BOOK 21_1946-09-23 to 1948-08-09

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a 84 and Assessor on January 1, 1947. ■ Motion passed unanimously. R. S. DO( _ Cty Clerk MINUTES OF ADJOURNED MEETING REDWOOD CITY COUNCIL January 13, 1947 5:00 P.M. On roll call, the following were present: Councilmen: C. C. Armstrong, Carl Britschgi, Floyd Granger, George W. McNulty, William M. Werder; Mayor W. W. Hilton, and City Clerk R. S. Dodge. Also present were: City Manager E. W. Blom, City Attorney Paul A. McCarthy, Police Chief C. L. Collins, Acting Engineer R. E. Pontow, and Street Superintendent H. L. Winter. Absent: Councilman Arthur V. Swift. City Clerk Dodge administered the oath of office to the newly appointed members of the Traffic & Safety Commission. One Commissioner Delbert Mitchell was not present. City Manager Blom asked the Commission to adjourn to a meeting to organize the Commission. Mayor Hilton announced there would be a Traffic and Safety meeting at the McKinley School on January 24th, which was being sponsored by the Martin Transportation Company. The public is welcome. Petition for annexation of uninhabited territory consisting of 17 acres along Woodside Road, was received from Oliver Johnson and his wife, as joint owners of more than 1/4 of the area. Mr. Johnson appeared and stated it was planned to build 101 homes in the area and presented sketches of the proposed homes. The Council generally was in favor of the petition. Councilman Britechgi moved, seconded by Councilman Werder, adoption of resolution of intention to annex property to be known as Atherwood and setting time for hearing of protests. On roll call resolution was unanimously adopted with Councilman Swift absent. R ESO L -U T ION No. 415 GIVING NOTICE OF PROPOSED ANNEXATION OF TERRITORY HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED TO THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY, TO BE KNOWN AS ATHERWOOD. WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of that certain Act of the Legislature of the State of California, entitled "An act to provide for the alteration of the boundaries of incorporated towns and cities by the annexation of uninhabited territory thereto and for the incorporation of such annexed territory in and as a part of such municipality, and for the districting, government and municipal control of such annexed territory", approved May 29, 1939 (Stats of 1939, Chaper 297, page 15b7), there was, on the 13th day of January, 1947, filed with the Council of the City of Redwood City, a petition, in writing, requesting that the uninhabited territory hereinafter described be annexed to, incorporated and included in and made a part of said City of Redwood City; and WHEREAS the exterior boundaries of said territory are described in said petition, and said territory is contiguous to the limits and boundary of said City of Redwood City, and are particularly described as follows: BEGINNING at the most Northerly corner of Block 1, as designated on the map entitled 11MAP OF OAKLEIGH PARK TRACT SAN MATEO COUNTY CALIFOR- NIA° which map was filed in the office of the Recorder of San Mateo County, State of California, on April 60 1910, in Liber 7 of Maps at page 16; thence from said point of beginning and running along the Easterly line of the County Road from Redwood City to Woodside, North 220 3b! East 442.00 feet and North 100 051 3011 East 305.00 feet; thence leaving said Easterly line and running along a line parallel with and distant at right angles Northeasterly 651.09 feet from the Northeasterly line of the aforementioned Block 1, South 450 291 East 1260.b4 feet; thence South 410 31' West'b51.09 feet to the Northeasterly line of said Block'1; thence along said North- easterly line North 450 20' West 95b.99 feet to the point of beginning. CONTAINING 17 acres, more or less. WHEREAS the Council of the City of Redwood City does hereby determine and declare that said petition is signed by the owners of not less than one-fourth (1/4) of the area of the land described in said petition, and the owners of said land represent not less than one-fourth (1/4) of the assessed value of such territory as described in said petition, according to the last preceding equalized assessment roll of the County of San Mateo, said County being the L M