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MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING REDWOOD CITY COUNCIL June 7, 1948, 8:00 P.M. ON ROLL CALL the following were present: Councilmen: Floyd D. Granger, H. E. Holmquist, Albert H. Morgan, Jr., A. V. Swift, Mayor Wm. W. Werder and City Clerk Pro -tem Richard D. Miller. Also present were: City Manager E. A. Rolison, City Attorney C. B. Currie, Chief of Police C. L. Collins, City Collector Paul E. Perrin, City Engineer Glenn • Jain, Fire Chief J. L. Lodi, Assistant Engineer H. L. Winter, Assessor -Auditor .�. J. J. Brophy, Building Inspector L. M. Duncan. Councilman Britschgi and Spillers noted absent. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Minutes of the regular meeting of May 17th were approved as mailed on motion of Councilman Morgan, seconded by Councilman Holmquist, and carried. CONTENTS OF LETTER WAS BROUGHT TO ATTENTION OF COUNCIL FROM STUDENT NAMED, WALTER R.MARKS ..� OF CANADAIGUA ACADEMY OF NEW YORK, addressed to the Council and stated that this year is Anniversary and Homecoming Year and the school students of the Finger Lakes Region of New York were seeking to invite all former residents to the commemoration; writer asked that the letter be turned over to local press. The letter was given to Bud Sprunger, reporter for the Redwood City Tribune. A LETTER FROM E. W. BUTLER, MANAGER OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, WAS READ BY CLERK PRO -TEM RICHARD MILLER, INVITING MEMBERS OF THE REDWOOD CITY COUNCIL to be their guests on Thursday, June 24th, 12 o'clock noon at The Three Owls Restaurant for an "Industrial Exploration Luncheon and Tour". The touring party will inspect the Port of Redwood City, some of the industries and available industrial lands, ending in a meeting at the S & W Find Foods for light refreshments about 3:00 P. M. Others invited were a representative of the San Francisco Bay Area Council, San Francisco Chamber of Commerce Industrial Department, and United States Chamber of Commerce, State Chamber of Commerce, various bankers, heads of utility companies, etc., so that they might have a clear picture of the possibilities of Redwood City as the indus- trial center of the San Francisco peninsula. COUNCILMEN Britschgi and Spillers entered the meeting - 8:05 P. M. Mayor Werder, Councilmen Swift, Holmquist, Britschgi and Spillers accepted Mr. Butler's invitation. Councilman Granger was undecided at this time. ANNIE OFFERMANN, 1018 MAIN STREET, REQUESTED ATTENTION OF THE COUNCIL IN A LETTER to the repair of the sidewalk in front of her lot on the Southerly side of Jefferson between Railroad Track and E1 Camino Real, the sidewalk having been damaged by the Pacific Gas & Electric Company when they installed a double door culvert which they loom located on the sidewalk. A lengthy discussion revealed that permits previously two granted were not quite specific enough and the utility company had not had to do too much in the past on replacement. City Engineer Jain stated he had spent some time marking out the least that would be accepted as replacement and insisted that it be out with concrete saw. Mayor Werder inquired if they had used concrete saw and the City Engineer replied they had. Mayor Werder thought that, if taken up with the P. G. & E. Engineer, they would cooperate in replacing the sidewalk. Councilman Granger felt that a large percentage of damaged sidewalk caused by those companies should be replaced by them and that they should be notified if work was not satisfactory. City Engineer stated he could not go much further as the permit which was granted last fall showed what they intended to do within a few feet;