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sections of the Zoning Ordinance No . 1130 , relating to General Zoning Ordinance text amendments , and inviting the Planning Commission to participate , Regular Council Meeting November 5th , 7 : 30 p . m . , and refer to Staff questions regarding Council ' s concerns for a report back prior to that time . Amended motion approved by original makers and carried . Councilman Norris felt questions raised were most valid and agreed with motion if full response of all questioning be made to Council . City Manager again requested that questions be submitted in writing in order that complete response could be made to Council . (MINUTE ORDER #73 - 128) COMMUNITY PROGRESS REPORT . City Manager reviewed written report previously submit - ted to Council . Community Development . Twenty - five new dwelling units were added during the month- - two single family dwellings and five multiple dwellings ; four units were demolished . A new commercial structure is being constructed at 2001 Spring Street . Parks and Recreation . Due to the revamping of portions of Community Park , it was necessary to extend the height of the fencing around the 49er practice field . Rough grading for Phase I of Community Park development is nearly complete . Irrigation and drainage lines are being installed . Tennis court lighting at Spines Park continues to be delayed , due to material shortages . The landscaping of Pennant Court is on schedule and will be completed shortly . Redwood Shores . Representatives from Mobil Oil Estates , Homeowners Association , Sailing Club , Public Works Department , Parks and Recreation Department , Police Department , and the City Attorney met to discuss the various jurisdictional prob - lems involving the waterways , beaches , and dikes in the Redwood Shores areas , This meeting emphasized the complex nature of the problem and indicated the need for mutually satisfactory solutions in the immediate future . He noted this type of meeting is proposed to be on a continuing basis in order to keep discussion of these problems open to all involved . Fair Oaks Neighborhood Center . The Center Advisory Board is in the process of screening the 135 applications for Center Coordinator . The procedure used is a Board committee narrowing the field to 20 , the full Board making the determination as to which of the 20 they will interview . Following the interviews , the three top candidates will be submitted to the City Manager , who will make the final appointment . Hopefully , the appoint ment will be made in early October . The Advisory Board will be receiving Use Applications through October 1 , 1973 , for use of the Center . Senior Citizen Information and Referral . This service , housed in City facilities at 900 Main Street , handled 338 matters last month . He noted although there was still no final action on the grant application for State and Federal financial assistance , it was still hoped some information would be received in the near future . Councilman Norris questioned status of the Belpipe construction work in Redwood Shores . City Manager reported construction finished and in use for past several weeks with final inspection now in process but thereafter would be ready for acceptance by the City shortly . Councilman Norris then questioned status of Neptune Beach water pollution problems . City Manager advised or the on-going investigations and progress reports being received over a period of time and still trying to isolate the problem . He stated so far it had been noted one problem consisted of the foreign matter going into the storm drain system and that this was part of the discussion held at the meeting he had referred to earlier with the various groups on concerns for gen - eral problems in Redwood Shores . He stated he felt ultimate solution for stop - page of much of foreign matter getting into the storm drain system would require an engineering solution by perhaps moving where storm drain now dumps at end of Neptune and moving disposition point to some other place . Councilman Norris noted another situation which became very obvious during last sail ing regatta concerning silting in the center of the lagoon as evidenced from com - ments by sailboat owners remarking that their center boards were dragging at three feet whereas there should be four to six feet . Mr . Ronald J . MacQuarrie , President of Redwood Shores Homeowners Association , stated his awareness of the silting problem and recommended , since the waterways are an integral part of the planning for recreational utilization , that some type of maintenance program be set up for taking care of the waterways to avoid this particular problem and others . Mr . MacQuarrie also questioned progress on program which had been proposed at one time for rectifying hazards of storm drain grates with bars . Vice Mayor Henderson advised of the item on this meeting ' s Agenda to purchase equip - ment for picking up leaves , and other details of program progressing for imple - mentation of this program as soon as possible , Mr . MacQuarrie also noted with respect to the problem of foreign material reported to be getting into the storm drain system , that mounded grass landscaping on parkways appeared to cause more than usual amount of grass clippings after watering and getting into system . 9/17/73 Reg . Mtg .