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Minutes of Adjourned Regular Meeting Redwood City Council May 5 , 1973 9 : 00 A . M . Veterans Memorial Bldg . Meeting called to order by Mayor Keckley for the purpose of all day discussion periods with City ' s Commissions and Boards as previously scheduled . ON ROLL CALL the following were noted present : Councilmen Mary W . Henderson , Marguerite Leipzig , Robert E . Norris , William C . Rhodes , Ray A . Weymouth, James S . Williams , Mayor Paul C . Keckley , and City Clerk Marian McCrindle . Also noted present were City Manager James M . Pales , Department Heads appear- ing with their Boards and Commissions : - Planning Director Ken Schroeter , Chief Building Official Charles Gyselbrecht , Director of Parks and Recrea- tion Max Weeks , Recreation Superintendent Bill Paulsen , Park Superintendent Pasco Balzarini , Port Manager Howard Harris , and City Librarian Karl Vollmayer . Planning Commission , Board of Building Review and Architectural Review Committee : Chairman Marty Mohr, Planning Commission , referred to their Commission ' s listed topics proposed for discussion , their main concern being for a Council policy to establish priorities or preferences for competing types of develop - ment , e . g . , residential vs . non- residential , or qualitative vs . quantitative , as opposed to a policy of " first come , first served " , recognizing future effects on limited community service resources and the municipal tax rate . He stated main concern seemed to stem from its being reported that our present seer system now has only a 10% sewer development capacity remaining . City Manager explained report has been requested by State Water Quality Control Board which has to be submitted by June 10th delineating this remaining 105 capacity of the City ' s sewer system but how variation could be possible re - garding increasing capacity as to volume with improvements within the facility . He advised of the study being prepared by Strategic Consolidated Sewage Plan ( SCSP ) on entire scope regarding future financing of sewage treatment facili- ties , timing of construction without possible Federal aid and a recommenda- tion regarding organization as to total sewage treatment program . In reply to questioning as to status of oxidation ponds in Redwood Shores , City Manager advised improvements there to be next phase of improvements before any more building permitted . Mr . Neil Smith , of Mobil , advised either extension of the ponds proposed or more improvements within ponds could in - crease capacity to allow up to another 9 , 000- 10 , 000 population increase , or its equivalent depending on type of development . City Manager described un- known financial aspects as to uncertainty of receiving Federal aid and resultant costs to City should none be forthcoming , but possibilities still conceivable such as report submitted to Council on proposed Federal Better, Communities Act , a special revenue sharing proposal . He mentioned other areas of research being conducted covering whole scope of sewage disposal in other 5/5/73 Adj . Reg . Mtg .