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304 of Ordinance No . 1557 , establishing salaries for certain employees of the City of Redwood City , to include position of Parks Leadman , seconded by Councilman Henderson and carried on roll call vote . At this time , Mayor Keckley noted the arrival of Mr . William Floyd , who had recently resigned from the Planning Commission in order to have time to further his studies , and invited him to come forward . Mayor Keckley then presented to Mr . Floyd a Certificate of Distinguished Service in recognition of his having served as a member and as Vice - Chairman on the Commission . Cordilleras Creek Improvement Project -- Environmental Impact Report . Staff report indicated that initial engineering study called for removal of 100 eucalyptus trees along the first 800 feet of the project , and suggested that alternatives should be considered . Present agreement for engineering services did not provide for this additional investigation , and it was therefore recommended that the City Manager be authorized to give a letter agreement to the Consulting Engineers authorizing them , in conjunction with the City of San Carlos , to study alternate courses of action , and possibly to prepare an Environmental Impact Report . In discussion , City Manager noted that the major portion of the project was the City of San Carlos ' and the Consulting Engineers were under agree - ment with that City . In additional comments he indicated that when the bond issue was passed it was not known what requirements of engineer- ing , flow , and other problems would be , and after preliminary studies , San Carlos ' engineers immediately reached the conclusion that rather than handling the project in the traditional manner , there would have to be alternatives . Councilman Henderson moved to authorize the City Manager to issue a letter agreement to Charles S . McCandless & Company as recommended , seconded by Councilman Rhodes and carried , (MINUTE ORDER #73 -29) Amendments to Agreement with Advocate Design Associates , Inc . , Architects , - Fair Oaks Community Center . Report indicated that , inasmuch as low bid for the construction of the Fair Oaks Community Center was $83 , 000 above the last architect ' s estimate , it was recommended that the 9% fee in the original agreement be adjusted to 8 , 5% , and because the architect was a small firm , that the contract be amended to provide a time payment schedule to follow progress payments made to the general contractor . 2 /26/73 Reg . Mtg .