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Estimated cost of repair 4 . Dated City Engineer and Superintendent of Streets of the City of Redwood City" (All works in parentheses above except that or those to be covered by the notice shall be deleted. ) SECTION !}.. Said notice to repair shall be posted in a conspicuous place on each parcel of property abutting or fronting on the walkway out of repair. SECTION 5. Within three (3) days after posting of said notice, as provided in Section 4 hereof, the engineer shall cause a notice similar in form and substance thereto to be mailed, postage prepared, to the owner of such property, as his name and address appear on the records in the office of the city assessor. SECTION 6. The owner of such posted property may appeal to the legislative body of the city and show cause why said work should not be done or why the time therefor should be extended. Such appeal shall be in writing and shall be filed with the City Clerk of the city within ten (10) days from the date of the notice required in Section 3 hereof, and will be heard by said legislative body at the next regular meeting of said body held after such appeal has been filed. Said legislative body shall hear and pass upon such appeal and its determination thereon shall be final and conclusive. Said hearings may be continued from time to time in the discretion of the legislative body. SECTION 7. Unless the repair required in said notice shall be commenced by said owner within ten (10) days from the date of posting notice as hereinbefore provided and diligently prosecuted to completion, or in case of an appeal to the legislative body of the city, within ten (10) days from the date of the determination thereof, unless such appeal be sustained, the engineer shall forthwith repair the walkway. If, upon appeal to the said legislative body, the requirements of the original notice are modified, in making such repair the engineer shall be governed by such modification. SECTION 8. ( a) The engineer shall cause to be kept in his office a permanent record containing ( 1) the description of each parcel of property upon which a notice to repair has been posted, as herein provided; (2) the name of the owner, if known; (3) the date on which said notice was posted; and (4) the charges incurred by the city in causing said repair to be made and all incidental expenses in connection therewith. Each such entry shall be made as soon as practicable after comple- tion of such act. (b) In the event that the city makes the repair or causes it to be made, the charges incurred therefor shall be determined by the engin- eer, and he shall prepare and mail a bill for the same to the last known address of the owner of the posted property. SECTION 9. From and after the date of entry in said permanent record of the charges incurred by the city for said repair, said charges shall become a lien against the posted property. Said lien shall be enforced in the manner hereinafter provided. SECTION 10. On or before the 1st day of August of each year, the engineer shall deliver to the City Collector of city, an abstract of all unpaid charges in said permanent record for the preceding fiscal year ending June 30. Such abstract shall show the property affected and the amount charged against the same pursuant to the provisions of this ord- inance , The City Collector of the city shall thereupon note the amount • -2- •