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HomeMy WebLinkAbout07011938er The at 7:30 P.M., was called to for mayor pro elected Mayor Present: BEGINNING_ FISCAL YEAR- 1938-19.39 City Hall, Palo Alto, California, July 1, 1938. Council of the City of Palo Alto met on this date for the purpose of reorganization. The meeting order by the -City Clerk who asked for nominations tem. Councilman Costello was nominated and pro tem and took the chair. Boll call as follows: Blois, Bonham, Cashel, Collins, Costello, Cypher, Goddard, Mrs. Merner, Mitchell, Mosher, Richards, Salsman, Thoits, Thomas, • Absent: Wood. Election of Mayor, The Council proceeded to ballot for the election of a Mayor for the fiscal y'e.as 938_1939. Councilmen Tho is and Thomas were appointed tellers. On the first ballot Councilman Byre. R. Salsman received 13 votes and :Councilman_Henry '. Collins 1 vote. Mr. Salsman, having received a ,majority of the votes of the Council, was declared elected Mayor for the fiscal year 1938-39 and took the chair, thanking the -.members of the Council for hi.s re --appointment to this office. ,appointment of Officials The Council then proceeded to ballot for the appoint- ment of city officials for the fiscal year 1938-1939. L. E. Taylor received the unanimous vote of the Council for the office of,City Assessor and was declare3 elected. P. V. Pering received the unanimous vote of the Council for the office of City Auditor and was declared elected.': Arnold Rumwell received a unanimous vote for the' office of City Attorney and was declared elected. Winifred Kidd received a unanimous vote for the off ice of City Clerk and was declared elected. John E. Springer received. a unanimous vote for the, office of ,Police Judge and was declared elected. The ballot; for the office of Tax Collector resulted in 11 votes for George E. King, 2 votes for N. W. Giaeser,' and one blank ballot. Mr., King, Waving received a majority of the votes, was declared elected Tars Collector. W. C. Cobb received. the unanimous vote of the Council :or the office of City Treasurer and was declared elected. A oint pp ments .:to Communit -Center Commission Deferred The Mayorannounced that he would defer his nominations to the Community. Center .Cemvission, vice Charles A. Dobbel and Mrs. donor Adams,.''whose germs expired on June 30, 1938, until the next meeting; :oaf the Council. Appointments to Committees Deferred The '. dayor also .announced that his appointments -;of members to the' standing„ committees of the Council wauld be deferred until, the. next meeting of the Council. Submission of. ,Assessment Boils A co' unication *as received from the City Assessor submitting `f or' equalization the assessment rolls of. all property in the City of .-Palo .Alto for the fiscal year 1238-1939. an motion: -of Thhoits and Bonham, the assessment . rolls were; accepted 'and.; the City Clerk was directed to publish 'a notice as required by ordinance that the assessment rolls are open to the inspection • of the public and that the council will meet as a Board of Equalization on Monday, August 1, 1938, at ,10 A.M. Reports of Officials nep.orts were received from the Auditor and Treasurer, and tine closing entries for the year 1937-38 were presented by the Auditor; as follows: Water Fund Light. Fund Gas Fund Destructor Fund $ 42,426.38 108,412.03 65,834.43 10,774.04 General Fund $227,446.88 On motion of Mitchell and Richards, .. these reports and closing entries were approved. Recreation ,Survey reportw.as received from Committee advising that it has considered the Recreation Survey Committee e s report, together ,with. the . rec,ommendations of the Community : Center Commission relating to; :proposed amendments of the ordinances setting up and defining the duties and authority of ` the Cammuxuity Center Commission; Committee ado. 3 concurred in the following recommenda- tions of the Comm' pity Center Commission: 1. That the representation on the Com i's.sion remain 4s it is constituted at the present time. 2. That the name of the: Commission remain:a8 the nCommtlpity Center Commissions The committee did not fully concur with the following recommendations of the Community Center Commission: . _ That the recommendation of the Recreation Survey Committee concerning duties of the Commission be approved in its entirety and that these reccmmenoa- ti.ons be included in the ordinance which creates the Commission. 2 School Boar Commission. T authority t be included his authors should be 1, of the Comm 5. 6. Co the Mayor to Committee ex that adoptio at this time participati sponsored re that the Co in Palo Alto appropriate. would, in the the future p Center. On recommerndati Th to the Aecre: Committee No. Recocifi Co' an oral repor stating that proposed reco the deliberat committee are minutes of th would be subm 4e That the clause recommending: that the Director of Recitation exercise control over all community. recreational activities and over all city -owned or controlled recreational facilities acith,n, or, without the city limits, be approved. and this clause be included in the ordinance. The Committee recommo.nded that all reference to the School Board be omitted, .from definitions of duties of the Commission. The Committee further recommended that specific authority to employ a Director of the Community Center should be included in the ordinance, : but that specific definition of his authority and duties is an administrative function which should be left to the discretion of . the Commission. The Committee concurred in the following recommendations; of the Community Center Commission . That; the clause calling for a certificated person to be employed jointly by the Board of Education and the employed Center Commission, to serve as director of recreation for the city and as director of physical education in the public schools be not approved. 6. That the clause recommending that moneys from facilities or activities be granted to community' recreation funds, be not approved, and that the same system thatis:now in effect be continued. 7. That the clause recommending that moneys for recreation be raised annually by means of taxation be not approved, Committee No. .3 recommended that the Council direct the Mayor to address a letter to the ;Community Recreation Survey Committee expressing appreciation for their work and explaining that adoption of all of their recommendations is not practical at this time due tothe fact that the Board of Education is not participating in paying ;the costsof a joint City and School`. sponsored recreation program. It should further be explained tat the Community Center is . an old and established institution in Palo Alto and the name ?1Commirnity Center" seems most appropriate. Any attempt to c'nge this name to nRecreationn r oni , in the opinion of , Committee No. 3, be detrimental to the future public support of the activities at the Community Center. On motion of Mitchell ` and Richards, the report and recommendations of Committee No. 3 were adopted. The layor advised that he would send a communication to the Recreation Survey Committee as requested in the report of Committee No. 3. necoaified Ordinances Councilman Thomas, Chairman of Committee No. 3, made an oral report on the matter of the recodified ordinances, stating that Committee No.. 3 has completed its studies of the proposed recodification.as submitted by the City Attorney; that u e deliberations,, conclusions and recommendations of the committee are a matter of record with the City Clerk and in the minutes of the committee,. He advised that a written report "ould be submitted at the next Council meeting calling attention to the . important .changes ;made by the committee in the ordinances, particularly where a change of policy is involved. On motion of Thomas and Richards, the matter of the recodification of ordinances, together with the recommended changes and sug.gestion.w of Committee £ao. 3, was referred beck to the City Attorney,with instructions that he proceed with the work of preparing the corrected copy. !TA park Project.. At the last Council meeting the City Engineer reported that the PA.park project had been prepared as authorized by the Council on June 13th, and requested that the Auditor be authorized " to sign the . required certificate that the• money is available for this project. It was pointed out that the City°s contribution to this project, covering a two-year period, is 4p5„567.000 and that the portion to be spent in the fiscal year 1938-39 has been included ; .,in the tentative budget. A motion was wade by Goddard, seconded by Thomas, that the Auditor be authorized to sign the certificate certifying that the funds to be furnished by the sponsor are available for the project. Councilman Mitchell moved that the motion be amended by adding a clause directing that an appropriation of $5,567..00 be allowed for this purpose, the budget for 1936-39 to include one-half of this amount and the budget for the following year to Include the remainder, since this project covers a two-year period'. The motion as amended was adopted by unanimous vote on roll call. C utCommunit7 Center. Funds A communication was received from the Chairman of the Community , Center Comma ssion summarizing the expenses and income of the Community Center for the fiscal year 1937-38, snowing that the total net expenditures amounted to $24,630.69. He requested that this figure be mane public so as to dispel the impression that the Community Center costs the total amount set up in the budget each year. On motion of Mitchell and Bonham, the Mayor was, requested to send a comnmnication to Mr. Dobbel on behalf of the Council acknowledging receipt of this letter and ezpressino thanks and appreciation to him for his services on the Community Center Commission. Leave to Counciimaza Collins Councilman Collins requested permission to be absent from the State at intervals during the months of July and August. On motion of Thoits and Goddard, his request was gra zted. ATTEST:" There being no further busires the council adjourned. 'City Clerk APPROVED c� i .�� �-�-_ _ ✓_ ��� Mayor 1 session on Roll call _s Presen ibs eiat T July 1, 19 Chance Ti recom enda;i and 14, S=un: Addition, nc First Reside was informed property own been publish No received. interest, ash uses permit explained by Ir. A. W. Ho change of zo the zone as building may Or portion of is Zone to Seco Cypher and unanimous vo Peti tie. A Palo alto re and lice.nsi. Palo alto. present and The and Committee A c tendering his Safety to taxi i : no event 1 Action on thl in August. Claim f o tion of the C . c_ the result