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18 Capital Improvements Program - Streets Traffic Striping Machine Lou Byrne (see above) suggested that the subject machine could be rented to nearby cities such as Menlo Park and San Carlos to do their striping also, thereby reducing the costs to each of the cities. City Manager Fales advised that the City would be in agreement with such a proposal and has attempted to set up such a shared ownership program with regard to heavy trucks, cranes, fire equipment and other large expensive pieces of equipment, but has met with indifference by other cities in the County, although in other parts of the Bay Area such is the practice . He observed that even when there has been agreement with regard to such pro- grams as the alternate year Cordilleras creek cleaning program with San Carlos, Redwood City has encountered lack of cooperation and had to clean the creek every year or risk flooding and other problems . Capital Improvements Program - Sewerage System Joint Authority City Manager Fales replied to questions from Council concerning details regarding the City ' s participation in the Strategic Consolidated Sewerage Program, ob- serving that estimates cannot yet be accurate for the total City obligation for 1976-77. Mr. Fales commented on the need for 100% cash flow, since the federal government will reimburse the City for 87-% of the total cost, but the City must have the funds to make the payments first. City Manager Pales commented generally on the $244,000 in the Capital Outlay Fund which is unallocated and re- plied to questions with regard to the parking district. MOTION: Councilman Leipzig moved, seconded by Councilman Norris, to allocate $8,000 from the unallocated Capital Outlay Fund to be used to eliminate the parking meters in the Downtown Project, leaving a balance of $236 ,000. It was explained that $8,000 is the estimated annual revenue received from the meters which are considered undesirable in the new project and which have been re- moved and would have to be replaced, if the revenue derived from them is not provided. Mrs. Wymer (see above) inquired as to the money allocated to replace the presently removed parking meters . Mr. Pales explained that it is not required the meters be replaced as long as the revenue they provide is replaced or the parking district bonds are paid . He advised further that a project change order would accomplish the removal of the meters and the funds which it might have cost to replace them would remain in the project for use . -18- Budget Study 6/7/75