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1939 MAY 03 CC MINy= El Segundo, California. May 3rd, 1939. 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 CALLe, Councilmen Present: Gerow, Hesser, Selby and Mayor Binder. Councilmen Absent: Love, Other Officers Present: Clyde Woodworth - City Attorney. Frank Chilson - Acting City Engineer, J. A. Cummings - Acting Chief of Police. C. K. McConnell - Fire Chief. Victor D. McCarthy - City Clerk, READING OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING. The minutes of the regular meeting held on the 26th day of April, 1939, were read. No errors or omissions appearing, it was moved by Councilman Selby, seconded by Councilman Gerow, 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: APPLICATIONS for employment from Peder 0. Pederson and E. D. Peterson. Ordered filed. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TELEPHON$ COMPANY, dated April 27th, 1939, being an application for a permit to move a telephone pole. Said application having had the approval of the'Acting Street Superintendent, it was -moved by Councilman Gerowj seconded by Councilman Hesser, that Southern California Telephone Company be and it is..hereby granted permission to excavate in the south side of-- Mariposa Avenue, easterly of the Alley westerly of Richmond,6treet,.for the purpose of moving its.Pole No. 33228 -T, 3 feet north of its present location, to clear a sidewalk being constructed in Mariposa Avenue between Richmond Street and the Alley westerly thereof, all of said work to be prosecuted and completed to the satisfaction of the Street Superintendent of the City of E1 Segundo, Carried. J. L. POMEROY, M. D., Health Officer, County of Los Angeles, submitting a report of the activities of Los Angeles County Health Department on the State quarantine for rabies control in Los Angeles County during the quarantine period February 17th, 1938'to February 28th, 1939. Ordered filed. APEX PETROLEUM CORPORATION, LTD., dated April 29th, 1939, agreeing to accept and abide by all of the provisions, conditions and agreements contained in the original permit issued Burnoel_Petroleum Company for the drilling of its Elsie No. 1 oil well in Block 30 in the City of E1 Segundo, which said well recently was assigned Apex Petroleum.Corporation,.Ltd. Moved by-Councilmen Selby,.seconded by Councilman Gero*, that the commmication of Apex petroleum porpopat�on, Ltd., dated April,29th, 1939, acknowledging receipt of a copy of the resolution adopted by this Body April 26th; 1939, with respect to the asslgnment of Burnoel Petroleum Companyts Elsie No. 1 Well to Apex Petroleum Corporation, Ltd., in which said communication said Apex Petroleum Corporation, Ltd. expresses its acceptance of the assignment to it by Burnoel Petroleum. Company of the original permit issued by this Council for the drilling, operation and maintenance of Burnoel Petroleum Companyts Elsie No, 1 Well in Block 30 within the City of E1 Segundo and agrees to abide by all of the provisions, conditions and agreements contained therein,, be received and placed on file in the offipe pf the City Clerk of the City of E1 Segundo and by him attached to the original of said permit. Carried. R21066 cl LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA MUNICIPALITIES, dated April 29th, 1939, its •LegislativeSBulletin No. 9, with reference to actions pending and actions already -taken by the Legislature of the State of California, with reference to certain Senate and Assembly bills. Ordered filed. L.-S. TODD, dated May 3rd, -1939, an application for a house moving permit. Moved by Councilman Hesser, seconded bye Councilman Gerow, that L..S. Todd be and he is hereby granted permission to move a one story frame dwelling house from its present location, 430 Loma Vista Street, in the City of El Segundo, to a proposed new location on Lots 28 and 29, Block 59, E1 Segundo; said building during the course of such removal to be routed northerly in the alley in Block 54 to Pine Avenue, thence easterly. in Pine Avenue to its permanent location; such removal to take place May 9th, 1939, beginning at or about the hour of 9:00 A. M. Immediately before commencing the work of removing said building, said permittee shall notify the Police Department of the City of E1 Segundo that the work is to begin, and during the course of such removal, the work shall be under the supervision of the Police Department as to traffic safety, and as to the use of public streets and protection of the same and other-public property and all other matters concerning the prosecution and completion of said moving operations, the work shall be under the supervision of the Street Superintendent of the City of E1 Segundo and shall be completed to his satisfaction. Carried. SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS. The hour of 7 :15 o'clock P. M. at this meeting, having heretofore been fixed as the time, date and place for the reception of bids for furnishing all labor and all materials necessary for fencing certain real property belonging to the City of E1 Segundo in accordance with notice therefor published in time, form and manner provided by law, the Mayor announced the arrival of the hour of 7:14 o'clock P. M. and asked if there were any person or persons present who desired to file bids. The-hour of 7:15 o'clock P. M. having arrived and all bids being in, the Mayor declared the time for receiving bids for furnishing all labor and all materials necessary for fencing certain real property belonging to the City of E1 Segundo; as- advertised for, closed. The City Clerk announced four bids had been received; Whereupon it was moved by Councilman Gerow, seconded by Gouneilman Hesser, that the Council proceed to open, examine and publicly declare all of the bids received for. furnishing all labor and all materials necessary for fencing, certain real.., property belonging to the City of E1 Segundo. -Carried, The Council thereupon proceeded to and did open, examine and publicly declare all bids received for furnishing all labor and all materi4s necessary for fencing certain real property belonging to the City of E1 Segundo, which said bids were found by said Council to be as follows, to-wit: . For Furnishing all the Labor and all the Materials Necessary for Fencing Certain Real Property belonging to the City of E1 Segundo and located at the South- west corner of Palm Avenue and California Street, within the City of El Segundo, in accordance with Specifications No. WDF -1 -1939 of said City.: Bid of Los Angeles Fencing Company - - $632.00 including State Sales Tax. Said bid was accompanied by Certified Check No. 11702,.drawn .on Bank of America N. T..& S. Association, payable to the City, of El Segundo in the sum of $70.00. t Bid of Standard Fence Company - - - - - - $577.50, incl. State Sales Tax. Alternate Bid - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 565.00, Said bid was accompanied by Certified Check No. 4048, drawn on Bank of America No T. & S. Association, payable to City of El Segundo in the sum of $60.00, P'I-7 C.1 Bid of Pacific Fence Co. - - - - - - - - $553.00, inel. Calif. State Salex Tax. Alternate .bid - - - - - - - - - -`- - - - 539.00 Said bid was accompanied by Certified Check No. 8586, drawn on Bank of America N. T. & _ �S. Association, payable to City of El Segundo in the sum of $70.00. Anchor Post Fence Company of California - - - - 4619.00, incl. California State Sales Tax. Said bid was accompanied by Cashier's Check No. 3465647, drawn on Bank of America N. T: & S. Association, payable to City of El Segundo in the sum of $62.00. Moved by Councilman Hesser, seconded by Councilman Gerow, that all bids received this date for furnishing all of the labor and all materials necessary for fencing certain real property belone o the City of El Segundo, be taken under advisement until the hour of 7:15 o'clock P. M.,'Wednesday, May 10th, 1939. Carried. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS. Mr. D. E. Raynor addressed the Council, requesting that he be granted a leave of absence at the time of taking his regular annual vacation. Moved by Councilman Selby, seconded by Councilman Gerow, that D. E. Raynor be and he is hereby granted a ninety day leave of absence, to begin at such date as meets the pleasure and convenience of the head of the department in which he is employed; provided that all of said leave of absence period shall be without pay except the first two weeks thereof, Which shall be considered the customary annual vacation period of said employee. Carried by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Gerow, Hesser, Selby and Mayor Binder. Noes: Councilmen None, Absent: Councilman Love. REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES. None. REPORTS OF OFFICERS AND SPECIAL COMMITTEES. Police Officer T. B. DeBerry reported to the Council respecting his attendance at the meeting -of the California Safety Council held at the Biltmore motel,- Friday, April 28th, at:which time trophies were awarded.California cities which had im- pora�et heir• traffic accident and death records. The City Clerk reported receipt of statements from the Police Department concerning the cost to the City of El.Segundo.of liquor control and the patrolling of Sepulveda Boulevard during the months of January, February, March and April, 19390 and he requested permission to transfer from the appropriate funds the amounts indicated in said reports to the General Fund of the City of El Segundo to re- imburse the latter fund for expenditures made therefrom on account of the items mentioned. Moved by Councilman Hesser, seconded by Councilman Selby, that the sum of $331.61 be transferred from the Alcoholic Beverage Control Fund of the City of El Segundo to the General Fund of said City and that the sum of $1178,65 be trans- ferred from the Motor Vehicle in Lieu Tax Fund of. the City of E1 Segundo to the General Fund of said City, these sums representing respectively the cost to the City of E1 Segundo heretofore paid out of-the'General Fund of said City in the matter of liquor agntrol and the patrolling of Sepulveda Boulevard within said - City for the months of January, February, March and April, 1939, as indicated in the written reports filed with the City,Clerk by the Chief of Police of the City of El Segundo, and that the City Clerk and the City Treasurer respectively of said City be authorized and directed to make appropriate entries in their respective books of record. Carried by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Gerow, Hesser, Selby and Mayor Binder. Noes: Councilmen None, Absent: Councilman Love. The'City Clerk reported that the baseball grounds keeper had advised him of the need of new baseball bases, whereupon it was moved by Councilman Gerow, seconded by Councilman Hesser, that? the purdhase of'baseball bases for use at the City of El Segundo soft ball and hard ball baseball grounds be and the same is hereby authorized and'directed at a cost of not to exceed $20.00, plus California State Sales Tax. Carried by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Gerow, Hesser, Selby and Mayor Binder. Nbes: Councilmen None, Absent: Councilman Love. Acting City Engineer Frank Chilson reported receipt from the Division of Highways of the State of California of communications showing an accumulated grand total of $12,953.98 available to the City of E1 Segundo for programming expenditures in the maintenance and improvement of Sepulveda Boulevard within the City of E1 Segundo, for the period ending June 30th, 1941; and an accumulated grand total of $5124.74 available for programming expenditures in the maintenance and improvement of Streets of Major Importance within the City of El Segundo, for the period ending June 30th, 1940. Accompanying said communications were project statement forms to be used in submitting proposed projects on State Highways and on Streets of Major Importance, which the Division of Highways requested be completed, adopted by the Council and forwarded to the Division. By general consent the Acting City Engineer was directed to prepare project statements with reference to Sepulveda Boulevard and Streets of Major Importance within the City of E1 Segundo and to submit the same to this Council for approval. Consideration of the foregoing matters developed the question of whether or not the cost of maintaining certain banks or slopes along Sepulveda Boulevard, created by the City when grading for the construction of said highway and which the City agreed to maintain as a part of the consideration for acquiring the rights of war needed to construct said highway, might be added to project statements in future years and paid out of gasoline tax allocations. There being some uncertainty about the matter, it was moved by Councilman Gerow, seconded by Councilman Selby,,-that the Street Superintendent of the City of El Segundo be and he is hereby authorized and directed to plant vegetation in those slopes along Sepulveda Boulevard, which the City of E1 Segundo is obligated by agreement to protect from erosidn, or to oil the same, as his judgment may dictate, at such time as in his discretion is the proper time to perform the work, the cost thereof to be defrayed out-of the 1/4¢ gas tax allocation to State Highways if, upon investigation; he ascertains that the costs and expenses thereof are chargeable to and payable dut'of said 1 /49! gas tax allocation, otherwise such cost to be paid out of the General 141hd of the City of El Segundo. Carried by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Gerow, Hesser, Selby and Mayor Binder, Noes: Councilmen None. Absent: Councilman Love, The City Attorney reported that his office had prepared the forms of "Grant of Easement for Sanitary Sewer Purposes"., respecting certain of the real property over which the. City will require rights of way for the con- struction of a trunk line sewer in the easterly portion of the subdivided area of the City of El Segundo, which forms he __at this time delivered to the City Clerk. He stated also that other forms had previously been prepared and, . delivered to the Clerk and that the preparation of two or three is pending, awaiting additional information as to the owners of the property over which the easements are desired. The City Attorney reported also that in conference with the Acting Building Inspector, Frank Chilson, and Fire Chief McConnell, he had prepared the forms necessary for adapting the "Uniform Building Code -1937 Edition" and the "Specifications Documents" therein referred to, -to the requirements of the City of El Segundo, and that he is at this time returning the adapted documents to the Building Inspector for final check prior to adoption thereof. p{ -`269 c1 The City Attorney also left with the -City Clerk a form of ordinance, fixing and establishing fire zones in and for the City and a form of ordinance establishing rules and regulations relating to and regulating the erection, construction; alteration, repair, etc, of buildings and strtictures within the City'of'El Segundo, for the consideration of the Councilmat such time as it desires to change the fire zones of the City of El Segundb and to adopt the current Uniform Building Code as the building ordinance of the City of E1 Segundo, UNFINISHED BUSINESS. In the matter of the applibatlon of Southern California Edison Company, Lt$., dated April 25th, 1939, presented to this Council-,April 26th, 1939v and on said date taken under advisement until thi's meeting,-it was moved by Councilman Geirow, seconded by Councilman Hesser, that thm following-resolution be adopted: WHEREAS, under date of April 25th, 1939, Southern California Edison Company, Ltd., by •letter entitled: rIn re:.T.O. No. 894 ^, filed with this Council April 26th, 1939, made application to this Council for permission to construct a pole line on the' southerly side of Maple Avenue, from Washington Street to Eucalyptus Drive, and on the . westerly side of Eucalyptus Drive from Maple Avenue to Imperial Highway, and also requested permission to remove a eucalyptus tree from the besterly stde of Eucalyptus Drive, approximately 30 feet north'of Maple Avenue, and to remove five palm trees from the southerly side of Maple Avenue, between Penn Street and Sheldon Street; - AND, WHEREAS, upon presentation said application was taken under consideration until this date'for the purpose of permitting members of this Council to diew the ground and to decide with respect to the granting of said perm -it ;- AND, WHEREAS, membdrs 'of this Council have viewed the ground and the proposed loedtion of'said pole line and have discovered that a portion of the roM over which said pole line is to be constructed is private - property; that the palm trees referred to in said application are in the public street and that the eucalyptus tred referred to in said application is on private property; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IVRESOLVED, that permission is hereby granted Southern California'Edison Company, Ltd, to construct a pole line in those portions'of the south side of Maple Avenue within the City of,E1 Segundo, hying and .being between Washington Street and Eucalyptus Drive which are dedicated streets; and on the westerly side of Eucalyptus Dritre from-Maple Avenue to Imperial Highway; also to remove five palm-trees from the South- erly side of Maple Avenue between Penn Street and Sheldon Street; nit permission, however, being granted for the removal of a eucalyptus tree from the westerly side of Eucalyptus Drive, approximately 30 feet north'of Maple Avenue,-said eucalyptus tree being private property'loeated'on private property, it being the specific intention of this Council hereby to make it incumbent upon the permittee herein named to negotiate and make its own arrangements with the owner of the property upon which said eucalyptus tree is located respecting removal of the same, or to so construct its line that said tree will not interfere therewith; provided that all of then. work contemplated shall be prosecuted and completed with the least.possible•ineonvenience to. the public and. to the sa'tis %ation'of the Street Superintendent . of the City of El Segundo. • Carried. ' PAYING BILLS. The following demands, haling had'the approval of the Committee-on- Finance and Records, were read: Water Works Fund General Fund Ducommun Metals & Supply Co, 8901 Peter E. Binder �V25.00 Be H. Peterson _ 23.00 John A. Gerold 25.00 E. D. Peterson 11.00 Orest 0, Hesser 25.00 A. R. Manson 10.00 George Love 25.00 I. N. Sumner 172.00 Wm. R. Selby 25.00 Frances G. Lloyd 90.00 Victor D. McCarthy 250.00 R. T. Hutchins 40.00 Neva M. Elsey 175.00 F. H. Chilson, Act. Water Supt.'49.89 Minta Curtzwiler 100000 . So. Calif. Freight Lines 2.09 Clyde Woodworth 125.00 Rensselaer Valve Co. 62.14 Don C. Fugitt 50.00 Pacific Mill & Mine Supply Co. 15.14 A. K. Tennis 132.00 Manning, Maxwell & Moore, Inc. 7.70 C. K. McConnell 13.00 Kimball Elevator Co. Ltd. 5.00 R. T. Hutchins 260.00 Hacker Pipe & Supply Co. 5.99 Frank Chilson 200.00 Grimes Stassforth State Co. 2.85 Frances Lloyd 30.00 General Electric Supply Corp. 10.38 E. Morgan 144.00 W. P. Fuller & Co. 167.02 Alice Hope 60.00 The Foxboro Co. 40.57 W. Y. Allee 175.00 Logan R. Cotton 35.00 -F. M. Barnes 153.00 The Brown Instrument Co. 13.66 H. Burns 153.00 R. H. Baker & Co. 8.08 W. A. Callahan 28.88 Ralph Freese 11020 J. Be Catalano 156.00 Walter Lehigh - 5.60 J. A. Cummings 185.00 J. Lind 56.00 T. Be DeBerxy 178.62 J. C. Osborne 131.22 R. Dietrich 130.00 Rex Ryan 10.50 Alex Haddock 153.00 A. Siebken 133.05 C. C. Havens 175.00 Clifford Smith 50.40 F. Ingram 130.00 TOTAL $1264.79 V. L. McCarthy 153.00 M. H. McIntire 175.00 Recreation Fund L. Maxwell 140.60 Jas. D. Easton $12,72 Wm, L. Owens 174.08 American Handicrafts Co. 3.35 K. S. Searles 153.00 Clark Brothers 32.14 Earl Cartland 94.80 Griffith Hardware Co. 7.07 H. Millder 135.87 TOTAL 55.28 C. L. McIlwaine 61.20 - M. Anthony 23.10 General 1-A Fund J. Brock 11.20 Inglewood Humane Society Inc. J77.3.3 E. Coddington 18.20 A. T.. Coihstock 11.20 . E. Elsen 22.40 General Fund F. L. Ford 11.20 L. A. Decomposed Granite Co. 6.79 Ralph Freese 11.20 Ducommun Metals & Supply Co. 4.90 J. Goodman 11.20 Standard Oil Company of Cal. 4.95 Paul Goodrich 5.60 American Pipe &.Steel Corp. 41.82 W. Hyde 11.20 Logan R. Cotton 95.00 T. Kincaid 11020 Industrial Printing & Stat. Co. 11.85 Carl Knight 11.20 Schwabacher -Frey State Co. 3.61 V. Lister 22.40 William Frame 9.00 J. F. Martin 42.70 Pacific Chemical Co. 7.33 A. Mena.rd 50.40 Bureau of Engineer'.ng 1.20 W. E. Morgan 22.40 Al's Coffee Shop 1100 S. Patterson 11.20 Southern Cal, Freight Lines 1120 M. Painter 22.40 The Robbins Company 4.44 C. Russell - 22.40 Harper & Reynolds 23.37 W. Robinett 34.40 Co K. McConnell 3.35 Clarence Roncevich 22.40 A; J. Sullivan 50.60 W.'J.. Rice 11.20 Pacific Coast Bldg, Off, Conf, 9.27 Joe L. Randall 11.20 E. Morgan 3.60 F. Stuck 16.80 American Legion Auxiliary 25.00 John San.ko 16.80 Standard Oil Co. of Calif. 2.88 Lynn Todd 11.20 Shepherd Tractor & Equipt. Co. 1.76 J. F. Wilson 50.40 Inglewood Motor Parts Co. 2.28 R. L. Weller 22.40 P. 0. Pederson 2.50 E. Weatherfield 11.20 Inglewood Mercantile Co. 10.50 H. A. Slater 10.50 J. P. Hansen . Converse Neon Signs Ralph M. Converse Southern Calif. Gas Co. California Spray - Chemical Corp. Lee B. Hawkins . Victor D. McCarthy, City Clerk Grimes- Stassforth State Co. Asphalt Paving Materials Co. American Bitumuls Co. Inglewood Sheet Metal Works Harry Miller Pacific Mill & Mine Supply Co. Frank Chilson Ira E. Escobar Griffith Hardware Co. Builders Material Co. General Fund 2.55 F: Wood 12.00 Chas. Lane 25.00 W. Oxley 2.73 E1 Cartland 12.69 J. A. Macdonald 103.00 7. Burgner - 26.42 D. Boyer 4.48 P. Campbell 86.16 K. Campbell 21.18 W. A. Callahan 3.18 C. Dinwiddie 27.20 k'. L. Gregory 15.15 G. McLauchlin 9100 J. Powers 55.61 M..Rahan 28.06 D. Rpynor 92.56 J. Schoening G. Turney _. TOTAL Moved by Councilman Gerow, seconded by Councilman Selby, the allowed and warrants ordered drawn on and paid out of the respective the same. Carried by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Gerow, Hesser, Selby and Mayor Binder. Noes: Councilmen None, Absent: Councilman Love. NEW BUSINESS, P1.. General Fund 11.20 _11.20 4.90 11.20 169.00 139.16 133.53 130.00 111.56 95.62 144.00 158.00 123.00 110.00 110.00 110.00 126.17 130.06 7604.66 demands be Hinds covering The City Engineer presented to the Council for approval a vacation schedule effecting employees of the Street, Engineering, Sewer and Water Departments of the City of E1 Segundo except the City Engineer and his assistant. Moved by Councilman Selby, seconded by.Councilman Gerold, that the Vacation Schedule for employees of the Street, Engineering, Sewer and Water Departments of the City of E1 Segundo, as prepared by the City Engineer and filed with this Council this date, be and the same is hereby adopted as the Vacation Schedule for employees of these departments for the year 1939; provided, however, that such schedules may be altered by the heads of the departments effected to suit the interest and con- venience of said departments and of the public, and provided further, that in event of deviation Prom the schedule as filed this date, a memorandum thereof be filed with the City Clerk for attachment to the vacation schedule i hereby adopted. Carried by the following vote: Ayes:. Councilmen Gerow, Hesser, Selby and Mayor Binder, Noes: Councilmen None. Absent: Councilman Love. By general consent the Street Superintendent was instructed to obtain prices and other data respecting a street sweeper and to present the same to the Council at his convenience. No further business appearing to be transacted at this meeting, it was moved by Councilman Hesser,'seconded by Councilman Gerow, the meeting adjourn. Carried. Respectfully submitted, Approved: • C k Mayor.