BOOK 17_1933-01-03 to 1938-12-29

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X100 MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING REDWOOD CITY COUNCIL NOVEMBER lg, 1934 Upon roll call, the following, Councilmen. -were present: -Mayor, C. G. Lambert, L. C. ,Christensen, J. M. Eva, E: A. Fletcher, R. N. Jones, P. A. McCarthy, Geo. W. McNulty, City Clerk, B. E. NQyers. Absent: None. The minutes of the meeting of November 5, 19349 were approved on motion of Councilman Fletcher, seconded by Councilman Christensen. William Jamieson asked the Council if penalties on his taxes could be waived to make it easier for him to make _payment,. but no action was taken. Mrs. S. W. Scholte asked permission to erect a bakery on property on the Valota Road, and she was referred to the Planning Commission. On motion of Councilman McCarthy, seconded. by Councilman Jones, there was introduced an ordi— nance granting permission to the City and County of San Francisco to -construct and maintain water conduits across certain streets in Redwood City in connection with its Eetch—Eeteby water supply project. Councilman Jones offered for adoption resolution accepting a Quit Claim Deed from S. E. Frank & Co., Mary W. Glennan, a widow, and Antonio Genochio and Carmelina Genochio, his wife, granting a portion of Bradford Street from Walnut Street to the Bayshore Boulegard and Maple Street from, the Pulgas Rancho line to the Bayshore Boulevard. Seconded by Councilman Fletcher and adopted unanimously. Councilman Fletcher presented for adoption a resolution accepting a Deed from William Walter Gillespie and Elizabeth Weir Egleston granting to the City of Redwood City title to the property on Roosevelt Avenue, more particularly described as follows: "All of Lot S of Wooster, Whitton and Montgomery Subdivision excepting those portions heretofore conveyed by deed of Carrie E. Gillespie to City and County of San Francisco.tl Seconded by Councilman McNulty and unanimously carried. ,In connection with the proposed acquisition of the electrical utility part of the Pacific Gas & Electric Company, Councilman Jones proposed and moved the adoption of a resolution ask— ing for an evaluation of the property to be taken under the direction of the Railroad Commission. The motion was seconded by Councilman McCarthy and put to a roll call, re— sulting in the following vote: In favor of the motion, Councilmen Jones, McCarthy, McNulty and Lambert. Against the motion, Councilmen Christensen, Eva and Fletcher. The Clerk read a letter from Carolyn Clements of Burlingame protesting any addition to the build— ing now erected on the rear portion of the Buben property on Avondale Avenue. The Clerk read a letter from John Gill, Secretary of the Redwood City Planning Commission in which the following recommendations were made: (1) That stop signs be placed where Maple Avenue and Jefferson Avenue cross Pennsylvania Avenue. (2) That the permit granted to R. N. Buben for an addition to the building on the back of his lot on Avondale Avenue be rescinded as a violation of the ordinance. C