1939 MAR 22 CC MINEl Segundo, California.
Larch' 22nd, 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. M. on the above date, in the Council
Chamber of the City -;all of said City, by Peter E. Binder, mayor.
ROLL CALL.
Councilmen Present: Gerow, Hesser, Love and nayor Binder.
Councilmen Absent: Selby.
Other Officers Present:
Clyde ,'doodworth - City Attorney.
R. T. Hutchins - City Engineer.
Victor D. McCarthy - City Clerk.
C. E. M1,cConnell - Fire Chief.
READING OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING.
The minutes of the regular meeting held March 15th, 1939, were read.
It appearing that that portion of said minutes recorded at Page P -229, minutes
of the proceedings of this Council, reading: "By general consent the City
Attorney was instructed to prepare, for the consideration of this Council,
an ordinance which would prohibit the sale and discharge of fireworks within
the City of E1 Segundo" is in error, inasmuch as such instruction was not
given or consented to by this Council at said meeting, it was moved by
Councilman Love, seconded by Councilman Hesser, that that portion of the
minutes of the proceedings of this Council at its March 15th, 1939 meeting,
next above Quoted and referred to, be deleted from said minutes and that
said minutes otherwise be approved as hereby corrected. Carried.
SMITTEN COP=ICATIONS.
The 'following communications, which were read to the Council, were
disposed of in the - manner indicated following the reference to each herein-
after:
UNIOI1 OIL COIED.� Y OF CALIFORNIA, dated LSarch 20th, 1939, requesting
Der-mission to install a neon 1176" sign and post therefor in a portion of the
*est side of Sepulveda Boulevard approximately 5 feet South of Imperial Highway.
The City Attorney stated that subsequent to the date shown upon the
application of Union Oil Company for a permit to erect said Neon 1176" sign
adjacent. to the Southwest corner of Imperial Highway and Sepulveda Boulevard,
a representative of Electrical Products Corporation, the contractors who
will erect such sign and lease the same to Union Oil Company, had discussed
the matter at length with him and the conversation concluded with the under-
standing that the-contractor would further confer with his principal with
the idea of erecting the sign entirely upon private property. Therefore, by
general consent, action upon the application of Union Oil' Company of California
was deferred.
URTITED STATES PUBLIC Hl ` TH SERVICE, dated March 16th, 1939, in
response to the letter addressed to it March 10th, 19390 by the City Clerk,
with reference to the distribution of certain folders relating to public
health., expressing pleasure-as to the cooperative attitude of the Council,
and sugSesting distribution technique vi :a reference to said folders. By
general consent the City Clerk was instructed to confer with the County Health
Department for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not it wouldundertake
the distribution of the pamphlets referred to, the City Clerk to report his
findings to this Council at a future date.
LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA T_MTICIPALItIES, dated February 18th, 1939, being
its Legislative Bulletin No. 4, 1939 series, giving the status of certain
bills no�i pending before the State Legislature, and requesting Councilmanic
action upon certain of those referred to in said Bulletin.
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Following discussion, it was moved by Councilman Gerow, seconded by
Councilman Love, that the Mayor of the City of El Segundo be authorized and
directed to send telegrams to the State Senator and to the Assemblyman
representing this District in the State Legislature, indicating this Council's
approval of AB 2059, SB 19 and SB 999 and its disapproval of SB 1089.
Carried by the following vote:
Ayes: Councilmen Gerow, Hesser, Love and Mayor Binder.
Noes: Councilman None:
Absent: Councilman Selby.
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF LOS AIJGLLES COUN?'Y, CALIFORNIA, being a copy
of that certain resolution adopted by said Body, Isarch 14th, 1939,
establishing a policy with reference to the payment to cities of that
portion of gas tax monies allocated to cities within Los Angeles County.
Ordered filed.
Try TER:,, O COI.:PANY, dated Idarch 18th, 1939, transmitting therewith its
check for $200.00, in payment of its 1939 annual oil well license fee and
penalty and requesting that the Council take such action as is necessary to
release its bonding company from further liability under the bond for
faithful performance heretofore filed in connection with the drilling'of its
oil well known as Termo -Elsie No. 2.
Loved by Councilman Love, seconded by Councilman Hesser, that the
following resolution be adopted:
The Termo Company, a corporation, on or about
the 24th day of November, 1937, was granted a permit to drill
an oil well in Lot 163, Block 123, within the City of El
Segundo, said oil well being known and designated as Termo-
Elsie i'Io. 2;'
AND, = —I S, on or about the 18th day of January, 1938,
said Termo Company riled with this Council Bond No. 4258086
in the penal sum of :- 5,000.00, with Fidelity and Deposit
Company of I:Iaryland as Surety, guaranteeing the faithful
nerformance'by said Termo Company of all of the provisions of
the hermit hereinbefore referred to and of ordinances of the
Oity of E1 Segundo respecting the drilling, operation and
maintenance of oil wells;
AND, .1- =ZEASI said Termo Company has advised this Council
of its abandonment of said oil well on or about the 15th day
of November, 1938;
AND, MHERE S, on the 8th day of Iaiarch, 1939, the Building
Inspector of the City of El Segundo advised this Council by
written report now on file in the office of the City Clerk,
that said well has been abandoned to his satisfaction;
AND, ffHERFwS, since said date said Termo Company has
procured its annual license for the calendar year 1939 and has
thereby satisfied all of its indebtedness to the City of E1 Segundo;
NO179 7- =FORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the bond of The Termo
Company, a corporation, with the Fidelity and Deposit Company
of I1a,.:7 land as surety thereon, be and the same is hereby
exonerated as to any liability on account of said Termo Company's
well named and known as Termo -Elsie No. 2 accruing subsequent
to Iuarch 22nd, 1939;
AIQD, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the.City Clerk of the
City of El Segundo, is directed to advise The Termo Company and
said Fidelity and Deposit Company of Mar:�land of this action.
The foregoing resolution was adopted by the following vote:
Ayes: Councilmen Gerow, Hesser, Love and Idayor Binder.
T
oes: Councilmen None.
Absent: Councilman Selby.
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APPLICATIONS for employment of Donald W. Balmer, dated March 22nd,
1939, and Kenneth Grunagle, dated March 18th, 1939. Ordered filed.
None.
ORAL COP,S.zUNICATIONS.
REPORTS OF STANDING COlUJITTEES.
Councilman Gerow reported that he and the.City Clerk had inspected the
City Hall building with reference to painting and redecorating the same
and he asked the City Clerk to enumerate the items, which, in their opinion,
seemed in need of attention. The Clerk thereupon read a list of the
work which appeared desirable to have done and by general consent Councilman
Gerow and the City Clerk were recuested to obtain prices on the work and
submit the same at their convenience.
REPORTS OF OFFICERS ATM SPECIAL COL'IITTT�''S.
The City Clerk read to the Council a letter he had received from the
Department of ?arks of the City of Los Angeles with reference to the use
of oleanders for ornamental tree planting, the writer of said letter
reconmmendin; their use.
The City Engineer reported that he could find no nursery or tree grower
who was interested in purchasing the palm trees which it has been suggested
be removed from the parking in a portion of East Idaple Avenue. He
explained it would be expensive to remove the trees and that in his
opinion they present no hazard at this time. It was therefore, by general
consent, decided to do nothing about the matter until a more favorable time.
A communication from Southern California Telephone Company, applying
for a permit to place poles in the South side of Pine Avenue, one 50 feet
easterly of Eucalyptus Drive and another 150 feet easterly of Arena Street,
was read by the City Engineer. He stated that upon investigation he found
that the poles already had been erected, that said Company had set the poles
through the sidewalk in line with other poles which had previously been
erected.there. He felt that these poles should have been placed in the
parking outside - of the sidewalk area and the Council concurring, it was
moved by Councilman Gerow, seconded by Councilman Hesser, that the application
of Southern California Telephone Company, dated March 21st, 1939, requesting
permission to excavate in the South side of Pine Avenue, 50 feet easterly
of Eucalyptus Drive and 150 feet easterly of Arena Street, for the purpose
of placing two poles, be and the same is hereby denied; that the applicant
be advised that the Council has learned that the poles for which permission
to erect had been asked, have already been erected; that the same are
placed in locations unsatisfactory to the City of El Segundo and that said
Company be requested to remove said poles immediately and to restore the
sidewalk; which had been broken to permit of the installation of said poles,
to the condition in which the same existed prior to the installation herein
referred to. Carried.
The City Attorney at this time reported that he had examined the
Quitclaim Deed of �'d. T. L;ulcahy and his wife, Lucrecia L. Mulcahy to Ethel
Ainsworth and her husband Walter C. Ainsworth, and Quit Claim Deed of
L. C. Poberts and his wife Evalyn L. Roberts, to Ethel Ainsworth and her
husband 71alter C. Ainsworth, the former deed being dated the 23rd day of
January, 1939, and the latter deed dated the 22nd day of November, 1938; also
the certified copy of the Judgment.Qu.ieting Title as against Harold Van Cleevan,
which had been previously referred to him; that he new felt that the-title
to Lots 1 to 6 inclusive of Tract 10058 was notr vested.in the City of El
Segundo and that it would be in order to honor the demand of Ethel V.
Ainsworth and �Ialter C. Ainsworth, Jr. in regular form for the remainder, to -wit:
$250.00, of the purchase price of said property, as per the understanding
which the Council had previously had in the matter. His understanding, it
was pointed out was that whereas, the purchase price of the property had been
the sum of ;1,000.00 and whereas the sellers at the time of actual transfer
of the property were unable to dispose of certain outstanding encumbrances
and had consented to a reduction of the purchase price in the sum of $250.00
until such time as such encumbrances were removed, whereupon the remaining
:250.00 would be payable by the City. It now appearing that the encumbrances
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had-been removed, the City Attorney rendered his opinion as aforesaid.
The City Clerk announced that the demand of Ethel V. Ainsworth and
TValter'C. Ainsworth, Sr. for the balance of the purchase price of said
property mould be included among the demands to be presented later at this
meeting.
The City Engineer reported having requested three acoustical engineering
companies to submit prices for sound proofing the City Hall; that a reply
had been received from one only, the quotation indicating a cost of between
$3500.00 and $5000.00;,that he expected to receive replies from the others
before the next meeting.
The City Attorney explained to the Council the provisions of a County
ordinance respecting dogs, which the Health Department had requested this
City to adopt. After consideration of the same, the matter was taken under
advisement until the further order of the Council.
The City Attorney reported receipt of a letter from Fergus L. Fairbanks,
who is handling the affairs of the Howard Oil Company, to the effect that
the'books and records of the Company had only recently been placed in -his
hands; that he is not familiar with the claim of the City of El Segundo, but
that the claim will be disposed of on a pro rata basis with other claims
against the Company as rapidly as funds come into his possession will permit.
The Fire Chief reported that d new screen should be mounted on the
City Hall chimney, also that the cover of the manhole on the roof of the
City Hall should be painted. Moved by Councilman Gerow, seconded by
Councilman Love, that these matters be referred to the City Clerk for attention.
Carried by the following vote:
Ayes: Councilmen Gerow, Love, Hesser and Mayor Binder.
Noes: Councilmen None.
Absent: Councilman Selby.
The Chief of Police reported having conferred with Pair. V1. E. Whiteman
of Santa Ana with respect to a two -way radio system for the Police Department;
that bir. Vdhiteman had recommended a certain manufacturer to construct the
necessary apparatus; that he had written said manufacturer but had received
no reply to date.
The City Engineer reported that to procure an aerial map of the City,
the subdivided area being shown on a scale of 100 feet to the inch, and the
iinsubdivided area on a scale of 300 feetcto the inch, would cost $130.00.
It appearing that the use for such a map would not justify this expenditure,
consideration of the matter was dropped.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
11oved by Councilman Gerow, seconded by Councilman Love, that Ordinance
No. 218, entitled:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EL'SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA,
RE -I`T MERING THAT CERTAIN ORDINANCE; ADOPTED ON 'I'13E
1ST Dom_' OF MAY, 1935, ENTITLED: "AN ORDINANCE OF THE
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, AIENDING ORDINANCE NO.
156 'OF`' SAID CITY; ENITITLED, 'tAN ORDIh I CE OF T1E CITY
OF EL S � 3D0, CriLIFCRNIA PRO=ITING TIE .-FSTABLIS?iLENT
OR CARRYI1vG ON NI'MIN THE BOUNDARIES OF A CERTAIN PORTION
OF SAID ' CITY OF CERTAIN BUSINESSES, IND[JSTRIES, TRADES
MM CALLI'I GS ;FEIN DECLARED AND DETERL"INED TO BE NUISANCES,
OBNOXIOUS AND D_UGEROUS TO RMIAN BEINGSt, ADOPTED @II THE
13T DAY OF 11 RC?_, A. D., 1929, BY ADDING A NEI SECTION
i ; 2TO TO BE 1=0,MT AS t SECTION 1-Al, AND BY AIM -MIIIG
SAC i ION 2t T111EREOTI, TI -THICH SAID ORDIIL'1;4CE IS DESIGNATED
AS ORDIN_�IICE IIO. 194, BY ASSIGNING IT A NYN NU IMI TO-
'.'TIT: "ORDIT,h'ICE NO. 194 -A",
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which was introduced and read at a regular meeting of this Council held on
the 35th day of March, 1939, and reread at this meeting, be adopted.
Carried by the following vote:
Ayes: Councilmen Gerow Hesser, Love and Mayor Binder.
Noes: Councilmen None.
Absent: Councilmen Selby.
Moved by Councilman Love, seconded by 'Councilman Gerow, that Ordinance
No..219, entitled:
AN ORDINANCE OF q,51E CITY OF Et SEGUNDO, .CALIFORNIA,
A1=TDING ORDIN :J CE 110. 12 OF SAID CITY, ENTITLED:
"Alt ORDIIUJ CE OF T=om CITY OF EL SEGUNDO LICENSING
AIIJ.iD REGULATING CERTAIN KINDS OF BUSIIMS TR_=dr'Sr�CTED
AID CARRIED ON IN SAID CITY A10 FIXING A PM;ALTf FOR
VIOLATIOii THEFLEOF. " , BY .41=7 DING SECTIONS 11, 22 AND
35 TTT— , -2EOF, AS A1120ED BY ORDI; ?IAvCE N0. 45 OF SAID
CITY,
which was introduced and read at a regular meeting of this Council held on
the 15th day of March, 1939, and reread at this meeting, be adopted. Carried
by the following vote:
Oyes: Councilmen Gerow, Hesser, Love and lkayor Binder.
I?oes: Councilmen None.
: "absent: Councilman Selby.
Loved by Councilman Gerow, seconded by Councilman Hesser, that
Ordinance No. 220, entitled:
UvT ORDINIJICE OF TF.E CITY OFD SEGUNDO, CALIFORIII.'_,
:'.Ir!y,DING ORDInIIICE NO. 205 OF SAID CITY, ENTITLED,
"AiT ORDINANCE OF '11E CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA,
AI'✓�I?DING ORDINANCE NO. 155 0P SAID CITY, ENTITLED: -
'AN ORDINAi,CE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNT-A,
CPEATING A CERTAIN RESIDEi,CE DISTRICT IN AND FOR SAID
CITY AND l:T °� C_-I4qTAIN REGULATIONS WITH RFFF,RENCEE TO
TTE =111Z OF LIVESTOC:: 7 , , IN.' , PASSED, APPROVED
ATD 'ADOPTED ON THE 25TH DAY OF JANUARY, A. D., 19291
AS A TENDED, BY Alr'.,DING SECTION 2 T�RLOF ." BY AL1E1JDI1NG
SECTION 2 OF SAID ORDINANCE NO. 2059
which was introduced and read at a regular meeting of this Council held
on the 15th day of March, 1939, and reread at this meeting, be adopted.
Carried by the following vote:
Ayes: Councilmen Gerow, Hesser, Love and Mlayor Binder,
Noes: Councilmen None.
Absent: Councilman Selby.
PAYI_,lG B ILLS .
The following demands, having had the
approval of the Committee
on
Finance and Records, were read:
"Jater W rks Rind General Fund
'thel V. Ains- orth and ",alter • C.
:Ainsworth, Sr.,
9"250.00
Asphalt Paving Materials
Co. Sftk.
$319.16'
Calif. Directory Pub -
General Fund
lishing Co.
12.00
Victor D. 7,1cCarthy,.City Clerk
$10.31
George F. Schenck
4100
Underwood Elliott Fisher Co.
6.00
Victor D. McCarthy
2.52
So. Calif. Disinfecting Co.
1.52
Bassett- Lundstrom Co.
.83
Cecil I. McConnell
3.35
l.lae Norton, Manager
15.00
El Segundo oman's Club
88.50
Bender's Market
1.21
TOTAL ;464.40
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, Moved by Councilman Gerow, seconded by Councilman Hesser, that 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 Gerow, Hesser, Love and Mayor Binder.
iioes: Councilmen None.
Absent: Councilman Selby,
NEW BUSEESS.
Ido ne .
No further business appearing to,be transacted at this meeting, it
was moved by Councilman Gerow, seconded by Councilman Hesser, the meeting
adjourn. Carried.
Respectfully submitted,
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