BOOK 28_1960-07-25 to 1960-12-19

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47 RESOLUTION REQUESTING REMOVAL CF REAL PROPERTY ACQUIRED BY CITY OF REDWOOD CITY FROM COUNTY ASSESSMENT RCLLS AND CANCELLATION OF OUTSTANDING TAXES THEREON. Cancellation of taxes is requested on the parcels of property the City acquired for Jones Court, Regent Street and the Parking Lot. Councilman Royer moved adoption of RESOLUTION N0. 3250 REQUESTING REMOVAL OF REAL PROPERTY ACQUIRED BY CITY OF REDWOOD CITY FROM COUNTY ASSESSMENT ROLLS AND CANCELLATION CF OUTSTANDING TAXES THEREON, seconded by Councilman Herkner and carried unanimously on roll call, Councilman Fields being noted absent. Authorize City Engineer to prepare plans and specifications for proposed Utah, Midfield and Altamont Ways assessment district and advance preliminary engineering costs. Petition has been received, signed by 59% of the property owners. There are 83 parcels in this proposed district. Planning Commissioner Rambo requested that the City Engineer meet with the property owners affected when the plans have been completed. Councilman Royer moved to authorize the City Engineer to prepare plans and specifications 2 and the City Auditor to advance funds for payment of the preliminary engineering costs to be reimbursed from the assessment district (MINUTE ORDER #60-247)9 seconded by Councilman Granger and carried. Appointment to the Park and Recreation Commission was deleted from the agenda for lack of a full council. Request of Douglass and Woodhouse for ten working days extension, Jones Court improvements. Approval of t he bonding company has been received. This extension is recommended by t heCity Engineer due to unavoid- able water system delays (Friendly Acres Water Goo). Councilman Herkner moved to grant the extension as requested (MINUTE ORDER #60-248)j seconded by Councilman Rosselli and carried. Request by County Engineer for City participation in installation of traffic signals at the intersection of Marsh Road with Bohannon Drive in the unincorporated area, and Florence Street in Redwood City. The Traffic Bureau concurs in the need for traffic control signals at this intersection, and recommends that the City contribute one-third of the cost of the project from gas tax funds. The County wishes informal approval of the joint project at this time and will submit the necessary resolution at a' ' later date. Councilman Rosselli moved to accept the recommendation of the Traffic Bureau and grant conditional approval for City participation in the project (MINUTE ORDER #60-249), seconded by Coun- cilman Stehle and carried. COMMUNICATIONS: Karl A. Vol.lmayer, Librarian, announced that the tentative meeting in regard to library service in the Friendly Acres area which was originally scheduled for Monday, November 21st, has been changed to Wednesday, November 23rd. The time of the meeting will be 7:30 po me in the Librarian Is office. Robert Harwood, 1151 Oliver Street, requested permission to be on the agenda for November 21st. The Mayor allowed Mr. Harwood to speak. Mr. Harwood presented a petition with 18 signatures of residents protesting any sales tax in Redwood City, specifically against Redwood City joining in a county -wide sales tax under the Bradly -Burns Act. M. J. Carozza, Second Vic -President Public Works Officers Dept. League of California Cities, submitted a letter which contained the following resolution: RESOLVED: "The Public Works Officers Department.hereby extends its thanks and appreciation to, our outgoing Director, Glenn Jain, for your interest and efforts in behalf of this Department of the League during your tour of offices" The Council•also expressed their appreciation to Mr. Jain and to the honor her had brought to Redwood City. W. L. Faulstich, Chief of Police, submitted a letter regarding additional insurance coverage for mem- bers of the Police Department. He recommended that the City Council delay taking any action in this matter until such time as a report is received from the Law Enforcement Association which is now making a thorough investigation into this matter and is to submit a report at the next meeting of the Asso- ciation on December 7, 1960.