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E1 Segundo, California.
October 30th, 1935.
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 Peter E. Binder,
Mayor.
ROLL CALL.
Councilmen Present: Gerow, Hesser, Selby and Mayor Binder.
Councilmen Absent: Love.
READING OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING.
The minutes of the regular meeting held on the 23rd day of October,
1935, were read, without error or omission being noted, and were approved
as read upon motion of Councilman Gerow, seconded by Councilman Hesser,
which carried.
A- R.ITTEN CoWtWNICATIONS.
The following communications were read and disposed of as indicated:
ASSOCIATION OF CITY PLANNERS OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, advising of its
meeting to be held at the Chariber of Commerce Building, Los Angeles,
Saturday, November 2nd, at 10:00 A. M. and expressing the hope that the
City Engineer would attend. The City Engineer indicated it was his
intention to attend said meeting.
ORAL C0184UNICATIONS.
None.
REPORTS OF STANDING COI��,!ITTFFS.
None.
REPORTS OF OFFICERS AND SPECIAL C0140ITTEFS.
The City Clerk reported that pursuant to direction of the Council
given at its last meeting, he had conferred with Mrs. Brock respecting her
petition for the installation, of a fire hydrant adjacent to her premises on
Sepulveda Boulevard at Maple Avenue, that in view of the cost of extending
the line from Walnut Avenue to Maple Avenue on Sepulveda Boulevard, she
will not further advocate her request that the hydrant be located at Maple
Avenue and Sepulveda, but she is quite desirous that a hydrant be installed
at Walnut Avenue and Sepulveda, in order to afford some measure of fire
protection for her chicken sheds, brooder houses and other out buildings used
in connection with the conduct of her chicken ranch. Pending further con-
sideration_ by the Council, no definite disposition was made of the matter.
The'City Engineer, reporting in connection with the proposed beauti-
fication of the parkways on Sepulveda $oulevard by the National Youth
Administration branch of the W. P. A., stated that he estimates the cost to
be approximately $1895.00, $700.00 of which will be contributed by the City
of E1 Segundo, and $1195.00 by W. P. A.
Moved by Councilman Gerow, seconded by Councilman Hesser, that the
following resolution be adopted:
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RESOLVED, that R. T. Hutchins, City Engineer of the City
of E1 Segundo, California, be and he is hereby authorized and
directed to prepare a Works Progress Administration Project
proposal respecting the beautification of parkways in Sepulveda
Boulevard, by the planting of moss and trees therein, in
accordance with plans and estimates prepared by him, and to
file the same with Works Progress Administration in Los Angeles
at the earliest convenient time; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that in connection with all matters
respecting said project proposal application, said R. T. Hutchins,
City Engineer of the City of El Segundo, be and he is hereby
designated and appointed Sponsor's Agent, with full authority to
revise and amend said application as may be required by any
Federal authority having jurisdiction thereover, provided such
revision or amendment shall not obligate the City of E1 Segundo
to contribute more than $700.00 toward the cost of such improve -
ment;' and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Minta Curtzwiler, City
Treasurer of the City of E1 Segundo, be and she is hereby
designated and appointed Fiscal Officer of the City of E1 Segundo,
with authority to certify as to funds in the Treasury of the
City of E1 Segundo available as needed in connection with the
construction and completion of the project hereinbefore designated;
said certification, however, not to obligate the City of E1
Segundo to expend in excess of $700.00 in connection with said
project.
The foregoing resolution was adopted by the following vote:
Ayes: Councilmen Gerow, Hesser, Selby and Mayor Binder.
Noes: Councilmen None.
Absent: Councilman Love.
Moved by Councilman Gerow, seconded by Councilman Hesser, that the
following resolution be adopted:
RESOLVED, that there be and there is hereby created a
special fund for the City of El Segundo, California, to be
known and designated as "Works Progress Administration
Project No. S Fund" and to which there shall be transferred
from the General Fund of the City of E1 Segundo the sum of
$700.00 for the payment of the portion of the cost and expenses
of said project to be assumed and paid by said City in event
of the approval of said project by the appropriate Federal Agency
disbursing Federal funds for such purposes; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that in event said project be
approved and the work thereunder proceeds, that the costs and
expenses of said portion to be assumed. and paid by the City of
E1 Segundo therein, shall be paid out of said Fund and the
amount heretofore ordered transferred to and placed in said
Fund shall be reserved for such purposes until said project is
either rejected or abandoned; provided however, that in event
there are moneys in said Fund remaining unexpended at the time
of the rejection of said project or its abandonment or after the
same has been oompleted,;then and�in any of said events, such
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balance shall be transferred and credited back into the General
Fund of said City.
The foregoing resolution was adopted by the following vote:
Ayes: Councilmen Gerow, Hesser, Selby and Mayor Binder.
Noes: Councilmen None.
Absent: Councilman Love.
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The City Engineer presented for execution by the proper officer of
the City of E1 Segundo, a blank form, submitted by Works Progress
Administration, in which the Sponsor's Agent and the Fiscal Officer of
the City of E1 Segundo are indicated and upon which their signatures are
to be inscribed for identification purposes.
Moved by Councilman Gerow, seconded by Councilman Hesser, that Peter
E. Binder, Mayor of the City of E1 Segundo, California, be and he is hereby -
designated as the officer of the City of E1 Segundo to certify upon blanks
furnished-by the Works Progress Administration as to the persons named and
designated by this Council as Sponsor's Agent and Fiscal Agent of the
City of El Segundo and to cause said forms, when executed, to be delivered
to said Works Progress Administration. Carried by the following vote:
Ayes: Councilmen Gerow, Hesser, Selby and Mayor Binder.
Noes: Councilmen None.
Absent: Councilman Love.
The City Attorney reported that the Director of Finance of the State
of California has not prepared and will not prepare and furnish to governmental
agencies forms for the filing of financial statements by such agencies as
required by recently adopted legislation.
City Engineer Hutchins, and
Councilman Hesser, each reported respecting their investigations of
tractors and other road equipment adaptable to the uses of the City of E1
Segundo, and submitted for the Council's consideration catalogues descriptive
of the equipment, together with price lists of the same.
After brief discussion, these officials were requested to make further
investigations and to report to the Council at a later date.
PAYING BILLS.
None.
NEW BUSINESS.
None.
No further business appearing to be transacted at this session, it was
moved by Councilman Gerow, seconded by Councilman Hesser, that the meeting
adjourn until Monday, November 4th, 1935, at the hour of 4 :30 o'clock P. M.
Carried.
Respectfully submitted,
Approved:
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City Cler .
Mayor.