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agreement as of last Thursday. He said that Joint Venture Silicon Valley has begun looking at the problem regionally and he has seen a lot of support within Redwood City from various organizations. He also asked people in the audience supporting the agreement to stand and thanked everyone for their support. Pat Crawford stated that she is representing Cool Families and she thanked Council for their efforts in greening Redwood City. She stated that they are a grassroots organization that tries to raise awareness and inspire people and other groups to take small or big steps to live a more sustainable lifestyle. They want to do more and work with larger organizations as a good source of volunteer efforts. Mayor Pierce commented that the City is a leader in this area, and that about six years ago, the City had begun working on a number of energy and water conservation savings efforts. She said that signing the agreement is an indication to the world that we are serious and we will do the level 1 city operations as good business sense to save money and community resources. She asked staff to come back with information on the foot print and technical information M/S Foust/Ira to approve the following recommendations to: 1. Direct the Mayor to sign the U.S. Mayors Climate Protection Agreement (i.e. Cool Cities Campaign); and 2. Provide direction to staff on whether Council would like to be presented with budget options for addressing the issue of climate protection (i.e. different potential levels of activity). The motion passed by a unanimous roll call vote. (205) MINUTE ORDER 07 -069 Recess: 10 :32 — 10:41 p.m. B. City of Redwood City disaster preparedness status update. This is a follow -up to the presentation to Council on November 22, 2004. (704) Battalion Chief Skinner presented the staff report. He stated that the new system was successfully used recently the day of the fire at the Port of Redwood City a few weeks ago. He talked about recent training programs, creating redundancy for back up, and outreach done on disaster preparedness training for staff and the community. He stated that they are also looking into the possibility of a back up EOC (Emergency Operations Center). Questions and comments by Council Members included appreciation for the progress made; how ham operators are incorporated into preparedness; funding for disaster containers and other resources; and concern that the Fire Department inform Council about what they can and cannot reasonably do. JOINT CITY COUNCIL/REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY BOARD AND APRIL 23, 2007 PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY MEETING MINUTES PAGE 11 MINUTE BOOK NO. 61 Page No. 387