BOOK 18_1939-01-03 to 1942-08-10

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124 MINUTES OF REGULAR 14EETING REDWOOD CITY COUNCIL MARCH 1+, 1940 9:00 P.M. Upon roll call the following councilmen were present: H.F. Anderson, E.A. Fletcher, Wm. Hohn, R.N. Jones, P.A. McCarthy, G.W. McNulty, Mayor L.C. Christensen, and City Clerk B.E. Myers. The minutes of the meeting of February 19 were approved on motion of Council- man McCarthy, seconded by Councilman Anderson. The San Mateo County Title Company submitted letter, accompanied by check in the sum of $500, making a proposal to pay taxes on certain lots in Lenolt provided penalties were waived. W.H. Morrissey, attorney, and H.H. Weiner, representing Alex. A. Samson, 158 Finger Avenue, were present and entered into a discussion concerning the proposal outlined in the title company letter. Mr. Morrissey indicated that Mr. Samson intended to do the street work for three blocks on °D° Street from Stafford Street to the easterly end, and that bids for the work were in process and that the city engineer had approved the general speci- fications. Mr. Morrissey also stated that if his client had to pay city and county taxes in full with penalties that the cost of the in- dividual lots would run excessively high. The Real Estate Committee had offered to make a $300 deduction in penalties, but Mr. Morrissey considered this insufficient. After considerable discussion, it was suggested to Mr. Morrissey and the others that perhaps the city would agree on a fifty-fifty proposal so far as penalties were concerned. The gentlemen took this under consideration and later made this pro- posal: that they would pay all the taxes and one-half of the penalties on about 25 to 30 of the lots and that on the others they would pay the current tax in full with the understanding that they would be permitted, within one year, to pay up the delinquent taxes and one- half of the penalties. It was explained, however, that the proposal was contingent upon the county supervisors making satisfactory adjust- ment of county claims against these lots. On motion of Councilman McCarthy, seconded by Councilman McNulty, the proposal was accepted on the part of the Council with request to Mr. Morrissey to embody the items of his offer in a confirming letter to the City Clerk. In a letter to the Council, the Italian -American Progressive Club discussed the parking problem in Redwood City and complained, particularly, of i the condition of parking around. the Court House. The letter was