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City Clerk contact the Planning Commission requesting that hereafter the Council be provided with all information available as well as sufficient copies of sketches so that each Councilman will receive a copy with the weekly Agenda. Motion seccn ded by Councilman Granger and carried. Councilman Granger discussed the beautification program on El Camino Real suggesting the possibility that the City might contribute to the planting of trees on El Camino Real if the program would not prove to be too costly. Matter turned over to the Beautification Committee for further thought and recommendation. Councilman Granger commented on the recent iribune editorial regarding award pins to employees. The discussion included the possibility of presenting pins to former members of the Council with more than ten years of service with the City. Council- man Granger also suggested the possibility of some form of citation for members of the City's Commissions to be presented atthe end of their term of office. Admin- istrative Assistant Wendling and Councilman Granger will investigate this matter further. PARKING LOT NO. 3. City Attorney requested authority to employ an appraiser to work on proposed property acquisition. Councilman Britschgi moved authority be granted, seconded by Councilman Stout and carried. COMMMUNICATION was received from the Department of Commerce, Bureau of Census furnishing the official Special Census figures as follows: Both Sexes Male Female Total Population 38,960 19,155 19,805 White 38,028 18,693 19,335 Nonwhite 932 462 470 There were 12,230 occupied dwelling units as of July 14, 1955. Councilman Jones suggested that the population figures on the highway signs be corrected as soon as possible. Mayor Herkner called attention to the ground breaking ceremonies for the proposed Vet- eran's Memorial Building to be held at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, August 24, also to the Committee Meeting to be held Thursday, August 25 at 4:00 p.n. at which time a decision will be reached as to the type of opera chairs to be purchased as well as to discuss parking lots and landscaping. Councilman Royer moved adjournment to August 29, seconded by Councilman Britschgi and carried. Adjourned 10:20 p.m. ' I � I 4S. CITY CL'RK Minutes of the Regular Adjourned Meeting Redwood City Council August 29, 1955, 8:00 p.m. Devotional was lead by Reverand Wilbur Westerdahl, Pastor of the Peninsula Covenant Church. ON ROLL CALL the following were noted present Councilmen Carl A. Britschgi, Floyd D. Granger, Paul Jones, Hiram S. Stout, Mayor Sidney D. Herkner and City Clerk R. S. Dodge. Noted absent were Councilmen .William ,H._Royer and Robert V. Spillers. Also present were City Manager E. A. Rolison, City Attorney C. B. Currie, City Engin- eer Glenn M. Jain, Water Superintendent H. L. Minter., Police Chief Stanley Wood, City Collector Paul B. Perrin, Fire Chief J. L. Lodi, Building. Inspector S. H. Kreiss,