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6.1.A. - Page 28 Emergency Services Council meeting and that June11 will be emergency preparedness day, this will be in conjunction with the San Mateo County Fair. He spoke about the tragedy in Japan and the lessons that were learned from that and the communications process and how the Progress Seminar addressed this. He explained how certain social media in certain languages was kept out of the loop. He also commented on the budget for the Emergency Services and how it was approved. -Council Member Foust spoke about the breakout sessions from the Progress Seminar and there is a follow up session on June 20 about social media and concrete actions in social media to deal with disasters. She also attended a breakfast at which Pat Brown was honored with the Neil Call award and she would like to bring her to a Council Meeting. Council Member Foust also noted that a Save Caltrain meeting was held last Wednesday at the Chambers and she provided the introduction and the focus on ways to find long term funding solutions. She will be active on the subcommittee of the San Francisco Bay Area Conservation Council to find funds for the restoration of lands around the San Francisco bay. -Council Member Pierce represented the City at the ABAG session and she attended workshops and a focus group. She invited everybody to be part of the Redwood Creek clean up coming up She gave kudos to Dan Zack for his presentation to 19 cities in San Mateo County about Cities Managing Change. -Council Member Gee said that he serves on the Peninsula Traffic Congestion Relief Alliance noting that Silversprings network is the most recent employer jumping on the program and offering this up for its employees. Mayor Ira noted that the San Mateo County initial vision scenarios meeting will be this Wed nesd ay. B. City Manager (Oral) Update Mr. Bell noted that this agenda packet was the first paperless packet whereby all staff reports were created, processed and approved electronically. He complimented the City Clerk's Office for this initiative. He also announced that Fire Chief Skinner was at the San Carlos Council meeting to get a decision from them on the Shared Services agreement. To the best of his knowledge they were still meeting. 9. ADJOURN- M/S Seybert/Gee to adjourn the meeting at 8:46 p.m. Motion carried by unanimous voice vote. Respectfully submitted, Silvia �/onderlinden, City Clerk Submitted for approval at the Council meeting of June 13, 2011. JOINT CITY COUNCIL/REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY BOARD April 25, 2011 MEETING MINUTES PAGE 6