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C. Geri Mayers, 2303 Broadway, Redwood City, described the Sequoia High School Key Club, sponsored by the Woodside Terrace A.M. Kiwanis Club, and how this group of young people has created and planned a "senior prom" benefiting the Carrington Hall Restoration Fund and supported by the Sequoia alumni. Mrs. Mayers distributed a flyer ITom the Key Club President Nicole Craig, Class of 1999, inviting everyone to attend "The Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow Dance," March 14, 1997, Veterans Memorial and Senior Center, 6-10 p.m. Tickets are $20. Mrs. Mayers reported that a Council-appointed Commissioner told Ms. Craig that the Sequoia High School Key Club did not have the authority to sponsor such an event. She said the Commissioner acted inappropriately and should apologize to Ms. Craig, and asked the Council to take action on this matter. She added that the Council and its appointed Commissioners should encourage young people to engage in exactly this sort of activity. Mayor Hartnett asked the City Manager to look into this situation, and said "as appropriate the Council will be further involved." Councilman Claire, who had been contacted by the parties involved, concurred with the Mayor to allow the City Manager to review the matter and report back to the Council. MEMO 2/25/97 D. Councilman Leipzig noted that Mr. Ted Fang, publisher of the Redwood City Tribune and Independent Newspaper Group, was in the audience and suggested that Mr. Fang be allowed to address the Council regarding Agenda Item No. 8.B. (the last item on the agenda) as he had to attend another meeting this evening. He suggested that the Council not take action on Item 8.B. at this time, just let Mr. Fang address the Council. (309) The Council agreed and Mayor Hartnett called on Mr. Fang. Mr. Ted Fang, owner of the Independent Newspaper Group which publishes the Redwood City Tribune said, "I am here to announce that the Redwood City Tribune, in what we feel is the best interests for fostering greater community spirit in Redwood City, and in fostering an environment that allows multiple newspapers to thrive in this City, that we will be withdrawing our bid to become the official newspaper for Redwood City for the Fiscal Year 1997-98. We also hope that in taking this action, that it will give the Council and its legal Counsel a greater opportunity to study some of the issues that were brought up regarding placement of public notices and their purpose in informing the people of Redwood City. "My company has spent literally millions of dollars researching some of the more arcane but precedent-setting cases in this issue. We feel that some of the advice that the Council has received up to this point may not have had the benefit of some of the exhaustive research that hopefully will now be available to the Council as you study this issue for the coming year, so as to avoid the potential for adversarial roles to come up in litigation that might otherwise happen. Finally, I would like to note that as a good business citizen of this community we are very happy in this case. Some of the parties were able to get REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MlNUTR BOOK NO. 55 FEBRUARY 24, 1997 MINUTES PAGE 3 Page No. 164