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328 established initial regulations covering environmental impact reports . Subsequently, the State Resources Agency had issued "Guidelines for Implementation of the California Environmental Quality Act of 1970" . A staff committee was formed , made up of the principal officers who would be responsible , i . e . , City Attorney , Planning Director , Director of Public Works and Chief Building Official , who were requested to review provisions of Resolution No . 6865 in the context of the State Guidelines . Areas were outlined where the committee felt that the old resolution should be changed to reflect the Guidelines of the State , and the draft resolu- tion before Council was the old resolution , with the recommended changes . Councilman Henderson requested that Staff review briefly the procedure under appeals , described in City Attorney ' s memorandum ( dated March 27 , 1973 ) . City Attorney advised that the appeals procedure related to two types of appeals , one being action by an individual in administration of the provisions of the resolution , or by action by an agency such as the Planning Commission in administration of provisions of the resolution . Decisions made by an individual officer or by an agency of the City vested with discretionary authority were taken out of the procedures as not being appealable . City Manager indicated that he felt it was impor- tant to understand the distinction between what was appealable and what was not . At request of Councilman Norris , City Attorney provided an example of where an environmental impact report comes into being . It was emphasized that the use of the report was informational only, in its ap- plication with respect to ministerial projects . Councilman Henderson reported concern expressed by ABAG that , where appropriate , certain matters be voluntarily referred to them, if these meet certain criteria for an impact on the environment . During the discussion it was noted that certain projects might involve anywhere from very few regional or State agencies to as many as 26 agencies . Councilman Henderson moved to adopt RESOLUTION NO . 6882 ESTABLISHING OBJEC- TIVES , CRITERIA AND PROCEDURES FOR THE EVALUATION OF CERTAIN PROJECTS , AND THE PREPARATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORTS IN THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY ; AND RESCINDING RESOLUTION NO . 6865 , seconded by Councilman Leipzig and carried on roll call vote . Abandonment of portion of East Fuller Street . Staff report indicated that , due to an oversight , reference to " overhead" utilities was omitted from description of the easement to be reserved for public utilities in Resolution adopted by Council on March 19 , 1973 , which had been published as legally required and set public hearing for April 9, 1973 . City 4/2/73 Reg . Mtg .