BOOK 25_1955-08-01 to 1955-11-28 (missing 1954-02-15 to 1955-08-01)

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450 Councilman Royer stated that a•meeting should be held sometime to go over the assessments with the people in the Ebener, Poplar, etc. area. Councilman -Royer moved that the City Manager..and..the. City Engineer have a meeting. with the. people. in..the-area and explain the �v assessment. to them and...bring .back. a. report in two. weeks,.se.conde.d by Councilman Britschgi . I: and carried. Councilman. Royer .moved. that. -the. City. Engineer. be autharized... to .put. red rock down to help the., people.in_the _vicinity._of. Poplar...Avenue,.-seconded_ by. Councilman Britschgi and carried. City Clerk. read. letter..from.,Lawrence....G... Brian in-regard....to. meeting. wi.th.Mr. Sproul in which they discussed .building...of .ti.de-.gates..and. pumping,_facilities...on..Redwood Creek in the vicinity of Bayaho.re.Highw.ay....The...C.ommit.tee-.in..the,ir.,la.tter. stated..that after listening i1 to. Mr. Sprout's ideas. regarding...c.onstruc.tion- of,_the.. tide..gata, _pumping.. plant, and the i schedule. of .eons truct.ion.w,hich..he. propos.ed,..it. is. the. _consensus .of opinion. that Mr. i Sproul presented no_ concrete. information to.show..that..it.would.be possible for him to `t construct an.adequate tide gate structure and pumping plant to prevent flooding in the downtown area of Redwood City in the event of heavy rains this coming winter. Mr. Sproul presented .no_ construction. p.lans.. or.. specifi,c.atlons. whatsoever.:..consequently it i wouldbe. Impossible.. to..e.ven .apprnximata... the -cost .af. the structure.he proposes. Council- I f man Jones. moved ac.ceptance..of. the_report, seconded by Councilman Royer and carried. City Engineer....Jain.s.tated...that.the..P....G. & E. had submitted a deed for the right-of-way on I the proposed sub-station.subje_ct.to checking of description. Councilman Spillers moved Clerk be. -authorized -to. accept. the. deed_sub.j.e.et. to..checking. of description, seconded by i Councilman -Stout and carried. USE PERMIT. granted ,by the, Planning .Commis.aion...._J. Harri3on,.rec.onstru.ct non -conforming house 4 at 601-.Rouglaa Avenue..._ Mayor_ Herkne.r._stated... that. the. contractor,. through some misunder- i standing,..had. raised, the, .house..part...way.and..then -was.., topped.. .Some action should be done to.. help.. these..pe.ople .so,.they. wouldn!t_have. to wait.... There..ware. no .protests at the Planning Commission meeting. .Councilman Spillers moved that the Council has no object- l ' Z ions to the work being completed, seconded by Councilman Granger and carried. The house is being raised to street level only. Mr. 0, J. White, Western Stores, requested permission to hold a loss of lease sale at 2625 Broadway.. .They have.approximately.655,000 inventory -that must be liquidated by January I lst., 19$.6. -.Western Auto would also like to state that they are not leaving Redwood City I� f but, must s.ecure.another.le.ase to continue to serve the people here. This was followed i by general.discus.sion.regarding..the..time.of .year this sale was being instigated. The j Council. was, of the. opinion., that. this.. parti.cular..typ.e, of. sale. would. not be fair to the other merchants... during.. the Christmas shopping days. Councilman .Granger.. moved,..sec.onded. by. Councilman. Britschgi, ..that..the request be denied ' inasmuch .aa . they .do..have, other.. s_ tores. in .the. vicinity. which .-they..could. use for an outlet.to.get.rid.of their merchandise.. City.Attorney stated that. the Council could deny this.. reque.st.1nasmuch-as. itis not..presenbed in accordancewith the ordinance. Councilman. Spillers, st.ate.d .that .after. December 31st Mr. White could ask for the sale and.it would be granted. Motion carried on roll call. Study meeting Wednesay, November 16th at 8 P. M. PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF.F. FERRAZANO REQUEST TO R ESUBDIVIDE PORTION OF LOT 18, JOHNSON SUBDIVISION, INTO TWO LOTS SUBJECT TO DEEDING 271 FOR STREET. AUTHORIZE I' 1