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A. 2020 Peninsula Gateway Corridor Study Final Report - John Hoang, Transportation System Coordinator, with C/CAG (Presentation). Staff Report — Information Only. City/County Association of Governments of San Mateo (C/CAG) presentation of the 2020 Peninsula Gateway Corridor Study Final Report and draft action plan. Recommendation: Acknowledge the completion of the subject final report and support the future development of Phase 2 of this effort. B. Status Report on C/CAG effort on the Smart Corridor Project - Richard Napier, the Executive Director of C/CAG (Presentation). Staff Report — Information Only Status Report on the San Mateo County City/County Association of Governments' effort on the Smart Corridor Project. Recommendation: Consider this information Only Report and the companion presentation by C/CAG staff in preparation of authorizing the City Manager to execute a Memorandum of Understanding related to this effort which will be presented at the November 24, 2008 council meeting. Richard Napier presented the report (presentation on file). He explained the goals of this project which included finding alternate routes for those who are stuck in a traffic situation and providing signage that will help clarify options. Jean Sadaki explained that this is a joint effort with multiple jurisdictions. She covered the objectives as well as the upcoming Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). Council Member Hartnett agreed with having the MOU come back for Council approval. It was asked where the data would be fed from for the freeway signs and Mr. Napier said that this would possibly be a centralized county location. C. Status of Code Enforcement Efforts — General History of Code Enforcement, Code Enforcement of Signage, and Volunteer Program — Information Only. John La Torra, Manager Building and Inspection and Steven Solario, Code Enforcement Officer (a new hire of nine months) presented the report (presentation on file). Mr. La Torra provided statistics on volunteers that have served the Code Enforcement for the last 20 years. He explained that currently he has 16 people who are getting trained to be part of the volunteer program. He explained that code enforcement can be a delicate matter akin to social engineering because of its complexities. Public Comment Dr. Steven Howard spoke about the smart corridor and how he gets messages in his cell phone about traffic accidents. He complimented Mr. Solario for the work he has done in the last nine months. He would like to see the volunteers getting into the REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING NOVEMBER 10, 2008 MINUTES PAGE 6 MINUTE BOOK NO. 62 Page No. 258