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Emergency Medical S~;st~ms The City Manager presented a report to the Council on Emergency Medi- cal Services which implamented the Council action of August 20, 1984, retaining paramedic services within the Fire Department and continuing the tax subsidy for the program. Deputy City Manager Perkins reported to the Council the findings and recommendations contained in the Study dated March 19, 1985, outlining such provisions as the need to establish a separate Emergency Medical Services division in the Fire Department, to raise paramedic service fees, to install a subscription program, to provide continuing education for paramedics, to establish a Quality Assurance Review Board and an Emergency Medical Services Advisory C~ission. She explained that the program would not have full-cost recovery, reflected increased costs for paramedic services, and did not include centralized dispatch. Councilm~nbers co~ented on the program and raised concerns regarding staffing, marketing of the program, cc~unications/dispatch and program financing, including the subscription rate level. The Council recessed at 2:35 p.m., and reconvened at 2:50 p.m., with all Councilmembers present. Corridor Development Fees The Executive Director of the Public Services Agency provided an over- view of the County's proposed major thoroughfare and bridge develop- ment program, indicating the San Joaquin Corridor was projected to cost $350 million, the Eastern Corridor, $250 million, and the Foot- hill Corridor, $420 million. He explained the purposes of the program were to relieve congestion on existing freeways and to assist develop- ment, noting that an assessment would be levied on developers with the assessment fee to be dete~minedby proximity to the freeway, as well as trip ends. Councilmembers discussed extensively the proposed cor- ridor program and requested the City Manager prepare a statement of endorsament relative to the San Joaquin Corridor program and rejection to the Eastern/Foothill Corridors. See Minutes page 12~. Councilm~nbers discussed their concerns relative to Consent Calendar The Council recessed at 4:07 p.m., and reconvened at 4:14 p.m., in the Council Chambers. CONSENT CALENDAR The Mayor announced that the Minutes of the Regular Meeting of March 4, 1985 were to be approved, but that c~L,,,ents by Councilmember Acosta during Oral Co~a~unications should be added by the Clerk. Itam Nos. 2C and 19C were ramoved fram the Consent Calendar. Item No. 12A was deferred to the evening session. Councilm~mbers Acosta and Luxembourger registered "no" votes on Item No. 19A. CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 106 MARCH 18, 1985