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August 26, 1929.
The Council of :the City of Palo Alto met on this
at 8 P. M.,,pursuant to adjournment of August 12, 1929,
Bids • for Ur ivers .AvonRse Paves
It was announced that this was the time for opening
bids for the improvedent of University tivenue between El, Camino
KE
and publicly declared:
Name, of. Bidder
Western Roads Company
Peninsula Paving Co
T. A. Hanrahan
date
with Mayor Christensen presiding. Roll caii as follows
were
Present: Cathcart, Christensen, Hobart, Johnson, :Belly,
Lausten,.Mosher,. Thoits, lh.isler, Wood.
Absent: Miss 9°ertsche, heynolds, Thomas, Mrs.
Thomas
The minutes of the meeting of August 12, 1929,
approved.
,417
al and Alma Street The following bids were opened, read
Total Amount of. Bid
$18,670.80
17,957.40
19,408.00
These bids were referred to the City Engineer`: for
tabulation and report.
HearinE on opening Alley
.'his was thetime set for a hearing on the. protest.
of Mrs. Lucy'I-tight-body' against the opening of an alley in Block
50, College Terrace. The written protest of Mrs. Lightbody was
read. The Clerk reported 'that, the protestant had been notified
of the time of tb.is' hearing, but she was not
present. On motion
of Cathcart. and Mosher., the hearing was continued until the next
regular meeting. on September' 10th, and it was directed that Mrs.
Lightbody be notified of the continuance of this hearing.
Loncerriin ,: Sidewalks
Another special order of the day was the hearing,
contIr edt-"from Atigust "12th, .on the protests against the acceptance
of sidewalks' and assessments for: same, recently constructed by
0. W. Cushing,, contractor, ;this Matter having been referred to the
Board ofd Works, and "C;ommittee - Ne. 1 for investigation.
A report, was received from the Board of Works on
this matter, stating. that; members of the Board and Committee No. 1
had inspected the sidewalks ',and considered the protests.. The
5os.r3 submitted a' report .fro,m the Street Superintendent on this
matter, which it approved, and forwarded to the Council. The
City Clerk reported that Committee No. 1 at its meeting just
previous to this Council.. meeting had considered the report of
the. Street Superintendent, but. did :not have time to complete their
study of the matter, 'and therefore wszenot ready to make a report
at this time. On motion 'of` Cathcart :and Mosher, the hearing
was continued until the next Meet ng,of the Council on September
10, 1929..
-Mr.- A. C. Adams, p erty owner on Alma Street,
addressed the, Council,. .Stating:. that ; the sidewalk laid in front of
his property , was broken and in., a dangerous condition -,and he
wished to knowwho was responsible in case of an accident caused
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from` the bad condition of the sidewalk. This matter was
referred to the StmtSuperintendent.
Assessment for Third Street Lt
This was also the time for a hearing on the assessment
roll for the improvement of Third Street, Margarita Avenue,
Matadero Avenue and- Wilton `venue, under Resolution of Intention
No. 683, the work having been done by the Peninsula Paving
Company. No written protests were filed .and there was no one
present who wished to be heard on the matter.
Resolution No 794, approving assessments for this
work, was read, and on motion of Wood and Kelly,was adopted
by unanimous vote on roll call.
Hearing on Commissioners' Report
This was the time for a hearing on ,the report of
the commissioners in the matterof widening Cowper '>treet
between University and Hamilton Avenues. A written protest
was received from Grace Z.! Store, ',am. R. Camp, Sadie M.
Stephenson, I M. Calderwood, Florence and Annabel Morse,
*ryes Sumner Eddy:, F. . Gowe ll , W. J. e heldan and Katherine
taxer. written protest was also received from J. M.
Blackburn.,;: These protests apon the report of the Commission-
ers were referred to Committee No. 1 and Committee No. 4, to
report back to. the Council on September 10th. The matter was
also -referred; back to the Commissioners, in accordance with
suggestion o=f theCity Attorney, and the hearing was continued
until the next- meeting on September 10, 1929.
Letter from Mayor
A coxnrimication was received from. the Mayor with
reference to: recent accidents at railroad crossings in and near
the City, recommending: that the Council consider immediately
the matter ofgrade. separation at the Eznbarcadero ;ros`sing and
the . type off' s a:bwey to be built, and also asking ,consideration
of his suggestion that"the City of Palo Alto take the
ine ti-ati e:> =to " the end that a conference be called to: be attended
by representatives of San ±''d sncisco County, San Mateo County
and ,Santa £"late County, and also to have representatives from
the .different peninsular cities between San• Francisco and San
Jose, to 11:oi.n in a movement, the purpose of which will be to
abolish all ,gradia crossings o: the peninsula, the cost of which
will be ?brn jointly by the State of California, thesethree
counties, the_ peninsular cities and the railroad, by a .fair and
equ.itable, proportion."
(Councilman Thomas came at this point,:3 :45 P.M.,
-and > was present during the rest of the meeting.
A` motion was made by Thoits, seconded by Johnson,
that the Board". of `orks. and City Engineer be requested to
cotnsider. the plan of the Embarcadero subway, with view to
bringing :it,, again. before the Railroad Comaiission for possible
modification.. This "Matter was discussed at length, and the
supgestio ' was made that some means for safeguarding the
crossing, other than a subway, might be considered, ; such as
the installation of gates. The above motion : was then modified
b Mr Thoits by incorporating the word crossing"i stead of
"'Subway" As As thus" amended,, the motion was adopted.
The Council then considered the recommendation' of
the"", Mayor that a conference be called with representatives of
~:San Francisco County, San Mateo County,: Santa "Clara- County, aru
peninsular' cities, for' the purpose of joining in a imovement to
abolish grade cros:sings on the peninsula. On motion_ of
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Cathcart and .Mosher r ; .the Mayor was requested to appoint a
committee of such size as he 'deems wise, composed ofsuch persons
a. s he deem* desirable, to take up this matter.
Letter. from. Mr. Nelander..
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A letter vras received from . Mr. N. P. Nela .der
referring to :thefac.t that, he had not, yet received a refund on
certain intersections ; .costs, . curbs, etc., . in the paving of Nevada
pverue,which. streetVass _,clos-d by the City. This matter was
referred to Committee No.:11.: „.
Ordinance ::on: -: Minor - Alterations.
A report was received ff{om the Board of Works and
Committee.. No-.. 1 "in ,joint_:: session, recommending that the ordinance
relating to <: no'r alterations : in frame buildings in .the fire
district be -adopted. ::'This ordinance was given first reading,
and referred back to:.-Coz ittee No. 1.
Award of Contract
report was received from the .Board of Works
recommending that the :; contract ; for : the improvement of portions
of Hamilton Avenue, Fernando Avenue, Rinconada Avenue, Alma Street,
Emerson -Street, Ramona Street, Santa Rita Avenue and -Washington
Avenue, be awarded to the :;lowest bidder,, M.. S. Ranrahan, at his -
bid of $77,485,71...
Resolution No. 795, awarding said contract as:
recommended, was ;read:: and on motion of Mosher and Kelly, was
adopted by unanimous, vote on roll call.
Petition of Tennis Club
r,. report was received from the Board of liorks
concerning a petition from, the . Palo Alto Tennis Club for the
instatlation. of tennis courts in Rinconada Park, the Board
recommending that this be granted by the Council. This was
referred to the City Attorney for en opinion.
Paving of Alma St.
Referring to a letter from the South Palo Alto ryesident
liaociation to the paving of the easterly side of ,Alma
Street at the corner of Embarcadero Road, the Board of Works
reported, that ,it wouldput in: oil macadam pavement at this place
for temporary use, future pavement with concrete depending upon
‘vhether or ;not. the Embareadero .subway will be built..
Paving Enibarcadero _Road
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ing for adoption the -.plans and specifications and resolution of
intentiorx .for , paving . nbarc a Zero Road, ,and . recommending that the
le method of -dividing the. coats for ;this paving, between: the " city and ;1,.
the . property. owners : 'be made. as.; follows:
1. That -the City of:Palo Alto pay for paving in cx.cess
fired' of_:sthe. ,normal 8 feet_. residential .paving -,,-;that is,
c �� for a tri of.':,`ten. feet in width for tae.` ' fyx�.l length
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of . the rosai_, -and :-also: for the ci.ty7s portion :of all.
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2. The property owners to pay frontage assessments
on the basis of 36 feet of pavement and their
share of the -cost of i.n1erseetions. The rest of the property included in the assess-
ment district to pay assessments for inter-
sections as per the 1911. front. footage acct,- and
tb,ebalance ° of the area in the assessment
district to be assessed a nominal amount.
This matter was discussed at length,: and on motion
of Cathcart and Mosher, the report of the Board of Works was
approved, all voting Aye on roll call, except Kelly and Thomas
who voted No.
Resolution -No. 796, adopting plans and specifica-
tiox s for. ,Improvement Plans No. 21, for the improvemnent of
Embarcadero Road between Kingsley Avenue and Middlefield Road,
Kellogg Avenue between Cowper Street and Middlefield Road,
and portions of Melville Avenue between Embarcadero Road and
Bryant ;Street, and Kingsley Avenue between. Embarcadero Road and
Emerson : Street, was read, and on motion of Wood and Molts,
was passedby. unanimous vote on roll call.
Resolution: of Intention No. 79
was mad .and on motion- of Mosher and Lausten
roll eall, . all ` voting' Aye except .e11y and
This r-e'acalution of intention sets September
as the >time for a hearing on this matter.
of--Se-tback ={eco mended
7, for the' above work,
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Thomas, who itoted No.
Mt.:1929, at 8 p.m.
A report was received from the City. Planning
Commission reo:mmnending .that change of setback'dine' be made on
prope'rty lst.'- M.: -E..; Palmer in Block 18, South Palo Alto, at the
coiner ,ofI Waverley and Churchill. On motion of Mosher aid
Whirler.:,,, .;a ; hearing- was set on this matter to be -held at the next
regular: -,meeting: on September 10, 1929.
•Crd-inaiice-Ameadin Zonin. Qrdinance
,A -,'report ---was received from the_ Planning Commission
recormrcending that: the ordinance providing for an amendtant to
the,;: zoning ordinance with reference to Section =1003 relating to
second: residential zone be adopted, and also recommending that
dose :portions ;.o'f -Blocks . 24 and 26 now in' firat. 'residential be
rdzoned :to second residential under the new regulations, wherein
no dwellings of=: -more. than two families would be- allowed:.
T ie matter, together with. the proposed ordinances, was referred
• -toy •Committee. No : L.- -
Co-ncerning `Coxrfort Stat'i.ora
A report was received from the Planning Commission
recommending that. the .old,bus' station oe not used as;,a cOmfort
stat on, ,,but: that the Community Center provide a comfort station
in the; -Community Rouse., - Mr. C. P. Cooley, representing the
Community Center Commission, was present and stated that the
Community : Center : Commission wished to have the old. bus station
movedto a place on. -the- Community Center grounds in the rear of
the : Commdnity Bouse , . and made into a comfort station. This
matter was then:r.eferred bakk to the Planning Commission.
Report -of %onm►iss$oners
The report of the commissioners in the matter of
the widen
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Attest:
the widening of Hamilton;; Avenue,., and the opening of Center Street
and Dana Street, was presented. The City Clerk was directed to
pablish the notice as required by ,,law,setting time for a hearing
on this report.
As to, V ^sting Dead End: of`. ;Southwood Drive.
A- report was received from Committee No. 1
recommending that the Council grant the request of Hare, Brewer
and Clark to vacate the dead :end, o.f Southwood Drive from the
turning circle to the end, of the street at San Francisquito Creek,
with the following requirOent
"That an agreement be entered into between the owner
of the property and the City to the effect that the owner„ and
his successors in title waive all rights to compensation if after
a period of 25 years:, the City Council passes a resolution that
the Council desires -;this land for public use, and also provided
that the cite retain :an ;easement for existing telephone and:
power lines'.
The committee,further recommended that the City
Attorney be instructed... to draw up a proper resolution tovacate
this dead end of,Southwood Drive and to embody in the resolution
the above mentioned conditions.
This matter was discussed, and reference was made to
the record of the Planning Commission on the question, the Commissi
having failed to adoptamismAlamendation. similar to the one of
the committee mentioried;,.above, owing to a tie vote. Professor
Clark, chairman of the ,Planning _.Commission, addressed the Council
on this matter, and a letter was read from Mr. Norwood Smith,
ember of the Commission, on : the same subject.
On motion of Wood and Whisler, the matter was
continued to the' next meting and it was directed that the.
parties interested in having the dead end of Southwood Drive
vacated be asked to appear before the Council to explain their
request.
Plans for Openin5 Alleys
A.report was received from Committee No. 1
recomaending'.that the .plans. and specifications for opening alleys.
in Blocks 46 and 47, College Terrace, and Blocks 1 and 2,.
7eisshaar Addition,.be..adopted.
Resolution No. .798,.approving these plans, was
read, And. on. motion of Thoits and Johnson, was adopted by
unanimous vote `on roll call..
Ad iournment to : August 27th
On motion of Hobart and Cathcart, the Council.
adTourned,to Meet Tuesday, August 27, 1929, at 7:30 P. 14.e in
the City Hall, for. consideration of matters remaining on .the
docket
Approved:.
Attest