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245 MINUTES OF REGULAR ADJOURNED MEETING REDWOOD CITY COUNCIL DECEMBER 14 , 1936 g : 00 o ' clock P . M. Upon roll call , the following Councilmen were present : Mayor Paul A. McCarthy , L. C. Christensen , J . M. Eva , E. A. Fletcher , R. N. Jones , G. W. McNulty and City Clerk , B. E. Myers. Absent : Councilman Wm. Hokin. Councilman Fletcher , seconded by Councilman Eva , proposed the adoption of the following resolution in connection with the activities of certain groups operating to have P . W.A. refuse contribu- tions toward the new office building for San Mateo County , protesting such action and request- ing copies of resolution to be sent to the Board of Supervisors , P . W.A . officials and other City Councils , Unanimously carried. WHEREAS a resolution has been adopted by an Improvement Club of the City of San Mateo expressing its opposition to necessary enlargement of the office facilities and construction of a new building for the conducting of business of certain depart- ments of the County of San Mateo adjacent to the Court House at Redwood City, and again urging the removal of the County Seat to the City of San Mateo; and WHEREAS the County Seat of San Mateo County has been located at Redwood City for 80 years and the County has invested more than $300 ,000 in a Court House and a separate building for the Sheriff' s office and County Jail in Redwood City , and an abandonment thereof would cause the loss of a very substantial part of said investment by reason of the inadaptability of either of said buildings for any purposes other than that for which they are designed and built ; and WHEREAS the great increase of the population of San Mateo County since the construction of said building necessitates gradual extension of office space and the construction of new buildings adjacent to said Court House for the construction of the first of which a substantial grant has been made by Public Works Administration of the United States which will greatly minimize the cost of such building to the taxpayers of San Mateo County , and therefore should be availed of promptly; and WHEREAS the great improvement in highways and facilities for transportation has rendered the present Court House much more accessible today than when originally established in Redwood City , and the trend of population has been and will be for many years southerly in San Mateo County; and WHEREAS the City of Redwood City is a focal point for citizens of the whole County by reason of numerous highways centering in Redwood City as a hub, all of which facts render any change of the County Seat uneconomical , wasteful , unnecessary and un- desirable ; NOW, THEREFORE, EE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Redwood City does hereby deprecate the continued agitation for a change of the County Seat of San Mateo County and respectfully request the Public Works Administration of the United States and the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Mateo to regard the location of the County Seat thereof as permanently settled; that efforts to disturb the loca- tion of the County Seat be discouraged and that the proposed grant to the County of San Mateo by the Public Works Administration of the United States to aid. said County in providing additional office space conveniently accessible to the Court House be based upon a determination that said County Seat at Redwood City is permanent ; FURTHER RESOLVED that copy of this resolution duly certified by the Clerk of the City Council of Redwood City be sent to the Public Works Administration of the United States and to the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Mateo . The Redwood Highlands Company submitted letter accompanied by map requesting permission to divide Lot 5 , Block 14 , of Oak Knoll Manor , into five parcels. The request had been before the Planning Commission and received its approval , so Councilman Fletcher , seconded by Councilman Eva, proposed that the Council grant permission to divide this lot as requested, with the provision that there should be one house only to a lot and not more than five houses , and that the map be filed with the City Assessor. (The subdivision as shown appears on the records of the City Assessor but the map itself is filed in the City Engineer ' s office. ) L . E. Werder , representing the owner of the laundry building on Jefferson Avenue , appeared before