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ATTY/CHARTER AMENDMENTS/2018/2018 FINAL CHARTER AMENDMENTS REV: 07-18-18 VR Page 28 of 45 public work or service. Upon adoption of such resolution the Board may order such emergency expenditures as are necessary to accomplish such work without public advertisement or bid. (As amended March 4, 1975; certified by Secretary of State March 20, 1975.) (As amended April 13, 1982, certified by Secretary of State June 10, 1982) Section 49b. RESTRICTIONS OF POWERS OF COUNCIL: No franchise shall be granted, no property shall be acquired or sold, no street shall be opened, altered, closed or abandoned, and no sewer, street or other public improvement shall be located or constructed in the "Port Area" by the City of Redwood City, or the cCouncil thereof, without the approval of the Board. Section 49c. ADDITIONAL POWERS: The City Council, subject to the approval of the Board, may by ordinance confer upon and delegate to the Board, from time to time, such additional powers and duties which may be vested in it, and which it may deem necessary or convenient to carry out the general purposes of the Board. Section 49d. LIBERAL CONSTRUCTION: If any section, clause, word, or provision of this amendment shall be held unconstitutional, the other sections, clauses, words, or provisions of this amendment shall not be affected thereby. All the provisions of Sections 47 to 50a of this Charter shall be liberally construed. Section 49e. CONFLICT WITH OTHER SECTIONS: The provisions of Sections 47 to 50a of this Charter shall supersede and control all other provisions of the Charter in conflict therewith. To all other extents, the powers, duties, and functions heretofore vested in the cCouncil or any of the officials, boards, or departments of the cCity shall be unimpaired. Section 50. PORT AREA: The "Port Area" referred to in Sections 47 to 50a of this Charter shall include all property fronting on Redwood Creek or its tributary streams, or on San Francisco Bay, lying within Township 5 South, Range 3 West, Mount Diablo meridian, which is now, or may hereafter be, within the City of Redwood City, or owned or possessed by the City of Redwood City, and such other property as may hereafter be placed within said "Port Area" by the City Council of Redwood City. Section 50a. AMENDMENT EFFECTIVE: For the purpose of appointing the members of and organizing the Board, the Amendment shall take effect immediately upon its ratification by the legislature; for all other purposes it shall take effect thirty (30) days thereafter. All lawful ordinances, resolutions, regulations, employments,