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<br /> MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING
<br /> REDWOOD CITY COUNCIL
<br /> DECEMBER 21 , 1936
<br /> 8 : 00 o ' clock p . m.
<br /> Upon roll call , the following Councilmen were present : Mayor Paul A. McCarthy , L. C .
<br /> Christensen , J . M. Eva, E . A. Fletcher , Wm. Hohn , R. - N . Jones , G. W. McNulty and
<br /> City Clerk , B. E . Myers . Absent : None .
<br /> On motion of Councilman Eva , seconded by Councilman Fletcher , the City Clerk was authorized
<br /> to write the Travelers Insurance Company that the City wishes to continue the group
<br /> insurance for the ensuing year.
<br /> Joseph Farr , representing the Veterans of Foreign wars , requested permission to hold a
<br /> dance in the Veterans ' Hall , December 31 , until 2 : 30 a. m. Permission was granted ,
<br /> on motion of Councilman Eva, seconded by Councilman Hohn.
<br /> Julius Smith appeared before the Council to request that Lot 3 , Block 2 , Dingee Park , be
<br /> rezoned into the business zone . Edmund Scott appeared to protest this rezoning , and
<br /> submitted and filed with the Clerk a petition to that effect , signed by over 200
<br /> people . However , despite the protest , on motion of Councilman Eva , seconded by
<br /> Councilman McNulty , Ordinance was introduced to rezone Lot 3 , in Block 2 , as re-
<br /> quested , fixing the date of hearing as January 11 , 1937 .
<br /> Pursuant to request of the Council in a previous meeting , the City Attorney filed written
<br /> report concerning the legality of certain games operated by and in connection with
<br /> the local theatres . Letter ordered filed.
<br /> In connection with the question of annexing certain harbor lands , Mayor McCarthy read a
<br /> letter from Geo . A. Merrill which was also ordered filed.
<br /> The City Attorney submitted to the Council a written petition signed by three qualified
<br /> electors requesting that certain lands contiguous to the City be annexed. No
<br /> action was taken.
<br /> Councilman Fletcher , seconded by Councilman Eva , proposed that Mayor McCarthy , if possible ,
<br /> have a conference with property owners interested in the proposed annexation for
<br /> harbor purposes before Wednesday p . m. Carried.
<br /> After filing affidavit of publication , Ordinance No . 389 , providing for the issuance of
<br /> $350 ,000 bonds , was unanimously adopted , on motion of Councilman Eva , seconded by
<br /> Councilman Christensen.
<br /> The Building Inspector told the Council of the desire and intention of the Texaco Company
<br /> to move back from the highway the present service station building at Woodside Road
<br /> and El Camino Real and to modernize the building . The request was informally approved
<br /> by the Council .
<br /> The Attorney was asked to get in touch with the counsel for the Southern Pacific Company
<br /> and volunteer to help that department to quiet title to any lands which the Southern
<br /> Pacific Company desired to change from operative property .
<br /> The approved claims were ordered paid.
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