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October 19, 1931
The " Council of the City of Palo Alto net in special
this date at 8:30 p.m.., pursuant to the folio i g caL,:
"As Mayor of the City of Palo Alto, I hereby Gee
a special meeting of the Counc;l of the City of
Palo Alto, to convene at the council chamber in t's.
City Hall of Palo Alto,, . at_ the hour of 8:30
.yionday, October 19, 1931, for t e , pur pose of
reconsidering the action of the Council on October
12th in failing to approve- the :motion to rescind
the :,Council t s former action e:`' e t c:
the matter of making inventory and apprai.sa:. c f
city utilities, and for the transaction of any of business which may arise.
iFMro1i Christensen presided, and ro1? call was as
Bertsche , Cathcart , Christensen, -Collins "vans
=To. nson Judson, Ke3:ly, Lau:. ten LI; . .a '
ephen.s;, ' ho i.t s , 1'hom as .
Concernin Inventory and A ora.isal of Utilities,
The Mayor made.- a- itatei'nent explaining --//�� �y. reasons
- .. •. Mayor - �J�L..�„��..i.8� the ly,NSoy.y
fo e cal in ths,_specia1 meeting and for the request to have he
tatter ",a£ an. inventory and appraisal of • he utilities reconsio:n
by� the Cau,ncil, and ..expressing his opinion. as to why thi,s
appraisal,Should 'be zade by an omits Ode firm instead of by the
en+gineet :I o five' as previously directed by the Council.
, was made rt ,r, 7 � by Y �.
motion wa � by :Kosher, seconded Tudson, ..,.
he 'matter be reeonzidered. Co', nci2oeen Thoits wade pent of
order. that_ In-accordance with rlry p y _ t
't �a �e r,3�`t�.Y'�.r'��.f;:� this :: �'?o::
for reconsid' "raLIon shoulo. not be adopted because it .:i'es made b,-,4
one who . voted. on a "motion welch did not carry. There u,as
discussion on this point and the .notinn was not put.
Councilman : ooc. came at 8:40 and was present dl -=re
rest of the meeting.
A mo.tion was :made 'by Cathcart, seconded o'y 'i ce'_,
that' the sizn of '5000 previously appropriated to the Board of
for the purpose of :'C:t.`J'.vin`.y an inventory and appraisal of
the utilities made by the Board. of .47orks be now transferred. to
another fund to enable the : Boara to employ an outside fir.:_ to
:hake an inventory and appr s.i:;cl a..n.d to recommend. a ' system of
accounting for. the utilities.
ahere 1.aFs mach discassion on this motion,
pr'`oposal of Burns, LcDonne: 1 and. Smith. was read. It '„as stooe4
by the Mayor that. a •1 � rther letter frog:l this firm -stater
would include the Destructor Plant also in their inventor- and
would also set up an accou:atinr sy.stem for the utilities.
Councilman 'Thomas called attention to the fact
that an additional expenditure would be necessary for t:e
of making excavations and test pigs which the City, s r e :;sir ec `^
furnish if the . proposal of Burns, a1cDonane? 1 Smith a^ ote� arc. �,�' �n i c ,,ce: ,
which in his opinion would. cost between. $1500 and "2O0C.
Councilman an '. "homao also stated that Mr. Fowler a resident of
Palo Alto and an engineer who has h._td. --aide experience
work,: has asked. that he be given an opportunity t 7 r:eet
Board of Works and submit a 'oroposal on t 'is work.
The City Attorney ruled thstethe,,above motion i•,r
transfer of`:an,:apprp:oriati.or., already a''io' would --e �-re e
rote ¢�h
tea ^ o t'of ! on.ei►Jtas
Ayes:
Noes:
On nc
c 'provision be
t: inventory
employed as _nuc
Y., recking
A ret
re c o rmen ding ty
and info_ming t
for this iurpos
Dolan Company,
remove the ..:ate
the materials
to enter into a
with said comps
Th4
Bcrtsche thes
enter into a
received,. this
The
that the sum • o,
the old . hospi to
de--elopment of
and Bertsche th
Report. of
Count,;
Committee, wadi;
by the co ;aitte:
by the Federal '.
are being prepa:
install certain
occupy it; and
carry insurance
1.Y y
=�y4�vsli:
On mo"
ii
o, rift members to carry'.. After further discussion,
..:o�,o_. ,gas do v�u;�,sinrt n s pted on roll call by the following vote:
Ayes: Cathcart Christensen, Collins
l
L i,t;che 1, Mosher`, Stephens ;Thomas, r`�ood.,,Judz�cn9
does Bertsche, ' 0;ohnson, Xell Zeus ten
0n motinn of omas and Judson, it was.. requested that
.
7r07''Si07.1 be m.ade in the contract ,4,o be entered into for
th'e s `, e At ry ands appraisal of. utilities thatloos./help be
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-ec. a^ possible in this work.
ii re: amt. was received from the' B.
�^;^ce- � e��t?i.�:� that the old ho5ri� , w s card of Public: Works
r -%a1 build: be
arc, ins. or wing the . Council that . the B gb
oar:l' h:as a ece ud bids
for this purpose and that the best bid receivedis from P. J.
:rowan Company, Ltd., who offer. to tear down ,. f n
:•e. -:o re the materials .� the �,ti�..� d�.n�
is and- theCity the S= of 56.5Q0 for
:e materials; the Board, recoismending that it be authorized
orized
to enter into a contract for the wrecking of this building
; ith said company,
This was discussed. .0,11d on )-lins and
'e^4sche the report was -accepted �, motion of C, ,� ,.,
3e entersc - �. �d the 'Board was authorized
into a contract in accordancce . with the best bid
received, this by unani.rcous 'vote, .on. roll call.
The
��,� i s Mr. 'L. H. Anderson, requested
that e sum of 3655,00 to be received for the materials of
the old hospital buildin be :put . into . 'the 'fund. for the
:le -e opm ent of the, new hospital grounds..: , On motion of goon; Bertsche this was approved 'by ut ar .magus vote on roll 3
o
zeoort of Tine= to Aent Committee
Counci'limn-Bertsehe* :chairman Unemployment
Co: pttee , made a Pro,gress', report ' of -.theosteps already t
34 the VVi 611a�'t{��'e �� 4T I� �, � taken
;;_. the , stati_n� t ail a�he warehouse formerly occupied
Federal Tele-raph C aXLT has be -t
om
bei�irr prepared .per� to �' � r. secured. and plans�.� e an addit i.-on
Install ; ort� i fa liti fc o the building and
s,.
~`ve.'�.'_`.3y' J. t � and ' further, .y.. M y the. uSe.�'L73' �'."�:15� vi. tr v who -,.- will
by 1
»w.insurance on the' tot e+he City. w1.1? ; probably have to
building. when it, is taken over by the Cit
On motion,
the
ose
r to
S
the Council ad j ourne d.
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