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2 5 .� <br /> San Mateo County Safety Council (continued) <br /> a work safety program, using self-insurance funds He noted that <br /> the City has an extremely competent Traffic Engineer who works <br /> closely with Public Works and the Police Department, and also the <br /> , City is participating in driver traim ng <br /> TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM (continued) <br /> Traffic Engineer�ng (pg 36) <br /> Mr Ference advised that a question had come up regarding <br /> Employee Costs in Transportation this year versus last year, <br /> which he explained resulted from takin9 Traffic Safety and <br /> Enforcement Safety Investigation out of Crime Prevention and <br /> placing it under Transportation Comparisons throughout this <br /> year's budget with the previous year are difficult because <br /> this is the base year for the new program. <br /> Travelled Way Maintenance (pg 37) <br /> Discussion related to transitional sidewalks between urban and <br /> rural areas which would be appl�cable at this time only in the <br /> proposed development on Cordilleras Road, and no decision has <br /> been made as yet <br /> Traffic Control Maintenance (pg 38) <br /> ' Mr Fales advised that costs for electric power for traffi c <br /> signals has doubled, and poss�ble further increases by Pacific <br /> Gas and Electric could only be estimated <br /> Street Lighting (pg 39) <br /> Mr Fales commented on the potential mandatory cut-backs of <br /> energy if hydro-electric power is not available and the drought <br /> continues Discussion concerned the proposed continuation of <br /> the change-over from incandescent to low pressure sodium lights <br /> which will result in reduction of ener9y use Public Works <br /> Director Pusich noted, however, that, although PG&E has de- <br /> voloped a rate schedule for lower energy light sources, there <br /> still appears to be some inequities in the charges Further <br /> comments related to the fact that in California the Public <br /> Util�ties Commission is responsible for providing maximum <br /> profit to a utility wh�ch has a monopoly, so that conservative <br /> usage of power results in lower profits to the ut�lity com- <br /> pany and consequently a rate increase to offset the loss It <br /> was pornted out that PG&E returns certain revenues to the City <br /> in the form of a franchise tax, as weTl as property taxes <br /> Rights of Way Beautification (p9 39) <br /> Brief d�scussion related to explanation of the term "weed <br /> ' tree", which was described as having certain qualities, such <br /> as pollen, leaf dropping, sap and the like, which could be <br /> considered a nuisance <br /> Islands, Medians and Circles (pg 40) In response to <br /> question by Council, Mr Weeks advised that Equipment <br /> Operators are partially involved in this sub-program, but <br /> primarily with street trees <br /> -8- Ad� Mtg <br /> 5/14/77 <br /> Budget <br />