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City Hall, Palo Alto, California.
February 14, 1927.
The Council . of the City of Palo Alto met in regalar.
session on this date at 7:30 P. M., with Mayor Hobart presiding..
Roll csil as follows
Present:
Absent:
Bertsche, Catneart, Cooley, Lasterday, Hobart,
Jor dan, ell,y, Laisten, Thoit s, Thomas, Wing, Wood.
Bonn, Cottrell, Duv ene ck .
It was stated that each member had received printed
copies of the minutes of January 28 and January 31, 192?, and
the Mayor asked if there were any corrections to be made.
On motion of Bertsche and Cooley, the minutes of January 28 and 31,
were approved.
Rearing on Storm Sewers
It was announced that this was the time for the
the resolu tion of intention to construct storm water
the East Palo Alto .Drainage District. The Clerk
hat no protests had been filed. The City Engineer
that part of Pineons.da Park is in the assessment distric
ty's share of this work would be approximately y 2500.00,
there is no nrOvisi on at present.
Resolution No. 520, ordering the work on etarm water
the East Palo Alto Drainage District was read, and on
Wing and Thof ts, was adopted by unanimous vote on roll
rch 14, 1927 at 8 P. M. was set as the time for
sealed bids for this Hark.
Ordinance Charging Setback, finiversit7 Ive.
It was announced tna t th
on the matter of changing the setback.
between =Vayerley and Cowper Streets.
is was the ti rye for a tearing
line on University Avenue
Igo protests were •received.
Ordinance No.: 371, repealing ordinances and parts
of ordinances establ isiing setback lines on University ..venue,
was read and on motion of Cooley and Bertsche was passed as. an
emergency ordinance by uneiimou.s• vote on roll call.
Change of Setback. Lin e, Imhe rst St.
It was al so annaurx ed that t his was the time for a
hearing on the matter of; cheng1ng the setback line on Amherst
Street, No protests were received. A. letter from Bennet wood,
owner of property on Amherst Street, was read.
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rnerned, on Lots 29 to 53, Slack 1
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t communication fro,ri W. L. Peet' concerning the
municipal ?paving plant was read., end on motion of Wing mid
was received acid referred to Committee No. 5.
Concern.in r t .4 s a 4ior; MG
A report was received from the Board
City:Attorney concerning the acquisition of Block
Alto for park purposes, recommending that if this'
purchased at all, it be purchased outright by the
under the assessment district plan.
of Works and
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city and not
The matter of using this property, if acquired, for
both park and subway purposes was discussed. -
st;atealL that it would take nearly fifty percent of®the::i Engineer
a; subway. On motion of Cathcart and Cooley, the matter was ef-.
erred to Committee No. 1 with the request that they hold whatever
conferences seem to them desirable with the citizens. Interested
in this proposition.
Letter from Tam;, Collector
' A letter was received from the Tax Collector regarding
unpaid utility bills on the black list.
Cooley, this matter was referred to the city motion of
and
rdan and
Committee No .5.
Report from Board of Works
A report was received from the Board of Works reco aend-
ing that the amount of be taken y $600• OC from Destructor plant
fund and transferred to the Garbage Collection fund in order to
meet .the commitment of the Board of Works on the purchase of a
garbage auto truck which was authorized by the Board of Works.
On motion of Wing and Cooley, this recommendation was approved by
unanimous vote on roll call.
A reportwas received from the Board of Works recommend-
ing that.the ordinance changing the name of Olive Street to Olive
Avenue be adopted. The ordinance on this matter was given first
reading and referred to the City Planning Commission, together
with the recommendation . of the Board of Works.
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Report from Board. of Safety
A report was received from the Board of Safety request-
ing the Council to transfer $2000.00 from the Salary Fund to the
fund for supplies and incidentals of
the Board of Safety.
The necessity for this transfer was explained by Alfred. Seale,
Chairman of the Board of Safety. On motion of Bertsche and
Lausten, thistransfer was authorized by unanimous vote.
Ordinance Prohibiting Paring ing P,�r :�_-
a� g Pa.ased.
A report was received from the Board o° Safety
recommending the adoption of an emergency ordinance prohibiting
parking of automobiles of any kind at ang time on the southwest-
erly side of Ramona Street, commencing at Univers1t r :Avenue and
running northwesterly for 200 feet. Mr. Seale Chairman of the
Board, explained that it was impossible to get the new hook and
ladder truck out o.f the fire house when automobiles are parked on
the southwest side of Ramona Street opposite the fire house,
and stated that the. Board wished this ordinance to be adopted,
to be in effect until the new building is erected and a change is
made in the locationof the fire house.
Ordinance No. 373, prohibiting parking on s. certain
portion of Ramona Street, was read, andbn motion of : Cathcart and
Mrs. Thomas, was adopted as anemergency ordinance by unanimous
vote ' on roll call.
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Report of P1a:'.=n('., .Cio:i i scion
A report:vat. received from the City Planning
Commission transmitting' s. report ' from the Advisory Committee on
Parks, and recommending that, in accordance with specific
recommendations of, this' report., the Council appropriate 4C0.-00
for the purpose specified= rind further, that it adopt s budget
. plan of $5000.00 yearly for the construction, and development of
parks. On motion of Wing and Catheart-,�._this report was
received, and such portions as necessary were referred to
Committees No. 1 and No. 4 to be considered at an appropriate
tilde.
As to Cor'pnratio i Building
A letter was .read from.. the Acting City Attorney.
concerning -the transfer of ftinds which was. made at the last
Council -meeting for the. excess cost of payment of the corpora-
tion yard building, recommending that this matter be again. •
submitted to the Council for -a vote, as the charter provides.
that additional appropriations to the use of any department can
only be made by.a vote of ' two-thl rds of the members of the
Council.
The original recommendation of Committee No. 4 that
?y2010.79 be taken from the contingent fund and the remaining
4,12000.00 be taken fron the municipal paving plant fund to pay
for the excess cost of the corporation building was read.
:ping and Cooley moved that this recommendation be adopted, but
after discussion this Motion was withdrawn. On Notion of
3ertsche and Cooley, this matter was referred back to Co 3ttees
No. 4 and No. 5 .
The report of Committee No. 5 concerning the
municipal paving plant, which was submitted in reference to -Mr.
PeetTs letter of January 10, 1327, was withheld at the request -
of the Chairman, with the idea of making a report on both ietterl
from Mr. Peet at the same time.
Ordinance on Bond Issue
Ordinance No. 374 provid. n, for the incurring of a
bonded indebtedness of $74,000.00 for the acquisition, construc-
tion and completion of a public building for the use of the
police and fire departments, and providing for the issuance of
bonds evidencing such indebtedness,was read.
On notion of Jordan .and Thoits, the ordinance was
amended by changing the date of each bond from March 1st to
June lst, and the date of the interest pa#nents from March 1st
^nd.September lst to June 1st and December 1st. On motion of
Kelly and Cooley, the ordinance as thus amended was adopted
by unanimous vote on roll call.
Reports of Officials
The reports of the Department of Public Works,
Department of Public Safety, Auditor and Treasurer for the month
of January, 1927, were received and placed on file.
Member of Board of Works Elected
Tlie Coune proceeded to ballot for the election of
a member of ' the Board of Public Works, to take the place of Mr.
Horabin, resigned. The Mayor appointed Pertsche and Mrs.
Thomas tellers. On the first ballot Mr. Ralph. Beal received
8 votes, Mgr. Campbell 2 votes and Henry Hoyt 1 vote, one ballot
being bank. Mr. Beal having received a majority of the votes
was declared elected.
Claims Allowed
On motion of Kelly and Cooley, the following
claims were allowed and warrants authorized in payment of the
same:
Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Co. $10.00
C.ity,of Palo Alto 139.88
Automobile Publishing Co. 1.50
E . L. Beach 20.00
A. Carlisle & Co. 3.12
E. D. Lakin 75.00
N. E. -Malcolm 100.00
National Board of Review . 2.00
Palo Alto News 8.50
Palo Alto Times 178.00
W. C Thoit 3.'75•
E. L. Warner Co. 33.09
Leon T. David 100.00
adjourned.
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0n motion of Wing and Wood, the Council
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