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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09111934City Hall, Palo Alto, California, September 11, 1934. The Council of the Ct7. of Palo A2to met in regular:. session on this date at 7:30 p.m.,. with Mayor Thomas presiding.. troll call as follows.. Present: Bonham,: Christens;e.n,. Collins, Crandall, Judson, Mitchell, Stephens, Thoit s, Thomas. Cathcart, Mosher, Wood. Kelly, Absent: Blois,. The minutes of the meetings of August 13 and 27, 1934, were approved. Letter from Mrs. Hobart A letter from Mrs. A. C. Hobart and family, expressing appreciation for the kindness and sympathy extended by the Council at the time of Mr. Hobart's death, was received and placed on file. i.etter from Pacific . Coast :n1d4:. Officials A communication from the Pacific Coast Building Jfficials 'onference, expressing apprreciation for courtesies extended while the. Conference. held its recent convention in Palo Alto, was received and placed on' file. .-eague Convention A circular letter was received from J. 'N. C iarl.evi1le Executive Secretary of the League> of Caiiforni.�x ,aniczpalit es,' concerning special railro.d' rates ,t'o Pasadena for delegates to the convention of the League'.to be, held from September 24 to 27,- 1334. upon motion of Mitchell, and: Stephens, the City Attorney, City Clerk and City Auditor,.; any rneMber.s of the Council who are able to attend, and any .ether, member 'of the city staff at the discretion of the Mayor,- were authorized to attend the convention at Pasadena, the necessary expenses to.be paid from the Contingent Fund, by unanimous'vote on roll. Call.: A . circular letter: ;wae received, from Gordon Whitna.l3 concerning exhibits ° at ;",the convention., The Mayor announced that ool. Hayden, specia. repres-entata eve of the Mayor, is preparing an exhibit for the City --'of Palo:Alto. Councilman Wood came at 7:45-p.rn., and was present for part of the meeting wetter f ram 1915 improvement Bond 'Act Committee A letter from: the 1915 ,Improvement Bond Act Co tmitt concerning-the'e.ffects of the 1913 -improvement .Bond Act and enclosing a letter from Attorneys.latc Ze11 and David relating' to the liability of cities:. wa.s referred to ,the City Attorney. Letter ` from Movers" - `'4 'arehou::eren i s Assn. A circular._letter; was received fron3 the Independent:` overs" d WarehoUsemenTs Assoclatl.on oa the East nay Area,, concerning_ alleged refusal°of:;.permissio:i to receive loads of household goods from resldents; of this 'city because they did not ;have a l:ic.ense to- operate.:; wl:thln',:.the:. city limits. The City Clerk was directed. to reply ;to this ;letter and inform them that. the statement made, is not true arid that no license is required by tr e City of •Palt:LAlta`':for this-: purpose. 4 Gift of Mrs. Dixon The City Attorney made a verbal report concerning the gift made some years ``ago to the City by Mrs. E. . Dixon, whereby the City . would , receive,. upon, Mrs. Dixon's death, a certain part of the income from property in +pan. Francisco. He stated that it was now Ars. Dixon's d A o withdraw the bequest previously made that ; .U50:00 of thl e be reserved for her nephew, and to make it possible that the",City receive the entire income from the property; that Mrs. Dixon wished the Council to know that she greatly appreciates the attitude shown toward her by. the City, and therefore desired to make this additional gift to the City without restrictions. The The, City Attorney was instructed to ' prepare a ` proper resolution on this matter to be presented at the next meeting, and the Mayor, was asked toexpress the appreciation of the Council to Mrs. Dixon. Deed to Fisher and Resolution for its Execution -The City i ttorney presented a deed from the City" of Palo A.to_'_to'.Lary Elizabeth.. Fisher and Fames ielvi.11e. Fisher, covering a portion: of�: dot.' 2,' Paul Survey, containing approximately 0_. 022 of an acr_e, `and explained that this deed was to be given in exchange for . a 'strip along :Cambridge .avenue, in accordancewith previous, action of :the; Council approving this exchange of property,.made necessary by- the widening_ of El Canino =Real and the". r e. oval of the Fisher" :building: - Resolution :o. 1075, ,authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to execute - the -deed to Mary Elizabeth Fisher sher and James Melville ;Fisher,. was .=read, and on motion of Wood and = Chr'istensen, was adopted by unanimous vote on roll call. by Shelter Truck A communication was: received from the Chairman of the Mayor's Committee on Unemployment Relief, enclosing papers and a report in connection with a claim for damage doneto the car of ;Antony Vegaby the Shelter truck operated by an itinerant . named Smith, theMayor's Committee requesting authority to expend ii14.50 from :shelter Funds to pay the repair bills on this car. This matter was discussed and on motion of Christensen and CollCollins, sum of 14.50 was allowed from the Shelter Fund to pay this claim for damage, by unanimous vote on roll call. The papers :in connection with this case were referred to Committee No. 3 for their information. Unemployment Relief The Mayor announced that he had received a communication from the Chairman of the Mayor's Committee on Unemployment Relief concerning cases handled during the last month and reporting a balance=on hand as of September 1st of : 298.00, and stating that the Committee does not ask for an additional : appropriation for the coming month. Balloting for Councilman The Council proceeded to ballot for the election 'of a councilman, vice 1. 'N:" Johnson, resigned. Councilmen Collins and Wood were appointed tellers. .3n the first ballot, George L. Green received 'ry 2 votes? W. .. Jiibert, ? votes.; and H. J. 6` votes, Cornish, Cie if ingil T for stir. Gre< election, f; Insarar A that additic Library Boar The Chairman recently had showed that .30,000, and wished to ca Can was adopted the premium, Library budg this by unar,; i.nsuraac that insuranc Theatre build Cn t i on was appr excess of the balance, by u Insu_rang that the ins:,u .)n motion of Audit o;_ COME and Hammond tc accepted, this 1934. On me approved and t balance, by un On m that hereafter include the wo to be included Comm report of Skin: annual report Palo Alto i os; ; Leave to A rec granted a leavf The second ballot was as follows: The third ballot was as follows: Green 7 Perry 2 Jilbert 1 Cornish 1 Green Perry Cornish 5 5 1 Three more ballots were taken, each resulting in 6 votes for far. Green and 5 votes for Mr. Perry. There being no election, further balloting was postponed until the next meeting. Insurance on Library A report was received from Committee No. 5 recommending that additional fire insurance be carried as recommended by the Library Board, to cost an additional . premium of $580.30. The Chairman of Committee .5 reported that the Library had recently had an appraisal made of..,.the Library property'. which showed that the Library and' contents.' were under -insured about ii,3O,OCU, and the. Library felt 'it should, be better protected and wished to carry the additional insurance.. On motion of Mitchell And Kelly, this recommendation was adopted and the insurance authorized, the amount required for the premium, in adcition to thee;,; amount already allowed in the Library budget,, to ,be ,taken ..from the unappropriated balance, this by unanimous :vote on roll call. Insurance c e Comn uinit rTheatre A report was received from Committee = o. 5 recommending that insurance amounting to, $511500«00 be' placed on the Community Theatre building, the cost, of the premium being $565.65. On ,motion of Mitchell and. Christensen, the recommenda- tion was approved and ,the ,insurance: authorized, the amount in. excess of the budget allowance to be taken from : the unappropriated: balance, by iinanim`ous vote on :roll ' call. Insurance on rteturzi of Securities Dropped . report was received from Committee No. 5 recommending 'that the insurance on .the return of securities be dropped. un motion of Collins, and Judson,;' this report was accepted. Audit of ios i.t:al` Books 0ornmittee No..5 recommended that the proposal of Skinner and Hammond to audit . the books of . the hospital for i200.00 be accepted, this audit being ;.for the, fiscal year ending June .30,. 193`x. On .motion of tchel.1 and Tholts., :this .recommendation was :.,proved and the: expenditure authorized from the unappropriated balance, by unanimous `vote on : roll call Jn motion of Chri.sten'sen ancx... Kelly, it was directed, that hereafter the proposals' for. auditing the books of the City include' the work of auditing tse::hospital books, the two items• to be included" in the same ,audit .Annual keports Committee No. 5 transmitted to the Council the annual report of Skinner and,Hammond, on the city audit, and also the annual report by. Stanford ,Univer'sity upon the operation of the Palo Alto Hospital, Leave to Ccunc loran Christensen A request was made by Counc.ilnian. Christensen' that he be granted a leave of absence `for three 'months, and on motion of. Thoits', and Kelly, . this request was granted: Councilman Christensen left at this time, 8:30 p.m., and :was absent during the rest of the meeting. ` Temn.Chairman of Committee Nom 5 The Mayor -appointed Councilman Mitchell to act as ,chairman :of. Committee No. 5 during the absence of .fir. Christen- sen, =the . chairman of that committee. Councilman- Woodleft at this time and,,was absent for part of the -Meeting, returning later before the meeting adjourned. Purchase of' Automobiles A ' report' was received from the Board of Works recommending_: that:ttwo 1934 VS .cord Standard Coupes be purchased f.rom the Equipment Fund for the sum of x.1401.58,' less allowance on:. Igo. 12:14041 Ford, No. 30 model T Ford and No. 32 White trucks., amountg .to `$160.00, making the net amount to be chargea against the ;:equipment Fund of 1.241.58. This matter was referred to. Committees No. 1 and No. 4. A. report ° was received from the Board of Works stating that the cost of moving; the night baseball equipment to the Mayfield School, grounds would be 9360.00. In this connection, it was reported that Committee 4 had been advised by the Community Center Commission that the Commission desired that no further action be considered for the present r:olating to moving the night baseball equipment and wished to withdraw its request for the relocation of the. night: baseball diamond. Committee No. 4, therefore, recommended that no further action be taken on this matter at this time. On motion of Mitchell ana Bonham, this recommenda- tion was adopted. i eaurfac1n _Tennis Courts A report was received from the Board of Works trans- mitting.its. Bulletin No. 11 relating to resurfacing tennis courts," this being in answer to a communication from the Community Center commission of August 9th and a petition from the Community Tennis . Players. The Board of Works recommended that an appropriation of rl760.00 be made to resurface tennis courts in El Camino Park and Peers Park. This Natter was referred- to " Committees No. 1 and No. 1. Fire scapes at Federal Telegraph Bl A. recommendation was received from the Board of Writs that .: 4 5 00 :bel allowed for the construction of fire escapes at the former; Federal,. Telegraph building, in accordance with plan of the, City 'Engineer of August 27th. Committee No. 1 recommended the, installation of these fire escape's, and Committee -No. 4 recommended an appropriation of $475.0O from the Contingent, Fund, for this purpose. On motion of Thoits and Bonham,. an. appropriation of .;'0475.00 was made. from the Contingent Fund for this purpose, by unanimous vote on roll call. A report .was received from the .Board. of Works trans- mitting a report:from the Director of utilities to the effect that lighting. two tennis. courts in ;l Camir.:a Park would cost 1470:Cfl..,, 'hie Mayor stated that he had 'already referred this matter t©; Committees No.: 1 and No. 4;; and - action` wa .' eferrea until reports`,are received .from these committees. Rev recommenv revising This pro] CommitteE that the deed to t a portion of El Cam and on mo were auth, call. 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U se Of FoodKitchen communication was received from .the Chairman of the :Mayor's , Co mmittee on Jnemployment Relief, referring to the request ,of the Disaster Relief. Committee of the Red Cross for 'permission toeuse the Palo Alto Shelter as a food kitchen and depot if necessary, the Mayor's Committee stating that it is agreeable that.the Disaster Relief Committee have the use of. the Palo Alto Community. Kitchen should such an emergency arise. This report was accepted and it was directed that a copy be sent. to the Disaster Relief Committee. Deed from . Elizabeth F. Gamble A deed„ was presented from Elizabeth F. Gamble to the City .covering a.,;strip of land on Embarcadero Road for sewer and utility purposes. This was referred to . Committee No. 1. Reports of Offioi.als The reports of the Department of Public Works, the 'Department of Public Safety, Auditor and Treasurer for the month °of August, ` 134, were received and placed on file. Petition.. for ;school Survey The Mayor brought up the matter of the petition received at a previous meeting of the Council, with 43 signatures, askingMr a`. survey of the Palo Alto public schools, to be made by a'cozmittee of representative citizens, as a follow-up to the survey made about four years ago. The Mayor reported that he had conferred with the Chairman .of the; School Board on this matter, and they had agreed that such a: survey was desirable but should be made by impartial experts, qualifiedin school management and administration, the cost of which would be a considerable item: The Chairman of the: School . "Board stated that the Board would , sake provision for such ..a survey when funds for same are available. ..This subject was discussed and it was the general opinion of `the Council that it was a School. Board matter and not ',one to. be handled by the Council. On. notion of. illitchell and3udson, the Council directed that no actionbe taken at this time,and the:. rnatter was laid on the table'..: Committee on Rospita.)izati n Fund The. Mayor announced that he had appointed the `following committee to study the results of the, Hospitalization rFund: Councilman Molts (chairman) , Councilmen. Mitchell, judson..and Wood It was reported that the committee would hail .: its .:first meeting on Friday evening of -this week. Bills . Approved Thefollowing bills were presented, and on motion of Bonham and Stephens, these bills were allowed and warrants authorized in: payment of the same, by unanimous vote on roll c =l adjour Attest adjourned. attest: Approved rti E aAkvitui wyAatd'rtrArneen6iarinmaTt.',» W. C..'Werry, Postmaster Palo Alto_ Times .. Professional, Bldg., _ Inc. Slonaker's ; Print::,ng ` S ouse Underwood Lll1ott Fisher Co. Mayor .Earl C. "Thomas ". Travelers Insurance Co. W. F. dyde, ;insvrarce Agent W. F. Ryde, Insurance Agent R. W. Stenbi t, , pr "' W. z. Southwood,," Skinner & Hammond. Bancroft WhI they - Co. Alvina I. Larsen ;3130.00 1.50 25.00 21.11 39.10 25.00 217.22 66.06 720.282323,03 1062 0.,r.5 1000.00 or) `1.0:0 0nmotion of Thoits and Kelly, the Council City ayor