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97 Chief Building Official informed Council that about three months ago his Department began posting information cards on all new homes in Redwood City, as well as Redwood Shores, which furnishes data on the functions of the Building and Planning Departments, and felt this would aid in providing avenues of communication for new home owners. There was discussion concerning the portions of the dike which did not meet the Corps' standard of 1:1 safety factor. City Manager indicated that there has been nothing physically done to the dikes to arrive at the Corps of Engineers standards; however, City has been working with DMJM and their technical staff to review the methods for arriving at these conclusions. Core samples of the levees have been provided to the Corps of Engineers, together with the additional information, and they are replotting and running calculations through a computer to determine if there are any areas where improvement might result because of increased information available. Mr. Caryl felt it should be pointed out that the original Corps report to FHA did not speak to the entire system along Steinberger Slough, which does meet the 1:1 criteria. He added that curious results are obtained from applying these criteria in the case of bay mud. Class 1 analysis to determine this factor of safety seems to work well in steep slopes, but when data on bay mud was run through the computer, the results did not correspond with what physically happened. City Manager advised Council that in the area next scheduled for secondary fill in Steinberger Slough, it is intended to direct DMJM to commence engineering drawings for this reclamation. This is a Leslie participation —J project, and no outlay will be made of District funds, other than plans and specifications. Will have an inventory under construction of 540 building sites, which, if building resumed at rate prior to project shutting down, would result in this inventory being used by August, 1971. If sites to be ready to move onto and commence building program and Leslie Properties to do what they are committed to do, it will be necessary to take advantage of down time to do preliminary engineering. He concluded that everything isbeing done to move the situation which he felt is progressing well. He noted there are some problems with contractors due to wet weather conditions, particularly in the Bridge area, where mud being tracked onto paved areas, but steps have been taken, and vill continue, to keep the roads cleared for residents already there. At this point, Kenneth Helms, indicating he was spokesman for "Citizens for Community Control of Police", requested consideration of an unsigned communication. Mayor Bury stated he had the correspondence referred to, without signature, and that the matter would be handled in the same manner as with other communications. It was pointed out that unsigned correspondence is not acceptable.