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

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154 0 i I i MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING PMWOOD CITY COUNCIL OCTOBER 7, 1935 5:00 P. M. Upon roll call, the following Councilmen were present: J. M. Eva, E. A. Fletcher, R. N. Jones, P. A. McCarthy, Geo. W. McNulty. City Clerk, B. E. Myers. Absent: Councilman L. C. Christensen, and Mayor C. G. Lambert came in at 9:20 p.m. In the absence of Mayor Lambert, the Council chose Councilman McNulty to serve as Chairman, on motion of Councilman Eva, seconded by Councilman McCarthy. The minutes of the adjourned meeting of September 30, 1935, were approved on motion of Councilman Jones, seconded by Councilman Fletcher. The Clerk was instructed to bring up again at the next regular meeting the "Buben° matter. John McCarthy, who has a house near the corner of Madison and Clinton Streets, asked if anything could be done to have a garage which is near the street on an adjacent lot moved back. Following discussion, Councilman McCarthy, seconded by Councilman Eva, proposed that the police notify the owner of the garage that he should proceed at once to abate this violation of the ordinance or to appear before the Council to show cause for not doing so. Carried. (Note: The Building Inspector informs the Clerk that this action cannot be maintained as the garage was placed at this point prior to the enactment of the ordinance regulating the proper set -back, and that the owner is completely within his rights in permitting the garage to stand where it is. If anything is done it would have to be between Mr. McCarthy and the owner of the garage.) i Councilman McCarthy presented a letter addressed to the City Manager in which certain details of the expenditures made by the Railroad Commission in the evaluation of the Pacific Gas & Electric Company Electric Utility were set forth, and which requested that an additional amount of $2,000 be set aside for further expenditures in connection with the appraisal. On motion of Councilman McCarthy, seconded by Councilman Jones, the City Treasurer was authorized to transfer from the Unbudgeted Reserve Fund to this Evaluation Fund of the Commission an additional $2,000. Carried, with Councilman Fletcher voting Voll. The City Attorney presented an ordinance, as suggested by the League of California Munici- palities, relating to the care and expenditure of moneys received from the State and creating a special gas tax street improvement fund. Upon motion of Councilman Jones, seconded by Councilman McCarthy, the ordinance was introduced. In a letter dated October 4, the General Petroleum Corporation of California, by its Assistant Secretary, Harris F. Shaw, called attention of the Council to its purchase in 1931 of certain described property along the Bayshore Highway, being a portion of the lands of the Tacoma Mill Company, and specifically called the attention of the ! Council to the question of a 10 -ft. easement for sewer purposes along the line known 'M�1 fl as the Pulgas Rancho line. On motion of Councilman McCarthy, seconded by Councilman Jones, the matter was referred to the City Manager, the City Attorney and the City Engineer to endeavor to procure any easements that might be necessary in this or any