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COUNCIL MEMBERS <br />MAYOR, RICHARD S.CLAIRE <br />VICE MAYOR, JEFF IRA <br />COUNCIL MEMBER, JIM HARTNETT <br />COUNCIL MEMBER, DIANE HOWARD <br />COUNCIL MEMBER, COLLEEN M. JORDAN <br />COUNCIL MEMBER, BARBARA PIERCE <br />COUNCIL MEMBER, IRA RUSKIN <br />MINUTES <br />CITY COUNCIL <br />CITY OF REDWOOD CITY <br />1017 MIDDLEFIELD ROAD - P.O. BOX 391 <br />REDWOOD CITY, CALIFORNIA 910040391 <br />www.rndwoodcityory <br />CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER <br />CITY COUNCIL <br />REGULAR MEETING <br />April 14, 2003 <br />7:00 P.M. <br />1. CALL TO ORDER — 7:02 p.m. <br />2. ROLL CALL <br />Council Members Present: Hartnett, Howard, Jordan, Pierce, Ruskin, Mayor Claire <br />Council Members Absent: Vice Mayor Ira (conflict of interest due to client owning <br />property in vicinity of Retail /Cinema project) <br />Staff Present: City Manager Everett, Financial Services <br />Director /Assistant City Manager Ponty, City Clerk Howe, <br />City Attorney Yamamoto, Assistant City Attorney <br />Brower, Interim Community Development Services <br />Director Liedstrand, Community Development Services <br />Manager Patterson, Volunteer Balsamo <br />3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE - Jim Hartnett, Council Member <br />4. INVOCATION —Father Vern Jones, Episcopal Rector Diocese of San Francisco <br />5. SPECIAL ORDERS OF THE DAY — Proclamation: San Mateo County Public Safety <br />Dispatcher's Week - Mayor Claire explained a personal emergency situation where <br />the professionalism of the Redwood City dispatching provided response within 1 -1/2 <br />minutes and saved his family s lives. He further commented on the work that <br />dispatchers perform under a great deal of pressure in stressful situations and <br />reminded everyone that the first voice heard after dialing "911" is the dispatcher's. <br />6. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS <br />Rudy Luca brought up the subject of the City Manager, City Attorney and City Clerk <br />salaries. He referred to the City of Burlingame having recently frozen raises for staff. <br />He stated that if the City or individual staff members mentioned could do something <br />- about it, he and the residents would appreciate it. <br />DRAFT. <br />NOT FOR CITATION <br />