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I I I I . Councilwoman La Berge announced the new officers of Redwood City International: --- President, former Mayor Dani Devincenzi; Vice President, Andy Frisch of Kainos; Secretary, Pat Valentine; and Treasurer, Joe Loo. Councilwoman La Berge invited everyone to the membership mixer on February 21 in the Community Room of the Main Library, 1044 Middlefield Road. She explained that Redwood City has one sister city, Zhuhai, China, and is currently looking for another sister city in Mexico. Councilwoman La Berge announced that a delegation ITom Zhuhai will visit in March and will be made up of 27 business men and women, mostly realtors and hotel managers. In April there will be a delegation of 17 distinguished women ITom China, mostly educators and Council members. It will be a very special event. She announced that recently Redwood City representatives met with neighboring cities with sister cities: Millbrae, Pacifica, Brisbane and Palo Alto, and there will be a California sister city conference in Bakersfield in April and Redwood City will send at least one delegate. Councilwoman La Berge said that the Committee's search for a sister city in Mexico is continuing, and Dr. Olivia Martinez, Vice President of Canada College, had been named as head of that committee. Dr. Martinez has already contacted the four cities singled out as prospects. Councilwoman La Berge said that Redwood City International believes it would be extremely important for any City to be considered as a sister city to have a committed citizens committee in place to handle all the work and special arrangements required by sister city relationships. - B. Report ITom Council Legislative Committee - Prevailing Wage Resolution - Councilman Claire. (205) Councilman Claire apologized to Councilman Leipzig, member of the Council Legislative Committee, the City Attorney and City Clerk for not knowing the new procedure to call a Council Committee meeting, thereby causing a late notice to Councilman Leipzig who was unable to attend last Friday's meeting. Councilman Claire said he and Councilwoman Buchan, the other member of the Legislative Committee, met with the City Attorney to discuss a resolution to confirm support of the Davis Bacon Act. Councilman Claire acknowledged Councilman Leipzig's request to postpone a decision on this matter, but explained that the hearing by the Department of Industrial Relations to consider the position of cities and other jurisdictions on this matter will occur February 20, 1996 and the Council will not meet again until February 26, so this was the last opportunity for Council consideration. Councilman Claire, by way of background, said the Davis-Bacon Act was enacted in the late 1940's to prevent individuals ITom using non-union labor and basically try to break the unions, especially in the construction industry. Councilman Claire said at fIrSt he was not in favor of prevailing wages, but became a true believer when a large development in '--- Regular Meeting Minutes MINUTE BOOK NO. 54 February 12, 1996 Page No. 077 Page 10