BOOK 26_1955-11-28 to 1957-06-17

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public. There being no protests, written or oral, Councilman Spillers moved that the public hearing be closed, seconded by Councilman Stout and carried. Councilman Stout offered ORDINANCE 823 AMENDING ORDINANCE 639, AS AMENDED, BEING THE SIDEWALK AND DRIVEWAY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY RELATIVE TO GRADES AND DRIVEWAYS and moved its adoption, seconded by Councilman Weiss and carried on roll call, Councilman Britschgi being noted absent. Councilman Weiss's request regarding the minutes of May 7th and 14th in reference to the concession stand at Hawes Park, Councilman Weiss moved that they advertise for bids for the concession stand at Hawes Park, seconded by Councilman Herkner. The City Manager stated that he would have to have some kind of a plan before he could call for bids. Mayor Royer stated that the building was already up. The motion' carried. STREET, COUNCILMAN GRANGER. Councilman Granger stated that they were REPORT, PROPOSED EXTENSION FRANKLIN supposed to have had a meeting and asked that this be carried on the agneda for another week. Councilman Britschgi entered the meeting at 9:35 P M. CITY ENGINEER REPORT REGARDING STATUS OF HIGHLANDS TERRITORY NO. 2 SEWER JOB. City Engineer Jain stated that the job has been competed and they are just waiting for the assessment to be spread. The City Attorney recommended that this be dropped form the agenda, seconded by Councilman Herkner and carried. REPORT REGARDING REMOVAL OF P. G. & E. IS TWO POLES ON EL CAMINO REAL SOUTH OF BRESTER AVENUE. The Clerk's office had contacted the P. G. & E. and were told that the poles had not been removed. Mr. Reynard was on vaction but his office reported that they have this matter almost settled. The Mayor asked the City Engineer to check into this matter and if the poles were not removed in the next two weeks to bring the matter up to the Council. CITY ATTORNEY REPORT ON MICHEL BUILDING ON MAIN STREET. The City Attorney reported that these people have asked to sign an agreement with the City. Councilman Herkner moved that the City Attorney draw r up the necessary agreement to have the building torn down by October 1st, the owner to furnish the necessary bond, seconded by Councilman Spillers. This was followed by discussion after which the motion carried, City Attorney to report back in two weeks. STULSAFT COMMITTEE REPORT, VINCENT RAMBO, Chairman. Mr. Rambo explained how their comrai:ttee stahted and what they did and the places they went in an attempt to familiarize themselves with the situation in regard to a storyland and what would be required to carry out this idea. He submitted the following report for the records: :.. Messers. Hastings and Fowler presented the topographical map of Stulsaft Park prpared by Murphy and Hastings. They explained its preparation, discussed the usable areas for recreational purposes and for auto parking, and pointed out development propblems that will arise^. After discussion the committee decided that, even though a majority was not a.n attendance, the facts presented and the need for a decision from the committee dictated the desirability of formulating a recommendation to the City Council based on the opinions of the members present. Thus, the following conclusion was reached: In the opinion of the attending members Stulsaft Park is neither a suitable nor feaseble i location for the construction of a children storyland project and the recommendation is made that the City Council abandon plans for such a devlopment for the following reasons: i 1. The usable areas for a storyland are not sufficiently concentrated. It would be necessary to spread such a project out along the creek area. Although not undesirable from a recreational standpoint such a design would increase site preparation expense, theproject con— UTT struction costs and the operational costs to what could will be considered unrealistic levels. 2. Auto parking would necessarily be scattered into a number of widely separated areas. Ingress and egress to the storyland area would be inconvenient from the standpoint of both distance and height. 3. 1ntthw4in#n of the engineers, parking could not be provided for more than 500 autos. At least four acres of the choicest park area would be required for this purpose. 'It does not appear that this would provide sufficient parking facilities for servicing a storyland project. r 4# The engineers also estimate that, parking facilities for 500 autos would cost between