1923 AUG 02 CC MIN49
El Segundo, Cal. August 2, 1923.
An adjourned regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the
City of E1 Segundo, California, was called-to order at 11:00 o'clock
A. M. on the above date in the Council Chamber of the City Hall of
said City by William C. Bryson, President of the Board.
The Clerk announced that Mr. John A. Gerow had taken and sub-
scribed the constitutional oath of office and was qualified in all
respects to discharge the duties of Trustee of the City of E1
Segundo,
ROLL CALL.
Trustees Present: Binder, Gerow, Rueger, Smiley and Bryson.
Trustees Absent: None.
Moved by Trustee Rueger, seconded by Trustee Binder, that the
regular order of business be dispensed with. Carried.
Discussion ensued relative to the purchase of certain property
within the City of E1 Segundo deemed necessary for the welfare of
the City, during which at the hour of 11:15 o'clock A. M. the Chair
declared a recess of ten minutes. At the hour of 11:25 o'clock A. M.
the meeting reconvened, being called to order by the President,
all Trustees being present.
There was further discussion with respect to the purchase of
certain real property by the City, following which it was moved by
Trustee Rueger, seconded by Trustee Binder, that the following
Resolution be adopted:
"WHEREAS, the City of E1 Segundo has recently acquired
a water works and distributing system, and
WHEREAS, the public health, convenience and necessity
of the City of E1 Segundo require that there should be
at all times an ample supply of water ready for domestic
and other uses by the'inhabitants of said city, and
WHEREAS, after due thought, consideration and investi-
gation this Board of Trustees deems it essential to pro -
vide'additional real property adjacent to the existing
water wells and pumps of the municipal water works, so
as to be enabled to sink additional wells and erect
additional pumps whenever such action shall become
necessary, and
WHEREAS, at the present time the City of E1 Segundo
is leasing certain property from the Pacific Electric
Railway for warehouse purposes, and
WHEREAS, said site is not of sufficient size nor of
proper contour to accomodate all of the equipment of the
street and water departments of the City and storage
facilities for rock as contemplated by this Board of
Trustees, and
WHEREAS, changing industrial and agricultural con-
ditions might require a termination of the existing lease
for said warehouse site at an inopportune time and,
WHEREAS, traffic conditions on E1 Segundo Avenue and
on Main Street within the City of El Segundo demand that
at the Northeast corner of the intersection of said
streets the roadway should be widened and a space for an
unobstructed vision provided, and
WHEREAS, it appears that such widening and such:
space for vision can be obtained only through the ac-
quisition by the City of a portion of real property
located at the Northeast corner of said streets, and
WHEREAS, the City of E1 Segundo is at the present
time able to procure property for all of the purposes
herein mentioned at prices and upon such terms and con-
ditions as this Board of Trustees deems reasonable,
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NOW TEEM ORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the President
of the Board of Trustees and the City Clerk be and.they are here-
by authorized and instructed to execute on behalf' of the City
of El Segundo contracts with the Pacific - Southwest Trust &
Savings Bank, a corporation of Los Angeles, California, for the
purchase of Lots numbered 1, 2 and 3 in Block-go, 65, Sheet No.
7, El Segundo, as per map recorded in Book 22, Pages 54 and 55 of
Maps in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, Cal.,
for the total.purchase price of $2050.00; and Lots numbered
11 80 9, 11, 12 and 13, in Block No. 34, Sheet No, 7, E1 Segundo,
as per map recorded in Book 22, Pages 54 and 55 of Maps, in the
office of the County Recorder of Los-Angeles County, California,
at the total purchase price of $3650.00; and Lot No. 20, in Block
No. 10, Sheet No. 1, El Segundo, as per map recorded in Book 18,
Page 69 of Maps, in the office of the County Recorder of said
County at the purchase price of $775.00, which said contracts shall
provide that upon the full payment to Pacific - Southwest Trust &
Savings Bank of the total purchase price of said property, to-
gether with any interest accruals on ddferred payments, that said
Pacific - Southwest Trust & Savings Bank will make and deliver to the
City of E1 Segundo, a municipal corporation of the State of
California good and sufficient deeds conveying said property to
said City free and clear of encumbrances except conditions, re-
strictions and reservations of record, and a Certificate of Title
to be issued by a reputable title -company of the City of Los
Angeles, California, to that effect, and which said contracts
shall provide for the payment of the purchase price on said real
property in the following manner, to -wit:
$1619.00 upon the execution and delivery of the said
contracts, the balance to bear interest at the rate of 7% per annum
from date of contract until paid, which said interest shall be
payable semi - annually and which said balance may be paid in full
at any time, but which shall be payable not less than 3% per
month beginning September 3rd, 1923, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a warrant in the sum of
$1619.00 be drawn on the General Fund payable to Pacific- South-
west Trust & Savings Bank and that said warrant be executed in
the usual manner by the proper officers of the City of E1 Segundo
and paid in the usual manner upon the presentation thereof".
Carried by the following vote:
Ayes: Trustees Binder, Gerow, Rueger, Smiley and Bryson.
Noes: None.
Absent: None.
Moved by Trustee Rueger, seconded by Trustee Binder,
that the City Clerk be and he is hereby authorized to order an
electric light meter installed at the band stand. Carried by
the following vote:
Ayes: Trustees Binder, Gerow, Rueger, Smiley and Bryson.
Noes: None.
Absent: None.
Moved by Trustee Rueger, seconded by Trustee Smiley, that
the following resolution be adopted:
~RESOLVED, that J. C. Abshier, Fire Engine
Driver and Janitor, be and he is hereby granted
a leave of absence without pay for the period
of two weeks beginning August 6th and ending
August 19th, 1923, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Street Super-
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intendent be and he is hereby instructed to provide a
Relief Fire Engine Driver.and Janitor to serve during this
- absence of Mr. Abshier." Carried by the following vote:
Ayes: Trustees Binder, Gerow, Rueger, Sbiiley and Bryson
Noes:, None.
Absent:. None.
No further business appearing to be transacted at this
meeting, it was moved by Trustee Binder, seconded by Trustee
Rueger, that the meeting adjourn. Carried.
Respectfully submitted,
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Approved:
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