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I I I' I Mayor Hartnett said "if we adopt all five resolutions tonight, we as individual Council - Members, according to past Council policy... (will) make our formal views known to the San Mateo Transit Authority Board which controls funds that are related to these resolutions. MEMO 4/22/96 In response to Vice Mayor Howard's questions regarding cost savings efforts involving aesthetics, Engineer Lee assured the Council that all aesthetic changes would be brought back for Council approval at a later date, if indeed changes were to be made. In response to Councilman Leipzig's questions regarding JPB inspection, oversite and review, Engineer Lee explained that the anticipated cost will reach $500,000 predicated upon the current underpass projects in the County. Councilman Leipzig said, "So for the Joint Powers Board, which is us, elected officials in the County, to review our project, will cost us one half a million dollars?" Engineer Lee said, "Anytime there is work on the railroad tracks, they require a flagger inspector to be on site at all times." In response to Councilman Leipzig's questions regarding relinquishing $23 million for a Whipple underpass and only asking for $3 million to be added to the Jefferson Underpass, City Manager Everett said, "We can't move forward with Whipple Avenue with anything you all thought was a reasonable looking Whipple Avenue. We don't have sufficient money and there are no monies to add to it. Plus there is the issue of, with the number of ---- projects we have, there is no way we could begin to approach another major, huge project that would be the largest construction in the City's history. Given the feedback we received ITom you many months ago, with the obvious budget constraints, we couldn't do much more than raise the railroad tracks, which most people said they did not want to do. We don't have a lot of options." In response to Councilman Leipzig's questions regarding asking for those funds for other projects in Redwood City such as the Highway 10l/Woodside Road Interchange, City Manager Everett said the City is planning to make that request. He said the City was working very closely with the Board in trying to keep those funds in San Mateo County. City Manager Everett said, "The Whipple Avenue money, there are two sources of money: The County money which will stay in the County, Measure A one half cent sales tax, and that must go to railroad crossings. That's written in the law. Then there is the State funds, and we will be making a case for those State funds and have requested that our project be moved up.... That will be a lengthy process to get our Woodside project moved up in the State STIP fund. We really need to move forward with Jefferson, although we have a high bid, we probably have the best bid in the climate right now.... The Transportation Authority members also want to keep the money in the County, and they will be assisting us. We may have to wrestle with them a little where it goes within the County, but we are still trying to keep the County STIP money in the County." ---- REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MINUTE BOOK NO. 55 APRIL 21,1997 MINUTES Pagebo. 269 PAGE 17