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

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M 1 10 the 1915 Bond Act situation and he was also authorized to bind the City to a payment of not more than $50.00 as a contribution towardsecuring special counsel to handle the matter for the different cities interested. The departmental reports were ordered filed. The approved claims were ordered paid on motion of Councilman McNulty, seconded by Councilman Jones. Adjournment. BEM:MR 11 .,r k. -# City Clerk MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING REDWOOD CITY COUNCIL NOVEMBER 209 1933 8:00 P.M. Upon roll call, the following Councilmen were present: Mayor, R. J. Duael, H. A. Beeger, C. J. Hildebrant, R. N. Jones, C. G. Lambert, Geo. A. McNulty, City Clerk, B. E. Myers. Absent: Paul A. McCarthy. The minutes of the meeting of November 6 were approved on motion of Councilman Lambert, seconded `by Councilman Beeger. P. E. Brand, and V. 0. Vieaiere of the Gas Appliance Society, spoke before the Council concern— Ing the adoption of a model gas code or ordinance. Mr. Greer of the Pacific Gas & Electric Company also spoke on the subject. As some of the Council.members were not familiar with the code, the matter was left over until the next meeting so that the attorney might have time to study the proposed ordinance and the members of the Council could familiarize them— selves with it. On proposal of Councilman McNulty, seconded by Councilman Hildebrant, the following resolution was unanimously adopted. r WHEREAS the'number of accidents on the Bayshore highway is increasing to a point where the highway to becoming unsafe for public use, and WHEREAS the underpass structure on Bayshore highway at South San Francisco is a contributing factor to these accidents, and I WHEREAS this structure is too small to handle peak traffic loads, im— pedes ordinary daily travel and is particularly hazardous by reason of a blind 'curve, and ! WHEREAS the increasing traffic load and increasing number of accidents demand that this situation be given immediate attention, now therefore BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Redwood City that we urge the State Highway Division to widen the underpass at South San Francisco as soon as possible, to provide for separate north and south bound traffic -lanes, in the interests of public safety and in the interests of facilitating peninsula automobile traffic. Adopted this 20th day of November, 1933 by unanimous vote. B. E. MYERS Clerk r.� 5