City Council Agenda
December 9, 2002

REGULAR MEETING
CITY COUNCIL,
BOARD OF EQUALIZATION,
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
DECEMBER 9, 2002
7:00 P.M.

The Mayor/Chairman will convene the City Council, the Board of Equalization and the Redevelopment Agency meetings to order concurrently.

PLEASE TURN OFF ALL ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT SUCH AS CELLULAR TELEPHONES AND PAGERS, AS THESE CONSTITUTE A DISTURBANCE TO THE NORMAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS.

*ATTENTION SPEAKERS: Please see footnotes following agenda items.

1. CALL TO ORDER - MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, BOARD OF EQUALIZATION AND REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY

2. ROLL CALL - SIMULTANEOUS FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, BOARD OF EQUALIZATION DIRECTORS AND REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MEMBERS

3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE - Ira Ruskin, Council Member

4. INVOCATION - Chaplin David Corrales, Bay Meadows Chaplin and Templo La Luz

5. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS (CITY COUNCIL, BOARD OF EQUALIZATION AND REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY)

This agenda category is limited to 15 minutes to be allocated as determined by the Mayor/Chairman. If you wish to address the Council/Directors/Agency Members, please complete a speaker's card (next to agendas) and give it to Council Volunteer Art Balsamo (seated to the left of the Council/Directors/Agency Members.) If your subject is not on the agenda, the Mayor/Chairman will recognize you at this time; but the Brown Act (Open meeting Law) does not allow action by Council/Directors/Agency Members at this time. If you wish to speak to a subject listed on the agenda, you will be recognized by the Mayor/Chairman at the appropriate time your item of interest is being considered by Council/Directors/Agency Members.

6. CONSENT CALENDAR - CITY COUNCIL

Items on the Consent Calendar are considered to be routine by the City Council and will be enacted by one motion and one vote. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Council Member or Citizen so requests, in which event the item will be removed from the consent and considered in its normal sequence on the agenda.

MOTION: waive reading of the Consent Calendar except the ordinances by title, adopt the resolutions and the ordinances, and approve other items.

6.1 Section - Resolutions

A. 401 (a) (Defined Contribution) Deferred Compensation Plan for Department Head Employees;

Staff Contact: Brian Ponty, Director of Finance and Financial Planning, and Assistant City Manager 780-7048 bponty@redwoodcity.org

1. RESOLUTION RETIREMENT ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM TO ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES;
2. RESOLUTION DEFINING THE EMPLOYEE POSITIONS ELIGIBLE FOR THE RETIREMENT ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM;

6.2 Section - Claims and Warrants

1. Reject the claims of Barbara Urrita, claim no. 2017 and the claim of Veronica Lopez, claim no. 2072 as submitted;
   Staff Contact: Brian Ponty, Director of Finance and Financial Planning, and Assistant City Manager 780-7048 bponty@redwoodcity.org
   
2. Approve warrants dated through December 9, 2002 and usual and necessary payments through December 16, 2002;
   Staff Contact: Brian Ponty, Director of Finance and Financial Planning, and Assistant City Manager 780-7048 bponty@redwoodcity.org

7. MINUTES BOARD OF EQUALIZATION

A. Approve the Minutes of the Board of Equalization meeting of July 15, 2002 as submitted;

Staff contact: Patricia Howe, City Clerk 780-7222 phowe@redwoodcity.org

8. STAFF REPORT - BOARD OF EQUALIZATION

A. Appeals Against the General Improvement District 1-64 Assessments for Fiscal Year 2002-2003;

Staff Contact: Brian Ponty, District Assessor, Finance Director and Assistant City Manager 780-7072 bponty@redwoodcity.org

Recommendation:
Staff recommends accepting the revised appraised values for the single property which an appeal was filed and for which the City and the property owner have agreed to a reduced value;

ADJOURN THE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION MEETING

JOINT ITEM CITY COUNCIL AND REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY

9. STAFF REPORT - CITY COUNCIL AND REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY

A. Downtown Retail-Cinema Project;

Staff contact: Mike Church, Planning and Redevelopment Director 780-7235 mchurch@redwoodcity.org

Recommendation:
ADOPT A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY APPROVING THE ADDENDUM TO THE EIR FOR THE CINEMA/RETAIL PROJECT;

ADOPT A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY APPROVING SUMMARY REPORT PURSUANT TO HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE SECTION 33433 ON AMENDED AND RESTATED DISPOSITION AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY, THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY AND BHV INNISFREE VENTURES I, LLC;

ADOPT A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF AN AMENDED AND RESTATED DISPOSITION AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY, THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY AND BHV INNISFREE VENTURES I, LLC;

ADOPT A RESOLUTION OF THE REDWOOD CITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF AN AMENDED AND RESTATED DISPOSITION AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE AGENCY, THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY AND BHV INNISFREE VENTURES I, LLC;

ADJOURN THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MEETING

10. MATTERS OF COUNCIL INTEREST

10. A. Legislation (information only) - This sub-section involves possible discussion of City Position on Proposed Legislation Described in the League of California Cities Priority Focus Bulletin No. 42-2002. Council may direct staff to act on positions taken by Council. (Copies of League of California Cities Priority Focus available in City Clerk's Department).

10.B. Hetch Hetchy Water System Update - Update on actions required by City Council in January/February, 2003 pursuant to AB 2058 and addressing the question of whether to form and join the new Bay Area Water Supply and Conservation Agency (BAWSCA); and pursuant to SB 1870, appointing a representative to the agency and the new Regional Water System Financing Authority. Both are outcomes of recent State legislation and are for the purpose of facilitating repair of the Hetch Hetchy regional water system.

Contact: Ira Ruskin, Council Member and Chair of the Committee for Regional Water Supply Reliability
261-1410 iruskin@redwoodcity.org

*SPEAKERS, ATTENTION: Speaker's cards are on the rostrum. If you wish to speak, please complete the card and give it to Council Volunteer Art Balsamo (seated to the left of the Council Members). The Mayor will recognize you at the appropriate time when your item is under consideration by the Council. If your item is not on the agenda, the Mayor will recognize you during the Oral Communications portion of the Council meeting. Please keep your comments to 3 minutes to allow for others to speak.