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252 still would not be acceptable to the State and the Council should recognize that whatever recommendation is made , State would have to be convinced that this is an acceptable solution for El Camino Real , to Redwood City , before we could proceed with this project . It was recommended that Council not sign an agreement with the State providing for tow away for two -years , at the end of which time the State could make the unilateral decision to take it off . At request of Mayor Keckley , Director of Public Works provided a brief review of the proposals , based on his report to Council ( Exhibit "D " ) . (For complete text see City Clerk ' s files - Public Works ) He brought out that the State ' s position on the tow away zone was quite clear , that they felt they had a responsibility to maintain traffic flows and that the two-year tow away was a reasonable position . However , they did review Alternate #2 which they did look upon with some favor because it provided three lanes at mid -block in either direction and they were in favor of the skip -parking proposal because of the fact it offered a means for motorists to move out of the travel lane . He elaborated on the " signal only " project ( scale drawings of the full length of the project for both Alternate #3 and Signals Only were posted in the meeting room for review ) and explained his parking summary chart attached to his report . He had available three typical off street parking arrangements to give the Council an idea of what could be done and what the costs would be . City Manager advised that Planning Commission and Staff would urge Council not to hold too tightly to what the State has said they will or will not accept in the past , but in the event Council wishes to approve some kind of improvement program for El Camino which does not meet State and Federal requirements , then staff will have to proceed to change those requirements , at least insofar as El Camino Real in Redwood City is concerned . Following brief additional discussion it was brought out that if Council wanted to adopt policy statement in support of Alternate #3 , with the skip - space parking as recommended by the Planning Department , they could do so notwithstanding the fact that it doesn ' t meet the State criteria at present , which would mean that from that point onward Staff would gather the data and have the studies done that would convince the State Highway Commission and the Federal Government Agencies involved that the solution propounded by the City Council 12/18/72