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

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298 at 838 Hamilton Street. Councilman.Britsohgi moved, seconded by Councilman Armstrong, that the matter be referred to the Traffic Study Committee. Motion passed unanimously, S; �Il' Communication was received from Mrs. Eleanor S. Faure, 605 Hopkins Avenue, re - =!I questing compensation for injuries received by her due to fall in front of the library which she claimed was due to a broken place in the cement. Councilman Anderson moved, seconded by Councilman Armstrong, that the claim be denied and the City Manager be instructed to contact the insurance i company. Motion passed unanimously. Communication was received from City Manager E.W.Blom advising that the Park and Recreation Commission at its meeting on March 26, had recommended the appointment of William Penn Mott, Jr. as planning engineer for five recrea- tional a tional areas within the city. City Manager Blom concurred in this recom- t mendation. He also recommended that Mr. Mott be engaged to prepare an over-all street tree planting program for an additional fee of $300, the fee for the recreational areas plan being $1500. He asked that he be authorized to prepare contracts and execute same for the above mentioned plans. Councilman Britsehgi moved, seconded by Councilman Anderson, that 11 the City Manager be authorized to enter into a contract with Mr. Mott, Jr. to prepare plans for the recreational areas and tree planting program. ? Under the question, Councilman Armstrong asked what method was to be used 'I 1 ' in financing these plans. City Manager Blom advised that the cost could be assessed to -the bond issue or application could be made to the State for part of the engineering costs of preparing such plans. He stated thati ;I the city has $12,000 available from the State for preparing plans for the i bond issue program, most of which is to be used for the plans for the sewage treatment plant but that there would be sufficient funds to include j the recreational plans. Councilman Armstrong did not believe the funds should be taken from the bond issue. Mayor Hilton questioned the need of such a plan when it was not certain what was to be included in the recre- ational areas and questioned whether he would encroach upon the Memorial II Committee's plans. City Manager Blom stated that he would not plan any buildings but would only suggest where they be located. -He said the recre- ational plan would be incorporated in the master plan. Councilman Granger II was not in favor of the tree planting program, his opinion being that it i _ ' Ras not necessary to spend $300 for such a plan. City Manager Blom was of l the opinion that it would be worthwhile to spend this money to have advice j as to the best type of trees to plant and the location in which they should be planted. Motion passed with Councilman.Granger voting in the negative because of not being in favor of the tree planning plan, f, Application for restaurant license was received from Albert Whizin, 727 E1 Camino Real. This is the Redwood Diner for which only a temporary permit had i been granted to the former owner. Mr.-Whizin appeared before the Council and stated that he was going to improve the structure so that it would be f fireproof and meet city specifications. He presented a set of plans for the Council's inspection and asked that he be granted a permanent permit.