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. - . - - the teenagers would be given good publicity. Trustee Stuart asked that the Redwood City Family Center be included in the process. She asked where the funding was to come ITom and '--- what accountability measures were in place. Coordinator Ross said that currently Redwood City, the County and each of the School Boards contributed $14,000 each to the Redwood City 2000 effort for staff support and administration. Additional funds have been advanced by the United Way and there are currently ongoing discussions with the Peninsula Community Foundation regarding fees in the support of project facilitation. Coordinator Ross said that "you can leverage resources appropriately when you work together. The best example ofthat....is the Sequoia High School Career to Work Program." Councilman Claire said the Sequoia High School District is a multi-jurisdictional district, and at least three of the high schools in the District are receiving children ITom the Redwood City Elementary School District as well as children ITom the "greater Redwood City sphere of influence." Councilman Claire said "we do share a lot of the same problems." He said it was "extremely important that the Sequoia High School District playa role in Redwood City 2000. A large percentage of your children come ITom this area and working together, we can make things better for the District and for the City and for the community as a whole." Councilman Claire, long time member of the Housing and Human Concerns Committee, said Redwood City had a history of funding agencies that do good work in the community and he had always wondered why they didn't work together towards their common goals. He said Redwood City 2000 was about bringing lots of agencies together to provide services for the betterment of the '--- entire community. Councilwoman Buchan said it was very important to have heard tonight's in-depth presentation. She expressed concerns about a large group, but said she trusted the comments made tonight would be acknowledged and addressed by the Coordinating Committee. She thanked Bonnie Miller, Ed Bailey, Caroline Currie and the whole community for their long and successful efforts that really turned around the Friendly Acres neighborhood. Councilwoman Buchan thanked David Stuart for taking time to listen to both sides and thanked him for what he had to say. Mayor Hartnett said Redwood City 2000's goals as stated earlier were education, economic development, public safety and health care. He said that although health care was not a traditional area of City involvement, the other three goals just happen to be three priorities the Council had already established to concentrate on over the next few years. The Council looked at the community and felt that despite the diversity of views and backgrounds among the seven members, agreed upon the above priorities. Mayor Hartnett said the Council understood the City could not do it alone, and the School Districts could not either. Redwood City 2000 provides an opportunity to get more bang for the buck in the community, and to work better together where there are common interests. Mayor Hartnett said that although he was comfortable with the stated outcome, he was not totally comfortable with the process yet He '--- said a majority of the participation group needs to be clearly from the policy makers or their representatives, and he did not believe a floating membership would be appropriate. He added Special Joint Council Meeting Minutes MINUTE BOOK NO. 54 March 18, 1996 Page No. 131 Page 10