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Sarah Castillo, a recent Woodside High School graduate, said she supports the 50/50 balanced plan because housing opportunities in Redwood City and on the Peninsula are rare. She opined this can benefit the future and that studying this would be important. Foster Kinney, co-chair of the Roosevelt Neighborhood Association, said that his organization is scheduling meetings so that members can become informed and he asked that the study be initiated. Pat Walker was not present when called to speak but she made comments on her speaker card. Rigo La Guardia, representing the San Mateo Building Trade Council, said they support moving forward with a formal review of the application and to allow the City to proceed with the hiring of consultants to prepare detailed analyses, studies, and conduct outreach for a full evaluation process so that the community can express its views. Bonnie Miller asked the Council to begin the process with DMB Salfinrorks because the plan will address the flooding in the area that the city cannot afford to do itself. She said she works for the Salvation Army and that Cargill supports their kitchen which supports children in Redwood City, but she is not here to represent them. She said she is here because she believes they have a plan for the city. She also said she is the co-chair of the Friendly Acres East Bayshore Neighborhood Association and they voted to support this last year, but that she has spoken for herself and not for the association. Rich Panelli said he is a 35-year resident of Redwood City and is a co-founder of Sustainable Redwood City. He said he has spent a lot of time reading the proposals and overviews and attending the meetings. He said the guiding principles for the proposal and the General Plan are compatible. He encourages Council to move forward. Mayor Foust thanked the public for all the comments. Council discussed jurisdictional issues as well as the pros and cons of moving forward with a possible study of the proposal. Questions were posed about water resources, transportation and traffic. Senior Planner Lyon said that staff would need to come back with consultants to have such topics studied. Council asked about the bayfront designation and Mr. Lyon provided details. Council discussed doing a survey to poll the full community and not just consider those whose voices might be in the extremes. One Council Member shared excitement about starting this process. City Manager Ingram added that the developer will pay for the majority of this process, should Council approve studying the matter. As Council discussed the issue further it was pointed out that this cannot take precedence over the General Plan process. Council asked about the outreach, should this be approved, and Mr. Lyon provided details on what it would entail. He added that possibly this will include group distribution lists, affinity groups, boards commission and committees meetings, joint sessions and community meetings very similar to the General Plan process. One Council Member opined it would be a disservice to not take this action and REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING AUGUST 10, 2009 MINUTES PAGE 11 MINUTE BOOK NO. 62 Page No. 452