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Recommendation: Staff recommends that the City Council, by motion, certify the results of the signature examination conducted by the City Clerk and the receipt issued on June 20, 2008. Staff further recommends that the City Council discusses and provide staff direction about the date for the election and how the City desires handling certain election matters. Staff would then bring back to the Ciry Council the necessary election resolutions for City Council approval. (208) Minute Order 08-137 B. Possible Counter Initiatives to Charter Amendment — San Francisco Bay Front and City Park Land. Recommendation: Direct staff to prepare and submit any counter initiative(s) or advisory measures. (208) Mayor Foust clarified that public comment was on both items 7A and 76 and she would like that to come first. Public Comment Pat Dixon stated she understood there were sufficient signatures to get the initiative on the ballot, but still stressed that she had friends in the area who were uncomfortable with their signatures being on the petition when reconsidering the information they were given. She hoped there was a way to word the initiative in a succinct and honest way to appease those who signed the petition. Ms. Dixon said that she had a problem that many of the circulators were not from Redwood City. Mary Brown asked questions on when or how this initiative would appear on the ballot, and stated she would like this space left open for future generations. She asked if this is going to be on the ballot. She would like to see this area as strictly open space for future generations. Ralph Nobles said that he is a member of the Open Space vote coalition and he explained that he served on the Planning Commission and he said that at that time the big elephant in the room was the Cargill. He believes it is time this matter be resolved once and for all and in his opinion this is one way of handling that. He reported that a San Francisco law firm wrote the initiative. Charlene Wright (with time donated by Jerry Pierce) said that she is a lifelong resident and she is part of Citizens to Protect Redwood City. She agreed with Mr. Nobles that the Cargill property is the elephant in the room. She acknowledged the various views on the matter and she looks forward to a dialogue with the Open Space coalition. She does not believe that all the residents that signed the petitions were aware of the unintended consequences. She would like more discussion and less confrontation in this process. I Mr. Yamamoto reiterated that the two matters 7.1.A and 7.1.B are being addressed at the JOINT CITY COUNCIL/REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY BOARD JULY 7, 2008 MEETING MINUTES PAGE 5 MINUTE BOOK NO. 62 Page No. 149