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VII. Youth /Education <br />a. K -14 Collaboration <br />b. Playfields <br />c. Youth Programs <br />7. COMMUNITY INPUT <br />Janet Borgens stated the importance of businesses providing jobs to Redwood City <br />residents. She asked that Council consider encouraging developers to allot a <br />percentage of jobs to be given priority to Redwood City residents with a percentage to <br />be from the management field. The local college could partner with companies for <br />training as well. <br />Melissa Hippard encouraged Council to realize one way to raise revenues is to make <br />money on the other end such as using a Conservation Task Force to find ways to <br />reduce costs with lighting and other items in city buildings. With the Downtown <br />Development Plan, it is desirable to provide subsidies, but at the same time, impact <br />and assessment fees are important and bring money into the city. <br />Adrian Brandt stated that Redwood City is one of the largest cities on the Peninsula <br />without a Bicycle or Pedestrian Advisory Committee. He stated that there are many <br />community members who care a lot about the issue and would be pleased to provide <br />input as to how development or reconfiguring of an intersection can be done to <br />encourage people to go downtown because it is safer. He further stated emphasis on <br />joining Sequoia Station and the historic downtown with long -term thought around <br />making that the core focus of the city and easier to cross over the train area. <br />Rob Dickinson, Housing and Human Concerns Committee member, was <br />complimentary in housing at all levels included in the priorities. He further stated that a <br />decision in the downtown development process because it is one of the single <br />greatest changes to Redwood City. He stated that to the extent housing is built, that <br />he would like consideration that each of those developments contains some <br />affordability component. <br />Maria Diaz Vivian reinforced public safety as a high priority in her neighborhood <br />association. She also mentioned under transportation that perhaps signs warning of a <br />bullet train should be posted. She further encouraged native landscaping to save <br />water throughout the entire year. <br />Pete Hughes stated that government is hired by people to do those things the <br />residents cannot provide themselves such as public safety, infrastructure and <br />moderate regulation. Once those priorities are met then other priorities come to mind <br />such as education. He stressed that Redwood Shores not be forgotten in this process, <br />one priority being the levee system and the other being the lagoon maintenance. <br />REGULAR CITY COUNCIL <br />PRIORITY SETTING SESSION <br />MEETING MINUTES <br />FEBRUARY 6, 2006 <br />PAGE 4 <br />MINUTE BOOK NO. 61 <br />Page No. 99 <br />