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493 Minutes of the Regular Meeting - Redwood City Council November 21, 1955, 8 :00 P.M. Devotional was lead by Reverend Kenneth Senft, Pastor Messiah Luthern Church. • ON ROLL CALL the following were.noted present: Councilmen Carl A. Britschgi, Floyd D. Granger, Paul Jones, William H. Royer, xobert V..Spille rs, Hiram.S.._Stout, Mayor Sidney D. Herkner and City Clerk ft. _ 8. Dodge. Also.present. ware City-Attorney.C. B. Currie, City Manager II E. A. Rolison,_City Engineer Glenn_M. Jain, Water.. Superintendent H. L. Winter, Assistant Water Superintendent Warren Mitchell, Police Chief William Faulstich, Administrative Assistant Orrin E.._.Wendling, Police Sergeant .Theodore...1 Assessor - Auditor John J. Brophy, Building Inspector. S. H. "rei.ss,..Fire..Chief. J:.....L. Lodi, Account -Clerk Vivian Holmquist anl.Park and Recreation,C.ommisaioner Louise.Tornell. JOHN V. ZUCKERMAN was given.. the oath of office . as .a member .of the Personnel Board. The minutes. of. November_ 7th._and, 14th_ were approved .as..mailed_ on of _Councilman Royer, seconded by...Councilman .8pi11e rs and carried. .PUBLIC HEARING, 1955 -5.6 WEED ABATEMENT PROGRAM. Affidavit of publication was ordered filed. There being no protests, written or oral, Councilman Spillers moved public hearing be close, seconded by Councilman Britschgi and carried. Councilman noyer offered RESOLUTION 1949 ORDERING CITY. ENGINEER TO. ABATE WEED NUISANCE, FISCAL YEAR 1955 -56 and moved its adoption, seconded by Councilman...S.tout. and ..carried on roll call. REPORT, CITY ATTORNEY ON .ACQUISITION OF RESERVOIR PROPERTY. City Attorney Currie stated that he has had..correspondence_ with the people, and if the Council would like to acquire the property, he requested permission. to have.a title _ search . made. The reason he requested the title..s.ear.ch...was that. there _were. a few matters. which.. should be cleared up regarding ownership. Councilman_ Royer moved that the City_ Attorney be authorized to proceed with the title report,. talk to the. people.. .back..at._the .neat. Council meeting, seconded by Councilman Britschgi and carried. FURTHER REPORT ON .PROPOSED BRANCH LIBRARY. Councilman Stout reported that the Library Board has mailed a letter to _the ..School._Board. in_ .to. the._Branch Library, and the School Board has in turn, turned.. the letter over to the District Attorney for his opinion as to the basis on which arrangements can be made for the proposed branch library. He asked that this be held in abeyance and put on the agenda for one week. REPORT BY COUNCILMAN SPILLERS ON PROPOSED POLICE BUILDING. Councilman Spillers reported that the Committee held. a meeting on 'Thursday, November 17th. The City Clerk read the follow- ing letter which. the Committee submitted: "Honorable Mayor and City Council Redwood City, California Gentlemen: Submitted herewith is a report from the Police Building Committee regarding.the.poss.ibility of placing the fi.nancing.of this project before the .voters at _the_ April election. There have been. several .methods of finaneing.this.project discussed by this committee_ since this issue.was. before .the .voters at the last city election. However, we ,feel. that..to- finanee__it by any other method without_ the . _approval...of the people. would not be proper. The following.fact.s are presented in order that the public may be informed of. the_ need .for this facility. The Police Department is presently occupying a building containing 1583 square feet of space on the first floor, 1112 square feet of space on the second floor and 510 square feet of space in the basement. This building was not originally designed as a Police Department building and when first occupied, lacked a number of essential features.