The council voted 4-3 to direct its Finance Committee to find a way to fund the Roth Building through a combination of Stanford funds and impact fees. By the same vote, with Cormack, Filseth and Tanaka dissenting, the council also supported including in the city s capital improvement plan the completion of the Charleston-Arastradero streetscape project. At prior meetings, council members had supported splitting the remaining portion of the project into two phases and deferring the second phase to future years.
Much like at prior meetings on the city budget, the council heard from residents who opposed the cuts in Shikada s budget. Some urged the council to restore funding for Children s Theatre or Art Center. Others, including Eileen Kim, called on members to rethink its proposal to slash in half the number of crossing guards at local intersections. Kim noted that some of the crossing guards are stationed at multilane streets with large traffic volumes, including Alma Street, Embarc
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