HomeMy WebLinkAbout01121933City:. Hall, :' Palo Alto, ' L 1if ornia',
January 12, 1933.
kisent Lo1.11r ,
The minutes of=: December. 28, 1932, were approved,. as
l'ineograpbed arid,: railed . to, each. eounc1lman. The minutes of the
rcetino _of. January 9 -1$33-,. were:read by the City Cler,.k. and were
approved.
Rezoni:m: (Greer Property
Ordinance No. 580, rezoning a portion of the CTreer
sroper ty at the northerly. Corner' of El Camino Real and £mbrarcadero
oad, from residential to commercial zone, was given' second'
reading, and on motion of liOsher and Berts; he, was passed by
.nanimous vote on. 'roil call.
The: Councl of the City of:..Palo.. Alto met onthis date
7:30 p.m.,., p:zrsuant to adjournment -of January 9, 19;332 ` with
layor Thomas presiding., Ro, 1 ca.li, as;
Present::'3ertsche, :Cathcart, . Christensen, Judson, Kelly,
Lausten,. % oSher, •Steph;ens, mhoi is .T.homa..s.
Johnson, Iititchel.., Wood.
. Ordinance No , 581, changing the setback lines on
^.e property .just. rezoned, from 36 feet to 12 feet for a
distance of 135.1 feet `along -. E1 Camino' .Real from the intersection,
and from 30 feet to 12 feet: for a distance of 13,...),„8 feet along
_sbarcaderc.: Road froli3 the intersection,, was given second
reading, and on motion; of Thoitc and Mosher, . 7. -as adopted by
::nanimous vote on roll call.`
(Councilman Johnson ar.;rived. at 7:4C
p.m. and was
present during the, rest of the meeting.)
Claim oP fir. Cuthbert -son
'S
A letter was received from Mr, :. . Cutrbertson,
c:,Giming an :alleged osier -assessment on his property at the
northerly corner of Cambridge-: Aven xe and El Camino'. Real since
the year 1324-25 and demazidi, a:: refund of 638.77. The City
jierk stated • that a ..copy of this letter', was in the ;folder of
_ac:) councilman, and the -Clerk: -Go ien:t-ad on., this aemand.
.:p akirtg as the City- Assesso,r2,he stated,that part of the refund
:ier.flanded was for taxes .collected :previous to the time the Town
nayf 3e1d was annexed. to the City of Palo Alto; that the
statement .in this .letter that 78.86, feet of his property had been
ww;;essed at the rate`: of - X94.77` a,, front foot was incorrect; that
. was 108.85 feet 'because ` that assessment included. a, thirty' -foot
:trip row the property of the='Olty of Palo Alto, The A:sseasor
staved that in this: par.ticula;r point: Mr. Cuthb'erts n was
claiming' a refund. because ofalleged,`.cv er-asse:ssmen , but in
act he was c.iaim .: Z1 refund .:.far , city property which had been
assessed against- him, and in the latter part of his letter .h
a do c°ai ed :a: refund for being, errOneous1y assessed for this
Fig -foot strip; in other words Mr. Cuthbert .on requested to be
ref xraded twice for the::sae ra leged error.
The City Assessor further stated that the matter
Cuthbertson' 'flavingebeen. assessed for property owned by
City of Palo Alto resulted from_ .the fc11owing condition.
.lay 14, 192452 e . . 24'o Cuthbertson and wife deeded to the Town
�-' Xa. f ie1L a t ;ir.ty-.foot st ip on Cambridge- Avenue from fain
ztreet toWa.ras Park Boulevard..: At this time fir. Cut.hhertson
:as city clerk of, the : >i own of ayf eL :i,:urwng his time as -
2.1t7 clew k. he did nut: record this: deed.;:. He was succeeded. by
.. cnaef er� as clerk, who also : did,..not record _t .s deed.
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-"field ' was annexed. to ,Palo.Alto in July, 1925 At this time
=r the official records of: the.: county-,; title to this property
„:as recorded 3n the name of S. 144, Cuthbertson.. The
deed. was -kill, found. on June 26, 1928, and recorded on the county' records.
ihe nett day. e: act that it was five years after the
property was .deeded to the Town .of Mayfield before it Was
finally recorded led to :this ,property being assessed to Mr.
Cuthber tson.
one cation was:, received from the City Attorne.-
on,` this`.sub;ject_, addressed to the City Assessor, lnvitirgig:
attent,:on. to .eotion Z-804 of: the Political. Code, providing
that all cla;tms ::must be verified and must be filed within tI'.; ee
years after, the: making, of the 'payment sought to be ref a.rded:
stating:_ that in; his opinion Mr. Caithbertson iz entitled to
a .refund, of taxes paid during, the past three years on the
"t:30-1
vv strip of .and, above referred to, but that his claim should 4,e
properly verified before an order for refund can be made.
Cuthbertson was ;pre:sent and spoke for a few
minutes on this matter, presenting a map of his:, property, and
claiming that he had written a number of letters .about this
matter to -the Assessor without receiving a satisfactory reply,
and that it had been difficult for him to obtain the necessar T
of or.mat ion
On -raotion- of Thoits and Bertsche, this Waiter was
referreclto Cohimjt.te.e No. 5.
Notice. onlaredaina Chranc l
A .copy. of notice was received from: Thomas M. -Robins,
Lieut., Colonel of the Lngineers Corp 7.War Department,;
:cozioe::rn rig the dredging of ;a channel, at the junction. of Redwood
Creek arid: West Point Slough.. This was, placed on file.
xis .`late : Casa
•A report was received from the Board of V.'or ks re quest
ing ._that, the Council:: appropriate the sum of .:w25O0.00 for expert
services' dh connection with the gas rate case`.; This was
referred to Committee No. 4.
Wideniha: Bryant and Hamilton
A report was received from the Board of Works
rec.a r ending that Bryant Street between Jniversity Avenue ^nd
'Pa tiiton Avenue beyond the . Palo Alto Hardware. Company's prop e" y,
and. Hamilton Avenue between Bryant Street and the alley, in
Block 12, b..e wid.ened 7 feet; that the property owners be
_re;quiired to' pay .:for the cost of the curb and sidewalks, and the
City pay for the., paving. . This was referred to Committee
Service Station aeµse ;
a report was received from the Board of ',fork::, ;;ppron
the proposed Teases. with the Shell oil Company .nd atandard
Company for their service stations at the intersection of "jrnan.
Avenue and El Camino hea3,, and recorinend.ing that the Counc i
it's approval to these leases; the Board, also reporting that :t
ha:,s , received a check for '4.12,000 from the Standard ail Compn
for the five—year rental in advance, which is being held by nee
City, Auditor.,
These proposed leases were referred t3 Comr:itt
•1 and the City-Aitorney.. •
Resignation. of 11r.Nutt-' ..-
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A report wasreceived from the Planning ocur+ :sic::
forwarding the resignation of Mr. 1,'rank1in P. Nutting, es ^e :
member: for Mr., Judson. 0n motion of Johnson and Tho ts,
this .resignation was accepted with regret and it was direetea
that the Council express its appreciation to Mr. Nutt:.no for
hasp, services. lir.. Judson. stated that he was not het ready to
recommend a deputy member to fill this vacancy.
eiepair s
r.
the recommend.a
appropriated f
No. 4 also rep,
be authorizes.
Fund for this,
reports were r;a;
vote on roll
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and the commit
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the request of
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and J. M. ;.1 c. a
Development ocrr
recomending th
Jr) action of :cc
of gasoline tax
anicipalities
Leg isature now
may receive a
of streets with
in this connect
the Gasoline £a
sabscribe to a
of carrying on
or this fund we
airs...-eo Tree
A. _report was : received from .Committee No. 1 approving
r 0 be
,;,c � .,�cr�:ehdat�n of°tk�e Board of Works that .�16:� L''
me :. ^ppro ;ri ated for repairs to the Palo Alto ; Tree. Committee
;;�.. 41 also reported on this matter, recommending that this work
authorized and that 16O.QO be appro :r .ated_ from the Continent
three :,end for this purpose On motion of Bertsohe and Kelly, these
nep ores �vere approved and the appropriation ' a :;lowed, by ;unanimous
n;,e on roll call.
be :report on Flag for City Hall
Referring to the natter of displaying flags in
front of the City all on certain occasions, Committee No. 1
e:,or tad that it deems it more fitting that; the city hall be
..jarred by a larger flag and suitable staff rather than by the
Hall flags as recommended by the American Legion, iatost No. x:75
and tr.e committee recommended that dais matter, be referred to
he newt budget= 'committee,, the estimated cost for the flagstaff
and flag being about 4150 00.,:: This matter was referred to
tre next budget committee.
itt ointment of Tax ieoliector
r� report' ' was received' from Committee No. 5 recommend-
ing that ` the appointment of Mss- Westall as Tax Collector be
extended to the end of the present fiscal:' year, and that the
authority granted Committee No. 5 'under Resolution »io. 1031.
be extended. for a,like period,.
On motion of"Mosher and Stephens, the appointment
of i.ss Westall as Tax Collector: was extended to the end of
the present fiscal year, at the same salary which she is
receiving at present, this by unanimous vote on roll all.
on motion of Johnson and ; Bertsche, the authority
Granted Committee No. 5'und;er. eesolution. No. 1031 was extended
for the same period
ax eefunds
A ;report was ,received from: Committee No., 5
recommending that the request of i e1s Person for refuno. of
for personal property taxes ,.paid on furniture incorrectly
assessed against his property at 1170 Hamilton Avenue to
allowed and that the refund be authorized.'
un motion of Mosher and Lausten, this report was
approved and the refund allowed by unanimous vote on roll call.
omwittee No. 5 reported that it had considered
the .request of F. L. .Grist, attorney:: for the Palo Alto
Je? opznent. Company for- refund of $6.00 for personal property
taxes levied against' properties formerly': owned. by John .. Meek
'-nd �; M. 11cAdams ice` woxthgate, acquired by the Palo Alto
�eveidpment Company by: foreclosure sales, the committee
reccwmending that the request for refund be not allowed.
z 12ct c;n of .Mosher and Kelly, -this report was approved.
r tesoiutior. ri'lra`
The Mayor, brought up the matter of the allocation
of gasoline' tax money, ,stating- that. -the League. of California
nicip�J..i:tries is formulating a progra to' p1. oe before the
ieois ature now. in session whereby. 'the'..cities •of California
za, receive' a share of the gasoline tax funds for: the maintenance
o; streets within .the cities; 'Whi'ch . are of an arterial nature
this connection r e `presente't °.a ,letter; from • the` Chairtan of
-he Gasoline Tax, vbmmittee of the '.:League, asking each city -to
$::::=6cribe to a fund, being raised: by the'League for the purpose
of carrying on . : his program:,. arid' stati g that. Palo Alto a s .share
o this -f Und would, be'' $ /-5, Q . . . .. .
A resolution authorizing payment,. to the
Le.:�gce of.California Municipalities for furnishing
information with reference to Gas lax Allocation *asassistance
'nd
'presented.
A: notion was made by Christensen ;, seconds d by Mosher, that 450.0 be appropriated for this purpose.
After- discussion, t :=s motion was withdrawn.
A motion was then made by Bertsohe andChristensen
to refer= the .. matter to Comm.! ttee No. 4 and the City; . ttorcey,
but this' motion' was also withdrawn. g,
After further discussion, ' on motion of Thoits �'tfsaz, esa3u Resolution No. 1050, authorizing
for the above purpose, was payment t of ,,75.
p ,s passed by unanimous vote on roll
call, tnis< appropriation to be taken from the Contingent Furl.
The ' reports. of he. De a , lic Works,
BePartmen.t of Public Safety, Auditor and Treasure r , tor the the
month -of "'.Decethb'er, 1932, were .received and- placed.:on file.
'449#12:4 -
On motion of Mosher and Kelly, the following bills
yer al .owed a: dwarra is aiathorj.zed in payment of the same,
by: ariimo vote on roll call:
Fix"Varsity Theatre.
Remington Rand Inc.
' Arnold Rumwe1.l.
rz o 1ta umwel/
Stanford Uni:versity
C . [.. &A, dam
TraVelers Insurance Co.
Lois Pool
11a M. Knight.
Alvina. I. Larsen
City of Palo Altc
mills, The Florist
:ill _off Attorney Lava:
ry ter.; Judson brought up the matter of the bill of
$100.00 from Leon T..0avid, attorney, for extra services
in connection with the Black Case, which matter -has been before
Committee No. '4 for some time.
74..58
60.00
20.25
1.C)0
2.40
197.59
7.50
1.20
+.50
4000.00
4..00
A. motionwas made
Bertsche, that the: sum of $50
:fees, plus a sum not to exceed
expenses incurred in bringing
Court..:
by Christensen, seconded by
.00 be allowed for Mr. Davi . f _
14.00 for other personal
this matter before the .::upreTe
After further discussion„.the motion WAs . with'ar::w::.
"-Then, of Thojts and Judson, It was directed. that--
'Ir.. David, be allowed $50.00 for his fee, and that he be re.,ue
to submit bls for other personal expenses incurrea . it this
matte. , this by.. anim•ous -vote on roll call.
to Jan _
Counc4..tman Molts Sugg .sted.,; that. the Council sho:A:.;
ad,j.ourn to ;a_ later date,.to ;'consider the recommendation endation of the
Board af:.l�orj s for: -;'an appropkiat ion of : 2500.30 for the emp l ay=e
•of expert-- se- v.zces, in . connection with the
„as rate case, w:.,c
was preV'iously' referred. to Cozm ittee N'o-. 4._ At this time t �
layer referred , this matter to Committee No. 1 also, and asked :or
a lo;int rreport ‘fiom the two committees; or:th4 s4ject.
QZi :motion of C.hristensen and Ber tsche
adjourned tee=:7:30 p.M. Thursday,: January 19 1933
3.1 to cod lid too above: Subject and A°or the t
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the Council
in the city
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Mayor
this date at
12, 1933.
called the
Mayor pro to
' and took tae
call: Bea -
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It- was then
adjourn to ii
in the cf.ty
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