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1933 OCT 11 CC MIN278,. El Segundo, California. October 11th, 1933. A regular meeting of the City Council of the City of E1 Segundo, California, was called to order at 7:00 o'clock P. M. on the above date, in the Council Chamber of the City Hall of said City, by the City Clerk, the Mayor being absent. Councilman Love was unanimously chosen Mayor pro tem and he immediately assumed the duties of the Mayor. ROLL CALL. , Councilmen Present: Gerow, Krimmel, Selby and Love. Councilmen Absent: Mayor Binder.. READING OF Mn 4UTES OF PRE,VIOUS MEETING. The minutes of the regular.meeting.held on the 4th day of October, 1933, were read. No errors or omissions appearing, it was moved by Councilman Selby, seconded by Councilman Gerow, that the minutes be approved as read. Carried. , WRITTEN COUMNICATIONS. The following communications were read and disposed of as indicated: ARTHUR WOLFF & CO., dated October 10th, 1933, thanking the Council for consideration given said firm at the time it made a bid for auditing the books and records of the City of E1 Segundo.for the fiscal year 1933 -1934. Ordered filed. DIVI:ION OF HIGHWAYS, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, dated October 2nd, 1933, outlining the procedure to be followed in applying to the State for this City's share of the 1/4¢ allocation of motor vehicle fuel tax collected by the State and submitting therewith requisite forms. Ordered filed. DIVISION OF HICHWAYS, STATE OF CALI;FDRNIA, dated October 3rd, 1933, submitting a letter dated September 7th, 1933, addressed to the City of E1 Segundo, over the signature of John W. Howe -, . becretary, California Highway Commission, requesting the adoption of a resolution approving the designation by the California Highway Commission of Arizona Drive (Sepulveda Boulevard) as a state highway and agreeing to assume jurisdiction over said street or portion thereof if later relinquished by the state. It was thereupon moved by Councilman Gerow, seconded by Councilman Srimmel, that the following resolution be adopted: "WHEREAS, under and by virtue of Chapter 767 of the Statutes of 1933, the Department of Public Works of the /State of California is authorized to eipend annually from the State highway fund an amount equal to qne quarter of one cent per gallon tax on motor vehicle fuel, after the proportionate payments therefrom into the "Fuel tax enforcement fund" and after the proportionate refunds shall have been made, within the incorporated cities and freeholder charter cities, and any city and county in the State of California, for the purposes specified in said chapter, and in the manner provided by law; and 1=- A S, in accordance with the provisions of said Chapter 767, and in accordance with the provisions of Sections 363r and 363y of the Political Code (Chapter 326 of the Statutes of 1933), the Department of Public Works, acting by and through the California Highway Commission, has designqLted as a State highway the following described street in the CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, Los Angeles County Houte 60. Through E1 Segundo. 2.0 Miles /it 2 . , , Beginning at the boundary between the cities of Los nngeles and El Segundo at Imperial Highway, thence southerly over Arizona 8venue (Sepulveda Boulevard), to the boundary between the cities of E1 Segundo and Manhattan Beach at Rosecrans Avenue, a distance of 2.0 miles, more of less,within the corporate limits of E1 Segundo; which said street is an existing travelable street in the City of El Segundo, and approximately on the route of the authorized State highway; and WHEREAS, the Director of Public Works and the California Highway Commission have requested the City of E1 Segundo to approve the routing hereinbefore described and to agree to resume jurisdiction over said city street, or portions thereof, as may not be included in the State highway, when the same is laid out, adopted, and con- structed; therefore BE IT R::SOLVED, by the City Council of the City of E1 Segundo, acting on behalf of said City, that said City approve, and it does hereby approve, the routing of said State highway; that upon the relinquishment of said street, or any portion thereof, to the City of El Segundo in the manner provided by law, said City agrees, and does hereby agree, to resume jurisdiction over said street, or portion thereof, so relincuished. The foregoing resolution was adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Gerow, Brimmel, Selby and Love. Noes: Councilmen None. Absent: Councilman Binder. REPORTS OF STANDING COLMIMEES. None. REPOR'PS OF OFFICERS AND SPECIAL COhaa=27S. The City Attorney reported that the warrant ordered drawn by the City Council, payable to the order of the County Clerk of Los Angeles County, for deposit with said Clerk in connection with an application for an immediate possession order respecting that certain-condemnation proceeding instituted by the City of E1 Segundo and designated as Action No. 357580, entitled: "City of El Segundo, a idunicipal Corporation, Plaintiff, vs. Silas T. Brock, et al, Defendants ", had been accepted by said Clerk as such deposit and that the �iondtidv w Court had made its order giving the City immediate possession of the property necessary to open, widen and improve Arizona Drive (also sometimes known as Sepulveda Boulevard). Thereafter the City Attorney advised the Council that the contractor, to whom the contract for the improvement of Arizona Drive (Sepulveda Boulevard) has been awarded, has requested that the contract provide for progress payments; that as a result of a conference had with the said contractor and S. V. Cortelyou,-District Engineer of the Division of Highways-.of the State of California, he recommended the adoption of a resolution, which it appeared wbtild be satisfactory to all interests involved; whereupon it was moved by Councilman Selby, seconded by Councilman Brimme1, that the following resolution be adopted: "IHER:.bS, the City Council of the City of E1 Segundo, California, is just advised that the District Engineer of the -division of Highways, Department of Public Works, State of California, local district, is willing to recommend to the authorities of said state in charge of such matters, 2801,, that progress payments be made by said state toward the improvement of Arizona Drive (State Highway No. 60) within the City of El Segundo, California, as contem- plated under Plan No. M 330801 and Standard urading and Paving Specifications No. 2 of said Uity, in order to permit of the making of progress payments to the contractor as the work or improvement on said project proceeds; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOL`,TED by the City Council of the City of El Segundo, California, that said District Engineer be requested to make such recommendation to the authorities in charge of such matters, and that said State of California be requested to forward to said City of El Segundo the proportion of the moneys to be con- tributed by said State towards said project, so as to enable said amity of E1 Segundo to make progress payments to the contractor on said work as the same progresses. The progress payments contemplated hereunder shall be made each month for the work and materials installed and approved during the preceding calendar month. The amount of each such progress payment shall be equal to seventy - five percent X75%) of the reasonable value of the work and materials so installed, as determined by the City Engineer of said City, by estimates in writing, prepared by said engineer as the work progresses, and the remainder of the contract price to be paid thirty -five days after recordation of the Notice of Completion of said improvement. AND, BE IT FURT1TER RESOLVED that the City Attorney is hereby authorized and instructed to cause a clause, in appropriate language, to be inserted in the form of contract for said work, making provision for such progress payments to said contractor, if and when such moneys are so paid to said city by said state, so as to enable said city, with other moneys on hand received from the County of Los Angeles, California, to make such progress payments. AND, tF, IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Clerk be and he is hereby authorized and instructed to forthwith cause a certified copy of this resolution to be forwarded to S. Q. Cortelyou, District Engineer, State of California, Department of Public l orks, Division of Highways, District VII. The foregoing resolution was adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Gerow, Brimmel, Selby and Love. Noes: Councilmen None. Absent: Councilman Binder. At this time, the hour being 7:30 o'clock P. M., Councilman Binder appeared at the meeting and immediately took his seat at the Council table, assuming his duties as mayor, Councilman Love thereupon ceasing to act as si:ayor pro tam. The City Attorney then read to the Council several suggested forms of agreements to be entered into between the City of El Segundo and saw certain of the utilities who will be required to change the location of their facilities in Arizona Drive by reason of the improvement of said thoroughfare, requesting that the Council indicate whether or not it is willing to deposit the estimated costs of these changes with the utility affected, with the understanding that any unused portions of such deposits will be returned to the City; or, if the city prefers to agree to reimburse said utilities upon receipt of proper claims for actual cost to said utilities of relocating their said facilities. The Council indicated that the latter method should be followed. 1$e City Attorney reported that he would file with the Clerk at this meeting the final opinion of O'Melveny, Tuller & Myers, approving Act of 1927 municipal Improvement District No. 1 of the City of H1 Segundo bonds, which said opinion is in letter form, dated October 6th, 1933, and bears File No. B 1523. h, 281 SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS. The hour of 7:30 o'clock P. M. at this meeting having heretofore been fixed as the time and date when interested property orners may be heard in connection with a proposed zoning ordinance affecting certain real property within the City of E1 Segundo adjacent to Los Angeles Municipal Airport, the Mayor announced the arrival of said hour and inquired if there were any person or persons present who desired to be heard with reference to said matter. Mr. B. F. Woodard, Assistant General Counsel of Southern California Edison Company, addressed the Council, stating that he had not had sufficient time to study the proposed ordinance, but felt, nevertheless, from a cursory examination he had made, that such an ordinance would be unconstituional. tie urged careful consideration of the matter by the Council and was assistad in the presentation of his Company's position by Mr. Charles Beath of the Construction Department of Southern California Edison Company. Colonbl Richard B. Barnitz, Manager of Los Angeles Municipal Airport, addressed the Council, stating that the height limits set forth in the proposed ordinance are the limits proposed by him, but that his chief aim was to keep the ends of the airport, rather than the sides, free of obstructions. Ys. Yloyd L. Hinshaw, representing the Department of Water and -Power of the City of Los Angele, speaking in connection with the proposed zoning ordinance, stated that he had learned of the proposed ordinance only this date, therefore had had no opportunity to make an investigation and requested that action on the matter be deferred for at least two weeks. b:r. Goehegan, Jr., representing the Jos. Filz Estate Company, addressed the Council respecting the proposed zoning ordinance and indicated an objection to the adoption thereof. 1116 Clerk thereupon read to the Council written protests which he had received from Santa Fe Land Improvement Company, Harry A. Scranton and the Northrup Corporation. Thereupon brief discussion of the subject was had at the conclusion of which it was moved by Councilman Selby, seconded by Councilman Love, that the hearing in the matter of the proposed zoning as to height limits of buildings or structures which may be erected or maintained in a certain portion of the City of E1 Segundo adjacent to Los Angeles Municipal Airport be continued until the hour of 7:30 o'clock P. bi., '11'ednesday, October 25th, 1933. Carried. At this point, the hour being 8 :30 o'clock P. M., Councilmap Krimmel was excused from further attendance at this meeting. None. L- NFINISFiED BUSINESS. PiffING BILLS. The following demands, having had the approval or the Committee on Finance and Hecords, were read: Water Works Fund So. Calif. Edison Co. $511.15 Addressograph Sales Agency 1.31 City of E1 Segundo 85.56 TOTAL $598.02 General fund rdarbelite Corporation of America $79.89 Ira E. Escobar 11.46 rcichards & Rhorer 395.36 Blue Lunch 3.35 General Fund City of i+l Segundo 254.25 So. Calif. Gas Co. 7.31 So. Calif. Edison Co. Ltd. 55.48 So. Calif. Edison Co. Ltd. - 5.08 So. Calif. Edison Co. Ltd. 34.35 So. Calif. Edison Co. Ltd. 157.14 Air seduction Sales Co. 17.77 Loyalty Group 77.14 J. L. Brewer 1.70 C. 0. Sparks 5.00 $1105.28 Moved by Councilman Love, seconded by Councilman Selby, that the demands be allowed and warrants drawn on and paid out of the respective funds covering the same. Carried by the following vote: 2826, Ayes: Councilmen Gerow, Love, Selby and hasyor Binder. Noes: Councilmen None. Absent: Councilman Krimmel. NEW BUSrXESS. Moved by Councilman Gerow, seconded by Councilman Selby, that Resolution No. 288, entitled: A RIZOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL SEGU7DO, CALI,OR�?A, Ah? 7T -'ING RESOLUTION NO. 209 OF SILID CITY, ,NTI'I'LED: "RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF TIE CITE' OF EL SE(MDO, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTrLTG A SCIEDULE OF RATES FOR WATER, :.ND CZRTI.IN RULES AND 'R :GULATIONS TI?'H REnEENCE TO THE SER1ICE OF :`JA7iE i W=IN SAID CITY FROL: TIE : iMICIPI,L R'A� i ,70:9S DEPARTL-= THEREOF, AND R PEEALING •ALL PRWIOUS RESOLUTIONS IN C01 FLICT TMIEWITH," ADOPTED ON THE 25'':3 DAY OF JANUARY, 1929, BY ADDP-G A NEW SECTION TB RSTO , TO H✓ MIO- ON AND MSIGN&TIED AS SECTION I-A, which was read, be adopted. Carried by the following-vote: Ayes: Councilmen Gerow, Love, Selby and Mayor Binder. Noes: Councilmen None. Absent: Councilman Krimmel. The Water Superintendent advised the Council that by reason of the proposed improvement of Sepulveda Boulevard, it will be necessary to remove a certain 2" water line, which was heretofore laid upon the surface of the ground on the South side of Imperial Highway, easterly from Arizona Drive, for the purpose of furnishing water to the industries located on said Imperial Highway near Inglewood- Redondo Road, and inquired what action the Council desired to take to insure water supply to said industries after said line is removed. It appearing that the City heretofore installed an 8" cast iron water line easterly from Arizona Drive along a certain easement it had obtained for the purpose through Section 7, and that the industries affected may procure their water supply through the latter main if they will cause their own lines to be connected with said 8" water line, it was moved by Councilman Gerow, seconded by Councilmen Selby, that the Superintendent of the Water Department be and he is hereby directed to notify Santa Fe Land Improvement Company, the Northrup Corporation and Pickwick Motor Coach Works, Ltd., that the service of water through the 2" galvanized iron line at present laid in the South side of Imperial Highway, easterly from Arizona Drive, within the City of E1 Segundo must be discontinued within sixty days from date, and that said Companies must connect their own lines with the City's 8" cast iron main located along the Southerly boundary line of the Santa Fe Railway Company's industrial tract. Carried. The City Engineer reported to the Council that pursuant to an advertisement recently run in the E1 Segundo Herald, he had received a number of applications for employ rant by the City of E1 Segundo as chainmen for said City. .The Council gave consideration to said applications end it appearing that -the persons hereinafter named had had experience of kind which would make their service valuable to the City of El Segundo,,it was moved by Councilman Love; seconded by Councilman Gerow, that'Mr. J. D. Clark be employed as head,chainman at the rate of 750 per hour; and that Mr. L. Moth be employed as rear chainman,at the rate of 62¢ per hour; that said persons be compensated only for such time as they are actually engaged in rendering service to the City of E1 Segundo under the supervision of R. T. Hutchins, City Engineer, and that such compensation be paid to such persons at the same time other municipal employees compensated on an hourly basis are paid. Carried by the following vote: A 283 Ayes; Councilmen Gerow, Love, Selby and Mayor Binder. Noes: Councilmen None. Absent: Councilman Bri 1. No further business appearing to be transacted at this meeting, it was moped by Councilman Selbyq seconded by Councilman Gerow, that the meeting adjourn. Carried. Respectfully submitted, Approved: r City Clerk. Mayor.