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1939 MAY 10 CC MINP-272 c-1 El Segundo, California. May 10th, 1939. A regular meeting of-the City Counoil of the City of. El Segundo, • California, was called to order -at 7:00.6' clock B. 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, Love, Selby and Mayor Binder. • Councilmen Absent: None. • Other officers present: Clyde Woodworth - City Attorney . Frank Chilson - Acting City Engineer. 1. A. Cummings - Acting Chief of Police. _.C. P. McConnell - Fire Chief. Victor D. McCarthy - City Clerk. READING OF MINUTES OF PV=OUS MEETING. The minutes of the regular meeting held on the 3rd day of May, 1939, were read. No errors or. omissions appearing, it was moved by Councilman Love, seconded by Councilman Selby, the minutes be approved as read. Carried. WRITTEN CO2lu"UNICATIONS. The following comnnicatsons, which were read to the Council, were disposed of in the manner indicated following the reference to each hereinafter: LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA MUNICIPALITIES, dated May 6th, 1939, its Legislative -Bulletin No. 10, 1939, Series, reviewing the action already taken and pending respecting a number of Senate and Assembly bills and urging the Council to communicate with members of the Legislature indicating its attitude with respect thereto.. - Following discussion, it was moved by Councilman Selby, seconded by Councilman Hesser, that the City Clerk be and'he is hereby authorized and directed to send a telegram or telegrams to the Senator and /or Assemblyman representing this District in the State Legislature, as may be: indicated by the present status-of the.bills hereinafter referred to, registering this Council's opposition to the passage of Assembly Bills Nos. 1709, 1234 and 471, and recommending the passage of the measure:to prohibit the sale, possession or use of dangerous fireworks. Carried by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Gerow, Hesser,-Love, Selby and Mayor Binder. Noes: Councilmen None. Absent: Councilmen None. jUVENILE CRIO PREVENTION ASSOCIATION OF MZRICA, INC., dated May 6th, 1939, inviting the Mayor and members of the City Council to attend a meeting and informal dinner dance, Monday, May 22nd, 1939, to honor Cecil T. Truschel, Chief'of Police of Culver City, founder and director of the Association. Ordered filed. JOSEPH F. kINER, dated May lOth,­1939, being application-for employment by the City of El Segundo. Ordered filed. ......SPECIAL ORDER OF BUS= SS. The hour of 7:15 o'clock P. M. at.this meeting,.having heretofore been fixed as the time and date for further considering the bids heretofore received May 3rd, 1939, for furnishing all of the labor and all materials necessary for fencing certain real property belonging to the City of E1 Segundo, as advertised for, and said hour having arrived, the Council, upon motion of Councilman Selby, seconded by Councilman Love, which carried unanimously, proceeded to and did consider_gaid bide, following which it was moved by Council- man Hesser, seconded by Councilman Love; that Resolution No. 474, entitled: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, AWARDING TO PACIFIC- FENCE COMPANY A CERTAIN CONTRACT FOR FENCING CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY IN SAID CITY, UNDER SPECIFICATIONS NO. WDF -1 -1939 OF SAID CITY, which was read, be adopted. Carried by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Gerow, Hesser, Love, Selby and Mayor Binder. Noes: Councilmen None. Absent: Councilmen None. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS... None. REPORTS OF STANDING C0MT't"T'FES. Councilman Gerow of the Public Works Committee, reported that he and the City Clerk had examined informal bids recently procured by the City Clerk for painting exterior and portions of the interior of the City Hall and he asked the City Clerk to report thereon. The City Clerk then reported that after a review of the bids received, it appeared to be preferable to do the work by force account in order to provide employment for unemployed residents of the City of E1 Segundo, qualified as painters, under the supervision of a master painter. It was considered desirable by the Council to take the matter under advisement until its next meeting and by general consent it was so ordered. REPORTS OF OFFICERS AND SPECIAL COMMITTEES. The City Clerk reported that the.bond of Apex Petroleum Corporation, Ltd, with the National Automobile Insurance Company as Surety, covering the operations and maintenance of that certain oil well named and known as Apex Elsie Well No. 4, recently assigned to Apex Petroleum Corporation, Ltd. by Burnoel Petroleum Company, had been returned to and filed with him in amended form,- now approved by the City Attorney. It appearing, therefore,-that all documents required by ordinances of the City of E1 Segundo and by this Council to be filed with the City Clerk in connection with the assignment by Burnoel Petroleum Company of its Elsie No. 1 Well to Apex Petroleum Corporation, Ltd.-have been filed and all other details attended to, it was moved by Councilman Hesser, seconded by Councilman Gerow, that the following resolution be adopted: W10REAS, Burnoel Petroleum Company has heretofore, by its letter dated April 7th, 1939, and by the later filing with the City Clerk of a copy of its original Agreement and Transfer of Real and Personal Property and Interest in Property, dated March 30th, 1939, advised of its assignment and transfer to Apex Petroleum Corporation, Ltd. of its interest in and to that certain oil well originally known as Burnoel Petroleum Company -Elsie No. 1 Well, located in Block 30 of the City of El Segundo, and of.the original permit issued by this Council for the drilling of said well; AND,.Z'EIER,LAS, Apex Petroleum Corporation,. Ltd., by its communication dated April 4th, 1939, advised it had purchased and taken over the property and interest of Burnet Petroleum Company in the well and the permit hereinbefore referred to; AND, t',lEREKA.S, by its resolution adopted April 26th, 1939, of record at Pages P -262 and P -263, minutes of.the proceedings of the City Council of the City of El Segundo, this Council did consent to the'assignment of the interest of Burnoel Petroleum Company in and to that certain oil well designated and known as Burnoel Petroleum Company Elsie No. 1 to Apex Petroleum Corporation, Ltd. and did consent to the assignment of the original permit granted PZ224 for the drilling and operation of :said well to said Apex Petroleum Corporation, Ltd, and did consent-to the re- naming of said well so that the same in future shall be' known as Apea Elsie"So. 4, provided said Apex Petroleum Corporation, Ltd. shall have filed with this Council a letter accepting all of the provisions, conditions and agree- ments contained in the original permit issued to Burnoel Petroleum Company for the drilling of said well and shall have filed with the City Clerk a bond as required by ordinances of the City of E1 Segundo for the faithful performance by it of all of the conditions, provisions and requirements of said oil well drilling permit; AND, VaIE'REA.S, the acceptance and agreement to abide by all of the conditions, provisions and agreements of said permit are expressed in the letter of Apex Petroleum Corporation, Ltd., dated April 29th,.1939, now on file in the office of the City Clerk, and the bond required to be filed in connection with its operation of the oil well hereinbefore referred to has been filed with the City Clerk, approved by the Mayor of the City of El Segundo as to sufficiency and by the City Attorney of the City of E1 Segundo as to form; NOW, FORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that Burnoel Petroleum Company and Pacific Indemnity Company, its Surety, in con- nection with the drilling and operation of Burnoel Petroleum Company Elsie No. 1 Well be and they are hereby exonerated as to any liability on account of said Burnoel Petroleum Company Elste No. 1 Well aceruing subsequent to this.10th day of May, 1939, the date of delivery and approval of the bond of Apex Petroleum Corporation, Ltd., assignee of said Burnoel Petroleum Company. The foregoing resolution was adopted by the following vote: - - -�" Ayes: Councilmen Gerow, Hesser, Love, Selby and Mayor Binder, Noes: Cquncil,men ,None. Absent: Councilmen None. The Assistant City Engineer reported having received advice from the Division of Highways of the Department of Public Works of the State of California, that the planting of ice plant on banks is considered a satisfactory erosion control and therefore may be included in maintenance estimates with respect to the expenditure of 1/40 gas tax funds.. The City Attorney reported that the adaptation of the Uniform Building Code and Specification Documents is complete and that they are ready for presentation and that he would at this time deliver the same to the City Clerk for filing in his office. The City Attorney reported that it appeared the City Engineer had applied to Pacific Electric Railway Company for a permit to install a 12^ pipe line crossing for conveying water at Pine Avenue and Center Street, within the City of El Segundo, under the tracks of Pacific Electric Railway Company at said location; that the Company had issued a Special Advance Permit, which had been submitted to him for approval; that he felt it desirable to add'a certain clause to the form of permit issued by Pacific Electric Railway Company, which additional provision he read and*explained'to the Council; that Pacific Electric Ralilway-Company had consented to'the addition of the clause to its form of permit and that he would now deliver the instrument to the City Clerk for filing.. It was thereupon moved by Councilman Love, seconded by Councilman Selby, that that certain Special Advance Permit, dated January 30th, 1939, of Pacific Electric Railway Company, permitting the installation of a 12^ - 10 gauge welded steel water line under the tracks of said Company at Pine Avenue and Center Street, E1 Segundo, Hawthorne -E1 Segundo Line, be and the same is hereby accepted on behalf of the City of El Segundo; that the Mayor of the City of E1 Segundo be authorized and directed to endorse the City's approval thereon on behalf or said City;.the. City Clerk authorized and directed to attest the same, to.cause the original thereof to be filed in his office for identification and reference and : a -copy thereof, so endorsed,by the Mayor, to be transmitted to said Pacific Electric Railway Company. Carried by the following vote:. Ayes: Councilmen Gerow, Hesser, Love, Selby and Mayor Binder. Noes: Councilmen None. Absent: Councilmen None. The Fire Chief, reporting in connection with changing the tires on the fire engine from solids to pneumatics, stated that informal bids thereon had been received, but that they were difficult of analysis in that each was not identical as to materials and equipment to be furnished and work to be done and that reference to brake adjustment had been entirely omitted from each of the bids. It was thereupon moved by Councilman Gerow, seconded by Councilman Love, that_the City Clerk be and he is hereby authorized and directed to prepare specifications for equipping the City of E1 Segundo's fire engine with pneumatic tires in place of solid tires and for furnishing all of the labor and materials necessary to accomplish said change and to effect such adjustments as may be made necessary thereby to the braking system, or as may be recommended by the Fire Chief and to submit the same to this Council for its approval. Carried. None. t IDI DID I-R&I I Z r PAYING BILLS. The following demands, having had.the approval of the Committee on Finance and Records, were read: _ Mater Works Fund General Fund Addressograph go. 5.24 Standard Oil Co. of Calif. $472.62 Builders Material Co. 12.43 E1 Segundo Herald 75.00 City of E1 Segundo 166.69 Grimes- Stassforth Stat. Co. 7.39 E1 Segundo Herald 28.23 George Ipswitch 062 General Electric.Supply Corp. 19.68 Superintendent of Documents 22.00 Griffith Hardware Co. 8111 Penny Profit Market 1.75 So. Calif.. Edison Co.. 524.71 . Southern Calif. Edison Co. Ltd, 35.35 So. Calif. Telephone Co. 13.00 Southern Calif. Edison Co. Ltd. 54.90 TOTAL $778,09 Southern Calif. Edison Co. 1,td. 5.49 Southern Calif. Edison Co. Ltd. 216.77 General Fund 1 -A Southern Calif. Edison Co. Ltd. 42.57 L. S. Todd $25.50 Southern Calif. Edison Co. Ltd. 10.00 C. K. McConnell 6.70 Recreation Fund P. 0. Pederson 1100 Hollywood Trophy Company $ 5.17 City of E1 Segundo Water Dept. 286.98 City of El Segundo Water Dept. 115.16 TOTAL S1354, 30 Moved by Councilman Love,-seconded by Councilman Selby, 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, Selby and Mayor Binder. Noes: Councilmen None. Absent' Councilmen None.'. NEW BUSINESS. Moved by Councilman Selby, seconded by Councilman Love, that the following resolution be adopted: P �:;276 �'-J WHEREAS, there has been prepared and presented to the City Council of the City of E1 Segundo, California, in complete, form, a uniform building code, as prepared and copyrighted by the Pacific Coast Building'Officials' Conference,�being the 1937 edition 'of such - uniform building code, as adapted to the use of: said City, together with three complete sets of all specification documents therein referred to; AND, �, said Council has examined the said code as so adapted and the specification documents therein referred to, also as so adapted; AND, WHEREAS, said Pacific-Coast Building Officials' Conference has consented to the use by said City of said copyrighted code without charge; AND, WBEREAS, this Council deems that the adoption of said code as so adapted, with the said accompanying specification documents as so adapted, is necessary in order to preserve the public peace, health and safety of said City, and properly serve the public interest and necessity thereof; NOW, TBEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of-El Segundo, California,,that as a condition precedent to the adoption of such code, and of said specification documents, all as so adapted, and as provided by law, that said three complete copies of said code in such book form, as so adapted, together with three full and complete copies of said specification documents referred to in and accompanying such code, all as so adapted, be and the same are hereby ordered immediately placed on file in the office of the City Clerk of the City of E1 Segundo, California, for use and examination by the public. The foregoing resolution was adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Gerow, Hesser, Love, Selby and Mayor Binder. Noes: Councilmen None. Absent: Councilmen None. The City Clerk thereupon announced that he had received and that there are now on file in his office, open to public examination, three complete copies,'in book form, of Uniform Building-Code 1937 Edition, as prepared and copyrighted by the Pacific Coast Building Officials' Conference as adapted to the use of the City of El Segundo, and three complete copies, in book form, of Specification Documents for Building Materials and Construction, 1938 Edition, as prepared and copyrighted by the Pacific Coast Building Officials' Conference as adaj)ted to •the use of the City of E1- Segundo. . -Councilman Gerow introduced Ordinance No. 221, entitled: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, FIXING AND ESTABLISHING FIRE ZONES, E\ AND FOR SAID CITY, AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES AND PARTS OF ORDINANCES, IN SO FAR AS = CONFLICT THEREWITH, which was read. Councilman Love introduced Ordinance No. 222, entitled: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, GALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING RULES AND REGULATIONS RELATING TO AND REGU7.AT]NG THE ERECTION; CONSTRUCTION, ENLARGIIJUNT, ALTMATI0N, REPAIR, MOVING, . REMOVAL, DEMOLITION! CONVrRSION; OCCUPANCY, EQUn:?=, USE, BEIGHT, AREA AND MA19TENANCE OF BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES IN TEE SAID CITY: PROVIDING FOR TEE ISSUANCE OF PERMITS; DE- CLARING AND ESTABLISHING FIRE ZONES; PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF; AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES AND PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN7CONFLICT TBEREWITH; BY ADOPTD G CERTAIN PORTIONS OF A CERTAIN CODE DESIGNATE) THEREIN AS "BUILDING CODE" RELATING TO SUCH MATTERS, PRINTED IN BOOK FORIA AND FILED, TOG .'THE) WITH ALL DOCUM=S TF —HREIN REFERRED TO, AS PROVIDE) BY LAW, IN THE OFFICE OF TEE CITY CLERK OF SAID CITY, P Z. % . 1477 which was read. Moved by Councilman Selby, seconded by Councilman Hesser, that seven of the flood light reflectors in use for lighting E1 Segundo baseball grounds for night baseball, be rec.oated in the manner recommended by the Acting City Engineer, at a cost of not to exceed $30.00. Carried by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Gerow, Hesser, Love, Selby and Mayor Binder. Noes: Councilmen None. Absent: Councilmen None. Moved by Councilman Selby, seconded-by Councilman Hesser, that one - half ton of calcium chloride be purchased for treatment of E1 Segundo baseball grounds at a cost of not to exceed $25.00. Carried by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Gerow, Hesser, Love, Selby and Mayor Binder. Noes: Councilmen None. Absent: Councilmen None. No further business appearing to be transacted at this meeting, it was moved by Councilman Gerow, seconded by Councilman Love, the meeting adjourn. Carried. Respectfully submitted, Approved: a Mayor.