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CITY COUNCIL MINUTES - April 16, 1975 APPOINTMENT TO PLANNING COPM9ISSION (cont'd): AYE: Councilmen Cheney, Helgesson, Mayor Grabowski NO: Councilwoman Miller ABSENT: Councilman McReynolds ABSTAIN: NONE Speaking from the Floor: Mr. John Ewing, Lupine Road: Presented petition to Council signed by neighbors in that area of Town who felt they would like to have a represent- ative on the Planning Commission for better representation. The petitions asked Council to consider the application of lir. J. Couperous, whom they felt well qualified to sit on that body. He said he did not want Council to feel that any pressure was being exerted on them because of the petitions, but only that they take this into consideration when an appointment was made. Councilman Cheney responded to Mr. Ewing, commenting that Council was con- sidering five well-qualified applicants for the vacancy, and he felt sure that whoever was appointed to the Commission would be fair in all matters which came before the Commission. He encouraged interested citizens to apply for vacancies as they occurred because the only way to have fair government was through citizen participation. G. NEW BUSINESS: Councilwoman Miller: Councilwoman Miller noted the opposition of the City of Palo Alto to a recent letter of Senator Alquist's endorsing the building of a new Dunbarton bridge. The Mayor requested that Councilwoman Duller make a copy of the article which had appeared in the paper available to him for consideration. H. ADJOURNMENT: Council adjourned to an Executive (Litigation) Session at 10:32, and re- convened at 10:50 to adjourn to an Executive Session on Thursday, April 24, 1975 for purposes of discussing litigation, and to an Adjourned Meeting on Wednesday, April 30, 1975 at 7:30 P.M. Respectfully submitted, Norma J. Hislop Deputy City Clerk -7-