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6.4 Section -Claims and Warrants A. Approve warrants dated through August 11, 2008 and usual and necessary payments through August 25, 2008. Minute Order 08-164 ******************************************************************************************************* 7. STAFF REPORTS A. Sequoia Union High School District Improvement Project - Neighborhood Concerns. (Information only. No action required). Public Comment Michael Grove (with time ceded by Mary Ellen Pence), stated the Sequoia High School parking project has been underway for nine weeks. While he has made progress with the District and the City, he restated his overall objectives and concerns regarding reducing the safety hazards, decreasing risks and creating a safer environment. He stated he has learned through trial and error how best to keep matters such as this in the open process, and that he has no issue with Council's integrity. He opined this is a fundamental issue where the School District and City are separate jurisdictions, but still hoped for continued help from the City in bridging this gap. In his view, meetings offline with Council, the City Manager and the community would have been helpful. He commented on the letter he received from the City Attorney, and stated that this was indeed a large project and it did affect 1/3 of the campus area, and that many community members were concerned about this project. He made comments about the School District and shared his willingness to pursue this issue to a positive end in an open process. Mike Gabitass said he is scheduled to meet with the School District board in August 2ih. He spoke to certain difficulties in trying to work together with the City Council, District and the residents. He said the difficulty comes from the fact that the City and District have different and separate processes. Jason Culverhouse spoke to the fact that the construction had started and was near completion. He opined that secondary phases of the project are also looming, and yet the School District did not do traffic studies or any environmental studies from the City. Walter Mitchell spoke to continuing issues with the Sequoia High School District, and his efforts to reach out to the City and Health Department for help with these issues regarding, safety, environmental/garbage issues, etc. He stressed the cost and concerns associated with the now new parking project and the additional problems this poses for the neighborhood. Lynne Ledanois spoke about the Sequoia High School parking project and reiterated the traffic and safety issues because of the elderly and children in the area. She stated they are seeing progress and help from the City, but the process is not complete at this point. JOINT CITY COUNCIL/REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY BOARD MEETING MINUTES AUGUST 11, 2008 PAGE 6