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city Hall, : Palo Alto, California,-
larch 27, ,1933..
The CouucU. of . the 'C : of ,Palo.lato met in special
session on this date .at. 7:3a':p.m.„ pursuant . to: the following call:
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"As Mayor of the City of Palo . .f /toe I hereby call a
special meeting, of -the -Council of the City of Palo
Alto, to ,;convene. at the council.. chamber in the City
flail at Palo Alto, at the hou,.ri of 7:30 p.m., Monday,.
March `27,, 133;, for the purpose` of considerin,g the
matter; of ;paving.' the "widened roadway of Bryant Street
and Hamilton Avert* , Block, 32, in accordance with
Improvement " Plan , No. 43; and for the transaction of
any ,other .business ichich may arise."
Mayor Thomas presided, and roll ' call was as follows:
?resent: Bertsche, 'Cathcart, 'Christensen, Collina, 2vans, Johnson,
Kelly, La .s ten,_ Mosher, hal:ts; homas .
Absent: Judson, Mitchell, Stephen
The minutes ..of the rneet;.ng of March 13, 1233 were
approved.
WiserinR Bryant and Harmltrsn:
The, special; order of the day was the consideration of
a report from Committee No. 4 approving' the recommendation of the
3o.rd of Works that:the he Counell' apprc : iate the estimated amount
of :;110,0.00 for the •.Ci-ty"s Share, of. the' work in connection with
the setting back of' the curb's and sidewalks on ,Eam.iitor Avenue
and Bryant Street . ass . per Improvement Plan, No. 43.
Cn motion of Mosher. and:: Lausten this report was
approved and the appropriation authorized fray, the Contingent Fund
by vote on roll call, with ten Ages,. Cozen it an_ Thoits not voting.
In re Cambridge Avenue` Widening.
A . communication ; from Prances E. Wagner concerning
property on Cambridge Avenue and asking for a decision on she.
matter of widening Cambridge .venuewas referred to the City
t`orney and Committee No. 1.
e1e,ramto Senat,e.
For the .Council's' information, the. Mayor reported that
he had sent the following -telegram on March 21st to the Senate
:or.rlittee on aevenue and Taxa.tion and to Senator - Herbert Jones
Jones`
at Sacramento:
"The City : of 'Palo Alto strongly urges that you
oppose any legislation_ whereby a tax burden
would be placed upon the. ,activities of cities,
as proposed'.by amendments vrhich; would place
municipal;` activities back ix, the provisions of
Constt.tutiona? Amendment. No.;'' 30."
Letter from Bureau of Sanitary P,nKineerin
A letter was received from C. G. Gillespie., Chief of
the Bureau of= 6.anitary. inee `i. :oaf .the £rate Department of
?z,folic. Health,;, concerning , a.n Inciuiry,.,,from the ` '. S. Public Health
tee= rice ror: informatiOn on : nec'essary ' sanitary ' projects for,
'aeTgency ;purposes On motion of Thoits"; and' Kelly, this was
refer ea to the. Board of Work; 'then'"request that the Bon.rd
answer .the‘ questionnaire.
wetter - from. First . Lutheran nu rc i
A com ,un:catiCin wa:received from "tom :First Lutheran
�hUrch urging that the:: Ciargress of; the Ttited States be asked not
an m:
these tax deed!
Letter frc
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375 of the Amex
matter. of' leas3
Services Ltd. a
referred to the
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to consider the
services in the
expenditures wa:
Attest:
to adjourn until some definite legislative action is taker wit
respect taunemployment. �.
On motion of Cathcart" and Johnson,
this ' was planed ;on file.
.ounc'i.lma:n ...Stephens ` came at :this :t; �tme 7:50 p.,�
-and . was present during the, rest of the meeting '
guest- f- i?oliCe ' rw -e
etter "' as : received. fro 'Joh E.:, o ri
Jude, req es i et rgenoy, appr0priat,ion of 415( 3Cpfori1^
the e, p1,oyment or::clerical. help in the Police ., Court for the
next two 'and ha1.f :m.on,th.s. . On motto _. Of 'Catli:cart :and xos
file request, vas. approved,. and the :a,pr"opr: tion allowed from t
ont ngerit -„Pu,nd by uz anirdous vote : on 'r:o1 ;:call: .
Conference at. M.t . View
Vie
r A:ccomm�ani,cat on was received from Bay _Hays, City
Cle k .of Mountain :View inviting the Council's attention toy tr
fact that t tat . the' next. meeting of the Mayor s' and Councilmen's
Conference of. Central California wil... be ` held in Mountain Vier
oza:. Affil. 13, ,.1:033,, at 6:30 p.m. i n the ° new Legion :error" a1
B adir g
ieport'..of Recreation Survey Committee
The report of the committee appointed: by the Count:
o; study ;the Community Center acti.vi.tie,s with special refere::c
to recreation was ;presented, and it ,was -reported that a copy
of this° report had been mailed to each .councilman. On motion.
of'. Lausten and Bertsche, this report was accepted and it was
directed that a l,etter of appr eo1atio:x be sent to each member
of the, otmittee.
Bilk from At"tCs e kavid
A report was received from Oommittee No. 4
recommending that a bill from Leon. T. :avid, attorney, v or
for : expenses in connection with the BlackCase be
approved. This bill` was also approved by the -members' of
Committee No.. 5. Ox motion of Mosher . and :,Johnson, this b_I:
was approved' by *unanimous vote on roll call.
.inn re California Ave. Crossing
The City Attorney made a verbal. report on the mItt
of: the application .before the Railroad Commission relative to
gates at, the California: Avenue crossing:. ` On motion of C::tzc.
and Lausten„ the report of Committee No. 2 previously receive.'
by the Counci1,recommending that .kpplica;ti:on No. 17013 before
the Railroad,. Commission be withdravm, was approved.
Tax Deeds
TheCity Attorney presented tax deeds to the City
of Palo Alto from L A. Westa11, Tax Collector, covering the
following property delinquent for five years or more • in taxes.
L.Y. ..8c Alice Coggins, Lots 7. and 8, Block 12,
College Terrace.
Harriet' Frost.,Lot 7,: Block 3, Alba Pars.
S. M. Cuthbertson, Lot 22,,, Block 13, Stanford sit
2at":O'tBrien, Lot 6, Block 2, Bartley Tr a{:'.t.,
3 . T Feeley, Lots 7 and: 8, . Block 2, Bartley
-Bertha' Lot 11, Block 4, Evergreen Park.
ulis -A. Murphy, Lot 4, Block 27, College Terrace
G . 'H.:. Ketcham, Lots 5 and 6, Bloe'k ;12, "
J. LL.: Tombs,, Lots 17 and 18, Block. 14 ,c
67eo,W: Brown, Lots 9 and 10,�; '�B1oe 1W a 5,
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:On mot.ion, of Thoit's and:Kelly, Kelly, a resolution accepting
these taxdeeds was :passed by unanimous vote on .roll. call.
A commuxiicatiol was. received from Palo Alto Post No.
375 of the American Leg .on, urging she Council to consider the
matter of leasing' the rauziiciPal airport :to the Associated Air
services Ltd.-aii•d the I'aIo Alto '; School of ,Aviation. This was
referred :to the .Board:'of Works :and Committee No. 1.
from t' 111Unigtnal Leatat
A bulletins from: the National. Municipal Z,eag~ae c arseern .ng
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the formation of councils in, each city and county in the country
to consider. the problem ad,. maintaining essential. ' :aomun.ity'.
services in the face . of the need for reduction of public
expenditures. was placed On file
r.e
Lausten, the Council ad
ayor