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L . 4 � Councilman Stout moved adjournment to Tuesday, September 6th, seconded by Councilman Britschgi and carried. Meeting adjourned at 10:35 P. R. S. Do:.= ` i City Clerk Minutes of Regular Meeting REDWOOD CITY COUNCIL September 6, 1955 - 8:oo P. M. Devotional was lead by Reverand Charles M. Lemmex, Pastor of the Grace Bible Church. Councilman Granger offered RESOLUTION NO. 1918 APPOINTING CITY ASSESSOR BROPHY CLERK PROS -TEM FOR THIS ONE COUNCIL MEETING and moved its adoption, seconded by Councilman Stout and carried on roll call, Councilman Spillers noted absent. ON ROLL CALL the following were noted present: Councilman Carl A. Britschgi, Floyd D. Granger, Paul Jones, William H. Royer, Hiram S. Stout, Mayor Sidney D. Herkner and Clerk Pro -Tem John J. Brophy. Councilman Robert V. Spillers was noted absent. Also present were City Manager E. A. Rolison, City Attorney C. B. Currie, Water Superintendent H. L. Winter, City Collector Paul E. Perrin, Police Chief Stanley D. Wood, Senior Civil Engineer Melvin I. Moen, Building Inspector S. H. Kreiss and Police Captain William Faulstich. Councilman Jones moved approval of minutes of the regular meeting of August 15th and the adjourned meetings of August 22nd and 29th, seconded by Councilman Britschgi. Mayor Herkner stated that he had noted a small correction and had so notified the office of the City Clerk. Motion carried. PUBLIC HEARING, APPLICATION PETER McTEAGUE TO REZONE LOTS 12 AND 13, BLOCK 6, WOODACRES KNOLLS, R -3 TO C -1 -H. The Planning Commission had recommended decal. (Corner Alameda de las Pulgas and Woodside Road.) Affidavit of publication was ordered filed. The Clerk read a letter of protest from Dr. and Mrs. Shearman M. Henri, 215 Woodside Road, wherin they protested any additional attempts of nearby lot owner for permission to rezone for commercial purposes. They asked that the Council uphold the Planning Commission's denial of further commercial rezoning slong Woodside Road. In answer to the question of Councilman. Royer, City Attorney Currie stated that this hearing was not the issue of a service station but a rezoning hearing only. Mr. Gerald Wagstaffe, Attorney representing the applicant, restated the offer that they had made to the Planning Commission wherein they would build a service station and only a service station if this property were rezoned to C -1 -H. Insofar as the location is concerned, the Standard Oil Company would like to go beyond anything that they have in stations at the present time and build a rustic type station to go with the surrounding property. Mr. Wagstaff asked the Council to allow a short period of time to present the new type of architectural design to the Planning Commission and to the people in the area. In answer to statement of Mr. Vera Eskin and question of Councilman Granger, Mayor Herkner replied that if the property were rezoned it would have to be followed through with a Use Permit. Afterftxrther discussion and at the request of the people in the audience, it was decided to proceed with the Public Hearing. The following people were protesting the rezoning: Mr. James Wills, 2723 Delaware; Mr. Lobre: Louise Reynolds: Mr. Alice Rankine, 1931 Woodside Road. Councilman Britschgi stated that the people who own the surrounding property and petitioned to come into the City of Redwood City for protection should be given consideration, for it was his opinion that these same people were afraid that the area was getting away from them and they came into the City for protection. He stated