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Vice Mayor Foust placed several checks under Traffic Mitigation, in particular, the Woodside Road Interchange, and explained that she is the Chair of the Transportation Authority and South SMC cities representative. She explained the Measure "A" funding and that it is important to keep advocating the Woodside Road Interchange and be on the list for funding. Council Member Howard agreed on keeping abreast of State, C/CAG and Transportation Authority monies availability. She checked infrastructure improvements, the Woodside Interchange and other segments that go with it. The ferry service and bicycle/pedestrian pathways are other items that need attention and positioning for available funding. Council Member Aguirre stated that collaboration and preventative methods might be helpful to minimize the need for community service officers. Job growth and collaboration with agencies requires someone's work and focus so that the after school program is not the only focus for monies. Council Member Hartnett stated that his dots on the Engine #9, Police and parking were seen as an integrated safety plan for downtown and not necessarily full restoration of Engine #9. With respect to shuttles, he stated that it is important to be ready for monies from other sources but that his concern is that, generally, for other places such as San Carlos the operating subsidy is substantial. He stated that some of the overarching values not listed have not been addressed such as child care where commitment is evidenced by funding of a portion of a position. Council Member Hartnett mentioned a list of topics to be incorporated into the General Plan. Mayor Pierce stated that overarching themes should be considered as well as advocating areas such as the Woodside Road Interchange, ferries and shuttles. It is understood that the budget deliberations will involve additional revenues to fund any new projects. This exercise has pointed out areas Council is interested in and allows staff to look creatively at some ideas to look at where additional funding might be found. Public Comment: Shirley Douglas, San Francisco Bay Area Water Transit Authority, thanked Council for including ferry service as a project to advocate for over the next couple of years. The SFWTA will be working with the Port of Redwood City as they champion the cause for ferry service. The route has been established but needs funding. Next Steps: City Manager and staff to prepare status quo budget. As part of the budget, staff will provide 2-3 pages of options with any potential funding sources, i.e. identifying JOINT CITY COUNCIUREDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MEETING MINUTES MARCH 13, 2006 PAGE 10