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357 #59-166), seconded by Councilman Herkner and carried. P. C. A. LETTER CONCERNING AUDITORIUM. The Mayor read the.f ollowing letter: Referring to our recent meeting, enclosed is a copy of our original proposal which was submitted to your office sometime ago. To bring this more up to date there is approximately 11.1.61 acres (less provision for streets) available for an auditorium site and apprcximately 18.01 acres (less provision for streets and Boat Harbor Facilities) available for sale. It is not possible at this time to determine the amount that could be realized from the sale of the available property but a conservative esti- LW would be about $3759000.00. Based on the above it would appear that the Peninsula Celebration Association would be in a position to have available approximately $250,000.00 cash, plus the acres necessary f or the auditorium and small boat harbor facilities. The other conditions of our proposal would remain the same except that if an auditorium was C constructed of sufficient size so that the P. C. A. would not require any additional fac- ilities, then the approximately 30 acres on the Eastside of Bayshore would be offered for b" sale and the proceeds used for the Auditorium Development. 0 PWR n It is necessary, to determine promptly if the City of Redwood is interested in the above as any sale of the property would be subject to the site being developed along the lines sug- gested by Mr. Wilkerson. Councilman Rosselli moved that the City Manager be requested to determine the cast of hiring a firm to investigate the size of auditorium and make feasibility study (MINUTE CRDER #59-167), seconded by Councilman Spillers and carried. REPORT OF LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE CONCERAING A. B. 607, providing for compulsory collective bargaining of public employees. The following report and recommendation was read by the Clerk: At the last session of the State Legislature, A ssembly Bill 607 was introduced providing for compulsory collective bargaining and compulsory arbitration in the field of wages, salaries, hours, and working conditions of all public employees* The bill provided that whenever a majority of public employees in any unit appropriate for collective bargaining indicate a de- sire to be represented by a given labor organization, the employing public agency is obligated to enter into a written contract with the accredited representative of the employees govern- ing the conditions of employment. In the event any dispute with reference to wages, sala ries, hours, or working conditions, arises, which is not resolved by negotiation, either the employing agency or the labor organization may submit the dispute to arbitration and the decision of the majority, of the arbitration board shall be final and governing. The arbitration board is composed of two representatives of the employer and two representatives of labor, with the provision,for the appointment of a fifth member by agreement or through the State Department of Industrial Relations. At the last legislative session the bill was referred to the Assembly Interim Committee on Industrial Relations and this committee will hold hearings concerning the bill in Los Angeles on November 29th and 30th, and at San Francisco on November 19th and 20th. The League of California Sities has indicated that they will appear at the hearing in San Francisco and present a statement in opposition to such legislation. The League has also indicated that they are of the opinion that other city officials might wish to make additional statements. After considering this bill and investigating the effects it might have upon the City of Red- wood City, especially with reference to emergency service pers:nnel such as police and fire- men, it is the unanimous opinion and recommendation of your Legislative Committee that the Council should adopt a resolution supporting the position of the League of California Cities in opposition, and forward copies of the same to the League of California Cities for use in support of their presentation. Councilman Weymouth moved adoption of RESOLUTION NO. 2889 ENDORSING THE POSITION OF THE LEAGUE OF CAL- IFORNIA CITIES IN OPPOSITION TO A. B. 607 RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING BY PUBLIC EMPLOYEES, seconded by Councilman Granger. Councilman Fields objected to taking action at this time and wanted time to study the question further. Councilman Granger withdrew his second. Councilman Rosselli seconded the motion when Councilman Weymouth stated -that he had not withdrawn his motion. The motion carried with Council - Fields voting no. COM9MICA,TIONS: Councilman Spillers moved that Councilman Granger and Rosselli be allowed to -represent the City of Redwood City at the Industrial Development dinner on October 27th, seconded by Councilman Herkner and carried.