HomeMy WebLinkAbout07291935The Council of the City of Palo Alto met on this date
in special session at 7:30 p.m., in response to the following cal..:
111.s Acting mayor of the City of Palo Alto, i hereby
call a special meeting of the Council of the City
of Palo alto, to convene at the council chamber
in the city hall in the City of Palo Alto, at the
MloW of 7:3C' p.m., Monday, July 29, 1935, for the
purpose of authorizing; the City pruditor to make
certificate relative to the City s contribution to
Works Progress Aaminlstra.tion Projects, and for
the transaction of such other business as may come
before the Council.."
Aayor Judson presided aria roll call was as follows:
Present: Blois, Bonham, Cathcart, Collins, Costello, Uoadarc,
'udson, itchel.l, 4osner, hicharas, Salsman,
Stephens, Thoits, Thomas, Wood.
The special order of the day was the consideration of
a ipropriations to certain Works x'rogress Administration projects
in =order that tjle Auditor might secure the, necessary authoriza-
tion on<.;to sign certificates, as rewired by -the Works Progress
'Administration, showing that the Cit:,y,s contributions to the
projects will be available as needed. It was pointed out that
all. of the proposed contributions, with one exception, are
included : in the 1935-36 budget, but as the budget has not yet
been, .: adopted by the Council tna, Auditor is unable to sign the
recguireO. ,-certif icates . It was stated that the City's
• contributions to the proposed projects, most of which are 'transfers
of S . E. R. A. projects already in operation to the '1 P . A . , consist
of part of the salaries of certain city employees for superinten-
dence, rental of space and equipment owned by the City, ana
Utilities used in the projects.
The list of the proposed projects, v ith estimated
amount of the City's contributions, is as follo7 s:
1. irport Completion 43, 704.00
2. iiredging Channel 6,785.00
3. Culvert, Columbia Street 567.00
4. Mayfield Library and Hal:, 2,9.00.00
5. City Parks Development 6,000.00-x-
6. .Aecod.if ying city ordinances 15.00
7. Recreation Program 4,620.00
£s.. ewin; Project 2,400.00
9. Cobbling Project 750.00
10. City Health Department and
visiting Housekeepers 600.00
11. VeteransBuilding 240.00
12. Regional Map, 300.00
13,. City Hall Clerical 250.00
Total t,29;131."00
''heads 0300.00 to budgeted amount.
This . matter was aiscl.s.sed at length, ands a ;notion 's
made by ooa .seo,nded by Thomas, that the Council approve these
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safficient funds to take ` care of the City,s contributions to the
various )ro„ects. After further discussion, this motion
.:as withdrawn, ana it vas roved by Mitchell, seconded by Bonham,
that the Council approve the projects as listed and appropriate
a sum not to exceed the amount estimated for each project, and
that the d.uditor be instructed to make the necessary certifica-
tion that the city t s contributions will be available as needed
This motion was adopted by unanimous vote on roll call.
Ltitti.aalLityte Bulletins
Legislative:Bu..letins Vo, 14 and No. 15 from the League
of California ililunicipalities concerning the provisions of the
gasoline tax billrecently signed by the Governor, and relating
to various bills vetoed by the Governor, were received and
placed on file.
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Councilman Wood .left at 8=15 p.m. and vhas absent during
the rest of the meeting.
.,ocrooriation for`. ile•ore"sente.tjon at State Board of
Eouaelzation hearin
A letter was received from the League of California
.lor_icipalities concerning hearings to be held before the . State.
Board o-• 1,Gualazation relative to utility property valuations,
and requesting that the City of ealo Alto contribute the sum of
a'5::. o0 if it wishes to, be represented by the League at these`
neerings. r1 report was recelvec. from Committee No. 4 on this
matter, recommending that an appropriation of 950.00 be made to
reimburse the League for representing the interests of the City
of eaio •alto before the State Board of Equalization, this
appropriation t:; come from the Contingent Fund- o i. motion of
�itc aeil and Collins,, this recommendation was approved and the
appropriation authorized, by unanimous vote on roll cell.
Claim. of Mathild.a Roberts
claim was •received from Mat Lilda Roberts against the
City of palo Alto, J . F. Byxbee as City Engineer, and L.
Anderson as Deputy City Engineer and Director of Utilities,
in the amount of 4p5,581.68 on account of injuries ree 1ting from
a fall at the intersection of Lytton venue and Guinan Street.
On motion of Thomas and Mitchell, this claim was referred to the
City Jttorney. ,
-letter from Consulting Harbor Engineer
A communication from George F. Nicholson, Consulting
:.er ;or Engineer, offering his services as consulting engineer
on the halo n1to Harbor Project, was referred to the Board of
aciic ;orks and committee No. 1.
hecort on ezonirr Power House Site
n report was received .from the City Planning; Commission
=ecommenain ; that no portion of the Poorer house site be rezoned
:or inaustria_ purposes at the present time. On ration of
T:nomas and masher, the consideration of this report was postponed
until a f uu.a. consideration of the Butane Plant situation is had by
the Councii.
Report on Picnic Grounds
report was received from the Planning Commission
transmitting, a report ..fb om its sub -committee on the location
Picnic grounds in -Rincanada Park, and recommending that . this
-euort be approves by the Council,, This wag referred to Co.mn ttee
A1° • 3 ano. the Board of Works.
budge Item ror Te'ehone Lxcran• e
A ,report was received from Committee -'io. 1 reco:a, ena-
ing that so ittee No. 4 include an item of $500.00 in the
co unif budget inorder to cover the cost of operating a semi -
mechanical branch telephone exchange No. 740-b in the city hall.
This wasreferred to Committee No. 4.
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lions for Alterations to City hall
A report was received from Committee No. l recommencing
that an amount of 4750.00 be included in the 135-36 budget fox
the purpose of preparing preliminary plans Sor alterations ana
additions to. the city hall. This was referrea to Committee
No. 4.
Christmas Street Lights
n report from Committee No.
appropriation, "of 030.0.00 be set up in
er, ecticn and maintenance of, Christmas
referred'to Committee No. 4.
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street lights, was
Code f:cr Installation of Oil burning Equipment
6 report %'as received from Commmittee. No. 1 recommencing
the :passage of an ordinance adopting regulations of the National
Boa-ro, of Fire Underwriters, Code of 1:,o4 for the installation
of oil burning equipment, with the modifications recommended by
the ,Board of; w4orks in Bulletin No. 86. It vas pointed out that
both, the Board of Viorks and Board of safety have recommended tit'
adoption of such an, ordinance. The City Attorney was requester
to prepare an ordinance to this effect.
£oration of Butane Plant
Referring to petition previously receivedfrom
residents in the vicinity of the proposed site for the Gas
Distributing Center and butane Plant, suggesting that if the
plant is moved it be located to the south of the Poker = lant
instead of to the nest, Committee `Ao. 1 asked for further t.uie
pending final decision on the matter of rezoning the Porter uouse
site.. The committee's request for further time was granted.
budget1 teen for harbor luster's House
A report was received from Committee No. recd: ,.ena n
that: 4600.00 be included in the 1965-36 budget for rcateriais a.:u
suppliesfor a harbor master's house. This was referred t::
Committee No. 4.
A.npro:pjriation to 4ayor ` s Co,gmittc�e Fund
A report was received from Committee No. 2 reco 1nenQi
that an appropriation of 41.50.00 be mace to the ao.yor's Co. elitte`
Fund for administration ana the Com,nunity Kitchen for the cnt.1
of J .Ly. A similar recommendation was received from
Committee No 4. 0n motion of Mitchell and Thomas, these
reports were approvea and the appropriation authorized by
unanimous vote on .roll call, tni.s amount to, be token from the
ContingentFund.
Appropriations for S.L.R.h. Telepnone and
Stenographic Service for Survey Committee
The Mayor read a memorandum from R. N. Hayden, Spec_u}
Representative of the mayor, requesting an appropriation not to
exceed . $25.00 to cover the expense of the telephone for the
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Attest:
S.E.R.1:. office for the months of July, August and
September, 3.955; also re4Ues,ting an appropriation not to
exceed X30.00 for the purpose of hiring a stenographic
reporter fora certain amount -of or in connection N,ith the
Community Center Survey. This matter was
on m:,tion or Thomas and :�i discussed, and
were authorized from ..the Contingent of these appropriations..
on roll call.
g una by unanimous vote
On motion of Mitchell and Mosher, the Council
ad. j o ur ne d .
Attest:
City Clerk."
Approved:
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