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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06141965367 6/14/65 City Hall Pato .Alto, June 14, 1965- • Tyr- Council of the City of Palo Alto me!: on this date in an adjourne.d - meeting from May 25, 1965. Mayor Woodward convened the meeting, at 7:31 p:m • Present: Arbuckle (7:33 p.m.), Arnold, Beahrs, : Comstock, Cooley, :Debs, Dias, Flint(7:34 p. m Porter (7:35 p. �wr;nrng . ), Rodgers, s, p in. Woodward, �, Rohrs Rt3.(+':40 p.m.) Absent: None, A �roval of the Minutes ozMay „4anc- C;ounc:;1r27�tri Dias pointed out that the ;U7t<�ma minute.; of May 3 ware. ,nod thi., �;hould be stated on approvedPaRc' 3-i.i. On page 331, of the May 24 C<: minute's, Councilman r sixth sentence from the top of the. C .:nr31 in .�i:�.�: :�isk.,,ci that the. She ported that-Federal page amended to read as follow por ta';ion :atudy. , money has been. req13r S'ed for a y s: m:,ss .rams thc� minutes of pia 2; requested that her y , page.364, fir;;.t paragraph, notion 1a rnh , Crverictha u til requirements and.,standard'S`,.re`tated to read: ''She rziovcd. that until Committee 'are set by the ,Scenic Highway Adv-spry that Palo Alto merely 3'eaffirm its stand on Skyl,and Boule- vard in a letter to that, Committee. On motion of Comstock., .duly seconded above ond.,.d and carried t r_orr,Wetirans were sn:3nimo;,;y.ly, the approved. CoVncil^.•i..tri I�r:b& called ,.t;.tez�txon to airy. Co -,:�:,itn nthat- eb page 365 of the May 25 the sec-or:d paragraph.a "not" be iT`�t'Z't�-•1 at t}]t, end of 1x72C�t?ireutUf • 'Councilman Flint requested that page 364 of the minutes of May 2'5 be amended to izu:.ii>de the following statement i;rder +,:;1e ti.ti.t:�"'Gr_72cral Pl:�,n_g ylnd after the third paragraph ou� tt1.<tt the due z "Councilman Flint k pone, was included in the original A Pointed• .proposal and there -fore would be Audubon Society C'c.MMit.tee on the Baylands for study." f the: charge of the Citizens With t'ies�e amendments May 25, • 1465 were approvdc,addxtions, the minutes of May 24 and as distributed. 36.R 6/14/65 Motion to Adjourn Councilman Cooley moved, seconded by Beahrs and carried unani- mously on a voice vote, that the Council meeting be adjourned some time between 10:30.and. 11 p.m. Project 62-5 - Miscellaneous Street Irn rt vements Councilman Comstock Moved,'seconded by Beahrs, that the request of Frederick W. Palmieri to review, their assessment under Project 62-5 be discussed later in the agenda when the report was received from the staff on the subject. The motion carried on a majority voice vote. National League of Cities Mayor Woodward noted that the Council had received an invitation to the National League of Cities Congress of Cities to be held in Detroit, Michigan, July 24-28, 1965, and, directed that the letter be filed. Barron Park Citizens for Annexation The Council received a letter dated May 6 from the Chairman of the Barron Park Citizens for Annexation requesting permission from the Council to discuss preliminary details with the City's administrative staff. Mayor Woodward asked if a representative from the citizens organization was in the audience. Mike Golick, 792 Bncina. Garden Drive, reiterated th,e details con- tained in their letter. In response to inquiry, Mr. Golick replied they were not asking to have the City pay for the brochures nor the pastage on :the postal card opinion sampler which they intend to send to'the residents of Barron Park. On motion';made, seconded and carried unanimously, the Council au- thorized the staff to enter into preliminary discussions with this citizens organization. Cultural Center The Council received a letter dated May 10 from the Civic Cultural Chairman of the Nation League of American Pen Women indicating their interest and help in promoting a cultural center in Palo Alto. Since the spokesman for this group addressed the Council, meeting as a study committee the preceding Monday to review the report of the Civic Center Site Committee, the Mayor directed the letter be filed with the Committee report. 3ba bJ 14; b5 arkec� the �''T`i- Gol�,=„ittee Council, th ;ana the x. git e. s r Khali of the F .lotnc their Ott d Di ti - ivy.— n 'in w ,a.�.hn itte - k1e their �.ki Study x P,paxt. • d. thud` e colter Site ,.a their ,, u s tine C:yva c which w+e"t ax' Qllowinv,c thcul't wlai ia,� � � 07 cls to 'the r and. ��ax L.S.t0r ‘i Sex ,ce �rrai '� x�u�k.l'�� l� ,�d,�'axd ,t " tax y i3ea ©fix' V.� ,�xai�tly +Nill' 'W ,f;chee, Chairrias ;+ke W. `c:ltxpatz�.c�c ����;tt �. � Pliilip S. dint yy i1l.;tia tYY lawley ��� �; lia'ry �1 xP,Y)CC 1.1700 a' ' .,aw d ra c;hols )ox o is rangy 1© ibealis Rice Dr. V,. Christian Zweng, lv � to the 'Report � �Y. Civic at Yccozx�- r iew e e C c>>x�' C i.v rG �e itcY whole had 'x ''n� d tit to th ttp,t, ax tire: ee :axa xetu� t:ttix�' �''v �ctcc. r' Goi''mi orxlmxtt that tr,e `o�, lard h" Site �,tudY RgdUexs' �ac'�1at1.e,• > �,fiz�G CT. do - d yeconae'he p koa.e ts,safety ctl:,e t`d t� assess e . stall �` .�r of districts t� t the wn downtown. !%�•:3 i -riti'lock� t�' at the t�. be ai e x in ��S tYyt: ri�a City �jj0 lr and E G5 t� w51 t .11 .th ;se..��i lox oil -street a.blis . �4,ntex, tibia"Y arts r "0 to `�` over the stric tunics an o` a 1 property in Si, tree " on, °�'c an necessary an ` 4 lot. ''ed . � aye oi, x .k a.n , ,i «• s the da,stlio o.} lot. '�lhe pLloil-street £ -str e p rte, r il.a. �� and. � � • ddition'. part cs a v:tiy�a�t"�;,�1�'� ii x be 5-a, na�c Crpa a tent i � -face : ct, ° 4y1` by Dias, yV'i4• `o.,stx.:c.t�o andcd the � •.;ans ;:s on T tip. r , x r�U§i f n `y ha Cooley �,cy�+e n and develaprh.e alternative el" . the F �sebt i:c�ey't� °a{ location people in. Ott. at, the d .cl ; a tn�. ��'' a vote `� .,�ylex 1'' yard the. vacated. x.t. that r ai • t� off. S' :}n :l�j,� d stab �t``, City X11 c block." b to gin. �xt� i llo`,,/,; �ox�7yete wn library converted, into a• 51� s the as �l� ��� Raaa eanv ala Alto fa+�i=ity at 1 s pc the pity ���xe$ex"t en`ex ll the ad'anistxataveda5 necessary' at t b. bna s>~ ated arid v Px 370 6/14/65 1313 Newell Road Site and the Public Safety Facilities located in the vicinity of the North County Court House? and, further, thatsuch election not be held until proceedings have been perfected for the establishment of an assessment d strict comprised of all property in off-street.parking districts 52-13 and 52-14 for the pur- pose of ra.ising'$1, 500, 000 to as&iat in the constru_,tion of off-street parking facilities in the Downtown Library Block and until more de- tailed and exact facts and figures as to the cost of each alternative have been developed by the staff; that this should Le, determined through preliminary,.,plans and cost estimates. Mayor Woodward ruled the motion out of order. After a short disc is- sion, Councilmana. Cooley appealed the decision of the chair. The Chair's,. ruling was sustained by a majority voice vote. Councilman Dias moved, seconded by Cooley, that the Rus motion be divided into two parts ;.4etermining (1) additional responsibility of the assessment district andd:(2) the placement of the site of the civic cen- ter. After discussion, the Mayor ruled the motion in order. Council- man Comstock appealed the. decision of the Chair. The Chair's ruling was sustained by a majority voice vote. On the suggestion of Councilman Debs, Councilman Rus agreed to add the following words to his motion?: "and that acceptance of this site is dependent upon the i'orrnation of such ..cssessment district." 1. f:: Dias motion fai:L d on a majority voice vote. Councilman Zweng moved an amendment, seconded by Beahrs, that the present City Hall building be put to recreational, library and cul- tural uses. After further discussion, Councilman Rus moved the previous question. The motion was seconded by Byxbee and carried on a two-thirds show - of -hands vote. The Zweng a:nendrnent lost on the following roll call vote: Ayes: • Arbuckle, Beahrs, Byxbee, Comstock, Flint, Rohrs, Zweng. Noes: Arnold, Cooley, Debs, Dias, Porter, Rodgers, Rus, Woodward. Couicilrnan Zweng moved an amendment, seconded by Byxbee, that the City Hall include an appropriate downtowr, library. After discussion, Councilman .`Rodgers moved the previous question. The motion was duly seconded and the Chair ruled it carried on a majority voice vote. Coun- cilman Debs requesed a roll call which sustained the Chair as follows: