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292 This celebration would not , it is felt , dispose of the necessity for an event to which prospective port users would be invited to view the facilities offered. Yours very truly , REDWOOD CITY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ( signed) Roscoe D. Wyatt , Secretary-Manager Mr. Wyatt supplemented the letter by personal comment that a Pagent or celebration would not reach prospective users of the port , intimating that the proposed expendi - ture of $2 , 700 for a Pageant might prove unprofitable . Councilman Eva , seconded by Councilman Fletcher , proposed that the City contribute $1 , 000 toward the expense of the Celebration provided there were satisfactory assurance that the balance of the $2 , 700 would be raised. Carried. Committee , consisting of Mayor McCarthy , E . B . Hinman , President of the Port Commission , and City Manager , Dimmi tt , made report on acquisition. of Harbor Lands. The Committee recommended that the City Attorney be instructed to prepare and have executed leases , as agreed with the property owners , as follows : Lease , with option to buy at the stipulated price of $1 , 500 per acre , for a term of ten years , provided that the City of Redwood City pay annually to said property owners an amount equal to four ( ) per cent of the agreed purchase price during the term of the lease , and that the City pay the taxes on said property during the term of the lease . The following lands are involved: ( The various acreages given herewith are subject to corrections in that they include a 40 foot width of Right-of-way which has been previously deeded to Southern Pacific Company . ) Parcel I : Lot 6 of Redwood City Harbor Company lands ; owner , Valley Coast and Warehouse Company and containing 10 Acres . Parcel 2 : Lots 7 and g of Redwood City Harbor Company Lands; owner Geo . A. Merrill (Bubblestone Company) and containing acres . Parcel a: Lot 9 of Redwood City Harbor Company Lands ; owner , James M. Eva , and containing 3 acres . Parcel 4: A tract of land to be described by courses and distances , the detailed description thereof being omitted from the report , adjoining and southerly of Lot 9 hereinabove mentioned; owner , Redwood City Realty Company and containing 2i acres . Parcel a: A tract of land to be described by courses and distances , omitted from this report , adjoining and southerly of the herein- above mentioned Parcel 4; owner , Beeger Tanning Company and containing 2 acres . Parcel 6, A tract of land to be described by courses and distances omitted from this report , lying between Parcel 5 hereinabove mentioned and the 31 Acre Yacht Harbor Parcel owned by the City ; owner Redwood City Harbor Company , and containing 24 Acres . On motion of Councilman Fletcher , seconded by Councilman Christensen , the City Attorney was instructed according to the recommendation of the Committee with the proviso that the leases , if possible , contain clause permitting cancellation of lease on one year ' s notice. The Attorney was also authorized to get from Title Company report as to owners and encumbrances if any. In connection with a proposed ordinance requiring dogs to be on leash when not on owner ' s