BOOK 18_1939-01-03 to 1942-08-10

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I!� All ordinances shall be signed by the President, or Vice - President of the Board, and attested by the Secretary. A certified copy of each ordinance adopted by the Board shall be forthwith filed with the City Clerk, and the City Clerk shall keep a record and index thereof which shall at all times be open to public inspection. That section 47e of the Charter of the City of Redwood City be amended to read as follows, to -wit: Section 47e. ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS: All proceedings for the acquisition of real property by purchase, condemnation or otherwise, or the granting of any lease longer than one (1) year, the fixing, regulating and altering schedules of rates, dockage, wharfage, tolls and charges for all public oined docks, piers, wharves, slips and other facilities, and for service rendered by the Port Depart- ment, and the adoption of all general rules and regulations of the Port Commission excepting administrative regulations of a temporary nature, shall be done by ordinance or resolution as determined by the Port Commission. • That Section 45 of the Charter of the' City of Redwood City be amended to read as follows,'to-wit: Section 49. HARBOR LANDS: All tidelands and submerged lands within the port area, whether filled or unfilled, now owned or hereafter acquired by the City of Redwood City are hereby declared to be required "r for use for purposes in connection with or for the promotion and accom- modation of commerce, navigation or fishery, and shall, except as herein t provided continue to be withheld for such purposes. It shall be unlaw- ful to grant, sell, convey, alienate, transfer or otherwise dispose of, except as herein, provided, any part of, or any interest in waterfront, tidelands, submerged lands, or appurtenances thereto belonging, owned, controlled, possessed or held by the City of Redwood City in the Port Area; provided that grants of such land may be made to the State of California or to the United States of America for public purposes when authorized by a majority vote'of the qualified voters of the city voting i upon the question of authorizing any such grant at an election, or upon a vote of five -sevenths (5/7) of the Council of said City, or four-fifths 4 (4/5) of the Port Commission of said city in case said Port Commission has jurisdiction thereof; and provided, further, that any lands owned or controlled by the Port Commission of the City of Redwood City and lying easterly of Harbor Boulevard may be sold as provided by the Charter of the City of Redwood City for the selling of property within said City by said Council or by said Port Commission. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Red- wood City that the following tvo questions or proposals shall be and are hereby submitted to the voters of the City of Redwood City for their determination at said general municipal election to be held on the 9th day of April, 1940, to -wit': Shall the City Council of the City of Redwood City enact an ordinance to provide for a classified civil service, also known as the merit system, for the appointment and promotion of city officials and employees? ' YES ' [ NO , Shall the City Council of the City of Redwood City make an ordinance to provide a retirement system for city officials and employees? YES NO '�i 15.7