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<br />MINUTES •OF REGULAR MEETING•
<br />REDWOOD CITY COUNCIL
<br />MARCH•11 1937
<br />8:00 P.M.
<br />Upon roll call, the following Councilmen were present: Mayor Paul A. McCarthy, J. M. Eva,
<br />E. A. Fletcher, Wm. Hohn, R. N. Jones, G. W. McNulty and City Clerk, B. E. Myers.
<br />Absent: Councilman L. C. Christensen.
<br />The minutes of the meeting of February 15, 1937, were approved, on motion of Councilman
<br />McNulty, seconded by Councilman Hohn.
<br />The following letters, after being read, were ordered filed&
<br />Stuart W.. Coppe,.of the.Highlands.District.Improvement- Club, concerning the
<br />Emerald Lake Bus Hearing before the State Railroad Commission.
<br />H. H. Weiner, offering his services as a member of the City Planning Commission.
<br />California.Municipal Utilities Association, calling attention to a regional con-
<br />ference at Sacramento, March 4, 1937.
<br />Henry W. Edmonds, Secretary of the Redwood City Port Commission, .announcing.the,
<br />next: meeting.of .that�,Commission,: and -the present temporary headquarters at
<br />the Chamber of Commerce building.
<br />H. C. SandersL Secretary..of the, Painters' 'Local, calling%attention to.a discrepancy,
<br />In the published-wage>scal:e-, and stating that the: local wage, for painters is
<br />$5.00 for 7 hours' work, between 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
<br />Sanford B. Dole,.Secretary pro=tem of the Redwood•City Library Trustees, expressing
<br />appreciation -for -the assistance rendered by the City Manager and his men during
<br />the recent flood waters.
<br />Mrs. Chas. Nilson wished to have a light, or lights, placed near the corner of Beech and
<br />Hilton Streets, and the matter was referred to the Manager for his recommendation.
<br />J. W. Dean, representing the Veterans of Foreign Wars, told the Council his organization
<br />was preparing to donate to the City each year certain trees, probably Redwood trees,
<br />and wanted to know if the City would accept them and where they should be placed.
<br />He was told that the City would be glad to accept them, and the matter was referred
<br />to the City Manager to work out with the organization.
<br />As requested, the City Manager filed report concerning the garbage situation, giving some
<br />very interesting statistics in comparison with Berkeley, Palo Alto and Daly City,
<br />but making no definite recommendation as he wished the matter to be considered
<br />further by him and also by the Council. Upon his request, and on motion of Councilman
<br />Fletcher, seconded by Councilman McNulty, the Mayor appointed a committee of two from
<br />the Council to work with Mr. Dimmitt, to make a final report not later than March 15,
<br />at which time the matter would have to be decided. Mayor McCarthy asked Councilmen
<br />Jones and McNulty to serve with Mr. Dimmitt.
<br />This was the time set for hearing on Resolution of Intention 1937-1, concerning the annexa-
<br />tion of certain property near the Harbor. There being no objections, either oral or
<br />written, on motion of Councilman Fletcher, seconded by Councilman McNulty, Ordinance
<br />was introduced calling an annexation election for May 11, 1937.
<br />After filing Affidavit of Posting of Advertisement for Bids for Accessory Construction to
<br />the Wharf and Transit Shed, the City Manager made report on the bids submitted to him
<br />for this work, and recommended that the bid of W. 0. Tyson, although exceeding con-
<br />siderably the estimate, should be accepted and the contract awarded to him. Tysons
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