo County Chamber of Commerce announced that the Chamber had been named the third largest Chamber in the Bay Area for the fourth year in a row. He further announced various upcoming events that included the Progress Seminar that is set for April 7 -9, 2006; the Redwood City State of the City on January 20 and the Annual Chamber Awards Dinner on January 26, 2006. The Annual Awards Dinner will honor outgoing Chair Mike Giari; welcome Barry Jolette as incoming Chair; recognize Athena Award winner Mary Huss; and recognize business leaders in the community for outstanding contributions in education with the award of the Golden Apple Awards. The Golden Apple Awards will go to Pete's Harbor and Electronic Arts. He thanked the Council and staff for ongoing support of the Chamber. Teri Chin, representing the Redwood City Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Planning Committee, invited the general public as the Council had already received invitations to the 21 celebration. Saturday, January 14, from 10 -4 an all day event will occur at the Boys and Girls Club in East Palo Alto with an honoring of three Redwood City residents who have fought for civil rights and community issues in the community to occur at 1 p.m. Those residents are Fernando Vega, Kathleen Mahany and Dorothy Page to be honored together with individuals from East Palo Alto. She further stated that the Freedom Train will go from San Jose to San Francisco on January 16, departing from the San Mateo Caltrain station. Partnering with the Peninsula group will begin with the celebration at 9:30 and train departure at 10:30 a.m. A candlelight vigil commemorating Martin Luther King, Jr. and remembering Rosa Parks will occur on January 19 at 5:00 p.m. at St. Peter's Episcopal Church, 178 Clinton Street. Tom Mohr, President of Canada College, invited the Council to a reception being held at the college on January 31 at 1:00 p.m. honoring the retirement of Dick Claire and Diane Eyer. He stated that both have been giants in contributing to the college and their cities. Steven Howard stated various code enforcement issues that included on El Camino Real near Edgewood where a gas station has illegal "A" frames with half a dozen banners hanging from it; across the street is a flooring store with four wooden signs that have been tacked up to the building; a 7 -11 store has a marble sign taped to a post out in front; and an auto dealership on a flag lot with a sign tacked on the side of a fence. He stated that there are various other examples and that he understands health issues come first. He further suggested utilizing groups from the community to address these issues such as the Pride and Beautification Committee or setting up a subcommittee to deal with issues of signage. JOINT CITY COUNCIL AND REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MEETING MINUTES JANUARY 9, 2006 PAGE 2 MINUTE ORDER BOOK NO. 61 Page 74