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487 the meeting for which voting would be required . Mayor. Bury noted his intention to be at this meetinx , inasmuch as he was a member of the Finance Committee and Councilman Rosselli reported that -Tice Mayor. Petersen had stated he also planned Mayor attend, this venting . Tt was noted by City Clerk that only Councilmen Henderson and Rosselli_ had registered for this Congress of Cities , and offered to make such other registrations desired by other Council Members . Motion carried . ( MINUTE ORDER f 69 --19R ) City Attorney reported to Council communication from Public Utilities Commission Staff advising of their intention to oppose application by Southern Pacific to revise tariff schedule of commuters and asking City to participate relative to this matter . Mayor Bury referred back to the communication from Attorney , Sidney Le Berlin , requesting Council consider declaring an observance of a Vietnam moratorium on October 15th , and Presented his views for supporting this observance in order to brincr personal awareness of all citizens to indicate their desire that this situation be resolved , and hoped that if any Council action desired , to express themselves in this present situation , that this would be an appropriate time to take it Councilman Arnett expressed his opposition to this particular type of display as indication of pressure not warranted , since he was convinced that the President of the United States has been exercising every means at his disposal to bring war to a conclusion , and this type of Pressure not believed by him to be constructive at the Paris peace table and might even be harmful . Councilman Weymouth expressed his concern on outcome of thin proposed observation not being as peaceable as intended . Councilman Keckley felt political overtures were implied and expressed his reasons for not favoring participation by Redwood City in response to request by Mayor of New York . After further discussion , Mayor Bury indicated this observance should be expressed individually . Councilman Arnett referred to another request by the Veterans Memorial Commission for a joint meeting with Council and questioned whether Council representatives had met as recommended with this Commission . City Manager advised only Staff had met with the Commission . After further discussion as to most convenient time for Council to meet with this Commission , Mayor Bury accepted responsibility to set up a joint meeting . ( Memo 10/14/69 ) . Mayor Bury reported the communication from Congressman McCloskey submitted to Council at this meeting was result of a telephone call received by him late this date , advising this communication would be delivered . It contained a synopsis of background material and actions to date on the seismic situation in Redwood Shores for Council ' s information .