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1941 SEP 24 CC MINP = xO98 El Segundo, California. September 24th, 1941. A regular meeting of the Cit T was held in the Council C y.Council •of the City of El Se having been called to ordeamb r7 of the City Hall of said City on the'a California, Binder, Mayor. •00 o clodk P. M. on the above date b date, y Peter E. ROLL CALL.' Councilmen Present: Gerow and Mayor = Councilmen Absent: ! Hesser, Selby Love. or Binder. Other Officers Present: Clyde Woodworth - City Attorney. Frank Chi lson - Street Superintendent. Bernard Lawler - Special City Y Attorney. Neva M. Elsey - Deputy y City Clerk, READING OF MnMTES OF PRMOUS MEETING. The minutes of the 1941, were read. No errors regular meeting held on the Gerow, seconded b -tors or ,omissions 17th day of September, Carried, y Councilman gasser appearing, it was moved by Councilman , the minutes be approved as read. WRITTEN COMIQUNICATIONS. The following communications disposed of in the , which were read to manner indicated, followin the Council, were g reference td each hereinafter: LADCO WHOLESALE E,I,ECTRIC C0; return of it "s check No , dated September said Company" • 2668 in amount of 23rd, 1941, requesting Libra bid on certain electrical X40.00, which was deposited with Library Building. material for E1 Segundo public Following discussion Building Superintendent on'sah matter was referred not all materials re Project to A. J. Sullivan, , fora statement as to whether or Company had been receieddornnoet, the bid of said Ladco Wholesale Electric E1 Se HARRY LANGLOIS, dated September 10th, advisi Segundo has been using x941, for storage purposes g certain lots owned by him in that the City of stored on said ► and requesting that said City Block 65 of said City, property, or pay rental for the y either remove materials property. The Street Superintendent advised that be made of.all materiain his o l stored on the above pro e the matter was Pinion disposition could disposition of referred to Councilman Love t may, and by material. and the Street 3 perintendentsfor STATE BOARD OF E ' °f application by Raymond �ALIZATION, dated September 17th - Il Segundo for an On Sale Peter Tucker, dba Mar , , 20 G being notification Beer license. 'Ordered l at 120 Grand Avenue, •Ordered filed. LEAGUE OF-CALIFORNIA CITIES pertain Priorities-Ma intenance and VReated September 17th ewly appointed Director of Priorities of Orders heeoffice ul ed b setting forth rdered filed. Promulgated by Donald M. Nelson, Production Management. 3sirabi�t RAYMOND A. MAG�_datsd= .September 23rd, relative sere none exist sidewalks being constructed with 1 city ve to the at the present time. the City of E1 Segundo, P :{q Moved by Councilman Gerow, seconded by Councilman Hesser, that the City Clerk be and he is hereby directed to advise Mrs. Magee that sidewalks are `property improvements which are paid for directly by the property owners; that it has never been the policy of the Council to arbitrarily cause such improve- ments to be made, and suggesting that if Mrs. Magee cares to contact the property owners along the streets mentioned in her letter as being without sidewalks and finds them of the -same opinion as Mrs. Magee with reference to said matter and that they are willing to finance the construction of such side- walks, the Council will be glad to assist in any way possible toward the end of setting up an improvement district to take care of the construction of the needed sidewalks. Carried. WILLIAM T. STEINBRINK, dated September 24th, 1941, being application for employment by the City of El Segundo. Ordered filed. GEOFREY F. MORGAN, President, Shoreline Planning Association, dated September 23rd, 1941, being a telegram urging representation•of the City at* a meeting of the Shoreline Planning Association to be held at Belair Bay Club, Wednesday evening, September 24th, 1941, The Deputy City Clerk advised the telegram had been received on Tuesday, September 23rd, 1941 and had been referred to Mayor Binder. The Mayor stated that inasmuch as no meeting of the Council-would be held before the time set for the Shoreline Planning Association meeting, he had authorized Councilman Love and City Engineer Hutchins to attend said meeting. Moved by Councilman Hesser, seconded by Councilman Selby, that the action of the City Clerk in referring the telegram of Shoreline Planning Association to Mayor Binder and-the action of Mayor Binder in'authorizing Councilman Love and City Engineer Hutchins to attend the meeting of said, Shoreline Planning Association to be held Wednesday, September 24th, 19419 be and the same are hereby approved, ratified and confirmed, and that said Councilman Love and City Engineer Hutchins be and' they are hereby authorized to file their demands for their actual and necessary edpenses in connection with their attendance at said meeting, such demands to be audited and approved in the usual manner before payment. Carried by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Gerow, Hesser, Selby and Mayor Binder, Noes: Councilmen None. Absent: Councilman Love, OFFICE OF PRODUCTION MANAGMENT, Division of Priorities, undated, stamped received September 22nd, 1941, advising that City of E1 Segundo application for preference rating is being returned therewith, with_preference rating assigned by the Director of Priorities stamped upon it. Ordered-filed-. OFFICE OF PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT,•Division of Priorities, dated'September 16th, 1941, stating that priority rating has been assigned the'City of El Segundo application for such rating on purchase of steel bars and beams, requesting that the name and address of the supplier be furnished so that a certificate may be issued to the supplier without further delay. The Street Superintendent advised that he had air mailed the information requested to the Office of Production Management, and thereafter the communication was ordered filed. MYRTA BARON; Captain, Company G. Inglewood Unit.' Womens Ambulance and Defense Corps, dated September 20th, 1941, - inviting members of the Council•to attend a review to be held Thursday evening September 25th, 10419 'at 7:30 P. M. at the Inglewood Union High School-Athletic Field, Inglewood, California. Ordered filed. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS. Messrs. H. A. Slater and William Barton, each addressed'-the Council relative to the inability of Mr. Barton to obtain-gas service at his residence on East Grand Avenue, between Center Street and Indiana Street, unless Mr. Barton pays the Southern California Gas Company the cost of making the gas line P 11.00 extension. Mayor Binder explained to the gentlemen that the City of El Segundo has no control over a matter of this kind, that the Southern California Gas Company operates under rules and regulations of the Railroad Commission of the State of California and it was suggested to Mr. Barton that he first take the matter up with said Gas Company and if no relief is afforded, that he then go to the Railroad Commission with his problem. REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES. Councilman Gerow of the Public Works Committee, stated it had been called to his attention that platforms and chairs and other furniture in the City Hall Auditorium are being removed prior to the holding of dances in said Auditorium by the Recreation Commission, but*are not replaced after such dances, thus causing extra work for the Janitor. After discussion, the matter was referred to Councilman Hesser, Council member on the Recreation Commission, for his attention. REPORTS OF OFFICERS AND SPECIAL COMMITTEES. Superintendent of Sewers Chilson advised that the contractor, who is constructing sewers in the new subdivision east of Penn Street and north of Mariposa Avenue, has all the pipe laid and backfilling completed, and the construction of the pumping station will be commenced in the very near future. Special City Attorney Lawler advised the Council that all conditions required by the County of Los Angeles and the State of California, in the agreement between the City of E1 Segundo and said County, wherein said City is given an option, for two years, to purchase from the State certain tax deeded property, had been complied with; that the optiom.agreement will become effective 21 days after the first publication of "Notice of Option Agreement ", which said notice is being published in this week's issue of E1 Segundo Herald. Thereafter the Council entered into discussion as to what course it might pursue in the purchase of such tax deeded properties and by general consent it was decided that the Council would make a personal inspection of such tax deeded property in order to ascertain what parcels it might desire to purchase under such option agreement. The City Attorney reported he had been advised that Southern California Telephone Company had dismissed its suits in.the Superior Court against the City of E1 Segundo, being cases Nos. 452415, 4412029, 428886, 416560, 402792 and 464512. The City Attorney advised he had received a communication from the Railroad Commission of the State of California, acknowledging receipt of original and eight copies of the City's application for permit to construct a grade crossing over. the A. T. & S. F. Railway's tracks at Douglas Avenue, and that the said application will have the Commission's attention. The Chief of Police, through the Deputy City Clerk,: advised receipt of a letter from Federal Communications Commission relative to the City's application for a permit to construct two additional portable - mobile units for Municipal Police Station K Q J L, which said letter set forth certain conditions to be met before said permit would be granted. By general consent said communication from Federal Commmunications Commission, dated September 17th, 1941, relating to two portable - mobile units for Municipal Police Station KQJL be referred to the City Attorney for the necessary attention. The City Engineer, through the Deputy City Clerk, advised receipt of a communication from North American Aviation, Inc., dated September 22nd, 1941, which said communication advised that said Company is completing negotiations for the construction of a 65,000 sq. ft. warehouse at the Southeast corner of Imperial Highway and Northrop Street in the City of E1 Segundo, for The Defense Plant Corporation, a subsidiary of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, and asking the City of El Segundo to make request upon the Bureau P ii0i of Water Works and Supply of the City of Los Angeles to provide water for an adequate automatic fire sprinkler system for said warehouse. Following discussion, it was moved by Councilman Selby, seconded by Councilman Hesser, the following resolution be adopted: WHEREAS, the Defense Plant Corporation, a subsidiary of The Reconstruction Finance Corporation, proposes to construct, at the Southeast corner of Imperial Highway and Northrop Street, in the City of E1 Segundo, s large warehouse structure for the housing of defense materials and supplies; AND, WHEREAS, the plans for said structure contemplate a suitable and adequate sprinkler system to protect said structure and its contents against fire; AND, WHEREAS, the present municipal facilities of the City of E1 Segundo. Water Works Department are not adequate to care for such reouirements of said structure and the said City. of. E1 Segundo is without means to increase its said water department facilities to such extent as to render same adequate for such purpose; AND, WHEREAS, this Council is informed that the Bureau of Water Works and Supply of the City of Los Angeles has available the necessary facilities to provide said new structure with the necessary service connections and water service for the purposes aforesaid and is willing so to do; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of, El Segundo does hereby consent to the furnishing, by said Bureau of-Water Works and Supply, of the necessary water service - and facilities for the purposes aforesaid, and does hereby request said Bureau, under the circumstances, to cooperate with said Defense Corporation in said matter to the fullest extent possible in that regard; AND, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that said Bureau of Water Works and Supply of said City of Los Angeles is hereby granted any and all authority and jurdsdiction which may be necessary from the City of E1 Segundo in order to permit said Bureau to-so extend its , facilities and make such service to said Defense Corporation within said City of. El Segundo; AND, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that thet authority, permission and request above referred to relate only t Fire sprinkler system of said building as above referred to. The foregoing resolution was adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Gerow, Hesser, Selby and Mayor Binder. Noes: Councilmen None. Absent: Councilman Love. The City Engineer, through the Deputy City Clerk, advised the Council that he had this date discussed with 11r. Campbell and Mr. Hunt of the Federal Works Agency the City's application for Street and Water projects in the East Acreage; that in their opinion the Federal Government would probably consider both applications as one from a financial standpoint and require the City to contribute an amount equal to the cost of the Water Project, to -wit: $25,000.00, and he inquired the Council's wishes in the matter. Moved by Councilman Gerow, seconded by Councilman Selby, the following resolution be adopted: WHEREAS, the City of El Segundo has pending before the Public Works Administration of the Federal Government, two' certain applications designated as Water and Paving projects respectively; AND, WHEREAS, the City Engineer has indicated to this Council that in the consideration of said projects said Public Works Administration has requested certain additional information and data; p 1102 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Engineer of the City of E1 Segundo be and he is hereby authorized and instructed to furnish said Public Works Administration with any and all further data and information which may be required-.in the premises and to ascertain the basis upon which the said respective projects and each of them may be consummated. The foregoing resolution was adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Gerow, Hesser, Selby and Mayor Binder. Noes: Councilmen None. Absent: Councilman Love. The City Attorney stated there had been handed to him for approval as to form, two certain Oil Well Bonds, Nos. 21886 and 21887, each in the sum of $5,000.00, with 0. &. B. Oil Company, composed of J. M. Owen and R. J. Berryman, a partnership, as Principal, and National Automobile Insurance Company as Principal, which said bonds he had approved. UNFINISHED BUSINESS. The Deputy City Clerk read to the Council a letter reciived from 0. &. B. Oil Company, dated September 18th, 1941, in which letter said Company requested consent to the assignmett to it of the permits heretofore issued Richfield Oil Corporation for the operation and maintenance of its Richfield -El Segundo Well No. 1 and Richfield -El Segundo Well No. 8, and agreed to accept said assignments and to abide by all of the terms, provisions, conditions and requirements set forth_in the original permits hereinabove referred to. Accompanying said letter was Bond No. 21886 in the sum of $5,000.00, covering 0. &. B. Oil Company's El Segundo No. 3 Well, formerly known as Richfield -E1 Segundo Well No. 1,, with 0. & B. Oil Company, composed of J. M. Owen and R. H. Berryman, a partnership, as Principal and National Automobile Insurance Company as Surety, also Bond No. 21887, in the sum of $5,000.00, covering 0. & B. Oil Company's E1 Segundo No. 4 Well, formerly known as Richfield -E1 Segundo Well No. 5, with 0. & B. Oil Company, composed of J. M. Owen and R. J. Berryman, a partnership, as principal, and National Automobile Insurance.Company, as Principal. Moved by Councilman Gerow, seconded by Councilman Hesser, the following resolution be adopted: WHEREAS, Richfield Oil Corporation has heretofore, with the consent of this Council, duly assigned to El Segundo Land and Improvement Company, those certain oil well permits issued for those certaiA oil wells within the City of El Segundo known and designated at the time of the issuance thereof as Richfield -El Segundo Well No. 1 and Richfield -E1 Segundo Well No. 5; AND, WHEREAS, E1 Segundo Land and Improvement Company, has heretofore, under date of September 15th, 1941, advised this Council of the assignment by it to 0. &. B. Oil Company of its interest in said wells acquired from Richfield Oil Company; AND, WHERF,AS, the said 0. & B. Oil Company has filed with this Council its.written acceptance of said oil well permits and agreed to abide by all of the terms, provisions, con- ditions and requirements set forth in the original permits hereinabove referred to, and has posted certain bonds with National Automobile Insurance Company as - surety, covering said wells so assigned; AND, WHEREAS, said new bonds so posted, have been approved by the City Attorney of the City of E1 Segundo as to form and by the Mayor of said City as to sufficiency; - NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of E1 Segundo, on behalf of said City, hereby 4r 77 0 consents to the assignment to 0. & B. Oil Company by El Segundo Land and Improvement Company of those certain oil well permits heretofore_originally issued for the drilling, operation and maintenance of those certain oil wells within the City of El Segundo named and known as Richfield -E1 Segundo Well No. 1 and Richfield -E1 Segundo Well No. 5, and does hereby further consent to the renaming of said wells, so that in the future the same shall be referred to had be known by new names, as follows: Said Richfield -E1 Segundo Well No. 1 shall henceforth be known. and referred to as 0..& B. Oil Company's El Segundo No. 3 Well and said Richfield -E1 Segundo Well No. 5 shall henceforth be known and referred to as 0. & B. Oil Company's E1 Segundo No. 4 Well; AND,�.BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the bonds of said original permittee, Richfield Oil Corporation, with Saint Paul- Mercury Indemnity Company, as surety, being Bonds Nos. 16304 and 16306, covering Richfield E1 Segundo No. 1 Well and Richfield E1 Segundo No. 5 Well respectively, be and the same are hereby exonerated as to any liability accruing thereon subsequent to the date upon which such new bonds were substituted and accepted by this Council, to -wit: September 24th, 1941; AND, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Clerk be and he is hereby authorized and instructed to forward a certified copy of this resolution to Richfield Oil Corporation, E1 Segundo Land and Improvement Company, 0. & B. Oil Company and Saint Paul - Mercury Indemnity Company. The foregoing resolution was adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Gerow, Hesser, Selby and Mayor Binder. Noes: Councilmen None. Absent: Councilman Love. PAYING BILLS. The following demands, having had the approval of the Committee on Finance and Records, were read: UO3 Recreation Fund General Fund Ralph Jamiesson $24.OU Master Pest Control Co. $48, 00 Underwood- Elliott- Fisher Co. 6.00 General Fund Idamae Marty 9.60 City of E1 Segundo Water Dept. $ 379.28 Victor D. McCarthy, City City of E1 Segundo Water Dept. 100.09 Clerk 8.25 Southern Calif. Telephone Co. 5.60 Gibson Motor Parts, Inc. 16.06 Logan R. Cotton 25.00 J. E. Reddington 2.00 Pacific Toro Company 7.57 Westinghouse Electric Supply Co. Inc. 61.40 TOTAL 666,85 Moved by Councilman Selby, seconded by C ouncilman 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 Gerow, Hesser, Selby and Mayor Binder. Noes: Councilmen None. Absent: Councilman Love. NEW BUSINESS. None. p 1104 No further business appearing to be transacted at this meeting, it was moved by Councilman Hesser, seconded by Councilman rGerow,`the meeting adjourn. Carried. Respectfully submitted, Approved: VIGOR D. •McCARTHY, City Clerk, Mayor. gy Deputy.