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i focus on Core Services. Mayor Ira agreed with a finro-tiered retirement system and he asked for help from the unions as well as for a salary freeze. Another Council Member agreed that looking at service impacts is important. This Council Member also spoke about parking as an option that should be look at. One Council Member wanted to revisit the business license fee as well as special assessment districts. One Council Member would like to extend the terms of the BCC members whose terms are expiring soon. City Manager Ingram suggested a six-month extension clarifying that due to existing language in the Charter, the Port Commission may be an issue, and we may need to recruit for those finro expiring seats. On this issue of the 34 upcoming Boards, Commission and Committees seats that are up in May, June and July one Council Member suggested extending current terms for one year. Interim City Attorney Abrams requested that this come back via a Resolution to formalized Council's direction. At this point Vice Mayor Aguirre mentioned reviewing opportunities for consolidation and focusing on the cost savings and increased staff capacity should these bodies be streamlined. As Council agreed that we all need to do more with less, there was consensus on extending the terms for an initial period of approximately 6 months in order to find efficiencies related to BCCs. One Council member suggested having staff look at "The Complete Streets Committee" just as BCC's are being looked at. One Council Member noted an inconsistency in the minutes from a certain BCC. The Pride and Beautification and Redwood City Verde were also discussed. It was noted that staff liaisons supporting BCCs may be spending too much time that takes away from other core duties. Council restated the desire to have the Human Services Financial Assistance (HSFA) Program return as part of the recommendations. The City Council unanimously ratified what the four Core Service areas are: Public Safety, Fiscal Stability, Legal/Regulatory Compliance and Public Infrastructure. Public Comment Joseph Sciarra Jr. spoke about the value of capital improvements and expressed concern about the amount of people needed to perform certain street repairs. (Between 7:45 p.m. and 9:40 p.m. Council discussed the budget. For the full content of the discussion please watch the archived stream at: http://www.redwoodcitv.org/qovernment/council/a4endas/2010/mov 030810.html and select Staff Reports 7A) Mayor Ira and the Council thanked City Manager Ingram and staff for all the hard work. B. Dates for Budget Consideration of the Fiscal Year 2010-2011-12 Budget. (501) Recommendation: Approve the dates for City Council action on the budget. JOINT CITY COUNCIL/ MARCH 8, 2010 REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY BOARD MEETING MINUTES PAGE 8 MINUTE BOOK NO. 63 Page No. 051