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Home My WebLink About03231914t r :: r,'r•:i."�.�.� + 'v ?y'�+' vl�+tvL;�:�y��.', N i.7'i,.°.Axv� v r City Hell, Palo Alto, Cal. March 23, 1914. Resolution Ord The: Council of the City of Palo Alto met inreuular session on this date at 8 p.m., with Mayor Thoits presiding. Roll cal]: as follows: - Present: Congdon:, Henry, Hettinger, Jordan, Lakin, LsPcire, filler, rasher, Petercon, S:va in, Thoits, Vail, Vander- ' Wing. Absent: Ackley. The r inetes of the reeular meeting of February 9th, 1914, were read and approved ee react. Observance of t;emorial rn.v. D. B. Willard requested, the Council to authorize the: Mayor to appoint a finance committee .of citizens to aid McKinley Poet G.A. :. , in.arranging for the obeervance of Memorial Day.rnd to request business houses to cl oee on that day. The Posit also extended en invitation to the City Officials to attend the Memor- ial Day exercises. On motion of Lakin and ._et tinger the request toe :ai e committee appointed was granted and. ene further details wore referred to said. corami ttee. Meyor Thoits named as such cozrr:ittee: Ceptain P. V. Thompson, Miss Rebecca. T. Greene, Rev. R.D..Ca eil, Geo. L. Beaver and Dr. L. E. .Phillips. R e2O .0 t of V O ti::': it t e e, 4j Chairman Hettinger of Committee .11 recommended for adoption a Resolution providing for the removal of trees from te - da ..vew :ys o.t the city. Report of Committee -#K4. ;Chairmen Wing of Committee made a report recommend - in that anelection to vote on the issuance of bonds be called .• in accordance with ,. report from B of W „�. tat u. . ,r�u the Board Public' C G .'.Y � ; "J le�..4- ing that the lease of- Stanford pno{ erty is still under corzsider- ati.On; recommending than the petition to pave Cowper street Y?e- tween Melville avenue and Embarcadero road be laid on the tale; giving the result• of the conference wit , Dr. Thomas as to a.c .- pzomise of his damage claim to the effect that Dr. Thomas would. accept $1,750.00, the city to keep the dameged automobile. or 1;00,00 and he keep the automobile, or that Dr. Thomas woi;zld a- ,gree to•1 ave the claim arbitrated; and recommending that the :`8.::`' field dammage claim be not allowed. 0n motion of Wins and Hettinger the recommendationes to the Cowper street petition was approved. On request of Hettinger the consideration of -'the d r°- - age claims was deferred until action is taken or the reso1 tvi - to remove trees frozr, the streets. Resolution to Remove Street Trees. Hettinger and Mosher moved the adoption of a e o� tion declaring the intention of the Council to remove tree::` 7 .the streets and avenues of the c i ty tiring, Lakin, Jordan and Mr. Grirrwood opposed the resolution and Hettinger aims.: spake fit favor of its adoption. Wing and Lakin made a zebs;:itute motion that a ree,4 . + passed proving for hearing with ��= lu;,.ion be a:.,sc:v. avir a .�eu.r�r,� .ew,.�. property Owners -04-4, fixing, April 13th, 1914, at 7:50 p.m., 2.s the date of su.. h he in; e and directing the city clerk to address a postal cad. po ties to property owners�, and top�lpu'blish anotice ofy�said .~ ear± on�c -, in' the �I.-alo A%sto Times, The substitute motion was. - Pasta `17 : the efollowing ;vote._ on roll call: .Ayes: Jordan, Lalcin, LaPeire, Peterson, Swain, The its, a 1, Vandervoort, Noes: Congdon, Henry, Hettinger, :':`tiller, Mosher. On motion of lion Ordering Street note cn roll call. Proposal for The repor of a proposed bond is On M otiorz elude in the bond iss Wing and clude Y40,000.00 for bond issue and the .moo A motion by 1 xe:vclvi:^.0 funo wing and plan -rounds be inc:!ud bade a sub: titute :Jot provement of the J:2iv item. The substitute -passed. 'Ming and the bond issue .10,00 approved. The m oti o call: Ayes: Henry, son, • Swain, Thoits, V :toed: Congdonny Cn mo i or in the bond issue t,3, ty was approved. Eonc Re:'.olutio r.:osher an tion entitled: "Regal and he public necess rents in and for the -too great to be paid said city," The mot call: Ayes: Co nedon, Henry Peterson, S ai does: Jordan. Aelnitration_ Mfrs and aepoint a committee 0 means of arbitrating =airfield and R. Bros Mayor rho Swain, Con ;don, Vail, Council : tion to providing a. which he had here woof o as proposed was treat On motion ;Si:4v'� 123 in y regular eire,: Vii, 1ian er thorize tbe4 Id 3EtSinly i.al Dray :: ate, -r Post alao d the lamO . est to'have,. ails . were -eh committee- :3. L. Ca pbe1l ort recommend., s be caned Works ; stat- er consider - street be n the table;.; as to a con— ,homac woad; obile or s wou'l.d /I- - what the Yair of a read='. e trees,:, ordasi, ; '" ; r 1',7"o? zF, that a rte;: ownerit . 2311 f such hest: card : Uri,_ id heariC. was ,passedil Resolution O derin ° -Street Work. On motion of Wing and Lakin,a resolution entitled, "Resolu- tion Ordering Street Work, No.. 3; (1914)" was passed by unanimous 7, to on roll call. Proposal for Bond Issue. The report of the Board of Public Works in the matter of a proposed bond issue was taken up. On motion of Wing and Mosher the 'proposi t±on to in- clude in the bond issue $9,500.00 for a subway was approved - Wing and Hettinger moved that the pr. of oei tion to in- ci2de $ 0,000.-00 for storm water sewers be not included in the bond issue and the motion was adopted.. A motion by' Mosher and Peterson that U5,000.00 for, a street paving revolving_. fund be included in the bond issue was adopted, Wing and--Co:agdon- moved -twat 635,O00. 00 for parrs and gaygrounds be included in the bond issue. Hettinger and Jordan 7.ade a substitute motion that the propos.itaz:-n be divided, the im- provement of the University avenue entrante to be :raze a separate. item. The substitute motion was lost and the original motion. was passed. Wing anc. Swain moved that the proposition to include n the bond' issue: $10,000.00 for an sdd-ition to the City Hall be not approved. The motion was carried by the following vote on roll call: Ayes: Henry, Jordan, Lakin, LaPeire, Miller, Mosher, Peter- son, Swain, Thoits, Vandervoort, 17? ng. Noes: Congdon, Hettinger, Vail. On motion of Vail snd Henry the proposition to .: the bond issue $3,500-00 for enlaµgement of the library ty was approved, :Bond Resolution Adopted. include proper- • Mosher and Peterson moved be adoption of a resolu- tion entitled: "Resolution determining that the public interest and the public necessity demand certain public municipal p o nehts in andfor the City ;of Palo Alto,. the 'cost of which will be too great to be paid out of:the ordinary income and revenue of said city." The motion was passed by the following vote on roll cal i es: Congdon, Henry, Hettinger, Lakin, LaPeire, Miller, :,oa°r:er, Peterson, Swain, Thoits, Vail, V'andervoort, Win. 'foes: Jordan. hr.'.itratien of Dania Wing and 'Swain moved that the Mayor be authorized to appoint a committee of five, said committee to .consider way < means of t 1 of � 71.j. arbitrating ins the damage c n.ixns Dr..B. Thomas, �,��, . rairfield and E. Brossard. The motion was adopted. `4ayor Thoits appointed as members of said con7ittes: Swain, Congdon, Vail, Lakin and Wing. • Councilman Jordan explained that his vote in opposi- tion to r bond for the C_ ..ol providing a issue : n addition to .,�:.y '.�� ._, 76':ich he had -heretofore favored, was due to the fact tr.cat the cost as. proposed was greater than the fir.:y t -estimates . On motion of Vaal and Mosher the Council adjourned. -73;&d:CaZ:;..7-ee: City Clerk