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124 on S.R. 128 which provided for creation of a joint Senate and Assembly Committee for consideration of seismic conditions throughout the State, and which will address itself to eliminating much of the con- fusion on the subject, and which is augmented by five advisory groups, including Engineering Considerations & Earthquake Sciences; Disaster Preparedness; Land Use Planning, of which Mr. Blair advised he is a member; Governmental Organizations and Performance, to which Councilman Henderson, he noted, had been appointed; and Post Earthquake and Recovery Development. Included on the Advisory panel for Engineering Considerations & Earthquake Sciences, were Henry Degenkolb, William Moore, Dr. Jahns and Dr. Harry Seed, Mr. Blair felt this action would be of consequence as an indication to agencies at the Federal level that the State has the capability of dealing with the problem, and the findings of the joint Legislative Committee could easily set the pace for similar activities throughout the Nation. A report on the Santa Rosa earthquake of 1969 is ex- pected to be presented at a later date by Mr. James Reiter, however Mr. Blair commented briefly on that aspect, presenting a slide showing the area between the Bay area and Santa Rosa, then a smaller scale draw- ing showing the Bay area in more detail, with the loca- tions of the array of seismic instruments. Councilman Rosselli questioned a newspaper article in which it was indicated that Foster City was given the "go-ahead", and Mr. Blair responded that there is some activity in that location, but based on prior commitments. In reply to further questions, he added that there is every reason to be optimistic as to reception in Washington, adding that they have attempted to demonstrate the spirit of cooperation to the Corps of Engineers, having provided all computer analyses on file. City Manager was requested to elaborate on the newspaper item referred to, and he stated that on seeing the article had contacted Congressman McCloskey's local office and spoke with Mr. Niklaus, questioning him on the quote in the article. Mr. Niklaus assured him the Congressman's statement, contained in a platform statement, was that he would do everything possible to accelerate the action in Washington for both Redwood Shores and Foster City, and in a meeting with Congressman Monagan had come away with the feeling that Commissioner Gulledge was not about to approve new projects unless both cleared at the same time. To the best of Mr. Niklaus' knowledge, Congressman had not indicated Foster City would be permitted to proceed on its own merits while Redwood City was held back, and felt when the Commissioner made a recommendation, it would include both projects. Councilman Henderson referred to the report which is to be given by Mr. Reiter, and questioned whether material similar to Mr. Blair's slide exhibits could be provided to Council prior to that presentation, since reference to the charts is made in the text of the C&GS report. City Manager agreed to furnish these, although he advised they were of poor reproductive quality, but would make an effort to provide satisfactory copies. (Memo 3/10/70) Mr. Bill Caryl, of DMJM, then reported on construction activities, noting that the month of February was good from a construction standpoint. Dolphin Subdivision No. 1 was about complete, with a semifinal inspection