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

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276 � notices had been returned, nine of which indicated protests to the proposed improvements and five in favor of them. Mayor Hilton stated that if .these people were going to go on record protesting.ir#provements, he would go on record protesting the city's ever spending any more money on Beech Street, It was Councilman Briteehgils opinion that the property owners had not; been properly informed as to how the street was to be improved. City ATtorney McCarthy, however, stated that the post card notices strted the n manner of improvements. There wO some discussion in regard to the adding of new base and scarifying the present base. City.Manager Blom advised f that it would be necessary to scarify the present base in order to get new Irma materi d in and that it would be necessary to add base in order to bring the street to conform with standard cross sections and in order to get a y -three by proper crown. A petition signed 'twent g property owners was pre-�, sented protesting the improvements.,. -Councilman Armstrong asked how much G iii footage was represented in the.petition. City Manager Blom that there was y a total of 2740 feet to be improved and that the petition represented . 1785 feet against the improvement Councilman Britechgi moped, seconded by Councilman Anderson, that the matter be dropped and the petition filed. 2i Motion passed unanimously. I ; Communication was received from the Redwood City Traffic Study Committee in which it was stated that the Committee agreed in part and disagreed in part with the report submitted by,Mr..A. Glickman, traffic consultant en- gaged by the Martin Transportation Company and recommended that since the �< city is in thelproeess of obtaining a,man to prepare a master plan of the city, and traffic flow will be one of the items worked out,`this matter �I be, turned over to the master planner with the recommendation that it be one of the first items studied. Councilman Armstrong moved, seconded by Councilman Fletcher, that the recommendation of the Traffic Study Com- t i •mi.ttee be accepted and approved. Motion passed unanimouly.. City Manager Blom advised that he and Building Inspector Duncan had made a study of the building ordinance and it was their recommendation that no, change be made. He said that the building ordinance does not permit the construction or moving in of a frame building of any size into the first fire district and that he and the assistant building inspector had not pro- perly interpreted the ordinance when a request to move a frame building into this district had come before the Council a short time ago. He also j advised that the building in question was not to remain in this fire district so that there would be no Violation of the ordinance. Mr..Ludwig Werder asked in which fire district lower Broadway was located. City Manager Blom advised that the area on each side of Broadway extension from Maple Street to Chestnut islin fire district 2 and the balance in- cluding the alley that is being vacated is in fire district 3. Mr. Werder believed this district should be in the first fire zone. It was the gen- ' eral consensus of the Council that this would be proper. Councilman ,Granger meed; seconded by Councilman`Britschgi, that this matter be referred _41he.::Planning.Commission for a report following their next meeting. Under