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� ._. .,.;:,.. �;;.:: : ,.: ,. . up for.these classes Tnursday; J,anuary 24th, at the �2 Fire House. The Mayor �� • and membera of:tne Council exoressed�^their appreciation for the ashtrays, � Councilman Armatrong advised that the Finance Committee riad held a meeting in re- gard to the handling of the cost of poatcard noticea and it was the recom- mendation of coramittee that such feea be paid to the city treasury and ' triat the city attorney be reimbursed for hie out-of-pocket aoate for coste borne by him upon aubmission of proper voucher and the voucher be charged to the account aet up for the city attorney i�t the budget, He offered this recommendation in the form of a motion which was seoonded by Councilman McNulty and passed unanimously.. ' Oommunication was received from the 8outriern San Mateo County Board of Realtors recommending tnat tne Council adopt a plan to be eubmitted to the Council by the Pdartin Transportation Company asking for relocation of bue loading zones and redirection of traffic to and from the 8. P. Depot. Mr. Aaron Glickman, a traffic consultant employed 'oy the Martin Transpor- � tation Company, appeared ,before the Council advising that he was making a survey of the traffic problem �in Redwood City for the bus company with" ttie idea of working out a plan for the redirection of the routes. This surney is not as yet complete and he asked that tne matter be placed on . tne agenda of tne Oouncil for the next meeting, �Oouncilman Granger aeked tha.t a copy of tne report be aubmitted to tne Council before the next meet= � ing to allow time for etudy, Thie Mr. Glicl�an agreed to do, The matter ' wae placed on the agenda. OSty Manager Hlom presented tabulation of the bida receined for the purcha,se of new fire apparatus and sale of old equipment, He advised,that he nad con- aulted with the fire chief and membere of the fire denartment ae to the most desirable make of fire trucka, He etated that actually the bide vuere ' bery cloee and that in consideration of tue money involved and the length of time the city expects to uae the equipment, the original purchase prioe migt�t not be tne moet important factor. The tabulation was discussed and • tne featurea of each of four makes of equipment. The American La France and Seagrave Companies each agreed that the $200 bid for the old equipment would be allowed on the purchase price of th'e new equipment and the city r would be permitted to retain the old equipment, The city would then be en- abled to sell this old equipment and it was his opinion that coneiderable , more than �200 would be realized on the sale. On that bae_is, it wae Oity . Manager Blom's opinion that the bids of 8eagrave and American La France would be low. It wae hie opinlon and that of the members of the fire department that the choice of tne equipment was a matter of performance ' and it wae recommended that the award be raade to the Sea.grave Oorporation ':M: on a net bid of �22,670.45, City Manager Blom advised he would like to have ,;', - : , an opportunity to make further agreement with the 3eagrave Oorporation relative to retaining ownersnip of the old equipment so that the city can dispose of it, He also advised that discussion had been held in regard to tue delivery date of the equipment, the estimated date in the bide varying � from July 1 to October 1, 1946. He stated that it had been deaired to have ` . . , �