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. . - In response to Council questions, City Attorney Schricker further explained Redevelopment law and said "a survey area... is a very preliminary area for review by the - Planning Commission, usually on the generous side." The Planning Commission is asked to "declare within that area.... any prospective sub-areas which the Commission would see advisable to include in a Redevelopment Project Area. They would presumably come back and say 'we recommend' an area that is less than the Survey Area for a Project Area, and present a preliminary Redevelopment Project Plan which would have some very general description of what the project might be, and it would not be at aU specific." City Attorney Schricker said the boundary lines drawn weren't arbitrary, but they are "based on criteria which is not related to a specific project at all, but is related to symmetry, and in some respects.... proximity to what staff think would be a Project Area." City Attorney Schricker said the proposed northern boundary lines were being proposed to include the Circle Star Theatre property in Redwood City. He added that it "might be worth while for the Planning Commission and the Redevelopment Agency to look at that area in the context of redevelopment, because some financing options have rapidly diminished as a result of the last election, Prop 218, for traffic improvements and other improvements. Redevelopment may provide some flexibility, but that is one motivation for a rather expansive area." In response to Council questions, City Manager Everett described certain targets of the Survey Area such as open or vacant areas along Highway 101 focusing on several auto clusters rather than just one auto mall. - Council Members discussed their support of the inclusion of both sides of El Camino Real and reconfirmed their policy to exclude all residential properties ITom the currently proposed new Survey Area, specifically the Centennial Neighborhood and Mobile Home Parks. I) MIS: CLAIREILA BERGE TO ESTABLISH A SUB-COMMITTEE TO WORK WITH STAFF AS THE PROJECT AMENDMENT PROCESS DEVELOPS 2) MIS: CLAIREILA BERGE. TITLE READ RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY DESIGNATING REDEVELOPMENT SURVEY AREA AND DIRECTING THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO SELECT BOUNDARIES OF THE AREA TO BE ADDED TO, AND TO FORMULATE A PRELIMINARY PLAN AMENDMENT FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT NO.2 AND RESCINDING CERTAIN ACTIONS PERTAINING TO FORMATION OF STATE IDGHWAY 101 CORRIDOR PROJECT Mayor Hartnett said he could not support a Survey Area that included residential properties, and suggested an appropriate northern boundary to the proposed Survey Area would be "north of Whipple on E1 Camino Real to Stafford, and north of Whipple on Industrial." ~ REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MINUTE BOOK NO. 55 JANUARY27,1997 MINUTES Page No. 119 PAGE 16