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downtown she would have concerns; and from a community perspective, the frame of reference is the jail and that no buildings should be taller. Frank Bizzaro stated that he and his wife moved to Redwood City in 1983 and opened a business. He gave the history of his various businesses in the City to date stating that Main Street has always been the stepchild. He requested that micromanagement of what businesses go into the buildings not occur and that the fair market dictate that. He agreed that the objective of downstairs being retail makes sense, upstairs should depend on what someone willing to pay the rent wants. He stated that although there should be codes, they should not be so tight that potential businesses will not even pursue coming to Redwood City. Sharon DeBell stated that she grew up in Redwood City and while going to the University of Oregon was able to choose her own project as a senior in landscape architecture. She stated her choice of the downtown area and how to use Redwood Creek as a way to connect to the bay utilizing areas along the creek as catalyst sites for redevelopment. While excited about the plan, she asked that the focus be a bit bigger and in the larger context of how to connect to the bay, considering the historic value of the creek and giving tribute by opening up some open space. John Anagnostou stated he likes to think of himself as the person who is bringing the arts to downtown Redwood City. He stated his excitement about the plan and read a list of 28 changes that are already in place that include building changes, property changes, new businesses that most people don't know about. He read the first page of changes on Main Street that illustrated the need to rethink about wanting Main Street and not the entire downtown becoming part of the arts district. His opinion is that we should not be looking at just Main Street as the arts district. He stated his belief that the downtown can be developed one building at a time and does not need to be done one block at a time and asked that the constraint be considered so that it does not affect the ultimate goal. Adrian Brandt stated that the public needs to have access to the information Council receives. Michael Freedman closed with the comments that there are requests for additional data, questions of legality, being too controlling or not controlling enough which are very important issues. He asked for consideration of whether it is really time to go to Study Session No. 4 for a presentation on streets, rail and traffic. He posed consideration of another similar session where the information requested is brought back, consider some of the citizens' issues and, particularly, the detailed and sophisticated level rather than the level of vision of questions and discussion. JOINT MEETING MINUTES August 22, 2405 CITY COUNCIL AND REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY PAGE 8 JOINT STUDY SESSION WITH PLANNING COMMISSION AND ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMITTEE MINUTE ORDER BOOK 60 Pap No. 584