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HomeMy WebLinkAbout02241930City Hall, Palo: Alto, California, February 24, 1930 The: Council of the City of Palo Alto met on this date at 7:30 F:e in., pursuant to adjournment o£ February 17, 1930,..witb Jdayor C:hriatensen presiding. Roll call: as follows: i'resent:: Miss Bau�h , Bertache, Cathcart, Christensen, Hobart;:, o1inson, Kellye,Mosher, Reyn©3.ds, Thoits, Thomas, food. Absent: TAusten, Mrs. Thomas, Whlsler. The minutes of the meetings of February 10 and 17, 1930 were approved.. Ordinance Calling Bond Election: A joint report was received. from Coxmsittees No. 1 and Rio. 4 approving the resolution of necessity for the acquisi- tion., by condemnation of the gas and electric. systems of the Pacific G,as a.d::Electric Company in Mayfield, as passed by the Council cn '?ebruary 17th, and recommending::.that the ordinance calling ,the bond:, election be adopted. The. joint committee also >recoame ded to the Council that a proposition be submitted . to the voters :authorizing the transfer of the Palo Alto Avenue Subway Fund of $9466.10 to a fund to apply on the purchase of th: Mayfield Utilities. Ordinance No. 492, calling a --special election for. the purpose of -voting upon propositions to incur a bonded indebtedne_ss.in the amount of 475,000 for the acquisition of the. .gas system, and $60,000 for the acquisition of the electric distribution system, fixingr, the date for said election on March 14:,1930'.'. was read. On. motion of Cathcart and Mosher,. the Mayor was authorized to appoint the election officers to serve on the election board in Precinct No. 7 (South Oregon Avenue Tract), as the personnel . of this board was incomplete In the ordinance a.s read. ,4n motion of Wood and. 3ertsche, it was directed that a:"short notice of this election be published in the Palo Alto ►iewd,twiee, in addition to the seven publications to be made of the ordinance in the Palo Alto Times. On motion of Hobart: and: Thomas, it was directed that the publications of the ordinancein the Palo Alto Times be made on March 3, 4, 5, 6 7., 8.:anri 10,.1930. since the purchase price of the was and electric distributing systems is greater than, the mount of the- proposed bond Issue, it was directed,: on motion o° ood,and-Kelly, that a clause be inserted in the ordinance stating . that the cost of the acquisition of these distributing -systems is :$,135:,000 (the amount of the bond issue) in addition to funds already on hand. 4n motion of Bertsche and, Mosher, : the ordinance as thus amended was: adopted by unanimous vote on roll call.. Resolution No. 855, ordering that the ;question of transferring the amount of $9466.10 in the Palo Alto Avenue Subway Fund to a fund for the acquisition of the 'Mayfield utilities be submitted to the voters, was read, and on motion of ,Mosher and Thomas,, was passed by unanimous vote on roll call. Ordinance No. 493, submitting to the electors at a: special election. on March 14, 1930, the question of the, transfer of the money in the Palo Alto Avenue Subway .Fundto a fund for•:the` acquisition of the distribution systems of the former town of Mayfield, was read, and on motion of Thoits and Kelly; was adopted' by unanimous vote on roll call. Later, on motion of Mosher and Thoits,-this ordi*a~7. was reconsidered 0n motion of Thoits and Mosher, the ordins: s amended by e orcilnance A As to Ca] Mr. alifornia Ave alifornia Ave or the land ne outage. He ay a portion o venue, and ask .gard to the f intention in iscussed and c =mittees No. e next meetin Letter fr A c npany'concern. tation on its T. venue, with rel f driveways at e Board of sa Letter frt. A le ggesting that e Mayfield ,Sts nd election is the propositi y shore to be is communiCatil :report on A re e development c ::rc1l by the Bc Ordinance A reI commending the - hospital bond: 0rdir spi tal Bonds, w s passed by cns COunc absent during Report .on C Refer joint report wa Oritellding that expended balano e purchase of 1 perty of J. M. val of the bu e C ambri dge Ave ?aid to the Cit sued to cover t e widening of C 03, it being -un necessary ord e widening are On r�