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MINUTE ORDER <br /> CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br /> <br /> May 19, 1997 <br /> MO. 97-095 <br /> <br />CITY CLERK DEPARTMENT <br />Redwood City <br /> <br />DATE: May 22, 1997 <br /> <br />Attention: City Manager <br /> City Attorney <br /> Finance Director <br /> Community Development Director <br /> <br /> SUBJECT: Task Force on Bair Island (203) <br /> <br />Meeting of the Council of the City of Redwood City on May 19, 1997. <br /> <br />Present: Councilmembers Buchan, Claire, La Berge, Leipzig, Ruskin <br /> and Mayor Hartnett <br /> <br />Absent: Howard <br /> <br />The following motion was made, carried and entered on the Minutes: <br /> <br /> John Murphy, 421 Luff Lane, Redwood City, addressed the Council regarding <br /> the economic impacts of the proposed sale of Bair Island to POST and eventual <br /> transfer to the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge. Mr. <br /> Murphy referred to his previous appearances and seven letters he has written to <br /> the Council, concerning the loss of revenue to the City and to the GID 1-64 if <br /> Bait Island is given to POST without arrangements for reimbursement of lost <br /> tax dollars, "which the Council (with the exception of Councilman Leipzig) so <br /> generously gave away." Mr. Murphy reminded Council "that there are several <br /> thousand registered voters within G.I.D. 1-64" and suggested that Council <br /> contact Representative Anna Eshoo and others in Washington and let them <br /> know what Redwood City wants in terms of financial relief. <br /> <br /> Mayor Itartnett announced that Council Members La Berge and Ruskin had <br /> been appointed to the Task Force on Bair Island with Councilwoman La Berge <br /> to serve as Chair person. <br />Arlyn C. Jor~ <br />City Clerk <br /> <br /> <br />