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MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Dauber, seconded by Hubbard and passed unanimously by all members present to approve the minutes of the March 20, 1996 City Council Meeting with the following corrections: page 4, second motion should read: "...a minimum of 40' right of way, the improvements are in an acceptable condition and constructed to Town standards, and the residents want it to be public, the Town shall accept the road as public." and page 6, Item 9.2, paragraph should read: "Casey stated that she believed the Council should carefully analyze each bill and its direct affect on the Town before taking a position on it. Councilmembers commented that the Town should not be reviewing legislation that did not have a direct impact on the Town. Furthermore, when appropriate the Santa Clara County Cities Association should be used as a lobbying organization for certain legislation." 4.8 Award of Contract for Construction of Robleda Road Retaining Wall Project -- Reso # The City Attorney recommended that the Council not authorize the additional $6,000 for inspection services to be provided by the Town Geologist, William Cotton and Associates because of certain provisions in the proposed contract which were not acceptable and needed to be clarified. MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Siegel, seconded by Casey and passed unanimously by all members present to adopt Resolution #21-96 awarding the contract for the Robleda Road Retaining Wall Project to Power Engineering Contractors for an amount of $239,000 and to authorize an additional $5,000 if necessary for any potential modifications or change orders. 5. UNFINISHED BUSINESS 5.1 Use of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Funds Council reviewed the Planning Director's staff report on this subject which included the status of CDBG funding options. It appeared the CDBG staff supported the use of these monies within the Town but if this was not the proposal then the monies should be returned to the CDBG "pool" for funding projects of Countywide interest. Janet Stone, MidPen Housing Coalition, explained their project for developmentally disabled housing in Palo Alto and the funding that was needed. She did comment that if the North County CDBG monies went back to the "pool" there was no guarantee that the money would come back to the North County for projects here. Stan Perry, 2020 Cowper, was a member of the parent group that went to MidPen Housing Coalition to look for programs and housing for the developmentally disabled. He noted that this was a wonderful program and one that served the residents April 17, 1996