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MINUTE ORDER <br /> CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br /> November 18, 1996 <br /> MO. 96-285 <br /> <br />CITY CLERK DEPARTMENT <br />Redwood City <br /> <br />DATE: November 21, 1996 <br /> <br />Attention: City Manager <br /> City Attorney <br /> Council <br /> Community Development Director <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Funds for the Whipple Avenue Grade Separation Project (100) <br /> <br />Meeting of the Council oftbe City of Redwood City on November 18, 1996. <br /> <br />Present: Councilmembers Buchan, Howard, La Berge, Leipzig, Ruskin <br /> and Mayor Hartnett <br /> <br />Absent: Claire <br /> <br />The following motion was made, carried and entered on the Minutes: <br /> <br /> M/S: LEIPZIG/BUCHAN TO REQUEST STAFF EXPLORE THE WHIPPLE <br /> AVENUE GRADE SEPARATION PROJECT AND THE FUNDING BOTH FROM <br /> THE STATE AND THE MEASURE A FUNDS; AND HOW THOSE FUNDS CAN <br /> AND CANNOT BE USED <br /> <br /> Cooneilman Roskin 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 <br /> not find out several years from now, that it is needed and the cost has escalated. <br /> <br /> Mayor Pro Tern Howard said grade separations in the City should meet the goals <br /> established earlier: safety, traffic relief, improved aesthetics and opportunity for <br /> redevelopment. She said before the City commits to such a huge project, she would <br /> want assurances that there would be a big impact on aesthetics and opportunity for <br /> redevelopment. Mayor Pre Tern Howard acknowledged the grade separation would <br /> not eliminate traffic problems and she expressed concern about the effects of raised <br /> tracks dividing neighborhoods and causing noise pollution. She expressed her support <br /> for transportation funds to be used to alleviate traffic problems throughout the City. <br /> <br /> MOTION CARRIED BY UNANIh,IOUS VOICE VOTE. <br /> <br /> <br />