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177 MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING REDWOOD CITY COUNCIL FEBRUARY 3 , 1936 5 : 00 P . M. Upon roll call , the following Council men were present : Mayor , C . G. Lambert , L. C . Christensen , J . M. Eva, E . A. Fletcher , R. N. Jones , P. A, McCarthy , Geo . W. McNulty and City Clerk , B . E. Myers . Absent : None . The minutes of the meeting of January 20 , 1936 , were approved on motion of Councilman Eva, seconded by Councilman McNulty. Wayne R. Millington , Attorney for his client , Lucille K. Gillis filed claim � � � Attorney , against the City of Redwood City in the sum of $2 , 500 for damages which Mrs . Gillis claims she suffered because of a fall on the sidewalk on Broadway near Brewster Avenue . The claim was re- ferred to the City Attorney for his recommendation. At this meeting bids were received for Public Liability and General Liability Insurance . The following were submitted: Pacific Indemnity Company by the Walter Insurance Agency; Indemnity Insurance Company of America ( non-board) and the Great American Indemnity Company (board) submitted by Robert A, Higgins & Company of San Francisco ; Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company by Henry Witte of Redwood City; St . Paul Mercury Indemnity Company by D. A. Mason , San Francisco. From the complexity of the bonds submitted, it was impractical to try to decide immediately to whom the insurance should be given , and therefore , on motion of Councilman Eva, seconded by Councilman McNulty, the Mayor was prompted to appoint a committee to inves- tigate and report back at the next meeting , with some definite recommendation. Mayor Lambert appointed to serve on this committee , Councilmen McCarthy and Fletcher. Councilman_ Jones presented resolution and proposed its adoption in which the City Manager was authorized to have erected "Stop° signs on Spruce Street on both sides of Middlefield Road. Carried. Fred H. Drake , San Carlos , called attention to the meeting February 7 of the representatives from the various municipalities , water districts and private water companies to organize a study committee to solve the solution for more and cheaper water. Mayor Lambert appointed Councilman McCarthy to represent Redwood City at its meeting. Florence S. Wampler asked the Council , on behalf of the Seventh Day Adventists Church , for permission to remove a small building now at the Airport to the church' s property on James Street to serve temporarily as relief headquarters for their organization. It seemed undesirable to make this arrangement , and the Clerk was instructed to write Mrs . Wampler about it . Mayor Lambert thought that in consideration of the work they were doing that some plan could be arranged to find a suitable building. There was read a letter from A. T . Mercier , General Manager , Southern Pacific Company, San Francisco , concerning certain suggestions for handling traffic across the tracks both at Broadway and Main Street . It was proposed that uniformed police officers be stationed at the Broadway crossing; during the full twenty-four hours , and the Company •