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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10101927City Hall,. ;Palo Alto, California. October 10, 1927. The Council of the City of Palo Alto met in regular session on this date at 8 P. M., with Mayor Hobart presiding. Roll call as follows: Present: Berte:che Bonn, Cathcart,, Christensen, Cottre11, Hobart Hoge, , Ja' dan,..Helly,: Lausten, Thoits, Thomas, . Whisler. Absent: Wing, Wood It was reported that :copies, of the minutes of the meeting of September 12,' 1927, had: been sent to each member. On motion of Bertsche ' and:Cottrell, the minutes of said meeting were approved. Member P1annin Commission Appointed The Mayor announced that he wished to appoint D. A. Mendenhall as a member of:. the e City...Pianning Commission, to fill the position created by the ordinance providing for the re-. organization of the Planning Co mission recently adopted by the Council. On motion of Cottrell and Whisler, this appointmeit was confirmed. Report on Parks , and Plaza A joint report was received from the City Planning Commission and the Advisory Committee on Parks, approving the -report of the City Engineer of October 6, 1.927,on the construc- tion of the University ;Avenue" Plaza and improvement of El ('amino 'Park, Rinconada Park 'and Peers Park, at estimated cost of 44800000.00, and recommending that this report be adopted. The report was read;. and. explained. by the City Engineer, and and plans on this matter were examined The Council was addressed on this matter by Prof. Clark, President of the ' Planning Commispion, Norwood Smith, bars Edwin, Thomas and : Mi . Eobart, ;niembers of the Planning Zommission,:Prof Seward and Mr. Swinnerton of the Advisory Park Committee, and others, all speaking in favor of the adoption of this. report and the issuance of bonds to complete the work. On motion of :Cottrell and Cathcart, the report of the committee was received and referred to Committee No. 4 for a report at an adjourned meeting to be held on October 24, , ,1927. On motion of'° Cottrell and Bertsche, it was directed that when the Council' .adjourn, , it adjourn to meet on Monday, October 24;, 19.27, at 8 P. M. in the City Petition from Mr. McPherson A petition was received from, James McPherson requesting a refund of,-21Oo00 for. license fees invalidly collected, together with an opinion from the Deputy C,itty..Attorney on this subject. This matter- was referred, to Committee .:Bo. 5. Ee:tter from Miss .:Dyer. A- Letter. from Susan L. mar concerning insurance on city property was received and referred to. Committee No.. 5. :G Report of Board ofSafet A report -was received from the Board of Public Safety approving and recommending for passage ordinances prohibiting shrubs or obstructions around. fire hydrants, concerning traffic- and'' parking it lle s, - relative to traffic regulations and establishing loading zones a Ordinance No. 399, relating to and regulating traffic in the ' gs of Blocks :5,..20, '21 and 30 in the City= of' Palo Alto, was read, arid on noon of Cottrell and Lausten, was ;passed as an emergency ordinance br unanimous vote on roll call. An ordinance relative to traffic regulationa providing for arterial stop signs on Alma Street, proh±hIting parking within twelve feet.,of street intersections, providing for stop signs at railroad crossings and establishing loading zones, was given firstreading and on motion of Jordan and Tn:isler, was referred to:_ Committee No. 2. An ordinance' prohibiting obstructions around.. -:fire hydrants was given first reading and referred to Committee No. 2. Reports were received .from the Board of Safety and Committee No. 2 recommending tie' adoption of ordinanc=es concerning laundry inspection arid lieerises,and licenses for peddlers of fresh food products Ordinance No. 400, amending Sections 678 and 684 of Codified Ordinance No. 3, concerning permits and licenses for laundry and towel supply ,business, was given second reading, and on motion of Cottrell °au Hoge, ; was passed by unanimous 'vote on roll call. Ordinance No,. 401, amending Section 191 of Codified Ordinance No. "3, concerning licenses for peddlers of fresh food products grown by themselves", - gtvsnttecoa i reading, and on motion of 3ertsche and :Hoge, was adopted by unanimous. vote on roll call. 0n,motion of Bertsche and ordinance .teegui:ring a "license fee of peddlers of fruit and vegetables was for a report. Mrs. Thomas, the; present 00.00 per quarter from referred to Committee No. 2 Permit Granted to P G and E i .report was received from Committee No. 1 recommending that' a Permit -be granted to the Pacific Gas and Electric Company to play* an 8 -inch gas main thro e Palo Alto on Middlefield Road and. on a portion of -:Page Mill Road and Alma Street, In accordance with the freeholder$'-.' ,rter. Ir. J. y. Xuster, Manager of the. ;San '3oser Division of` the'; Pacific Gas and Electric Company, addrOssed the'',Council .on this'ipatter,° explaining the necessity for. the construction of= :this gas mail as requested. _Resolution •No 571, granting to the Pacific -Gas_ and Electric Company_ the right of use of certain streets to lay a gas main, -was. read; .and `on motion of Thoits and °Lausten, Was passed by unaiximouta.:vote on roll call. Report from Board of Works A : report was received from the Board of Works transmitting a"- report from the Maryland Casualty Company received througks'.;,W. F. Hyde concerning 'insurance on city -owned buildings, load on 'motion, of Bertsche and Whislsr, was referred'' to C�� tee: No. 15. f A and specificat resolution of meeting on Oct Ordinanc A: recommending ending t Smith on Tenny from 40 to 35 : It hearing on thi; was no one pre: 0.17c recommended, w adopted by unan Report of A r that farther pr Avenue be defer: referred to the back to the Cou] ation was appro-' A re recommending. the Alice M. Bartley n --square opposite Resolution No. 5 the matter of op Block 20. Safe of Bo. A re. that 450,000 of be opened at the Resc: water bonds of 25 was passed by. unc C oncer nib_ ing that billsrefr of titles of 34 1 be the On motionofBonn bill s were allow, Comm{ the dedication of f Cambridge Avenue. of a strip of 1au southeri y side of Jordan and Hoge, 11 A repor that the Council a cover the incident work of the openin to Committee No. 4 A .report from the Board of Works submitting plans and specificationsfor the paring of Stanford Avenue, and a resolution ,:of intention on same, were deferred until the next ;meeting on October, 24, 1927, at the recue'e t ,.of the City Engineer. 0rdi,nanci xi Setback ;Line A report was receivedfrom the Planning Comzmi ss ion recommending that the setback' line on the property of Gilbert M. Smith on Tennyson Avenue ,in ,B1ock;21,, South Palo Alto, be changed. from 40 to 35; feet it was announced that this was the time set for a hearing on this matter. No protests were received and there was no one present who wished: to speak on the subject. Ordinance No. 402, changing this .setback line as recommended, was. read, and on motion of Kelly and Hose, was, adopted by unanimous vote on roll, call. Renor t of Committee N. ,1 A report was received' from Committee No. 1 recammendi that further proceedingsin'regard to the widening of Hamilton Avenuebe deferred and thatthe matter of the maste*lam be referred to the Planing Commission and City Attorney to report - back to the. Council.. On motion of Jordan and Hoge, the recommend- ation was approved and said proceedings were deferred. A report was also received from Coml. ttee No. recommending the acceptance of, the lease contract with W. .R .. and Alice M. Bartley for the purpose of acquiring lands for a public square opposite .the Mayfield . Station in accordance with Resolution No. 570, .and requesting further tine to report on the matter of opening' an alley in the southwesterly half of Block 20. Sale of Bonds A report was received from Committee No. 4 recommeridin; that 950,000 of 1926, Water Bonds be sold and that bids for same be opened at the adjourned meeting to be held on October 24,1927. Resolution :No 572, providing for the sale of 50 water bonds of 1926, was read, and on motion of Kelly and Hoge,, was passed by unanimous vote on roll'' ,call. Concernin Cab.ridge Avenue, Lots A, report Was received :from Committee No. 4 recommend- ing that bills from the. San Joae„ `Abs.tract Company for abstract of titles. of 34. iota .on Cambridge Avenue, at ;15.00 per lot, be approved, the -money: t o be taken ;from the revolving fund. On motion of -Bolan ..and Bertsche` this report was approved and the bill s were allowed. (orttm ttee No 4` also recommended that the city accept the dedication of .20_ feet of land on the southerly side of r Cambridge..Avenuer.. ,Resolution No..: 57Z,accepting the dedication of a strip of land 20 : feet in width for the widening of the southerly. side of Cambridge Avenue, was read, and on motion of Jordan and: 'fioge,: was ;passed by unanimous vote on roll call.. A report from the Deputy City Attorney recommending that the Council set aside; a revolving fund of g.150O.00 to cover the,incidental expenses in connection' with the preliminary . work cf> the:;:, opening and widening of Cambridge Avenue was referred to Committee No`..4, %Y Hospital Budget;,Aparoved On motion of Cathcart and Whisler, the report of Committee No.-`; 4 recommending that the budgetary forecast of tine Palo Alto Hospital for the present fiscal year be approved • was adopted b nan'imous vote on roll call Blanket Authorization to Auditor A recommendation was received from. Committee No..4 that a blanket authorization be given to the City Auditor to pay the price agreed upon for the lands opposite the Mayfield Station for a public square, including the price of paving, / after negotiations have been commenced, when deeds to these lands are presented. On motion of Hoge and Bonn, the report was accepted and the Auditor was so authorized, by unanimous vote on roll call. Concerning Condemnation of Block 1 SPA A report was ; received from Committee No. 4_:recommend- ing that Block 3., South Palo Alto, be condemned for park and subway purposes Resolution No. 574, declaring the necessity of the exercise `o.f the right of eminent domain for the City of Palo Alto; in .the acquisition of Land for public use,. was read, and an motions of Jordan and Hoge, was adopted by unanimous' vote .on roll call. Xs to Purchase. of Marsh Land A recommendation was received from Committee No. 4 that- the city buy the A. M. Standish land near " the , harbor front, 67 acres more or less, at a price not to e xceed $3400.00, the money to be appropriated from the contingent fund, by a deed or deeds conveying a good merchantable title. Resolution No. 575, authorizing the :purchase of said marsh land,- was read.. On motion of Thoits and ; Hoge, the name Miles Standish in the resolution was corrected to read "A. M. Standish". Then on motion of Thoits and Bertsche, the resolution was passed by unanimous vote on roll call. Report of Committee. No. 5 A report was received from Committee No. 5 recommend- ing that group insurance be purchased from the Travelers' Insurance Company:;In,; accordance with schedule and estimate of cost 'submitted, upon the condition that 75 percent of'the employees elect to come ` under this syytem. Representatives from the Equitable Life Insurnace, Company were present and wished to present some additional figutes to the committee. On motion of Jordan- and .Hoge, this matter was referred back to Committee No. 5 to reportat the next meeting. Committee,No. 5 reported that it would need t.i°th.er time to reports ,on the matter of protection of city i"rom pudic liability and: property -damage of automobiles driven. by city employees, on city business, and on the matter of pensions for city employees. report was also received from Committee No.:5 .approving the ; bill: of *497.50 for Palo Alto booklets and the expenses., of the city ,officials; to the convention of the Lessee of California Munici pali ties . Deed, Miller deg public us( accepting Mc(ower de public use accepting �loai ordering ti Subdivision C the Califon in Blocks 1 was accepts, Jrdinc ] 0.3 397 referrix It was annoz this matter. The ordinanc Reports Th.; Department o: month of Sep, Claims were allowed n The E. Fir Gen E. ] Paic San E. I J. C. b Leon Eliz Jess. A. C May -J N. E: Pacij Sprit San W. to :s the City Hall. Attest: Deeds Approved A deed was ,received from Lowe►l,l, .M and Madelyn -worth Miller dedicating Lot 12, Block , 61, ' South Pa .o Alto, for a public ; use;., On ,motion o .'hoit.s .and,.Whisler, a resolution accepting this deed. was :•adopted >by: unanimous vote on roll call., A deed was": also received" from May R. and Charles S.. McOowen dedicating :tot 11., Blook::.61., . South Palo Alto, for a public use . , on motion, of Bertsche:. and Whisler, a resolution accepting this deedwas adopted by unanimous vote on roil call.' .1©35n� tlev` Tract On mot ion ; .of Hoge: and Kelly,. Resolution No. 576, ordering, the closing` of a" pu?ali"c a.11eyin Block 1l of the Bartley Subdivision, was 'passed by -unanimous vote on roU call. On motion, of .• Kelly and Christensen, a deed from the California Pacific Title &HTru.st Company for certain property in Blocks 11,7 and 12Of the. Bartley .Tract for public alleys was accepted by unanimous vote-. Ordinance onSetback Lines Ordinance No. 403, amending Section 4 of OrdinanceNo. 397 referring to setback, lines on Page Mil/ Road, was read. It was announced that this was the time: set for a hearing on this matter. There was no. one present who wished to be heard. The ordinance was then adopted by unanimous vote on roll call. Reports6f Officials, The reports of the Department. of Public Forks, Department of, Public Safety, the Auditor and Treasurer for the month of September, 1927 ,, were received .:arid placed on file. Claims Allowed On motion of Hoge and Lausten,. the . following claims were allowed- and warrants , authorized :i in payment of the same: v. E. m color balance for August 4 N ; 8$ The . Morgan Oyster Co. 1500.00 E. L. "Iceach 20.00 First Nat, ;Bank a/c Lowell M.Miller. 675.00 General Office Equipment Corp. 1.40 E. D. Lakix1. - 75.00 N. E. Malcolm 1125.00 Palo -Alto Times. 37.50 San Jose Abstract & Title Ins .Co. 105.00 E.. L Beach 19.40 J. F. Bxbee 34.60 C. . Christensen 272 115 Leon T. Lavi�l 5 .68 Elizabeth Douglas .0 . 27.00 Jessica W. Ely 4.55 A. C. Robert` 18.30 May R. McCowexx 675.00 N. E. Malcolm 41.00 Pacific Gravure Co. 497.50 Spring Valley WaterCo . 1953.11 W. Jose Abstract & Title Ins.Co, 510.00 ql� . 2. Tomson 35.99 Onmotion of Thoits and Mrs. Thomas, the Council adjourned, to meet on Monday, 0e tober 24, 19277 at 8 P. M. in the City Hall.