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

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210 MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING REDWOOD CITY COUNCIL JUNE 1, 1936 9:00 P. M. Upon roll call, the following Councilmen were present: Mayor, Paul A. McCarthy, L. C. Christensen, J. M. Eva, E. A. Fletcher, Wm. Hohn, R. N. Jones, G. W_. McNulty, City Clerk, B. E. Myers. Absent: None. The minutes of the meeting of May 18, 1936, were approved on motion of Councilman Chris- tensen, seconded by Councilman Hohn. Following considerable discussion by Frank V. Kington, attorney of Redwood City, Kenneth McDougall, attorney of Palo Alto, and Al Davies, car dealer of.Redwood City, action on the ordinance regulating 11used care lots was laid over until the next meeting, on motion of Councilman McNulty, seconded by Councilman Fletcher, with the under- standing that the ordinance would be referred to the City Attorney with instructions that if, as it now reads, the ordinance is not legal, to revise it so that the amended form would be legal. The Clerk read a letter from Wayne R. Millington in which he proposed a compromise figure of $500 for the claim of Lucille K. Gillis against the city. On motion of Councilman McNulty, seconded by Councilman Fletcher, the offer to compromise at this figure was accepted. As requested in a previous meeting, the City Manager filed a letter giving information concerning the additional cost for burning two lights of the electroliers instead of one. It was decided to test out the use of 400 c.p. lamps as compared with the 600 c.p. lamps before taking any action. Report on the Main Street situation was laid over until the next meeting. Wayne R. Millington, speaking for the soft baseball players at Hawes Park, asked if it could not be arranged to include in the next budget an item for more lights. The matter was referred to the City'Manager. Frank V. Kington also asked the Council concerning the status of the claim of Mrs. London, and he was referred to the City Attorney. Clarence Ploughman filed a petition, signed by W.P.A. workers, asking that they receive prevailing wages on W.P.A. projects. Petition was ordered filed, on motion of Coun- cilman Fletcher, seconded by Councilman McNulty. The City Manager was asked to prepare a statement showing the amount necessary to pay the difference between the W.P.A. schedule and the prevailing wage. Al Davies addressed the Council to ask that he be permitted to erect business buildings on the entire depth of his property which exceeds the regular zoning depth. He was instructed that this was a matter for the Planning Commission and that he should make application directly to that Body. J. C. Chastain, of the Redwood City Standard, again complained to the Council that there was unfair distribution of the city printing and requested that the orders be sent to all the printers of the community. i