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5. SPECIAL ORDERS: Proclamation - National Public Works Week Celebration Mayor Pierce read the proclamation and City staff members from Public Works Services and Engineering were present to receive the proclamation. Proclamation — Older Americans Month Mayor Pierce read the proclamation and Parks, Recreation and Community Services Superintendent Beth, Senior Affairs Commissioner Chair Paley and Vice Chair Kinsella were present to receive it. 5. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS AND CONSENT CALENDAR - CITY COUNCIL Parks, Recreation and Community Services Superintendent Chris Beth highlighted some community building activities scheduled for the summer. Two bands will perform on Thursday, May 31 from 5:30 -8:00 p.m. on the Square; the bands are composed of 8 th grade and freshmen students from Redwood City. The bands are "Lane Four" and "Billy the Kid ". Beginning June 1, will be "Summer in the City ", the Friday night concert series that has been relocated to the Square, for a total of 18 concerts from 6 -8 p.m. each week through September 28. The Annual Pet Parade is Saturday, June 2 from 10- 2 p.m. on Theatre Way. Also, Stafford Park concert series are on Wednesdays for 8 weeks beginning the end of June, and the Redwood Shores concert series at Marlin Park for 5 Thursdays in the summer. All information can be found on the website. Joe Webb stated that two weeks prior he had presented some information and Mr. Hartnett said they were lies and that he was a racist. He continued to refer to a report that he made available to anyone desiring a copy. He further stated that Council Member Hartnett violated, in the letter and the spirit, the Brown Act. By going on for 3 minutes and 15 seconds, in general terms with no specific questions for clarification, factual information, or directives to staff to report on the Hispanic Report as required by the Brown Act Section 54954.3. He further stated that he violated conventional standards of human decency by calling him a racist and culling him against his person and the Hispanic Report. He further stated that City Attorney Yamamoto stated there was not any law or written rule which governs the comments of Council Members in regard to oral communications. He continued to cite statistics from the Hispanic Report. City Attorney Yamamoto stated that having been asked three separate times by Mr. Webb the question of whether or not there is a statute that prohibits Council Members from speaking during Oral Communications, each time he answered "no ". Mayor Pierce stated that she appreciates that the topic is one that people in the community might be concerned about. Redwood City is a community that is concerned SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES MAY 21, 2007 PAGE 2 MINUTE BOOK NO. 61 Page No. 404