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<br />MINUTES OF REGULAR ADJOURNED.MEETING
<br />REDWOOD CITY COUNCIL
<br />JANUARY 11.9 1937
<br />8 o'clock p.m.
<br />Upon roll call, the following Councilmen were present: Mayor Paul A. McCarthy, L. C. Chris- it
<br />tensen, J. M. Eva, E. A. Fletcher, Wm. Hohn, R. N. Jones, G. W. McNulty and City Clerk,
<br />B. E. Myers. Absent: None.
<br />The minutes of the meeting of January 4, 1937, were approved on motion of Councilman Jones,
<br />seconded by Councilman Christensen.
<br />Councilman Eva, seconded by Councilman Christensen, proposed the adoption of the following
<br />resolution endorsing the application before the Federal Communications Commission of
<br />the Peninsula Newspapers, Inc. to construct and operate a radio station located on the
<br />San Francisco Peninsula. Unanimously carried.
<br />RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL of the City of Redwood City that the appli-
<br />cation before the Federal .Communications Commission of the. Peninsula Newspapers
<br />Incorporated to.construct..and operate a radio station located on the San Fran-.
<br />cisco Peninsula be approved and endorsed for the reasons here given:
<br />The territory between San Bruno on the north and Mountain View on the
<br />south which.this radio station will serve primarily, is a high class residential
<br />area and has no local radio station.
<br />There is a desire to maintain the high'standards of the area.
<br />The district to be served is bound together by common problems .such as
<br />water supply, sanitation, transportation, policing, traffic,and.educational faci-
<br />lities. There is a need for such a radio station to serve this territorybecause
<br />there Ls no. one newspaper or other single medium through which problems of the
<br />area can be presented to residents.
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<br />The applicant corporation with its entire investment in this area has
<br />established, through its.executives,_a fine record for leadership in every, move
<br />for civic betterment during its seventeen years of business in this territory.
<br />The Taylor Wrecking Company petitioned for right to establish a house wrecking business at
<br />the north corner of Main and Spruce Streets, but in the absence of the Building Inspector
<br />the matter was laid over for a week.
<br />In connection with the contract made between the City and Stone & Youngberg, and the desire
<br />to make an adjustment, Councilman Eva, seconded by Councilman Christensen, proposed the
<br />adoption of the following resolution amending Paragraph 2 of the previous agreement by
<br />which change an additional $6,000 would be added to the original $5,000 specified.
<br />Counsiderable discussion ensued and on roll call, the resolution was passed by a 4 to 3
<br />vote, Councilmen Fletcher, Hohn and McNulty voting "Nos.
<br />RESOLUTION
<br />AMENDING AGREEMENT HERETOFORE ENTERED INTO BY THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY
<br />WHEREAS, on the 14th day of December, 1936, the Council of the City of Redwood
<br />City authorized, the execution of an agreement with Stone & Youngberg., as party of the
<br />secondpart,. and.District Reorganization Service Co., as party of the third part, which
<br />agreement is set forth verbatim -in said resolution, paragraph 2 of which agreement pro-
<br />vides -for the payment by the City of Redwood City to Stone & Youngberg of the sum of
<br />$5,000; and
<br />WHEREAS, the parties to said agreement, including said City of Redwood City,
<br />desire to modify said paragraph 2,
<br />NOTl TM"&MRE, BE IT RESOLVED that the. City of Redwood City enter into an
<br />agreement,wi:th Stone & Youngberg, a partnership, and District Reorganization Service
<br />Co., &•California corporation, in substantially the following form, to -wit:
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