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<br /> MINUTES OF SPECIAL MEETING
<br /> REDWOOD CITY COUNCIL
<br /> NOVEMBER 29 , 1937
<br /> 5 : 00 P . M.
<br /> Upon roll call the following Councilman were present : Councilmen L . C . Christensen ,
<br /> J. M . Eva, E . A. Fletcher , Vim. Hahn , R. N . Jones , Mayor Paul A. McCarthy;
<br /> absent , Councilman G . W. McNulty and City Clerk B . E . Myers .
<br /> On account of the absence of City Clerk B . E . Myers , Councilman J . M . Eva was elected
<br /> Clerk Pro tem.
<br /> On motion of Councilman E . A. Fletcher , seconded by Councilman L . C . Christensen ,
<br /> and carried, the following resolution was unanimously adopted:
<br /> "RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Redwood City that the herein-
<br /> after described property , which was accepted by a Dee& dated the 31st day
<br /> of July , 1935 , and made by and between the TACOMA MILL COMPANY , a corpor-
<br /> ation , the first party and the CITY OF REDWOOD CITY , a municipal corporation ,
<br /> the second party , and recorded on the 21st day of October , 1936 , in volume
<br /> 716 of Official Records at page 42 , San Mateo County Records , which property
<br /> is described as follows :
<br /> BEGINNING at the point where the northwesterly line of Rogers
<br /> Street intersects the northerly line of Rancho de las Pulgas ,
<br /> as shown on that certain map entitled Lenolt and filed May 7 ,
<br /> 1925 , in the office of the County Recorder of San Mateo County ,
<br /> State of California, in Volume 12 of Mans at pages 30 and 31 ;
<br /> thence from said point of beginning along said northwesterly
<br /> line of Rogers Street extended north 470 32 . 5 ' East 606 . 27
<br /> feet to the southwesterly line of Bayshore Highway; thence
<br /> along said southwesterly line of Bayshore Highway south 420
<br /> 00 ' East 80 feet to a point where the southeasterly line of
<br /> Rogers Street if extended northeasterly in a straight line
<br /> would intersect said southwesterly line of Bayshore Highway;
<br /> thence south 470 32. 5 ' West along said southeasterly line of
<br /> Rogers Street extended 555 . 17 feet to the northerly line of
<br /> Rancho de las Pulgas; thence along said northerly line of said
<br /> Rancho north 580 13 . 5 ' West to the point of beginning , contain-
<br /> ing 1 . 097 acres and being a part of the land now or formerly
<br /> belonging to Tacoma Mill Company ,
<br /> be and the same is hereby named ROGERS STREET . "
<br /> On motion of Councilman E. A. Fletcher , seconded by Councilman R . N . Jones , and
<br /> carried , a resolution was unanimously adopted as follows :
<br /> "RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Redwood City that ROGERS
<br /> STREET in said City of Redwood City , from Arguello Street to Bayshore
<br /> highway be declared to be a street of major importance in said City . "
<br /> On motion of Councilman E . A. Fletcher , seconded by Councilman J . M . Eva, the
<br /> following resolution was unanimously adopted by a rising vote of the Council :
<br /> "WHEREAS the life of Elmore Brown Hinman closed on the 27th day of
<br /> November , nineteen hundred thirty seven , and it is fitting to commemorate
<br /> the great loss sustained thereby to Redwood City and to San Mateo County ,
<br /> as well as to his family, his veteran comrades , and his host of friends ,
<br /> "RESOLVED , by the City Council of the City of Redwood City , that we
<br /> record hereby the distinguished services of our late member in his contri-
<br /> bution to our local government during his year of councilmanship ; his
<br /> intelligent and persistent leadership in the advocacy and accomplishment
<br /> of the organization, construction and operation of a port and harbor at
<br /> Redwood City , culminating in his zealous chairmanship of the Port Com-
<br /> mission; his indefatagible efforts in the advancement of our Chamber of
<br /> Commerce and the prosecution of its public service through his director- -
<br /> ship , presidency and managership; his practical promotion of public social
<br /> service through his participation in the organization of the Kiwanis
<br /> Club , of which he was unanimously chosen first president and thereby
<br /> established standards which have ever since been followed; his devotion
<br /> to the welfare and interests of his comrades in arms in the Spanish-
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