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3. CONSENT CALENDAR - CONTINUED A. This item removed ITom the Consent Calendar by Councilman Ruskin for consideration at this time. Minutes of the Council work shop of February 8, 1997, the Council closed session of February 10, 1997, and the Council regular meeting of February 10, 1997 as submitted; Councilman Ruskin corrected the regular meeting Minutes of February 10, 1997, page 9, second paragraph to read: "Councilman Ruskin requested a copy of Redwood City 2000's master list of major activities throughout the City so the Council could see if anything was omitted...." In place of "Councilman Ruskin requested a list of Redwood City 2000's major activities so the Council.. ..". MIS: RUSKINIBUCHAN TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS CORRECTED. CARRIED BY UNANIMOUS VOICE VOTE WITH COUNCILMAN LEIPZIG ABSTAINING FROM THE FEBRUARY 8, 1997 MEETING MINUTES ONLY DUE TO IDS ABSENCE FROM THAT MEETING. MINUTE ORDER NO. 97-038 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- G. This item removed ITom the Consent Calendar by Mayor Hartnett for consideration at this time. Redwood City Police Officers Association Memorandum of Understanding: (905) REPORT: Director of Human Resources Rivera-Pena, February 24,1997 Mayor Hartnett said "while it has been a very long process of negotiations, I think it is correct to say that the understanding that has been reached is an excellent one for the City of Redwood City and the Police Officers Association. Sometimes it takes longer than anyone would like to resolve negotiated issues, but also sometimes even with that length of time a result comes out which is better than any party might have anticipated. "It is my view, that the result evidenced by this Memorandum of Understanding is better than perhaps anyone might have envisioned at the beginning of the process, in the middle of the process or as we were getting close to the end of the process. It came out through diligent work and effort by representatives of the Police Officers Association and our City negotiating team, and I think they should all be applauded for their perseverance and diligence with which they approached this. We are all gratified that it is successfully completed and that the police officers, if the motion is approved as I expect tonight, will receive enhanced compensation and other benefits that are called for in the agreement. "We also know that it won't be long before we have to begin the process again with the Police Officers Association and we have other upcoming labor negotiations for other bargaining units that are not too far in the future, and I know that the Council is interested REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MTNUTE BOOK NO. 55 FEBRUARY24,1997 MINUTES Page No. 168 PAGE 7