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C. Mayor Buchan thanked the residents of the Redwood Shores neighborhood for coming to the Council meeting to discuss the steps the City Council, staff and the Redwood Shores community can take together to provide the traffic controls the community wants. Mayor Buchan advised that the temporary stop signs erected at Bowsprit and Bridge Parkway where Jaime Ellison tragically lost her life, would stay until the Redwood Shores community groups established at the community meeting on December 29th work through all the issues and make recommendations for permanent solutions to traffic concerns in the Shores. City Manager Everett advised that the next general meeting, chaired again by Police Captain Granucci, for all groups to come together again and discuss their progress, was scheduled for late January. Recommendations for Bowsprit and other sites developed by the community groups, as well as by staff, are tentatively scheduled for presentation to Council on February 14th. MEMO 1/11/94 D. Laura Aden, 350 Turks Head Lane, Redwood City, Chairperson of the Ad Hoc Committee for Traffic Control Devices in Redwood Shores, asked Council to install a permanent 4-way stop sign on Bowsprit and Bridge Parkway, to increase police presence to stop speeding cars, and create safe traffic lanes by separating pedestrians, vehicles and bicycles. Mrs. Aden presented petitions signed by over 1,500 Shores residents demanding "immediate installation of stop signs to make the intersection of Bridge Parkway and Bowsprit a mandatory 4-way stop for all traffic." E. Thomas Neece, 1301 B Street, San Mateo, representing the San Mateo County Police Athletic League stated his belief that a twenty-four hour facility for youths should be built in the Redwood Shores community and urged the Council to put them on the A list. F. Robert Ensten, 570 Avocet Drive, Redwood City, member of the Ad Hoc Committee for Traffic Enforcement in Redwood Shores distributed a copy of a letter written to the Council by Pat Dixon, a member of the Traffic Advisory Committee, and a sample letter reporting traffic violations. G. Joe Steinfeld, Main Street merchant, expressed his concern regarding public safety in the Shores community, the inadequate markings on school buses, and the need for more police in the area. H. Lorianna Kastrop, 28 Meadow Lane, Redwood City, co-captain of her Neighborhood Watch, described the dangers of random gunfire that plagues her community, expressed support for a Gunshot Location System, and asked that Council place this item on the agenda prior to discussions of Proposition 172 expenditures. I. Keith Daum, 563 Scott Avenue, Redwood City, described the dangers of the random gunfire in his community and urged Council to place this item on the agenda prior to discussions of Proposition 172 expenditures. Regular Meeting Minutes January 10, 1994 Page 2 MINUTE BOOK NO. 52 Page No. 83 -. ce__oc.c_CO"Oco_c-.-c.._oc"c, ec C""C"c"COO_ccC_-_.C'-