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

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-4IS Councilman Granger stated that conditions.have changed since 1917 and he moved that Ordinance. 188 be amended .to,increase li.cense.fas. to $150.00.....Councilman Britschgi asked that they check.with.other. Cities. to. see.. if they were out of line._ The motion was restated and the City Attorney was instructed to.. check .into the matter of fees, seconde.d.by Councilman Britschgi and carried. , CITY ATTORNEY REPORT REGARDING DENIAL KILBORN APPLICATION,TO REZONE -LOT FROM R-2 TO R-3 (11.66 Ebener Street, Lots 14 and 15,.Block 2, W..W. & M.). City Attorney Currie re- ported that if the property. involved were.. owned. by two separate. owners there wouldn't be any question, but because. of. our. present .zoning laws,. -and. the. fact that the prop- erty is owned. by one.. p.erson..the.propert.y must.be. treated as. one.. lot. rather than two 35' lots. Since this property already'has.a single family dwelling on it there will not be sufficient front footahe left to build a. duplex.. The, only way to. handle this situa- tion would be to.rezone.the.p.nopert.y to R-3 which.would--- be..spot.zoning in an R-2 area. Councilman Stout moved approval of the.Planning Commisaion recommendation to deny application, seconded .by Councilman.Jones and carried. VETERAN'S MEMORIAL COMMITTEE REPORT RECOMMENDING PURCHASE OF SEATS AND CURTAINS. The Com- mittee recommended. that. the contract .for_ Opera Chairs. be awarded to the Fred E. Turner Company on the basis of item #2,.Opera.Chair Irwin #1242, for the. amount of $4#757,009 This amount_ to .b.e_ modified by. the addition .of 3/41, backs and the omission of the side. panels. in, the. seat... It .1s, further. understood. that the. arms will be approx- imately, 111 .longer .than .the _sample submitted. . It was also. recommended -that. the, low .bid of. the. Fred_ E... Turner. Company. for s tage cur- tains and riggings.. in the, amount.. of..$2,.066,.00.be acce.p.ted...Councilman Jones moved acceptance of the. Committee' s. report, .seconded„by,.Councilman.Britschgi andcarried. COUNCILMAN BRITSCHGI REPORT REGARDING THE YACHT HARBOR COMMITTEE. Councilman Britschgi reported that they had left the matter.up to the..Part Commission in regard to boundary slough. Mr.. Jai n.. and. Mr...Allen, had worked out. .a.plan. and plotted .out the land. The survey work has .be.en ..completed,., contour.. map a. will be prepared, and amount of material to be dredged will be,estimates.which in turn will be turned over to the Port Commis - Sion. It was felt.that. Mr..Allen.was .a very capable man and he might be engaged to supervise the dredging operations. Councilman Britschgi then moved that call for bids be prepared after contacting. Mr...Allen,.the necessary funds .to be transferred later. Motion seconded by Councilman.Granger and carried. COUNCILMAN GRANGER REPORT ON .CINNABAR. The following, report., "Notice Inviting Bids for Lease” was read by the Clerk. "Notice is hereby given. that. the City of Redwood. City will. receive bids for a lease of a portion .of.. an.. area owned by said. city, commonly. known and designated as 'Stulsaft.Park',.for the purpose of conducting. cinnabar mining operations therdon. Said. bids. shalL.be. sealad...and delivered. to the office of the City Manager on or before.2:00.p.m. on the.22nd.day of September,.1955, and will be opened and publicly .read .aloud -In the. office of the. City Manager on or about 2:00 p.m, of that day. All bids shall specify the royalty.to..be paid, stating whether gross or net or any combination thereof., .and. the bonus, to. be paid in cash to the City of Redwood City for', the execution of the lease. . Bidders arehereby notified that the lease, will.. contain.. among other things, the following terms and conditions: 1. All mining operations must be conducted in accordance with good cinna- bar mining practices, 2. The.successful bidder will be required to restore the Surface of the land to a useable level condition.