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Lib Stenographer Anna Hampton . Planning Commission members present : Joseph Aknin , Richard E . Arnold , Melvin C . Kerwin, Martin F . Mohr , Fred Soderer , John G . Murphy, Tony M . Gonzales and Secretary Patricia West . Mayor Keckley stated that this was to be , hopefully , the first of many joint meetings with the Planning Commission, on a continuing on-going basis , for an informal discussion of problems and possibly policy decisions , and with the thought in mind as to what direction the City of Redwood City was going , and to strengthen the ties between the Planning Commission and the City Council , Mayor Keckley then suggested the Director of Public Works summarize report submitted by him on Sewage Treatment Facilities and Remaining Capacities , with the Planning Director to follow with his Development Priorities in Redwood City , and the Manager ' s concluding remarks would follow , ending with a question and discussion period . ( For full text SEE - City Clerk ' s file - General Plan ) . The Director of Public Works reviewed the map that had been submitted which gave some perspective as to the comparison of the County areas that are served by the sewer facilities of the City versus the City limits sewer services . The largest District being the Fair Oaks with two or three smaller districts also involved . He noted that the ensuing discussion would be specifically about the remaining capacity of the sewage treatment plant . He reminded that the waste discharge to the Bay was controlled by the California Regional Water Quality Control Board which did not have a fixed set of controls at this time , limit restrictions did change and would be changed periodically , as they dealt with the problems of the Bay that would require special attention . He also reminded that in 1967 the SCSP ( Strategic Con- solidation Sewerage Plan ) was formed to study the joint usage of a sub- regional type plant facility and discharge to the Bay as it appeared to be better to have two or three dischargers to the Bay as there would be a greater dilution factor than would be available to the cities having their individual shoreline discharges . The SCSP, therefore , was made up of Redwood City, San Carlos and Belmont , as a middle mid-Bay discharge facility and the deepwater outfall was built . He mentioned that this could possibly be called Phase I of the sewage treatment facilities which was to be followed by a sewage treatment plant proposed at the east end of Redwood Peninsula . He called attention at this point that Federal and State agencies funding for these facilities ( 87% ) which had been expected had come to a stop ; that this had brought about the present physical limitation to our present sewage treatment problem . He also noted that the remaining capacity was not totally ours since City was obligated by contract agreement 6/19/73 Adjd . Mtg .