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I I I I . minute we draw the word community around a small group rather than a larger group." He suggested the Committee think about the Oklahoma model which picks up towns thirty miles '- apart. "We have to think bigger." Trustee Seiling suggested the team include bankers, who have been very slow to be aware of community issues, and the news media. Trustee Finlay said he appreciated the comments ITom the Sequoia High School District and their concerns about students who feed their high schools from places other than Redwood City. He said the Redwood City Elementary School District also draws ITom many different cities and towns, such as Menlo Park, San Carlos, Atherton, Woodside and the unincorporated area. He added that as a policy maker he had no problem whatsoever supporting Redwood City 2000 because "it will make our schools a better place." All the students will benefit ITom having better schools and getting a better education as a result. Trustee Finlay said "this effort will do a great job ofleveraging limited resources we have as a District.....1 think of this tonight as a matching grant. We will put $14,000 in and we will get $14,000 in from two other bodies and we will do some great things." Trustee Finlay described the magnet schools matching grants and funds raised ITom outside agencies. He added that "we don't need to get the credit, but we need to work together as a group in order to make a big difference for the people we serve." President Wade said this process was an inspiration to building community, a way for people to focus on being a community and working together to solve problems. He said the process as '--- outlined, the large committee and relative long period of a year will create a vision that will inspire us to make our community better. "As it gets into a more specific action plan....it has to show results, and not just two or three years down the pike, but as we move along. As we get into the specifics, the individual agencies will have much more specific controls." President Wade said it was essential to generate enthusiasm for this process. He added that calling it Redwood City 2000 was in no way exclusionary, and he lightheartedly challenged anyone to show him exactly where the boundaries of Redwood City are. Mayor Hartnett said the exciting part of Redwood City 2000, the participation with both School Districts, was in fact broadening the City's boundaries. He said that the City had not been reticent to support the Elementary School District and Sequoia High School knowing there were children there who were not living in Redwood City. Mayor Hartnett said this proposal broadens the community and agreed that early successes were important. He expressed concerns about awaiting the results of the long process and not doing some common sense things early on that he knew could be done by the Boards and Superintendents and City Manager now. Mayor Hartnett said he did not feel that there was a great need to adopt the resolution tonight, but would defer to his colleagues. He said he hoped to receive something more fine tuned with respect to the process and the participatory nature, something the decision makers could circulate and feel comfortable with. '- MINUTE BOOK NO. 54 Page No. 133 Special Joint Council Meeting Minutes March 18, 1996 Page 12