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401 Minutes of Regular 'Weekly Study Meeting Redwood City Council February 6, 1967 7:30 P. M. Meeting called to order at 7:30 p.m. by Mayor Herkner. Proposed time schedule for consideration of Park & Recreation Element of the General Plan. City Manager advised Council that Staff and Planning Commission recommend that the proposed element of the General Plan be now referred to the Park & Recreation Commission for a quick review and any comment they wished to add before being sub- mitted to Council for action, resulting in a probable month's delay from time schedule originally proposed. Planning Director reported Planning Commission had held two public hearings and had approved and recommended the plan for adoption by the City Council as the Parks and Recreation Element of the General Plan, but had also recommended that Park and Recreation Commission be allowed additional time to study the report before hearings by the Council. He stated it was the Park & Recreation Commission's desire to allow the citizens' sub -committees to review the proposed plan in view of their interest and work on the plan from the beginning, although a quorum of the Park and Recreation Commission had been in attendance at both the public hearings before the Planning Commission. Council was advised public hearing would be set for Council action as soon as this review had been made. Mayor Herkner introduced press representatives from San Jose Mercury, San Mateo Times, and Redwood City Tribune. Mayor Herkner also asked that Mrs. T. N. Thompson accept Council's congratulations upon her well deserved honor of having been chosen as the "Citizen of the Year." Junipero Serra Freeway Alignment. City Manager reported a request had been received from the City Administrator of San Carlos, who is the Acting Secretary for the San Mateo County Council of Mayors, relative to their request that the Redwood City Council consider approving a recommendation adopted by them for a realignment of the Junipero Serra Freeway. He stated proposed resolution urged the State Division of Highways to realign the Freeway route along the high crest of the San Francisco watershed property rather than down along the Canada Road as now proposed. He stated that Mayor Herkner, as Council's representative on the Council of Mayors, had requested this be considered so he might have the benefit of Council's thoughts before he was asked to vote at the next meeting. City Manager advised this alignment could have considerable bearing on the final decision of the College Site Selection Committee for locating a State College on the Edgewood Hills property. He advised however, none of _ realignment proposed will fall within the corporate limits of Redwood City so not a legislative matter before the Council but alignment would have an influence as to whether City and County of San Francisco would be willing to discuss a long term lease of some 150 acres of land which the proposed State College site needs.