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

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.GYG MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING REDWOOD CITY COUNCIL DECEMBER 21. 1936 9:00 o'clock 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 and City Clerk, B. E. Myers. Absent: None. On motion of Councilman Eva, seconded by Councilman Pletcher, the City Clerk was authorized to write the Travelers Insurance Company that the City wishes to continue the group insurance for the ensuing year. Joseph Farr, representing the Veterans of Foreign Wars, requested permission to hold a dance in the Veterans' Hall, December 31, until 2:30 a.m. Permission was granted, on motion of Councilman Eva, seconded by Councilman Hohn. Julius Smith appeared before the Council to request that Lot 3, Block 2, Dingee Park, be rezoned into the business zone. Edmund Scott appeared to protest this rezoning, and submitted and filed with the Clerk a petition to that effect, signed by over 200 people. However, despite the protest, on motion of Councilman Eva, seconded by Councilman McNulty, Ordinance was introduced to rezone Lot 3, in Block 2, as re- quested, fixing the date of hearing as January 11, 1937• Pursuant to request of the Council in a previous meeting, the City Attorney filed written report concerning the legality of certain games operated by and in connection with the local theatres. Letter ordered filed. In connection with the question of annexing certain harbor bands, Mayor McCarthy read a letter from Geo. A. Merrill which was also ordered filed. The City Attorney submitted to the Council a written petition signed by three qualified electors requesting that certain lands contiguous to the City be annexed. No action was taken. Councilman Fletcher, seconded by Councilman Eva, proposed that Mayor McCarthy, if possible, have a conference with property owners interested in the proposed annexation for harbor purposes before Wednesday p.m. Carried. After filing affidavit of publication, Ordinance No. 399, providing for the issuance of $350,000 bonds, was unanimously adopted, on motion of Councilman Eva, seconded by Councilman Christensen. The Building Inspector told the Council of the desire and intention of the Texaco Company to move back from the highway the present service station building at Woodside Road and E1 Camino Real and to modernize the building. The request was informally approved by the Council. The Attorney was asked to get in touch with the counsel for the Southern Pacific Company and volunteer to help that department to quiet title to any lands which the Southern Pacific Company desired to change from operative property. The approved claims were ordered paid. Adjournment to 9 o'clock p:m., Wednesday, the 23d�L�� BEM:MR City I�{