HomeMy WebLinkAbout01211925The Council
at 7=30 2. 1;.., pursuant
:.:ie or Jordan presiding.
City Hall, Palo Alto, California.
-'ece :ber 21, 1925.
of tie City of ?alo . ta met on this
to ad ournment of Dececaoer 14, 1925,
Roll c l l as follows:
2resent: 3er.tscbe, Bonn, Cathcart, 3uvenec:, .easterdar
Jordan:., Ke Lly, Molts, Thomas, :air iii s. y
Absent: Cooley, Cottrell, Hobart, Lazzs ten, :ping.
Reoort of S ,cial Auditor Received
.The Special Auditor's report for 1924-1925 was
received. The Council directed .that it oe referred to Committee
eo. 5 to investigate and to report back to the Council.
The Council directed that Committee Igo. 5
'City Clerk be given authority to publish such parts of
as may be desired.
Recuest. of ,Charles •E1iet
A letter was received from Oharles, :,filet, requesting
a refund. of $19.60 for taxes ne a .. ,� a�au paid on .wa......on, automobile
•`•:=Let. he tea.d not possessed .nor three years. this was accompenied"
o, a report from the City Assessor stating that this assessment
had. been taken from +e Mayfield assessment roll for 1925-x926,
out that evidently the Mayfield entnor;ities were in error. ire
Council directed that a warrant for X19.60 be drawn and sent to
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Opinion of Cite Attoenev
The opinion of the City Attore ey on construction of
ouiidi.ngs in the fire limits was received ;,nd referred to
Committee jwo. 2.
Report of Committee No.1
The report of Committee No. 1. was read. The
recommendation of the committee for a sprinkler system and ataiways
, , the city hospital building and equipment of mattresses with
four substantial handles was referred to Committee No. 4, with the
direction that its •recomme 3.".ti on should be received at the next
Council meeting on Janua;..ry 11, 1926.
Report of Sub Committee (Grde CrossinQ's}
The report of the sub -commit tee o± the grade crossing
committee was accepted.
:cif e fi e
The matter of the zoning of the Mayfield Addition was
:torsi dered and discussed by different members of th,7 C&nci1 and
by citizens present. Letters were received from Mr. ". S. 31gler
and Mr. W. C. ni11. and others, concerning 'e:.,yfield zoning. These
letters were accepted and- placed on file.
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Resolution Ivo. 451, entitled. "Mesoluti on Adopting
Final Report of the City Flemming Co: mission. on he Establishrere
and. Use of Property Zones and Setback Ines for MQyf ield.
was read, mid amended as follows.
That that part of the Ind s tri a1.. District lying on
the northwesterly side of the Page Mill Road and onthe south-
westerly side of Third Street be changed to Third Residentia?,
District, and. the portion of the Industrial District recommended.
by the City Flan zing Commission, fronting on ?an 3oulev .rd and
extending southwesterly along Cambridge Avenue for a distance o
475 feet be changed to Light Industrial".
As so amended, the fi.nal report of the Punning
Commission was approved . and the r esolu ti on adopting same was
passed by unanimous vote on roll call.
0rdinmce No. 334 dopted
Ordinance lie. 334 adopting the rase of Property Zoe
Map and Setback Line Map for Mayfield .:.dM.ition,o the City of
Palo Alto" was adopted by unanimous vote.
nr da nere ce Chez:tr.:1m Nora es of 2treets
A proposed ordinance ch Raging names of Car and Gro Y e
Streets in South Palo Alto end Main Street in Mayfield. .District
to High, Ramona and El Canino Real respectively, was given first
reading. and -referred to Co ittee moo. 1.
ResiRreetior_ of Mrs. Niche.:.w
A letter from Mrs. :';alter iiiehols resigning as
a member of the Advisory Board on Commercial Amusements was
received an.d accepted with regret and themes for her services.
The J or appointed to the vacancy thus made on t„e
Advisory Board Mrs. Duneen A. McLeod, which appointment was
unanimously c or+f irme d by the Counci 1.
Illness of Councilman Cottrell
Tt ,was reported to the Council that Ccreincilman . .
Cottrell, former ;error is ill it Newport, Rhode• Island. The
Clerk was. directed eto send a telegram of sympathy to .Tire.
On motion the Council adjourned.
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