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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 1995-05-02 Mayor Robert Yee Council: Jack Drago Joseph A. Fernekes ~lohn R. Penna Roberta Cerri Teglia _~!~uI~ City Council Municipal Services Building Community Room May 2, 1995 SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL TOWN HALL MEETINGS DISCUSSION ON CARD ROOM PROPOSAL NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Section 54956 of the Government Code of the State of California, that the City Council of the City of South San Francisco will hold Special Meetings for discussion on the card room proposal for the Shearwater site with all meetings beginning at 7:00 p.m. and ending at 8:30 p.m.: Monday, May 1, 1995, El Camino High School, Cafeteria, 1320 Mission Rd. Tuesday, May 2, 1995, Alta Loma Middle School, Multi Use Room, 116 Romney Ave. Wednesday, May 3, 1995, Ponderosa School, Multi Use Room, 295 Ponderosa Rd. Monday, May 8, 1995, Martin School, Multi Use Room, 35 School Street Tuesday, May 9, 1995, South San Francisco High School, Cafeteria, 400 B St. Tuesday, May 23, 1995, Westhorough Junior High, Multi Use Room, 2570 Westborough Blvd. 'City Clerk City of South San Francisco Dated: April 26, 1995 CALL TO ORDER: ROLL CALL: AGENDA (Cassette No. 1) Discussion on the card room proposal for the Shearwater site. ACIIQN TAKEN 7:06 p.m. Mayor Yee presiding, Council Present: Drago, Fernekes, Teglia and Yee. Council Absent: Penna. City Manager Wilson introduced himself, welcomed the audience and introduced members of the staff who will take part in the presentation: City Attor- ney Steve Mattas, Assistant City Manager Pat Martel, Interim Director of Economic & Community Development Beyer, Police Chief Mark Raffaelli and Finance Director Brooks. He stated each of the individuals was responsible for doing research in other communities' cardrooms, they went down south and some went into Nevada. 5/2/95 Page 1 _A CI_I QN IAK~N 59 Discussion on the cardroom proposal for the Shearwater te - Continued. They reviewed the operations and tried to under- stand and get caught up with the state of the art for gaming. He gave background information on the Shearwater proposal: Bill Poland, Bay West Group, accom- panied by representatives from Hollywood Park came to the City unsolicited with a proposal for the development of the Shearwater site for retail devel- opment and a cardroom; the site was formerly occu- pied by U.S. Steel and about 16 years ago the build- ings came down and the site was cleared; the City bought six acres next to the site from the Federal Government that had been a warehouse which later burned down; the Shearwater site has approximately 43 acres above water and 110 acres of submerged land; the City has been approached for two, differ- ent plans, some involve water others don't; the site is subject to clean up because of all the heavy metals which made it heavily contaminated and will cost the developer $10,000,000 and does not address the problems in the submerged lands; the proposal is for 400,000 sq. ft. of big box retail, like a Home Depot or K-Mart, and a few smaller retail uses, a few restaurants to accommodate the site; the proposal includes a 100,000 sq. ft. gaming club that will hold up to 150 card tables; staff will talk about the reve- nue projects based on the proposal and business plan the developer submitted to the City; staff extrap- olated from square footage of the retail; questions asked at last night's meeting were recorded and will be answered during the presentation; the question asked was, well that is nice, but are there other options - two others were presented for hotels and residential use with a whole different array some years ago by an architect; the City does not own the land, it is in private ownership, only the six acres; it is the people who own the land who want to con- struct the project, provided it fits into the regula- tions, so that is not definitive and is here as present- ed; the proposal is what the land owner and devel- oper want to do; the question posed was why Holly- wood Park entered into a business relationship with Bay West Group and came forward; another ques- tion that came up, why are we in such a rush - there is a perception this is being done at a fast pace; the parties approached the City no earlier than last August, so here we are in May and in the middle of public discussions on the threshold and it will have to go through many procedures; the City Attorney will address the legal issues and the Police Chief law 5/2/95 Page 2 $0 ~Discussion on the cardroom proposal for the shearwater te- Continued. Councilman Penna Arrived at the Meeting at 7:20 p.m. enforcement; the Interim Director of Economic & Community Development will address social impli- cations; another question was what would a facility of this nature generate and the Assistant City Man- ager will address the types of revenue from such a facility; it is not the intention of staff to make moral judgments but to put all the issues on the table; after the presentations there will be opportunity for ques- tions and comments from the public and if staff cannot answer the questions they will be recorded and answered at another meeting. City Attorney Mattas addressed the legal aspects of gaming: allowed forms of gambling/gaming; a city may impose more restrictive local regulations on gaming within that city; an election is required if the city did not permit gaming clubs before 1/1/84. Police Chief Raffaelli addressed law enforcement considerations: calls for service - gaming clubs 200, Kaiser Hospital 250, Price Club 160, Century 8 76, Hillsdale Mall 450, Tanforan 2,300, Serramonte 890; activities associated with cardroom casinos - loan sharking money laundering, prostitution, fol- low-home robberies, skimming, extortion, organized crime (Asian gangs), drugs, bookmaking and cheat- ing; personnel requirements - 6 officers and one clerical position; controlling factors - through the Municipal Code - backgrounds, surveillance, IRS reporting, security by club, cheating and fraud statute, no subcontracting games, no campaign contributions, non-transferable gaming license, City has power to revoke local gaming license; City financial diversity. Interim Director of Economic & Community Devel- opment Beyer addressed the social and economic im- pacts: social impacts - gambling activity can change behavior, similar to other activities such as smoking, eating, drinking or drugs, changed behavior affects others, an estimated 300,000 compulsive gamblers in California, industries creating these activities also provide funds to assist organizations dealing with addictive behavior; economic impacts - new jobs 1,100-2,000 persons, estimated payroll $24,000,000, business-to-business purchases $13,000,000, ripple effect (1.5) in the community $55,500,000. Assistant City Manager Martel addressed community revenues and regulatory requirements: card club operation will generate substantial new revenue - 5/2/95 Page 3 Discussion on the cardroom proposal for the Shearwater te - Continued. revenue to City could be $5,090,300-$6,015,806, sales tax could increase $88,750 + or -, property tax increment would increase $233,000 through development of Shearwater and City owned proper- ty; retail center comprising 4,000 square feet will contribute additional revenue stream for providing city services - sales tax potential estimated at $1,000,000 to $1,600,000, property tax increment would increase $287,000, combined development could produce $1,688,750 in new sales tax and nearly $500,000 in tax increment for furore rede- velopment activity; minimize reliance on speculative gaming revenue as a means to balance budget for on-going city services by establishing a policy that directs funds to specific purposes - card club desig- nated fund will be created to budget and account for all expenditures related to the gaming operation, administrative oversight activities involving police and audit/revenue collection, one-time expenditures for building renovations and improvements, street repairs, park improvements, property acquisition, capital outlay projects and equipment, increases or decreases in gaming revenue do not impact on-going City services, only one-time expenditures; strong administrative and auditing controls are necessary to insure the integrity of financial transactions arising from card club operations; card club business regu- lations will be established by ordinance and define the City's and card club's responsibilities for finan- cial activities and auditing. Mr. Manny Madriaga, 23 Sunrise Court, stated the casino will lead to more bankruptcies and increased lines in the food give-a-ways. As he said last night, the issue is not with the police being able to control the situation for he has a lot of faith in Police Chief Raffaelli and given time and additional bodies he can competently handle the problems. The issue is not with the City Manager for he can accurately admin- ister the activities, but at what cost are we willing to accept the casino when it is addictive for people. He stated there are the low income whites, the Asians, the Spanish, the Blacks - in other words they are the people at the bottom of the food chain and what the casino will do is perpetuate them at the bottom of the barrel. He stated that the San Mateo Times article said that 90% of the people Councilman Fernekes talked with were in favor, he begs to disagree. Our own survey out of 25 people we talked to 24 were against and 5/2/95 Page 4 A~_ENDA Discussion on the cardroom proposal for the Shearwater .te - Continued. A~!ON _TAKE~ one was in favor of the cardroom. He stated 96% of the citizens of S.S.F. he talked to are against this proposal, only 4% turned neutral when asked again. He questioned the attempt to influence the public through the press. That partic- ular article in the Times devoted 80% to talking about the casino, the various opinions of the Couneilmembers are pro or leaning to the casino, and one associated to Mayor Yee and some unnamed people are against the casino - in other words, less than the 10%. He further would like to direct some comments to City Attorney Steve Mattas and would like, in his humble opinion, to say that he works for the City of S.S.F. though the Council pays him. Why did the State Legal Counsel say, in his opinion, in San Mateo City that the City would be excelling its authority if it approved the cardroom. Should this City ask for a second legal opinion, obviously there is disagreement and other lawyers are saying the opposite. If the law does not apply, is it the idea to then change it. The Council was elected to repre- sent us, by that trust to be our role models and to apply the ordinance of the General Plan so it will be to our advantage. Therefore the citizens trusted you and you have done a lot of things to deserve the trust, up to this point, why in the name of toxic waste, in the name of the City and why are you now giving up the trust from your last election. City Attorney Mattas related: there is a significant difference between the San Mateo situation and the S.S.F. situation; in San Mateo there was an ordi- nance that prohibited gaming and the legislation that passed was on the ordinance in effect prior to 1/1/84; that was the basis why San Mateo proceeded without an election; the General Plan and the Mu- nicipal Code in this City both indicate a requirement for an election and was adopted in 1985 and is not the same situation as San Mateo. Councilman Fernekes related: over the last two months he spent a lot of time talking to members of the community and over 90% of those people pre- ferred to have a cardroom in the City which he had related at the last meeting; now, when we talked last night, more people responded but when the article was written what he said stands. 5/2/95 Page 5 Discussion on the cardroom proposal for the Shearwater te- Continued. Ms. Leu Harshbarger, 211 Ross Way, stated she is a concerned citizen because she happens to be a Chairperson for the Detention and Jail of San Marco County and is concerned adopting this gaming here, as it is going to increase the numbers of inmates in the County. She did not know how many have been to the jail lately, but you can see how many of the inmates of the jail are gamblers, drug addicts, alco- holics or whatever but does not know the statistics. Councilwoman Teglia asked what City Ms. Harshbarger lives in. Ms. Harshbarger stated she lives in San Bruno, but she is a Chairperson for the Jail and Detention Ministry. Mr. Jake Jones, 12 El Campo, stated he lives in Buri Buri and he does not go around from meeting to meeting trying to knock this. He stated these people haven't lived in this neighborhood, yet his family came here in 1898 and he has lived here since 1940. This is his neighborhood, that is what these meetings are for, and this woman lives in San Bruno and that is where she should be. He stated the City has a chance to put a facility in on the other side of the highway that will not bother any neighborhood. People will come from the north and the south to patronize the club or do you want a bigger club on Grand Avenue. Why sit here and let San Bruno and Colma make all the money, get some money for Orange Park that is waiting for money. We have a lot of areas that need updating and we should not listen to the outsiders. He stated we saved the Asians from the Japanese and we cannot teach them not to gamble. We don't have a problem with minorities, we never considered anyone being a majority or a minority, so if we can get the card- room here it will be good. He has known Mark Raffaelli for a long time and Mark told us the good part and he trusts his word, so don't let the outsiders decide for us. Ms. Laurie Masetti, 256 Oakcrest Ave., stated she has resided in S.S.F. all of her life and wants to go on record as being very much in favor of a card- room in S.S.F. This is a definite "win win" situa- tion for this City. She sees that people will have the opportunity for jobs. She sees that hazardous waste 5/2/95 Page 6 Discussion on the cardroom proposal for the Shearwater te - Continued. will be cleaned up without cost to the City. She sees a lot of positives and the economic base will increase. She stated she sat on a Board and struggled with the heartaches and difficulty of having to cut programs, which is happening to the School Board also. She sees this as a definite win and is strongly in favor of it from what she has read. The location couldn't be better, it's far from schools and the local residents. She stated that regarding Mr. Madriaga's comments about the Asians and Hispanies, she thinks he is selling them short. She feels people from all ethnic backgrounds need to show control with alcohol and other vices and she does not think the Council should even concern themselves with different ethnic backgrounds. People are people and those who like to gamble will and those of us that love to shop will shop. Mr. Lee Strieb stated he worked as a research ana- lyst with the Hotels and Restaurant Union that rep- resents tens of thousands of food and hospitality employees in gaming clubs and race tracks around Northern California. They also have hundreds of members in South San Francisco who work in hotels in San Francisco. He stated the Union was in sup- port of the proposal for the Shearwater site and urge the Council and the residents to support his project. The main reason for the support is they believe this will create quality jobs, union jobs and is an im- portant economic project for the City. The Union has had extensive conversations with Hollywood Park in recent years and they will not oppose unionism, which the Union believes will lead to decent paying jobs, good working conditions and protection for the good jobs. The Union feels reasonably confident about the revenue benefits and tax revenues to the City. He stated that regarding the security concerns, staff is doing a good job of trying to make sure it is a quali- ty project. So, the Union looks forward to working with the City and are in support of the project. Ms. Karyl Matsumoto, 1 Appian Way, #712-6, stated she is Japanese and Asian. She does not consider herself on the bottom of the food chain. She is inclined to support the casino and thinks it 5/2/95 Page 7 __Discussion on the cardroom proposal for the Shearwater itc - Continued. will be a "win win" situation and help the Conven- tion Center. She encouraged the Council to put something in tho budget for non-profit agencies that are at risk in funding. She is on the Cultural Arts Commission and the Council could hold Hollywood Park responsible to set aside, say $50,000 or more, for non-profit agencies in this community. Councilwoman Teglia related that Hollywood Park in their annual budget sets aside money for dona- tions to non-profit agencies in the community. Ms. Sue Peruzzi, 346 Alta Mesa Dr., questioned: how many of the Serramonte crimes were acts of violence, because shop lifting is different; how much is this going to cost the City for the audits and background checks; has anyone done anything to address the concerns of a card parlor with the Gate- way people; who paid for the trips to investigate gambling operations by staff and Council. City Manager Wilson responded: all trips were at the City's expense; on the issue of the Gateway, we have not yet had a conversation with Gateway, but there will be a meeting with the Chamber of Com- merce on the 17th with a presentation on the pro- posal; all costs for services will be coming from the revenue collected through the casino, which was what the Assistant City Manager was trying to ex- plain - where we are trying to divert specific money to pay for services first and it is the balance of the money where the Council has the discretion. Police Chief Raffaelli stated, as far as the calls for service and violence in Serramonte, he did not have a police print out but, based on what we know in dealing with Kaiser and the other places there are a number of violent cases of assaults, robberies and carjackings. In the casinos there are no calls on carjacks, assaults nor robberies, that is why we said it is consistent and not more serious than the other statistics. Councilwoman Teglia stated the question was asked who paid for the trips and she needed to clarify that, because it was at the insistence of the Council the City pay. She stated the Council went in the morn- ing and came back in the afternoon and it was not a junket. It was important to us for our staff to also go down without Hollywood Park knowing they were coming so they could not wine and dine us and 5/2/95 Page 8 AGENDA ACTION TAKEN ._.Discussion on the cardroom proposal for the Shearwater itc- Continued. get us in bed. Councilman Penna asked the Police Chief's observations on Hollywood Park's operation in terms of security dealing with disruptive or cheating patrons. Police Chief Raffaelli stated in the realm of cheating they have a surveillance camera and the individual who works the surveillance writes the reports and goes to Court. In the security area there is a hold- ing cell, if they are disruptive they may give them a cab home and others they arrest and hold until the police arrive. They run a straight club and they have photos of people in the security area and escort the people out before other problems occur. He stated Hollywood Park is up front in working with the police and if the police are there they take con- trol and escort them out. He stated this is law en- forcement, it is discretionary for the situation at the time and the security people will testify in Court. Mr. Alex Agiusti, Director of Security Hollywood Park, stated his background is law enforcement and had gone into work as a private contractor and accepted the job. He stated his security people have a reputation in the community and the word in the community is, if you go to the Inglewood Casino and get caught you will be prosecuted. He stated his people had trained with the City Attorney and District Attorney's staff and use surveillance and have a Court liaison. He stated his security force consists of 97 people which is larger than most police forces with undercover people and investiga- tors who prosecute. He stated they handle incidents like the police but use citizen arrests and write reports. Mr. Bill Poland stated he is the developer and owner of Bay West Group that intends to purchase and develop the Shearwater property and wanted to clarify comments made by staff. He has been in- volved since 1972 in S.S.F. in CC&F, developed 40 buildings over a seven year period and still has a lot of good friends in this City. He stated the most important thing about this indus- try and where we are trying to take it has been developed over the last hundred years he learned in his association with Hollywood Park and they are a public corporation. He stated a public corporation is 5/2/95 Page 9 ,_Discussion on the cardroom proposal for the Shearwater ~te - Continued. forced to divulge anything, so any resident or staff member can review any of the records, it is an open book and fool proof. He stated Hollywood Park is the owner of Harrah's and the public corporations have gone a long way since Bugsy Siegel. Ms. Clair D'Amico, 136 San Felipe, stated that Bay Meadows is a very different project than this. Bay Meadows is in a residential neighborhood. This project is out and away from the residents, however, if the City was going to put this down by the munic- ipal center she would be up here with a rope to stretch the Council out. She stated she is neither for nor against the cardroom. She did not think she would have time to sit down and play cards. She can see negative and positive. She felt it was nasty to pick on an ethnic group because she knows Irish people who gamble, she is married to an Italian and the last time he gambled was when he married her 40 years ago. She said quit picking on the poor Asians for they have no more problems than we have. Ms. Barbara Schonig, 786 Alta Loma, questioned who owns the toxic site. City Manager Wilson stated the land owner does. Ms. Schonig stated she liked what the Police Chief said but her major concern is the additional amount of work for the police officers, which no one can answer except the Police Chief for you must walk a mile in their shoes to know what that means. She stated that many years ago a former City Coun- cil said to the people we are not going to have this in our community and we are not going to allow it - that was Serramonte Shopping Center, and the City lost a lot of money because they sat on their duff. We don't know what the "famous leaders" of this State are going to say - we want more money, for they hold cities hostage. She does not know wheth- er she is pro or con, but likes the pro more and wants to make sure there are enough police officers. She wants to make sure that everybody who works in the cardroom has a complete background check and see that this is not blown out of proportion. Ms. Maria D'Alessandro, 773 Baden Ave., stated there has been a lot of comments in regard to why 5/2/95 Page 10 AGENDA ACTION TAKEN Discussion on the card room proposal for the Shearwater itc - Continued. we want a cardroom or not, and some things that concern groups being affected more by compulsive gambling than others. Her opinion is that any gen- der is not immune from gambling if they chose to do so. She is speaking against the cardroom. Her opinion is, whether the cardroom is located at the Shearwater or somewhere else it will impact the town. A gentleman said why not get some benefits, why let only Colma and Daly City approve the cardrooms. All of these revenues are not going to be of the same size, maybe less and we will still have the same expense of $550,000 a year to have police. So, what are we getting from this, less reve- nues and more expense. She stated last night it was mentioned when the Price Club came in town the revenues were great and then we had Costco and other places opened and we don't get the same revenues we used to get. Her opinion is, regardless of the moral factor, she does not see the benefits of S.S.F. having a cardroom, but regardless of how all of us feel it is something that the people of S.S.F. will be affected by and should decide this issue on a ballot. Also, Mr. Poland said Hollywood Park is a public corporation and by State law she does not think a public corpo- ration can own a gaming casino. City Attorney Mattas stated public corporations cannot currently operate the casino, Hollywood Park can own the building and conduct the services and contract with a private company. Ms. D'Alessandro questioned who is the public corporation Hollywood Park is contracting. City Attorney Mattas stated Pacific Management, they are not a corporation. Ms. D'Alessandro questioned if it is the same entity. City Attorney Mattas replied at present we don't know who is going to operate the casino. Mr. Carl Ito, President of Hollywood Park, stated his firm has been a public corporation for 55 years with SEC reporting of financials and with auditing statements as compared to the other clubs in the area. There are 250 clubs, but of those only Holly- wood Park is involved in cardrooms and the only one with auditing and financial reporting in 5/2/95 Page 11 .....Discussion on the card room proposal for the Shearwater itc - Continued. Inglewood and will do it here. Their operator in lnglewood is PCM with Don Clausman and Ed Leverman running the casino and they take on the security and they run the casino. Hollywood Park handles all of the support services until the State changes the law to allow public corporations to own and operate cardrooms. Mr. Dell'Angela stated, you don't say who is going to operate this casino. Mr. Ito replied, because there are no formalized plans, they are still negotiating and that is up to Bill Poland and they will assist him in the negotiating, because they are a public corporation and going into the entertainment business in Atlantic City. The operators chosen will be high quality and will have background checks by the State and City. He stated that currently the operations of the Park management entail the casino floor, surveillance, cashiers, casino management and the food and bev- erage for Hollywood Park. Councilman Penna stated, so, the cashier box and the dealers and the tables are all of the management. Mr. Ito stated Pacific Casino Management, but it is important to know that the ordinance that the mu- nicipalities endorse, the State and local ordinances that are developed, PCM follows those regulations and they enforce the same audit procedures. Councilman Penna asked what happens to the people currently in the cardrooms in this City. Mr. Ito did not know if he was talking out of school but they are currently involved with the Pascos to make them a partner in this, for it is not a good business to come in here as a corporate giant and take a small business if it is not public. We are in negotiations with the Pascos to wrap them into the project and they are viable community members and have been in this business for a time. We hope they will bring something to the table, if not the lawyers can get it together. Councilman Fernekes made comments about the previous night's meeting: there is a misconception, when he went to Hollywood Park and asked, tell me how gaming takes place - are you gambling with the 5/2/95 Page 12 Discussion on the card room proposal for the Shearwater itc - Continued. house, how the money goes to the city, how it is achieved, how it is collected; this was done to give him a better perspective; this was the first time he set foot in a cardroom, other than in Las Vegas. Mr. Ire stated, in California cardrooms the reason it is legal is because they are games of skill, not games of chance. The players are not playing against the house, the house is not losing to the players. There is a seat rental or a per hand fee or the like and the person is playing against other people. There is only at risk gambling in Nevada to win or lose against the house. COUncilwoman Teglia stated what has not been addressed is the proliferation of cardrooms. She questioned what happens to the revenues with this proliferation, and that is the reason to pursue this proposal because the corporation is traded on the Stock Exchange. She stated with the negative side, the criminal side, the police have to be diligent that is the bottom line. She stated the Council was looking at someone who is well capitalized, has a good financial background and can survive the down sides if anyone survives. We are conservative, we look at things with substance and this was one of the things Hollywood Park brought to the table. She spoke of the jobs created: in Inglewood there are 13 hundred caused by the cardrooms; there may be 1,100 jobs which is not insignificant for they are entry level positions; she asked for a list of the kinds of jobs that will be offered - there are secretaries, dealers, floor persons for the 300 employees in the cage, there are 88 employees in the Controller's Office, payroll clerks and cashiers in supporting positions in addition to the retail shops; etc. Councilman Penna questioned if children under 21 would be allowed to work in the facility. Mr. Ito stated they have a very strict age policy, no one under 21 can work the floor or be in the casino. They have four restaurants and if a parent comes in with a child they can have a meal there if escorted and on the promenade they are allowed. Cardrooms are not conducive to minors, it is not like Las Vegas - they don't encourage children. They have 1,850 full time employees and it is good business to hire from the community. The jobs Councilwoman Teglia read generate about $90,000,000 in 5/2/95 Page 13 AGENDA ACTION TAK_EN . piscussion on the card room proposal for the Shearwater itc- Continued. Inglewood with taxes and benefits of dental, health and vision. The average wage is a little over $8.00 an hour and that does not include the tips, and most of tho jobs pay a high national average. They do hire people under 21 for the restaurants or the food service, but not on the floor. Mr. Joe Valcazar, 721 Spruce Avenue, stated he did not plan to speak on the issue but he wanted to comment on what someone said. The meeting to- night and last night and the four, remaining were publicized for public meetings - that means anyone can go to the meetings. He stated speaker No. 3 said people coming to all of the meetings is unfair, for he plans to attend each meeting not to disrupt but to find how other neighborhoods feel on the issue. Ms. Maria D'Alessandro, 773 Baden Ave., asked if these are union jobs and, if they are not, do we per- ceive a problem with the local unions. Mr. Lee Strieb stated it is up to the employees to decide on the union and we have been bargaining with Hollywood Park and these will be union jobs. Vice Mayor Drago stated these meetings are sched- uled to make residents aware of the same knowledge Council has and basically that it is best for the com- munity at large, and he would appreciate those who don't want to get up and speak to call his home and give their views. He was sure that with his neigh- bors here tonight they could get a frank discussion. Mayor Yee stated again he thinks most people know where he stands on this issue but when he sees the sign "believe in yourself and do the right thing", he will. Councilwoman Teglia stated a number of people addressed that this might victimize minorities, yet she finds just the opposite. In Inglewood they are offering jobs to minorities and English as a second language. Mr. Madriaga apologized to this group if he did anything to provoke them. His intent was to stimu- late a discussion, because if anyone challenges the general thinking something can come out of it. He did not imply that the Asians are at the bottom of the food chain, some are at the top, but the thing he 5/2/95 Page 14 .Discussion on the card room proposal for the Shearwater itc - Continued. ADJOURNMENT: 77. wanted to emphasize was to leave it up to the peo- ple. If you by majority want to go with this pro- posal then he will still try his best to bring out the other side of the story. City Manager Wilson stated at the prior meeting staff had given Council a report that is available at the libraries, at City Hall and in his Office. M/S Penna/Teglia - To adjourn the meeting. Carried by unanimous voice vote. Time of adjournment was 9:07 p.m. RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED, Barbara A. Battaya, City City of South San Francisco APPROVED. Robert Yee, ~ayor City of South 3an Francisco · he entries of this Council meeting show the action taken by the City Council to dispose of an item. Oral communica- tions, arguments and comments are recorded on tape. The tape and documents related to the items are on file in the Office of the City Clerk and are available for inspection, review and copying. 5/2/95 Page 15