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- . . . . - C. Lorianna Kastrop, 28 Meadow Lane, spoke on behalf of the Redwood School District Year Round Education Task Force, a group of parents, teachers, administrators 'and - community volunteers doing a cost/benefit analysis of year round education to present to the School Board in May. Ms. Kastrop said year round education includes the same number of instructional days, but replaces the traditional 10-11 week summer break, with three or four week breaks three or four times throughout the school year. She said research shows that elimination of the long summer break allows students to retain knowledge, allows teachers to spend less time reviewing material in September, and allows teachers to schedule classes during the short breaks for students falling behind their class mates, rather than having to wait until summer school. Ms. Kastrop described the Task Force's goal to educate the community about year round school, and to get community input. She said the Task Force was not advocating year round school, but wanted to present as much information as possible about it to the School Board in May. She invited everyone to attend community forums on the subject: March 9 at McKinley School, 7-8:30 p.m., and March 10 at the Fair Oaks Community Center, 7-8:30 p.m. there will be a presentation in Spanish. Ms. Kastrop said decisions about education impact the whole community and encouraged everyone to attend the forums and get involved in improving education for Redwood City's children. MEMO 2/24/98 D. David Wolfskill, 751 Canyon Road, described the many near traffic accidents he had witnessed just coming to this meeting, and asked that the Council encourage all drivers to operate their vehicles more cautiously and more cooperatively. - E. Steve Vick, 1140 Fifth Avenue, told Council that he had bought his home in the Friendly Acres Neighborhood last November, and described the flooding problems he had recently experienced. He said City staff had told him that flooding occurred in that area only at times of high tides. Mr. Vick described the water back up and tides, and said the flooding problem is totally unrelated to high tides. He said residents have had to use their own pumps to get water moving down the street, because the City had refused to respond. He asked what the City "is doing about this issue." City Manager Everett advised that Public Works Services Director Ingram would contact Mr.Vick. MEMO 2/24/98 Mayor Pro Tern Ruskin said that the Council had responded to this issue at the last Council Meeting and had expressed its concern and interest in pursuing long term solutions. He said the Council Utilities Committee had asked staff to develop long term, feasible solutions to this problem, and said, "We are aware that solving this problem will require not only action by our community, but action by other communities, because the Fair Oaks area serves as a basin for water coming ITom other cities. We need to look to galvanizing those other cities to find a solution that goes beyond our City." Mayor Pro Tern Ruskin described the Neighborhood Association meetings that he, Mayor Howard - and staff members attended to address this issue. He said the Friendly Acres Bayshore REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MINUTE BOOK NO. 56 FEBRUARY 23, \998 MINUTES Page No. 281 PAGE 4