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k <br />Notification of Alcoholic Beverage License Application was received from the State <br />Board of Equalization for an on -sale beer license by Rocci Basile, dba Rocky's. <br />Councilman Armstrong objected to the granting of the license on the basis that <br />there were en ugh on -sale beer licenses in Redwood City. There were no other <br />objections.-� Councilman Granger asked if there had been any progress report <br />from the Industrial*Committee in regard -to postwar remodelization of store <br />fronts. Mayor,Hilton replied there had not been inasmuch as the committee felt <br />that materials were too hard to obtain. - <br />Mayor, Hilton introduced Mr. Raymond Hess, representing -the Airport Service of the <br />C. A. A., who spoke on postwar airport planning.^ He stated•there would be a <br />great deal of civilian airport traffic in the postwar era and that there would <br />be a need for a great many more airports. The C. A. A. has plans for an air- <br />port.to be located somewhere between San Mateo and Redwood City. Airports <br />should be located six miles apart to allow a three mile turning space, he said. <br />He stated the Peninsula would draw manly airplane enthusiasts from San Francisco <br />inasmuch as the Peninsula is more suited to airports than San Francisco. Due <br />to the expense of operation, public ownership of airports is more satisfactory <br />than private ownership. Mr. Hess said he would be glad to meet with represent- <br />atives of the Council to discuss proposed sites. <br />Councilman Granger asked TdIr. Hess if the 0. A. A. had any site in mind, to which <br />Mr. Hess replied that it did,have but that he did not wish to publicly announce <br />the site inasmuch as property owners were apt to boost the price of property <br />if they knew it was being considered for such a purpose. <br />jouncilman Britschgi entered the meeting. <br />Mr. -Henry Witte, chairman of the Planning Commission, asked Mr. Hess if there <br />were any bills in Congress in regard to Federal aid for such airpor s. Pair. Hess <br />replied there were three bills in Congress at the present time. Mr. Lee, � <br />McKaren and Randolph Bills. The Randolph Bili is strictly an airport bill, <br />providing for 3000 additional airports in the United States. The Fereral aid <br />under this bill would be approximately 417,000,000 annually for California. <br />City Clerk Dodge read communication from Mrs. Anna Rice, 226 Edgewood Road, requesting <br />the Council to consider ways and means for her to continue renting rooms to <br />war workers at her home which is in a first class residential zone. She had <br />been notified by the City Attorney that by so doing she was in violation of the <br />ordinance. <br />A petition signed by 53 neighbors of Mrs. Rice in favor of her being allowed <br />to continue renting rooms in her home was presented to the Council, as was <br />also a.petition signed by 8 neighbors protesting the granting of a permit <br />allowing Mrs. Rice to conduct a rooming and boarding house and asking that the <br />present nuisance be abated. <br />11r. Frank Rice, son of Mrs. Rice, addressed the Council in behalf of his mother, <br />stating that he admitted they were in violation of the zoning ordinance but <br />that his mother had been asked by the War°Housing Administration to open her <br />home to war workers. He stated•that the building inspector, health inspector <br />EA <br />9 <br />LI <br />7 <br />Li <br />0 <br />171 <br />