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emphasized that this would be beneficial and the City should join other cities in this endeavor. Councilmember Bennett announced that she was withdrawing her second to the above motion. Mayor Fulp also withdrew his motion. Motion by Councilmember Hutton, seconded by Councilmember Sandoval, to accept Staff's recommendation and approve the MOU between the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the California Department of Fish and Game, the County of San bernardino, the 15 affected cities in Southwestern San Bernardino County and other participating agencies for the purpose of developing and implementing a Habitat Conservation Plan to Conserve Wildlife and Plant Species of concern in the San Bernardino Valley and authorize the Mayor to execute the Memorandum on behalf of the City. Unanimous vote. PUBLIC COMMENT: Complaint re House Mr. Don Hines, 145 East G Street, asked what could be done about the remains of a house which burned last labor day and has now become an eyesore to the community. Community Development Director Zamora agreed with Mr. Hines and said that staff had been looking for funding. He said the Department would be moving forward on demolition as it would propose to use block grant monies for this project; however, the house had to be vacant for one year. Mayor Fulp requested a report, via memorandum, when the job is done. Director Zamora said he would keep Council informed. Employee Relations Mr. Dave Holmgren, SBPEA Labor Representative, reminded Council about his appearance at the last Council meeting wherein he expressed his frustration at the lack of communication with the Personnel Director. He recalled instructions from the Mayor to set up a meeting "post haste" for the following morning. He met with the Personnel Director to set up a meeting and was told it was not possible. Yesterday, he had received a fax from the City Manager asking to set up a meeting. He said two weeks have gone by and there is still a lack of communication and lack of responsiveness to concerns regarding pertinent labor issues. There was discussion regarding judicial remedy. Mr. Holmgren said he and Mr. Tom Ramsey will attend a meeting with the City Manager and thereafter, decide the next course of action. City Manager Martinez said he disputed the tenor of what occurred but observed these are issues that cannot be discussed. He was bothered to see one of his executive team lambasted. He believed that City officials and staff had been communicating and offered to work with SBPEA as they had done in the past. They have never left SBPEA out of the loop. He was hopeful that after the meeting 5 MAY 1P '®q5