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Home My WebLink AboutMinutes 09/10/194673 Septe Special meeting of the Council of called to order by Mayor Woodson. +ROLL C ALL :Present: Councilman Brown, Deiss, Ivayor Woodson. Absent: Councilman Seidell. mber 10 1946. ;he City of Petaluma King, Myers, Penty and ' READ OF' THr: CALL FOT THT SPECIAL T STING: ADJOURNTv EN T `sere b eing no further business to come before the meeting, the meeting was. - declared adjourned. A'T'TEST f. CLT CLE HK SEPTE,: DER 16, 1946 Regular meeting of t he Council of .the City of Petaluma, ;celled t:ow order b Depu }ty C ty.,": Clerk , Phylli�sL`hoberts - t ROLL CALL, ' i r resent None Absent: Councilmen, Brown, Deiss; King, Myers, Penry, fSeideal and Mayor Woodson. A The meetii7p ,lacking a. quorum the ymeeting adj uMtil seven thirty P.Ijo September - 23, 194.6. ATTEST DPTY /CITY C LE, FK. If011. . The clerk read the Mayor's call for Special Meeting, the consent of the.members to the holding of said meeting,. and the certificate of the Citv Clerk of the mailing of copies of the call to the members of the City Council. MADISON SQUARE 2 ^.. - Resolution K86O C. S. introduced by Councilman Staftley Seidell, seconded Counc lman Leland H. T„yers., approving the Tentative Map of Madison Square Unit No. 2, adopted by six affirmative votes, one absentee. No action was taken on the introducing of the ordinance providing for a tax on retail sales in the City of Petaluma, as City Attorney Karl Brooks asked for further time: for pr_ epara.tion of the ordinance* Attorney Clarendon Andersen and Attorney Frasier, representing the American DUs- Line asked the Gouncil for Em-endorsement of the companyls application -fbr a.fr °anchise_ the California State Railroad Cori nlssion. This endorsement could not be 'acted won at the. special meeting as it did not a.ppea'r in the call f or t he meeting. ADJOURNTv EN T `sere b eing no further business to come before the meeting, the meeting was. - declared adjourned. A'T'TEST f. CLT CLE HK SEPTE,: DER 16, 1946 Regular meeting of t he Council of .the City of Petaluma, ;celled t:ow order b Depu }ty C ty.,": Clerk , Phylli�sL`hoberts - t ROLL CALL, ' i r resent None Absent: Councilmen, Brown, Deiss; King, Myers, Penry, fSeideal and Mayor Woodson. A The meetii7p ,lacking a. quorum the ymeeting adj uMtil seven thirty P.Ijo September - 23, 194.6. ATTEST DPTY /CITY C LE, FK. If011. W September 23, 1946 Ad journed meeting of the Council of the City of Petaluma called to order by Mayor Woodson. ROLL CA Present: Councilmen Brown, Deiss, King, Myers, Penry, Seidell, and Mayor Woodson. READING OF TIC; JOURNAL: Th minutes of the regular meeting of September 3rd. and the special meeting of September 10th, were read and approved as recorded. The regular meeting of 'September 16th, called to order by Deputy City Clerk Phyllis Roberts, and adjourned to September 23rd, 1946., was ratified by Resolution #3862 C. S. adopted by 7 affirmative votes. . REPORTS OF OFFICERS: THE mont: y report of the Librarian was read and filed. The Clerk reported the filing of Affidavit of Publication of Notice to Bidders re P.aiftuting ofvthe . 01.dgShoe Factory. REPORTS OF STANDING C01,9 j e Fi nance C omm i ttee ` su witted its ' report, whereupon Resolution �j C.S. introduced by Councilman J. King, seconded by Councilman W.C. Brown, directing the Auditor to draw warrants (Nos. 590 to 699 inclusive) against the various City Funds in payment of claims allowed and approved by the Finance Committee, adopted by 7 affi rmative votes `( PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS hoard af F.reeholaers election: Mr. Leigh Shoemaker and Air.. John .Olrimsted, Jr. filed with the City Clerk',s office; ten petitions signed by electors of the City of Petaluma, entitled, "Petition for an election of a Board _of Freeholders of the City of Petaluma to frame a proposed new Charter for the City of Petaluma," whereupon* Resolution #3864 C.S. introduced by Councilman W. C. Brown, seconded by Councilman Leland H. Myers, directing the County Clerk of Sonoma County,. California, to verify the fact that said petitions had been signed by not less than fifteen percent of the registered electors of this City, and requesting that the City Council be furnished with a vefificat ion showing the number of registered electors who signed said petition and whether the same was signed by not les than fifteen percent of the registered electors of this City, - adopted by 7 affirmative votes. Request that Hayes St. be Communication from Roscoe Frank Olaguez, petitioning the from Hinman St. to Webster St. paved: D. Evans, Fred M. Wolf, and City Council to pave Hayes St. read and filed. Communication from the Goheen Construction Co. requesting that the City Council get an opinion. from the City Attorney regarding the legality of .Payran St. .northwest of Madison St. to the Creek, being. an_ open public street, read_ and filed. City Attorney. Karl Brooks, stated that he does not _feel that this. -is' the duty of'. the City 't:o furnish said opinion, and he was directed to so advise the Goheen Company. ADOPTION OF ORDINANCES: Paint ing. Shoe Factory Ordinance No. 613 C.S. in- roduced,by Councilman Deiss, seconded by Councilman Seidell, providing for the-painting of the building known as 500 Jefferson St. and under lease to the R.W.Burrows Co. Inca approving the specifications for said - work, prepared by the City Engineer, and providing for the payment of said work 'out of the General Fund, came up regularly:,, and was adopted by 7 affirmative votes. 1 1 J 7e5- Delegates to League Convention: Ordinance No. 614 C.S. introduced by Councilman Myers, seconded .oy Councilman Seidell, determining that the public welfare requires that this City be represented by the Iviayor, City Attorney., and members of the Council at the Convention,of the League of California Cities at San Diego, California, commencing Sept.16, 194,6`;_ providing for the appointment of such officials as delegates of ,, said City at said Convention, and providing that their traveling expenses of attending such convention be paid out of the General Fund of the City, came up regularly and was adopted by 7 affirmative 'votes. NEVV, BUSINESS: Opening of bids: This being the time set for the opening of bids for the painting of the Shoe Factory, the Clerk reported having reeeived two. bids; -and pr6ceeded to open and read said bids, one from Morris & Son 'of;'Cotati, California, in the sum of $1975 '.65 and the other from TeX,.Tessier in the sum'of $1543,00; Mr. Tessier's bid being the low bid, Resolution #3863 C.S. introduced by Councilman Penry, seconded by Councilman Seidell, accepting the bid of Mr. Tex Tessier, adopted by 7 affirmative votes. Tax rate $1.94: Resolution #T3865 C.S. introduced by Qouncilman King :seconded by Councilman Brown, fixing the- rate of taxes for the fiscal year 1946 -47 at $1.94 per yP100. -of-assessed valuation real and personal property in the City of ,Petaluma, and the rate of 60 cents per $100. of assessed yaluation'upon real property only, adopted by 7 affirmative votes. Transfer of funds: Resolution ##3866. C.S. - ,introduced by Councilman Seidell, seconded by Councilman Brown, dire - sting the Auditor and Treasurer to transfer certain specified sums of money from the various funds to the General Fund in settlement _for gasoline used -by the various departments and previously paid from the' General Fund, adopted by 7 affirmative votes. The Attorney was directed- a new ordinance for the purchase of an.autbmobile for the Police Department. U.NT'INISHED BUSINESS: City Attorney Karl Brooks reported that the contract on the, trash containers with the Municipal Advertising Company would be ready for the next regular meeting of the +City Council. -The Ordinance fixing the official grade of Court St. was laid on'the table pending further investigation. American Bus Lines: Following a lengthy discussion pro and con on the application before the Railroad Commission of the American Bus Lines for a franchise, Resolution #3867 C.S. �. introduced by Councilman Seidell, seconded by Councilman King, approving the services proposed by the American Bus Lines and requesting: the honorable Railroad Commission of the,State of California and the Interstate Commerce Commission to grant the applications now pending before said commission as specified, adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Deiss, King, Myers, and Seidell. Noes: Councilmen Brown, Penry, and Mayor Woodson. ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business to come before the meeting, Resolution #3868 C.S. introduced by Councilman Myers, seconded by Councilman Seidell, adjourning the meeting to Friday, the 27th day of September, 1946, at the hour of five o'clock P.M adopted by 7 ff a votes . ATTEST !K. c CITY CLERK / MA OR. ;„