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83 Minutes of Adjourned Regular Meeting Redwood City Council March 24 , 1971 7 : 30 P . M. Veterans Memorial Building Mayor Bury called the meeting to order at 7 : 30 P . M . ON ROLL CALL , the following were noted present : Councilmen Mary W. Henderson, William C . Rhodes , James S . Williams , Mayor Robert H . Bury , and City Clerk Marian McCrindle . Noted absent were Councilmen Paul C . Keckley ( entered Herbert G . Petersen ( entered meeting at 8 :25 P . M. ) , meeting at 7 :45 P . M . ) ,/ and Ray A . Weymouth . Also noted present were City Manager Howard C . Ullrich , Police Chief John R . McDonald , Jr . , Planning Director Ken Schroeter , Traffic Engineer Arthur U. Eskelin , Civil Engineer III Ray F . Reed , Civil Engineer III Fred Sennewald , and Engineering Administrative Assistant Arthur Balsamo . Mayor Bury opened the meeting with comments relating to the purpose of the meeting, being for presentation of proposed channelization and signalization plan for El Camino Real from Whipple to Oak Avenue , and the fact it was informational only , rather than a formal public hearing . City Manager then continued with the presentation, advising that no decision by Council was being requested at this time , and that they also were hearing the proposal for the first time . He noted that El Camino Real is a State Highway , over which City does not have complete legislative jurisdiction, but that it bisects the City and was therefore a matter of concern . Months of study had gone into preparation of the proposals and the purpose of the presentation was simply to offer the concepts , and get suggestions . Presentation would be made by the Police Chief , after which there would be a brief recess to allow an opportunity for interested persons to inspect the line drawings displayed along the walls , and confer with Staff as to effect the proposal might have on the individual properties . Meeting would then resume . City Manager then introduced Staff , and asked Police Chief to make his presentation . Police Chief referred to the two sets of engineering drawings displayed , explaining that these represented two concepts of improvements along El Camino Real , between Whipple Avenue and Oak Avenue , and described what changes were proposed . One plan proposes no on- street parking, median landscaping , two additional signals (Hopkins and Maple intersections ) , and the other proposes street widening by cutting curbs back , limited on- street parking , median landscaping , two additional signals as in first plan . City Manager then invited members of the audience to step up to the drawings , noting that 250 invitations had been mailed out to property owners concerning the meeting .