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<br /> " . - <br /> Council Members expressed their interest in retaining the Whipple Avenue Grade <br /> Separation funds for other transportation projects in the City. <br /> '----" Mayor Pro Tem Howard called upon those in the audience who wished to speak to this <br /> Issue. <br /> George McKibbon, 160 F street, Redwood City, said a grade separation at Hopkins made <br /> more sense than one at Whipple Avenue: The traffic at El Camino Real and Whipple was <br /> extremely hazardous and a grade separation would not help that traffic situation; There was <br /> room at Hopkins to depress the roadway and eliminate the need for a 15 foot high track <br /> which creates noise pollution; Closing Stafford would increase traffic on the alphabet <br /> streets; Fewer small businesses would be lost; and it would cost half as much as a grade <br /> separation on Whipple. <br /> Patricia Dixon, 16 Admiralty Place, Redwood City, said she had thought the Whipple <br /> Avenue Grade Separation project had been shelved, and expressed her concerns regarding <br /> the safety of raised tracks in earthquakes. She said the future of light rail along the <br /> peninsula was still a possibility and more study regarding traffic was needed before <br /> considering such a huge project.. <br /> Don Saye, 2121 Broadway, Redwood City, asked the Council to consider the negative <br /> impacts of such a huge project, and said it was essential to keep Stafford open. <br /> No one else wished to speak. <br /> ~ <br /> Councilwoman Buchan said that she and other Council members spent considerable time <br /> with staff on site studying the needs and impacts of a grade separation, and said it was <br /> obvious that the problem was traffic, not trains. She advised that the grade separation at <br /> Whipple would not help the traffic problem. <br /> MIS: BUCHANILEIPZIG TO DIRECT STAFF TO CEASE ACTIVITY ON A WHIPPLE <br /> AVENUE GRADE SEPARATION PROJECT AND EXPLORE ALTERNATIVE USES OF <br /> MEASURE A FUNDS. <br /> After Council discussion with the City Manager about how best to retain funds for <br /> transportation projects in the City, the motion was withdrawn. <br /> MINUTE ORDER NO. 96-284 <br /> MIS: LEIPZIGIBUCHAN TO REQUEST STAFF EXPLORE THE WHIPPLE AVENUE <br /> GRADE SEPARATION PROJECT AND THE FUNDING BOTH FROM THE STATE AND THE <br /> MEASURE A FUNDS; AND HOW THOSE FUNDS CAN AND CANNOT BE USED <br /> Councilman Ruskin expressed his support for the motion and for moving slowly and <br /> carefully to do it right. He said it was important to make the right decision now, and not <br /> '-' fmd out several years from now, that it is needed and the cost has escalated. <br /> REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MINUTE BOOK NO. 55 NOVEMBER 18, 1996 <br /> MINUTES Page No. 031 PAGE 9 <br />