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CONSENSUS: Mayor Hartnett determined it was the consensus of the Council to hold a Council meeting within the year in the Redwood Shores neighborhood, and include items of Redwood Shores neighborhood interest in the regular agenda. MINUTE ORDER NO. 95-010 PUBLIC COMMENT Mayor Hartnett asked if anyone would like to speak and the following people addressed the Council: Ginny Hughes, Redwood Shores neighborhood resident, stated that the Redwood Shores Homeowners Association did not speak for her, and expressed support for holding regular Council meetings at the normal place, the Board of Supervisors Chambers to focus the Council on the City as a whole. She suggested that Council could hear residents' complaints at Neighborhood Association meetings. Pete Hughes echoed his wife's sentiments, and noted the low voter turnout in the Redwood Shores neighborhood during the last election. B. Labor negotiations Council Members discussed their desire to seek other models for negotiations with the City's labor organizations, expressing their dissatisfaction of the adversarial nature of past and current negotiations. CONSENSUS: Mayor Hartnett determined it was the consensus of the Council to have the Council Personnel Committee look into other labor negotiation models and report back to the full Council during the 2nd quarter of this year. MINUTE ORDER NO. 95-011 A. Community Relations - continued Council Members discussed the need to better communicate to the community about the activities of the City. CONSENSUS: Mayor Hartnett determined it was the consensus of the Council to request the Council Update-Editorial Committee to look into community communication tools available to the Council, and report back to the full Council with recommendations. MINUTE ORDER NO. 95-012 MINUTE BOOK NO. 54 Redwood City Council Special Workshop Minutes Page No. 014 January 13, 1996 Page 5