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r 4m L e Minutes -of the Regular-- Adjourned Meeting Redwood City Council October 31, 1955, 8:00 P. M.. Devotional. was lead b.y. Reverend. John Fast, Pastor of..the.Free Methodist Church. ON ROLL CALL the following were noted present: Councilmen Carl A. Britschgi, Paul Jones, William H. Royer, Robert V. Spillers, Hiram _ Mayor Sidney.D..Herkner and City Clerk R. S. Dodge. Also present were City Manager. E. A. Rolison, City Attorney C. B. Currie, City Engineer Glenn..M.. Jain.,.. Water Sup.erintendent..H... L. Winter, Police Chief William.Faulstich, Building Inspector S. H. Kreiss, Engineering Associate Arthur Eskelin, Assessor- Auditor John _J. Brophy,. Administrative.Assi -s.tant Orrin E. Wendling and Fire Chief J. L. Lodi, REPORT OF THE CINNABAR COMMITTEE BY COUNCILMAN_ GRANGER. Councilman Granger stated that a suplementary. meeting. had been held, last week, It was the .feeling of the Committee that the Oddstad .bid, .wherein. they offered_ 11%.. of .the. gross and..50 of the net plus a 410, 000.00 guarantee, was _the..best bid, . The Committee recommended..that. the. Council accept the bid subject. to the _terms of agreement .. to be prepared by .the .Ci.ty. Attorney. Councilman Granger also stated that all.checks should b.e returned to the makers. Councilman Britschgi moved that they accept the recommendation of the Cinnabar Committee and accept the bid of A. F. Oddstad, nd all other bids and money be returned to the P , Jr., , y unsuccessful bidders, seconded by Councilman Spillers. 0n the question there was a dis- cussion regarding the installation of mills and plans for the Oddstad mill. Councilman Jones wanted to know if the.$1O.,000,00.would belong to. the City even though there were no ore taken from the ground. .According.to.the bid this would be correct. Councilman Stout wanted to.g.o on.record.that no. milling would. be done in the area. Councilman Granger stated that the. property. will. be ..restored to t he. original .level.__ Motion carried, agree- ment to be . brought. bask at. the.next..Council meeting. Councilman Stout moved a vote of thanks. be extended.to the Committee for their work on behalf . of. the . Ci.ty,. seconded.. b.y . Councilman_ .Jones .and . carried. Councilman Granger, Brit-. schgi. and.Spillers.were. the members on.the Cinnabar Committee. CITY CLERK REPORT. ON CONCRETE BENCHES. The City. Clerk reported..that.he.was.in receipt of six offers.for..concrete benches. Kiwanis..Club..and the.. Business. and_ Professional Womens Club wish to select the .location . fo.r._ t he. benches.. . Councilman Stout stated. that he was of the opinion that Clubs would be given a chance to pick out the location. Councilman Stout then moved that this matter be turned over to the City Manager to find out how soon this program can proceed so that the service clubs can be notified, seconded by Councilman Britschgi. City Manager Rolison stated that at one time this was turned over to the Planning Commission and he wanted to know if the Council still wanted this matter turned. over to them. Mayor Herkner.stated.that he thought this should be left up to the. City Manager. ..Motion.carried.._.A .representative of the Westwood Terrace Improve- ment Club..reported that they had.. voted.. funds.. _for.. two benchea.. the total to eight. REPORT BY BUILDING INSPECTOR ON FOSTER & KLEISER SIGN ON BAYSHORE HIGHWAY NEAR FIFTH AVENUE. In his report Building Inspector. Kreiss.reported. a use Permit was .approved on May 21j., 1955, for.. the..rea.ocation o.f_ .the _ exi.sting .signs. on Bayshore Highway, 125 south of eifth Avenue.. Owing to theState Highway acquiring the lands where the existing signs were, it was necessary for Foster & Kleiser to make the above request. The application was •