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City Attorney Schricker referred to page 8A-7, Page 3, Item 3 of the proposed ordinance, and corrected it to read: "12:01 a.m. until 6:00 a.m. every day of the week during the months of June through Aul!Ust." MEMO 1/13/98 Council Members Ira and Ruskin, who made the motion, agreed to the change. MEMO 1/13/98 MIS: IRAIRUSKIN. TITLE READ. FIRST READING. ORDINANCE REPEALING CHAPTER 19 OF, AND ADDING CHAPTER 19 TO, THE CODE OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY RELATING TO CURFEW REGULATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS UPON DISPLAY OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA; ADOPTED BY UNANIMOUS ROLL CALL VOTE. MINUTE ORDER NO 98-024A ___n_______n___n_________n______------------------------______n________n_______n______-______n______n______---- B. Designation of the City's "Official Newspaper" according to Section 90 of the Redwood City Charter; (Continued ITom January 5, 1998 Council Meeting) (304) REPORT: City Clerk Arlyn C. Jorgenson, January 5, 1998 Council Member Buchan declared she would not participate in the discussion nor the decision on the "Official Newspaper" due to a possible conflict of interest. Council Member Buchan left the dais at this time. MEMO 1/13/98 City Attorney Schricker gave a brief summary of the bids submitted, and stated, "Under the City Charter, publication is made for bids for the official newspaper, which is the newspaper which publishes legal notices for the City on a calendar year basis. Three bids were received. One is disqualified because the newspaper is not published in the City of Redwood City, and it is not a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Redwood City. There were two bids that qualified for consideration. The first bid was from the Redwood City Almanac, and that newspaper bid $5 per column inch for legal notices and $5 per column inch for display advertisements. The Redwood City Tribune's bid for legal advertising is $8.25 per column inch, and the bid for display advertising is $9.25 per column inch. The City Charter provides that the bid shall be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder." Council Member Ira said if the purpose of bidding for an official newspaper, "". is to fulfill a legal requirement, I would want to go with the absolute lowest bid. If the purpose is to provide the greatest notification and getting the message out to as many people as possible, then I realize and I understand some of the things that have been brought up by City Attorney Schricker. I think we have a responsibility to look at circulation if that was the situation. It is something I think we need to examine from a policy decision what we want this to be. The other thing is I wonder, in today's information technology, if we REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MINUTE BOOK NO. 56 JANUARY 12, 1998 MINUTES Page No. 164 PAGE 11