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. , . ., ,- In response to Council questions, Mayor Hartnett explained the previous tax revenue situations and what the tax consultants had provided, and alternate tax approaches. - City Manger Everett advised that the Cities of Oakland and Emeryville had shared a project and they had reached an agreement on a revenue sharing plan. Councilman Claire said he wanted more information on the Transient Occupancy Tax. In response to Councilman Claire's questions regarding the necessity of a vote by the people to share tax revenues, City Attorney Schricker said "yes, that appears to be the case, however that doesn't negate the alternative approaches which might call for mitigation fees in lieu of tax revenues." He suggested that "a real hard look should be taken at mitigation measures which can soften if not eliminate the impact of the obvious traffic effects.... Those impacts are very substantial as Council members know full well." Mayor Hartnett said he didn't want to hold up the development, "I don't think that is what we want to do, nor anyone would intend to do. But my concern would be to make sure that there is a mechanism for funding needed traffic and other mitigations that would arise and be necessary because of the project itself. Certainly, a source of money to do that is the tax flow that may be generated.... That tax flow need not necessarily get in our pockets to do the mitigations. It can be mitigations agreed to at the cost of San Carlos..... We need to work cooperatively..... And I personally think we have to continue with that approach and properly protect our neighborhood, and take a reasonable approach to this (development) as well." - MEMO 1/14/97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- B. Announcements ITom Council Members. I) Councilwoman Buchan announced that Redwood City Police Officer Dan Smith has advised there are still openings for the Citizens Police Academy. Officer Smith said any Council Member who wanted to attend would be guaranteed a place in the program and also welcomed members of the community. Classes will begin in February on Thursday evenings, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. 2) Councilman Leipzig, the City's representative on the Airport Land Use Committee, offered to attend and monitor the Airport Round Table meetings. Mayor Hartnett made it official. Staff was asked to furnish agenda, minutes and Airport Round Table formation to Councilman Leipzig. (209) MINUTE ORDER NO. 97-010 3) Vice Mayor Howard reported on the most recent C/CAG meeting. She announced that C/CAG's Technical Advisory Committee was asked to distribute $900,000 for the repair and maintenance of streets utilized by transit vehicles. Redwood City ------ applied for the James Street project and received $100,000. Vice Mayor Howard REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MINUTE BOOK NO. 55 JANUARY 13, 1997 MINUTES Page Nr>. 101 PAGE 4