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TRANSPORTATION BUDGET The Executive Director of Public Services explained staffing of the Transportation Department, capital funding areas and signal improve- ment plans for the 1984-85 fiscal year. He also explained that traf- fic signals in the entire City were scheduled to be computerized by the end of the first quarter of 1985. The Executive Director high- lighted major projects planned for the fiscal year, including but not limited to, establishment of a Parking Authority, completion of the Transportation Center, slurry sealing, and curb and sidewalk improve- ments. Councilmembers discussed with the Director possible formation of an assessment district for landscaping and street lighting improvements, but no consensus was reached regarding proceeding with preliminary steps, pending a restrictive initiative on such districts to be con- sidered by the California voters in November. The City Manager indicated management of the Transportation Center either by the City or by contract would be a matter for future discussion by the Council. The Mayor expressed the opinion that the Transportation budget should include parking enforcement personnel for the Street Sweeping Program. The Executive Director indicated 30% of the operation of Transporta- tion Services was paid for from Gas Tax funds, while the remaining 70% was paid from the City's General Fund. Councilmembers discussed several other Tranportation projects, and Councilmember Griset requested that staff investigate the feasibility of extending Lincoln Street, both North and South, from Seventeenth Street. Councilmember McGuigan requested staff investigate operation of the median sprinklers on East First Street. At 1:53 p.m., the meeting was informally adjourned. eoi't Louncil' CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 272 JULY 7, 1984