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35 Expressway , the Civic Center and Treatment Plante Priorities will be worked out and sources of funds researched . In some cases , this may mean long-term borrowing . Vice-Mayor Henderson asked if funds from GID 1-65 could be used to correct the problem of storm drain grates with respect to bicycle riders , City Manager responded that the program may not indude some things that are important to Council , partly due to the fact he was unaware of some of them . He also indicated that the order of priority could be changed to suit Council . He agreed that the correction of the grates should be in the budget process , and understood that the estimated ces t was $30 , 000 . He suggested that by use of Gas Tax Funds , the State would be making similar corrections in coordination with the City at the same time . Mayor Keckley inquired whether there had been any decision on an ecology center for Redwood City, and City Manager indicated there was not , as yet , and there would not be any information on this in the Capital Improvement Program . He noted , however , that every year , Council will be looking five years ahead . If something is not in the budget , it did not mean it could not be . All Council would do specifically would be to approve the next year , and approving in concept the other proposals , so that staff can proceed and do preliminary work on those , in addition to other projects that had not even been brought up . A recycling center might fall in that category . In response to comments by Councilman Weymouth , City Manager advised that it was proposed to increase by 5% a year the amount of money devoted to capital improvement , so that at the end 55% would go to capital improve - ments and 45% to general . He noted the Capital Improvement Budget was scheduled for June 10 , and effort would be made to get it to Council before the first week in June . Mayor Keckley invited Council to comment on any part of the budget where further discussion might be appropriate . Councilman Williams referred back to Community Promotion , concerning allocation of $ 500 for the Lions Club annual go-cart race . In the discussion , he recalled that they had requested $ 500 in 1971 , and upon receiving report of their expenditures , saw ti- a. t the City had underwritten the entire cost of the activity down to the most minor expenses . Since it was his understanding the policy of the City was to help promote these functions , not to subsidize , Councilman Williams moved that the allocation should be removed from the budget , seconded by Councilman Weymouth and carried . Councilman Williams asked that copies of the expense report be 5-13 -72 Adj . Reg . Mtg . Budget