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HomeMy WebLinkAbout08091937453 City ball, Palo Alto, California, August 9, 1937. The Council of the Llty of Palo Alto met in regular session on this date at 7:30 P.M., witn 4ayor Saisnan presiding. Roll call as follows: Present: Blois, :bonham, Cashel, Collins, Goddard, :ors. Merner, Atosher, Richards, batsman, iho is Absent: Costello, Cypher, M1tcheli; Thomas, Food. The Minutes. of the meeting of July 12, 193'7, were approved. Buc 4et for.. 193? 36-, The special order of the day was a hearing on the proposed budget for -1937-38. The letter of transmittal dated July 28th from. the Chairman of Committee Ivo. 4 was read, the committee recommending that the budget: be adopted •and t:iat the tax rate: of 1.00 be continued. A report,dated August 5th, was received from Committee ;4o. 4, supplementing its letter of .July 28th, recommending that the salary appropriation lor the Community Center Commission be inc_ eased 60.00, the amount to be taken from the unappropriated balance, this being to cover the transfer of a car a.la.owance to a salary account, which was inadvertently omitted ,from the budget. Councilman Goddard called attention, to the fact that there is no appropriation in the proposed budget for the :maintenance of the old Mayfield City Ball which is now used by t:Cieboy scouts and Girl Scouts. A motion was made by Goddard, seconded by Bonham, that ;an appropriation not to exceed 4200.00 be included in the. tentative budget for the purpose of painting the: old Mayfield City Hall, this :mount to be taken from; the unappropriated balance. After discussion, this motion was carried on roll call, all present voting Aye except Blois,` who voted i o. Councilman Mitchell carne at this time, 7:50 P.M., and was present during the rest of the meeting.) Resolution No. 1162, adopting the budget for the fiscal year 1937-38., was read. It was .moved by Mosher, seconded by Uo1lins, that the resolution be adopted. The ayor now stated: that this was the time for the public wearing on the budget and gave opportunity to those i' the audience to be heard. There was no one present who wished to address the Council. The resolution was then adopted by unanimous vote on roll call. ,Counciiman Thomas came at this time, 7:55 P.:M., and was present during the rest of the meeting. ) Ordinance jao. 716, fixing the tax rate at 41.00 to be levied, upon each one hundred dollars of assessed property, ryas read, and on motion of ..Collins and posher, was adopted -by, unanimous vote on roll call. Claimof Yrs . Webster A letter was received from Leonard R. attorney submitting a claim for damages in the $512t00 filed by Mrs. C. R. Webster, ter, on account incurred when she fell on the sidewalk in front Avenue.; Avilla, amount of of injuries of 917 Charming A written opinion was received from the City Attorney on this- claim, recommending tnat the Council deny the claim and refer it to the'rinsurance company for handling. Qn motion of Mosher and Mrs. Merner, the recommendation` of the City Attorney was approved and the claim denied. Extension of East rtiillov: F oaa A letter, addressed to the Mayor, waspresentea from Leon ;A:_ Carley, attorney, urging on behalf of Mr. Buxton C. Hooker that tree question of the extension of East Willow Aoaa and Page Mill Road receive the consideration of the Council at this, meeting, and that the Council either reject, the proposed extension or authorize the acquisition of Mr. Hooker's property. This. letter had previously been referred by the dayor to the Board of Works, Planning Commission and Committee 14o. 1. A report was received from the Board of Works submitting Bulletin No. 6 relative to this matter and recommend- ing that the project for the extension of East Willow Road be not approved. The elanning Commission submitted a report recomme naing that the City take immediate steps to acquire the necessary land between .Alm'a Street and Cowper Street at this time, -re take care of the straightening of r Gerson Street and connect Colorado .venue with Page i11 koad; and further r ecommenair:g that immediate negotiations be entered into between the state, the City Planning Commission and the County Planning Co,nmssi::n to . officially establish this road as a futtr e major traffic arterial . connecting the three highways (Bayshore Highway, El. Camino Real and the Skyline Boulevard). A report was received from Committee Ao. 1 recommend- ing that the proposed master plan for the extension of East Wiflow Road be, rot approved. motion was made by Mitchell, seconded by eiosher, that the recommendation. of Committee loo. s be aaopted. Mr. S. : . Cutnbertson addressed the Council that the plan for the proposea arterial to connect tne three highways be approved. In a discussion among tne councie members, reference was mace to the study given to this problem ior many months by the elanning Commission, and some of tne council members felt that more opportunity should be given to them to stuoy thesituation before taking any action. Councilman Collins called attention to the fact tnat ;fir. hooker, owner of proper ty on Colorado Avenue between Alma and Emerson b'treets, on the line of the proposed extension, has applied for a building permit which has already been held up more " than the length of time allowed by ordinance, and pointed out that unless the Council takes definite : action either to reject the proposed extension or to acquire`Mr. Booker's property, there would be no costecle in, the way of granting the permit to Mr. Rooker. The motion to adopt the recommendation of Committee No. I was lost on roll call by the following vote. Ayes: 'Cashel, Ar s. lerner, .. itcne_Ll, Mosher, 5aisman. Noes: J.cbis, ,bona m.. Collins, Goddard, Ri.char•as,Tholts, nomas . •.•4••• j.i..a�; 01 directed te contemplate the physica. stay sheni of £=,ast information the cost of At the sugge back to Com and costs o] to the deli: a co3nmilnica i submitted f; towards the Attorney sub witn a requE the next StE Committee -Jc Receol: A relating to advising will ce red and com:aiss'i A a license of the mainter..; Pacific rig September 4. be approved. oe Clerk were e. by unanimous Aesei .t recommending of Safety es zones in the pointed out Board of Edu no -parking a opening of ` report �por,. at . recommenaino into nette property ay i -rs • Fir for was ado V ,e: jes hanning ttorriey 1.aim :i motion. "may commend - East , sing varee Terence' ntlI bens „udy DJ -fins property the_line permit time o'L:nc it ..ensign obstacle mmi ttee al snare.: r as,Thoits; wawartsvge On motion; of Thomas and Bonham, the City Clerk was airected to ;in orm. ►r.. looker that the Council aoes not contemplatetailing :any immediate action in the matter of the physical opening of ' a street through his property. It was the -opinion ;of Councilman Teosas that further study should be given to the entire question of the extension of Last Willow Road and that ' the Council should be given more information as to the recent developments in the case and as to the cost of the future development of such ea arterial. At the suggestion. of Councilman Mitchell, the :matter was referred back to Committee No. .1 for further study and report upon plans and costs of the establishment of a future arterial. .,ccount of Associated Air Services A report was :received from the City attorney relative to the delinquent account; of the Associated Air cervices, with a communication, from the Associated Air Services which they nave submitted for consideration before any active steps are taken towards the collection of the delinquent accounts. The City. ettorney suggested that the report be referred to Committee ttee DIo . 5 with a request that the committee consider vd th the City .tttorney the next step to be taken. The matter was referred to Committee i o. 5 for study and report back to the council. rye oaif'i`ation of Citz Ordinareszes A communication was received from the City e ttorney eJ.ati'rig to: progress' on the recodification or; city ordinances, advising that tentative copies of the recodif ied orrlinances ei.11 be ready for study by the members of the Council, boards nd commissions in October. This report was piaced on file. i icense Agr eeaen with Southern Pacific A report was received from the Board of Works 'approving a license agreement with the Southern eacific company covering the maintenance of oil, unloading pipe line on the Southern; Pacific right of away, this document replacing the lease dated September 4, 1909. Committee : No. 1 recommender. that this agreement be approved. On motion of Yitc.. e.11 and Bonham, the Layor and City Olen( were authorized to sign this license agreement for the city, by unacAimous vote on roll call. riesolution on .\o --parking Areas and Loadi:la Zones at Schools A report was received from the Boara of eaf sty recommending: that the Council approve a resolution of the Board cf Safety .-establishing uniform no -parking areas and loading zones in the vicinity of the public schools. Councilman Oodderd pointed out that this resolution meets with the approval: of the bard of Education and urged that it be acopted so that the no --parking areas and loading zones coula be estebiishec: before the opening' of the schools in September. This resolution was referred to Committee -ice. 2.for a t at the next meeting. i on-confo'rm_ lg-Permit A reportwas received from the Planning Commission ,recommending that a non -conforming permit be granted to ors. entoinette Firstbrook for the building or a small cottage on:her r o:.perty..at 120 Kingsley Avenue. Ordinance i o. 717, granting a non -conforming permit to .F; rstorook, was read, and on motion of 4osher ant: Mitchell, was .adopted : as an emergency ordnance be amnia o•zs vote on roll call 4 1 456 st, o City Attorney on Suns si ie Horse A report was . received from the City Planning Commission transmitting a ruling from the City attorney in regard to the complaint from Miss :Ka t.harine i'reat against the 6unnyside zome for Children conducted by Mrs. C. D. Howard at 436 Palo Alto Avenue. It was the opinion of the City Attorney that this school is permitted under the present ordinances of the City and there is nothing that can be done to remedy the situation, except a civil, action f.aa the event the adjoining property owners desire to make legalclaims that the school constitutes a nuisance. The City Attorney advised the Council that ne understands the Sunnyside Home is to be moved to another iodation on August 15th, thereby removing the objection of Miss Treat to the operation of this school in its present location. The ruling of the City Attorney was placed on file. Ordinance Defining Lodging liouse Committee purpose o in the pr explained the amo un that it t the servi specializ of Commit for this the Conti on the ea intersect at the la :A report was received from the Planning Commission Committee recommending that an ordinance defiiaing "lodging house" be incorporated in the. Zoning Ordinance. A .proposed ordlnance,amending Section 1000 of the Zoning Ordinance by adding the definition of a lodging house Departmen as "a building or portion thereof in which the occupant thereof month of maintains' a : room or rooms for hire by three or more persons", was given first reading and referred to Committee .to. 1. Improvement rrocedur'e Code A report was received from C.oalmittee lyo. 1 recommending favorable action on the recommendation of the Board of Works for the adoption of a proposed ordinance providing procedure for E:.n t street improvement, entitled "Palo Alto Improvement Procedure Code". The committee also recommended that the sum of $200.00 be appropriated for the purpose of employing legal assistance were appr for the City Attorney in the preparatlo:: of this improvement by ynanim procedure code. The proposed ordinance was given first reading by title, as follows: 4r AN ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE PROCEDURE FOR THE ACQUISITION OF, "<LAYING OUT, OPENING, EXTENDING, WIDENING, OR CLOSING UP, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, INCLUDING THE TAKING OF IMMEDIATE POSSESSION AND USE, AND FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF AND WORK UPON,' PUBLIC' STREETS, AVENUES, LANES, ALLEYS, COURTS, PLACES, PARKS, PLEASURE GROUNDS,COMMONS, AND ALL PUBLIC. WAYS AND OTHER PROPERTY AND RIGHTS OF SAY, INCLUDING ANY PROPERTY OVER WHICH POSSESSION AND RIGHT OF USE :1AS BEEN OBTAINED UNDER THE . PROVISIONS OF SECTION FOURTEEN OE ARTICLE ONE OF TEE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, IN WhOEE OR IN PART; FOR ESTABLISHING AND CHANGING OR MODIFYING THE GRADES OF ANY THEREOF;, FOR THE LEVYING OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENT TAXES AND .LIENS ON REAL PROPERTY TO PAY FOR SAME; FOR THE ISSUANCE OE BONDS TO PAY FOR THE COST AND EXPENSES OF SAME AND TO REPRESENT AND BE SEC2 — BY SUCH ASSESSMENTS; TO PROVIDE FOR THE; COLLECTION OF SUCH ASSESSMENTS AND FOR THE PAYMENT OF SUCH BONDS; FOR THE FORMATION OF MUNICIPAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS FOR THE AC':UISITION OR CONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS, i3ORKS AND PUBLIC UTILITIES, THE ISSUANCE, SALE AND. PAYMENT OF BONDS OF SUCH DISTRICTS, AND THE ACQUISITION OR CONSTRUCTION OF SUCH IMPROVEMENTS; :'OR THE READJUSTMENT OF ASSESSMENTS AND THE REFUNDING OF .SUCH. BONDS; FOR THE REGISTRATION OF SUCH. BONDS;_ OR THE ISSUANCE OF DUPLICATE BONDS,IN THE, PLACE OF LOST OR DESTROYED BONDS;. FOR THE PURCHASE AND SALE OF SUCH BONDS BY SAID CITY; AND FOR:. THE ACQUISITION EY SAID CITYOF PROPERTY AND OF LIENS ON PROPERTY ON WHICH SUCH ASSESSMENTS AND LIENS ARE UNPAID AND DELINQUENT AND FOR THE SALE AND DISPOSAL OF THE PROPERTY AND LIENS SO ACQUIRED.fl Community Ray, term to meet s ATTEST (.4 location rea.t - The City nttor.ney referred to the recommendation of mnission r .:: Committee i'+o. 1 that the sum of 200.00 be appropriated for the the purpose of employing legal assistance for the City .ttorney "ooze in the preparation of this improvement procedure code, and Ito explained the :necessity for such legal assistance and pointed out eels >, the amount of work involved in preparing the code. He advised, 'ity that ' if the .appropriation is allowed it is planned to secure .lion= the services of the firm. of Kirkoride and Wilson who are • owners Specialized in street work procedures. On motion of Bonham and Mosher, the recommendation of Committee 4.4o. 1 with regard to the appropriation of . 4200.00 for this purpose was approved, and the amount was allowed fro the Contingent Fund, by unanimous vote on roll call. Ordinance EstabiisC ng Stop Signs .Lction.on a proposed ordinance establishing stop signs on the easterly and westerly corners of Alma Street at its intersection with California 1,venue, which was given first reading at. the last meeting, was postponed pending a - report from sion Committee No. 2. oe ieports of Officials the The reports of the Department of eublic Works, the ouse T ` Department of Public Safety, Auditor and Treasurer,, for the thereof month of July, 1937, were received and placed on file.. ons, Appointments to Community Venter Lc nidssion The Mayor deferred his nomination of two members of Community Center Commission, vice Mrs. '.ouis Stern and Howard =mending Ray, germs expired. arks for for rn : �.� zionthiy Bi_ i s- edure re $200.00 .Y On motion of Mosher anc. Bonham, the following bills tines. { were approved and warrants authorized in payment of the same, rent by unanimous vote on roll call J. L. Abbot Company $ 7.49 by Baker Signs 3.54 OR THE riancroft4vhitney Co. 2.94 , OR riank of America 25.00 Congdon c Crome 18.03 AND ri. S. Crocker Co. 103.00 S, Modern Office Machines Co. 17.00 WAYS Palo Alto Times 4.50 ERTY r Palo Alto Transfer ac Storage Co. 10.00 :ENDER - Mayor ri. it. Salsman 25.00 0lonaker"s Printing House 1.03 PART; 'F; Sionaker's Printing House 3.75 ANY Stanford University Press 2.42 LIENS Travelers Insurance Co. 203.86 NDS TO Western Loose Lean' Co. 194.88 Ni. BE SECURED City of Palo Alto 15.70 CH Palo Alto'Hospital 1642.50 0r. fATION lunicipal Yinance Officers Assn. 10.00 R bancrof t--Vuhitney Co. 2.94 .LITTER, S, AND R THE 2U LICATE i URC RASE TION BY SUCH h APPROVED R THE rr 1 ATTEST U f C► ty Clerk the C, • «d4ourr:ment to August 23, 1937 On motion of Mosher and Bonham, the Council.- adjourned, to meet at 7:30 P.M., August 23, 1937, in the City Hall. • 1