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1943 FEB 17 CC MIN1 i E1 Segundo, California. February 17th, 1943. A regular meeting of the City Council of the City of E1 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 George Love, Mayor. ROLL CALL. Councilmen Present: Hesser, Peterson, Selby and Mayor Love. Councilmen Absent: Gerow. READING OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING. The following communications, which were read to the Council, were disposed of in the manner indicated, following reference to each herein - after: LOS ANGELES COUNTY DIVISION, LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES, dated February lOth, 1943, advising of its 135th regular monthly meeting to be held in Los Angeles, February 25th, 1943. Moved by Councilman Selby, seconded by Councilman Hesser, that any member of the City Council desiring so to do, the City Clerk and the City Engineer, be and they are hereby authorized to attend the 135th regular monthly meeting of the Los Angeles County Division, League of California Cities at Los Angeles, February 25th, 1943, as representatives of the City of E1 Segundo, and to file their demands for their actual and necessary expenses in connection with their attendance at such meeting, said demands to be audited and approved in the usual manner before payment. Carried by the following vote: Ayes:, Councilmen Hesser, Peterson, Selby and Mayor Love. Noes: Councilmen None. Absent: Councilman Gerow. , CALIFORNIA TAX PAYERS ASSOCIATION, dated February 9th, 1943, an invitation to attend its 17th annual meeting in Los Angeles, February 19th, 1943. Moved by Councilman Peterson, seconded by Councilman Hesser, that any member of the City Council desiring so to do, be and they are hereby authorized to attend said meeting of California Tax Payers Association, to be held in Los Angeles, February 19th, 1943, as representatives of the City of E1 Segundo, and to file his demand for his actual and necessary expenses in connection with attendance at said meeting, such demand to be audited and approved in the usual manner before payment. Carried by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Hesser, Peterson, Selby and Mayor Love. Noes: Councilmen None. Absent: Councilman Gerow. E18fET ZERKIE, President, Local 1001, C. I. 0., dated February 16th, 1943, referring to'a pension 'plan for municipal employees, which the City Council has been studying and which it contemplates pubmitting to the electors of the City of El Segundo for approval. Ordered Piled. JOHN F. BENDER, dated February 16th, 1943, seeking approval of a settlement of a delinquent special assessment effecting Lot 19, Block 28, E1 Segundo. Moved by Councilman Selby, seconded by Councilman Hesser, that the settlement made by John F. Bender, Special City Attorney of the City of El �fr Segundo, of delinquent special assessment levied against Lot 19, Block 28, El Segundo, to +wit: Assessment No. 1907, under Resolution of Intention No. 134, as referred to in the communication of said Special City Attorney, dated February 16th, 1943, addressed to the City Clerk and presented this Council this date, be ratified and approved, and that the City Clerk be authorized to cause demand in favor of said John F. Bender to be prepared for the.amount due him under contract for effecting said settlement. Carried by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Hesser, Peterson, Selby and Mayor Love. Noes: Councilmen None. Absent: Councilman Gerow. ARTHUR H. GLANZ, dated February 10th, 1943, requesting use of the target range of the City of El Segundo. On.motion of Councilman Peterson, seconded by Councilman Hesser, which carried unanimously, the matter was referred to the Chief of Police. ORAL COLWMICATIONS. None. REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES. Councilman Hesser at this point inquired whether or not the pressure on the municipal water system can be increased. The Superintendent of the Water Department stated he doubted that the pressure could be increased or if the City could obtain the requisite priorities to purchase pumping equipment for the purpose. However, he stated a recheck of the entire matter could be made and by general consent he was requested so to do. REPORTS OF OFFICERS AND SPECIAL COMMITTEES. The Chief of Police announced appointments of certain persons as Spacial Police gfficers of the City of El Segundo and requested the Council's approval of such appointments.' It was thereupon moved by Councilman Selby, seconded by Councilman Hesser, that the appointments by the Chief of Police of the City of El Segundo of Patrick L. Moore, A. H. McDaniel, James W, Porter, C. E. Fowler, /R. J. LaFortune, J. E. Womack, G. E. Roberts, C. A. Reber and Kenneth R. Benfield as Special Police Officers of said City, be and the same are hereby ratified, confirmed and approved. Carried. The City Engineer reported that a representative of the Division of Highways of the State of.California had conferred with him with reference to changes in the plan for the proposed improvement of Imperial Highway between Sepulveda Boulevard and Inglewood- Redondo Road. He stated further that the easement granted by the Atchison,,Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company for street purposes over a portion of the area proposed to be improved in the Imperial Highway improvement project was granted with the provision that waste water should not be permitted to flow upon its right of way, and that he has addressed a letter to the Division of Highways explaining this circumstance, which communication he then read to the Council. The City Attorney reported that in connection with the bill of Dr. H. H. Davis for services rendered Mr. William.E. Norman, the victim-of an automobile accident within the City of E1 Segundo, he had addressed a communica- tion to Mr. Norman under date of February 11th; 1943, in an endeavor to cause Mr. Norman to nay the said bill, but that no, response to his letter has been received to date. The City Attorney, reporting in connection with certain legal phases of the State Employees' Retirement System, heretofore referred to him by the Council for investigation, quoted certain portions of the Act creating the said System to the Council, specifically reporting that the tax to be raised to pay the City's portion of the cost is a special tax, which may be levied in addition to rates otherwise fixed by law, and he requested the City Clerk to furnish him additional technical data for further handling. s UNFINISHED BUSINESS. In the matter of a certain easement for street purposes covering a portion of the right of way of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company, which had been presented this - Council February 10th, by the City Attorney and at that time.referred to the City Engineer for checking, said City Engineer reported satisfactorily thereon, whereupon it was.moved by Councilman Selby, seconded by Councilman Peterson that the following resolution be adopted: RESOLVED, that that certain form of easement, from Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company, dated October 12th, 1942, covering a strip of land 100 feet wide in a portion of Section 8 in the City of E1 Segundo, as more fully described in the form of easement, to be used for public street purposes, be and the same is hereby accepted on behalf of said City; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Clerk is hereby authorized and instructed to cause the same to be filed for record in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, California. Carried by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Hesser, Peterson, Selby and Mayor Love. Noes: Councilmen None. Absent: Councilman Gerow. At this point the City Engineer reported that while investigating the matter of the street easement heretofore at this meeting reported upon by him, the Atchison; Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company's representative, with whom he had conferred, delivered to him a form of easement covering another strip of land in the City of El Segundo, which may be utilized for the opening of 118th Street westerly from Inglewood- Redondo Road. It was thereupon moved by Councilman Selby, seconded by Councilman Hesser; that the following resolution be adopted: RESOLVED, that that certain easement from Atchison, , Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company, dated December 19th, 1941, covering an 80 -foot strip of land in portions of Section 7 and Section 8, within the City of E1 Segundo, as more fully described in the form of easement, to be used for public street purposes, be and the same is hereby accepted on behalf of the City of E1 Segundo; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to cause the said instrument to be filed for record in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, California. Carried by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Hesser, Peterson, Selby and Mayor Love. Noes: Councilmen None. Absent: Councilman Gerow. In the'matter of the report of Mr. John F. Bender, Special City Attorney, rendered this Council on February 3rd', 1943, respecting certain delinquent street'opening bonds owned by the City, Councilman Selby presented and moved the adoption of the following resolution:. WHEREAS, John F. Bender, Special City Attorney of the City of E1 Segundo, California, did heretofore on the 3rd day of February, 1943, deliver to each member of the City Council of the City of E1 Segundo, a report bearing said date, and entitled: Q` -9 "REPORT OF JOHN F. BENDER, SPECIAL CITY ATTORNEY, TO THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, RE CITY OWNED SPECIAL ASSESSMENT BONDS ISSUED PURSUANT TO THE STREET OPENING BOND ACT OF 1921, ASSESSMENTS LEVIED UNDER THE STREET OPENING ACT OF 1889. ", AND, WHEREAS, the members of said Council have duly . reviewed and considered the said report; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of E1 Segundo, Calif arnia, as follows: First: That a copy of said report of said Special City Attorney, so presented, be and the same is hereby ordered placed on file in the office of the Gity Clerk for the purposes of identification and reference, and that said report, so on file, is hereby referred to and by this reference expressly incorporated herein and made apart hereof. •Second: That the said-City Council does hereby approve the said report and the findings and recommendations of said epecial City Attorney set forth therein.. Third: That said City Council., on behalf of said City, -does hereby accept the offers and proposals made by said John •F. Bender, Special City Attorney, to proceed and act with re- ference to the subjects and matters set .forth or referred to in 'said report, all upon the terms and conditions, and on the 'arrangements and bases therein stated. Fourth: That this arrangement•betc.esn said City and 'said John F. Bender, being the offers and proposals of said John 'F. Bender set forth in his said report (.and this acceptance 'thereof on behalf of said City) shall take effect immediately, Wand said John F. Bender, as Special City Attorney,is hereby authorized and instructed to-proceed with the program, procedure and acts as contemplated therein. Fifth: That the City Clerk shall prepare two certified conies of this resolution, one of which-he shall file with the papers in his office relating to the arrangements between the 'City of El Segundo and said John F. Bender, as such Special City `Attorney, and the other of which he shall deliver to said John 'F. Bender, as such Special City Attorneys, and the said certified, 'copies shall be and constitute the evidence of the.arrangement , •hereby condluded. Sixth: That said Special City Attorney shall keep the 'City Council of said City informed from time to time respecting his progress in connection with the subjects and matters set forth and referred to in his said report so hereby.accepted. Motion to adopt said resolution was seconded by Councilman Peterson, and said motion carried and said resolution was adopted by the following vote, to -wit: Ayes: Councilmen Hesser; Peterson,•Selby and Mayor Love. Noes: Councilmen None. Absent: Councilman Ge row, - In the matter of th'e report of Mr. John F. Bender, Special Citi Attorney, respecting 27 parcels of real •property within the City of E1 Segundo, upon which foreclosure suits have been• commenced; which report was rendered this Council at its regular meeting held February-23rd, 1943., it was moved by _ Councilman Peterson, seconded-by-Councilman Resser, that Resolution No. 648, entitled: ' ,q:­360 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING AND INSTRUCTING THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK OF SAID CITY TO EXECUTE AGREEMENT OF SAID CITY AND THE BOARD OF SUPER - V1,SORS, LOS ANGELES COUNTY, FOR PURCHASE OF TIC STATE'S INTEREST IN TAX DEEDED PROPERTY, which was read, be adopted. The motion carried and said resolution was adopted, by the following vote, to -wit: Ayes:. Councilmen Hesser, Peterson, Selby and Mayor Love. Noes: Councilmen None. Absent: Councilman Gerow. PAYING BILLS. The following demands, having had the approval of the Committee on Finance and Records, were read: Water Works Fund General Fund R. Freese X72.17 D. Boyer 485.55 R. T. Hutchins 105..42 J. Burgner 76.94 J. J. Lind 75.92 K. E. Campbell 75.34 F. IMack 29.80 Perry Campbell 70.17 J. C. Osborne 83.34 E. L. Coddingtoin 72.30 Lewis Purser 44.05 E. Elsey 56.17 Ruth Schlimme 60.17 F. L. Ford 70.17 Clifford Smith 98.60 F. L. Gregory 79.67 I. N. Sumner 79.67 E. J. Grow 79.92 Minta Curtzwiler, City Treas. 81.00 A. R. Gunn 61.17 Addressing Machine & Acc. Co. 1.68 T. Kincaid 40.06 Braun Corporation 19.00 F. Mack 13.60 Logan R. Cotton 50.00 C. L. Mcllwaine 89.17 City of El Segundo 80.68 M. Rahan 70.17 E1 Segundo Hardware 11.66 D. Raynor 70.17 E1 Segundo Herald 72.13 C. Roncevich 70.17 Hacker Pipe & Supply Co. 73.06 C. Russell 64.92 Hersey Mfg. Co. 428.27 G. Schoening 79.67 Inglewood Motor Parts Co. 3.25 A. Siebken 83.58 Keenan Pipe & Supply Co. 9.27 J. Stanich 77.77 Kimball Elevator Co. 6100 P. Thompson 58.37 Phoenix Meter Corporation 420.00 G. Turney 79.67 So. Calif. Edison Co. 365.09 J. F. Wilson 74.92 So, Calif. Gas Co. 3.53 W. A. Callahan 14.25 So. Calif. Telephone Co. 26.43 John A. Gerow Y2.50 Carl Wilson 30.00_ Orest 0. Hesser 12.50 TOTAL 2330.19 George Love 12.50 Dave W. Peterson 12.50 General Fund Wm. R. Selby 12.50 Minta Curtzwiler, City Treas. $302.50 Victor D. McCarthy 95.05 City of E1 Segundo Water Dept. 329.04 Neva M. Elsey 82.05 53.30 City of E1 Segundo Water Dept. 291.12 Minta Curtzwiler 60.67 J. C. Holland 77.50 Clyde Woodworth 25.00 Victor D. McCarthy, City Clerk 70.72 Wm. Krimmel 37.42 Simplex Valve & Meter Co. 9.90 A. K. Tennis 6.50 Arrowhead and Puritas Water Inc. .62 C. K. McConnell 73.67 J�'_Lnson Motors, Inc. 6.98 W. A. Elsterman 98.67 Planning Congress of L.,A. Co. 10.00 John Catalano Morgan 72.42 So. Calif. Gas Co. 7.49 E.. Hope 23.80 So. Calif. Telephone Co. 14.00 3262 Alice Dorothy E. Wallace 63.92 Elizabeth Barrett � . 75.00 W. F. Allee 112.30 John F. Bender Underwood Elliott Fisher Co. 3.00 H Burns H. 142.37 86.38 Crown Spray Gun Mfg. Co. 1.38 W. A. Callahan J. A. Cummings 90.61 So.' Cali. Gas Co. � .91 115.72 Alex Haddock 102.34 T. B. DeBerry 118.86 Lee Maxwell 113.09 F. Ingram 99.24 F. M. Barnes 16.38 K. S. Searles TOTAL $4592.93 i Q Moved by Councilman Peterson, seconded by Councilman Selby, the demands be allowed and warrants ordered drawn on and paid out of the respective funds coveripg the same. Carried by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Hesser, Peterson, Selby and Mayor.Love. Noes: Councilmen None. Absent: Councilman Gerow. NEXT BUSINESS. Mayor Love recommended that,the oil burning heating system in the City Hall be converted into a gas burning system and that the electric motor and air compressor in the basement of the City Hall used in connection with the diaphone signalling devige of the Fire Department be separated, so as to permit of a longer span between the pulleys operating these devices. After brief discussion, the matterq, by general consent, were referred to the City Clerk for further investigation and report as to costs and feasibility of making the changes. Miss Loshoncy, representing Special City Attorney John F. Bender, presented on his behalf a certain quitclaim deed tendered the City in lieu of a ouiet title proceeding, whereupon it was moved by Councilman Hesser, seconded by Councilman. Peterson, that the following resolution be adopted: RESOLVED, that that certain Quitclaim Deed, presented .the Council for its consideration amt quitclaiming to the City of E1 Segundo, a Municipal Corporation, that certain parcel of real property situated in the City of E1 Segundo, Countycf Los Angeles, State of California, described as follows: Lot 16 in Block 43 of E1 Segundo, in the City of E1 Segundo, County of Los Angeles, State of California, as per map recorded in Book 20,, Pages 22 and 23 of Maps, in the office of the County Recorder of said County, executed by Theodosia B. Conner, a widow, and dated the 30th day of January, 1943, be and the same is herebyaccepted by and on behalf of the City of E1 Segundo; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Clerk be and he is hereby authorized and instructed to record said deed in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County. The foregoing resolution was adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Hesser, Noes: Councilmen None, Absent:. Councilman Gerow. ing No further business appear to moved by Councilman Selby, seconded adjourh. Carried, Approved: IND W--.�.._ i. Peterson, Selby and Mayor Love. be transacted at this meeting, it was by Councilman Peterson, the meeting Respectfully submitted," City C1 rk.