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Pj MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING REDfNOOD CITY COUNCIL FEBRUARY 5 , 1934 g : OO O ' CLOCK Upon roll call , the following Councilmen were present : Mayor , W . J. Dusel , H. A. Beeger , C . J. Hildebrant , R. N. Jones , C . G. Lambert , Paul A. McCarthy , Geo . W . McNulty. City Clerk, B . E. Myers . Absent : None . The minutes of the meeting of January 15 were approved on motion of CouncilrnRn Beeger , seconded by Councilman Hildebrant . A. J. Dempsey , representing the Council of the War Veterans , asked if the Council would care to permit them to rent the present building to the Order of Moose . No action was taken other than to refer the matter to the City Manager to see how it would affect other building organizations in Redwood City. D. L. Walter asked the Council to rezone Lots 11 and 12 , Block 52 , Eastern .Addition, and to grant him a permit to build and operate a service station on that corner , being Middlefield Road and Chestnut Street . On motion of Councilman Lambert , seconded by Councilman Hildebrant , the City Attorney was instructed to prepare an ordinance showing these two lots rezoned for a service station. Affidavit of the Tribune showing publication of Gas Appliance Ordinance was ordered filed. On motion of Councilman Hildebrant , seconded by Councilman McNulty , this Gas Appliance Ordinance was adopted unanimously. (Full text will be found in Ordinance Book 3 , Page 171 . ) The City Attorney presented a Release signed by Andrew and Elisa Jacobsen in which they released the City of Redwood City and Officer, W . H. Thorpe , from all claims arising out of the automobile accident on the 25th day of February , 1933 . He suggested that a warrant be drawn in the name of these persons for $49. 95 in satisfaction for whatever claims they might have . So ordered on motion of Councilman Lambert , seconded by Councilman McNulty. Resolution accepting an Easement from Mark and Cannie Casner was unanimously adopted on motion of Councilman Hildebrant , seconded by Councilman Lambert . The City Attorney asked the opinion of the Board whether or not to use the names furnished by the County or to advertise for officials for the coming election. He was told that the Council concurred in his suggestion that such officials be obtained by advertising for applications . In view of the petition to the County Board of Supervisors that the Woodside Road from the top of the grade down to the Menlo Country Club be straightened and improved, Councilman Beeger suggested that the City do something to have included in the project , if and when it were decided , that strip of the Woodside Road beginning at the top of the grade down to Five Points . He moved, seconded by Councilman Hildebrant , that the City Manager and City Engineer be appointed as a committee to confer with the Chamber of Commerce and with the Board of Supervisors to enlist their support for such an improvement of the \(oodside Road within the City limits . Carried. D. L. Walter asked the Board for some consideration in the payment of the delinquent weed assessment on considerable property on which the taxes were also delinquent indicating