BOOK 26_1955-11-28 to 1957-06-17

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request, seconded by Councilman Stout and carried.' COUNTY MANAGER REGARDING PROPOSED GARBAGE AND REFUSE DISPOSAL DISTRICT. Councilman Britschgi stated that this is a controversial problem and this should be turned over to the City Attorney ,for study. Councilman Stout asked that the letter be read. The Clerk read the letter. Councilman Royer moved that this be turned over to the City Attorney and City Manager and the Mayor be requested to have a study meeting as soon as possible and the City Clerk to notify the County Manager as to what the Council intends to do, seconded by Councilman Spillers and carried. RECOMMENDATIONS AND SUGGESTIONS, COUNCILMEN AND DEPARTMENT HEADS. Councilman Stout read the following report on annexation and subdivision charges. ANNEXATION - SUBDIVISION CHARGES - Par+ II Since January 9th last when I submitted to the Council a report or paper on Annexation - Subdivision Charges considerable interest has been shown by various groups and residents of Redwood City. This interest no doubt hinges about many questions concerning this type of charge. People are wondering - what are these charges - the'reasons for them - how will it • effect them - if they are a resident or they plan to build a new home 'or if they plan to annex to Redwood City, what will these charges mean to them? And further, what will the money so collected be used for? Will it go directly into the General Fund, thus having a direct effect on the tax rate? Or will this money be set up in a specific fund and used exclusively for Capital Improvements? I personally feel it is encumbent on the City Council to be quite specific what these charges, if and when executed, are for, the reasons for them and how the money so collected is to be spent. i It is therefore the intent of this report to answer some of these questions as I see them to summarize the thing thus far. To date we have received several reports on the subject, one requested from the City Manager, one from our Planning Advisor, Mr. Larry Wise and two from Oddstad Homes, including the one just received last Wednesday. The reports submitted by Mr. Rolison and Mr. Wise sets forth the reasons for annexation - subdivision charges and the City Manager has recommended that the council adopt a charge of $168.00 or somewhere near that figure proposed in Mr. Wisers 'report. P. In our study session in November, called for the express purpose of studying the report r prepared by Mr. Wise, the Council informally agreed that some sort of annexatio-subdivision f� charge legislation should be enacted. However the amount was still in question. I suggested 4� One hundred -fifty dollars (6150.00) per dwelling unit be adopted as itwas slightly under (by ' $18.00) the figure of 6168.00 proposed in Mr. Wisers report. f Using this figure hypothetically on a home with a twenty year loan the charge would amount to 62.5 cen-us per month. Such a figure would be a negligble amount in a home -buyers monthly payment. I would now like to apply this figure of $150.00 against the family dwellings built in the five years from 1951 through 1955. These figures were obtained from the building inspec- tors office. The number of family dwellings includes in addition to single dwellings, • duplexes, triplexes, apartments and motels. A - S $150 Cost/Unit Total Units. Value Charge at $.625/mo 1951 1116 $9,05.450 $167,400 $6971-50 1952 768 6,455.000 115,200 480.00 1953 663 4,949,800 99,45o 414.38 1954 645 4,667,005 . 96,600 402.50 1955 357 2,4883543 53,350 223.13 3549 $27,605,798 $532,000 $2217.51 If for convenience we consider one cent (1¢) of the tax rate to average $8,000 for these five years we find the charges for - 1951 $167.400 equal to .21 of tax rate 1952 115p200 n n .14 it it n 1953 99.450 " if .124 it it rt ' 1954 96.600 n It .12 tt it tr 1955 53.350 it .067 tt it rr ' 3 That is if such funds were to go into the General Fund and thus used, reduce the tax rate. U pm The total units 3,549, built in the years 1951 thru 1955 indicates the sugged increase in Redwood City's growth and (that yet to come) is putting a strain on our city's ability to keep pace in our Capital Improvement without extending our tax rate ever upward. It is true however that these new homes mean greater city income but the operating expenses keeps climbing also. Capital Improvements - I can only repeat what I mentioned in my other report as capital improvements. Police and Fire Protection Library extension Park and Recreation Development ` Flood Control