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1 <br />IJ <br />I <br />X60 -A <br />MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING <br />RED7ICOD CITY COUNCIL <br />00TOBF2 17, 1939 <br />8:00 P. M. <br />Upon roll call the following were present: Councilmen H. F. Anderson, E. A. <br />Fletcher, Wm. Hohn, R. N. Jones, P. A. McCaXthy, G. W. McNulty, Mayor L. C. <br />Christensen, and City Clerk B. E. Myers. <br />The minutes of the meetings of October 3 and October 10 were approved on motion of <br />Councilman McCarthy, seconded by Councilman Fletcher. <br />Further discussion was had concerning the operation of the bus line, and Mr. Vandervort <br />reported, together with Councilman Fletcher, that they had been successful in <br />obtaining advertising agreements with a sufficient number of the merchants of <br />the city to justify continuing the bus operation provided the City hire Mr. <br />Vandervort for $100 a month to workup more business. Councilman McCarthy, <br />seconded by Councilman Fletcher, proposed that the City employ Mr. Vandervort <br />for 12 months beginning October 1, 1938, at a rate of $100 per month, to build <br />up the business of the bus line with the understanding that its operation was <br />desirable for people of Redwood City, and also that the rate of $100 would be <br />decreased were the business of the bus line sufficient to justify it. Motion <br />carried with Mayor Christensen voting "Not'. <br />Mr. Victor Canavese of the Woodside Gardeners explained their desire to have a flower <br />show October 28 in the Women's Club House and asked the Council if some assist- <br />ance from the City could be given them. On motion of Councilman McCarthy, <br />seconded by Councilman Anderson, it was decided to donate two trophies, the <br />total cost not to exceed $25- <br />There was read a letter from the United Veterans Council of Redwood City asking that <br />something definite be done toward opening Rogers Street from Arguello to the <br />Bayshore Highway. The Clerk was instructed•to write to the Veterans Council <br />to explain. that the further development of Valota Road had seemed necessary <br />and that the project had been put ahead of the extension of Rogers Street, <br />but that Rogers Street would have the attention of the City perhaps early <br />next spring. <br />Following the request of the Gilmore Oil Company pnd the recommendation of the City <br />Planning Commision, permission was given for the construction of a service <br />station at the southwesterly corner of Hopkins and E1 Camino Real, Lot 1, Block <br />3, Dingee Park, on motion of Councilman Fletcher, seconded by Councilman Anderson. <br />As recommended by the Planning Commission, permission was given to the Redwood <br />Highlands Company to subdivide Lot 2 of Block 1, Oak Knoll Manor, into 2 lots <br />each 50 feet by 139.77 feet, on motion of Councilman Fletcher, seconded by <br />