BOOK 21_1946-09-23 to 1948-08-09

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200. MINUTES OF ADJOURNED MEETING REDWOOD CITY COUNCIL j JUNE 9, 1947 9:00 P. M. ON PDLL CALL the following were present: Councilman Carl A. Britsohgi, Floyd D. Granger, H. E. Holmquist, Arthur V. Swift, William M. Werder, Mayor W. W. Hilton and City Clerk R. S. Dodge. Also present were: City Manager E. W. Blom, City Attorney Cuthbert B. Currie, City Engineer C. L. Longson, Fire Chief J. L. Lodi, City Collector Paul E. Perrin, Assistant Engineer H. L. Winter. Absent: Councilman George W. McNulty, MAYOR HILTON EXPLAINED THAT THIS WAS A MEETING CALLED FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSIDERING THE ANNEXATION OF PROPERTY KNOWN AS THE PIKE PROPERTY, City Attorney Currie present- ed an affidavit of publication of the resolution calling for a public hearing on this matter and the affidavit was ordered filed on motion of Councilman Werder, seconded by Councilman Granger. Motion passed unanimously. City Manager Blom advised that he had requested City Engineer Longson to prepare an analysis in regard to the effect this annexation would have on the present sewer system of the city. City Engineer Longson advised that he believed the main difficulty was in providing for the lower elevation rather than the high elevation and that this condition was caused by the accumulation of small annexations to the city over a period of years which has caused a congested condition in the lower areas. He believed the installation of several trunk lines and intercepting lines to carry the sewage to the sewage plant would relieve the condition and did not believe that the system would be overloaded by the new annexation provided the whole system was eventually overhauled. Councilman Werder asked if it would not be necessary to eventually overhaul the system regardless of whether this area " was annexed or not. City Engineer Longson replied that it would be. Mayor Hilton asked if this area would assume any part of the cost of the sewage disposal plant for which bonds were voted in 1944. City Manager Blom advised that the subdivider of this tract could be asked, and by agreement could, assume his share of the bonded indebtedness of the city. In lieu of this, he explained that the bond issue for the sewage treatment plant was based on the idea of en- acting a sewage service charge under which the people in this area as well as those in the rest of the city would pay a sewage service charge sufficient to pay the principal and interest of the bonds for the plant and no taxes would be levied for that portion of the bond issue. Mayor Hilton asked if water could be served to this area. City Manager Blom replied that with the exception of two or three acres in the upper part of the tract that the area can be seved from the present reservoir. It will be neces- sary for the subdivider in the tract to install the water mains. In the upper ! portion of the tract, it -will be necessary to furnish water from the Emerald int i Lake reservoir. ■i i ■d Attorney James O'Keefe appeared before the Council in behalf of the owner of the �l Pike property and submitted for the records of the Council a certificate of the County Clerk under his seal certifying that there are no nore than two qualified electors in the area known as the Pike property. He asked if there were any written protests on file from persons who own any property that appears on the last equalized assessment rolls of San Mateo County in the area to be annexed.