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City Council Agenda
December 16, 2002

City Council | Closed Session

CITY COUNCIL
SPECIAL MEETING
DECEMBER 16, 2002
7:00 P.M.

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

2. ROLL CALL

3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE - Richard S. Claire, Mayor

4. INVOCATION - Steve Corales, Director of Adult Ministries - Templo La Luz

5. SPECIAL ORDERS OF THE DAY - None

6. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS

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.

7. CONSENT CALENDAR

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.

7.1 Section - Motions

A. Motion to approve the minutes from the meeting of December 2, 2002 as submitted;
Staff contact: Patricia Howe, City Clerk 780-7222 phowe@redwoodcity.org

B. Motion to approve funding agreement allocating $258,974 of 2002-03 HOME funds to Redwood Court for Needed Repairs;
Staff contact: Debbi Jones-Thomas, Housing Coordinator 780-7295 debbi@redwoodcity.org

C. Motion to approve the revised Contract Amendment with DES Architects & Engineers to provide design services for the Lump Sum Amount of $316,900 to be paid in monthly installments;
Staff contact: Joel Patterson, Manager Eng. & Construction 780-7379 jpatterson@redwoodcity.org

D. Motion to approve the agreement with CH2M Hill for an amount not to exceed $57,312.00 (agreement for professional services with CH2M Hill to prepare a mitigated negative declaration for a proposed library in Redwood Shores);
Staff contact: Tom Passanisi, Principal Planner 780-7237 tpassanisi@redwoodcity.org

7.2 Section – Resolutions

A. RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING CITY COUNCIL AUDIT COMMITTEE;
Contact: Ira Ruskin, Council Member 261-1410 iruskin@redwoodcity.org

7.3 Section - Claims and Warrants

A. Reject the claim of Hank G. Greenblatt, Esq. on behalf of Gerilyn and Richard Gillespsy claim no. 2068B as submitted;
Staff Contact: Brian Ponty, Director of Finance and Financial Planning, and Assistant City Manager
780-7048 bponty@redwoodcity.org

B. Approve warrants dated through December 16, 2002 and usual and necessary payments through January 6, 2003;
Staff Contact: Brian Ponty, Director of Finance and Financial Planning, and Assistant City Manager
780-7048 bponty@redwoodcity.org

8. STAFF REPORT - None

9. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS - None

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. 43-2002. 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).

11. PUBLIC HEARING - None

12. BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES - None

13. CLOSED SESSION
- No action to report

14. ADJOURNMENT: MOTION TO ADJOURN UNTIL THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF JANUARY 6, 2002

*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/Directors/Agency Members). The Mayor/Chairman will recognize you at the appropriate time when your item is under consideration by the Council/Directors/Agency Members. If your item is not on the agenda, the Mayor/Chairman will recognize you during the Oral Communications portion of the meeting. Please keep your comments to 3 minutes to allow for others to speak.


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