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<br /> MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING
<br /> REDWOOD CITY COUNCIL
<br /> AUGUST 3 , 1936
<br /> g : 00 P. M.
<br /> Upon roll call , the following Councilmen were present: Mayor , Paul A. McCarthy , L. C . Chris-
<br /> tensen , J. M. Eva , E. A. Fletcher , Wm. Rohn , R. N. Jones , G. W. McNulty and City Clerk ,
<br /> B. L. Myers. Absent : None .
<br /> The minutes of the regular meeting of July 20 and special meeting of July 24 , 1936, were ap-
<br /> proved as mailed , on motion of Councilman Eva, seconded by Councilman McNulty.
<br /> Mrs. M. Helen Stewart , 626 Homer Avenue , Palo Alto , appeared before the Board to ask permission
<br /> to solicit money in the business section of Redwood City for the benefit of the National
<br /> Transcribers Society for the Blind. On motion of Councilman Fletcher , seconded by Coun-
<br /> cilman Eva, she was granted permission.
<br /> On motion of Councilman Fletcher , seconded by Councilman Eva, so-called "Used Car" Ordinance
<br /> No . 376 was unanimously adopted.
<br /> On motion of Councilman Fletcher , seconded by Councilman Hohn, Salary Ordinance amending
<br /> Ordinance No . 313 was introduced.
<br /> On motion of Councilman Eva, seconded by Councilman McNulty, and unanimously carried, the Mayor
<br /> and City Clerk were authorized to enter into , and execute , agreement with the Pacific
<br /> Portland Cement Company concerning the disposal of oyster shells encountered in the course
<br /> of dredging "Grass" Island or "Mud" Island.
<br /> This agreement was entered into relying upon the oral assurances given to the
<br /> Mayor and the Acting City Manager by John Colton, Vice-President of the Pacific Portland
<br /> Cement Company, in charge of operation, that the foregoing contract permits the City of
<br /> Redwood City to have the use of such shell from said island as the City may reasonably
<br /> require , in its opinion, for use on land belonging to , or under optional purchase by the
<br /> City of Redwood City.
<br /> Councilman Eva, seconded by Councilman Christensen, proposed adoption of resolution authorizing
<br /> the Acting City Manager to sign agreement with the Department of Public Works , Division of
<br /> Highways , concerning the expenditure of l/ 4 cent tax for State Highways in Redwood City
<br /> during the fiscal year ending June 30 , 1936. Unanimously carried.
<br /> Councilman Christensen , seconded by Councilman McNulty , proposed the adoption of resolution
<br /> authorizing the Acting City Manager to sign agreement with the Department of Public Works ,
<br /> Division of Highways , concerning the expenditure of the 1/40 tax for streets of major im-
<br /> portance in Redwood City during the fiscal year ending June 30 , 1937 . Unanimously carried.
<br /> Councilman Fletcher , seconded by Councilman McNulty , proposed that the Acting City Manager be
<br /> authorized to enter into contract with , and that said contract be awarded to , the Taylor
<br /> House Wrecking Company covering the wrecking and removing of buildings on the old corpora-
<br /> tion yard , Chestnut Street and Middlefield Road. Carried.
<br /> On motion of Councilman Eva, seconded by Councilman McNulty , with Councilman Jones voting "No" ,
<br /> dance permits , revocable at any time , were granted to the following people with the under-
<br /> standing that there should be mechanical music only, that there should be no dancing on
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