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1923 DEC 18 CC MIN1769 El Segundo, Cal. Dec. 18th, 1923- 1 A regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the City of E1 Segundo, California, was called to order at 70D o'clock P. He on the above date in the 00un011 Chamber of the City Hall of said City by the City Clerk, the President of the Board being absent. Trustee Binder was unanimously chosen President pro -tem and immediately assumed the duties of the President. BOLL CALL. Trustees Present: Binder, Gerow and Smiley. Trustees Absent: Bryson and Rueger. EEADING OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEE'T'INGS. The minutes of the regular meeting held on the 11th day of December, 1923 were read. No errors or omissions being noted, it was moved by Trustee Smiley, seconded by Trustee Gerow, that the minutes be approved as read. Carried. The minutes of the adjourned regular meeting held on December 13th, 1923 were read without errors or omissions being noted. It was moved by Trustee Gerow, seconded by Trustee Smiley and carried that the minutes be approved as read. WRITTEN COMgUNICATIONS. The following communications were read and disposed of as indicated: CLARENCE D33MIDDIE, requesting permit to discharge air guns on the premises of his father within the City of E1 Segundo. Moved by Trustee Gerow, seconded by Trustee Smiley, that permission be granted Clarence Dinwiddie to have in his possession and to discharge air guns only upon the premises of his father at -No. 315 -A East Walnut Avenue, within the City of E1 Segundo, for the purpose of exterminating birds shat might be damaging trees, berries or crops and only such birds as are not protected by State Law, as provided in Ordinance No. 29 of the City of E1 Segundo, with the proviso that the permit be granted for the period of one year and subject to revocation at any time in the discretion of the Board of Trustees of the City of 31 Segundo. Carried. B. A. ANIEEW and others, protesting against the construction of an improve- ment in Hillorest Avenue of the nature and extent mentioned in a petition filed with the Board of Trustees on November 27th, 1923, and signifying their desire to have a macadam veneer improvement only constructed in Hillorest Avenue* moved by Trustee Smiley, seconded by Trustee Gerow, that the City Engineer be and he is hereby instructed to prepare an estimate of the cost of constructing in Hillorest Avenue from the Southerly line of Palm Avenue to the Southerly termination of Hillorest Avenue a macadam veneer roadway similar to that constructed in Pine Av ms enue from La Vista Street to the Westerly City Limits. Carried by the following vote: Ayes: Trustees Binder, Gerow and Smiley. Noes: Hone. Absents Trustees Bryson and Bueger. Petition of H. H. Woodmansee and others, requesting improvement of the alley in Block 78 of the City of E1 Segundo and contributing $150.12 toward the cost of such work. Loved by Trustee Smiley, seconded by Trustee Gerow, that the following resolution be adopted: "WEER W , it appears that certain residents and property owners of the City of E1 Segundo are willing to pay certain moneys in the an of $150.12 into the Treasury of the City of the City of E1 Segundo, California, and into the General Bond thereof, for the purpose of causing certain street improvements within said city to be made, and, WHEREAS, said sum has been deposited with the City Clerk of said City with instructions to pay the same into said General Fund upon the adoption of the following: NOW, THESEFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: That the Street Superin- _..., az. be and he is hereby authorised and instructed to cause the portion of-that certain public street Within the City of E1 Segundo, known as the Alley in Block 78 to be improved after water mains have been laid, by the construction therein of the following improvement, to -wits A rock and oil improvement similar in character to the improvement constructed in the alley in Block 45." Carried by the following votes .Ayes: Trustees Binder, Gerow and Smiley. -Noes: None. .Absent: Trustees Bryson -and Rueger. ORAL COMMICATIONS. � 17 -Yr. J. W. Powers informed the Board that about two years ago he began the circulation of a petition for the improvement of a portion of Bonita Vista Avenue, and that there is but one property owner, the owner of two lots, causing delay In the prosecttion of the work by the failure to make his required con- tribution. He asked if there were not some way in which this property owner could be forced to contribute the sum required. - He was informed that the street might be improved under one of the State Street Improvement Acts, but that such method.is considerably more expensive than the present plan and it was suggested that the City Attorney or the City Clerk interview the person referred to in an effort to procure his contribution. None. REPORTS OF STANDING CM1ITTEFS. REPORTS OF OFFICERS AND SPECIAL COMITTEES. The City Attorney reporting on the street contract for the improvement of )chin Street within the City of E1 Segundo, advised the Board that when said con- tract shall have been signed by the Contractor, the Street Superintendent and the President of the Board, and when the blanks in all copies of the contract have been made to conform to the original of said contract, then the same will be in proper form. The City Attorney reported that the bonds submitted by Be Be Fish in connection with his contract with the City of El Segundo for the drilling of a freshwater well, appear satisfactory as to form, and it was thereupon moved by Trustee Smiley, seconded by Trustee Gerow, that the bond to secure performance of contract submitted by Be Be Fish, with Be Be Fish as Principal and/We P. Finnerty and W. Be Stanford as Sureties in the sum of $1,000.00 be and the same is hereby approved, and that the bond to secure laborers and materialmen in connection with the contract for the drilling of a fresh water well for the City of El Segundo by Be Be Fish submitted by him with Be Be Fish as principal and W. P. Finnerty and W. Be Stanford as sureties in the sum of $2000.00 be and the same is hereby approved. Carried by the following votes Ayes: Trustees Binder, Gerow and Smiley. Noses None. Absents Trustees Bryson and Rueger. None. UNFINISHED BUSINESS. PAYING BILLS. The following demands, having had the approval of the Committee on Finance and Records, were read; • 'M e ` $4613.05 45.00 1900 5.35 9.00 17.67 54.21 6.20 12.50 9.92 9.92 69.78 85.00 65.72 64.48 54.56 64.48 58.90 • 49.60 47.12 2.79 19.84 9.92 24.80 4.38 2.50 $794.64 Moved by Trustee Smiley, seconded by Trustee Gerow, that the demands be allowed and warrants drawn on the respective funds covering the same. Carried by the following vote: Ayes: Trustees Binder, Gerow and Smiley. Noes: Bone. Absent: Trustees Bryson and Rueger. NEW BUSINESS. The City Clerk advised that ffi Segundo Lodge No. 435 I.O.O.F. had requested permission to use the looker which was formerly used by the S. of P. Lodge in the City Hall Auditorium ante - roost. Moved by Trustee Smiley, seconded by Trustee Gerow, that this permission be granted. Carried. The Superintendent of the Water Department announced that his Department was in need of a tapping machine and a flanging machine and following discussion, it was moved by Trustee Smiley, seconded by Trustee Gerow, that the Superintendent of the Water Department be and he is hereby authorized to purchase a tapping machine and a flanging machine for the use of the Municipal Water Department at a cost not to exceed $160409 Carried by the following votes Ayes: Trustees Binder, Gerow and Smiley. Noes: None. - Absent: Trustees Bryson and Rueger. Moved by Trustee Smiley, .seconded by Trustee Gerow, that the City Clerk be and he . is hereby instructed to obtain prices on citations in booklet form to be used by the Police Department. Carried. No further business appearing to be transacted at this meeting, it was moved by Trustee Smiley, seconded by Trustee Gerow, that the meeting adjourn. Carried. Respectfully su tted, Approved: Z. � r President, Board of Trustees. \r a•. Water WOrks Fund Crane Company 67 *58 Gilmore Oil Compeny Bellow & Brown 4.75 Western Union Tel. Co. M. W. Stogdill 17905 H. A. Crowell J E. H. Doty 46.81 Y. R. Adams W. Gilkey 29.76 Be H. Doty J. W. Arnold 64902 M. W. Stogdill R. Be Polick 6.82 Bdna Be Harlan Southern Cal. Edison Co.. 118.87 Chas. H. Hulbert $355.66 & Clark Be L. Pond A. T. Miller Water Works Bond Fund C. T. Ainsworth Crane Company 258.40 W. D. Siokler Crane Company 129020 W. G. Henry Y. R. Adams 72.75 C. Woodyard John Nero 62062 J. R. Dowell Be Henderson 105000 W. A. Taylor Dave Peneckle 62.62 F. M. Granahan Olmsted & Gillelen 2000000 J. Powers C. Woodyard 4.96 J. W. Arnold W. Edwards 2.17 F. Winsor J. R. Dowell 2.17 W. Gilkey The Electric Shop 22.40 Be Clark H. S. Crocker Co. Inc. 230.76 Wlm. Ittatt Pittsburgh -Des Moines Steel Co.1660.00 A. Be Ford $4613.05 45.00 1900 5.35 9.00 17.67 54.21 6.20 12.50 9.92 9.92 69.78 85.00 65.72 64.48 54.56 64.48 58.90 • 49.60 47.12 2.79 19.84 9.92 24.80 4.38 2.50 $794.64 Moved by Trustee Smiley, seconded by Trustee Gerow, that the demands be allowed and warrants drawn on the respective funds covering the same. Carried by the following vote: Ayes: Trustees Binder, Gerow and Smiley. Noes: Bone. Absent: Trustees Bryson and Rueger. NEW BUSINESS. The City Clerk advised that ffi Segundo Lodge No. 435 I.O.O.F. had requested permission to use the looker which was formerly used by the S. of P. Lodge in the City Hall Auditorium ante - roost. Moved by Trustee Smiley, seconded by Trustee Gerow, that this permission be granted. Carried. The Superintendent of the Water Department announced that his Department was in need of a tapping machine and a flanging machine and following discussion, it was moved by Trustee Smiley, seconded by Trustee Gerow, that the Superintendent of the Water Department be and he is hereby authorized to purchase a tapping machine and a flanging machine for the use of the Municipal Water Department at a cost not to exceed $160409 Carried by the following votes Ayes: Trustees Binder, Gerow and Smiley. Noes: None. - Absent: Trustees Bryson and Rueger. Moved by Trustee Smiley, .seconded by Trustee Gerow, that the City Clerk be and he . is hereby instructed to obtain prices on citations in booklet form to be used by the Police Department. Carried. No further business appearing to be transacted at this meeting, it was moved by Trustee Smiley, seconded by Trustee Gerow, that the meeting adjourn. Carried. Respectfully su tted, Approved: Z. � r President, Board of Trustees. \r a•. 21 Segundo, Cal. December 26th, 19239 ,g1'7l A regular meeting of the Board of-Trustees of the City of E1 Segundo, , California, was called to order at 7 :30 o'clock P. M. on the above date in the Council Chamber of the City Hall of said City by the City Clerk, the President bf the Board being absent. 'Trustee Binder was chosen President pro -tem and he Immediately assumed the duties of the President. ROLL CALL. Trustees Presents Binder.fteger and Smiley. Trustees Absents Bryson and Gerow. READING OF MINUTES OF FBEVIOUS MEL'T'ING. The minutes of the regular meeting held on the 18th day of December, 1923, were read without errors or omissions being noted. It was moved by Trustee Smiley, seconded by Trustee Rueger, that the minutes be approved as read. Carried. WRITTEN COMMICATIONS. The following aommnnioations were read and disposed of as indicateds Season's Greetings were received from Neuner Corporation and Smith- Booth- Usher Company. C. X. MoCONBRLL, Chief, El Segundo Volunteer Fire Department, advising of the election of officers of the Department for the ensuing year as follows: Co S. McConnell . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Chief Be Dinwiddie . . . . . . . s s . . . . . . . .1st Asst. Chief W. Pierce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . s . .2nd Asst. Chief 0. H. Barber . . . . . . . . . . . . s . . . .Capt. let Platoon C. A. Brittian . . s . . . . . . .Capt. 222d Platoon F. J. Hope. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . s .let Lieut. F. A. McDonald . s . . . . . . . . . . . . s .2nd Lieut. F. Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . s .Sealy. and Treasurer Executive Committee C. 8. McConnell, Chairman. J. E. Baler, Blair, G. A. Todd Investigating Committee W. Grimes, Chairman. J. D. Campbell, As Soeuto. Ordered filed. DR. J. L. POKEOY, County- Hmltk Officer_, referring to the condition of the water used in the City of El Segundo. Moved by Trustee Smiley, seconded by Trustee Rueger, that the communication be filed and the City Clerk instructed to advise the County Health Officer that the reservoir in the Hollingsworth Tract Is not the property of the City of X Segundo. Carried. None. None. ORAL COMdMICATIONS. REPORTS OF STANDING OOMgITTEES. REPORTS OF OFFICERS AND SPECIAL COMMITTEES. The City Attorney reported -that one of the dooments submitted by the Attorney for the Sausal- Redondo Water CampwW did not meet with his approval and that the same was being redrafted and would in all probability be completed and approved before the next meeting of the Boards PAYING BILLS. The following demands, having had the approval of the Committee on Finance and Records, were reads 180a%,� H. S. Crocker Co. 12005 American- LeFranoe Fire Eng. Co. 23.45 A. B. Ford 15931 A. T. Miller 15.31 W. Myatt 30.63 W. A. Taylor 5058 Victor D. McCarthy 60002 Herald Publishing Co. 75900 Burroughs Adding Machine Co. 149.00 Union Rook Company 136938 C. W. Powell 29000 Southern Cal. Disinfecting Co. 4975 Neuner Corporation 1.60 American- LSFrance Fire Sag. Col 2093 ' 541.01 Moved by Trustee Smiley, seconded by Trustee Rueger, that the demands be allowed and warrants drawn on the General Fund covering the same. Carried by the following votes Ayes: Trustees Binder, Rueger and Smiley. Boss: None. Absent: Trustees Bryson and Gerow. NEW BUSINESS. The City Clerk asked the Board to pass an ordinance officially naming the street now known as nPaley Road ". Moved by Trustee Smiley, seconded by Trustee Rueger, that the City Attorney and the City Engineer be instructed to cooperate in the pre- paration of data necessary for the passage of an ordinance officially naming the street now known as "Daley Road". Carried. The Clerk asked permission to have a mail slot out in the door of his office for the convenience of msmicipal officials and the public who might desire to'leave papers at the Clerk's office when the same is not open and it was moved by Trustee Smiley, seconded by Trustee Rueger, that this permission be granted. Carried by the following votes Ayess Trustees Ruager, Smiley and Binder. Noss: None. Absent: Trustees'Bryson and Gerov.' No further business appearing to be transgcted at 'this meeting, ft was moved by Trustee Smiley, seconded by-Trastee Rueger, 'that the meeting adjourn. Carried. Approveds President^, Board of Trustees. Respectfully submitted, .......� �rii ®r "%F