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251 City Manager then requested the two additional reports from the Planning Commission ( Exhibit "C " ) and the Public Works Department ( Exhibit "D " ) , which were submitted to Council , be highlighted by the respective Directors . The Planning Director commented that the Planning Commission was made aware on the Tuesday following the Public Hearing that there were ten days in which they would have an opportunity to make input to the record on the matter of El Camino Real and after making a thorough study of all the alternate proposals that had been available up to that time , came up with their recommendation , that Alternate #3 be approved , with two modifications as follows : a ) Deletion of the provision for tow -away zones . b ) Inclusion of a provision for " skip - spacing " of on- street parking . Planning Director continued with recap of the information contained in the report . (For complete text see City Clerk ' s file - Public Works ) He expressed the Planning Commission ' s awareness of the State ' s position regarding the project but recognizing, however , if alternatives to that one proposal were to be considered at all it had to be considered with the expectation that at some point the State might be willing to modify their position . It was presumed the State is most concerned with the regional thoroughfare function of El Camino Real , and must protect it , since this highway reaches from San Francisco to San Jose . He commented on what might be construed as State objectives versus local objectives , that needs on the parts of both are constantly changing and public attitude shifting in regard to the importance of thoroughfares and whether their solutions should be automobile oriented or human oriented . The Planning Commission felt that the solution they recommended was a human oriented proposal , in that it attached the matter of safety by containing left- turn storage lanes , elimin- ating hazardous cross traffic , and increasing lane widths . Responding to questions by Council , Planning Director reported on parking study which was made in December , 1970 , before and after Christmas and it was found that the result , percentagewise compared with this year , was about identical , if not the same . Skip - spacing was discussed and it was brought out that a reduction of a little less than 1/3 spaces would result , i . e . , in the areas of intersections and in some cases the removal of alternate spaces , but this would still allow accommodation for more parking than is presently used . It was concluded that the Planning Commission ' s proposal , either with or without skip -parking , 12/18/72