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<br /> Priorities related to school, education and youth criteria: <br /> Council support of bond issue; <br /> Addition of the teen center and day care in the Redwood Shores Neighborhood <br /> Community Center; <br /> Police Department sponsorship ofD.A.R.E. and G.R.E.A.T (anti-gang) and PAL. <br /> Parks, Recreation and Community Services support ofthe Youth Advisory Board. <br /> Priorities related to community relations: <br /> Annual Council workshops held in Redwood Shores Neighborhood; <br /> City support and Council involvement with Neighborhood Associations; <br /> City sponsored neighborhood grant program; <br /> Priorities related to public safety: <br /> Discussed above, D.A.R.E., G.R.E.A.T. and PAL. <br /> City efforts to clean up Mezes Park; <br /> Police staffing analysis done with Council approval. <br /> D. PUBLIC INPUT <br /> John Murphy, 421 Luff Lane, read and submitted a letter requesting a Council meeting <br /> in Redwood Shores devoted to issues relating to GID 1-64, including dissolution of GID <br /> 1-64 after bonds are paid off in 2008, and revision of boundaries. <br /> Hilary Paulson, 3733 Country Club Drive, member of the Redwood City Housing and <br /> Human Concerns Committee said the committee had not been advised about the housing <br /> issues involved in Council's approval of Woodside Retirement bond issue, and <br /> expressed concerns about the eviction of the elderly. She asked for clarification <br /> regarding this housing issue. Mrs. Paulson also described the progress of the plans for <br /> Stulsaft and Stafford Parks, and asked Council to approve funding and improvement of <br /> both parks at the same time to take advantage of cost efficiencies. She also described the <br /> committee's plans for fund raising. <br /> Council Member Claire explained that the Woodside Retirement Housing <br /> Development was a private property being sold to another private party, and City issued <br /> bonds, which carried little or no risk to the City, was only a mechanism to keep the <br /> property tax in the City's coffers. <br /> Susie Peyton, 3691 Brandy Rock Way, provided a history of community interest and <br /> involvement in improvements to Stulsaft and Stafford Parks and said the joint project <br /> would cost approximately $25,000 each or $50,000 for both. Mrs. Peyton said the <br /> community wanted a partnership with the City to complete the project, and needed to <br /> ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING COUNCIL WORKSHOP MINUTE BOOK NO. 56 JANUARY 31,1998 <br /> MINUTES Page No. 196 PAGE 3 <br />