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�. e reservoir is to be located west of the Sequoia Hospital, and all work is to be done under the supervision, and to the satisfaction of the City Engineer. Councilman Granger moved that City Managers report be accepted,_ seconded. by. Councilman...Spillers and carried. City Manger stated that he thouht that. .the Council.. might want _to. llik into some other way to finance the program. • CITY. ENGINEER. REGARDING PROPOSED ANNEXATION WICKETT INDUSTRLL SUBDIVISION (BOUNDED BY BAY ROAD, SECOND AVENU, FIFTH AVENUE AND NORTHEASTERLY LINE OF NORTH FAIR OAKS SUBDIVISION NO. 1.) City Engineer Jain. stated .in. his _letter _that..a..tentative subdivision map and poposed an- nexation was submitted,_ on behalf. of .John .Wickett,_ by..Mc.Candless and Jett, engineers, to the Planning .Commission. in ._August,. Mr. Wi cke.tt _ requested . preliminary approval by the . Planning Commission at the.. p. ropos .ed_..industrial..subdivision. fronting on the extension of Spring Street . b.etween..Second Avenue. and Fifth Avenue,.. which blocked off third Avenue and Fourth Avenue.. frombeing extended through to either Spring Street extension or to Bay Hoad. The Planning Commission, on August 30, gave tentative approval to this map, with the understanding_ that. Third Avenue. and Fourth.Avenue_.would not be required to be extended, and that no sidewalks. would_ .be....required_.on Spring Street. The. Engineers have made_ a study. of this area,.. and .have. consulted.with.Fire Chief Lodi, and it is their joint opinion that Third Avenue and Fourth Avenue should be extended at least to. Spring Street, and . that ..an. adequate. storm. drainage system should be constructed throughout.. the tract to drain to the. nearest. existing, _ storm drainage system at Bay Road and Fifth Avenue. This storm drainage was discussed briefly with the City Council at a recent study meet.ing. It is their recommendation, also, that at least 5 -foot sidewalks be required in the industrial.. subdivision for. the. _convenience and safety of employees of the prop.sed industries. _ _ At such. time._ as..the. lots . are built .upon, the additional width of sidewalks, .can.. be . re.quired .. to. conform. to, the. City ordinan.ce. It would appe_ar inevitable that this .entire area will eventually be annexed to Redwood . City, so .proper planning. _to. .eliminate deaclend.. streets and to provide adequate storm drainage should be made. Fire. Chief. Lodi,. in..his..letter„ stated that in. .1.o.oking...over the tentative map, 3rd and 4th Lvenue.s ,will. be dead- ended at the west end .of, this subdivision. These deadends will be approximately. 550" long.. 41though the . deadends ._.will..be_.in_._county .territory, there is a p.ossibili-ty. that this. may. become. .a part .of .tha. city .a..t. _soma future date.. He urged that this.. matter be studied_ thoroughly, even to the extent of dis.cussing it with the San Mateo County Planning .Board not .to allow this type of planning. - The creation of deadends, especially in commercial or industrial areas, is not good planning from the Fire Department standpoint and it is possible that some time in the future it may occur that it will be necessary to .eliminate the deadend. Councilman Spillers asked if this had been brought up before the Planning Commission. City Engineer Jain stated. that _tentative plans had_been_made. William McClure, engineer with. McCandless and.._Jett, spoke_ regarding the. t r.affic situation on Third and Fourth Avenues.. They feel that .the residents on these two streets will not want the traffic which they would be subject to•. They feel that it was not wise or fair that they be required to pave the streets in the manner required. Councilman. _Britschgi .asked .that this be put on. the. agenda for a study .meeting._ before giving an. answer. He was of the opinion that they did not want_ to annex. if. they w ill...be..re.quired to improve ..the. streets to the extent that the City would 'require. Mr. kicClure stated that they had not been aware that this