1939 JAN 11 CC MINP 172
El Segundo, California.
January 11th, 1939.
A regular meeting of the City Council of the City of El Segundo,
California, was called to order at 7:00 o'clock P. N. on the above date,
in the Council Chamber of the City Hall of said.City, by Peter E. Binder,
I,ayor. .
ROLL CALL.
Councilmen Present: Gerow, Hesser, Love and Mayor Binder.
Councilmen Absent: Selby.
Other Officials Present:
Clyde Woodiaorth - City Attorney.
R. T. Hutchins - City Engineer,
Victor D. IscCarthy - City Clerk.
READING OF L.1IhTJIrES OF PREVIOUS �MTING.
The minutes of the regular meeting held on the 4th day of January,
1939, were read. No errors or omissions appearing, it was moved by
Councilman Love, seconded by Councilman resser, the minutes be approved as
read. Carried.
;WRITTEN COi21;IUIdICATIOI,TS.
The following communications, which were read to the Council, were
disrosed of as indicated following the reference to each hereafter:
HUGH A.HAY=d , JR., dated January 4th, 1939, application for
employment by th-- City of E1 Segundo.. Ordered filed.
LOS !uJG='S COM -,TTY DIVISION, LEAGIF OF CALIFORNIA 1..IMUCIPALITIES,
dated January 10th, 1939, advising that on Friday, January 13th, 1939, at
3:00 P. M., a meeting of the Directors of said Division of the League will
be held at the City Hall, Huntington Park, and stating that the presence of
P,iayor Peter E. Binder is urgently requested or his substitute in event he is
unable to attend, inasmuch as vital information on the gasoline tax situation
will be presented by Stephen N. Cunningham, First Vice- President of the
League, and that immediate attention with reference thereto is required.
Moved by Councilman Hesser, seconded by Councilman Gerow, the
following resolution be adopted:
RESOLVED, that Mlayor Peter E. Binder, Director of the Los
Angeles County Division, League of California 11unicipalities,
be and he is hereby authorized to attend a meeting of the
Board of Directors of said Division of said League, at
Huntington Park, January 13th, 1939, and in event of his
inability to attend sdid meeting, that City Clerk Victor D.
McCarthy be and he is hereby authorized to substitute for
him, with full power and authority to act as his alternate;
AND BE IT FURMEE R RESOLVED, that whichever of said
officers attends said meeti.mg, he be authorized to file his
derand for his actual and necessary expenses in connection
therewith.
The foregoing resolution eras adopted by the following; vote:
eyes: Councilmen Gerow, Hesser, Love and Yayor Binder.
toes: Councilmen None.
Absent: Councilman Selby.
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R. T. =C?IINS, City Engineer, dated January 11th, 1939, being a report
of the status of certain oil wells within the City of E1 Segundo, designated
and knovrn as Grauman- Wallce Well No. 1; Ramsey- i'lallace Well No. 1; Copinger-
Wallace Sell No. 2; Refinery Tie11s Nos. 1, 4 and 5, and Goodwin Well No. 1,
The City Attorney, supplementing the report of the City Engineer with
reference to Grauman- Wallace Well No. 1, stated that he-had contacted a
representative of the permittee of the above mentioned well, who stated that
he had kept the books for the corporation, but that said tirell is not active
at the present time and that he understood the well is in process of abandonment.
The City Attorney further reported that he had communicated with the City
Engineer thereafter and was advised by the Engineer that the statement made
by the representative of the Company is correct and that the well is now in
process of abandonment.
The City Engineer made a further verbal report to the effect that the
derrick and pumping equipment has been removed, but that the derrick concrete
footings and slab remain.upon the premises.
It was t:;ereupon moved by Councilman Love, seconded by Councilman Hesser,
the following resolution be adopted.:
V,=l =ASV under date of December 19th, 1938, Pacific
Indemnity Company addressed a communication to the City Council
of the City of E1 Segundo, California, in words and figures
as follows:
"PACIFIC INDEP.'i•1ITY COMPANY
Notice of Termination
Los Angeles, Calif. December 19, 1938,
City Clerk,
E1 Segundo, California Registered Mail
Return Receipt Requested
Pacific Indemnity Company, Surety upon a certain Oil
Derrick construction and drilling permit, Bond, No.
89434, dated on or about the 14th day of January, 1938,
in your favor, in the amount of FITS TIiOUSAND AND N0 1100
Dollars (:5,000.00) on behalf of EL SEGUNDO OIL CORP.
hereby notifies you that it has elected to terminate said bond
at the request of the Principal, such termination to become
effective thirty days after receipt hereof.
This notice is given to you in accordance with the
termination provision in said bond conta-ined.
Please let us have your acknowledgment.
Pacific Indemnity Company
By 19. C. Bening, Attorney -in- Fact.";
AND, 771=710, upon receipt of said communication, this
Council referred the ?matter to the City Engineer and to the City
°_ttorney to determine the status of the well, appurtenances and
permits involved;
this Council is presently advised that
apparently the well referred to has been abandoned in certain
particulars, but that there still remain upon the property upon
which said viell was drilled, the following structures and
appurtenances, to -wit: derrick•.concrete•footings and slab;
GD, ',';iirZA 11 under the provisions of the permit issued
for said well, said permittee is bound and agre0s totremove any
and all such appurtenances and structures and to restore the
premises as nearly as reasonably possible to the condition in
which the same existed at the time that the said permit was granted;
A,D, said Pacific Indemnity Company, tinder the bond
given for the faithful performance of said permit and its pro-
visions, undertook to guarantee the performance of the acts
required on the part of said permittee in connection with said permit;
NOW, THEREEFORL,, toe City Council of the City of
E1 Segundo, California, does hereby resolve, declare,
determine and order as.follows:
1. That said Council hereby finds that said well
has not been completely abandoned as contemplated under
the provisions of said permit in this: that there still remain
to be removed from said premises the structures.and appurten-
ances above referred to and the cleaning up of said premises
must be further accomplished and it must be restored to as
nearly as reasonably possible the same condition in which it
existed at the time of the issuance of said permit.
?. That said E1 Segundo Oil Corporation, the permittee
named in said permit, and Pacific Indemnity Company, its
bondsmen, under the bond given in connection with the said
permit, be and they are hereby ordered and required to immediately
cause the rem-ining v.,prk of abandonment above referred to to
be performed and completed, all in accordance with the terms
and requirements of said permit.
3. That said Council hereby finds and determines that
the said perriittee and its said surety are in default under the
to -.7is of said permit and bond in the particulars above stated
and they are hereby required and ordered to remedy such
default as hereinabove contemplated.
4. That the City Clerk shall prepare certified copies
o ' this resolution and shall forerard one such certified copy
to each of the following:
(a)
El Segundo Oil Corporation -
The
Permittee
(b)
Pacific Indemnity Company, -
The
Bonding Company
(6)
The Edlow Company - Owner of
the
Property.
The foregoing resolution was adopted by the following vote:
Ayes: Councilmen Gerow, Hesser, Love and Mayor Binder.
Noes: Councilmen None.
ribsent: Councilman Selby.
NIGG ENGINEER' ING CORPORATION, dated January 11th, 1939, requesting
permission to erec-c a flood light pole adjacent to the southwest corner of
Sepulveda Boulevard and Imperial Highway, as shown on a plat plan accompanying
said communication. Following consideration, it was moved by Councilman
Gerow, seconded by Councilman Love, that the City engineer of the City of El
Segundo be authorized and directed to cooperate with the Nigg Engineering
Corporation and the Union Oil Company of California in working out a plan for
the use jointly by the said Union Oil Company of California and the City of E1
Segundo, of a pole at the southwest corner of Imperial Highway and Sepulveda
Boulevard, which pole shall be used, if mutually satisfactory arrangements are
made, for the mounting, of flood lights for the lighting of the driveways into
a certain service station to be erected on private property at said corner and
the City of El Segundo neon sign at present in use at said corner. Carried.
SPECI,,L ORDER OF BUSIi•.TFSS.
The•hour of 7:30 otclock P. M. at this meeting, having heretofore
been fixed as the time and place.for further considering bids received.
January 4th, '9'39, for furnishing the City of El Segundo with one new
horizontal centrifugal sewage pump, and said hour having arrived, the 2.Iayor
stated that the Council would now proceed with the consideration of said bids.
Following said consideration, it was moved by Councilman Gerow, seconded by Councilman
Hesser, that Resolution No. 470, entitled:
A PLESOLUTIO.N OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF TR CITY
OF EL SEGUNDO, ChLIFORNI.A, AWARDING TO VICTOR
EQUIPIENT COMP2'dTY KI1;3ALL KROGH DIJISIOI1 THE
CO_ .CT FOR FU3i IS =1 G SAID CITY ', ITH ONE
CERTA!171 PM.2 AND 1.10 T OR,
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which was read, be adopted. Carried by the following vote:
Ayes: Councilmen Gerow, Hesser, Love and Mayor Binder.
Noes: Councilmen None,
Absent: Councilman Selby.
The hour of 7:40 otclock P. M. at this meeting having heretofore been
fixed as the time and place for considering bids received January 4th, 1939,
for furnishing the City of E1 Segundo with certain welded steel pipe,
the T.Tayor announced the arrival of said hour and stated that the Council
would proceed with the consideration of said bids.
Following such consideration, it was moved by Councilman Gerovr, seconded
by Councilman Love, that Resolution No. 471, entitled:
A RESOL"JTIOIT OF THE CITY CODICIL OF T?E' CITY OF
EL SEGJi;DO, CALIFORNIA, AdrARDII,TG TO Al,1 RIC.LUT PIPE,
& STEEL CORPORATION Z- CONTRACT FOR F -- U\TISHING
TO S1`1ID CITY CERTAIPJ 'dELDED STEEL PIPE,
vr��ich eras read, be adopted. Carried by the following vote:
Ayes: Councilmen Gerow, Hesser, Love and Uayor Binder.
Noes: Councilmen None.
Absent: Councilman Selby,
REPORTS OF STMING COMITTEES .
None.
REPORTS OF OFFICERS AND SPECIAL COMITTEES..
Hutchins
City Enginee-Ireported orally that while.the•hole in the Goodwin
14,1ell No. 1 has been plugged, the concrete derrick footings and slab have
not been removed and the surface of the ground has not been restored to its
original condition.
It was thereupon moved by Councilman Hesser, seconded by Councilman
Gerovr, the following-, resolution be adopted:
��RhAS, under date of December 28th, 1938, Pacific
�'Jestern Oil Corporation addressed a communication to the
City Council of the City of E1 Segundo, California, in
words and figures as follows:
"PACIFIC fidESTI-1M7 OIL CORPORATION
Subway Terminal Building
417 South Hill Street
Los Angeles, California
December 28, 1938
Victor D. McCarthy, City Clerk
City of E1 Segundo,
California.
Dear Sir:
With reference to your postcard of
December 15, 1938) advising us that oil well
license heretofore issued to us covering the
Goodwin Well No. 1 will expire December 31, .
1938, please be advised that this'well has been
completely abandoned -and that., accordingly, it
trill not be necessary for us to renew this license.
For your further information, wish.to
advise that our Duley Well No. 1 –A and sump used
in connection therewith, is also in process of
abandonment and as soon as such abandonment is
completed we will advise you.
Very truly yours,
PACIFIC WESTERN OIL CORPORATION,
By Emil Yduth, Vice– President. ";
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AND, VEMEAS, upon receipt of said communication,
this Council referred the matter to the City Engineer and
to the City Attorney to determine the status of the well,
appurtenances and permits involved;
AND V.1 H r yS, this Couiicil is presently advised that
apparently the well referred to has been abandoned in
certain particulars, but that there still remain upon the
property upon which said well was drilled, the following
structures and appurtenances, to -grit: derrick concrete
footings and slab;
AND,,'gT7j-'1U--'A.S, under the provisions of the permit issued
for said well. said permittee is bound and a;_;rees to remove
any and all such appurtenances and structures and to restore
the premises as nearly as reasonably _rossible to the condition
in t °rhich the same existed at the time that the said permit
was granted;
AND, 71 � 4,=, Standard Accident Insurance Company, a
I: ?ichigan Corporation, under the bond given for the faithful
performance of said permit and its provisions, undertook to
guarantee the performance of the acts required on the part of
said permittee in connection with said permit;
N0; ":, TTMEFORE, the City Council of the City of El
Segundo, California, does hereby resolve, declare, determine
and order as follows:
1. That said Council hereby finds that said well has
not been completely abandoned as contemplated under the
provisions of said permit in this: that there still remain
to be removed from said premises the structures and appurtenances
above referred to and the cleaning up of said premises must be
further accomplished and it must be resbred to as nearly as
reasonably possible the same condition in which it existed at
the time of the issuance of said permit.
2. That said Pacific Jestern Oil Corporation, the
permittee named in said permit, and Standard Accident Insurance
Company, its bondsmen, under the bond given in connection with
the said permit, be and they are hereby ordered and required to
i-,nediately cause the remaining work of abandonment above
referred to to be performed and completed, all in accordance
with the te-= and requirements of said permit.
3. That said Council hereby finds and determines that
the said permittee and its said surety are in default under
the terms of said permit and bond in the particulars above
stated and they are hereby required and ordered to remedy
such default as hereinabove contemplated.
4. That the City Clerk shall prepare certified copies
of this resolution and shall forward one such certified copy
to each of the following:
(a) Pacific Viestern Oil Corporation - The Permittee.
(b) Standard Accident Insurance Company - The Bonding Company,
(c) Chas. O. Goodwin - The Owner of the Land.
The foregoing resolution was adopted by.the following vote:
Ayes: Councilmen Gerow, Hesser, Love and Mayor Binder,
Noes: Councilmen None,
Absent: Councilman Selby.
The City Attorney presented to the Council a form of Complaint,
entitled: "In the-Superior Court of-the State of California in and for
.the County of Los Angeles, Complaint (To Quibt Title); and explained
that Mr. and sirs. Ainsworth, who sold the property referred to in said
Complaint, were now ready to proceed at their own expense pith the said
action in accordance with the understanding which they had previously had
with the City of .E1 Segundo.
The Cite Attorney further explained that the action vaould be
prosecuted, if the Council so desired, by Attorney T. 7. Faulkner, who
would represent the City free of charge and would look to 1-1r. and Mrs.
Ainsvrortil for his compensation and cost of the suit.
and
Upon hearing the report of the City Attorney, it was moved by Councilman
Hesser, seconded by Councilman Love, that the following resolution be adopted:
RESOLVED, that a copy of that certain "Complaint To Quiet Title ",
in that certain action entitled: "In the Superior Court of the
State of California In and For the County of Los AnCeles. City
of El Segundo, a municipal corporation, Plaintiff, vs. W. T.
i:'ulcahy, and his -wife Lucretia L. Mulcahy, Harold Van Cleevan,
Doe I, Doe II, Doe III and Doe IV, Defendants. ", presented to
this Council at this meeting, be placed on file in the office
of the City Clerk for identification and reference;
AVID, BE IT F'T_:T1T-R RESOLVED, that J. W. Faullrner, Attorney -
at -Laty, be and he is hereby employed by the City of El Segundo
as special counsel for the purpose of prosecuting the said action
on behalf of said City; provided, however, that he shall do so
without cost and without remuneration so far as the City of L1
Segundo is concerned, it being understood that he twill look to
his other clients, Walter C. Ainsworth, Jr. and Ethel V.
Ainsworth, for his con-- Dens6tion and all costs involved in connection
with the prosecution of said action and not to said City;
AIMS 33 IT FDR= RESOLVED, that the mayor of the City of
El Segundo be and he is hereby authorized to verify the said
Complaint on behalf of said City.
The said motion s•. *as carried by the following vote:
Ayes: Councilmen Gerow, Hesser, Love and Mayor Binder.
Noes: Councilmen done.
Absent: Councilman Selby.
The City Attorney reported favorably upon the documents accompanying
the corx=ication from IL-. Janes MI. Lewis, Attorney at Law, hereinafter
in these minutes referred to, relating to the assignment of two certain
.oil well permits from Royalty Service Corporation, Ltd. to Sunray Oil
Company.
It was thereupon moved by Councilman Love, seconded by Councilman
-Hesser, that the following resolution be adopted:
RESOLVED, that the communication from James M. Lewis,
Attorney at Law, dated December 30th, 1938, and relating to
the assignment Trom Royalty Service Corporation, Ltd. to
Sunray Oil Gompany of those two certain oil well,permits here-
tofore issued for the drilling, operation and maintenance of
the following oil wells within said City, to -wit: Royalty
Service Corporation, Ltd. - El Segundo No. 1 ;'Jell and ,Royalty
Service Corporation, Ltd. -El Segundo Nol 2 Well, be placed on
file in the office of the City Clerk, together with its accompanying
documents, for the purposes of identification and reference;
AND,` BE IT FMTfR RESOLVED, that the City Council of the
City of El Segundo, on behalf of said City, hereby consents to
each of the assignments referred to in said communication and its
said accompanying documents and does hereby further consent to
the renaming of said wells as- requested in said communication and
documents, so that in the future the same shall be referred to
and be alovm • by such new names, as follows, , to -wit: Said •
Royalty Service Corporation, Ltd. -El Segundo No, 1 Wall shall
henceforth be -knotim --and referred to as Sunray Oil. Company - El
Segundo No. 1 'fell; said Royalty Servico Corporation, Ltd. -El „
Segundo No. 2 Well shall henceforth be known and referred to as
Sunray Oil Company L1 Segundo No.- 2 ldell;
AND, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Clerk be and
he is hereby authorized and instructed to forward a certified
corn of this resolution to said James Y. Lewis, Attorney for
said Sunray Oil Company for his files and an additional certified
copy thereof to the said Sunray Oil Company.
The foregoing resolution was adopted by the.following vote:
Ayes: Councilmen Gerow, Hesser, Love and Mayor Binder,
Noes: Councilmen None.
Absent: Councilman Selby.
The-City attorney reported that he had examined the communication
from Lane -Wells Company, dated December 31st, 1938, and its.accompar�ying
documents, which had been referred to him at the previous meeting of the
Council, that he found them to be in good order and that he approved the
transfer as therein indicated from a legal standpoint.
It was thereupon moved by Councilman Hesser, seconded by.Councilman
Love, that the following resolution be adopted:
RESOLVED, that the communication from Lane- t'iells Company,
dated December 31st, 1938, relating to the assignment of Union
Oil Bompany of California Well No. 2 from Union Oil Company of
California to Lane--Wells Company, together with its accompanying
documents, be placed on file in the office of the City Clerk for
identification and reference;
_Q0 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Council of the
City of E1 Segundo, California,, on behalf of said City, hereby
consents to the assignment therein referred to;
AITD BE IT FM1,1T1,., RESOLVED, that the City Clerk be and
he is hereby authorized and directed to forward a certified copy
of this resolution to Lane- Wells Company and to the Union Oil
Company of California.
The foregoing resolution was adopted by the following vote:
Ayes: Councilmen Gerow, Hesser, Love and Mayor Binder.
Noes: Councilmen None,
Absent: Councilman Selby.
The City Attorney at this point recommended that the matter of the
termination of Pacific Indemnity Company Bond No. 89434, with the El Segundo
Oil Corporation as Principal, be held in abeyance and it was so ordered.
The City Clerk reported that a further hearing before the Railroad
Commission of the State of California, in the matter of a reduction in overhead
street lighting rates, will be had at the Cormnissionts offices, Thursday,
January 12th, 1939, beginning at the hour of 10 :00 A. M. Thereupon
Councilman Gerow, who has been representing the City in said matter, requested
that the City Engineer or his assistant accompany him to said meeting and it
was so ordered.
PAYING BILLS.
The following demands, having had the approval of the Committee on
Finance and Records, were read:
'dater Works Fund 'dater :'forks Fund
City of E1 Segundo ,216.31 Ira E. Escobar $2.87
Inglewood Motor Parts Co. 119.68 International Filter Co. 295.48
So. Calif. Telephone -Co. 15.85 So, Calif. Edison Co. 398.10
Standard Oil Co. of• Calif. .23..79 Carl Wilson 30.00
TOTAL 71102.03
Recreation Fund
General 1-A Fund El Segundo Herald $1,80
Inglewood Humane Society, Inc. $31.00 G. Schirmer ?liusic Stores 5.47
Builders Material Co. 16.05
TOTAL .23.32
General Fund
Ira E. Escobar
.1244.75
The Electric whop
1.08
E. IuTorgan
7.20
Ira E. Escobar
8.81
Gibson Motor Parts, Inc.
29.88
Geo. M. Sutton
5.91
Converse Neon Signs
6100
Southern Calif. Edison Co.
62.81
Southern Calif. Edison Co.
44.27
Southern Calif. Telephone
Co. 31.50
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PZoved by Councilman Love, seconded by Councilman Gerow, that the demands
be allowed and warrants ordered drawn on.and paid out of the respective funds
coverin-- the same. Carried by the following vote:
Ayes: Councilmen Gero-v, Iiesser, Love and mayor Linder.
i•ioes: Councilmen None.
Absent: Councilman Selby.
ITE r3US IX SS .
The Street Superintendent reported that a 1r. Kellogg desired permission
to transport sewage screenings from drying fields northerly and westerly of the
City of E1 Segundo through said City; that the screenings are dry and odorless
and that the trucks transporting such screenings will be equipped with tarpaulins
to cover their contents; whereupon it was moved by I,ia - ,,or Binder, seconded by
Councilman Hesser, that Lir. Kellogg be and he is hereby granted permission to
tra_nsnort sewage screenings upon the streets of the City of El Segundo for the
period of one week, provided that the Street Superintendent of the City of it
Segundo shall designate when the work shall begin and conclude and shall
designate the streets over which such transportation shall be made, and provided
further that such transportation.is conducted without creating any nuisance
and in all respects to the satisfaction of said Street Superintendent. Carried.
The Street Superintendent advised the Council that the electric flasher
adjacent to the northwest corner .of Concord Street and Grand Avenue has worn out
and that the Automobile Club of Southern California estimated a replacement
would cost $45.00; that he has seen demonstrated and recommends the installation
by the City of a dry cell battery type flasher, which may be purchased and
installed for $27.00.
During a discussion of this matter, I;Iayor Binder was excused from the
meeting, the hour being 8:20 P. 11. and he immediately left the Council Chamber.
CounciLman Love was unanimously chosen Mayor pro tem and he immediately assumed
the duties of the Mayor,
Further consideration was then given to the matter, at the conclusion
of which it ;,,ras moved by Councilman Gerow, seconded by Councilman Hesser, that
the purchase of one dry -cell battery type flasher and its installation, adjacent
to the northwest corner of Concord Street and Grand Avenue, be and the same is
hereby authorized and directed, at a total cost of not to exceed $27.00.
Carried.by the following vote:
Ayes: Councilmen Gerow, Hesser and Love.
Noes: Councilmen done.
Absent: Mayor Binder and Councilman Selby.
No f- urther business appearing to be,transacted.at this.meeting, it was
moved by'Councilman Gerow, seconded by Councilman Hesser, the meeting adjourn.
Carried.
Respectfully submitted,
Approved:
City Clerk.
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General Fund
Standard Oil Co. of Calif. 266.80
Pacific Signal Co. Inc.
11.76
Southern Calif. Gas Co.
5.39
Inglewood Motor Parts Co.
4180
Fletcher Tire Service
7.73
C. C. Roberts
8.13
Southern_ Calif. Edison Co.
228.77
Southern.Calif. Edison Co.
11.37
Builders Material Co.
49.34
TOTAL
$2036.30
PZoved by Councilman Love, seconded by Councilman Gerow, that the demands
be allowed and warrants ordered drawn on.and paid out of the respective funds
coverin-- the same. Carried by the following vote:
Ayes: Councilmen Gero-v, Iiesser, Love and mayor Linder.
i•ioes: Councilmen None.
Absent: Councilman Selby.
ITE r3US IX SS .
The Street Superintendent reported that a 1r. Kellogg desired permission
to transport sewage screenings from drying fields northerly and westerly of the
City of E1 Segundo through said City; that the screenings are dry and odorless
and that the trucks transporting such screenings will be equipped with tarpaulins
to cover their contents; whereupon it was moved by I,ia - ,,or Binder, seconded by
Councilman Hesser, that Lir. Kellogg be and he is hereby granted permission to
tra_nsnort sewage screenings upon the streets of the City of El Segundo for the
period of one week, provided that the Street Superintendent of the City of it
Segundo shall designate when the work shall begin and conclude and shall
designate the streets over which such transportation shall be made, and provided
further that such transportation.is conducted without creating any nuisance
and in all respects to the satisfaction of said Street Superintendent. Carried.
The Street Superintendent advised the Council that the electric flasher
adjacent to the northwest corner .of Concord Street and Grand Avenue has worn out
and that the Automobile Club of Southern California estimated a replacement
would cost $45.00; that he has seen demonstrated and recommends the installation
by the City of a dry cell battery type flasher, which may be purchased and
installed for $27.00.
During a discussion of this matter, I;Iayor Binder was excused from the
meeting, the hour being 8:20 P. 11. and he immediately left the Council Chamber.
CounciLman Love was unanimously chosen Mayor pro tem and he immediately assumed
the duties of the Mayor,
Further consideration was then given to the matter, at the conclusion
of which it ;,,ras moved by Councilman Gerow, seconded by Councilman Hesser, that
the purchase of one dry -cell battery type flasher and its installation, adjacent
to the northwest corner of Concord Street and Grand Avenue, be and the same is
hereby authorized and directed, at a total cost of not to exceed $27.00.
Carried.by the following vote:
Ayes: Councilmen Gerow, Hesser and Love.
Noes: Councilmen done.
Absent: Mayor Binder and Councilman Selby.
No f- urther business appearing to be,transacted.at this.meeting, it was
moved by'Councilman Gerow, seconded by Councilman Hesser, the meeting adjourn.
Carried.
Respectfully submitted,
Approved:
City Clerk.
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