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MINUTE ORDER CITY COUNCIL MEETING May 18, 1998 MO. 98-132 CITY CLERK DEPARTMENT Redwood City DATE: May 20, 1998 Attention: City Manager City Attorney Council Community Development Director Parks, Recreation and Community Services Director SUBJECT: Council City/School Liaison Committee (Council Members Claire and Hartnett and Vice Mayor Ruskin, Members) (605,708) Meeting of the Council of the City of Redwood City on May 18, 1998. Present: Councilmembers Bain, Claire, Hartnett, Ira, Leipzig, Ruskin and Mayor Howard Absent: None The following motion was made, carried and entered on the Minutes: Vice Mayor Ruskin gave an oral report on the Committee's recent outreach activities "in the educational community to foster partnerships which will result in benefits to the entire community." He said, "a large committee was formed consisting of people from the County, the School District, from our City, including Council Member Hartnett and myself, and from independent sports organizations. Dave Stuart represented the independent sports organizations, and I really have to applaud Mr. Stuart for the work he has done recently to try to initiate additional fields and recreational activities for our youth." Vice Mayor Ruskin described the County's offer to expand the mufti-purpose rooms at Taft and Fair Oaks School to increase the opportunity for more gym activities. He said the County also offered to explore the use of its CDBG funds for playing fields and tennis courts. Vice Mayor Ruskin said that the County, in offering to spend funds to enlarge the multi-purpose facilities, asked that other groups in the community join in the effort. He said that he and Council Member Hartnett gladly joined the committee to see how the City "might partner with the County in this regard." Vice Mayor Ruskin said that the Redwood City School District has offered to pay for the maintenance of the enlarged gyms. He said that he and Council Member Hartnett, with the help of staff, endeavored to