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CITY ATTORNEY REPORT ON SIGN ORDINANCE. City Attorney reported that this ordinance had been discussed by Assistant City Attorney Lebsack and Councilman Royer and it has been impossible to get all the people together to agree on what they want in the ordinance. Councilman Royer stated that Mr. Lebsack had told him that he just did not have time to work on the ordinance. Mayor Herkner suggested that the Council sit down with a few of the people interested in this matter and attempt to draw up the ordinance. The Mayor set this for a study meeting, date and time to be announced. INTRODUCE ORDINANCE RELATING TO CLASSIFICATION "FIRE DEPARTMENT ELECTRICIAN". Councilman Granger offered ..ter introduction of the ordiance, seconded by Councilman Royer and carried on roll call. RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING NO PARKING ZONES MAIN STREET NEAR CHESTNUT STREET. Councilman Granger offered RESOLUTION 1965 ESTABLISHING "NO PARKING"' ZONE ON PORTIONS OF MAIN STREET NEAR CHESTNUT STREET and moved its adoption, seconded by Councilman Britschgi and carried on roll call. Councilman Spillers being noted absent. CITY ENGINEER RECOMMENDED ACCEPTANCE OF SVMSON COMPANY CHANNEL IMPROVEMENT SUBJECT TO CORRECTION of any defects in materials and workmanship which might appear within one year from date of acceptance. Councilman Royer moved acceptance of the project, seconded by Councilman Grange and carried. GLENFAIR SUBDIVISION, FINAL MAP. City Engineer submitted the following report which was read by the Clerk: The Final Map of Glenfair Subdivision, an 8 -lot subdivision at the southerly end of Roble Avenue, has been completed. A satisfactory performance bond, improvement agreement, plans, specifications and other documents required by the subdivision ordinance,have been furnished the City. Apparently through an oversight, there has been no official action by the City Council, approving this Final Map. On June 28 and July 5, 1955, the Redwood City Planning Commission and the City Council approved this map subject to various conditions, including the requirement that a cash contribution of $200 per lot be made to the City to apply toward a future storm drainage system. On July 25 we recommended that approval of this map be withheld until a satis- factory drainage system had been developed, in lieu of the $200 per lot -deposit, based upon the fact that overall drainage system in this area had been requested, or could be anticipated for several years, and it would not seem justified to hold ach deposits for an indefinite period unless a drainage system would be constructed in the foreseeable future. The City Council ordered the City Engineer to withhold his signature on the Final Map until drainage was satisfactorily provided. On August 1, this was again discussed by the City Council, and the matter held over for one week for further study by a committee. The only motion made at that meeting was that the City agree to pay 75% of the cost of a water main Roble Avenue, extending to Carlos Avenue, and requiring that the subdivider install necessary drainage facilities before this water line is installed. A meeting of City representatives and the subdivider's representatives was held August 10, at which time it was decided that a reasonable number of properly constructed dry wells would probably be satisfactory until such time as a permanent underground storm sewer system is installed in the area. It was decided to require three dry wells, each a minimum of 45 feet in depth, with an overflow drain to serve during peak storm periods. We were later advised that the overflow facilities were objected to by the owner of adjacent property, so the subdivider agreed to install an additional two dry wells, making a total of five. Inasmuch as this seems to be a reasonable solution for all but extreme flood conditions, pending installation of a complete storm drainage system in the area, and to allow the subdivider to make reasonable use of the property, we would recommend that the City Council now approve this Final Map subject to the following conditions: 1. Subdivider to install five (5) dry wells, properly interconnected, and as shown on plans and specifications. 2. City to waive the previous $200 per lot requirement for future storm drainage .�..r facilities. It should be of record that this is not to establish a precedent for any future subdivisions, where it can be reasonably expected that storm drainage facilities would be installed within the foreseeable future. It should also be understood and noted of record that the future o,, -hers WON of property in this subdivision will be subject to assessment for their share of any future assessments for permanent storm drainage system in WON* this area, and that this temporary installation will not relieve them of any such obligation. Councilman Britschgi stated that he could not understand the reasoning of the dry wells especially after the City Engineer declared they had no value in the Kentfield, Palm, etc. district. City Engineer Jain stated that during the last storm this property did not create a water drainage problem to the area. He went into further detail and explained his reasoning for the dry wells in this particular _. nn� p�,urpil i�i.�f ail li iii 1 .iii, �, '� rva .. .. - .� i ,„. �... m+rrosn+iae W�In iilpil lJII SII ilii d�6 I' ,i,