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131 majority of those in the service area lived within the City limits. He reviewed the various statistics in the tabulation as to percentage in several income categories, a breakdown by age and sex, numbers of households under varying types of welfare assistance, etc. Staff is in support of the Application for Federal grant, he said, which must be filed by some public body. It was his understanding this would be done by Redwood City, and felt it was reasonable to expect that the County would join in the effort. Without County participation, he added, the program would be handicapped. It is hoped to file the application, now in process of preparation, by the end of the month, should Council agree to proceed. Questions from Council were invited, and in this discussion it was learned that the Federal Government would contribute a maximum of 2/3 rds of the cost of site ac- quisition and building development, with the remaining one-third guaranteed by the local agencies involved. The matter of County participation was also discussed, with indications there was no definite commitment, and it was questioned whether the matter would need to be considered by the Board of Supervisors prior to the end of this month in order to meet the deadline, or proceed alone with the expectation of County participation after submittal of the application. It was indicated by Mayor Bury that encouraging preliminary discussions had been held with the County Manager's office, but it was suggested their ultimate intentions were broader in scope. It was not expected that a resolution of support from the County would come before the intended date of application. The matter of need for plans and specifi- cations, as well as an estimate of costs, was questioned by Councilman Keckley, particularly in view of the possibility of the City carrying the project alone. The Planning Director felt that a reasonable estimate would be between $350,000 and $400,000, of which the local share would amount to one-third. City Attorney then stated he would like to exercise his prerogative to issue caveat, since some of the matters touched upon indicate the application would ultimately have to be reviewed from the City's legal standpoint. In expenditure of Municipal funds raised by the tax process, and in view of the fact that the discussion involved areas outside the City limits, the legal limitations would have to be reviewed. He recognized compliance of the mandatory Federal requirement to conduct a survey; how- ever, there were also City requirements to be considered, including a number of undetermined items that would have to be resolved, one of which was the question of County participation. Responding to question regarding the location of the facilities, the Planning Director acknowledged that the site being considered is outside the City limits, but adjacent to it, and suggested that annexation might be considered. There is no firm commit- ment for any particular site, however. Mayor Bury noted that in the early discus- sions with the County, their Manager and Planning staffs had indicated willingness