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

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178 The Clerk of the City of Redwood City is hereby ordered and direct- ed to post a notice of said work and improvements,together with plans, profiles, detailed drawings and specifications therefor, conspicuously for five days on or near the Council Chamber door of the Council of said City of Redwood City inviting sealed proposals or bids for doing the work and making the improvements ordered herein. Said City Clerk is i also ordered and directed to publish a notice inviting such sealed pro- posals or bids and referring to the plans, profiles, detailed drawings and specifications posted or on file for the period reo_uired by law in the Redwood City Tribune, a daily (except Sunday) newspaper of general i circulation published, printed and circulated in the City of Redwood City, and hereby designated for that purpose by the Council of said City. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that said sealed proposals or bids be pub- licly opened, examined and declared by the Council of said City of Red- wood City at the hour of 5:00 o'clock P.M. of Monday, the 17th day of June, 1940, and all bids must be filed with the Clerk of the Council of the City of Redwood City on or before such date and hour." With reference to Resolution of Intention No. 1940-2, Lexington Avenue Street work, affidavits of posting notices of improvement and affidavit of pub- lication of Resolution of Intention No. 1940-2 were on motion of Council- man Christensen, seconded by Councilman Werder, and carried, ordered filed. This being the time filing protests Mr. James A. Miller submitted a written pro- test of certain property owners in the assessment district proposed to be assessed for said work. After considerable discussion between Mr. Miller and the Council and one or two property owners, and in order to give the City Engineer time to compute the area of the property in the assessment district and the area of the property owned by the Protestants the further hearing in said matter was continued to June 17, 1940, at 5:00 o'clock P.M. on motion of Councilman Edmonds, seconded by Councilman Werder, and carried. The City Attorney made a report to the Council on petition of the Pacific Gas and Electric Company and order to show cause issued by the Railroad Com- mission of the State of California in the matter of the evaluation proceed- ings of the Pacific Gas and Electric Company's properties in Redwood City carried on during the years 1935, 1936 and 1937• Considerable discussion was had relative to closing of the agenda for Council meetings so that the Council and the public might know what matters were coming up at the meeting and on motion of Councilman Granger, seconded by Councilman Werder, and carried, the City Manager was directed to see that the agenda for all matters coming up at the regular meetings of the Council should close at 4:00 o'clock P.M. on the Friday preceding each of said meeting days and that the Clerk mail to each member of the Council and to the press a copy of said agenda so that the same would be received Saturday morning. The City Manager submitted to each Councilman a copy of the proposed budget for 1940-1941. W I I R, n