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HomeMy WebLinkAbout07291929was ce 's ntsl r_ The Mayor announced that the special order of the de li day was , the .consideration of the budget for the fiscal year e 1929-1930, and , askedMr . `:fi T.D. Skinner, special auditor, . to explain the new' accounting system and the form of the proposed budget., Mr. Skinner explained the system of accounting recently adopted and the form in .which the new budget is set up. A communication was read from the Office Manager concerning, the Preparation of the budget in accordance with the'new classifica- tion of accounts ` and ' the procedure to be followed hereafter in budget work, City Hall, Palo Alto, California. July 29, 1929. The Cdunci'i of the City of Palo -Alto met on this date at 7:30f p. m., pursuant to adjournment of July 24, 1929, with Mayor Cbris:tensen :presiding. Roll call as follows: Present: ' lass Baugh,, ;3ertsche, Christensen, Hobart, Johnson Kelly,Lau'aten, Reynolds, Thoits, Thomas. Absent: Cathcart, Mosher, Mrs. Thomas, duhisler, Wood. Budget for 1929-1930 the rney of vote any, on ions .ew wa it aReicluttan No. '787, adopting the budget fora the the fiscal year 19291.930 based on a tax levy of .1.30 per $100.00 d. on the estimated assessed, valuation of $13,450,000.00 was read. The budget was then taken up in detail, and the expenditure: charged: 'to the various departments were explained by the chairman pof the;. budget committee. y The question of;: improving bmbarcadero Road was again brought up,. these bein no ' ppro,�a r 8 . riat ion allowed in the budget to pay for the city's share of paving this street. Mr. Mayycumber and Mr, Peet :a poke on this matter, urging that EmbarCadero Road be paved as soon :as possible, suggesting that the money necessary for this Paving.might be taken -from the appropriation allowed for bay shore development. The chairman of the budget committee explained that this ,matter had been carefully considered by the coiani ttee - that no definite plan had as yet been madA for paving A petition` was received, prepared by C. G.Baldwin, and signed by Harris 3. 'Ryan, Fernando Sanford, Harry v J. Snyder, Pedro J Lemos, James G. Sharp, E. D. Dimrick and W, S. Tangier, Smith, concerning appropriations in the proposed budget for dredging work on. the - bay front, suggesting that an appropriation be made for paving Embarcadero Road instead of using the money for; dredging,- and, petitioning that a complete report be :made upon the whole project of the bay shore development before including a Considerable-SumConsiderabie-Sum in the budget for dredging expenses. A, communication was received from W. L.:.Pee:t egarding appropriations -in the budget for dredging operations On tie bay= shore, -protesting against further expenditures for this' purpose until the matter; is submitted to .a: vobe:�ef::the peopl 'A 'number interested citizens were present. yr. J. G. Sharp addressed the 'Council, stating that in his opinion there were massy thi.ngs,. such as the paving of Embarcadero Road and the'i:mprovement of parka_, which are more necessary at the present time than ther oay shore development. Mr. E. P. Cashel also addressed: tree Council at- this time stating his approval of the, Covnc:il ' s action` in' pour. chasing and developing the bay shore property and his 'desire that. the work already started should be completed: 1, r; 6 r. K: Embarcadero Road as various points have yet to be worked out, - the subway question is still uncertain and there may Ibe another election on the subway bond issue soon, the elimination of sharp corners is under consideration, the matter of the extra width of pavement, and various other matters involved in connection with this street have not yet been worked out satisfactorily. The City- Attorney explained a method by which Embarcadero Road could be paved : even . though there is no appropriation allowed in thebudget., 'by charging the greater part of the cost to the adjacent property owners and some proportion to an a cessment district , to include the entire city. Estimates on ?s iris this stree' rere givenby the City Engineer, who stated that, as the city has adopted no definite policy in regard to paving streets ofgreater_ width than the usual 36 feet, the property owners could be charged with the fullwidth of pavement, as has been done ' in other cases, thus reducing the portion of the cos ` to be borne by the. City. This matter was discussed atlength, and a motion was made by Kelly, seconded by Bertsche,' ,.+ o red.icd the expendi- tures for the ; Mayfield system purchase by -taking $5ci00 from the Power Fund and $5000 from the Gas blind, to be applied on the paving of Embarcadero Road, in accordance withsc:se plan to be adopted later. Councilman Reynolds moved to amend this :notion by adding the words "if the Council so desires". After further discussion, the motion was amended on motion of Kelly and Reynolds to read that `the sum of $10,000 be transferred from the Mayfield System purchase Fund ($5000 from theGas Fund and $5000 from: the Power Fund) to the contingent fund". The motion as thus amended was adopted by unanimous vote •on roll call. • 1'he,,matter of the appropriations in the budget for dredging operations, and development of the property on the baYafrentawasadiadUsaeda and the plans for the future development of this property and the dredging work being done at the present time. were explained in detail by the chairman of the budget ,committee . .After all items of the budget had been considered, a motion was made by Reynolds, seconded by Bertsche, to adopt Resolut;1on, : o. `787, adopting the puaget for 1929-30 based on a tax> levy ',W$1.30- per $100.00. ' This resolution was adopted by unanimous, vote on .roll call. 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