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486 owners or tenants of businesses and other property bordering Woodside Road, "requesting City Council oppose construction of raised concrete divider on Wood- side Road." Mayor Herkner also announced a written question had been submitted stating "why raised concrete barriers necessary, instead of painted stripes and bars"9 Director of Public Works advised median barrier was necessary to preclude hap- hazard movement of traffic across Woodside Road and that median barriers are considered a vital safety factor. City Manager also stated this arrangment of paint and chatter bars had been used earlier on Jefferson Avenue and had proved unsatisfactory. The following asked questions of the City Staff: Louis Paolina, 362 Selby Lane, questioned concerning development at Horgan Avenue. Mr. Harrison, 548 Woodside Road, questioned storage lanes at Hudson and why overpass had not been considered at Washington School. W. R. Loomis, 377 Orchard A: -e., expressed appreciation of Council's consideration of problem at Washington School and questioned time schedule proposed for interim signalization proposed. Carle Rosene, 930 Edgecliff Way questioned parking between Hudson and Oxford. Mr. Renheim, Valota Road, questioned alignment proposed at this intersection. Joe Dingman, 1130 Harrison, questioned undergrounding of utilities. City Manager stated this had only been discussed at Staff level but advised of the present agreement with the PGE which provided they would contribute $80,000 per year to be used in underground utility program. He advised first under - grounding district almost completed in area of new Kaiser Hospital, and of the intention to initiate additional undergrounding districts each year with expec- tation that Woodside Road would also be included in this program, subject to approval of property oomers, or setting up a lighting district, whichever deemed best after further exploration of this subject. Resident, 1240 Woodside Road, questioned plan for frontage Road in front of Wells Fargo Bank at Massachusetts and change over lanes from 4 to 3 at Alexander Street. Owner of Palladino Market, questioned channelization proposed and discussed hazards now present. Hal Coehlo of Redwood Chapel Funeral Home, 847 Woodside Road, questioned need for 9' sidewalks as jeopardizing future additional traffic lanes. Doug Moss, 1679 Carleton Court, questionedplans for widening of Alameda at Woodside. Councilman Henderson asked whether construction is still proposed to begin in 1969, and how long a construction period needed, and where it might be initiated. i County Engineer, Don Wilson, advised construction would be under one contract; that the State usually did not specify which end of project to be constructed