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regard. I expect there will be something offered by the County in specific terms. And if the County does in fact do that, that will be something that I think will be appropriate for the Council to discuss as a full Council with maximum community input to see in what way we could best partner, if at all. One of the considerations, Council Member Claire, is the one about ongoing maintenance of fields because the County has not to this date expressed an interest in contributing money whether to fields in unincorporated County or in the City, towards maintenance. The School District has indicated that they don't have a budget for maintenance of new or improved fields. But nothing is ruled out. And that is why the discussions are still continuing." Council Member Bain said, "I have no problem with putting this on the next agenda or a future agenda for discussion, certainly I think it is something we are going to have to have a discussion about at some point. I would be very interested in hearing from the public. Of course the public has a right to speak to that issue at any time during the Meeting. I'm still not clear of what our resolution would be at the next meeting if we were to agendize it. If it is simply to say, 'we think this is a great idea, please offer us CDBG funds to go ahead and do this,' I really don't see how that is going to have any effect. That would be nothing more than a 'feel good' resolution. However, I want to say, that I have absolutely no problem with agendizing it and having a full discussion with the County... and the public participating." Council Member Claire said the public had participated in terms of the people who were most interested in playing fields in the community. He described a meeting a few years ago with most of the users of the fields. Council Member Claire described his history with field maintenance and scheduling field times since 1979, and said the problems of field use and maintenance must be addressed by a multi-jurisdictional partnership. He said that years ago the people of Redwood City "pumped a ton of money into renovating fields", but there was no money for maintenance in the School District budgets, and the fields soon deteriorated. Council Member Claire said if the City was going to spend money on fields, it had to have a plan to maintain them. He said field users also involved Sequoia High School as well as the Elementary School District and the County, and said the real discussion should "center on how these different jurisdictions can work better together for the overall betterment of all the fields that our kids use." Council Member Claire said he believed there had been a lack of cooperation among all the League Chairs on scheduling, and advised that all the impacted agencies should discuss a whole range of issues regarding the need for renovated or new playing fields which would take much longer than one Council Meeting next week. Council Member Leipzig said, "I agree with Councilman Claire. I agree with Council Member Bain on the focus, what we should be talking about. I do certainly understand that the schools are outside of the Redwood City District. I also understand that the Belmont School District operates a school in our City limits. What I want, Council Member Bain, is a dialogue with the citizens on that topic, the maintenance of the fields. You are absolutely right, Dick. And to ask the people, do you want us to be looking at fields that are outside the City limits. So a dialogue with folks to find out their concerns. I REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MINUTE BOOK NO. 56 JUNE 22,1998 MINUTES Page No. 580 PAGE 18