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10.2 City Attorney 10.3 City Clerk 10.3a Report on Council Correspondence dated 8/29/91 PASSED BY CONSENSUS: To direct staff to send a copy of the 7/16/91 letter from the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection regarding guidelines for developing and evaluating tree ordinances to the Environmental Design and Protection Committee; to direct the City Manager to respond to those letters received on the Fong application which stated their concerns that the Fongs had been delayed on their project because of Council actions (project delayed to allow applicant and neighbors to work out a mutually beneficial solution to the issues raised in the application); and to request the Mayor to respond to Mr Arnett's offer of assistance on the preparation of the planning guidelines. 11. COUNCIL-INITIATED ITEMS 11.1 Formulation of a Statement of Town Policy in Respect of a Regional Form of Government for the San Francisco Bay Area (Councilmember Johnson) Johnson reported that the Santa Clara County Cities Association was requesting a statement from the Council on its position regarding some form of regional government for the Bay Area. Johnson reported that the deadline for this response was September 19th. Councilmembers raised questions concerning the position statement regarding regional governance as proposed by the Executive Committee of the Santa Clara County Cities Association. Of particular concern was the issue of the governing board of any new regional agency being comprised appointed as well as elected officials. PASSED BY CONSENSUS: To continue this item to the next Council Meeting and to agree that Tryon will prepare a draft policy statement for review by the Council. 11.2 Policy for Determining EIR Consultants on Behalf of Residents (Councilmember Casey). Casey referred to the consultants' proposals for the Eshner project and the Director of Public Works explained the review of the four bids received. September 4, 1991 12