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and it probably would be spent over the next two fiscal years. He said it was "front loaded" to make it available to the Council. City Manager Everett said there was a different fund for street paving, and the amount of street paving projects was not a function of money, but how big of a project staff could be managed well. Director Nelson said that about $1.2 million a year is about all the Department could manage, and about all the citizens could tolerate. Council Member Leipzig said they couldn't tolerate pot holes either, but it was a tough decision. In response to Council Member Leipzig's questions regarding the different projects of Water Distribution Replacement Programs both residential and fire and earthquake emergencies, Senior Engineer Chang said the system itself was the problem. He said in some areas it was just too old and outdated and in others the lines were too small and needed to be upgraded. He said all the projects were trying to achieve both goals of better fire protection and to move water faster from one direction to another. Director Nelson said that Senior Engineer Chang has been working on the dog park in Redwood Shores and advised that $20,000 would be the minimum just for a fence. She said if the Council wanted to allocate $10,000 it would be a place holder, and asked Council to provide direction on that issue later in the Meeting. MEMO 7/7/98 D. PUBLIC COMMENTS; 1) Bonnie Miller, 1224 Fifth Avenue, representing the Friendly AcresÆast Bayshore Neighborhood Association, said they were thrilled that some of the flooding issues were being addressed in the Budget. Mrs. Miller reminded the Council that whatever is done to address flooding in Friendly Acres will have an impact on East Bayshore residents. In response to Mrs. Miller's comments, Senior Engineer Chang said there was a limit to the amount of dredging that could be done in the channel, and it isn't deep enough to dredge to make an impact before ground water would fill it. She had the residents of the two Neighborhoods stand for the Council to show their support of addressing both Neighborhoods when addressing flooding. Mayor Howard said the Neighborhoods had good meetings with staff and reiterated the Council's commitment to address flooding problems. Council Member Claire provided background of flooding in the Friendly Acres area since he grew up there. He said it was a very serious problem, but it had taught him that democratic governments move slowly. He complimented his colleagues for having the courage to go forward with this very important but very BUDGET STUDY SESSION MINUTE BOOK NO. 57 JULY6,I998 MINUTES Page No. 060 PAGE 17