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<br />temporary nature shall be done by ordinance or resolution as determined by the Port
<br />Commission. (As amended April g,1940, ratified by Legislature May 16,1940, Stats. 1941,p. 241.)
<br />Section 47f. POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE BOARD:
<br />The Board of Port Commissioners shall have the complete and exclusive power, and it shall be its
<br />duty for and on behalf of the City of Redwood City:
<br />(1) To sue and defend in the name of the City of Redwood City in all actions and proceedings
<br />wherein there is involved any matter within the jurisdiction of the Board.
<br />(2) To make provision for the needs of commerce, shipping and navigation of the Port, to
<br />promote, develop, construct, reconstruct, alter, repair, maintain, equip and operate all
<br />waterfront properties including piers, wharves, sea walls, docks, basins, channels, slips,
<br />landings, warehouses, floating and other plants or works, to dredge, and reclaim land, construct,
<br />equip and operate terminal trackage with sidings and turnouts and railroad connections between
<br />docks, piers, and other Port structures, and connect the same with mainline tracks, and to
<br />establish, equip and operate all other facilities or aids incident to the development, protection
<br />and operation of the Port, as may be deemed proper and desirable in its judgment, and it may
<br />modify its plans from time to time as the requirements of commerce, shipping and navigation
<br />may demand, and as part of such development and operation to provide for tugs, dredges,
<br />fireboats, barges, cold storage plants, and all other publicly -owned facilities or appliances,
<br />incident to the operation of the Port, and of such number and character, and in such places as
<br />the Board may deem feasible and proper.
<br />(3) To take charge of, control and supervise the Port of Redwood City, including all the
<br />waterfront properties, and land adjacent thereto, or under water, structures thereon, and
<br />approaches thereto, storage facilities and other facilities, and all rights and interest belonging
<br />thereto, which are now or may hereafter be owned or possessed by the City of Redwood City.
<br />(4) To have control and jurisdiction of the area hereinafter defined as the "Port Area," and to
<br />make and enforce therein general rules and regulations, to the extent that may be necessary or
<br />requisite for Port purposes or harbor development and in carrying out the powers elsewhere
<br />vested in the Board; provided, however, that with the approval of the eCouncil, the Board may
<br />relinquish to the eCouncil control of portions of the said area and likewise, upon request of the
<br />Board, the eCouncil may, by ordinance, enlarge the Port Area.
<br />(5) To require owners of the water terminal properties and facilities within the Port to keep the
<br />same in proper condition and repair and to maintain them with especial reference to the safety
<br />of persons and property and the reduction of fire hazard or nuisance, and it shall have the right
<br />to inspect such terminal facilities at reasonable times.
<br />(6) To regulate and control all public service and public utilities operated in connection with,
<br />or for the promotion and accommodation of commerce, navigation or fishery in the Port Area;
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