BOOK 17_1933-01-03 to 1938-12-29

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292 i 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. j Yours very truly, REDWOOD CITY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE (signed) Roscoe D. Wyatt, Secretary -Manager• i n Mr. Wyatt supplemented the letter by personal comment that a Pagent or celebration f I 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 -F 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 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 Cityy pay annually to said property owners an amount equal to four (4) 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 I� 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 D Lot 6 of Redwood City Harbor Company lands; owner, Valley Coast and Warehouse Company and containing 10 Acres. Parcel 2: Lots 7 and S of Redwood City Harbor Company Lands;.owner Geo. A. Merrill (Bubblestone Company) and containing 42 acres. Parcel :J: 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 2-z acres. Parcel 9: 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; PPP owner Redwood City Harbor Company, and containing 24 Acres. Na �r 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 Irl: t a 1