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<br />Councilman Arnett moved to approve Minutes of Regular meeting of March 23, 1970, and Minutes
<br />of Executive Session of March 23, 1970, as mailed, seconded by Councilman Henderson,
<br />and carried.
<br />Community Progress Report. City Manager stated that following the regular report on Red-
<br />wood Shores, a brief report on the rest of the community would be presented.
<br />Mr. James Reiter, Project Manager for Redwood Shores, of DMJM,
<br />described progress on construction. Dolphin Subdivision No. 1
<br />was 99% complete, requiring only final inspection; Marlin No. 1,
<br />73%; Marlin No. 2, 63%; the Bridge coming along well, with 40%
<br />of the contract time elapsed, while construction 50% complete;
<br />Peninsula Parkway virtually complete (98/), and a number of
<br />smaller design tasks under way.
<br />He reported that responding to request from the Corps of Engineers
<br />for additional substantiated field data, during the past week
<br />further samples were gathered, now in the lab, and they expect
<br />to submit test results to the Corps on Thursday of this week,
<br />which it is believed will complete the required information, and
<br />subsequently, an early indication on the question from FHA,
<br />He reported on the draft report received from the U. S. Coast
<br />and Geodetic Survey on the October 1, 1969 Santa Rosa earthquake,
<br />to which a chapter is being added covering structural damage that
<br />occurred in Santa Rosa, and an intensity map. Also to be included
<br />will be a report on personal reactions of persons in the Bay Area
<br />who felt the earthquake. Technical portions of the report will
<br />remain essentially unchanged. The 'quake, he said, would be
<br />characterized as small by comparison with the 1906 San Francisco
<br />earthquake, which had a Richter scale magnitude of 8.3, having a
<br />magnitude of 5.7. In terms of amplitude, the San Francisco earth-
<br />quake was approximately 400 times greater than in Santa Rosa, and
<br />the energy released approximately 41,000 times as much in the San
<br />Francisco earthquake. In general, the Santa Rosa earthquake was
<br />relatively insignificant.. While some seismic instruments were
<br />triggered, many, requiring vertical movement, were not. He ad-
<br />vised that at a Civil Engineers Association meeting several weeks
<br />ago, the Assistant City Manager of Santa Rosa provided informa-
<br />tion such as failure of the telephone system, which was not hooked
<br />up on auxiliary power; difficulties with failure of a relay re-
<br />sulting in power failure in the auxiliary system for the hospital;
<br />problems in finding persons qualified to assess damage to build-
<br />ings to determine if they were safe to occupy, even when expand-
<br />ing the search for such qualified appraisers in adjacent cities.
<br />He recommended representative of the City discuss these problems
<br />with Santa Rosa people to learn more about their experience. He
<br />commented briefly on the Hollister earthquake of about two weeks
<br />ago, which registered 4.7, and did not trigger any instruments
<br />in the Geological Survey array.
<br />Council inquired about the impact of the slow -down on the DMJM personnel, and Mr. Reiter
<br />advised the effect has been very dramatic, necessitating reduction by 25% of their staff
<br />from what it had been 8 months ago; that a rough estimate of the payroll reduction
<br />amounted to about $600,000, and added that unfortunately, it is difficult to get
<br />qualified and experienced people, and blend them into a team and expect to mobilize,
<br />He noted that, in addition, numerous other firms were affected, with DMJM representing
<br />only about 5% of the volume, In response to Council comments regarding the impact
<br />on the economy of the community, Mr. Reiter stated he would work up some data.
<br />Mr. Coleman Johnson, President of Leslie Properties, reported
<br />briefly regarding preliminary negotiations for a ground lease
<br />for Shoretown, and of interest by a nationally known developer
<br />in a garden apartment development.
<br />Councilman Rosselli expressed dissatisfaction with the apparent lack of action relative
<br />to communicating with Congressman McCloskey, noting that continued delay will serve to
<br />have an increasingly detrimental effect on the economy. He felt a determined effort
<br />should be made to get the project back on the track. Mayor Bury indicated that he
<br />felt every effort had been made in terms of contacts with the agencies, and that at
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