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2 . 7 Minutes of Regular Meeting Redwood City Council January 20 , 1969 7 : 30 P . M . Pledge of Allegiance led by Councilman Arnett . Invocation led by Vicar Edward Arle , Redeemer Lutheran Church . ON ROLL CALL the following were noted present : Councilmen Dixon Arnett , Mary W . Henderson , Paul C . Keckley , John S . Rosselli, Ray A . Weymouth, Mayor Robert H . Bury, and City Clerk Helen C . Moore . Councilman Herbert G . Petersen was noted absent . Also noted present were City Manager Howard C . Ullrich , Assistant City Attorney James Thomas , Assistant City Manager Henry V . Burget , Police Chief William Faulstich , Captain Joel Mansfield , Fire Chief J . L . Lodi , Director of Public Works J . Louis Scherer , Chief Building Official Charles Gyselbrecht and Deputy City Clerk Marian McCrindle . Councilman Weymouth moved to approve Minutes of Regular Meeting of January 13 , 1969 as mailed , seconded by Councilman Arnett and carried . Report on TRAFFIC STUDY findings by the San Francisco firm of Peat , Marwick , Livingston & Co . City Manager stated he had asked Mr . Barnard C . Johnson , of Peat , Marwick , Livingston & Co . to make a brief summary of traffic study findings resulting from the survey by their firm . No Council action will be requested at this time . He commented on the new areas which had been introduced since the completion of this study which will ultimately affect traffic considerations , specifi- cally the proposed expansion of Ampex Corporation and their request for aband - onment of certain streets , and the site planning study already authorized for the Civic Center complex , all having an impact on recommendation which Staff will ultimately make to Council . Mr . Johnson , of Peat , Marwick , & Livingston Co . , advised that copies of the traffic report which had been submitted to Council prior to this meeting were for limited distribu- tion, as only a draft of their final report as submitted to the Highway Research Board and subject to review , change and comment by them and by other researchers around the country , before being finally published . He advised the few copies which had been previously submitted to City in early part of October for Staff review had resulted in comments from both Staff and Chamber of Commerce on various aspects for changes or requests for more information . Mr . Johnson thereafter highlighted various aspects of the survey which had been made from the report pertaining more specifically to the central business district , detailing the more important phases of various stages of the traffic test changes which had been made , and the various conclusions which had been cited from analysis of the tests ranging from simple change of signal timings , intersection channelization , stop. sign removals , etc . , all geared to the Downtown Develop- ment Plan as prepared by Livingston & Blayney and now under study for implementation . He reviewed their further conclusions as to benefits which could be derived from a plan incorporating certain specific stages of the traffic pattern tests ; commented on the tie - in of response of merchants , public opinion, and retail sales comparisons made during the study , all having effects on final conclusions and recommendations to be made after Staff and or- ganizati on study of this report . (For full text of report en- titled , " Optimizing Street Operations Through Traffic Regula- tions and Control " , dated August 1968 , SEE City Clerk ' s File - Traffic Study ) Council thereafter questioned various aspects of the report as to how computation in analysis charts relating to retail sales conclusions were derived , basis for JAN 20 '69