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

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V - 86r — ------ — C u cilmaniBritschgi asked to have the City Clerk call a meeting of the Yacht Harbor Committee for.Friday, March 2nd, at 4 p.m., report of committee to be placed on the,agendae Councilman Stout reported on. the proposed Branch Library and asked the Clerk to read a letter from the Board of Trustees. The Board requested the Council to appoint the City Manager to act in its behalf in obtaining the services of an architect to draw tentative plans for a branch library to be situated on the Roosevelt School property on Euclid Avenue in Redwood City. The Library. Board will meet with the Council on Monday, March 12th, at 7 P.M. The Clerk read the letter from the City Manager REGARDING THE PRESENT CONTRACT FOR THE OPERATION OF THE REDWOOD CITY DUMP which expires on March 6,'1956. It was the recommendation of the City Manager, in which the City Attorney and City Engineer concur, that this contract be extended for one year, subject to furnishing of all required insurance and.bonds by the operator, Frank Benevento. Councilman Spillers moved approval of the City Manager's recommendation, seconded by Councilman Jones and carried. Councilman Jones adked if the City Manager had arranged for a meeting with Richard Ives in regard to the Urban Redevelopment Plans, the meeting to be March lst. This was followed by discussion after which it was decided to set this date aside if possible and try to get another date. Councilman Spillers asked that the lights be reset at El Camino Real and Whipple Avenue. This was followed by discussion after which the Mayor asked that the City Manager and the Police Department report back in one week. This was followed by discussion regarding the Police Department putting a man at this intersection during the peak hours. Councilman Spillers wanted to know what the situation was in regards to Industrial Way. City Attorney Currie w$s of the opinion that this was set for trial for March 29th. Councilman Stout will attend the next Planning Commission meeting. Councilman Granger moved that the meeting be adjourned, seconded by Councilman Spillers and carried. Meeting adjourned, 9:12 Pe Me Re S. DU1E City Clerk Minutes of the Regular Meeting Redwood City Council March 5a 1956, 8:00 P. Me Invoeation was lead by Reverend Ralph Benson, North Fair Oaks Community Church. ON ROLL. CALL the following were noted present: Councilmen Floyd D. Granger, Paul Jones, William H. Royer, Robert Ve Spillers, Mayor Sidney D. Herkner and City Clerk R. Be Dodge, Councilmen Carl A. Britschgi and Hiram S. Stout were noted absent. Also present.were City Manager E. A. Rolison, City Attorney C.B. Currie, City Engineer Glenn M. Jain, Water Superintendent He L. Winter, Police Chief William Faulstich, Police Captain Theodore Moudakas, Assistant Fire Chief Willis Leslie, Assistant to City Manager L. A. Kimball, Building Inspector S. H. Kreiss, Account -Clerk Vivan Holmquist, Park and Recreation Commissioner Irving Gold, Fire Marshal George Asvos, Assessor - Auditor John J. Brophy and Planning Commissioner Mitchell Webber. The minutes of February 20th and February 27th were approved as mailed on motion of Councilman Royer, seconded by Councilman Spillers and carried. Affidavits of publication, posting and mailing were ordered filed. There were no written protests. Mr. Co Be Wood, 445 Redwood Avenue, protested the assessment charges on his property at the dead end of Poplar Avenue, assessments #7 and # 9e He was of the opinion that some time ago a verbal agreement was made wherein he would be givencredit for donating property for the extension of Poplar Avenue. This was followed by a lengthy discussion as to what the ■q d, R