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G�� of the business do not ecnstitute fire hazards. The ab ove regu]a tions are presently baing applied to retail commercial Christmas tree dealers in the Gity of Redwood City and ar� bein� enforced by the City Collector� Fire P9arshal� and Police Depart�- ment respectively. As a matter of policy� the City Collectorts office has exempted charitable and civic organizaticros from the abave mentioned �25•00 per week bus�ness 13.cense fee and has collected a fee based on the gross sa1Ps anlyo In addition the Go�lector�s office has as a matter of polic,y collected an addit- ional �25.04 deposit from Christmas tree dealers to insure adequate clean-up after the season c loses. Ideither of these administrative regulations are specifically set forth in the existing business li.cense ordi.nancs. It is l.egally possible to apply additional regulations gaverning this particular type of business based upon its transitory nature such as requiring applications for such business to be filed before a date certain to permit, investigation of financial responsibility to require the posting of addition- al cash deposits to insure clean-up� and such other regulations as" are reasonably related to the problems created� and be made applicable to all purely seasonal or temporary business vendors. Such �^' additional regulations, if found desixable� should be either included in the existing business licen- � sing ord.inance or should be added to the propsed new business 1.icensin� ordinance presentl,y under consideration by the Council in order that they may be apnlied generally to aL1. purely seasonal or temporary business vendors and thereby avoid discriminatory special legislation which would be of ques- tionable validity. Careful study of the need ctf such regul.ations should be made to ingure their enf orceability. The t ime required to complete such studies� drafting and adopting such a measure� requires immediate action if the present regulations are felt to be insufficient for the 195? seasan. � Gouncilsaan Weiss was of the opinion that a report of this t�rpe should be accompanied b,y a report from , the City I�anager. He did not believe that this action would be in time to put into effect this year. ' Councilman Weiss moved that +�he practice that has been used be continued again this year and the City D+Sanager be instructed tD explore this matter and det,�rmine i.f ther e was any necessary changes to bQ made in the ordinance� seconded by Crn.�nci],man Spillers. This was follo�red by discussion after which the mot�on carried. Personnel Appearance, Paul TPSSendorf with regard to "Harmony on the Counciln. Mr. Tessendorf said he had ' asked to talk on the topic of �'Harmony on the Counci]." but changed his ma.nd and did not care to speak on the topic tonight. He did ask aba+at the matter of zoning in his vicinity of E1 Carnino Real and Claremont Avenue �ieing changed from R-3 �o R-3-G. This was fo11o4ved by disrussion. The City Attorn- '� ey stated tha,t the people could app],y for R-1 zoning in the area. ' Cl2'Y ATTORNEY REPORT ON DELINQUENT ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE: Ruggiero� �90.72� Redwood Autamotive Company� � �72.07; B. �diles Thomas� �335.7�. The Clerk read the follvpri.ng report: The Council has referred to this office the f ollo�ing claims by the City against third part�es for re- port and reccrmmendations as to disposition: (1) City�s claim f ar �90.72 against Ray Ruggiero for damages caused by hi.� to a Water Depart�aent truck in a motor vehicle accident� June 23, 1953• In January� 1951�� the dirver of the City truck and the City�s only wi.tness, Mr. Frank Allain died. Apparently f or this reason no further action was taken. However, a claim for Mr. Ruggisrots insur- ance company against the City was successfully re�eeted. Section 338 of �he C.^.P. provides that actior�.s for injuxy to pers�na7. property must �:e brought wi thin three years from the date of the in�ury and therefore the statute of lianitati.cros barred this claim ?n June� ].956• For this r�ason� the City n� lon�er has an enf�rceable clai.m and the same should be deleted and removed from the baoks� �. (2) City�s claim a�ainst Redwocd Auton�otive Cor�pany in the amount of �72.07 for damages to a Water g Departrtient truck at the Cor�oration Yard on January 22, 195�. Il�rr Investigation by this office has failed to discl�se arpr available legal evidence as t o the f acts upon whi.ch the claim is based. It t�as been deterrr�ined� hawol�er, that in February� 1951�� a claim. wss f?.�ed by the Pacifi.c Emp].oyees Insurance Comparry against the Gity grc�ing ou� of the same accident which claim was successfully re�ected. Existing records indicate that theclaim was �robably referred to the . City Attorr.ey's office some ti.-ne ir, ].951t without fu.rther acti�n beir.g taken� apparently for the reason that insufficient evidence x�as available for col7.ec':icri. Tti�iG claim was barred by the Statute of l�ni_f ations 3n Januar�, 1957. (3) City�s cla�n �gainst B. Mi�es Thomas Compar�* of San Francisco in the amo�ant of �?35.71 k�ased , , u�on cantract dated Apri1� 1952� between Thor,tas Comparry and the City f�r i.n9ta11ati.nn of sewers. The items claimed became due and payable from Thomas Company between June of 1952 and �lpri.l� 1.953, the total. amount of the l�ill.s amounting to �33K•7Z• �31.68 0� this claim was fc}r f].ares an3 barricades �.ristal.led by the City in cases where the Thomas Company failed or refused to barricade. The remair�der of the amount is made up of claims for damages caused to the exis�ting sewer and water )_ines �:� the installation of the sewer under the ,contr�ct. �r. December� 1952� the work was accepted by the Cif,y� ar�d in Januaryr 1953, fina)_ payment on t'r!e cont- :. � ,,.,.r e� �- - r-..,.�.