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Home My WebLink About09101935T. City Hall, Palo .Ai 4o, California, September 10, l35. The, ,Council of the City of .halo.. ito met. 'in regular sessions on this date at 7:vu p.m., with layor auason:'pre.;iaing. Roll call as follows: Present:: Bonham, Collins, Costello, Goddard, Judson, ,►'iitch4ii, Cosner, Aicha.rds, Saisman, Thomas, property protest;. , of raio A. property ; lei the :Jr� necessary :Blois, Cathcart, Stephens, Tnoit.s, uood . call a spE of nEmbarc The minutes of ts:e meetings of August i2 and 19, 1 n 955, resolutio approved- Council at Paac3aaton for "Constitution Day" considered y, 112=e: i.stric„ : The ,protes A comma. ,a..catioa was received from the National directed t Coins.tztutio,n L y .Lo;n .ttee asking t:aat a proclamation be issued for ;the observance of Constitution :Gay, September 17, 16,5, enclosing a ,suggested form of proclamation. Oh motion of sa. smaf ;rater to t and Mosher,,. the Vayor was authorized to issue such a prociamatio<. I the pri nci and it was .diree:ted that a copy be forwarded to the National of the res. Constitution Day Committee. It was rep; a report u Eeiea.se on -Officials' Bond faciLities be receives The City Attorney presented_ a release unaer nona mo. ;iii be ;rt 1260323,dated Jury : , .J. 34„ issued jointly by the Hartford Accident dna ,Indemn:ity Company ana the Maryland Casualty Company 'covering certaint oificia s ana employees of the City of Palo intention a A.� t.o,: this release to be effective as of July 1, l'.=)65. It v,as City' £- lf;itte explained thin new bond has been issued by the Maryland the resort Casualty Company., .s of July 1, 1y35, to take the Place of the nst`wi Gt above- mentioned bond. un motion of Mitchell and osier the to annex t:s. layor. vas authbri:zed_ to execute this elease.. erOposai to Audit Accounts . 4. communication from Cris . .a. re tersen. 0, Company, certified public- accountants, submitting a proposal toaudit tine city .accounts',was received and referred to Comrfiittee 16. 5. L. action on t Chan .t e Mayfield. Library !>ro j ect recommenain, =venue b(_ c letter was received from the Chairman of the i1ibrary feet weste,- Board urging that an application be made as :a W.P.A. project line now ex] for a branch `library in the Mayfield District. It vas pointer aistance of out that a report in connection with this .matter from k-o:mnittee feet. No. 4 will be`. presented later during the meeting. Kesolution for Taxi Stand recommenaea, adopted ac a 4 report was received from the board of safety recommending the approval of a resolution establishing a taxi stand an the northeasterly s...de of the Circle near university Avenue, to be allotted to the YelloG: Taxi Company. This was -referred to Committee loo. 2. 'mending Sec. 252 on oamb.j~ia A report was received from the Boara of Safety recommending for adoption a proposed ordinance amending Section 252 of ,Codified o°rdinance mo. 3 relating to Gambling. This ordinance was given first reaa.ing and: referred to ' omMit; ewe -<• Cotrib transmitting LoaSue rt::ue, nevoivin ; .notion 01 Sa. sae fro::. ti.r, On co; . during the r( >;an Loa 'lee Annexation of ET barcadero . °.annex Judge E. E.:, Hardy was present on behalf of certain roperty owners on Santa L .ita Road easterly from Louis Aoad, protesting against the annexation of : their property to the city of ealo Alto, and presented a vvri:tten protest signed by these _eeop erty ewnews who do i o;t; desire to have their property included in the eroposed annexatiOn ,aistrict, It was pointed out by the City attorney tat it is necessary for the Council'. to pass a resolution of intention to call d. special .election to: submit the question of annexation of vEmba.r caaero Annex" to the City of Palo Alto, and in th s resolution of intention a time . is, fixed for d hearing&by the Council at which time protests of property owners will be considered; that if a majority of the property owners of the district made a protest, the procedure would have to be abandoned. Type protest presented by ;Juage i iray was received and it was airectee that it be presented for consideration at the hearing The question of the possibility of the City's furnishing water to this distr. t was discussed, it being understood that tle principal reason for the proposed :annexation was the desire of the residents in ,that territory to .secure water from the -ity. It was .reported tnat tne City engineer is now engaged in preparing resort upon the estimated cost :of furnishing 4.a.ter and other facilities to this district son the estimated revenue to ;e received from the district ifannexed, and that this report " i li be presented . to. the Board of; Works at an early date. v it was suggested that the passage of the resolutionof intention above referred, to - be delayed unt i l the report of the City ty Lingineer is receives." end coias:idereo, that it is probable, if t .e report shops that it'would, be to. the City's advantage .to i.iistuii water ,mains and furnish water to the district rather than e annex the territory; `that th•e petitioners wou1.° be willing: to eitheraw their petition for annexation. after discussaon,.,ori motion. of Mosher andCollins, action on this matter was - postponed until the next meeting, qe Ctar e of etbac ' �xne A report was received from the elanning commission recommending that the setback line on the northerly siae of I`.ife ,venue be changed from 24 feet to 11 feet for a distance of S0: zeeZ. westerly from inoolrr Avenue; also that the 11 --foot setback . ine new existing on the; westerly side of rrincoln --venue for a eistc r ce of 75 feet northerly from Fife avenue be changed to 24 feet. Ordinance No. 661, changing this setbacx line as recommended, was read, and ; on motion. of Thomas and xti chards was ao.opted as an emergency ordinance by unanimous vote on roil call. Contribution to .National Municipal league A report was received frora tne rlaflning commission ;,eensmitt ng without comment a letter from the National Municipal_ Z•eKuestizag a contribution of 45.0e) to the ublication e.evo.Lving Fund of this iJeague. This was discussed, and on eetion of Sclsman area .Bonham, a contribution of *5.00 was eecc from the Cont n., rit.'Funo for this purpose, by unanimous vote e e roll m call . Councilman Thoits came at 8.30 p.m. ana was present eri_ g the rest of the meeting. 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Ordinance on 03.1 ;,Burning c u1 pment Ordinance No. 662, adopting .re regulations of g the ivata.ona3: � Board of Fire Underwriters, for the .installation of mil Burning: ;'quipment was given second reading, ana on motion of Bonham and Sa.- s'man was adopted by unanimous vote on roll call. ,Jrdinance on Gasoline Tax Street 4mprovernent Fund proposed ordinance authorizing the setting up of a special gasoline tax street improvement fund was given first reading. )1Sreaurrett"e•vii?-zvarkmovntrtrosslap =cm Convention of .Leak ue of :Calif, ., Municipalities communication Was receivedfrom the State Director_ off' -.z is Health as:s ng that the heath Officer be sent to tine annual. meeting of ,the x£ealtn Officers' Section of the League cz California i;,nicipaJ.ities to be held in San r ranci sco fr.ozn, , e .t • 3 to 26, 1955. It was pointed out that the health oIricer has been designated by tne Board of Safety as a delegate tnis Meeting and no further action by the Council is necessary.. r_ cJfnotwicat.ion was also received from Chas. l.. Reed, ?resident of the Clerks, Auditors, Assessors and Ireasurers Division of the Leagues inviting members of the Council and city officials to -attend the meetings of this division. The matter: of" sending delegates to the annual convention of the municipal league to be held in San Francisco from ep temper :3 to 26, 1935, with headquarters at the William Taylor Hotel, was discussed. On.motion :of ..Thomas ana Bonham, the members of the Council and representatives from the offices of the. City Clerk, 'Aud.ito:r.,: Treasurer, Tax Collector and City t_ttorney were ` author;.'zed to attend -the sessions of the convention with their expenses allowed,. ApJointments '.to- Planning CoMmissi.on The Mayor announced that the terms of three members of tine planning Commission will expire on September 16, i9o5, - ' x. Jol:tl K. Branner, Col W. ;xi. "ones ana Mr. R. Bonham, councu. reere.senta tive The Mayor. nominated Mr. Branner and Co.L . ,)ones for re -appointment and Mr. J obert L. Richards as council representative on the Commission. On motion of :itchell and -c6he;: , these nominations were confined. ?eoorts of Officials The reports of. the Department or Pubic works, Lc ar tens of Pub.iiC Safety, Auditor and Trea,surer'wer•e received and placed on file. 0nt[ay .Dills 6n motion of Collins and Mosher, the following bills were approved and warrants asthoriz.ea in payment of the same: Bancroft uhitriey Co. City., of ?alo Alto Mayor C u.dson == ;modern Office_ Machines. Co. Professional Bua.1a3ng, Inc S1on :xex:.'.s' Printing nose Stanford University Press Travelers Insurance Co. Frank .6. Wilber Co.: C. W. Barker C-':.2.. t31 . of .? c:...l. o` Alto Raci: is Tel. Tel. 2alo Alto Hospital Royce .Lype"w`ri.ter Co. 2. 2 1.9.00 25.00 7.21 25.00 24.98 1.44 169.57 9.01 6.30 uo.O0 9.85 905.5' '.ohn E. Springer, £'olice Judge skinner a iammond S .onaker's Printing House k 9.71 1200.00 %53.9t5 Referring to the last mentioned bill which covered the cost: of -reprinting the ea10 Alto folders, which was presented by the Chamber of Commerce with the request: that it be p&1C by the COunciJ. out of the e bliClty Fund, Councilman Tbomas questioned the procedure.::usea in presenting this bill and felt that such bills .should first be considered by Committee No. 4. ne pointea o-ut..tha.t the appropriation set up in the budget for the Publicity Fund ' ::.s : not allowed for the use of a particular , organization and 'that ; the regular procedure should be followed by reference to the .proper committee for consider a t ion. . s Committee -4o. 5 had audited this bill together with all tre regular noatha.y bills its payment was authorized in this case, vi:th the understanding that such bills in the future would first be presented to the proper committee, - on community Kitchen Re nested an motion of Collins a.na Bonham, the board of Safety was requested to submit estimates to the Council' on. the open' Flo.^ >f the Commini:ty Litcnen axing the fiscal year. motion of Tbonias and Mosher, : the. Council adjourned. Approved: City Clerk Ayor s.essi Roll 1935, to a t; Argent Consul matter. t)roug_ United City proced Di of thel 4unicip; hold i in the the prof talk by off iciai inform orm Council attend t Let concern the Palo ao:. 5.. Let recom:nen another and that Fund. for the it be pa: -Stephens. was authc was abser