BOOK 20_1945-05-21 to 1946-09-03

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154 ing this alley between Vera and Madison Avenue of the portion bet;:-ee� Clevelanu and Fulton Streets requesting this alley be surfaced. City k",^n? Pr R1om reported that he had inspected tunic ,lley Flom' rith sevQrr.l others in the � "O city and advised thet it ,.-s not improved in any ray. It ices hig opinion that ►� • ►7"r if the majority of tune pronert;r oaF,mers desired to n^ve it imprpvPd Pn.d :vete Uzi willine• to Arty, for the cost through snecirl it might be possible for the city to resurface it. Counoilmon Grander L.sked if it ere a dedicated allev or rftethex it was :.n Pesement. Citv Manap-ex Blom was of the oninton that it an alley but that in either c�.se city funds could not be used to t ' repair it, Councilm^n Armstrong moved, seconded by Councilm?n IIcq ity., thrz th communication be referred to the city m.^.na�'er fox investigation and report at the next meeting and the anrlicrmt be so informed.. Motion pP,ases unanimously. Communication was received from J. J. Jordan, Superintendent of the Southern p- ific Railroad. Company. requesting the Oounotl to r,do-et :7 resolution authorizing- an encroachment on Wilson Street dine to traffic control toti.,er. City y,..n^mer Blom explained that the Southern Pacific ComrPny had insufficient r _mht of .tray. on their own nroPorty tura corptruct a conte,)'. tov,er which contro1F the ligtite on the Jefferson Avenue Pnd Manle Street crossinc' ond that it was r-ec-- essary for thea to enoxoa.cn on city pronarty rhich is dead street -nd con- sistingof an a.rpa of approximately 41 x 91. ed d that they P He h�. sua�este accept a letter from him advising that it did not constitute a traffic ha.- axd but that they had requested a resolution.. He recommended thea it be adopted. 0ouP.cilm7r 1 Tnrtron7 offered ; dontion of resolution Mrontinrn the I Southern Pacific company t=n encro".ChrlFnt on ,",llson Street for the ;^ur-osa oz ' a traffic control tower and triet thirteen Colles be to the Soy 1h,-rn Pncific Cq-np,.ny ns requ^sted by them. The motion tvr9 seconded by Councilmrtn Britsehgi. Under thn question, Councilman r=r^nger was of the oninion that a resolution might bind the city 1.nd that a letter should be sufficient or that if a, resolution were %dontQd it rhoud be provided that the encroachment can be.cnncelled at any time. City. Attorney McO,.rthy ^dviped trot no one can get edverse title from the. city on ^ut_lic ;nron=rty such cG a street but that he would add to the resolution that the granting of tho permit is re- vocable and grants no property rights to the permittee. Councilmen Arm- strong accepted the amendment to his motion and on roll call tn- resolutio was unanimously adored. .R E S 0 L U T I O N No. 247 GRANTING PMMISSION TO MAINTAIN RAILROAD GATES?ANIS TM1.1ER ON :,'ILSON STREET RESOLVED that permission be, and it is hereby granted by the City of Redwood City to Southern Pacific Company and to Southern Pacific Railroad Company or to either of them and to their resnecti.ve successors and assigns, to use and ocoury for n Gntemanls Tn.^er, the Are: in the ' City of Redwood City, State of Crliforni^, bounded by line beminning eU a paint in the southti^?sterly line of rin•ht of my of the So,jthern P:-cific Comnony Railroad Company, distcnt thereon southeasterly 30 feet more or less, from the north;,,-gterly line of :7ilenn Street, thence running soathtvesterly at rit^ht angle to said right Of ..,^v line 4 feet more or less, thence running* ^t a rj-ht a;n~'le noruhest-rly 4 feet more or less, to said riFrht of v'^v line; tn�ncP runnincr north,ve-Qterly along soid riPht of 17 71 line 9 feet, mora or l-sfi, to the ^ni.nt of beginning. containing an arm: T - Of 39 squire feet, r^pre or lPcc, and being' a portion. of Wilson Street, `•