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230 Planning Director Ken Schroeter , Acting Deputy Director of Public Works Fred Sennewald , Traffic Engineer Arthur U . Eskelin, and Deputy City Clerk Frances I . Reggetts . Mayor Keckley announced the purpose of the meeting to be public hearing on proposals for improvements to El Camino Real , between Whipple Avenue and Oak Avenue . (Verbatim transcript by Certified Shorthand Reporter to be taken of public hearing and will be on file in City Clerk ' s office . ) PUBLIC HEARING , Channelization and Traffic Signal Modification Project , El Camino Real , Whipple Avenue to Oak Avenue , was declared opened and affidavit of publications ordered filed . Communications were read by the Clerk from Mr . and Mrs . Heny Morello and Jan S . Michalski . At request of Mayor Keckley, City Manager provided a brief background of the sequence of events , including prior presentations to Council , and leading to inclusion in the 5-year Capital Improvement Program as a high priority street improvement project , scheduled for initiation in the 1972 -1973 fiscal year . On that basis , Staff began preparation for beginning of planning and negotiations with the State with respect to funds for improvements on El Camino Real . As explained in the report by Director of Public Works , this was further complicated in terms of the time schedule , due to moving up of deadline dates with respect to qualifying for State and Federal funds . Staff then proceeded to take steps to coordinate both street improvements and aesthetic improvements ( landscaping and undergrounding) and put them together into a package . These were then presented in three informal informational meetings with property owners and merchants . Following this , a written report was prepared and on the previous Friday (December 1 , 1972 ) mailed to 270 property owners and merchants , as well as to Council . The report offered recommendations which came out of the processes which started following adoption of the Capital Improvement Program in July . He then asked Director of Public Works to continue the presentation with a review of his report . City Attorney asked that the El Camino Real Capital Improvement Project Report , 1972 -?3 dated December 1 , 1972 , be marked Exhibit "A " for identification . Director of Public Works indicated he would just sketch out the high points , since the report had been widely distributed . He noted there 12/6/72 Adj . Reg . Mtg .