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<br />RE140VAL, OF TWO` PARKING METERS S11 CORNER MAIN STREET-MIDDLEFIELD ROAD INTERSECTION, at the
<br />location of -the Safeway Store. City Manager Rolison recommended these be eliminated
<br />after study by the Traffic Fact -Finding Committee. Parked cars at this point caused
<br />congestion and made right hand turns difficult and the Fire Department found it
<br />difficult to negotiate when cars were parked there. The meters are to be removed
<br />on motion of Councilman Morgan, seconded by Councilman Holmquist, and carried.
<br />MONIES COLLECTED THROUGH SALVAGE DRIVE BY CIVILIAN DEFENSE WORKERS DURI14G THE WAR were
<br />Invested in "G11 Bonds in the amount of $1000. They submitted a resolution that on
<br />maturity of these bonds the money should be presented to the Redwood City Library
<br />Commission for the purpose of founding a Department of American History, such depart-
<br />ment to be dedicated to the civilian defense personnel, an appropriate inscription
<br />to be affixed to the Department of American History section, setting forth the
<br />source and purpose of such section. Councilman Holmquist offered such a resolution
<br />and moved its adoption, seconded by Councilman Spillers, and carried on roll call.
<br />Councilman Swift noted absent.
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<br />WHEREAS civilian defense workers enrolled in the Redwood City Civilian Council
<br />during the period of the war, conducted several salvage drives from which certain
<br />sums of monies were derived from sale of waste paper and other materials; and
<br />WHEREAS, on the recommendation of these civilian defense workers, these monies
<br />were deposited in escrow with the City of Redwood City, to be used for whatever
<br />purpose the then Commander of Civilian Defense, should specify; and
<br />WHEREAS, on the recommendation of the Redwood City Council approved by the
<br />Redwood. Gity War Council, $1,000 of these monies, was invested in a Series G Treas-
<br />ury Bond, in order that it might not lose its identity in the City Treasury; and
<br />WHEREAS, it is the recommendation or Floyd D. Granger, Commander of the r
<br />civilian defense units at that time, and his associates on the Redwood City War
<br />Council, namely Chester Armstrong, Louis Dematteis, S. S. Mayo, and Duncan Reynard,
<br />that the proceeds of this bond on maturity should be best invested in a project
<br />that will maintain in the hearts and minds of our citizens, the principles of
<br />Americanism, and a knowledge of the founding and development of our nation;
<br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that upon maturity, the porceeds realized from
<br />the sale of the $1,000 Series °G° Bond, be presented to the Redwood City Library
<br />Commission, for the purpose of founding in the Library a Department of American
<br />;
<br />History, these monies to be expended solely for books on American history to be
<br />selected by the Redwood City Library Commission, and used by the Redwood City
<br />residents through the customary library channels; and
<br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Redwood City Library Commission be requested
<br />to dedicate the Department of American History in the Redwood City Library to the
<br />civilian defense personnel who contributed so much to the war effort, and to
<br />perpetually maintain and enlarge the number of books in this Department as the
<br />Commission may deem advisable to carry out the above purpose; and
<br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that an appropriate inscription be affixed to the
<br />Department of American History section, setting forth the source and purpose of
<br />such section.
<br />Passed and adopted by the City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on
<br />the 18th day of April, 1919, by the following vote: I
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<br />AYES, Councilmen: BRITSCHGI, GRANGER,HO114QUIST1 MORGAN, SPILLERS, and Mayor
<br />WERDER.
<br />NOES, Councilmen: NONE;
<br />ABSENT, Councilmen: SWIFT.
<br />W. M. WERDER
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<br />Mayor of the City of Redwood City
<br />ATTEST:
<br />RALPH S. DODGE
<br />Clerk of the City of Redwood City
<br />I hereby approve the foregoing resolution
<br />this 18th day of April, 19+9•
<br />W. 14. WERDER
<br />the City of Redwood Citv ';
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