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Home My WebLink About03081920a1 20. City ll, Palo Alto, Cal March 8, 1920, The Council of the City of Palo Alto met in regular sea - n pre- sion on this date at 8 p.m., with Mayor Swain presiding. Roll call as follows: Presen Bert: che, Blair, Cathcart, �,asterday, Jordon, • :flier, ;yder, Swain, Terwilliger, Thoits, Tnomas. Absent: Cooley, Peterson, Roller, Snyder, Wing. he r to and a. Sion ed school 108 t re- r passed. of Palo the to heast- rdinance ading nning the .the Block Palo er- furred. The minutes of . the regular meeting of Febr. ,,,ry 9, 1920, and of the called meeting of February 2;i, 120, were read and ap- proved as read. Communication: Filed. A communication from the State immigration and Lousing Commission was read and ordered filed. Report on Avenue 1rr_ roveren is : Rea erred , A report from a special committee of the lann;,nF, Com- mission and Chamber of Commerce on improving University evenue was read and referred to Committee {#1 and the Board of Public Works. Report of Co mmittee *4: Schpol Zonin 7. Chairman Thoits reported for Committee 7r4 in the matter of the request of the Board of Education and the report of the Planning Commission thereon that Block 100a be placed in Zone #4, The committee found that it was not feasible to close a Tula. aven- ue or for the city to purchase Blocks 104 to 108 ircln• ive for recreation purposes and was of the opinion that it is the province of the Board of Education and the taxpayers to choose a site for school purposes. It was suggested that the matter of location be nut to a preferential vote of the people before proceeding to a bond election, and Blocks 100 a,, Blocks 103, and 104, and Block 62, were suggested as possible sites. The committee recommended that tee Council pass the following resolution: 01Resolved, That it is the sense of the City Council that the Zoning Ordinance be amended. to include . in Section 4 such prop- erty as the Board of Education and the taxpayers may purchase for school purposes" On motion of Thoits and Jordan the report of Committee 4 was adopted and the recommendations approved. Committee #4 further recommended the enactment of Ordi- nance #105 and. 106. Hearing on Zone Changes: Continued. Under special orders of the day, the hearing of the mat- ter of -changing the easterly half of Block part and a ''1�. � T. of B� ► .a o c xCs 43 from Zone #1 to Zone }44 was brought up. After discussion, Miller and Easterday moved that the L=ayor be authorized to appoint a committee of five to co-operate with the Board of Education in connection with holding a prefer- ential election. The motion was passed. T.c , Mayor named said committee as follows: Miller chairman), Thoits, Blair, Terwilliger, Jordan. , Thoits and B ertsche moved that the heax•inr. be continued to the next regular meeting on April 12, 1920. erne motion was lost. - 4 Jordan and Terwilliger moved that the Council proceed with the hearing. The motion waa adopted. The Clerk read a .pxotest signed by property owners a- i.,ainst the proposed change of zone for Block 100a. Mr. Douglas Watson spoke on behalf of the Protestants, presenting the reasons why said pro testae is object to having Block .00a placed in Zone #4., On motion of Thoits and Miller the hearing was when. continued until the next regular meeting on. April 12, 1920, at 8 p.m.; in the City Bali . 476 Ordinance 20a. Gast Pu:Lo Alto Go: keeeee. l :tied. Ordinance #205, entitled "An Ordinance Providing for the Including of East Palo Alto under tine Provisions of the Zone Ordinance jtl72 of the City of Palo Alto," was given second read- ing and on motion of Bertsche and Thoits was passed by unanimous vote on roll call. Ordinance #206 (Planninee Commission : Pasoed. Ordinance #206, entitled, "An Ordinance Amending Sections 2 and 3 of Ordinance /T130 of the City of Palo Alto Relating to the City Planning Commission," was given second reading and on motion of Terwilliger and Thoits was passed by unanimous vote on roll call. Report o.f ':Works Board: Transfers The report of the operations of the Department of Public Works was submitted together with a special report reating to the condition of various funds. On motion of Jordan and Easterday the matter of making certain transfers of funds was referred to CommGirree #4 with power to act. The report of the Treasurer f o r : 'ebruary was read and ordered filed. Deed to Lots 11 and 12. ;:J:lock b . The City Attorney reported that a deed had been receiv- ed transferring. lots 11 and 12, 3lock 89, to tte City of Palo Alto. Jordan and Blair moved that the deed be accepted and re- corded and that the Attorney be ins trusted to prepare a resolution governing the use of said property for charitable purposes. The :notion was passed by unanimous vote on roll call. Claims Allowed. On motion of Miller and Terwilliger the following claims were allowed and warrants authorized in. payment of the same by unanimous vote on roll call: C. E. Jordan, Auditor, 2000 stamped envelopes $43.72 pay of k,.Palo Alto annexation election board 15.00 15.00 Edw. Jesurun, insurance premium, law books 4.4; 4•45 League of California Municipalities, annual dues 30.00 Times Pub. Co., letterheads, Community Center 12.00 halftone for annual report 7.50 x'_esination of M.A.Bucha.n: Accepted. The resignation of .-=.A.BNchan µms.2, a member of the . _.cµ_ µ of Public Works was presented and read. Thoits moved that the resignation be accepted with re- gret and that., the City Clerk be instructed to convey to 3uc.%an the thanks and appreciation of the Council for the 1cr: ; and valu- able service he has rendered the city. The motion was second.ec Terwilliger and passed by unanimous vote. The election of a member of the .:5oar d of Public Works tC fill the vacancy caused byMr. Buchan's res-g wentover ont: �� .� .=..: at..o.� w..�._ the next meeting. Ailwropryatj cn i8o0) : E.Palo ate: Service. Chairman Thoits of Committee #4 explained the need for extending water service to East Palo Alto and submitted the City Engineer's estimate of the cost of the installation of pipes and meters. Thoits moved that +x31800.00 be transferred from the water fund to the water construction fund for tnis purpose. The motion was seconded by Jordan and passed by unanimous vote on roll call. 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