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88 Page 1 ~ Redwood Ol-h' ~~!!l.rgl!l lV IIIIDIGlllIl1l8I ~------- \," _'. - '---'J CITY COUNCIL MEMBER REPORT OF CONFERENCE/MEETING ATTENDANCE Name: Barbara Pierce Vendor No.: Department: City Council Voucher No.: Responsible Standing Committee: Conference or meeting: Leaque of California Cities Annual Conference September 5-8, 2007 Summary of conference or meeting: The annual conference provides educational information that is of interest to the city, The session on legal and risk management aspects of skateboard parks discussed issues related to shared BMX / skate parks, liability, management of the park and safety concerns. Since this is a current issue I will share the materials received to assist our Parks and Rec. dept. The presentation on Climate change provided materials that can help the city shape our outreach to the community to enlist their assistance in energy and water conservation. How to shape the message and frame the issue to encourage individual and community action were especially insightfuL I will provide the materials to our staff committee. The session on public art - how to incorporate it into your community and how to fund it are of special interest as the Cultural Commission has long been interested in increasing the public art in Redwood City. The presentation by Sacramento with a large collection of art, and Chico with a much smaller collection provided a range of options and approaches that may be of interest in our community. I attended two sessions that focused on the development of transit - if we build it will they ride it and multimodal transportation policies. The information will be helpful in discussions on the congestion management environmental quality committee that deals with regional traffic congestion and as Redwood City participates in regional transportation discussions. An additional benefit of the conference was the opportunity to talk with council representatives from San Mateo County about our shared issues regarding transportation, and representatives from all over the state regarding their best management practices concerning attracting retail, code enforcement and housing issues. I joined with council members from Menlo Park, Foster City, and Brisbane to speak with Assemblyman Ruskin and Senator Simitian about the bills on transportation funds, eminent domain, and the budget On Saturday, I voted in the general assembly, al14 issues passed, including the limiting of group homes within 300ft. This will change the league policy in advocating a complete tracking of a!! group homes and encouraging none closer than 300 ft. As bills come up in the legislature there will be an opportunity for recommending that any jurisdiction that wishes to modify this distance be able to do so. Currently local jurisdictions have no legal power in this area. ~~L-~_ 9/19/2007 Date Signature of Council Member The Administrative Code requires reports of conferences or meetings for which a council member requests per diem or expense reimbursement. Reports must be submitted to the City Clerk of no later than the Wednesday of the week before the next City Council meeting. Reports must be submitted before the City of Redwood City will pay per diem or reimbursement for the conference or the meeting, Reports are not required for City Council meetings, or meetings with Council members, the City Manager, City Attorney or City Clerk, ClarkSharadlCooncil.AdmillPolicy21.ReportOfConf.MlgAtlendAndReirnbForrnlADMINPOLICY11.CITYCOUNCILMEMBER.Reimb",seRaqFa<mAndRepOrlConferenceMlgAllendance.doc