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16® LETTER Honorable City Council Redwood City, California Re: Kensington Square Improvement District Gentlemen: I have gone over the proposed Kensington Square Improvement District with a representative of a bonding company in San Francisco that specializes in the purchase of municipal improvement bonds. Due to the fact that this area at the present time contains such a large' percentage of unimproved property, it As very doubtful whether this district coulc stand the assessment for full street improvements, which would probably amount to approximately $1200 per average 50 foot lot. The bonding company advises that the property as it now stands would probably not justify bonds of more than $400 per lot without the property owners paying an excessive bond discount, unless the City desired to perform the work under the 1915 Act procedure whereby the City guarantees the bonds. A further study of the project, and of the petitions originally submitted., indicates the following: 1. Percentage of ownership for full improvements - - - - - - - 53.6, 2. Percentage of ownership for sanitary sewers only - - - - - - 69.60 . Estimated cost of full street improvements - - - - - - - - $260,000 . Estimated cost of sanitary sewers, storm drains, and culverts 80,000 5. Number of lots affected - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- 215 6. Lineal feet of frontage assessable - - - - - - - - - - - - - 16,200 7. Estimated cost per average lot for full improvements 19200 8.• Estimated cost per average lot for sewers, storm drains, and culverts - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --- 400 It is recommended that this project be reduced to include sanitary sewers, storm sewers, 'and culverts at an estimated cost of $80,000 and that the project be started as soon as possible. Plans and specifications are practically complete and bonstruction should be started sometime in June. It is further recommended that we continue with right-of-way acquisition for widening of both Jefferson Avenue and Alameda de las Pulgas in order to take advantage of all the work that has been done to date and secure this right-of-way before additional homes are built. All right-of-way acquisition costs will be borne from Gas Tax funds. Very truly yours, GLENN M. JAIN City Engineer GMJ : a.Mc cc: E. A. Rolison C. B..Currie Residents proptested the condition of streets and desired immediate relief though 144 of a temporary nature. After considerable discussion points brought out were that after the sewers'were in, the second issue of, bonds would be more salable, and in two or three weeks after the sewer project was commenced the residents could apply for street improvements; fire protection would be provided this summer; police protection was provided at the present time. It was understood that the residents would request street improvements as the project progressed. MR. MORRIS B. LUNDBECK APPEARED AND REQUESTED PERMISSION TO ERECT NEON SIGN AT FIVE ELM POINTS DRIVE-IN. This was denied on recommendation of the Planning Commission and Traffic Fact -Finding Committee. Mr. Lundbeck applied again for a permit with the stipulation that the sign would be 75 feet from the street, or highway. It was to be blue and white. It was moved by!Councilman Holmquist that he make a new appli- cation to the ,Planning Commission and include this information, seconded by Coun- cilman Morgan, and carried. SELF -SERV GAS STATIONS. Councilman Swift, Chairman of this committee reported that the committee had met with the attorneys and they had decided to turn this over to City Attorney Currie, who drew up several skeleton ordinances. Ordinances had been presented by the two attorneys who had appeared before the committee. Fire Chief Lodi would attend the National Fire Protection Association, May 16th, 17th and 18th