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HomeMy WebLinkAbout07111938The Council of the City of Palo :alto met in regular` session on this data at 7:30 P.M. with Mayor Salzman presiding. Roll call as follows: Present= Blois, Bonham, Cashel, Collins, Cypher, Mrs.Merner, Mitchell, Mosher, Richards, Salsman, Thoits, Wood. Absent: Costello, Goddard, Thomas. The minutes of the meetings of June 29, 1938, and uiy 1, 1938, were approved. Change of Zone The special order of the day was a hearing upon the recommendation of the Planning Commission that all of Blocks 13 na .4, Sunnyside addition, and the portion of Block 12, Sunn.yside Addition, now in the First. Residential Zone, be rezoned from. First Residential Zone to Second Residential Zone. The. Council .Las informed that notices of . this hearing had been sent to each property owner in the zone of interest and that a notice had also been published in the Palo Alto Times as required by ordinance No protests against the <proposed change of zone were received. firs. Della lei.;:Kelly, a property owner in the zone of interest, addressed the; Council; rc,questing information as to the uses permitted in the second ;,residential zone. This was explained by Mr. Arthur James, :a member of the Planning Commission. Ir. A. W..l3oy addressed the Council, speaking in favor of the change of zone and asking that an emergency ordinance changing the zone as recommended ,be adopted, in order that contemplated building may be started. The public hearing was then closed. Ordinance No. 751,: .changing Blocks 13 and 14 and a portion of Flock 12, Sunnysi.de Addition, from First Residential Zone to. Second. Residential Zone,.; was read, and on motion of Cypher and Mrs. Mserner, was adopted as an emergency ordinance by unanimous vote on roll call. Petition for Repeal of Ordinance re Used -Car Dealers A petition was received from six automobile dealers of Pilo Ito requesting the repeal of Ordinance No. 741 regulating and licensing the ,business of used -car dealers in the City of Eelo Alto. Mr. Avery Howe, attorney for the petitioners, was present and addressed the Council on this ratter. The petition was referred to the Board of Public Safety. and Committee Ao. 2 for consideration and report. Resignation of Mr. Cathcart A communication was received from Mr. A. M. Cathcart tendering his resignation: as: a member of the Board of Public ai cty to take effect upon t:ne appointment . of his successor and .i.: no event later than September 1st of the current year. Action on this matter was deferred until the next regular meeting in August. Claim for Dama. e.s.. (Sete,). The City Attorney,submitted a report upon his investiga- tion of tine claim of .R. Siebe and Myrtle Siebe for damages caused :s t^e result of -the flooding of their.. basement, advising that in his opinion the City is not liable for the damages claimed. Improve On motion of 'Wood and Richards, the report of the City Attorney City C:i. was accepted and the claim denied. Thomas, held by (Councilman Costello came at this time, 7;50 P.M., and was present during . the rest of the meeting.) Committ Claim for Damages (Yellis) A. communication was received from the City Attorney in regard to the., claim of Leola Yells for damages on account of injuries incurredwhen she tripped in a depression on further University Avenue, recommending that this claim be denied. Garland utility On motion of Collins and Mosher, thereport of the outlines City Attorney was accepted and the claim denied. (Councilman Thomas came at this time, 7:55 P.M., of Comm: and was pr+esent during the rest of the meeting.) ) instail4 Bpi tal Expenses Plannin4 A report was received from the Board of Public Works the reps recommending that the sum of 45000.00 be set aside from the to the .1 Hospital surplus funds for the purpose of paying architect's for the fees .and incidental expenses which become due before the bonds the pia.: are sold. The Board transmitted a bill from Will G. Corlett, Carey, r architect, in the amount of %2001.60 for servicerendered, in regal covering twenty per cent of the total fee, and recommended that dividers this bill be approved and payment for same be authorized. as Indic The Council :as advised that .another bill for architect's trs services willbe due in September. Commissi for appr A, motion was made by Mitchell, seconded by Wood that the recommendation of the Board of Works be adopted, but after discussion this motion was withdrawn. that the It •ryas p On motion of Thoits and Collins, it was directed that the Coura the sum of 45000.00 be transferred to the Hospital. Construction have not Account when it is: received from the Hospital management, this further sum. to be available; to the Board of Public Works, the final of Tract adjustment of accounts to be handled by Committee -i o 5. This of stree motion was carried on roll call, d.ith 13 Ayes, Costello voting Purposes, No. vote on : Po-oe StrEet 7Sr id;�,e A report was received from the Board of Public Works recommending _that the City cooperate with the counties of San Mateo and Santa Clara in the construction of a new culvert over. San. Francisqui.to;;. Creek at Pope Street as a PWA project, as outlined; in Board of Works bulletin No. 146, whichaas transmit Pi__ with tbie report. This was referred to Committees No. 1 and No. 4. Improvement in rlayfair Subdivision A report was received from the Board of Works inf ormi :; the Council that the contract for paving and improvements i:^ ,re Mayfair Subdivision has been completed and recommending that the work be accepted. Committee No. 1 also recommended that t' i s work m be accepted. On motion of Mitchell and rosher, these reports were approved and the work accepted. The Council was informed that the assessment for. improvement of Martin, .eincoln and Channing Avenues, Center Street, Regent, Somerset, Kirby, Tevis and Kent ?lace, under regard tc format1 or designatE provided City; tea Gas Tax f Palo n.j to and ray I Property. on the un Article 3 at the ra the adopt: Improvement Plans :No. 5.9; ,was .filed in the office of the City Clerk on July 13, :19 . On motion of Mitchell and Tho as, it was directed that a, hearing on this assessment be held by the Council at /z30 P.M., on Monday, August 8, 1938. The assessment for this work was referred to Committee No. 1' for a report atthe time of the hearing. Subaivzson imp of De:- anc; rac t A report was received from Committee No. 1 requesting further time in which to consider the subdivision map of. the Garland Tract. The ;committee recommended that the plan for utility installations .and improvements in the tract, as outlined in oar of Works Bulletin No. 145, be approved. On mtiozz' of Costello and T°ornas, the recommendation of Committee No. 1 in, regard to the plan for utility installations in :the tract was approved. The .subdivision map, previously recommended by the Planning. Comm.Lssio , was', consi,de.red,, and reference was made to the report , of the` Bo,rd of works of June 9th calling attention to the i act that, a1thou, h the street layout is not a problem for the Board of 'J`orks, .it .is the opinion of the Board that the plan presented is:` ,undesirable and impractical. Mr..: George Carey, repre:5entng the: subdividers, addressed the Council in regard to the plan; and explained the desire of the sob dividers and the owner"of the property for a curved street, as indicated on. the map, :which t%ey felt would- help to slow down traffic. Mr,.. C E., .Ashworth, Chairman of the rlann,,ing Commission, exp?ained..the Commission's view and its reasons . for approving the map. A motion was Made: by Mitchell, seconded by Thoits, that the subdivision map of the Garland Tract be approved It was pointed out:that the, map was previously referred by the Council to Committees No. l and. No. 2 and that reports have not yet been received :'from, .these committees. After further discussion, Resblutiozi No, 1205, approving the map of Tract Rio. 70,: Garland Tract, and accepting the dedication of streets and strips of land shown on said map for sidewalk purposes andpoleelinel easements, was adopted by the following vote on roll cal.-: Ayes: Cypher, ;ors. Merner, Mitchell, ittosher, Salsman, Thoits Thomas, Wood. Noes: Blois, Bonhar, Cashel, Collins, Costello, Rj c hare's Street pa.ving, proec t A report was received from the Board of Works , in regard to the PWA street paving project; recommending the formation of'an assessment district as indicated on map designated as 7Ex.bibit: B"; that the public :improvements' as provided in Improvement Plans No. 60, be undertaken by the City, that same be financed as a PWA project supplemented with Gds Tax funds and special assessments under Article I of the Palo Alto . improveriaent Proe;edure Code, and that the City assume andpay its share of t o :cost of improvement affecting city property.. It was further , recommended by the Board that .bends an the unpaid assessments: be issued under Bond Pan B of Lrticle 3 :of said ordinance, in`ten, annual series, with interest: ay tre rate of 5 per cent per annum. 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In , �, Gozs� n tr}e �` A sink ai cte e� ?�o' adv�. car t�'e ,, co�p�' a� Co aainaC the revised. reparyo� a� to yce office of the, ty tx tie attention .. • • of u eCt t n. ,j1� its a t .axney tee directed. ir file . oy —._ di of for 1.95Y1 -5B2 t'tt o1s na`' ai copy. City ��e Co proposed, �e��es Clefts., Cno.D4e •repot} cil c��e prepay amename C es oro,iam' nay be made r Aomi Caadi d t Cossi v recomme Safety: by Co of Co to tAe b‘al.Ldiri Board r ed ati-a Commit" Coace,, A to tae CCmitt "no spita taebo believed tC:eve Ceptiol omitte appro aeCe. OA a( w a s ,prx 0 Clerk, and made particular. reference in changesproposed by the:.:aommi;ttee which A number of less important changes were report. its report to the` ,. are of major importance also listed in the It was pointed ou:t :t.hat 3t, is desirable for the Council to express approval or disapproval of the .major changes before the. City .ttor'nney progresses very far in the preparation of the final draft» These changes included amendments and revisions ,in the election ordinances, the traffic code, health code, and: local labor ordinances. On mot on of Mrs:. Merrier and Richards, the changes recommended by Committee No. 3 in the election ordinances were approved, with the amendment that provision be made in the new code that thirty qualified signatures on a nominating petition .are sufficient for the nomination of a candidate for councilman, instead of" f 3,fty, as recommended by Committee No. The revised traffic code and health code, wnich were recommended by the committee after approval by the board of Safety, were referred to Committee No. 2. Councilman Thoits questioned the change proposed by Committee No. ,3 in Section 18, which included in the duties of Committee No. 2 the consideration of all matters pertaining to the Palo Alto Hospital. He pointed out that matters of bui:.aing and maintenance wouldproperly be handled by the Board of Works and Committee No. 1, and that any matters relating tofinances; or budget would be considered by Committee No. 4. He :felt that the Council should not be concerned with the details of hospital management, and referred. to the "fact that in the past the Council has appointed special cam'i ttees to handle questions of policy in connection withthe hospital. Mrs. Merrier advised that there is no mention of the hospital in the present ordinances and that Committee No. 3 believed it would be desirable for one of the council committees to have some connection with hospital matters. After a discussion of this matter, on motion of Thoits and Cashel, it; was directed that the amendment to Section 18 as outlined in the report of Committee No. 3 be omitted from the recodi.fied ordinances. A request was' received from the City attorney for an -ppa opriation not to exceed $200.00 for extra clerical help necessary in completing the recodifica;ion of ordinances. On .notion of Thomas and Richards, a sum not to exceed 4p200.00 . s wade available to the City Attorney for this purpose, this appropriation to be taken from the unappropriated balance, bias ,motion being carried by unanimous vote on roll call. Reports of Officials. The report of the Department of Public Safety for the :month of June, 1938, was received and placed on file. Resolution on Liquor Control On motion of Aosher and Thoits, and by unanimous vote on roll call, the Council adopted Resolution No. 1207, endorsing the initiative constitutional amendment providing for e repeal of Section 22 of Article XX of the Lionstitution of the State of California and adding. Section 29 to Article XX of said Constitution providing for local liquor control. aaa • verziErsersomiaii Appointment to Community Center. Commission The Mayor nominated Malcolm McGilvray for appointment as a, member of.. the Community Center Commission fora three-year term : to fill one of the vacancies on the Commission due to the expiration: of she terms of Charles A. Dobbel and Mrs. Honor Adams On motion. of Thomas and Blois, this nomination was confirmed. The Mayor announced that . bi;s nomination of another member would :be submitted at a 1ater date. = Appointment.. _of Council Corrittees The, appointment of the standing committees of the City Council for the fiscal year 1938--39was announced by the Mayor, as follows: Committee No.,1 - Public Works: ww Committee 14o. 2 - Public Safety: Lorenz Costello, Chairman W. R. Bonham Henry C. Collins George W. losher Earl. C. Thomas Clark Cypher, Chairman Glenn W. Goddard Frances Merner E. C. Thoits Grenville Wood mmitt'ee No. 3 - Public Library, ' Robert L..Richards,Chai_man „Community Center and Welfare W. _:R. Bonham Activities: Clark Cypher Frances Merner E. C. Thoits Committee No. 4 - Ways and Means: Committee - Ivo. 5 - Auditing and Accounts: J. B. Blois, Chairman Edward P. Cashel Aenry C. Collins Lorenz Costello J. P. Mitchell Earl C. Thomas, Chairman J. B. Blois Edwarti e. Cashel Glenn W. Goddard J. P. Mitchell , ppo' ntment of Le 3utj es Nominations of deputies and assistants for the :'isc; year 11938-39 .were :made by department heads as follov:s: On motion of confirmed. Bills Deputy .Aud.tor : Deputy assessor: Deputy Clerk: Deputy -Tax Collector: Deputy Treasurer: 1:ssistant Auditor; Elizabeth Perrott Alvina Larsen Alvina .1,arsen F. V. Pering Elizabeth Perrott Virginia Troa sli Secretary to City Attorney:Lois Logan Secretary to Police Judge: Evelyn Smith Mosher and Cashel, these nominations were On motion of Thomas and Blois, the following were approved and warrants authorized in payment of the by unanimous vote on roll call: Mrs. Capitola Dresden Palo . 1to Hospital w2.36 1481.. 00 bills Appointment ;to Community Center Conmission The Mayor. nominated Malcolm McGilvray for rpoint:nent as a member o1 ` the Community Center Commission fore- a - three-year term to -fill one of the vacancies on the Commission due to the expiration of the terms of Charles A. Dobbel and Mrs. noror Adams.. On Motion. of Thomas and Blois, this nomination confirmed. The, Mayor announced that his nomination. of another member mould be submitted at a later date. was Appointment .:.of Council Committees The appointment of the standing committees of the City Council for the fiscal year 1938-39 was announced by the .Mayor., as follows: Committee loo. 1 - Public 'forks: Committee Ao. 2 - Public Safety: Committee No. ; 3 - Public Library, -Community Center and Welfare Activities: Committee No. 4 -- Ways and Means: Committee -1`+o. 5 Auditing and Accounts: ,Appointment of Leout.ies Lorenz Costello, Chairman W. R. Bonham Henry o. Collins George W. Mosher Earl C. Thomas Clark Cypher, Chairman Glenn W. Goddard Frances Merner E. C. Thoits Granville Wood Robert L.Richards,Chai_man W. R. Bonham: Clark Cypher Frances:Merner E. C. Thoits J. B. Blois, Chairman Edward k Cashel aen ry C.: Collins Lorenz Costello J. P.. Mitchell Earl C. Thomas, Chairmen J. B. Blois Edward r ti Cashel Glenn W. Goddard J. P. Mitchell Nominations of deputies and assistants for the fiscal year 1938-39 were made by department heads as follows: Deputy Auditor: Deputy_ A ssessor: Deputy Clerk: Deputy Tax Collector: Deputy Treasurer: hssistant Auditor: Elizabeth Perrott Aivina Larsen A/vine Larsen F. V. Pering Elizabeth Perrott Virginia Tronslin Secretary to City Attorney:Loic Logan Secretary to Police Judge: Evelyli smith On notion of Mosher and Cashel, these nominations were confirmed. Bills On motion. -of Thomas and Blois, the following bills were approved and warrants authorized in payment of the same, by unanimous - vote on . rols call: Mrs. CapitolL Dresden Palo hlto Hospital wc4.3E 1481.00 to meet aai l . .1TTr'.ST: AB S!.3.v �. Fn .<'-i �'.r1Z, �% " ".. k ..L'r' '- }r 'F ,»• �..n. j �`3-� . ?. Y'r i r F .!Y :yht4� NPC'l CKnPH" r r tit%fir,"Y Li '3i' f .! te''' < <._.• vr,. �� ;;.F..�S.'?w*az �R ��, kl.�?� . cF,r .rrht' 4"i.Y+c a� C: 0 ' fh^ rte 0 0 N) 0 n� 4-) (-1