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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06061932• City l:rxl a Palo Alto, ti r '. A..t 7 ai.tfernii J .tne '8., 1932 The, Council of the City of Palo aA1to met on this ire. at 8 p.m. , pursuant to adjournment of May '31, 1932. In the absence of Mayor ;Christensen,, the reeting .was .called to order the City Clerk, ; who -asked for nominations .for Mayor pro yen On motion of JOL Jason and Mosher, Cf uncilman "T-hoits was appointed Mayor protern. and ItoOk the chair. Rol call was as follows: ?resent :E;ertsche , Johnson, Judson,:: La zs ter, it.c ell, Mosher, Thou::-:. sent. Cathcart, Christensen, Evans Thoraas, kVood. Ordinance on Bus Service The special order of the day was, considera;ti.on of t ;proposed ordinance providing for the supervision and regulation of, bus service in the City of Palo Alto, which was introduced on Iuay 25, 1932 and referred. to Committee No. 1. A *report received from Committee No. 1 recommending that this ordinance be adopted. It was suggested by the committee that t ,is ordinance be` considered by Committee No. 2 also, and on maticn foster -end' Johnson, the ordinance Was referred to Committee :'c. Couxzciiman Thomas came at this time, 8:10 n. ;., was present: d'ur:ing the rest of the meeting-. Leash ."A' ederal 1eleera ph ✓��.J. .�.a i A1Referring to the matter of leasing t' P Federal T l cu.Llding, .a report was received from Col es' . ttee" No. 1 recomelenen that the" City enter into a lease ,:it'^ the riotvlan3. Valve ;orocea::o if and.' whenthe Rowland 1and 'Valve Corr' ora.ti.on is akt:hori ea c> ,pus ines'S - i;n the State of California. The proposed. le.a.Se for this bui.idin; ,V.,.t 21 th'. ... Valve C6..rpor:ition was presenter 4y the City Attorney. ea stated that the Board of Works had s w,,_ este.., a.n amendment s e At e City the e firstthree o f + Zea.��. �a�rc:>�y the for �.1 :c . r:=� years ,�y �,c:..2 tern e: the lease Would. reserve the right to use 50 oe5rcent of flse space of the building, and •ehateve;r part the company does n; after three years. 'Mr. A. S. Brown, r nr *tit. ?".l� y''',.'l' , .� ... a. t. e s Y.i ti. `:.� Valve Corporation, ?eddrosscd the Council on this :ratter, that the wording of , this amendrne;nt was not cYactiy� ee ir. acccre .. ,. with the wishes of .his company and he had not understoa:'. a" restriction was to be made for the first three years, _:1e that: the clause be modified. This matter was discussed, and on motion of :non,s and Mosher, -this part of the lease was amended t:, r e-4 the -first year of the lease theBoard of Works is to :_..7 Of : 50 per cent of the floor s ;ace of the building, ana trerey'"- such portion as is not needed for actual use by the aLw..n= - Corporation A report was received from Corrittee No. 5 rep e,, thatinsurance be carried on this building : in tne a1'"O'..2 „ of cent of the appraised value of the building. On motion e and Mitchell, this report was approved. Councilman Mitchell brougnt up the matter of e received some time ago from the Southern PacificCompan, nnce7-. the: location of the spur track and the, clearance of same fr n building, this matter having been deferred until, such time as M lease for the rental: of the building is made. e:N of Committee No.> I reported on this matter and stated :,e : '" the lease is finally completed, the matter of the spur again beconsidered and acted upon. On mota . ',recommend i,ng Valve Corporation i amt orized to do bt; _ rescl Valve Corporation, wane 1, 1932 to May, o° Articles of lnce tusiness in the Ste and City Clerk to e of Incorporation ar wction of Jotnson a unanimous vote on r 7 ere orary .. e ee A repor „ee Council that `,✓ Culvert w:.1i b Board of Works of County, and as two ?ref. Feeynolds, iI card requested t :heir absence. C eunc,ii .7e Mayor be author but this motion was woulduch action n 2 moNic :=Icilman E. C. :h =oar:, but because ."notion was wit Then, . a. Buchan be nor me on of Th omas homa;s "n.: motion to ` ppo luring the absence -eote on roll Bail. aoorooriaeio reccm made in next yea o replace the true ;we. oingg an:: refuse A re'oor "eovm' ^:'ending t ha t k the -aoard of Works :ransf er red from t: -3iectric line equip :aite ruck^ A r v commend_ ng that _= Mitchel , the .. :ansfers authorize =.orstinA,. of A repor recommending that `o c -fie their rou so notified- and gasses enter and le 'givers ity Avenue. t ion of the eg lation ezport -was •r tna e this •11mtt;on.�.' No. 2 9 bawl an d :Lt was .eft to 'the le term of N l he :.floor oes not ne:f e , r xlane= ^, status,'' accordance od that sue , and.: asked •f Thomas tliat,for V the use there .f tr •wland ,741-7.e of ::l te- y a=cor 'me. from ,re time as s nairm that' ';;e trek r+ ::.., On notion" of Collins and Johnson, the report of Committee 1,reoomment2'ing that _t1 City enter into -a lease. with the Rowland Corooration if and ;when the Rowland Valve Corporation on is to do •business in the State. of California.„ was adopted. resolution approving thelease with the Rowland e Corporation, this- being for a period of nine years from to May 31, 1941, upon the filing by said corporation .,r t .c1es of Incorporation showing that it is entitled to tran:sac ^2; s in the ;. Mate of California, and:. authorizing the lia.y or Clerk to execute the -lease for the City when said Articles Incorporation are filed with the City Clerk, was read, and on ion of Johnson and Mosher, this resolution was adopted by vote on roll call. Megib r Board of Works � �; Wr .� A boo_ :_--�t-e-�d A report was :received from the Board of ?'orks informing ~ xcil that bids: ;for: the .:construction of the Middlefield Culvert will be `.`opened 'in Redwood: City on June 20th by the _.ard. of : orks of Palo Alto- and the Supervisors of $4,,n Mateo ::ne, as two members : of the;: Board ofWorks, Mr. Campbell and e:/ noius, will be absent from. the city on that date, the requested the Council: to appoint a temporary member during absence. Councilman Mitchell., seconded by Mosher, moved . that '::your beauthorized to -appo:int a:- temporary member of the Board, this motion was :w thdrawnwhen the. Cite Attorney ruled that wno action would not be legal. A .motion : was made b; :Mosher, seconded by Bertsche, that .onlcsilmn 2. C. Thomas be appointed as temporary member of the but because o`.- charter provisions relating to this matter,motion was .withdrawn. Then, a motion was made by Collins and Judson that. Mr . Buchan be nominated as temorary member of the Board of Works ,Tor;iorr of Thomas axd..Johnson,.- the' nominations were closed. oo ion to appoint" Mr.: -uchan as temporary member of the Board - lr, ng - the absence of. ;sir .. Ca pb e_11' ,ryas : then passed by unanimous ;e on roll Call. t b. moor iat'1on for :Tr ucks fl recommendation from the Board of Works that proisio r al'e gin. next /ear's_ budget for an appropriation of $1000.00 r'so he uc used by the Board of Works for street and . refuse disposal-was:.referred. to the budget co rr7.ittee. A report was receivedefr"om the Board of Works :.:cym.:,ending that .$6,62.5^ be transferred from the pole fund ?oard of Works pole equipment `..fund, and that raS62-..5C be tarzfetrecd from the electric line construction fund to the ev vric line equipment ''fund; for :the . purpose of purchasing a -site truck. -A'report was; as.so'receiv'ed from Committee No. 4 :-.:.:otnendirag that this t-ranSter be made. On motion of Mosher 'iitc.nel 1, . the recommendation`. was approved and the .n::risi ers authorized by ttnanimOils vdt-e - on roll call. .:outjng of Busses A report was. received . from the Boer. of Safety. -�`: oeor,en axing .that', if the ,Greyhound. busses.. make an a wplic tion ange their route in the City .of Palo Alto,' the City should s� totifiedr. and ;fur then, the -Board` rec frrarlendel ;;ba these ;,s es enter and leave; `Pal o,•Alto, _at 'the State highway, by ._rersi.t;Y Avenue. Th-1,s was referred to Committee :Co. sale lots R _ a t e the -five-year `re ,, ; �a:L. of �.;` ; for ae..�inqu�.nt axes after r�� was, disc:uss.ed, and on motion of Laus t en . and Joi-ra c-...ri, r" : d •mir, was .:.mer ded-by striking out the clause providing for - the W rteof such loes at; public a-uc ion' and providing that a deed be given the ci r for such property P t? a end e year_ t of five. v years. .• The `ordinance a.s amended was then on r of call . Rout i "T.ruck. Traffic report ;gas receives from ' the Board of Safety a,pnrov.ng the Plann -Co .ssi.cnts recomnendat:ion for r_utin- truck traffic raff between :the Bays4aor„e .Hignw=ay and' 2 Canino via 'Oreg;on,. Avenua�, . i_c dyef e3>d RC�ad and Charleston Road, and r'ecommerad,Lng the .adoption of be :propo:sed ordinance am er linz Ord anee 10 . 357 ' reg l.ating, the: ',hauling of heavy loads. As .this; ordinance is;-'ndw before Committee Noe 2, action was deferred' until, a::report' :is received from the ccmmit,tee_ =n matter.' of Menlo Park Communitv Club A. report was received i.`r om Co i ttee No. I rc:c=.:•r,nr :r than t. e` r e,q �,est off"' the Menlo Park CommunityC t 7�t y, Vo using. the Federal Telegraph Building for 'darci.ne We deTli e . On motion of Mosher ` and Collins, this recommendation was Tax Rate Salary Reduc t ion The -,Chairman of Committee No. 4 reported that , to, proceed with thepreparation of the budget, the •committee Wished. to .have -the Counc i.l e s 'approval on the matter of redacinz the tax :. ra.te'.' from ' 1.30 to K.L . ' ), and on the prc oos e d of salary reduction as resented at the last meeting,.. It was : pointed out that the Council could not legally tIle, rate a "this t'ime,, ..b'ut'' could � o on record as approving rate and authorize the' tax rolls - t be prepa ed. accord -.1-T,:„ . '-- - V .. x.1..1 :.7 ++� .- � . motion was made by Mosher, sec by Johnson, ';;?).a '; t: .Y -%. .. i �. ., .t '.,�, .. the ., . 4 rate of 1.2O per ,;',-10)...)u be approved. :As .a :number of councilmen were absent, ,; t was to defer :further consideration of this matteruntil to nextt, meeting and `the above motion was withdrawn. It "eras ddircc ei that the tatters of the tax rate and salary reduction -be made - ...r s -' C consideration 1 r a on the docket fc..f "� �..� tr1�l: first .12�T,UCL., .fUl" .�.t�%� G'�r�i.1vT2 ,rl. uQG' C ucxt. meeting : oxi :June' 13th. ,7 {, ---_.,A`.::report :..:_was .:..receive d from Com.mi:t.tee ��o. '6 ».?c:cmeer::'.• , the' .adoption:: f the e �a rn n., e . . Ordinance n -�;�. . � f7 �.�Cr �yL.7`Z�.r�.1�' tax ordinance. ��..s�.n�;i,t W,~". i .+.,.,� amending certain sections of Article III of Codified. ordinance:: relating,to assessment,:" levy and collection of taxes, second . reading,' ;and . a motion was made by Mitchell and Judson that this ,' ordinance be adopted. ;he clause in ,the oroposed ordinance relating t:. opted by 1. r' e - on `'� c " i ''m,c , v . e :....iei�'3t�.. .Z�' .. or3 -��. v. C�a.GI r�; rs1L�•...: of. Mitchell and Judson- Ordinance No. 566, cal. ing, n in 'outside: territory on July 7, 1932, oh the cue's t cn :.• • =. tie 1t-err:tort' known as Ti:+imbarca .ero An.p.e.'in to the. City, is pa8:sed'.by' unarm moss, vote on roil call. The City Attorney presented the proposed .trd� 'once calling 'an''.electitn- in outside territory for the annex&tion o` "Embarca.dera A.nnexTv:, in accordance with petition previc -7 presented,. .tsis ordinance having been given • first ready}�c or. ay 25th. • - 1,e stated:: that if this ordinance as adopteet a: meeting, the."e-lecti'on.,eouid be fixed for Thursday, July 7, and tire-,votes-'canva;ssed, at the next e.gular meeting afe er that date which would be 'July l th, and tat ther,.e would be time fo'r the,necessa.ry 'five -publications in the San Jose Post. ^a x Refund A claim taX.'refund of x2.84 Block 96 . A r ec omm `,hat this refund be a :hat this recommendation of v.ranted by unanimous wii.ysAllowed On motion for the month o were approved and war ^.rued. ...t.nS�. :American � . L. 3s': Lawyers ti .\ 2. Mal Merchants Peninsula Slonakerr f, 1. Marie t : o Irwin Ea.:. �- w l w o v L..,J Trd s. ' ifi . 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