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. I , . " . - have more time to spend on any given issue than the Council does. You can read the - Minutes of course and consult individual members. I wonder (what are some of) the ideas you might have. How we can communicate to you what we have deliberated upon." He said Commissioners testify before the Council on large projects and perhaps they should do more of that. Council and Planning Commission discussed procedural matters and how to improve them. Councilman Leipzig acknowledged the hard work done by School Board Members and Planning Commissioners. He said he didn't see major problems with the process, but wondered how the World Savings Bank on Woodside Road received approval. He said "World Savings is a fine institution and they have great rates on home loans. But that's an atrocious building. It is totally unacceptable for a major thoroughfare in Redwood City or anywhere." Councilman Leipzig asked, "what happened?" Architectural Advisory Committee Chairman Gilman said, "When the project came in, the very strong majority of our committee was very pleased with the direction of that project, and the quality that it appeared to have from the drawings. I think a lot of the concern that I have heard regarding that project in retrospect is stylistic in nature. From the perspective of what is the architecture of that building, it is a very modernist kind of building. The drawings indicated a very clean design, if you will, a - design that expressed the nature of the specific materials in that design, and I think that the majority of the Committee was very pleased with the direction based on the drawings... In retrospect as we heard some concerns and visited the completed building, there were a number of concerns that all of us shared, in terms of the execution of the design. Some of the areas that really didn't show up on the drawings were of concern, how some of the materials were detailed and actually constructed made them come off much more cheaply than what they appeared to be in the conceptual drawings. The execution of the landscaping was not nearly as effective as it appeared from the drawings.... (Two months ago) the applicant came back in for some additions to build an automatic teller window, and we were able to use that opportunity to talk to the applicant regarding upgrading the landscaping, about reworking and modifying some of the construction details in terms of some of the overhangs... We felt that during this recent process we may be able to augment sorne of the major concerns that we had in looking at the completed building. To address the issue of the style and the character of the design, the Committee Members can speak for themselves, but what I heard at Committee meetings was a very strong affirmation of the design concept." Planning Commissioner Garcia said the key issue that engendered so much opposition to the proposed Iw,\lsiQ¡¡ at 2150 Roosevelt was the desire to keep free parking on the Petrini's parking lot for the library, and soccer and baseball games. He - SPECIAL CITY COUNCILIPLANNING COMMISSION STUDY SESSION OCTOBER20,1997 STUDY SESSION MEETING MINUTES MINUTE BOOK NO. 55 PAGE 11 Page No. 595