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248 additionally from the County , should relieve the City from having to fund any "out of pocket " sums toward awarding the contract . City Manager and Assistant City Manager both explained the funding which would be expected of the City during construction period as to Change Orders which could only be estimated at this time to some $20 , 000 to $30 , 000 . City Manager also advised landscraping not included in the original costs , but expected this cost to be worked into next year ' s Budget and possibly expended through use of City personnel in this phase but not to be considered until after building essentially completed . Councilman Henderson moved to adopt RESOLUTION NO , 6849 AUTHORIZING FILING OF AMENDED APPLICATION FOR NEIGHBORHOOD FACILITIES GRANT UNDER HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1965, seconded by Councilman Norris and carried on roll call vote , Councilmen Rhodes and Weymouth being noted absent . Request of Redwood City Downtown Association to offer free bus transportation to the residents of Casa de Redwood . Copy of communication from the Downtown Association submitted to Council outlining proposal which they hoped City could join with them to provide free bus transportation to and from downtown for residents of Case de Redwood the week before Christmas (December 18-23 ) by them deferring . 15$ of each . 250 and City to off- set the other . 10¢ , City Attorney noted that both he and Councilman Leipzig were members of Board of Directors of Casa de Redwood and would be ineligible to participate in any action which Council might take concerning this proposal . City Attorney , however , advised with respect to this particular question at hand , that in this opinion any Council action approving such a proposal would be illegal , in terms of denial of equal rights to all citizens of the community on same proposal , and constitute a gift of community funds to the private equity involved . He suggested Downtown Association could instead of their present proposal , provide these benefits to Case de Redwood residents directly either by making a gift of funds or through tickets prepaid for transportation, or some portion thereof . Councilman Leipzig stated she had been advised Downtown Association could only fund totally free transportation for three days , but not the full week . Mayor Keckley felt City ' s position would be to more 12/13/72 Adjd , Mtg . Executive Session