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2 CONSIDERATION OF CHANAGE ORDER, CITY ATTORNEY. The City Attorney presented the necessary resolution. Councilman Weiss offered RESOLUTION 2185 APPROVING CHANGE ORDER IN CONNECTION WITH CONSTRUCTION OF REDWOOD CITY POLICE STATION and moved its adoption, seconded by Councilman Weymouth and carried on roll call. PARK AND RECREATION COMMISSION RECOMMENDED START OF STULSAFT PARK PLANS. The Clerk read the letter - wherein the Commission requested that the City Engineer's office be given the necessary authority to ""11, prepare or obtain the plans and specifications for phase #1 of the Stulsaft Master Plan submitted to ••+ p4 - your body. The City Manager reported that he had been advised that the sum of $9,597.66 was available in the Stulsaft Park Fund. He was also advised by the City Attorney that an ordinance appropraiting funds must be approved by the City Council before aur expenditures can be made from this source. The City Engineer estimates that the cost of preparing plans and specification will amount to about $2,000. Councilman Spillers wanted to know whate the first phase was. City Engineer Jain stated that it was on the south side of the crek facing Goodwin. The plans require mostly field work and that is why the expense is so high for engineering costs. Councilman Spillers moved that the City Manager be authorized to draw up the plans and specs and authorized the drawing up of the ordinance transferring the money, $9,597.66. This motion lost for lack of a second. I!iCouncilman Spillers moved that the City Attorney be authorized to draw up the necessary ordinance to transfer the $9,597.66, seconded by Councilman Weiss and (carried. Councilman Granger asked that the minutes show his thinking on this matter, to go only as far as the , money will go. PARK AND RECREATION COMMISSION RECOMMENDS THAT THE RATES AT THE COMMUNITY PARK POOL BE RAISED TO BE IN mai LINE WITH THOSE OF THE AMERICAN RED CROSS. The Clerk read the letter. Councilman Spillers moved that the recommendation be approved, seconded by Councilman Weiss and carried. REQUEST PERMISSION TO USE EASTER BOWL FOR CAMP FIRE GIRLS EVENING OF MAY 28th. The Clerk read the letter. Councilman Granger moved that the request be granted, .seconded by Councilman Stout and carried. RED CROSS REQUEST PERMISSION TO DISPLAY POSTERS, THERMOMETER FRONT OF THE CITY HALL ANDS TENCIL SIDEWALK CORNERS. Councilman Weymouth moved approval of the request, seconded by Councilman Weiss. Councilman Granger asked that the Red Cross be asked to use a little less lead in their paint so it will wear off quicker. The motion carried. COUNTY OF SAN MATEO LETTER OF COMMENDATION FOR MEMBERS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT IN ASSISTING IN CLEANUP AFTER BROKEN WATER LINE, HALL OF JUSTICE, was read by the City Clerk. Councilman Spillers moved that the letter be filed and a copy be sent to the proper department, second by Councilman Stout and carried. ACME MACHINE CO., INC., REQUEST ABANSONMENT AND RETURN OF STREET EASEMENT. The City Engineer and City Attorney recommended that this letter bereferred to the Planning Commission. Councilman Stout so moved, seconded by Councilman Spillers and carried. The City Attorney stated that he had the resolution prepared that the Council asked for in regard to the bill proposed by Assemblyman Britschgi. Councilman Stout offered RESOLUTION 2186 REQUESTING AND RECOMMENDING STATE LEGISLATURE TO ENACT LEGISLAT' ON ESTABLISHING SPRUCE STREET IN THE CITY OF • REDWOOD CITY, OR A REASONABLE PARALLET, ALTERNATIVE ROUTE, AS A STATE HIGHWAY TO PROVIDE CONNECTION ..ri BETWEEN BAYS ORE FREEWAY AND STATE HIGHWAY ROUTES 1, 5, 2 and 107 and moved its adoption, seconded by Councilman Granger and carried on roll call. Councilman Granger spoke about Palo Alto and stated that the evidently had found some way to oonsider Middlefield Road as a State highway or an arterial. He was of the opinion that maybe there was some way that the Council could find out what procedure Palo Alto followed and then notify the County