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<br /> MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING
<br /> REDWOOD CITY COUNCIL
<br /> SEPTEMBER 21 , 1936
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<br /> Upon roll call , the following Councilmen were present : Mayor , Paul A. McCarthy , J. M. Eva ,
<br /> E . A. Fletcher , Wm. Hohn, R. N. Jones , G. W. McNulty and City Clerk , B . E . Myers .
<br /> Absent : Councilman L . C . Christensen.
<br /> The minutes of the meetings of August 24 and September 14 , 1936 , were approved as mailed , on
<br /> motion of Councilman Hohn , seconded by Councilman Fletcher.
<br /> On motion of Councilman Eva , seconded by Councilman McNulty , Councilman Christensen was given
<br /> permission to leave the State , effective September 19 .
<br /> On motion of Councilman Jones , seconded by Councilman Eva , Joe Castaneda of 237 Hazel Avenue ,
<br /> was given permission to hold a public dance at the Foresters Hall , October 24 , with the
<br /> understanding that if it was not for some Fraternal Organization , he would pay the cus-
<br /> tomary fee , and that , also , no liquor should be sold in the same room where the dance is
<br /> held.
<br /> In a letter to the Council , the San Francisco Examiner asked that space be taken in a special
<br /> edition of that newspaper celebrating the San Francisco--Oakland Bay Bridge. Recommenda-
<br /> tion from the Chamber of Commerce was asked , and a letter was received from Roscoe D.
<br /> Wyatt , Manager , in which he said the Chamber did not consider it advisable to recommend
<br /> participation as requested by the San Francisco Examiner. Accordingly, no action was
<br /> taken other than to ask the Clerk to write the Examiner to that effect .
<br /> Ordinance No . 3g0 , amending Pound Ordinance No . 307 , and regulating particularly revocation of
<br /> dog licenses where it is found that the dog is dangerous or barks so much at nights as to
<br /> be a nuisance , upon motion of Councilman Jones , seconded by Councilman Hohn , was carried ,
<br /> with Councilman Fletcher and McNulty voting "No " .
<br /> Ordinance No . 3g3 , fixing the tax rate for the City of Redwood City for the fiscal year , was
<br /> unanimously adopted , on motion of Councilman Jones , seconded by Councilman McNulty.
<br /> Councilman Fletcher discussed the possibility of making the High School grounds more sightly
<br /> by removing the high fence which surrounds the campus at certain places . Accordingly , on
<br /> motion of Councilman Fletcher , seconded by Councilman Hohn , Mayor McCarthy appointed Coun-
<br /> cilmen Fletcher and Hohn , to act with the Mayor , as a committee to take up this matter
<br /> with the High School Board.
<br /> In an effort to establish a license Ordinance , applicable to public utilities , Mayor McCarthy
<br /> appointed Councilmen Eva , McNulty and Christensen to serve as a committee with the City
<br /> Attorney to work out a suitable charge or rate to be paid by the utilities in Redwood City,
<br /> The American Legion , on motion of Councilman Eva , seconded by Councilman Hohn , was given per-
<br /> mission to suspend an Armistice Dance sign along Claremont Avenue , west of the Highway ,
<br /> provided insurance was carried.
<br /> Adjournment .
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