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Hall Pala Alto, California,.,
July 13, 1931.
The Council o the;' City Of, Palo Alto met in regular
this date at 8 -p.m._,''with Mayor Christensen presiding.
as follows:
Present Bert sche Christensen i. 'Collins , Evans , 1'nnson,
Judson,_, 117, Laustee',=dosbe: , Stephens,
Thaits , Thomas:,: Wood.
-ose; t Cethcart Mitche L ,o
The minutes of the mee tins of June 29 and Daly 1,
:'ere approved,
Letter from Mrs." Place
A letter was: received from• Julia B. Place a.skizt
that steps be taken to remo e - a wood yard in Block.v1 , Seale"
No. 7. The Dep' ty City 4r_ peer reported that
t^ s wood. yard is, on_ property owned by kr. ` IcCl,enahan, a tree
.sv,rgeon, and has been .located there. since the property came
.intc the City. This ..matter was referred to the Board of Works
=a the City Attorney
Letter from ?regressive League
A cornruniraticin from the Palo Alto Prorres .1ve League
relating to gas -losses: .and to approoriations in the Gas Plant
::as read and 'referred to tie. Board of Public ~forks.
2.2etter fro:;a :r.. Gerken
A letter wa received from Mr. Elon E. Gerken
re ue t:i:lg a refund; of 13 ,0O ors: his taxes for the year 1930-31,
stating that he had applied for the veterans' exemption in due
time :out same was .not allowed. The City Assessor stated that
there was no record in the: Psseesor's office to show that MYMr
C-erfer had applied for this'. ®xe pt as ,; an motion of Collins
and 3ertsc .e, this tatter.' was referred to Committee No. 5.
Bid on Auditinpi of Books
A did ;fro::Faulkner, Oakes and Faulkner of Los
". reties , of $in0. 00 for the, annual auditing of the city records
referred to Committee No. ""5`.
e W':.erz from American Legion
1 J titter from Palo Alto Post No. 3'75, American Legion,
relatinz to aliens, and requesting the Council t^ require all
;ontr actors on m nicipal projects to employ only citizens of the
n ted States, was referredto the City Attorney for a report.
co_;�• tmicat.on, avers received from Palo Alto Post
-• 75, .r,erican Legion, concerning "sz;.Pet isl'n of school
:aogro;;.nds . On motion of'Thomas and Judson, this 1.7as placed
A Letter was also received. from Palo Alto Post No. 375,
Legion, stating that ^ rida night July 17th, has been
sit aside by the Post as, City Bads nig eT and inviting all members
t^e Co::nc.l to be present. On motion of Bertsche and Thomas
t e invitation was a'cceeted,,._and all councilmen who can do so were
asked. to - _
...$ ��, attend.
__et tern : eCoiorado ; :Avenue
Coru_nic ations" were received from .11. C. ',:alters,
,
Kurz, C. {.L. .Goetz-, Mar . , Ungerer,;, and ot: er rtiroperty
':;,•riers in the South orQ from L� h gcn' Avenue Tract, and ;also. f.ou �_�e Sc�kt_
regor: Avenue ;Tract. Protective Unit, ,,protesting against the
sroposed. 'plan for the imp rove: ent of Colorado Avenue.
0h motion: of; Mosher, these letters were referred to Co: mittee
In Re. Delinquent Taxes
A c,ommunication was received from Hare, . Brewer : e, p.,r,
lark requesting that the 50 percent penalty on delinquent t a
x.
on Lot 20 Block 124., Tax Bill I`ao. 292/,: be remx'tted, as t el--'
check >.was ;only one day late in reaching then Tax .Coll cctor's
office. They . al'so requested that the redemption fee f
be x i.tted,. . A report was received from the City Attorney yV
on tbie matter, recommending that the : 50 percent penalty be
remitted, ` but that the 50 cents for redemption . fee be�chared
as the property was advertised for sale. On motion of .00d
Mosher, the 50 . percent penalty was remitted, by unanimous ;Tote
on roll call.;`
Chance c
The City Attorney submitted a report recommending
that .the present tax ordinance of the City be amended to
Conform -,to the 'changes in the Political Code, providing that
the' first" ,inst ?.imer_t or taxes hall .beco::�e delinquent on
the fifth : dad of December of each year, at which time ten der
cent penalty is added for delin fluency that the second i:�sta?
become del:irgez:t on the 20th day of April of each year,
-after,;wwhiah an,. addjtional penalty of : 5 percent is added o:: all
taxe;ii re sin rg unpaid.. lie further. recommended that the
penalty -or .'50 ;:percent which alder the pre.sent ordinance is added.
after. the 'proxaerty is sold to the City_ in June for delin.qee::t
taxes,, be .-#.anged to the progressive .penalty year by year
as: provided by'.t o Political Code. On motion of 7/pod and
,oits, the Attorney was requested to prepare an ordinate
w..ce
making tYese revisions in the present tax ordinance of the
City, tb be referred to Committee No. 4 for a report and then
present. d :to the Council for action.
-,.fiet:ter 'from Prof. Clark
letter was received .from rrof. A tour B, Clark
tendering his 'resignation as a member of the City Planninn
'Commission as he is to leave soon for a year or more of tr.vp'.
abroad. The Maeor spoke of the splendid work Prof. C'!ar__
has done as che.irman of the Planning Com i ssinn and su,"gested
that, if p.' sibie, he be given a year's leave of absence.
A motion was made by Judson, seconded by Lheits , that the
Council fxra.nt:.Pspf. Clark a year's leave of absence.
This ,matter 'was discussed, a to whether o.t not it was good
policy to take such action The above m s
withdrawn, action. motion i�: then
and a substitute motion. wa.; .made ,by j' .dson, ."P'eco: -e.
by Thoits,... t"'. refer this matter to the.. P 7a'nin Commission
with the request for a report at the next meetire7 of the mow c .•
After further di5CU. s?on) +his motion. was also withdrawn, .
and a motion 'was then made byV Judson, seconded by Kelly,
and carried, that the matter be left in the hands. of the . ec:
until ' he can reach some cenclusi.on , and that action be ta--e_
at, a l a.ter meeting of the Council. .
et eport on Old. icspita. uiidin.
a
A report was receivedfron the .Board. of .r'orks
that it has under consideration the matter of the.. old hospital
z ading wh.1eb. at present is bein usedas a storeroom; le,t
when, ..t is completel.yy--�4pV vacated. the Boardr� Will receive o�. '.._ for
R/�� {� 1 • , wrecked. is ..a file.
.tla��J. rx���'t�r_e��,bl.C�wM1a�T�� `I,A� � This � f� /1 //��,Y.
report was also received . fror the- Board of '::O 3
trahsmitting to. the Cotescia the report" of the City Engineer
-malr:t•er `oS_:'gas losses. This was referred to Cor.� the.
reco:.mendin t
a -erley Stree
from 40 feet t
from the sout:".
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to o::: '.i t V eye i'
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is report was presented. f:rara. the C t r Plarnin ^ �.�. Co, rssion
v
„c:o.::.::ending that the setback line on the,' southwesterly "line of
:erle treet 3n Block 5$ Seale Addition .No, ry:, be char.;red
r:o�• -n feet to 25 feet for a distance of 110 feet s outheas c l :i
s r.. .J T'i f, j w ti•�
the tiout •ea_.ue�: line. o.. 'S�xt�i�`1� �� i�re:���e.
Ordinance. o. 542;,,, changing this setback line as
•�ac^M::Aencled was re -.d.;: and on motion.`of Mosher and was
by .._4nan1nous, vote o,:..roll cafl.
at: n of Airport
A report wasreceived from. the Planning Cow hiss .cn
that the location of the airport as shown on the
:;.^~ of the e roposod Aquat ,'c ; ?ark as prepared by.the City
.,"!,`;1 :eer ;Me adopted as the location for :the proposed Pao Alto
r h� this a s referred
�.�' f"�Cr �.o On �;3Qt.l,l?29 of �SiC�. ��r'1rSCnarY.Pi a IN as
to L,o..y.,::i t.ee No. _ 1 .
:.esolution, for .iAan .>
A resolution relating to ._loan` -of: `$30,000 for the
-Nr.-,ose of carryi.ng on the business of the City until taxes
:?^ A collected ;.as referred . to Cornr :;t tee .N0 4.
^c a ror announced -the fo :lo ri .rigs appointments to
co=ittees for the fiscal year. 19' 32:
Thomas, Chairman
Bertsche
Mosher
• ,n
oits
Collins
Cathcart, Ci''_djn..n.an, •
Johnson.
Lau^steed.
Kelly s
Wood
Evans
Cathcart
Lausten
Judson , Chairman
Stephens
hosts
Mitchell
s?osner
MItche? 1, Chairr:sa".
Stephens
:Col ins
Judson
oflfl+�y� s on -y
• ppointmen `i: of .D ut"ries
co :anication .: as received' from. ,she r)ffue :.ana��.
forwarding the - ,,:following nominations ; of department heads
`;depvties :for the:. year 1931-32:
aep t;,. Auditor SybI Stenlia_rd
.,� q f Ass
Deputy Assessor .....•0• rall Crt?ozer
Purch sing .
Deputy- Clergy ...........
:Beeput J% ::g e at B? :.s ane tr Jp,•.
Dep ut;7 Tax ('ol1ector E a _.eyerz
Peplity Treasurer S; bil See : ar
n,. motion of Thoits and B
were: .Gonfirraed,
:.Blection-M'ember Board of Safety
A communication was received from Roger Roberts.
whose term as 'Member of the Board. of Safety, expired e'v Jµhe J"
1931, ;stating, it wov?d be impossible for: him to accept re-
appo in.t.:ent .
its the •, these ^-QW?.n at in�e
Council then proceeded to ballot for a
of tb,,e Board of Public . Safety, to fill the vacancy- caused a-•
the exo1ration of the term of. lr.r. Roberts. The ayor a-o-oof.nte.
Co rnc:.1 .en j ohn' on ;� .d Co,1lins a.s te'.? ers. On the first
_.
ballot L ndre'v is B-oy recei v e6' 7 votes, B...7. McLrthur 2 votes,
Claude .ltespie, 3. '_. Blackburn and W. .73. Southwood. 1 vote ev^
On the second ballot, Mr. Hoy received 10 votes,
7 vote and J. M. Blackburn 2. vote, and Mr. Ho va; declared
elected.
B. t Presented
Copies of the tentative budget fox' the .-ear
193x-19`72. as, prepared by Co :m ttec :To. 4 were e reserted to
cone, 1 an,,'and on emotion of Food s-nd Thoits, -the Council.
decided to consider the oua.3 zo t at its meeting next L:o nda ,
July 20th, after the hearing; vet for that date is co :p:_ete :.
A point weut LLivor
The Mayor announced that he wished to app", "t
Councilman Evans as the coy �nc.11 representative on the moo- �::"
Center Commission, C d../� r re e r 2ti-;e ._
� or--, vice �o�.zc�.;,i?:�°:ar: •�u J`.."iA, ,.p.� ... e 't ,., .. .
the, fiscal year 1930-31. On motion of Kelly and :ocher,
this appoi-r, traent was confirmed.
Other apnoiritnents to be made "o the ayor
P on thePlanning Co , • n, C/1o.:u ulr .tv Center Co: r: sA ..,: :(1
Advisory Board on Corn ercl l A., as,e-_;,ents, :were deferred _ ti
the next meeting.
lieword:s of Officials
e reports of the Department of Public
and Department ofPublic Safety for the ronth' of June, 19:31,
were received and placed on file
The Council ad -jour ned, to meet at 8 p.m,
Monday, 20, 1931, in the City Hall.
Approved:
P.tt 3st -
..a�i.t
The
at 8 p.m. , ' pursz
^�senct o+ -
city Clerk who
Co',rrc; :..an 7nom:
'Roll call as +"e:
Present: BE
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roes:
pr Owed.
Bearing (Si
•
Irate =y on _0 9
Street, i • i
nr
Avenue a py�
7.7ners tom, t
Ced.,r street ,•
^:.ere was no
the ne ari n !7
�we
-rotests. The
one-half of t
seconded by
was di :s vv s
ra,.:rsed,
n vol ved 4n this
r_ `I
call by t :e fC'
Noes
:,as noted that
out of a total c
against t pavi
x522 a -a nSt^Ar Y
of t --le
are
combined. ir
considered a
i
o:' the- entire in
Pes
and on motion o_
Aye C
p except Oy7 i
0 `_' s /�nThsi �
o Intention ♦
t.i , was ado:
iYes August- 2 iti
on this ,.ork.
Budget
i y
at its .:Aeetin,,.
for 1931-32 be
'gas presented f-
of j
Sections 16t
rPr ovidi n that t
near for the co:
departments • an
Present fiscal