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

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V a, to who was to,pay for weeds in a street area and who was responsible for rubbish dumped in lots. Street Superintendent Winter advised that the city paid for removing weeds in a street area.. City Attorney McCarthy advised that he believed it was up to the Police Department to determine who put rubbish in vacant lots or the city pay the cost of removing it. Councilman Armstrong moved, seconded by Councilman Britschgi, adoption of reso- lution requiring the abatement of a muisance in regard to weed abatement proceedings. On roll call, resolution was unanimously adopted with Coun- cilman Anderson absent. RESOLUTION No. 301 REQUIRING THE ABATEMENT OF A NUISANCE WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Redwood City did, on the 18th day of March, 1946, pass and adopt Resolution No. 290 Declaring Weeds A Nuisance and Ordering Their Removal, in which resolution it was declared that noxious or dangerous weeds were growing upon all the sidewalks, streets, avenues, roads, boulevards and highways in said city, and upon all the lots and pro- perty in said city, which weeds are of a kind which bear seeds of a wingy or downy nature and will attain such large growth as to become a fire menace when dry, and that said weeds constitute a public nuisance; and WHEREAS, after the passage of said Resolution No. 290 Declaring Weeds A Nuisance and Ordering Their Removal, the Superintendent of Streets of the City of Redwood City duly and regularly caused to be posted notices of the passage of said resolution in time, form, manner and number as required by law; and WHEREAS, at the time fixed in said notices and in said resolution when objections to the removal of such weeds would be heard and given considera- tion by the Council of the City of Redwood City, no objections of any kind were made against the removal of said weeds, and said.Council now having adquired jurisdiction thereof; THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Redwood City that the Superintendent of Streets of said city be and he is hereby ordered and directed to abate,the nuisance existing as specified in said Resolution No.290 Declaring Weeds A Nuisance and Ordering Their Removal, and as pro- vided by law. The above and foregoing resolution was passed and adopted by the Coun- cil of the City of Redwood City at a regular meeting thereof held on the 15th day of April, 1946, by the following vote: AYES and iii favor of the passage and adoption of the foregoing resolution: Councilmen: ARMSTRONG, BRITSCHGI, FLETCHER, GRANGER, McNULTY and HILTON. NOES, and against the passage and adoption of the foregoing resolution: .' Councilmen: NONE ABSENT: Councilman: ANDERSON W. W. HILTON Mayor of the City of Redwood City ATTEST: ' RALPH S. DODGE Clerk of the City of Redwood City I hereby approve the foregoing resolution this 15th day of April, 1946. W. W. HILTON Mayor of the City of Redwood City City Manager Blom reported that he had contacted Mr. Carl Ward of the American Trust Company in regard to improvements on Poplar Avenue. Mr. Ward advised that all legal difficulties had been cleared and work would begin within the next week on the houses and street work. An engineer has been engaged to prepare the plans for the street work. 313