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Buckley Stone, President of the nonprofit Save the San Francisco Bay Area Marinas for All, spoke in favor of public access to the Smith's Slough area and having a public marina. He commented on events pertaining to Mrs. Uccelli, the Pauls Corporation, and the State Lands regarding the deeds, leases, privatizations, and a public marina. He opined that public access to a public marina on publicly deeded property is all anyone wants and asks for. Alison Madden spoke in favor of keeping an open mind regarding public access and parking for a public marina at Pete's Harbor. She said they have an application in and a full-fledged body of professional people capable of running the marina. She said BCDC never had a permit for the docks, only for the waterfront restaurant, and questions the overlapping jurisdictions between City and federal; what is public and what is or is not appropriate for federal property. She opined that the private parking signs are inappropriate. She said that more information can be found at www.sfmarinasforall.org. Wendy Stone said that she does not have much else to add to previous speakers' comments about Pete's Harbor, but she opined that the EIR (Environmental Impact Report) goes against what residents of San Mateo County and Redwood City would want for this area. She wants a new EIR to update everything, including sea level rise, and opined that it should not be fast-tracked due to concerns about this area. CITY COUNCIL: Waive reading of the consent calendar and the full text of ordinances and resolutions, and approve the Consent Calendar items. A Council Member spoke to Item 6.1 I, Response to Civil Grand Jury Report entitled "South Bayside Waste Management Authority (SBWMA) Board - Elected Officials or Senior Management Staff?" and expressed appreciation of the Mayor's letter and report about changing the governance structure of SBWMA and opined that the Blue Ribbon Task Force did its work for governance by elected officials, but did not think the Grand Jury did theirs and they did not follow their own earlier report that recommended what the Blue Ribbon Task Force has recommended. Two Council Members spoke to item 6.3A, Mental Health Association (MHA) of San Mateo County Site Acquisition for Affordable Housing. One spoke about the City's continued commitment to affordable housing, despite the State's takeaway of funding for this, and they have found another way to support property for seriously low income affordable housing through mental health. The other Council Member said this item is for the site acquisition for affordable housing by the MHA and shared how the City and the Housing and Human Concerns Committee had recommended $400,000 of Community Block grant funds for this. Moreover, the (MHA) will contribute $100,000 and is also applying for other funds from the Housing and Endowment Regional Trust of San Mateo County (HEART), so they could serve low income housing the needs. A Council Member asked the City Manager and City Attorney to provide clarification regarding a speaker's comment about the City of Menlo Park being sued for not having an approved Housing Element for over twenty years and noted this City does have an CITY COUNCIL July 22, 2013 MEETING MINUTES PAGE 4 MINUTE BOOK NO. 64 Page No. 401