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,. . . , . . - Keith Bautista, representing the Chamber of Commerce, said the time schedule included going out to bid on the expanded gyms in the surnn¡er offall of 1999. - MEMO 5/19/98 Council Member Claire described his experience in scheduling sports leagues and said, "There is an opportunity within the Leagues themselves to look at scheduling issues." He said when "away" games are played the fields should be utilized by other teams, and "urged the committee to look at that collaborative effort between the Leagues." CONSENSUS: Mayor Howard determined that it was the consensus of the Council to support Vice Mayor Ruskin's report and the direction the City/School Liaison Committee was taking. She said the Council looked forward to the formal proposal and how the Council would work with its partners on this very important issue. MINUTE ORDER NO. 98-132 Mayor Howard thanked all the partners for their efforts and long hours they put in for this successful collaboration. She expressed support for working on scheduling to gain more field time for the City's sports teams. B. Bair Island Task Force report presented by Vice Mayor Ruskin; (205) REPORT: Chair of the Bair Island Task Force, Vice Mayor Ruskin, April 27, 1998 - Vice Mayor Ruskin described the Council's establishment of the Bair Island Task Force on April 9, 1997 due to the sale ofBair Island to POST. He said the three mandates of the Task Force were: Explore the feasibility of a connector road between Redwood Shores to Whipple Road; explore the interest and the need for public, recreational access to Bair Island; and the third was to gain public input. Vice Mayor Ruskin said the first two mandates were carried out, but the Task Force wanted to get further direction from the Council before embarking on receiving public input. He surnn¡arized the report, and said the Task Force consisted of former Council Member Georgi La Berge now representing the residents at large, San Carlos Council Member Sylvia Nelson, Jack Greenalch representing the Chamber of Commerce, Manuel Sotomayor representing Redwood Shores, and Ralph Nobles, San Mateo County Planning Commissioner, representing the Friends of Redwood City. Vice Mayor Ruskin thanked all the members who worked so hard and so cooperatively for so many months, and also thanked the several citizens who participated at each of the meetings. He described the Mission Statement and list of stakeholders developed at the meetings. Vice Mayor Ruskin said all meeting notices and minutes were sent to everyone on the stake holders' list, including "POST, BCDC, Corps of Engineers, SAMCEDA, the Airport, the (Redwood Shores) Owners Association and the Redwood Shores Home Owners Association." Vice Mayor Ruskin described theTas~,I:'orce's exploration of a connector road, and said - the members "agreed that the best option for such a roadway was one parallelling the 101 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MINUTE BOOK NO. 56 MAY 18, 1998 MINUTES Page No. 485 PAGE 7