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City Hall, Palo Alto, �aiifornia.
Jax aa.ry 19, 1926.
of the City of Palo Alto met on this date
to adjournment of January 11, _1926, with
o11 call as follows:
Present Bertsc e, Bonn, Cat.hcsrt, Cooley, Dureneck
Easterday, Hobart, Jor ds , gel ly l•atls ten
Tho its, Thomas, Wing .
Absent:
•i r an s 'f er of .Fn d s
The recomm,.endation of Committee 1;o. 4 that there oe
.tray_ sferred from tz:.;e Power Plant 2a d to th. e Wiener. ai. Fund, 000. 00
snd also that 50O.O0 _ be trans ferred from to s.pproprlaion.:
for paving Palo Alto. Avenue to the General Fund; and u. at there
be appropriated from the unappropriated balance of the General
Fund to the 'aospita.l Specie.' Building improvement i4'und. ie7bOC.00
for installing sprinkler sys tee and stairways in the hospital
end u on other improvements necessazy for fire protection, -.
action on wr icn recommendation was •deferred at the last Meeting, -
was again considered., • and on motion of Wilzig and Bertsche, the -
transfers and appropriation were made accordingly, by unanimous
vote.
Cot trell.
. rpro•ori .ati on to it-arf: Bas ebnl1 Din more.
Concerning . tr_ e letter of toe 'Palo Alto Cornm~anity
Athletic Assocaati.on;offering to turn over to the city thesum
of :;200..50 for the parr, ose of tarfi.ng the baseball diamond or
got ion of Y`Wirg and Duvene ck , this money was accepted, this
ex'- o un t to be placed in the
to o e used for ear
- baseball
Fund., tree -money -
the baseball C.iamord .
B'lection of Cotu cilree
The Mayor announced teat t, e Council would raw oallot •
for the election of a member of the Council to take the place of
Dr. T. `M.. Willf.aen, resigned, and appointed Bertsche and a"sten
as tellers. Four ballots were taken, votes oeing cast for
Dr. Granville Wood, George Calf, G. B. Moore and L.r. Geri ougn.
On the fourth ballot, Dr. Rood received eight votes and was.
declared el ected.
Revue st of R. ": 'ol liner
Mr. R. W. roilu er addressed the Council concerning' ..
^is property on High Street in Block 5, whtch. re p rcnesed from
a. Y. C3atcnie, a part of which property n. ct been taken 'oy .the
city for en alley in. that block.. He reo'.esred permission to
extend the second story of :his builci rg, if ne so desires, over
a ,Dart of tree alley at therear of his Property, 3 feet by 6 feet,
the second story to be at least ten feet above the ;round. On
':lotion of 'ybcita:and Wing, this matter was referred to the Board
of 7cr,s. and Ci'r:.Attorney.
Hearin of Protests (Alley Block 30)
The latyor announced that the special. order of the day
was the hearing on the protests of Alfred. 2. :,ever any:, .:'vs 5.
Sc. wabacher against assessments zor opening, the alley in :3ioc
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ter. C. N..:.-!..irkbride, motto rney for Ilva S. Schwaoach_er, and.:::r.
Lawrence Livingston, Attoiney for Alfred F. :;,ever, were present.
ter. Kirkbri de addressed the Council. as:. ing if he and
Livingston could present both protests together, which request
was granted. The Attorneys presented their evic. nce, :11 wn
with the Clerk certain deeds, maned No. a, No. 2 an
No.. 3, n
The ms.tter was discussed, and on mot ion of Thous
and Cooley, the nearing on these protests vr9.s c ont inae d to the
next-reguiar meetioz of the Council on 'ebruary 8, 1926, and
the matter was referred to Committee No. 1 end the City ttorne;;
for consideration end report at the next meeting.
re:tes.t
on All yt Block 20
A letter was read from A. tJmprre,ys, Secretary
of the. Palo Alto ivasoriic 2enple .Association, protesting against
the assessment on the alley in Blocx 20. On motion o± Th its
and Cooley, the .neartng on tr is protest was cont:in:ued to the
next regular` meeting on Yebrualey 8, 1926, and the matter was
referred to Committee No. 1 Gye the City Attorney to report os.ce:
at the next meeting.
Protest of Liar7 Ross
A;' protest was received from ry L. Foss areirst her
assessment for . the.. impro vem ent of iniv er„i ty Avenue On moti o::
of 3er tsche and . vetsten, this protest was overruled.
Letter .from Attorney for Sternlo Corp.
_..letter was read from Glen 3e:ymer
tn,e Stereo Corporation, rep es ti rg an amendment
No. 332 reja tiOT to Canned Heat. On :notion: of
this matter was referred to Committee No. 2, wit
that the committee confer with. the zoli.ce j,zd.ge
Police cone erning the matter.
, Atto rney c r
to Ordinance
Molts and .:.eei;,
rr the request
en; Chief of
Letter , fror:' .2 l o Alto Deve; c i:;e: t Co.
A letter was received from 'tee Palo Alto Leve:1;,pee.,:
C.ompeny, sta,t.ing that there is a balance of 5,034.91 date the
company.under the •terms of the contract, .for cost of inst;a.iatien
of .electric•system in Southgate. This was referred to the Bor.
of Words. and City Engineer for a report.
R e o i e a t for Refund
A .Letter was received, from e -race. g. . Stevens,
Cowper St.,- requesting a refund of 42..80 on personal property
• tax.- Upon the recommendation , of the City Assessor, and on on
of Cooley •and Zelly, this refund was granted by unsni.raaus
Letter from W. ..
A letter was read from . --. . 1, lire Insure.nce
Ad,jx2:ster, cone erning the recent fire at the Pay.o. Alto Hos pit al .
Councilman 3ertsche made a statement of the wire hazard at the
hospital, suggesting t r.s t' the furnace room and laboratory room
should be .moved out from under the main building as soon as
posaible, estimating that the cost of this -oaxd be oetween t��o
and three thousand dollars, an d. unti I ac ti on is taken on th
is ,
a night watchman should be employed to remain in the hospital.
On motion of Thoits, the statements Trade by Yr. 3ertscn_e were
direated.to be.. bro ht to the attention of Dr. Some rs, physic=,a::
Superintendent of the Stanford Hospital. It was also di recce ..
teat -oo es Of the letter to Dr. Somers be sent to Dr. Wi? b < r
end Comet t-ol,'le r . Roth.
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1.:r. Cathcart moved that the previously constituted
hospital committeeof the Council be requested to tape into
consideration all.recent developments with respect to the fire
danger at the hospital arxa.. to report to tae Council its
recommendation. at as early a date as possible. This motion was
seconded by Hobart .and cao^rie d.
To Pl ce 1(i bt Wa.t.chseen i..r Hosoitel
On , motion ofyasterday and Cooley, the Board of
uubl is Safety was requested to place a night watchman at the
hospital beginning. on Jaaanary 20,. 1926, un ti l such t im,e as action
is taken to remove the fire ::hazard at the hospital.
Letter from Calif. i'ueif c it2e Ins. Co.
communication was received from the Ca.l ornia
.'aci`ic Title. Ins .rence.`,Compaiy concerning the proposed re
numbering of Blocks iz .Palo Alto and new maps showing these new
block numbers. The title company advised that the new numbers
could not be used. for assignment purposes as they would not
agree with the maps in the recorder's office. This letter was
placed on file
Resolution ' of Intention No. 45? Ppssed
A report was received from the Board of Works
recol end i.r g for adoption a resolution of intention to close, a
portion_ of Lincoln Avenue adjacent to Charming Avenue.
Resolution of Intention No. 457 corcerning this ma.Lter was read,
and on motion of Thoits and Cooley, WaS adopter 4y unanimous
vote on roll call.
Resolution No. 4586 massed
Resolution i\o. 4.53, approving arc. corfirming assess-
ments for storm sewers in South. Palo Alto, as described in
Resolution of Intention No. 422, was read end. on :.r te. on ` of
Duveneck end Cooley, was ac.opt€d. by unanimous vote.
Resolution roa 459 P:ased
• Resolution No. 459, approving end confirming assess-
menus for the improvement of University .,..venue, as described in
Resolution of intention No. 426, was read. and on :notion of
yaxsten and Cooley was.,. unanimously adopted by vote on roll cal;
Resolutions (Is arce of Bonds)
A report was received from the City Engineer and
City Assessor, stating that they ad checked he denominations
of the bonds and interest installments for the issuance of bonds
under Resolutions of Intention Nos. 1925-1-2-3 sy,:c. found same to
be correct.
On motion e Thoits and Bert c.ae, Resolution No.
460, providing for the ismzance of street improveTMent bonds,
prescribing the denomination of such bonds and of the interest
coupons attached thereto, under infield Resolution of In_ter.tion
No. 1925-1 was adopted by unanimous vote on roll call.
On., motion of Bertsche and ::hits, Resolution No. 461,
-orovid_irg for the issuance of street improve.rent bonds, prescribir.4
the denomination of such bonds and of the in :erect coupor2
attached thereto, under "Me 'field Resolution of Intention No.
1925-2, was adopted 'by unsnimous vote on roll