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1939 SEP 06 CC MINP 390 El Segundo, California. September 6th, 1939. A regular meeting of the City Council of. the City of El Segundo, California, was held in the Council Chamber of the City Hall of said City, on the above date, having been called to order at 7:00 P. M..by Peter E. Binder, Mayor. ROLL CALL. Councilmen Present: Hesser, Love, Selby and Mayor Binder. Councilmen Absent: Gerow. Other Officers Present: Clyde Woodworth - City Attorney. A. R. Gunn - Street Superintendent. R. T. Hutchins - City Engineer. C. K. Mc (ronnell - Fire Chief. Victor D. McCarthy - City Clerk. READING OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING. The minutes of the regular meeting "held on the 30th day of August, 1939, were read. No errors or omissions appearing; it was mov6d 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: H. W. PRINCE, M. D., dated 9/1/39, a certificate - indicating that Mr. F. L. Gregory may return to work of a light nature. Ordered filed. TOM P. BRAY, dated September 5th, 1939, being an application for employment by the City of El Segundo. Ordered filed. MUNICIPAL FINANCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION, dated August 24th, 1939, explaining the v &lue of membership in said organization, transmitting copies of bulletins issued by it and soliciting membership of the City of E1 Segundo therein. Ordered filed. LOGAN R. COTTON, Accountant and Auditor, dated August 29th, 1939, submitting a proposal to perform the audit of the municipal books and accounts for the fiscal year 1939 -1940. Referred to Councilman Selby, Chairman of the Finance Committee for recommendation. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, County of Los Angeles, dated August 22nd, 1939, being copy of an order adopted by said Board of Supervisors on said date, with reference to the purchase of road materials by cities which receive gas tax monies from the County. The communication was ordered filed and the City Clerk directed to ascertain the prices paid for road materials by the County of Los Angeles so that such prices may be compared with those paid by the City of El Segundo for the same materials. PACIFIC COAST BUILDING OFFICIALS CONFERENCE, dated September 1st, 1939, advising of the holding of its 17th Annual Meeting, October 3rd to 6th, 1939, at Oakland, California, and urging the attendance of R. T. Hutchins, Building Inspector, at said meeting. It appearing more desirable to have Mr. Hutchins attend the convention of Water Works officials, and it appearing also desirable to have the City of E1 Segundo represented at the Building Officials 6onference, it was moved by Councilman Binder, seconded by Councilman Hesser, that Frank H. Chilson, Assistant Building Inspector, .be.and he is hereby directed to attend the 17th annual meeting of the Pacific Coast Building Officials Conference, to be held at Oakland, California, October 3rd to 6th inclusive, 1939, as representative of the City of E1 Segundo, and that he be allowed as and for his expenses in connection therewith an amount not in excess of a sum equal to the round trip first class railroad fare, plus the cost of a lower pullman sleeper in each direction, I nd that in addition thereto, he be allowed $8.00 per day for lodging, meals and -other expenses incidental to said trip for not to exceed six days. Carried by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Hesser, Love, Selby and Mayor Binder. Noes: Councilmen None. Absent: Councilman Gerow. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS. Mr. Thomas F. Gorman addressed the Council respecting his employment by the City of E1 Segundo and he was requested to see the City Engineer at a later date after the Council had an opportunity to discuss his case. Mr. C. W. Lewis addressed the Council with reference to certain improvements heretofore made in Main Street which did not meet with his approval. None. REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES. REPORTS OF OFFICERS AND SPECIAL COMMITTEES. City Engineer Hutchins reported that Mr. Fred L. Gregory, who has been absent from his duties because of illness, returned to work and reassumed his occupation September 5th, 1939. City Engineer Hutchins reported also that Mr. E. J. Grow, Municipal Mechanic, who has been absent from his duties on leave of absence, returned to work September lst, 1939. City Engineer Hutchins reported having delivered to State Relief Administration the several documents required by it in connection with the projects which S. R. A. will prosecute within the City of E1 Segundo for said City; that S. R. A. officials had informed him that these documents must be sent to San Francisco for approval, and he added that he is prepared to proceed with the work contemplated as soon as S. R. A. gives its approval. R. T. Hutchins, Superintendent of the Water Department, advised having received a letter from Carl Wilson, Water Technologist, stating that he had tested the water from Water Well No. 3 of the City of El Segundo; that the same proved satisfactory and that in his opinion the City is justified in making an effort to save said well which recently caved. Thereupon, by general consent, the proposed plan of the Superin- tendent of the Water Department to secure the necessary labor and materials to install a liner in said well, received the Council's approval. Building Inspector R. T. Hutchins reported that the services of Mr: A. J. Sullivan as Assistant Inspector - Second Class,•had been terminated September 3rd., 1939. It wa•s thereupon moved-by Mayor Binder, seconded by Councilman Selby, that the action of the Building Inspector in dispensing with the services of Mr. A. J. Sullivan as Assistant Inspector- Second Class as of September 3rd, 1939, be and the same is hereby ratified, approved and confirmed. Carried by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Hesser, Love, Selby and Mayor Binder. Noes: Councilmen None. Absent: Councilman Gerow. P � X92 R. T. Hutchins, Superintendent of the Water Department, advised the Council that after consultation with other water works engineers, he had revised his plan for increasing the water pressure in a certain area within the City of E1 Segundo so that the cost thereof will approximate $800.00, and that no rights of way in which to lay new water lines will be necessary. After brief discussion the matter was referred back to Superintendent Hutchins and Councilman Love for further consideration and final report to the Council. Councilman Selby, to whom had been referred the.matter of recommending a choice of applicants for employment in connection with restoring tax delinquent properties within the City'df E1 Segundo to the tax rolls, requested further time to make his report and by general-consent this was granted. The City Engineer reported having received from Pacific Electric Railway Company its regular form of easement; in duplicate, granting the right to the City of E1 Segundo to construct a sewer trunk line in a portion of said Company's right of way, all as more particularly described in said form of easement. The instrument was referred to the City Attorney for his opinion as to its form. He expressed his approval of the same and called attention to the fact that should the City discontinue the use of the premises, it will be required to restore the same as nearly as possible to the same state and condition they were in prior to the construction of any municipal facilities in said right of way; also that the City of E1 Segundo agrees to be responsible for any damages or claims arising out of its use of the easement. These conditions appearing to the Council to be reasonable, it was moved by Councilman Selby, seconded by Councilman Love, that the following resolution be adopted: RESOLVED, that that certain Grant of Easement, dated July 14th, 1939, executed by Pacific Electric Railway Company, con- veying to the City of-El Segundo the right to construct a sewer line across that part of the right of way or property of said Pacific Electric Railway Company in the City of El Segundo, California, described as follows, to -wit: A strip of land, 2 feet wide, being a portion of Lot D of Sheet 7 E1 Segundo, shown on map recorded in Book 22, Pages 54 and 55, of Maps, and Lot 434, of Block 123, of Sheet 8 El Segundo shown on map recorded in Book 22; Pages 106 and 107 of Maps, Records of Los Angeles County, and extending from the northerly prolongation of the easterly line of Maryland Street, 50 feet wide, as said street is shown on said map of Sheet 7 E1 Segundo, to the westerly prolongation of the northerly.line of Lot 161 of Sheet 8 E1 Segundo. The southerly boundary of said two foot strip being described as follows: Beginning at the point of intersection of the easterly line of said Maryland Street with the southerly line of said Lot D; thence southeasterly, along the said southerly line to the northerly line of Pine Avenue, 50 feet wide, as said Avenue is shown on said map of Sheet .7 El Segundo; thence easterly along said northerly line.of Pine Avenue and along the easterly prolongation thereof, to an intersection with a line which is parallel to and two feet southerly, measured at right angles, from the northerly line of said Lot 434; thence southeasterly along said parallel line to an intersection with said westerly prolongation of said northerly line of Lot 161 be and the same is hereby accepted; and P 393-T BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Mayor of the City of E1 Segundo be and he is hereby authorized and directed to sign said Grant of Easement on behalf•of the City of El Segundo and the City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to attest the same and to affix the City seal thereto, and to cause the said instrument to be filed for record in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, to cause a copy thereof to be delivered to Pacific Electric Railway Company and to furnish said Oompany with recordation reference. The foregoing resolution was adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Hesser,'Love, Selby and Mayor Binder. Noes: Councilmen None: Absent: Councilman Gerow. •The Chief of Police announced the appointment as Special Police. Officers of the City bf El Segundo of fourteen persons whom he named, whereupon'it was moved by Councilman Love, seconded by Councilman Hesser; that the appointments of J. T. Atchinson, Jr., Wm. Dovmes, C. L. Farquhar, Tom Farrell, Ira J. Griffin, James M. Hayes; E. V. Henry, C. L. Jackson, R. P.'Jordan, N. L. Longtin, C. E. Murphy, D. C. McIntire, C. P. Pitney, and Chas. A. Sturtevant as Special Police Officers of the City of E1 Segundo, by R. T. Hutchins, Chief of Police of said City, be and the same, are hereby ratified and approved. Carried. The City Attorney reported'advice from the Water Department of the City of E1 Segundo that said Department had received a further payment of $10.82 from the Trustee to apply upon the City's claim against Howard Oil Company. The City Attorney reporting.also with reference to the former instruction that he use his-endeavors to cause a certain oil well known as "Rider No. 1" to be satisfactorily aband•oried, stated that he had been in communication with a Mr. Walter Roth, who is the owner of an interest• in the property on which said well was drilled; that negotiations to the desired end are in progress and that a further report will be made later. UNFINISHED BUSINESS. None. At this point Mayor Binder appointed Councilman Hesser a member pro tern of the Finance Committee of the Council due to the fact that Councilman Love, a member of said Committee, is unable to sign his name due to an injury to his right hand. PAYING, BILLS. The following demands, having had the approval of the Committee on Finance and Records, were read: Water Works Fund General Fund Frances G. Lloyd 45.00 John Spear $5.60 I. N. Sumner 84.50. W. H. Psherer 5.60 R. T. Hutchins 30.00 H..A..Slater•• 36.50 T. Gorman, Jr. — 5..60, Ralph Freese 11.20 Clifford Smith 65.00 E. Weatherfield 28.00 H. A. Slater 23.30 R. L. Weller 11.20 A. Siebken 65.00 J. F. Wilson 68.20 W. H. Psherer 8.00 Lynn Todd 30.80 J. C. Osborne 65.00 F. Stuck 22.40 J. Lind 65.00 W. J. Rice 22.40 Ralph Freese 22.40 J. L. Randall 68.00 TOTAL $476.80 Clarence Roncevich 28.00 P".394 Moved by Councilman Love, seconded by Councilman Selby, 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, Love, Selby and Mayor Binder. Noes: Councilmen None. Absent: Councilmen Gerow. NEtW BUSINESS. Moved by Councilman Hesser, seconded by Councilman Love, that C. K. General Fund General Fund C. Russell 28.00 F. Mack 11.20 S. Patterson 22.40 0. Tidwell 30.80 M. Painter 64.00 D. L. Johnston 11.20 A. E. Menard 39.20 W. Robinett 61.60 J. F. Martin 61.60 C. Dinwiddie 56.37 W. E. Morgan 11.20 G. Turney 71.28 V. Lister 21.00 J. Burgner 62.12 Carl Knight 11.20 D. Boyer 70.24 W. Hyde 16.80 A. R. Gunn 110.40 Paul Goodrich 5.60 J. Schoening 56.27 J. Goodman 16.80 M. Rahan 55.00 F. L. Ford 61.60 J. Powers 55.00 E. Elsen 33.60 G. McLauchlin 61.50 A. Cendo 11.20 C. L. McIlwaine 84.50 E. L. Coddington 6.30 J. A. Macdonald 65.00 J. A. Brock 39.20 F. L. Gregory 69.00 M. A. Anthony 11.20 K. Campbell 58.12 0. Tidwell 27.17 W. A. Callahan 13.29 H. F. Miller 82.87 Economy Blue Print & Supply Co. .82 K. S. Searles 76.50 Standard Oil Co. of California 307.78 Wm. L. Owens 83.30 Asphalt Paving Materials Co. 239.92 L. Maxwell 65.00 American Bitumuls Co. 25.03 Y. H. McIntire 87.50 Edna E.- Leland 23.62 V. L. McCarthy- 80.50 Grimes - Stassforth Stationery Co. 1.39 F. Ingram 69.77 Frank Stuck 15.00 C. C. Havens 87.50 Western Chemical Company 4.55 Alex Haddock 76.50 Al's Coffee Shop 16.45 Frank H. Chilson 6.00 American Legion Auxiliary 25.00 R. Dietrich 67.28 C. A. Wilson 2.50 T. B. DeBerry 87.50 California Co- operative Unit 259 50.00 J. A. Cutunings 92.50 Pacific Mill & Mine Supply Co. 8.08 J. B. Catalano 76.50 The Wayne Pump Company 6.58 Earl Cartland 72.72 General Electric Supply Corp. 6.99 W. A. Callahan 5.35 The Electric Shop 1.25 H. Burns 76.50 Converse Neon Signs 6.00 F. M. Barnes 76.50 Ralph M. Converse 25.00 W. F. Allee 87.50 Victor D. McCarthy, City Clerk 16.54 Mary Lawrence 30.00 E1 Segundo Hardware 37.34 E. Morgan 72.00 E. Coddirgton 17.00 Frances Lloyd 15.00 City of Manhattan Beach 2.50 R. T. Hutchins 120.00 F. C. Westerhout, M. D. 7.00 C. K. McConnell 6.50 General Electric Company 4.17 A. K. Tennis 66.00 Ira E. Escobar 6.12 Don C. Fugitt 25.00 Builders Material C6.' 89.53 Clyde Woodworth 62.50 TOTAL 45000.81 Minta Curtzwiler 50.00 Neva M. Elsey 87.50 Recreation Fund Victor D. McCarthy 125.00 Segner's 5 -10 -250 Store 4.01 William R. Selby 12.50 Builders Material Co. 6.27 George Love 12.50 E1 Segundo Hardware 5.65 Orest 0. Hesser 12.50 TOTAL $15.93 John A. Gerow 12.50 Peter E. Binder 12.50 General 1 -A Fund-- Inglewood Humane Society, Inc. 15.00 Moved by Councilman Love, seconded by Councilman Selby, 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, Love, Selby and Mayor Binder. Noes: Councilmen None. Absent: Councilmen Gerow. NEtW BUSINESS. Moved by Councilman Hesser, seconded by Councilman Love, that C. K. P�39.3 '7 1 McConnell, Chief, El Segundo Fire Department, be and he is hereby authorized and directed to cause the fire engine of said Department to be painted and the metal trim thereon to be chromium plated, all at a cost of not to exceed $400.00. Carried by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Hesser, Love, Selby and Mayor Binder. Noes: Councilmen None. Absent: Councilman Gerow. Moved by Councilman Love, seconded by Councilman Hesser, that Resolution No. 480, entitled: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 475 OF SAID CITY, ENTITLED: "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 REPELLING ALL RESOLUTIONS AND ORDERS AND PARTS OF RESOLUTIONS AND'-ORDERS IN CONFLICT THEREWITH ", BY AMENDING SUBDIVISION 9 OF SECTION .1 THEREOF, which was read, be adopted. Carried by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Hesser, Love, Selby and Mayor Binder. Noes: Councilmen None. Absent: Councilman Gerow. Moved by Councilman Hesser, seconded by Councilman Love, that the following resolution be adopted: RESOLVED, that effective immediately Charles L. McIlwaine be relieved of his employment as City Forester and appointed to the office of Park Superintendent of the City of E1 Segundo; that Fred L. Gregory be relieved of his duties as Park Department Foreman and appointed to the office of Nurseryman of the City of El Segundo, and'that J. G. Schoening be relieved of his employment as Laborer -First Class and appointed to the office of Foreman -Park Department; each of said persons to perform services during such hours and at such compensations as have been fixed by Resolution No. 475 of the City of El Segundo and other resolutions amendatory thereof and /or supplementary thereto effecting the hours of employment and rates of compensation of officers and employees of the City of E1 Segundo. The foregoing resolution was adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Hesser, Love, Selby and Mayor Binder. Noes: Councilmen None. Absent: Councilman Gerow. No further business appearing to be transacted at this meeting, it was moved by Councilman Hesser, seconded by Councilman Selby, the meeting adjourn. Carried. Approved: Mayo . Respectfully submitted,