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1939 JUL 26 CC MINy P 352 El Segundo,: California. July 26th, 1939. A regular meeting of the City Council of the City of El Segundo, California, was held on the above date in the Council Chamber of the City Hall of said City, having been called to order at 7:00 P. M. by the Mayor, Peter E. Binder. ROLL CALL. Councilmen Present: Hesser, Love and Mayor Binder. Councilmen Absent: Gerow and Selby. Other Officers Present: Clyde Woodworth - City Attorney. R. T. Hutchins - City Engineer. Victor D. McCarthy - City Clerk. READING OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING. The minutes of the regular meeting held on the 20th day of July, 1939, were read. No errors or omissions appearing, it was moved by Councilman Love, seconded by Councilman Hesser, the minutes be approved as read. Carried. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS. The following communications, which were read to the Council, were disposed of in the manner indicated following the reference to each hereinafter: FLORENCE G. FARRELL, dated July 24th, 1939, requesting that the water in the casting pool at the Grand Avenue Park, which children use as a wading pool, be chlorinated. The communication was ordered filed and the City Clerk directed to advise the writer that the water in said pool is treated daily and tested frequently and that nothing detrimental to health has ever been found therein. HERMOSA BEACH SPANISH FIESTA COMMITTEE, dated July 20th, 19390 inviting the City Council to enter a car in the First Annual Spanish Fiesta parade, which will take place in Hermosa Beach, August 13th, 1939. The communication was ordered filed and the City Clerk directed to express the regrets of the Council to the Committee, inasmuch as the Council will not be able to participate. LAKESIDE OIL COMPANY, dated July 20th, 1939, advising that it has sold its Lakeside No. 1 Well to Apex Petroleum Corporation, Ltd. and requesting a release of its bond covering said well; and APEX PETROLEUM: CORPORATION, LTD., dated July 26th, 1939, transmitting copy of an agreement, signed by Lakeside Oil Company, Apex Petroleum Corporation Ltd. and Elsie Oil Company, having reference to a transfer of real and personal property and interest in property between said Lakeside Oil Company and Apex Petroleum Corporation Ltd. Accompanying said last mentioned letter was a bond in favor of the City of E1 Segundo in the penal sum of $5000.00 with Apex Petroleum Corporation, a.s principal and National Automobile Insurance Company as surety, guaranteeing that Apex Petroleum Corporation, Ltd. will comply with all of the requirements of the City of E1 Segundo in connection with the operations of said well. It appeared that the apparent intent of said communications was to cause the City Council to consent to the transfer to Apex Petroleum Corporation, Ltd. of the oil well drilling permit originally issued to Lakeside Oil Company for the drilling of its Lakeside No. 1 Well and the instruments were submitted to the City Attorney for examination. Said Attorney expressed the opinion that they were insufficient, whereupon it was moved by Councilman Hesser, seconded by Councilman Love, that both communications be referred to the City Attorney with instructions to confer with said Lakeside Oil Company and said Apex Petroleum Corporation, Ltd. for the purpose of advising said Companies with respect to filing with the Council documents adequate to enable the Council to consent to the transfer of Lakeside Oil Company's Well No. 1 to Apex Petroleum Corporation, Ltd.. , The motion carried unanimously. AMERICAN AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, dated July 13th, 1939, transmitting a Continuation Certificate, continuing in force from August 1st, 1939, New York Casualty Company Bond No. 345944, issued in behalf of Inglewood Humane Society, Inc. in favor of the City of El Segundo, said bond having been filed pursuant to said Humane Society's contract with the City of El Segundo for performance of the duties of poundmaster of the City of El Segundo. The City Attorney reported that he had examined the Continuation Certificate furnished by New York Casualty Company, evidencing that the bond furnished by Inglewood Humane Society, Inc. covering faithful performance of its current contract had been extended for an additional period of one year commencing August 1st, 1939. He further stated that in his opinion said Certificate was sufficient to extend the coverage provided by the bond for the period named. It was thereupon moved by Councilman Love, seconded by Councilman Hesser and unanimously carried, that the said Certificate be accepted and attached to the bond to which the same relates. FREDERICK M. DULEY, dated July 24th, 19399 advising that an arrangement has been proposed to take care of the cleaning up of his property damaged as a result of the blowout of the first oil well drilled thereon by George F. Getty, Inc. and requesting that the bond filed by.said Company with the City of El Segundo covering the drilling of the second well on his property be released. Following discussion, the communication was ordered filed and action thereon deferred one week to enable the Council to ascertain whether or not each of the wells drilled upon the Duly property has been abandoned in a manner satisfactory to the Division of Oil and Gas of the State of California, and to this end the City Clerk was instructed to communicate with said Division of Oil and Gas of the State of California, it being understood that if everything is found in order the Council will be disposed to release the said bond. None. REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES. REPORTS OF OFFICERS AND SPECIAL COMMITTEES. The City Attorney reported verbally respecting the request of Roscoe R. Hess, Special Counsel for the City of Lynwood, in Action No. 440824 in the Superior Court of the State of California, in and for the County of Los Angeles, entitled: "City of Lynwood, Plaintiff, vs. Southern California Edison Company, Defendant ", which said request--. was dated July 14th, 1939, and presented to this Council July 20th, 1939, Thereafter by general consent the matter was laid on the table. The City Clerk reported receipt from Edlou Company of a certain Grant of Easement for sanitary sewer purposes, dated July 12th, 19399 covering a portion of Lot 162, Block 123, E1 Segundo, said easement over said property being desired by said City for trunk line sewer construction purposes.. Said easement appearing to be in forts prepared by and satisfactory to the City Attorney of the City of El Segundo, .it was moved by,Councilman' Love, seconded by Councilman Hesser, the following resolution be adopted: RESOLVED, that that certain Grant of Easement for sewer trunk line purposes, made by Edlou Company, a Corporation, dated July 12th, 1939, granting to the City of El Segundo a perpetual easement and /or right of way, for.the construction, reconstruction, inspection, maintenance, operation and repair of a sanitary sewer or sewers, in, over, P 354 upon, across and along the Southerly 7Q feet of Lot 162, Block 123, as shown upon E1 Segundo Sheet No. 8, recorded in Book 22, pages 106 and 107 of Maps, Records-of Los Angeles County, California, on file in the office of the County Recorder of said County, be and the same is hereby accepted on behalf of the City of El Segundo, and the City Clerk be and he is hereby directed to cause the said instrument to be filed-for record in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, California. The foregoing resolution was adopted by the following vote:. Ayes: Councilmen Hesser, Love and Mayor Binder. Noes: Councilmen None. Absent: Councilmen Gerow and Selby. The City Engineer reported having conferred with the Engineering Department of the City of Los Angeles concerning the improvement of Vista Del Mar, adjacent to the City of El Segundo and that said Los.Angeles City Engineer's office had.agreed to realign the improvement so as to join the pavement of the City of E1 Segundo at its North property line adjacent to Coast Boulevard. The Superintendent of the-Water Department recommended a change in the proposed plan of fencing water department property embraced in Lots 1 - 6 inclusive of Tract No. 10058, stating that the changes as proposed would cost $40.00 over and above the agreed contract price. It was thereupon moved by Councilman Love, seconded by Councilman Hesser, that the following resolution be adopted: . t RESOLVED, that a copy of the map prepared by.the City Engineer of the City of E1 Segundo, showing the realignment of the interior portion of the fence referred td in the current agreement between the City'of E1 Segundo and Pacific Fence Company, for the construction of a fence on property owned.by the City of E1 Segundo, be placed on file in the office of the City Clerk for identification and reference; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the realignment of said interior fence be and the same is hereby approved by this Council as shown upon said plan; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this Council hereby orders the interior fence constructed at the location as shown in said plan and does hereby, in consideration of its construction -at such location instead of as originally contemplated, allow as an extra to be paid said Pacific Fence Company an amount not to exceed $40.00, as may be determined by the City Engineer upon completion of said portion of said fence, and that the. existing current contract be modified accordingly; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a copy of this resolution shall be furnished said contractor -and that said contractor shall evidence its approval of the modification and additional compensation as a result thereof by signing such copy, evidencing its approval and accelbtance and returning same to the City Clerk for municipal records. The foregoing resolution was adopted by the following vote: Ayes:. Councilmen Hesser, Love and Mayor Binder... Noes: Councilmen None., Absent: Councilmen Gerow and Selby. UNFINISHED BUSH -ESS. In the matter of the communication of the Peoples' Better Transportation League, filed with this Council July 20th, 1939, it was decided to withhold action thereon for one week. P y353 In the matter of the extension of Pershing Drive through the City of E1 Segundo, as advocated by the Regional Planning Commission of Los Angeles County and as shown upon the highway plan of major streets of the Inglewood - Venice area, which plan was examined by this Council at its meeting held July 20th, 1939, and at which time the Council indicated its disapproval of the prolongation of Pershing Drive through the City of E1 Segundo, the City Engineer stated that he had written a tentative letter setting forth the Council's objections. . Thereupon it was moved by Councilman Hesser, seconded by Councilman Love, that the form of letter prepared by the City Engineer, expressing this Council's objections to the proposed routing of an extension of Pershing Drive through the City of E1 Segundo, as read to this Council this date, be approved; that a copy thereof be filed with the City Clerk of the City of E1 Segundo for identification and reference and the City Clerk be directed to transmit the original thereof to William J. Fox, Chief Engineer, Regional Planning Commission, 205 South Broadway, Los Angeles, California. Carried by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Hesser, Love and Mayor Binder. Noes: Councilmen None. Absent: Councilmen Gerow and Selby. PAYING BILLS. The following demands, having had the approval of the Committee on Finance and Records, were read: Water Works Fund General Fund Roscoe Moss'Co. —T 1978.88' Harry H. Davis, M. D. $.00 S. H. Moore .75 General Electric Supply Corp.21.20 Recreation Fund C. K. McConnell 6.70 American Handicrafts Co. $6.54 Braun Corporation 18.54 Victor D. McCarthy, C. C. 8.26 TOTAL $60,45 Moved by Councilman Love, seconded by Councilman Hesser, the demands be allowed and warrants ordered drawn on'and paid out of the respective funds covering the same. Carried by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Hesser, Loire and Mayor Binder. Noes.: Councilmen None. Absent: Councilmen Gerow and Selby. NEW BUSINESS. Moved by Councilman Love, seconded by Councilman Hesser, that the City Engineer of'the City of EI*Segundo be authorized and instructed to attend a meeting of the Southwest Cities Flood Control Association, August 2nd, 1939. Carried by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Hesser, Love and Mayor Binder. Noes: Councilmen None. Absent: Councilmen Gerow and Selby. Moved by Councilman Love, seconded by Councilman Hesser, that Resolution No. 476, entitled:.. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY.OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 475, "P71TITLED: "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE _CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, FIXING AND ESTABLISHING THE COMPENSATION OR PAY OF VARIOUS MUNICIPAL OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF SAID CITY, AND REPEALING ALL RESOLUTION AND ORDERS AND PARTS OF RESOLUTIONS AND ORDERS INT CONFLICT THERENlITH" BY A=ING SUBDIVISICN 15, SECTION 1, THEREOF, P 356 which was read, be adopted. . Carried by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Hesser, Love and Mayor Binder. Noes: Councilmen None. Absent: Councilmen Gerow and Selby. Moved by Councilman Hesser, seconded by Councilman Love, the following resolution be adopted: RESOLVED, that effective on and after the 27th day of July, 1939 and until the further order of this Council, Charles L. MIcIlwaine be and he is hereby appointed as City Forester of the City of El Segundo to serve in that capacity instead of in the capacity of Foreman - Labor heretofore held by him, and that he shall receive the compensation for his services so rendered provided for his said position of City Forester in the salary resolution of the City of E1 Segundo as same now exists or may hereafter be amended during his period of service as such City Forester. The following resolution was adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen ifesser, Love and Mayor Binder. Noes: Councilmen None. Absent: Councilmen Gerow and Selby. Loved by Councilman Love, seconded by Councilman Hesser, the following resolution be adopted: RESOLVED, that Charles L. McIlwaine,-City Forester, without any compensation in addition to his compensation as said City Forester, shall serve as Acting Park Foreman until the return to duty of Fred L. Gregory, Park Foreman, or the further order of this Council. Carried by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Hesser, Love and Mayor Binder. Noes: Councilmen None. Absent: Councilmen Gerow and Selby. Moved by Councilman Hesser, seconded by Councilman Love, the following resolution be adopted: WHEREAS, this Council, by Resolution No. 475, has determined that those employees of the City of El Segundo, designated by this Council as "Regular Employees ", shall be entitled to certain benefits, privileges and.remundrations as set forth in said Resolution No'. 475 as same now exists or may hereafter be amended; AND, WHEREAS, on. the 1st day of August, 1939, Charles L. McIlwaine shall have served as an employee for the period of time required to entitle him to consideration for designation as such regular employee; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that effective on and after the 1st day of August', 1939, the said Charles L. Mcllwaine be and he is hereby named and designated as and determined to be a "Regular Employee" of the City of El Segundo within the meaning of said Resolution No. 475, as same'now exists or hereafter be amended. The foregoing resolution was adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Hesser, Love and Mayor Binder. Noes: Councilmen None. Absent: Councilmen Gerow and Selby. Moved by Councilman Love, seconded by Councilman Hesser, that 80 pieces 2 x 4 - 18' R. W. Common, cut into 3 -foot lengths; 50 pieces 2 x 2 - 16' R. W. Common and 6 bundles of 4 -foot lath, Common Pine, be purchased for use in extension of wind breaks and for tree stakes for trees in parks throughout the City of E1 Segundo, at a cost of not to exceed $15.00, plus California State Sales Tax. Carried by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Hesser, Love and Mayor Binder. Noes: Councilmen None. Absent: Councilmen Gerow and Selby. No further business appearing to be transacted at this meeting, it was moved by Councilman Love, seconded by Councilman Hesser, the meeting adjourn. Carried. Respectfully submitted, Approved: / a City Xlerk. Mayor.