CC MIN 1937 - Laserfiche WebLink

Browse Search

nAmnr ew MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING REDWOOD CITY COUNCIL DECEMBER 20 , 1937 8 : 00 P. M. Upon roll call the following Councilmen were present : Councilmen L . C . Christensen , J . M. Eva , E . A . Fletcher , Wm. Hohn , R . N . Jones , G. W. McNulty , Mayor Paul A . McCarthy , and City Clerk B . E . Myers . The minutes of the meeting of December 6 and the adjourned meeting of December 13 as corrected were approved on motion of Councilman Fletcher , seconded by Councilman Christensen. In a letter to the City Council , City Manager Dimmitt recommended that Grant and Hoffmann , contractors for the improvement of Hiliview Avenue , be given an extension of time of 6 months due to their inability to complete their work because of too much rain. While it was considered not necessary to extend the time 6 months from the original completion date of January lg , it was decided , on motion of Councilman Fletcher , seconded by Councilman McNulty , to extend the time of the completion of the contract to May 1 , 193g . The City Tax Collector in a letter to the Council , asked for instruction concerning the interpretation of Ordinance No . 76 , Section 7 , setting up the license fee for pool rooms and bowling alleys , and , in particular , referred to the request of J . C . Dodge , operating a bowling alley at 2116 Broadway, Redwood City . After considerable dis- cussion concerning the reasonableness of the ordinance and its applicability to the various businesses affected, it was finally decided, on motion of Councilman Fletcher , seconded by Councilman Hohn, that the City Tax Collector be instructed to charge the various businesses according to the ordinance , effective January 1 , 193g , with Councilman Eva voting "No . " W. M . Rosenblum, representing the Tidewater Associated Oil Company , explained to the Council that the man who had requested and obtained permission to locate a service station on the northeast corner of Hopkins Avenue and El Camino Real had been unable to carry on and that now the company wished to construct a station there . He was referred to the Planning Commission with the intimation that there seemed to be no reason why , if his plans were acceptable to the Planning Commission , the construction could not go on . On motion of Councilman Christensen , seconded by Councilman Eva , the City Treasurer was authorized to transfer from the General Improvement Fund of 1937 , commonly known as the 1915 Act Investment Fund , approximately $20 , 000 to meet the service requirements of this Improvement Bond Fund of 1937 for the current year less a 10¢ levy included in the budget and any moneys already in the fund .