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397L In Re Bids to be offered for sale of property at NE corner 20th and No. Main St. In Re Hearing M-1 Industrial Zone (A~aa W-A~ granted to Logan B. Schlrmer to permit Use cf the existi~ Guonset hut which adjoins a one-story pumice stone garage for the making and molding of pressed wood products (ornamental lazy susans) under hydraulic pressure at 810 East Fifth The Vic~ Mayor announced that a minimum price of $24,000.00 would be acceptable to the City for the purchase of property described as Lots 3 and 5 of the Main Street Tract, located at the northeast corner of 20th and North Main Streets, subject to the following conditions: The City will pay regular seller's portion of escrow and title fees~ The City will not pay any broker's fee or share thereof; Following the initial offer,~addltiona~ offers will be entertained at the value of $500.00 ov.~r the highest previous bid. Successful bidder must file a cashier's check or instrument of equivalent surety to .the amount of 10% of the accepted bid, to be fi2ed with the Clerk of the Council by 5:00 P.M. May 20, 1953. Thomas W. Andrew, as broker for Dr. R.I.Brockbank, offered $24,000.00 for the property, and on motion .of Councilman Lateen, seconded by Jerome and carried, the bid was accepted. On motion of Councilman Jerome, seconded by Lateen and carried, proper official was authorized to enter into an escrow and to execute deed to the property. E.C.Misslldine, Chairman of the Industrial Committee, gave a brief resume of the. area recommende~ by the Planning Commission to be suit- able for M-1 Industrial Zone, being property bounded on the north by ~Delhi Road, on the east by South Main Street, on the south by the extended center line of Talbert Road and on the west by Bristol Street Ag~eeingwith the Commission's recommendation was Randolph Mart, Legal Representative of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company and the P.E. RallwayCompany, who stated that the Railroad Company had $400,000.00 in escrow to purchase 95 acres of land south of Delhi Road if it were zoned for industry. Thomas E. Reff®~ma~,Attorney, stated that the City needs industry to provide a payroll for its citizens. Whelan Leonard, a Los Angeles realtor, said~he was representing both the prospective buyer and seller of the acreage sought by the Railroad Company. Attorney R.C~Mize, representing four property owners and himself, with approximately 400 acres, stated his clients were in favor of the industrial zoning. The communications, opinions and maps, submitted by Attorney Mize were ordered filed. William C. Croddy stated he owned land west of the proposed industrial area and is in favor of the industries. The Clerk read two protes~ petitions, one containing 27 names objecting to industry on the west side of Main Street, the other 88 names, presented by Mrs. Wayne Crowther, stating that industry would create a hazard to the Washington School children. J. Ogden Markel stated his reasons for opposing the seven favorable features set forth in the study made by the Commission. E.A.Meredlth, 2130 Park Drive, was of the opinion that the industrial zone should be on the east side of Main Street. On motion of Councilman Jerome, seconded by Lateen and carried, the matter of Area N-A being designate~ as M-1 Industrial Zone, was taken under advisement fo~ further consideration. #