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Mr. Luca stated that on December 9 he witnessed during the recess that the group that gathered to respond to the alleged discrepancies In Mr. Bygdnes' report included the developer. He stated that the cost remains what Mr. Bygdnes stated which is $49,450,000.00, a figure directly received from the DDA summary. Mr. Luca stated that he would like to question Council Member Pierce about what her husband does presently as an occupation or employment. He requested a response back if possible. George Galvis, speaking for himself only, strongly encouraged the City Council to be forthcoming with police abuse in Redwood City. He stated that tradition has been that it has been politically unprofitable to take any strong action against police abuse. He stated his hope that the Council takes the opportunity to take action to begin a hearing process that effectively addresses the issue of police abuse and the needs and pain of the family. Janet Borgens stated that as the last meeting of the year, she wanted to express the great amount of respect for the Council positions. The decisions are not always what the people want; and emotions, feelings and newspaper articles have an impact on the community. She thanked the Council and staff, acknowledging their difficult decisions and assured the audience that the Council will do the right thing. John Anagnostou encouraged the City to appoint a person to be working on the Downtown parking plan now that difficult decisions were made. This would allow for cooperation between the City, property owners and the Downtown Business group. City Manager Everett stated to Council that sometime in latter January, Downtown Manager Moeller would be bringing to Council as a discussion item, the Downtown parking plan for input. Robert Escobedo stated his brother was Rick Escobedo who died in the custody of the Police Department. He stated that comments he heard of preconceived issues are issues of which his family has tried to get answers from the Police Department. His question is if the Police Department states that nothing wrong has occurred, why the officers are not speaking to the District Attorney or Coroner. He urged the Council to talk with the City Manager in order for him to get the Police Chief to have the officers speak up. City Attorney Yamamoto stated that the City Council has no jurisdiction with respect to the District Attorney's investigation and City Council has no jurisdiction with respect to the Coroner's investigation. Additionally, the City Council has no jurisdiction over any internal affairs investigation that the Police Department conducts, because the City Charter approved by the voters of Redwood City determined that the elected officials of the City are not to interfere in the administrative functions of the department. An SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING, DECEMBER 16, 2002 MINUTES PAGE 2