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• 7iOe MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING - EDY OOD CITY COUNCIL JANUARY 7 , 1935 g : 00 P .M . Upon roll call , the following Councilmen were present : Mayor , C . G. Lanbert , L. C . Christensen, J . M. Eva , E . A. Fletcher, R. N . Jones , P . A. McCarthy, Geo . W . McNulty , City Clerk, B . E. Myers . Absent : None . The minutes of the meeting of December 17 , 1934, were approved on motion of Councilman McNulty , seconded by Councilman Fletcher. The matte, of contributing $300 toward the taxes due on property held by H. A. Beer;er, as Trustee for the Creditors of the F. K. Towne Estate , was laid over. A letter was read from the Constitutional Rights Association of San Francisco , signed by its President , M. James McGranaghan, in which the Council was requested to pass a resolution furthering the creation and maintenance of a municipal utility district to be known as the Bay District Municipal Utility District . The matter was laid over until the next meeting . N . C. Cummings , Secretary of the Board of Trustees for the Redwood City Library , in a communica- tion , asked the Council to appropriate $300 for materials to be used at the library , the labor for which would be furnished by SERA. The matter was referred to the City Manager to work with the Library Trustees . M. R. Telmer , 135 Rogers Street , asked permission to tear down an old porch on the rear of his residence and rebuild a new one approximately 6 x 10 feet . Permission was granted on motion of Councilman Fletcher , seconded by Councilman Eva. Councilman McNulty , seconded, by Councilman Eva, proposed the adoption of the following resolution which was unanimously carried: RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Redwood City that the Superin- tendent of Streets of said city be and he is hereby ordered and directed under the provisions of the ordinances of said city to erect stop signs at the follow- ing places , to-wit : On the westerly side of Maple Street at the northerly line of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company ' s right of way (Pennsylvania Avenue) ; on the westerly side of Jefferson Avenue on the southerly line of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company ' s right of way (Pennsylvania Avenue) ; on the northerly side of Brewster Avenue at the easterly line of Arguello Street ; and on the southerly side of Brewster Avenue at the westerly line of Arguello Street . It is hereby declared unlawful for any person to fail to stop at the stop signs so ordered to be erected as herein provided and any person so doing shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punishable as provided by the ordinances of said City of Redwood City regulating said stop signs and authorizing the passage of this resolution. The Cit y Manager�- presented a memo of an agreement with the State Hig? way Commission concerning the accumulation of funds applicable for road work. As the City- Attorney had not the oppor- tunity to pass on it , the matter was referred to him for attention. On motion of Councilman Christensen, seconded by Councilman McNulty, the Treasurer was authorized to pay the San Mateo County Bank $2 , 000 to take up the Deed of Trust outstanding against the Gillespie property on Roosevelt Avenue previously purchased for park purposes . Councilman Fletcher proposed that the City pass an ordinance making it necessary that all pasteuri- zed milk sold in Redwood City be pasteurized within the city limits . Representatives from