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HomeMy WebLinkAbout052819302h the 'absence of the by the ,pity Clerk who On motion; of :3ertschi .e1ectesa;Mayor .Pro 'tem fo 3 io s hearing upon ,the,.. recommendation to rezone' the six lots of Block El Camino.: Eeaa..between Stanford .residential -to eommerc;. al zone City '...Hall, Palo , rV to, Calif; May 28 2.93{?. puhci.l of the City of Palo Alto' met on pursuant ,to adjournment of May 12 1930, Mayor, the meeting was. called to order asked for nominations' for Mary or pro tem. and Thomas, Councilman Cathcart was and took the chair. Ro1 , call as M ss>..Bsugh, Bertsche, Cathcart, Johnson, Kelly, . tche11, Mosher, Thoi is , T'honlas., Mrs . Tho nas,;:oc Christensen, ,hobart, hausten. Qgti do{ ��g r.el95,>and 3ertsche, the minutes of the "L1�i'26Aik ' were appr vedw' w s announced that :this was the -time for a .of the City Planning Commission 9, Evergreen. Y;ark fronting on and Oxford Avenues, from first Letters in' favor of this proposed :rezoning were :received -from: Mrs'. ; Sadie `S.ti ;,es and James :Pennington. Na protests were:: received against this change of zone. 3re1narice +o 502, providing for: rezoning a portion vergreen ;Park, from first residential to comerc; a: d and oh motion of ,Kelly and. Thomas, was passed vote on roll' call.,: .. 'e kz trig::: orx :Sidewa.lks. his /was,. the time fox: a: hearing upon Resolution of Iltenti oe� No:.. • 871 for the construction of sidewalks- on Ramona Stye€ t y Alma Street ; and -Cali f -or nia ^.venue . A written pro test was received :from ; Frederick U. Weis:; . property' owner' in Block There >was' no. one • present who desired t. an• thi, 'matter, and the hearing was closed. esolution No . -8;32; overruling -protest , was read mot iOnof Mosher and Mitchell: 'was adopted by unanimous olution No. 883, ordering the work for , Y sidewalks on Ramona Street, Alma Street anc enue. was read and on motion of lik,od and Kelly, ,r .�unanious vote on roll call. This resolution for, opening bids on this work for June 9, is was also the time for a heari.ng.. u:tion Resolution of 'Intention No 880 for the construction of sidewalks' in. 'the:. Mayfield District.. A written, protest was 'received from Earle G. Hamilton againstthe construction of sidewalks on the •southeasterly side of Sherman Street �betwee Street and: the Southern Pacific' :property, and ' the ila0aht,3Ast6rly side of Third. Street for 155 feet Wnerrnan Street; fronting on Lot 92, Paul Subdivision. after waa d,iacussed and it r�>ss the opinion. of sore co nc I` imbers that the sidewalks proposed tc be c atr.i red �n Third rd Street and Sherman .Street were' unne.cessar he-`<reazoved from the proposed program. The City rxey suggested that the matter be Continued until the ex �aeetiri ii.ttc g, to give hi* an. opportunity to. -ascertain if. it would a11date tom: prooedur e to remove these :streets from the plans aIr=ead .-adopted. On. motion of good: and Mosher, this le i ova continued until the next :Ire tin, or. June 9th. Petit: other proper to revoke ±1 year 1930-... referred to the paving Let, tei Commerce re2 enclosing a This was ref Salary committee j determining f 1t that a the co '1,tt of Folitica:L make, a surve done by grad their report paid by othe work, an ans and a recom% estimated th the City of -jade by The 3 be appro pri a., This matter roll call by appx•opriatic:>r publication c motion, seco[ for this pax' by the folio?! the widening Mill Road was composed of A nomas, upon n Sacramento o:nmi.ssiop_ to amino Real b his rerort copy of the n motion of copy of tb{:; A petition -wa,s reeeiveafroze F. J. Rogers and other property oWners -aa frfatk r ;v ice; petitioning the, Coun :il to revoke its dec4:-eion to •pave Ear' e.r ":Avenue during' ' the year 1930. - On "s cion o`i•°h it ell Via' o: hers this eras referred to Co rittee: under consideration the- paving prograri . far the` year 1r9 =� . A commUnic rtion, .b''as rec:ei.ved from; the Chamber: of Commerce, relating,:to dart. °i b do 'of; .advert .s�in.g• matter,_ enclosing a suggestedordinance ,covert g this matter. This was referred to the Board-: of ,Safat and:. Cori i. ttee:. No. 2. ,Saliryr Survey The chair ian of Co xnit.tee No 4 stated • that the. co:�.�iit tee i"s nowt consider{ng tie :budget 'f it 19:0-31, • and .n determining the salar.1e for city; .eszgloye8s the (Commit tee felt- thata survey, on. this qu asti.&ri' would be helpful to: the co:r ittee in it sr vrtzr e stated.;' tY:at • the. Department • of ?olitical Sciefce o.f StarafordsUriiversity has offered to make s. :survey. of salar es .of C.itg employees.; the work to. be don': by graduate'students n e;r the^direct'ior. of Prof. -Cotare1.1, their ..report to include statements :•as'; to, the. coo x; ensation • paid by other citie's':and bl .143ustries .irn:siti ar hires of work an analysis of tie Wore *.3one by the individual::: employees, and a : recomme ddat ion as torthe:-"sal;ary °to be estimated that this r ,aid the publi,eation of.;the report' for the City of Palo Alto" wo:izld cad st '3 .. Q. . A th tjon was • made by Thoit ,-„ scao ided;by Wood, .::that the sum of -500.00 be appropriated for the oaarpose: o'f`:having a salary survey Mad. ? This matter was. diseuss-ed. at':length} and the. motion lost on roll call by"thc t"ol owing; .vote; Ayes : Cathcart son-, i:tchel3 , Tho it.s Mfrs Thor as, 1vod . .1;0"es: Miss Be4gh, = ;Sertsche:, Ke :ly:, Mosher, Thomas. (Councilman ,an: Wood left at this. t ime , 9:13 ' p . m . , anc was absent dizrix :the .rest of the ne:e.ting,. } Couxic"i `loran .,Tho it s then: suggested that a' smaller appropriation to r ad £ r. a ,2 :ss ." cnrlmprehenstve report without publication ;pn : th n matter.o.r a': --salary eurvey, and made a :,lotion:, seconded. by. M±' c] e11, to appropriate .the sum of $300.00 for this purpose This z oho- ws.s also lost on roll ce11, by the fo 13:ow ug . vote z Ayes Miss, Bat Iyhoi°t`e `. Noes-: Bertsch Widening El A -Le tter from S.Do1 $ e •a .M. D concerning the widening of ,E1 Car ino Real, between College Avenue and Page Road was received, .az p3. a d edon file . A 'repor.-t was received from the special ,committee• Composed of A. II : Cathcart r,: 0. ;P...Campbell and Earl C. Thomas, upon their conference with :tn.e ::'State Highway Commission. ...z Sacramento : on . May :22nd,: relative to :_ e.iues tin ^ the Highway CO :missic n to assume jurisdiction over the „portion. of El Cµ:ntr_o Real between College Aver 1e and Page kill Road. This report ryas read and djscussed,. nano';it was directed that a copy of the report be giv ii to the new papers for pub licat ion_, On motion of , ' a gs and,;�ez4sohe, it was also directed that copy of phis 'report be sent `tc>' the State :Hi way Commission. the Sta to Highway t 4e,e tdire jaugerlsIlicir4,11cltlieon clever, 2 Ca:zinc Rea2 'be twe en of kqe state 2,11 1_821(2 Proceed 0 .11. '`'s, o �"�re ° nra v gas w. vaa 4"aa adopt pe,.gy�s + �'�?-' ar 1,22 ec ot; of a check e, Deptzt expended a or t"ad�. t2.. -, cu d again; In the sum of S«z� : the ease � presented necessaryIt was to doe �+��y`,,� ty in- 'zpensa � 4�ron ,,y. orize the Apkarlan authoagaInst 22' :. .. ���a « ���� yy�'�y8was referred to /ttee IR). 5.. peeil Li'� lls r the . x. i [; received ttpr was to execute e eceived 22 tee ��s ��� end icatIon ��reoeiVeda: ell, Ro r)r ss zlg ' tairtan he a a .Got en' Pr ti s in San c`Q Abe w �.`z a T � Coy er zng e. ara er,ine of the 2201G ,ziotio ., ; '. dtot.eBo r� ei o ; Avenue , .22k its ep re Rio , C� -eoo e streets, erc/s2f: zone ox' ' tr ati° C0 i reco 'Y PI S o w22 ebate ` c o : '"que, . er ; ''oerring •r2�.,'.r« .[a,I M VinIve and that, ; txetatIve ded 3u.c'e2 the ,e e t Ile �'e M ve he a.nd rded t to " entz xz Blocks-3, on '�o Coo, o �, and 38':- fro2z2 `ego©,. a depth d Ks :. � 33 des of 'and *ebster otten $ Tiebw,per n by , �i r v t, eet., and that the o o r lei at 8 � / 3matter at j{,.. L. e , 34 s on y�, " was - t%, y�f, a to 8 7 00 ne he open no �, d ,elide nt neede dewy z. d e is . 2 and okso of yle/din in accordan the lt,Yto zetIo2 o retu to ing and ,12 owners whe t Co ® t date z, tioh accepted. a e,. to, And And dine X 4°A e reT�orti rwas r aporo {rg the::request . Park Adds; ion,. hay; and, raeos rie.ndi xx� th e �reparEti a o, the`: zte;.ee Cha,�zgre `.:af �t3'�ee,'o•" ;ikr. frost tie:Planning Conti;:...., ."':Owners'. in BI.oCk 2, :&1ba t .:at , hlac On', be` grant ed: _matter City -Attorney, for d re.s�olutjons A : rrep art ma re.a# red ;fror: the P1azm1n; Commission a: ission r e ta..rnin to the Coun ,il - the petition from property owners:: . to change- the _name_ of maple fit c et ,to lagi o". is ene`, .recommend.: ing that this : be`..no.. ,� �. This. zatt'.'r w ,ocus"sed, and on. r Quinn o _Kelly, and.-, ., s hoes, cti n, on this matter vas.::defer reed until the , next reetir : on . Jun 'Ala.: 'any. .it 'was direetea.., that the pro aert3 owners concerned be in ri.ted to': be': ,7,.itte a ent at " tbia _:meeting when the -;utter ,will :e .eo:i scid'e>red. ‘ J?e_que,s is fox' ._b oX. = onf'o _ LL'ermit ; . report w ., reeeided from the City Planning Commission recommending -that .'the re guest of _Mr. F. A. `dickett for a non -conforming htia1ldtng permit' for permission to construct a wail o h s -property on .Bryant Street, near Coleridge Avenue t nod grksnte:d because: this request does not come under the ..pra isions - of the non -conforming o rdir arce . On ' tion of Mitchell .s21d- Thomas,this .,„ecorsmendatian was accepted. A report Tyr o received. from the Planning Commission recoxrmerdin that a :non-;onfox ing ,permitbe grantee. to Mr. A. Vi Hc! ^for the construction of a garage on Lot 2, Block '63 50""t Pa.10 : A1to; On motion of Thotts and Mosher, th. reeom. adatirxn: was ,.approved, and the Building Inspector.IKas �authorized to grant this- perm!.t... Trrnstez: -of= . .3.n :d repot wa4 recommending that . 41.30C; constr.uctioT accOunt.; sanitary. sewer math, t recommending that'#1 water pumper plant open',►a constructio_ -n co4�zn,t fa ' water -main to tote x,iew .M iiosher, these recom .end'ti authorized z by unanimo'` tss_ssne_nt _? a for Work: o�ae' under �Feso-��_ improvement --.of :: mharcad ac'o. and ,ori motion .of Tho 4s 4,n. vote on, xoli. all a ResOIutib o x 0r6i4 p. m. and was absent ,ed x m tl~ie Board oi' Works tkeaa .froze the. sresent sewer kurpose of .laying an 8 -inch polo °, Alt -0o Hospital; also ransferred from the present. account to the water main *.Aroo-se of` laying a 6-inc_h`. gal. Oar motion of Thci ts, and c s were ;.donor and the transfers vote on. raL1 . cai10 .': approving assessment diagram �f of Intention No. '797 for she a.+d and Rellogg. Avenue, was reads ocher v as passed by unanimous resolutiO arras grr sentec '..approving the :installation: - of Yield. ng;typeof'cros'ii:in ate.a at _Churchill. Avenue crossin in accox°aaace �: g � . .g:. i# . a doe, 0,1p.4 of. the:` Railroad . Co m 'ss on ..he City to, - y, a oortio r of i' coca amo znti.n to $1000.d0. On nattA . ;of 14os3ier and ho s 9 : tb.is mat ter::. w'as referred- to. Co ittee 1o:. 4 rate ; accepting ing deed from the Southern for right of way .at c'os's'ing. of University t tern ;Pacific right of way was read, and., - oits • and Mosher, was adopted by unanimous otice written by, the r ayor '; concern °die yrvices o be held ld in t Ze a s un .ty House ""'r" -1-i, was .r.ead. .. .- Council session on Roll ,call approved. Abs Hea upon tie: commerc ia, Street' to frontage o - Street to -conrsercial width -of (T: { ncreased am. :K. Jo t Co -..ssion, ZO lG On of the5p o ,,Macdonough. Donaldson .of zoning was.: T esen1 pro test 5. nz on Unive•s' Jni versi,ty from third nuriber of .j the Counci.1 the praposE McLeod :Dr. 'Mr., Rufus IS and Mr. Jot fri ,favor oA Buchan, M r . and i15 -SS expert , anc7; r. r► M� a made in - 171 :aa, been ma expressing - t i s sub j e c h.cd address the hearin g members o_ of the • o:- c p Avenue as include o r1 Avenue fr . o 'Avenue t� a.zd : on the along said Avenue and