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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 1942-09-28AdjOurned REGI~LAR ~?F, ETING OF Rt;E CiTi COUNCIL OF i~_E Ci'ii OF SOUTIi SAN FRANC7~,~,,HELD ~IONDAY, SEPTE~BER 28th,1942. An adjourned regular meeting of the city council of the City of South aan Francisco wa.. held in the city hall, ~2onday evening,September ~8,19~. T?is meeting was called to order at 8 o'clock P.~. by mayor D.W.Ratto. ROLL CALL. Roll call found all the members of the city council present, as follows~- Councilmen,V.Boido,George ~.Holston,Reese Lloyd,~.I~'!inucciani,D.W.Ratto. The minutes of the three previous meeting were read. ~ihere being no errors or omissions they were approved as read. A communication was received from the State Ooard of Equalization notifying the city that ~.~errill H.~ubbard had applied for an on sale beer license. There were no objeCtions to the gentleman's request. ~he Enterprise Press sub.~itted a request for the city to take an ad for one week in the Enterprise advertisind -. : the JD]YK RALLY, sponsored by the South San ~¥ancisco Schools as th~ junk collection agency, the EnSerprise donating one week's advertising and requesting the cit~ to donate the sum of ~$56 for ome week's advertising, in the effort to, secure the limit of scr~ in the War Pro~.iuction program. Councilman ~iinucciani and ~¥.ayor Ratto believed a half a page at ,i~8 was sufficient for the city to pay. Councilman Ooido believed the cit~ able to pay for full page and Councilman Holston m:~ved that the full page be ordereR. The motion was seconded councilman ~oido and regularly carried. ~ernard ~;cCaffrey Post #355 submitted a communication stating i hat as a war time measur~ the city might donate the two cannon owned by the city to the War S<-;rap pile, for war effort gouncilman Lloyd move the t~o cannon be donated to the ~overnmen$ through the American Legion. The motion was seconded by councilman Boi,do and regularly carried. A communication was received from County Engineer Grant in reply to the city's request improve the piece of road west of the Grand Avenue terminus to the Dnited Railroads tracks, announcing that he would take care of the road before the winter rains set in. Accepted and The South San ~k~ancisco Land & Improvement Co. submitted a communication in regard to tt city's use of the company's tracto~ stating the city could have the use of it at the rate Of ~$1.50 per hour, the city to exempt the land co from any damages to prooerty and persons wh~ in the city's service,the city to pay all costs of repair which may be necessary to restore t] tractor in f~:_ood condition in the event that repairs ~re nece~'sary through damage to' the equip~ while being used by the city. Coun~.ilman Boiao asked t; ~en~ineer as to th~ use of the tractor by the city, the location of the work to be done and if it was in connection with the contrac~ let to L.C.Smith to clear Coima Crook. The city en[~ineer explained it was for other work not connected with the Colma Creek project,and would be required onl~ at intervals. Councilman ~i~ moved that the offer of the ].and company be accepted. The motion was seconded by councilman and regularly carried. ~darian E.¥~agstaff submitted her resignation as a member of the ~ecreation Department of City of,~ South San ~Tancisco, and thanked the city o.~'fici~ls ~or their cordial cooperation. ~,~,~,~ .... .... ~]_ma.n holston ~cved tb~ reo~.-,~nstion b,e accepted with the thanks of the city.~he motion w~ seconded by councilm~n..Ltoyd.and.,.regularly carried. ~lhe City Clerk was instructed to reply statin,-, the city accepts the resignation and tkan~zec~aer for her valuable services. A communication was received from kelen Seibecker and Laura Sellick of 'the recreation Commission , enclosing,, the resi~:.,nation of Thomas L.Farnsworth to become effective September 1.94©, and recommedned that tt:e resignation, be accepted. Councilman ~',,[inucciani moved the resig~ be accepted. ~±'?~e motion was seconded by council.~an boido and regularly; carried, in another co~ffaunication the recreation corm:ission reco~ended tk~at the W.P,A.Supervisor, I'/,rs.~rme ~urt~ w!:o succedded kr. Farnsworth,be g~,anted an allowance of gasoline of 40 gallons per month. Councilman Lloyd moved the recommendation be accepted. 'l'h.e motion was seconded bu councilman ~'._~./:vc ......... i and re gularly carried. The~committee~. submitted the annual r. eport of the activities of the con~nission, which wa: also accepted. This being the date set for the opening of bids to build a bridge over oaden Creek,counc~ D[inucciani moved the bids be o~,ened. '±~. e motion was seconded by councilman Boido and regularll led. But two gids were submitted, that of 2~rank Bryant in the sum of ~4V.00 and Love in the sum of ,$3~80.00. Considering both bids excessf, ve t'~ ~ ~o~ci decided that the work coul( done cieaper o~~ tt-e c~t~-'s works engineer and adopted a _. ~'~esolution of the city council of the Cit~~ :~ ~ · ordering the works en.[?ineer to proceed with the construction of bridge, by the following vote;- Ayes,Councilmen V.~oido,Georhe W.t~olston,~eese Lloyd,~:.Yinu~ D.W Ratto, Noes,Councilmen,None. Absent, ~' ' ~ ~ 1~ · ~ouncz.~,en,~,one. Attest ~aniel ~cSweene.~, City Clerk Recorded in Book of Resolutions,Vol.3 at page 360. RESOLUTION N0.SV4 Councilman Boido inquired from the en[~:ineer regarding compelling the i~.G.Clifford Compa~ to open up an outlet from their property to take the wateps from t~.e bridge when heavy rains : in. Some doubt was expressed that the Clifford co!npany would take care of th.e waters. &i,e wot] engineer believed the waters would pass on without interruption down to the regular channels no further action was taken. Chief of Police oelloni appointed the following special policemen to the ~ethleham Steel ~¥~ilton H.kowe,and Albert ~urton tlill;-to Armour ~. Company,~flliam 0'Keele nd Vernon Williams to Western Pipe and Steel Company;Jack ~.Douglass,Alber-t Morrasch,[~obert D.kamilton,Edward S.i Geor~e R. ~yrne, JohnW.Richardson, Frank J .Was son, Joseph W.Sewall, ~eorge Schmania, ~Oen }~ .f¥~itchell Vernon Devlin,Frank k;aywood,01iver T.Oonaall, Joseph ~homas Brandon,Alfred Clark ~'homas,Lenry J Crane,Jerome A.Gomez,oen k;.Smith,h.J.Goodwin,Oas~ A.,~arbini,Ea.rl .E anuel Etter,James Joseph James henry Aeith,'~,'~illiam LeRoy Kelly,E.W.Clark, and Thomas S.Duncan. Councilman Lloyd moved appointments be confirmed.khe motion was seconded by councilman kolston and regularly carried In the matter of the prooosed abandon~,~ent of certain cit~ park sites '"ayor "atto submitt the following statement;- "I-believe that some people are interested in having some kind of information. I venture to say that practically all" of the objectors to the abandornnent plan are under the impreesion that the majority of this board, who are in rawer of abandonment due prohibitive cost-,of putting the properties in shape, intended to railroad it through, regardle~ the lagality of the action. Such is not 'the .ase. You have undoubtedly secured your information thru ',the local paper' or hearsay. There is another side.-here are a few hi~hlights. Without going back to 1936 when the matter was first presented, we find that on April 25th,1941, ( see City Cler~:'s minutes page ?09); The City Council deems the ~,iiller Avenue 3.3~ acre park,,etc , UNSUITABLE .[~0R PARK PUR. 0S~S, and would exchang~ it for a more suitable site' It was t~en that '~ayor Holston volunteered 'to make arrangements for an informal meetin~ ~ith }~r. Shaw". Councilmen present at this meeting were Boido,}Iolston Lloyd, Tibbe-~ts , att ......... · .~'~' mi'~'Ir6~"-o~z '%~ne"~"~r'e'~lOus meeting were read. There being no errors or omissions they were approved as read. A communication was received from the State oo~rd of Equalization notifying the city that herrill H.}~ubbard had applied for an on sale beer license. The~'.e were no objections to the ~-entleman's request. ~he Enberprise Pre~s subn?itted a request for the cit~, to take an ad for one week in the Ent~r~rise advertisinc ~ the Jb~ RALLY, sponsored by the South San Francisco Schools as t ju~collection agency, the Enterprise donating one week's advertising and requesting the ci to donate the sum of ~b6 for ome week's advertising, in the effort t~) secure the limit of sc in the ~¥ar Proc.~uction program. Councilman ~,,~inucciani and ~'~ayor [~atto believed a half a page at .~8 was sufficient for the city to pay. Councilman ~oido believed the cit~ able to pay for full page and Councilman Holston m~,ved that the full pa~e be ordere~. The motion was seconde, councilman ~oido and regularly carried. ~ernard ~:cCaffrey Post ~5 submitted a communication stating '~hat as a war time measu: the city might donate the two cannon owned by the city to tt~e War S~'~rap pile, for war error' Eouncilman Lloyd move the t~o cannon be donated to the ~over~en~ through the ~erican Legio: The motion was seconded by counci~an BOidO and regularly carried. A co~unication was received from County Engineer Grant in reply to the city's request improve the piece of road west of the Grand Avenue terminus to the ~nited Railroads tracks, announcing that he would take care of the road before the winter rains set in. Accepted and The South San PTancisco Land & Improvement Co. submitted a communication in regard to city's use of the company's tracto~ stating the city could have the use of it at the rate Of ~1.50 per hour, the city to exempt the land co from an~' d~ages to property and persons wl in the city's service,the city to ]~a~ all costs of repair which may be necessary to restore tractor in ~tood condition in the event that repairs ~re nece~sary throu~t'h damage to' the equil while being used by the city. Coun~ilman Boiao asked t~ aen.~ineer a~: to th~.: use of the tracto] by the city, the location of the work to be done ~nd if it was in connection with the contra~ let to L.C.Smith to clear Colma Crook. The cit~- encineer explained it was for other work not co~nected with the Colma Creek project,and would be required only at intervals. Councilman moved that the offer of the land company be accepted. T~ motion was seconded by councilman and regularly carried. ~,iarian E.~agstaff submitted her resignation as a member of the ~ecreation Department City o~ South San ~Tancisco, and thanked the city o~ficials for their cordial cooperation. _ ~ ~. t,~e thanks of the city.'l'he motion Couucilm~n holston ~ved the res~n~tion ?~e accepted with seconded b~ .cOUncilm~n~,Ltoyd and.,~regularly carried. 'lhe City Clerk was instructed to reply statin~ the city accepts the resignation and thank~er for her valuable services. A communication was received from helen Seibecker and Laura Sellick of ~the recreation Co~.mission , enclosin~ the resij~:~nation of Thomas L.Farnsworth to become effective September 1~4o, and recommedned that the resignation be accepted. Councilman hinucciani moved the resi~ be accepted. 'lhe motion was seconded by council~an Boido ~nd regularl~ carried, in another co~unication the recreation co~':ission~co~ended that the W.P.A.Supervisor, ~rs.~rme ~rt wt-~o succedded ~r. Farnsworth,be ~anted an allowance of gasoline of 40 gallons per month. Councilman Lloyd moved the recor~mendation be accepted. The motion was seconded bu councilman ~,'~c,~J_aui and ~ ~lar~ly carried. The~co~ittee:~ submitted the annual ~;eport of the activities of the commission, which wa also accepted. This being the date set for the opening of bids to build a bridge over Oaden Creek,counc ~,._~nucczanm'~ ' ' moved the bids be o?ened. '~;. e motion was seconded by councilman Boido and regularl led. ~t two gids were submitted, that of ?rank Bryant in the sum of ~'9~..., .00 and Love & ~a in the sum of ~b980.00. Considering both bids excessive ' ~ o~i decided that the work coul done c~eaper O> the c~.t~'s works engineer and adopted a ~. ~esolution of the city council of the City .... ~. ~ ordering the works engineer to proceed with the construction of ~. ~'~i~u bridge, by the following vote;- Ayes,Councilmen V.~oido,Seorhe %¥.L[olston,~eese Lloyd,~ ...... ~ounci ..~en,i'~one. Attest Daniel D.W.Ratto~ Noes~Counc=lmen,~one. Absent~ .~ _ . City Clerk Recorded in Book of Resolutions,~'ol.~ at page ~60 RESOLUTION ~..~0 874 Counct~an Boido inquired from the en~ineer regarding compelling the i~.O.Clifford Compa to open up an outlet from their property to take the ~vatsrs from t~e bridg~e when heavy rains tn. Some doubt was e~ressed that the Clifford company would take care of the waters. ~he wor[ engineer Delieved the waters would pass on wibhout interruption down to the r~gular channels no ~rther action was taken. Chief of Police ~elioni a~.~pointed the following special policemen to the ~ethle~am Steel l~.~ilton H.}iowe,and Albert ~urton ~ill;-to Armour ~ Company,~%~lli~ 0'Kee~e nd Vernon Williams to Western ~tpe and Steel Company;Jack ~.Douglass,Llbe~t ~orrasoh,kobert D.hamilton,Edward Geor~e R. ~yrne, JohnW.~ichardson, Frank J JJas son, Joseph W. Sewall, ~eorge Sc~ania, ~en H .~,'~it chell Vernon Devlin,~ank ~]a~ood,01iver T.~onaall,Josep~ ~homas Brandon,Llfred Clark ~homas,L~nry Crane,Jerome A.Gomez,ben H.Smith,h.J.Goodwin,~e~ A.~arbini,Ea~l E anuel Etter,James Joseph ~.%¥.Clark, and Thomas S.D~ncan. Councilman Lloyd moved James h~nry ~eith,¥'~illiam LeY~oy Kelly, appointments be confirmed.'~he motion was seconded by councilwoman ]~olston and regularly carried in the matter of the proposed abandon~..ent of certain cit~ park sites "'a~or ~atto submit~ the following statement;- "I b~lieve that some people are interested in having some kind of info~ation. I venture to say that practically all of the objectors to the abandomnent plan are under the impreesion that the majority of this board, who are in rawer of abando~ent due prohibitive cost~.~of putting th~ pro'perti~s in shape, intended to railroad it through, r~gardle~ the lagality of the action. Such is not the .ase. You have undoubtedly secured your information thru 'th~ local paper' or hearsay. There is another side.-here are a few hi~hli~hts. Without going back to 1956 when the matter was first presented, we find that on April ~8th~1941, ( see Cit~; Cler~<~s u~inutes.page ~09); The Cit~~ Council deems the i¥~iller Avenue ~.~ acre park,,etc., UNSUITABLE ~0R PARK PUR. 0~S, and would exchange it for a more suitable site'~ It ~as tken that "kayor Holston volunteered to mak~ arrangements for an informal meeting mith ~r. Shaw". Counoilm~n present at this meeting were Boido,Holston Lloyd, Tibbet~ts ,Raft ~e info~ meeting~ with ~ir. Shaw was held in the ~ity ~all on ~ay 9~1941, at 9;00 P.~.. City Attorney was also present. The outcome was that the city attorney was instructed to con~ ~ith the land company and arran~e fop the drawing of the necessary ]~apers to effect the trade~ · ~her~by the city aoo~ires the Beach property in exchange for the ~iller-Eucal~tus Ave., and adjoining N(artin School properties; and in addition the city AGREES T0 ACQUIRE ?~UR OR }...10RE ACRES 0F LAND FOR A PARK SI~E Ii',i PARADISE VALLEY. 1his trade was agreed to by all of the then council consisting of Boido,Holston, Lloyd,Tibbetts and Ratto . Again at the meeting of September q,le{1, page e~0, we fin~ that City Attorney C~leberd was ~nstructed to prepare the necessary papers,etc. }~r Coleberd stated that he would confer with. ~..~ ~ity ~ngineer ~{arshall and secure legal description of all items effected. %hen on ~lay 17,1e%1, Page ~56,A resolution of Intention to Abandon and ~iscontinue Park Land was passed. Ayes, Councilmen,Holston,Lloyd and Natto. Absent; Tibbetts, Not voting; Boido. On Se~te~ber le,~%q, at an informa~ meeting with }{r. Shaw, which meeting was attended by Llo}d, N~iinucctani,~atto,Eng.Klassen and City Attorney Coleberd, Mr. Shaw was willing to go through with the agreement to trade as agreed to in the meeting held }~lay ~3,.}@~1, but stated that his company could not release the park restriction clause and bid for the land, due to the fact tha~ his company owned the land surrounding the property, and if the property was purchased by someone other tha~ his company, a chicken ranch or other objectionable enterprise could be operated on she land, with no way of restricting tie operation,-this would naturall} tend to lessen adjoining sub- division property values. ~r. Coleoerd then stated that a trade could not legally be made. Se ~ad been proceeding throughout this matter under the impression that inasmuch as there w~s no mention of a question of legality raised by our Cit} Attorney at the prior abandonment proceedings,' there certainly could be no question as to the same proceedings a year later. IN Regards to the voting in this matter, you will note that Mr. Holston ~Oted first to abandon the park sites,than agreed to trade, and then later in the course of a recent meeting stated that he would vote against. Mr. Boido did not vote on the abandonment; then agreed to trade;and later in the course of a'recent meeting stated that he would vote ajainst. Dates and page numbers of the Clerk's }.{inute Book aregiven so that these statements may easily be checked. Your city council is elected to ~ffice on promise to exercise their best business jud&ment, -s--they then proceed to shuttle back and forth with votes. ~any of you were taken in b~ a newspaper which never has presented unbiased articles on the doing of this board. All of our actiOns as to legality are based upon opinions given us by our City Attorney. We are not aO.ioogizi~ for any of our actions,because they need no apology In view of the technicalities involved , this board has decided not to abandon the park sites, and to proceed upon the purchase of the beach property,the improvements in mind to consist of toilets,planting of trees, and water lines, and to that end the chair will entertain a motion to instruct the City Attorney to prepare agreement with the South San Francisco Land and Improvement Company for t~e ourchase of ~ acres of beach property ~ ~1380 per acre, and ~9.7 acres of tidelands ~D ~.50 per acre, a total of ~9,500, ~escription of land to be furnished by engineer, on terms of .iilSO0 cash ~nd the balance in yearly installments of ~000 or more on the second day of ~anuary of each year, until fully paid,commencing Oanuary ~nd,19~,with int.~rest at3~ per annum~ tn Order that there will be no misquoting of statements, i ask that t~e newspaper publish this statement in full"~k~ouncilman ~oido said any ~tatements attributed to informal ~eetings~ot reliable Logan Fran~t~ih,editor of the Enterprise,arose and challenged the st'atement of the mayor ~hat tis paper never ~resented an unbiased article on t~e doings of the board. ~r . ~ranklin stated vhat ~ince he took Sver the r~nagemen~ of ihe oaper all articles presented by ~ayor Ratto were printed. Eayor ~atto stated they were not,and , .~ dishonet statements were published . mr Franklin defied the ~ayor , 'io specify one'inaccurate or ~isi~onest state~ent of 1he Enterprise newspaper since ~e became the editor. ~j~ Eolston took issue with the manor's statement that he had been willing to trade park property for the beach ~aying he woula~ be~willing to trade the ~artin School Park property for adjoining Paradise Valley level land propert,y,but not for the beach, kr.~[olston reiterated that the United States Government is counseling~all city, county and state governments to refrain fron making investments in any but absolute requirements a~d needs of the peope on account of the war time efforts to help the country. ~m~[ayor Ratto stated~will be .~ recreation pla,~.e for oeople and ~%~ c~ildren on account of the shorta~?e of gasoline and rubber, that the~ are~.izoing there now. Councilman ~oido declared the purchase of the beach was poor business,not worth the money, and under wartime conditions v~as opposed to the plan and would vote against the purchase. Councilman Lloyd was of t)~e opinion the purchase was a good buy for t~e city, was afair price and wou]~ uever be any clLeaper. ~e moved the city attorney be instructed to draw up ~ocyments to proceed with ~he purchase of the besch ~roperty. City Attorney Coleberd stated he would be unable to draw up the necessary :.~ .... ~.~ proceedings until the engineer furnished the required Sescription of the property affected. The city en:ineer will be required to furnish the description. ~ayor ~atto appointed Jos.L.Smith, J.~.~iolbrook and Sanchez Plumbtree members of the personnel : :~ Board and ~,irs. Elizaoeth Ottenfield 'Clerk of the Personnel Board un~er the Civil Service Ordinance,~ The board voted separately on the b~.ard an~ the clefk. Councilmen Reese Lloyd , ~.~iinucciani and D.W.Ratto voted for the board proposed and Councilman Holston and Boido voted No. Councilms~. ~ooido moVed that ~(rs. Elizabeth Ottenfield be appointed Clerk of the Personnei~Loard~.~The motion seconded by councilman Holston and regularly carried. Claims in the amount of ~$~088.~8 were next pr~sen~ ed for payment;- A ~:ilani- ~/_.Laufer, E.~.~oon E.Oioffre A.Ferrario - ~.EcCarn J.Tacchi F.Eandoli- E.Galli- F.Fiorentine H.TRaxoll - J.~i Bene Questoin Service Graybar Electric A.Terragno V. Bianchini James Spuri Royal Co So.S.F.~.ospital ~red Lautze Angulus Pacific Co Roc~away Quarry labor in parks tt tf trimming ~rees tt tt ditch labor tf ti fl tt ff service ~uick supplies police 30. O0 36.00 60.00 18. O0 36. O0 30. O0 60. O0 60. O0 57.00 60.00 60.00 60.00 1.81 extra police duty ~ 33,35 1 da~~ extra duty ~.~ 6.50 developing ~$ q.18 500 cartridges .i~ ~V.81 city keys ...~ . ~o, alcoholic exams ,~ 00.00 repair fire car ~ 34.8o~ supplies Civ.Def. ,i$ 8.~ crusher run ~gl.O, 6 0 'this would naturally tend to lessen adjoining sub- division oropertv values. ~'~r. C~le0erd~then stated that a trade could not legally be made. ~e ~ad been proceedind~ throughout this matter under the impression that inasmuch as there w~s no mention of a question of legality raised Oy our City Attorney at the prior abandonment proceedings; t~ere certainly could be no question as to the same proceed.~n.~s a ~ear later. IN He~ards to the voting in this matter, you will note that Mr. holston voted first to aoandon the park sites,than agreed to trade, and then later in the course of a recent meeting stated that he would ~ vote against. ~'ir. Boido did not vote on the aioandonment; then agreed to trade;and later in the course of a'recent meeting stated that he would vote si?inst. Dates and page numbers of the Clerk's ~inute Book aregiven so that these statements may easily be checked. Your city council is elected to &ffice on promise to exercise their best business judgment, ' -they then proceed to shuttle back and forth with votes. ~any of you were taken in b~, a newspaper which never has presented unbiased articles on tt~e doing of tkis board. All of our actions as to legality are based upon opinions given us by our City Attorney. We are not ap~ioogizi~-~? for any of our actions,because they need no apology. In view of the technicalities inw~lved , this board has decided not to abandon the park sites, and to proceed upon the purchase of the beach property,the improvements in mind to consist of toilets,planting of trees, and water lines, and to that end the chair will entertain a motion to instruct the City Attorney to prepare agreement wit~ the South San Francisco Land and Improvement Company for t~e purchase of 6 acres of beach property ~ ,~1380 per acre, and 49.7 acres of tidelands~ ?? .~o~4.50 per acre, a total of ,i$9,500, description of land to be furnished by engineer, on terms of .iil500 cash .and the balance in yearly installments of ,~*~000 or more on the second day of ~anuary~of each year'~until fully paid,commencing ~anuary Ond,1944,with int.~rest at3}~ per annum'. In order that there will be no misquoting of statements, i ask that t~ e newspaper publish this statement in full":k~ouncilman ~oido said any ~-tatements attributed to informal meetings~ot reliable Logan Franklin,editor of the Enterprise,arose and challenged the st'atement of the mayor vhat ~is paper never ,~resented an unbiased article on the doina~s of the board, t~ir . ~'ranklin stated vhat ~.ince he took &var the ~nagemen~ of i he paper all articles presented by i~.syor Ratto were printed. Mayor l~atto stated they w~re not,and . dishonet statements were published .~ir l;ranklin defied the ~ayor... io soecify one' inaccurate or ~iis~oncst staten~ent of 1he Enterprise newspaper since l~e became the editor. !~$~ Lolston took issue with the mayor's statement that he had been willing to trade park property for the beach ~aying he woulm be. willing to trade the ~,:artin School Park property for adjoining Paradise Valley level land propert,y, but not for the beach, i'~ir.Holston reiterated that the United States Oovernment is counseling~all city, county and state ~;overnments to refrain fron making investments in any but a'~solute requirements a~d needs of the peope on account of the war time efforts to help the country. ~fayor Ratto stated~will be ~ recreate, on place for people and ~ ci-ildren on account of the shorta~e of gasoline and rubber, that the~ arelgoing there now. Councilman ~oido declared the purchase of the beach was poor h'usiness,not worth the money, and under wartime conditions v~;as opposed to the plan and woul~ vote against the purchase. Counc~_lman Lloyd was of tie opinion the purchase was a good buy for tl~e city, was of air price and wou]4 never be any Ct. caper. He moved the city attorney be instructed to draw u~p doc~uments to proceed with ~he purchase of the beach ,~roperty. City Attorney Coleberd stated he would be unable to draw up the necessary ~ .~,~ ~.~ proceedin~;s until the engineer furnished the required ~escription of the property affected. The city en:incer will be required to furnish the description. Mayor ~atto appointed Jos.L.Smith,J.~.~iolbrook and Sanchez Ptumbtree members of the personnel , '~ Board and ~.~rs l~zaoeth Ottenfield Clerk of the Personnel Board under the Civil Service Ordinance,~/~, The boar~ voted separatel~* on the beard and the clefk. Councilmen Reese Lloyd , ~'~.Minucciani and D.~.Ratto voted for the board proposed and Councilman Holston and Boido voted No. Co~ncil~an .~oido moved that Mrs. Elizabeth Ottenfield be appointed Clerk of the Personnei~Loard~. ~ 1he motion seconded by councilman Holston and regularly carried. Claims in the amount of ~Z088.~8 were next pr~,sen' ed for payment;- A Yilani- .... Laufer, E.M.~ioon E.Gioffre A.Ferrario ~ M. ~Ic Carn J .Tacchi F.Mandoli - E.Galli ~ F. Florentine H .TRaxoll - J.Di Bene Questoin Service Oraybar Electric A. Te rragno V. Bi anchi ni James Spurt Royal upp. y Co So.S.?.hospital fired ~autze Angulus Pacific Co Roc~away Quarry Frank Rust Associated Equip Co. Linde Air Products labor in parks ft I'! ,! t! trimming ~rees ditch labor ff ti* fl ft ~f ff service Buick supplies police 36.00 60.00 18. O0 36. O0 30. O0 60. O0 60.00 57.00 60.00 60.00 60.00 1.81 extra police duty RS 33.35 1 day extra duty ~ 6.50 developing ~ ~.18 500 cartridges ~ ~V.S1 city keys ~ .Tq alcoholic exams .~ ~0.00 repair fire car ~ 34.8~ supplies Civ.Def. ~ 8.~7 crusher run ~1.~6 repair disp.cans .~ ~8.50 i broom core laborQ~ 13.00 cylinder rental ~ .6~ Expenditures continued;- Bloomquist 0il ~ervice 1~I. Oreenberg ' s Sons Photo Sound Prank ~:' ariani Pacheco Electric calif. ~,~'ater ~ervice tt tt Talbot ~ Ticket road oil ~ 57.68 riser d. bury ~$ 33.V3 rental civ.def. ,~ 4.85 reps street truck ~i~ 17.61 ~aintain str.lights~ 39.90 plugs recreation hall ~ 5.66~ maintain fire alarm Sys190.66 misc. water serv. ~$ 48.05 hydrant rental ;~lVg.00 park service ~143.05 honor roll ~ 5.~V August;- R.i./.lassen engineering,£~utler Road, Klasen Klassen salary,~$q4.00 Transportation · . To.#35.10. ~eneral administration o Transportation .~o, 00,General Expenses .;~3.~5,Profit,;~5 85, streets,Klassen salary,~Vq 00,Transportation .i~l~.oo, ~.~neral expenses,,;~ll 00, rofzt ,,,~li~ 80, Total .~118.80. Colma Creek '"aintenance, Klassen salary,~54.00,Assistants,brian ~.~lql.q0, Ro ckwe ll, g, alary, ~89.00, Day, salary,.:.~55.63, Dahlgree~, s slaty, ~55.6~, Transport ation, ~31.00,Print s ~9.19,Stakes,~.~15.46,~eneral expenses, ~53.89, Profit,~gv.00,Total ,~58q.00. ~.rainage Ditch hear aden;- Brzan, salary,~ipo,.40,nockwell,sslary-.4.00 Day salary,~q.50 ., · ~ ._u, , Da~green, s~lary,,~o.50,Trancportation ~!.00,General expenses,,~l.55, Profit,~q.V9. Total ~anitary sewer Linden Avenue;- Brian,~V.O0,Rockwell,Salary,~4.00,Day,salary,~o.50,Dahlgraen salary, ,i~? · 50, Transport'ation .,.~l. 00, General expense s, ,i~ · 15, Profit ,.~3 .SV. Tot al~3. o~. Drainage ,No of ~rmour Ave., ~ockwell , salar~,~4.00,Day, salary,~.50,Dahlgreen,galar~,O.50,Transportation,,~ . · ~l.O0,general expenses, ~1.~5, Profit,~9.~5. '±otal ~13.50. Posting No, zees ;.bandonment .City ~ arks, Rockwe 11~ ~alary, ~!~4.00, ~ay, salary, ~o,. 50, Dahlgreen, s slaty ~o,. 50, Transport ation, ~!~1. O0, Gen expenses ,q;1.o, 5,Profit,~:~o~.o~5.,~iotal,.~13·50. Grand total ~80~.86. The Labor Herald, ~ advertising ~ o~5.00 ~ J.G.Lyle ~ filing cabinets ~5jO0~ V..Hale materials recreation~ 8.V6 Anchor Drug Co. materials civ.Def. ~ ~9.31 San Z',ateo Co.Title Co :.ally repoDts Aug. ~ t.50 i~arve~~ E.Connor digging ditch Linden,~ 90·00 Enterprise Press le~zal ad excav Chann~ 33·00 " " resolution to aban~on cit~-parks ..~ VO.O0 ~' " resolution crest office WL~RKS E}L;~INE~ 1~.00 Geo.W.Holstin expense to League Cal.d~onven. Los A ~$100.00 neese Lloyd " " " ' ~100.00 J .W. C01eberd " " " " ~100.00 Dan ~,~cSweeney " " " " ~100.00 " ~' dinners for dele. ates ~t~ San Jose ~ 5.00 Crawford T~pewritini~? Co. service Robbins ty~:~ewriter ~i~ ~.50 J. O ·Walker ~ ~!~ 6. Exp.to ~ lanning Conference ~.. Pacific ~el ~:. ~el Co.,phone service Audust ~i~lV6.3V Sout~ Cit~~ Lbr.~ · ~p Co. ~uoolies 01me sewer .i~ lq.0q " " " " !, itl~ide Boulevard ~ o3.60 Total ~0~ .~ The claims having been audited by the finance committee Councilman kolston moved the be paid.. The motion was seconded by' councilman ~,[inucciani and regularly carried. There being no f~rther business before the council councilman Holston moved to adjou until Wednesday, September 30,194o, at 7;30 o'clock P'I~. The motion was seconded by councilma [inucciani and regularly carried. .1, Tiu~e of adjournment,9;50 o'clock P.i,~. hespectfully ~bmitted, ~pproved Mayor of South San Francisco.