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X59• MAYOR Maitio Biagi MINUTES VICE MAYOR Ulm. J. S.tang e.e flPflu$iflfld CITY COUNCIL COLNCILMEN: Ul 0111110111111 f Menton C. BnitschgL BOARD OF SUPERVISORS CHAMBERS RobeAt H. N Gena.ed R. ChandIeen. �, 401 MARSHALL STREET Manguenite Leipzig BUDGET STUDY SESSION Bite Rhodes June 21, 1980 Adjourned Meeting - Budget Study Session The Council of the City of Redwood City met on this date at 9:00 a.m. with Mayor Biagi presiding. Councilmen present: Britschgi , Chandler, Leipzig, Rhodes, Stangel { (arrived at 9:16 a.m. ) and Mayor Biagi Councilmen absent: Bury Officials and staff present: City Manager Fales, City Attorney Schricker, Assistant City Manager Smith, Director of Finance Ference and Director of Public Works Addiego, Police Chief Bold, Director of Personnel Brock, Director of Parks and Recreation Griffiths, Director of Communications Mott, Fire Chief O'Brien and Deputy City Clerk Reggetts t' TRANSPORTATION (pp. 31-39) (pp. 31-35 through Street Lighting con- sidered and approved at Budget Study Session of June 14, 1980 Mayor Biagi reminded Council that they had considered and acted upon eows all items in the proposed budget through Page 30, and had begun review of the Transportation Program budget through Street Lighting, Page 35., I RIGHTS-OF-WAY BEAUTIFICATION Street Trees Mr. Fales indicated that the Street Tree Master Plan should be periodically updated because of changes and progress in street tree planning due to studies being done on development of different types of trees, and on control of diseases and insects. CONSENSUS: Mayor Biagi determined that it was the consensus of Council that the following be added to the list of Objectives for this Sub-Program: 4. Trim trees around street lights to improve lighting. It was noted that this activity should be considered separate from planned pruning of trees. In response to question, Parks and Recreation Director Griffiths advised that there is equipment for root-cutting adjacent to sidewalks, and is in use in neighboring cities (:: such as Palo Alto and Menlo Park; that other equipment, such as stumpcutters, can be used in areas that are particularly bad, and that the answer to the root problem is selection of good trees and ongoing maintenance. City Manager Fales described the present practice by the City of "ramping" with asphalt uplifted sections of sidewalk caused by tree roots, and indicated that the more recent tree plantings will be less of a problem bPrau e of t2tt,:' knowledge regarding street trees. Budget Study 6/21/80 �, �!