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seconded by Councilman Royer and carried. <br />N <br />Councilman Royer moved adjournment to Monday night, October 24th, seconded by Councilman <br />Jones and carried. Adjourned 10:55 p -m. <br />R.ftDOD <br />Cit <br />Minutes of the Regular Adjourned Meeting <br />Redwood City Council <br />October 24, 19552 8:00 P.M. <br />City Council convened at 9:00 p.m. in order that several members might attend the United <br />Nations dinner. Devotional was dispensed with. <br />ON ROLL CALL the following members were noted present: Councilmen Floyd D. Granger, <br />Paul Jones, William H. Royer, Robert V. Spillers, Hiram S. Stout, Mayor Sidney D. <br />Herkner and City Clerk R. S. Dodge. Councilman Carl A. Britschgi was noted absent. <br />Also present were City Manager E. A. Rolison, City Attorney C. B. Currie, City <br />Engineer Glenn M. Jain, Building Inspector S. H. Kreiss, Police Chief William <br />Faulstich, Police Sergeant Theodore Moudakas, mire Chief J. L. Lodi, Assistant Water <br />Superintendent Warren Mitchell and Administrative Assistant Orrin E. Wendling. <br />PUBLIC HEARING PLANNING COMMISSION DENIAL OF OWN INITIATIVE TO REZONE AREA BOUNDED BY <br />DUANE, WHIPPLE, EL CAI4INO REAL AND BREWSTER FROM R-4 TO P-1. Affidavit of mailing <br />was ordered filed. Planning Commission recommended denial of their own initiative <br />to rezone the area from R-4 to P-1 after conducting a Land Use Survey indicating <br />that the area was predominently residential in character. <br />Mrs.'W. H. Brown, 1324 Hopkins Avenue, spoke in favor of rezoning stating that the <br />majority of the people in the area would like to see the original plan carried out. <br />There being no further discussion from the audience, Councilman Spillers moved close <br />of hearing, seconded by Councilman Jones and carried. Councilman Granger stated his <br />opinion that he could see no reason why the Council should reverse the thinking of <br />the Planning <br />Commission unless'there <br />was <br />a good and <br />sufficient <br />reason <br />which app- <br />arently.has <br />not been brought out at <br />this <br />hearing. <br />Councilman <br />Spillers <br />favored the <br />rezoning as originally proposed. After further discussion, Councilman Granger moved <br />approval of the Planning Commission recommendation, seconded by Councilman Stout and <br />carried, Councilman Spillers voting NO. <br />REPORT ON BID OPENING, PARKING LOT VII, PARKING DISTRICT NO. 1. The following bids were <br />received: <br />0. C. Jones & Sons, Berkeley 667,779.90 <br />Oscar C. Holmes, Redwood City 76,499.90 <br />Bragato Paving Company, Belmont 799627 -50 <br />The preliminary estimate of Mr. Charles E. Randlett, consulting engineer <br />on this project, wqs $73,859.30 - <br />City Engineer wished to call to the Councils attention that errors in extension of <br />Items No. 3 and No- 5 were found on the the bid of 0. C. Jones & Sons which, when <br />corrected, reduced their bid from 069,073.10 to 67,779.90. Also, Mr. Jones did <br />not write out the unit prices in words as required in the portion of the specifications <br />entitled "Information for Bidders." However, this is a technicality, and it is his <br />opinion that the unit prices indicated in figures should be accepted, subject to the <br />approval of the City Attorney. <br />City Engineer recommended that the basic bid of 0. C. Jones & Sons in the corrected <br />i <br />