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. f'`, . Councilman Royer stated that a- meeting should be held sometime to go over the assessments with the people in the Ebener, Poplar, etc. area. Councilman-Royer moved that the City Manager. and_ the City Engineer have a meeting. with. they people. in..the .area and explain the assessment to them and.bring.back..a.report in two weeks,.seconded by Councilman Britschgi and carried. Councilman. Royer moved that_the.City Engineer. be authorized to put. red rock down to help the .people. in_ the _vicinity of .Poplar Avenue,_ seconded_. by Councilman Britschgi and carried. City Clerk read le.t.te.r_ from _L.awrence.G. Brian in regard. to meeting. wi_th.Mr. Sproul in which they discussed_ building... of tide.,..gates_ and. pumping.._ fa.cilities..on.Redwood Creek in the vicinity of. Bayshore Highway.. _. The.. ,Commit.tee_. in . stated. that after listening 1 to Mr. Sproul's ideas regarding...construc.tion _ of...the . tide..gate,...pumping..plant, and the schedule. of..const.ruction w.hich..he.. proposed,..it . is the. consensus of opinion that Mr. Sproul presented no.. concrete information to show that it.would be possible for him to construct an adequate tide gate structure and pumping plant to prevent flooding in the downtown area of Redwood City in the event of heavy rains this coming winter. Mr. Sproul presented no. construction, plans or specifications whatsoever :. consequently it would be impossible to_ even approximate_ .the cost of.. the structure he proposes. Council- man Jones moved acceptance of the report, seconded by Councilman Royer and carried. Cit! Engineer._ Jain stated. that the P. G. & E. had submitted a. deed for the right -of -way on the proposed sub- station.subje.ct to checking of description.. Councilman Spillers moved Clerk be.authorized.to acce t.the deed_sub ..t p jec to checking. of description, seconded by Councilman_Stout and carried. . USE PERMIT granted by the Planning Commission. J. Harrison reconstruct non - conforming house at 601 Douglas Avenue. Mayor Herkner stated that. the.contrac_tor, through some misunder- standing,. had raised. the house part way and then was.topp.ed.. Some action should be done to.. help these people .so. they. wo.uidn' t_ have to wait... There. were no protests at the Planning Commission meeting. .Councilman Spillers moved that the Council has no object- ions to the work being completed, seconded by Councilman Granger and carried. The house is being raised to street level only. Mr. 0. J. White, Western Stores, requested permission to hold a loss of lease sale at 2625 Broadway. They have approximately 655,000 inventory that must be liquidated by January 1st, 1956. Western Auto would also like to state that they are not leaving Redwood City but must. s.ecure. another. lease to continue to serve the people here. This was followed by general discussion_ regarding the. time of year this sale was being instigated. The Council- was of the, opinion.. that. this.. particular type. of sale, would not be fair to the other merchants.during.the Christmas shopping days. Councilman Gr.anger..mov.ed_,.sec.onded.by Councilman Britschgi, .that.the request be denied inasmuch as they do_ have other s. tores in .the vicinity which.the.y..could use for an outlet to get rid of their merchandise.. City. Attorney stated that the Council could deny this request.inasmuch._as it_ 13 not presented in accordance with the ordinance. Councilman Spillers stated that after December 31st Mr. White could askfor the sale and it would be granted. Motion carried on roll call. , Study meeting Wednesay, November 16th at 8 P. M. PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF F. FERRAZANO REQUEST TOR ESUBDIVIDE PORTION OF LOT 18, JOHNSON SUBDIVISION, INTO TWO LOTS SUBJECT TO DEEDING 27' FOR STREET. AUTHORIZE