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302 the Attorney for the District and the Director of Public Works , after which the public hearing was continued to this time to allow the property owners to ne - gotiate with a contractor for construction of the imprevementsby direct contract , rather than by formation of the Improvement District . City Manager stated Staff recommends that Council continue this public hearing for a period of two weeks as property owners had received a bid for this im - provement work which was acceptable to them and to theCity , and continuance would allow time for drafting of documents to permit construction in a public right -of -way , Mr . R . A . Torrey , 44 Bel Air Way , representing property owners concerned , affirmed statements of City Manager in that two bids had been received by them , one for $ 7 , 620 and one for $ 7 , 975 for these improvements . He also advised signed statements were in his possession from all property owners involved in this proposed improvement area stating their understanding that con- tract would be on a cash basis and they would be will - ing to deposit sum needed within ten days of call . He also advised Council that he and Mr . Frank were go - ing to participate in a full share of costs , based on Council ' s previous statement of intent . Councilmen Petersen moved to continue public hearing for two weeks (April 28th ) , seconded by Councilman Keckley and carried ( MINUTE ORDER #69-62 ) . Strategic Consolidation Sewerage Plan ( SCSP) Councilman Arnett moved to adopt RESOLUTION NO , 5953 APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT FOR FINANCING OF ENGINEERING SERVICES - STRATEGIC CONSOLIDATION SEWERAGE PLAN, seconded by Councilman Keckley . In reply to question as to City ' s degree of commitment by this action , City Manager advised approval of this Joint Powers Agreement commits the City only to the extent that a similar action is also taken by the Councils of San Carlos and Belmont to participate in this Joint Powers Agreement for engineering services Phase #1 . He stated the other Joint Powers Agreement which had been referred to in a previous report would cover the creation of an administrative authority which will provide administrative control for SCSP under separate action at a later date . He advised letters were on file from both the Regional Water Quality Control Board and Bay Delta staff stating this consolidated sewerage plan as being com- menced is compatible with the Bay Delta plan , if it comes into being . In reply to questions as to further details on plan proposed , and whether degree of treatment proposed meets requirements for a possible Federal Grant , City Manager replied engineering services at this point applied only to plans and specifica - tions for the first phase of proposed consolidated program , for transporting wastes from existing plants of Redwood City , Belmont and San Carlos to deep water channel through Redwood Peninsula , and that City had received several indications that we do qualify on treatment for a Federal Grant , but a higher degree of treat- ment will be required at a later date . In reply to question as to reason for proposed line containing a job instead of proceeding in a straight line , City Manager advised the change proposed is to locate line basically within parkway of Redwood Shores to circumvent the Brod prop- erty and costly sloughs therein . He warned that the plans and specifications must bm 1.# '69