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. . , " -, Mayor Howard said this was a good time to review the whole issue of parking meters, and compare the City's policy to neighboring cities. - MIS: CLAIRE/BUCHAN. TITLE READ. ORDINANCE NO. 2134 AMENDING SECTION 20.99 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY BY AMENDING SUBDIVISION H THEREOF AND ADDING SUBDIVISION L THERETO, RELATING TO ANGLE PARKING ON MIDDLEFIELD ROAD AND MAIN STREET, RESPECTIVELY; AMENDING SECTION 20.132.13 OF SAID CODE RELATING TO PARKING METER ZONES ON MAIN STREET, AND AMENDING SECTION 20.132.15 OF SAID CODE BY ADDING SUBDIVISIONS M, N, AND 0 TO SAID SECTION RELATING TO PARKING METER ZONES ON MIDDLEFIELD ROAD (INCLUDING THE CLAIRE/BU CHAN MOTION INSTRUCTING STAFF NOT TO INSTALL METERS UNLESS DIRECTED TO DO SO BY COUNCIL); ADOPTED BY UNANIMOUS ROLL CALL VOTE. City Attorney Sehrieker asked, "Is there any concern by the Council with respect to the configuration of the parking spaces? Some of them are angle parking, some of them are parallel parking. Is that a problem at all, or are we just talking about meter zones. The nodding of the heads means, just meter zones. So, the developer could go ahead and put in the striping and all this sort of thing? OK." MINUTE ORDER NO. 97-219 - -__n___-------------___----_n_n____------______n_-_--------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. MATTERS OF COUNCIL INTEREST This item limited to fifteen minutes. A. Councilwoman Buehan described the Friendly Acres Neighborhood Association meeting she and Vice Mayor Ruskin attended last week, and the information about El Nino that was disseminated. She also described the Neighborhood Patrol Project, where the neighbors work in partnership with the Police Department to help patrol the neighborhood with a car marked Neighborhood Patrol, radios, and cell phones. Problems are reported to the Police Department, the program worked very well on Halloween, and it will be expanded next year to other Neighborhoods. Councilwoman Buchan announced that there would be a Redwood Oaks Neighborhood Association meeting, Tuesday, November 18, 1997,7:30 p.m. at the Sequoia YMCA, and a Centennial Neighborhood Association meeting on November 25,1997. B. Viee Mayor Ruskin said the City is doing a good job with repairing sidewalks and replacing damaged trees, and an excellent job with residents. He said, however, that the replacement policy requires neighbors to step forward and be responsible for the new tree - in the first two years, and if they do not accept that responsibility, then trees are not REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MINUTE BOOK NO. 56 NOVEMBER 17, 1997 MINUTES Page No. 039 PAGE 8