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property and commercial values throughout the City. He said it is not a blight, there are other alternatives. "Class rooms for kids are key. .. We are willing to move in there and lease immediately." Helga Boyle, 2435 McGarvey Avenue, agreed with Mr. Stuart. Mrs. Boyle said her main concerns involved parking, traffic congestion and increased class room size. She said portables would remove more playground area. Monica Brooks, 31 Center Street, co-chair of the Redwood Oaks Neighborhood Association, said the Association opposed the proposed zoning change to allow higher density unless certain considerations were met. Mrs. Brooks said traffic and code enforcement were existing problems in Redwood City, and it was ironic that a traffic consultant was being hired to "calm" traffic in one area of the City and higher density was being approved that would increase traffic problems in another area. Mrs. Brooks asked for more cooperation to resolve existing problems with the planned development. Jo Ridgeway, 1152 Fairview Avenue, said the Planning Commission and consultant traffic report stated the traffic impacts were expected to be negligible and if a viable supermarket was functioning on the site the traffic would be higher than residential use and mitigation was not deemed necessary. Mrs. Ridgeway said the survey was conducted on Saturday mornings, Christmas and Easter vacations, when schools and day care centers were not in session. She said, "Naturally there was no traffic, no children and no extra cars in the area, no extra school sports. That wasn't a very fair survey." Mrs. Ridgeway said the report said traffic configurations were adequate, and she questioned why the planned development included narrowing of traffic lanes. She asked who was going to pay for the new inftastructure that would be needed, such as sewers, and traffic lighting on Euclid and Upton. She said, "you are not being fair. Why not put these 26 homes on two acres in your neighborhood?" Mrs. Ridgeway submitted petitions opposing the development and said that would bring the total to about 500 signatures. Richard Ridgeway, 1152 Fairview Avenue, said he did not oppose these types of homes in principle, but they were not appropriate for an established community of single story homes. He said the lack of driveway space and parking for guests would cause parking problems and impact the whole neighborhood. Mr. Ridgeway said the density was too much for the community. He suggested that a maximum of ten homes per acre for a total of 20 homes on that site would be acceptable. Mr. Ridgeway said as a peace officer he had tremendous concerns about the safety of children going to and ITom school in the midst of such increased traffic. He said the proposed rezoning would open up Pandora's Box, and increased density throughout the City would be detrimental to the well being of the community. Mr. Ridgeway said the people in attendance were the Council's constituents, not the developers nor the owners, and asked Council Members to represent their constituents' interests. John Spotorno, 1028 Harrison Avenue, member of the Redwood City Architectural Advisory Committee, said Classic Communities had come to the Committee almost REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MINUTE BOOK NO. 55 MAY 5,1997 MINUTES Page No. 300 PAGE 25