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4. Council Member Ira — no comment. 5. Council Member Pierce — Thanked the City Clerk and Finance Departments for support provided with the last League of California Cities Peninsula Division dinner. The event was well attended and the discussion was about budgetary and economic issues as well as sharing resources. She reported that a board member from CalPers, Peter Oliveira, gave a presentation and she was encouraged by what San Mateo County City Managers Association is doing. She also announced legislative days in April. 6. Vice Mayor Howard — Reported that at the end of March HEART (Housing Endowment and Regional Trust Fund) will be discussing its budget and 09/10 priorities. She will return to Council with an executive summary. If a presentation is needed, she can arrange it through Chris Mohr, Executive Director for that organization. 7. Mayor Foust — Announced the Sequoia Awards event took place last Thursday night and how 145K was given away to scholarship recipients at a ceremony with 400 attendees. It was an evening to remember and the individual award went to Jeff and Penny Richardson and 1-800-Dry-Clean received the business award. Mayor Foust announced that on April 13, 2009 a representative from RAFT will come to the Council Meeting and give a presentation and share materials. Last Friday she was at Silver Springs Nefinrork, downtown Redwood City, with various Mayors from the Bay Area to sign the Bay Area Climate Change Collaborative. She also reported that at the last Transportation Authority Board meeting she saw the electrification presentation that is coming to the Council on March 23. She also attended the Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC) presentation last week at the Ferry Building in San Francisco. She spoke at the event, providing a city perspective on how the Redwood City will handle a possible application for the Cargill site. 9. ADJOURNMENT - M/S Howard/Bain to adjourn the meeting in memory of Sandra Morgan, si r of Susan Moeller, at 8:08 p.m. Vice Mayor Howard shared details about ife of a dra Morgan. Motion carries by unanimous voice vote. spec ully ubmitted, Silv' V n erlinden ified Municipal Clerk Approved at the special Council meeting of March 16, 2009. REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING MARCH 9, 2009 MINUTES PAGE 6 MINUTE BOOK NO. 62 Page No. 322