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1945 MAY 24 CC MINE1 Segundo, California. May 24, 1945. An adjourned 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 4:15 o'clock P. M. by iv_ayor ' illiam R. Selby. ROLL CALL. Councilmen Present: Hesser, Peterson, 5kelley and Mayor Selby. Councilmen Absent: Thompson. By general consent the regular order of business was dispensed with. The following communications, which were read to the Council, were disposed of in the manner indicated following reference to each hereinafter: S. V. CORTELYOU, District Engineer, by R. C. Myers, District Office Engineer,_ dated May 18, 1945, addressed to Mr. R. T. Hutchins, City Engineer, with which were transmitted six copies of proposed cooperative agreement between the City of El Segundo and the State of California, covering the improvement of the access road project on E1 Segundo Boulevard, between Sepulveda Boulevard and Main Street. Following discussion thereof, it was moved by Councilman Skelley, seconded by.Councilman Peterson, the following resolution be adopted: "SOLVED, that a copy of that certain 'Agreement between the City of El Segundo and the State of California', and which relates.to a military industrial access road to the Standard Oil Refinery in E1 Segundo, designated by the Public Roads Administration as DA -WI 234, under the pro - visions of the 'Defense Highway Act of 19411, be placed on file in the office of the City Clerk of the City of El Segundo, and that said Agreement, so on file, be and the same is hereby referred to and by this reference expressly incorporated herein and made a part hereof; AND, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of El Segundo does hereby approve the said Agreement and does hereby authorize and instruct the Mayor of said City to execute the said Agreement on behalf of said City and in its name and the City Clerk to attest the said Agreement and affix the official seal of said City thereto; AidD, BH IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that said City Clerk be and he is hereby further authorized and instructed to make delivery of such executed Agreement in due course; and in proper time to prepare and present to this Council for consideration, approval and allowance by said Council, the necessary demand and municipal warrant for the sum of w24,000.00, to be deposited with the Treasurer of the State of California, to the credit of the Department of Public 'luorks, Division of Highways of the State of California, on or before June'15, 1945, all as contemplated under the Urcvisions of Paragraph 114" of said Agreement ". The foregoing resolution was adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Hesser, Peterson, Skelley and Mayor Selby. Noes: Councilmen None. Absent: Councilman Thompson. Q {` !% SOUTH BAY VETERANS SERVICE CENTER, If,TC., dated May 17, 1945, inviting members of the City Council to participate in open house ceremonies to be held in its quarters in the City Hall at Manhattan Beach, Sunday May 27, 1945. By general.consent the. communication was ordered filed and the Council indicated that such members as could do so would attend said ceremonies. SOUTH BAY VETERANS SERVICE CENTER, INC., dated May 18, 1945, requesting a permit to erect a directive sign in the center of the business district of the City of El Segundo as a traffic guide to the headquarters of said Center in Manhattan Beach. By general consent the matter was referred to the Chief of Police for investigation. L. F. BLACKBURN, dated May 23, 1945, requesting a permit to keep two horses and a colt on Lot 5, Block 110, El Segundo. The Chief of Police recommended the permit be granted, inasmuch as there were no buildings used for human habitation within 150 feet of the location on which it is proposed to keep said animals; whereupon it was moved by Councilman Peterson, seconded by Councilman Hesser, the following resolution be adopted: RESOLVED, that L. F. Blackburn be and he is hereby granted a temporary, revocable _permit, under the provisions of Grdinance No. 255 of the City of E1 Segundo and the Housing Act of the State of California, to keep two horses and one colt on Lot 5, Block 110, El Segundo. Said permit shall be revocable at the pleasure of the City Council, without notice and without liability, and is further subject to the provision that during all of the time this permit is . being exercised, said premises must be kept in a clean con- dition and not in any manner to constitute a nuisance. Said permit is further conditioned upon the permittee approving a copy of the same in.writing, agreeing to'its terms and conditions, and that said approved copy shall be thereupon filed in the office of the City Clerk. The foregoing resolution was adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Hesser, Peterson, Skelley and Mayor Selby. Noes: Councilmen None. Absent: Councilman Thompson. EL SEGUNDO RECREATION COMMISSION, dated May 17, 1945, transmitting therewith letter of resignation of Carl Wisberg as a member of said Commission, effective immediatelyi advising that Mrs. Dana Burket has been ch6sen to take the place of Mr. Ed Grey, who recently resigned from said Commission, and Mr. R. Dulin is taking the place of Mr. R. W. Frederick, as a representative on said Commission from El Segundo Schools. By general consent the communication was taken under advisement until the next regular meeting of the Council. STANDARD OIL CONPANI OF CALIFORNIA, dated May 15, 1945, advising that in event the -City of E1 Segundo shall, prior to November 1, 1945, acquire title to Lot 9, Block 108, E1 Segundo for water drilling purposes, said Company will, within 15 days after written notification from the City to the effect that it has acquired such title, and desires to drill-a water well thereon, execute and record an instrument surrendering and terminating the rights granted to it under an oil and gas lease dated November 12, 1943. . Moved by Councilman Peterson, seconded by Councilman Hesser, the following resolution be adopted: a v RESOLVED, that the communication from Standard Oil Company of California, addressed to the City of El Segundo, dated play 15, 1945, advising that in.the event the City of El Segundo should acquire title, prior to November 1, 1945, to Lot 9, Block 108, El Segundo Sheet No. 5, in the City of E1 Segundo, upon which said Standard Oil Company of California holds a recorded-oil lease, that the- said Company would, within 15 days after the City of E1 Segundo has advised said Company by written notification that the said City has acquired such property, release said property from the lien of said lease, be placed on file in the office of the City Clerk and that said co:munication, so on file, be and the same is hereby referred to and by this reference expressly incof� orated herein and made a part hereof; AND, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Council, of the City of El Segundo, on behalf of said City, does hereby accept the offer of said Standard Oil Company of California, effective in the event said City procures said property as contemplated, and that the City Clerk be and he is hereby authorized and in- structed to address a communication to said Standard Oil Company of California, thanking it for the kind cooperation which it has manifested in the premises. The foregoing resolution was adopted by the following vote:. Ayes: Councilmen Hesser, Peterson, Skelley and Mayor Selby. Noes: Councilmen None. Absent: Councilman Thomson. H. 0.319ARTOI'iT, M. D., County Health Officer, County of Los Angeles, dated May 11, 1945, transmitting for approval and signature, four copies of contract covering public health services for the City pf E1 Segundo by the Los Angeles County Health Department, for the fiscal year 1945 -46, and advising that a paragraph had been added to said contract covering rodent control and extermination. After exRmination of said contract, and advice from the City Clerk that said form of contract had been approved as to form by the City Attorney, it was moved by Councilman Peterson, seconded by Councilman Skelley, the following resolution be adopted: RESOLVED, that a copy of that certain Agreement submitted to this Council at this meeting, between the County of Los Angeles and the City of El Segundo, providing for the furnish- ing of public health.se'rvice by said County to said City for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 1945, be placed on file in the office of the City Clerk and that said Agreement, so on f -ile, be and the same is hereby referred to and by this refer- ence incorporated herein and, made a part hereof; AND, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the-City Council of the City of E1 Segundo does hereby approve the said Agreement and does hereby authorize and instruct the Mayor of said City to execute the.same on behalf of said City and in its name and the City Clerk to attest the said Agreement and cause such Agree- ment, so executed, to be delivered to said County in due course; AID, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, with reference to the subject of rodent control referred to in Paragraph "Fourth" pf said Agreement, that the said Council hereby'allocates the sum of •;500.00 out of the General Fund of said City for use in con- nection with rodent control within said City, installments of said amount to be expended from time.to time as contemplated in said Agreement as occasion may arise; A\ , BE IT FJ.RTEER iESOL,JL'D, that the City Clerk shall fornr:ard a copy of this resolution to the Health Officer of said County for his information and file. W The foregoing resolution was adopted by the followinR vote: Ayes: Councilmen Hesser, Peterson, Skelley any favor Selby. Noes: Councilmen ;done. Absent: Councilman_Thompso.n. The City Clerk ca lled the Council's attention to the fact that- its current contract for furnishing the City :•,,,ith gasoline,, oil, lubricants and liquin asnh=dlts aiii expire June 30th, 1945, and 'inquired whether or not the Council desires to advertise for bids on the materials to be furnished durinc- the fiscal year 1945 =46. It was t'c.ereupon moved by Councilman Hesser, seconded by Councilman Peterson, the following resolution be adopted: R✓SCL VLD, that a cony of that certain "Notice to Bidders on Gasoline, Oil, Lubricants and Liquid Asphalts ", presented and read to this Council at this meeting, be placed on file in the office of the City Clerk for the purposes of identification and reference; AND, By IT URTEER RESOLVED, that 'the City Council hereby approves the said form of Notice and does hereby authorize ana instruct the City Clerk to-cause said notice to be published in time, form and manner as required-by law. The foregoing resolution was adopted by the following vote Ayes: Councilmen Hesser, Peterson, Skelley and Mayor Selby. Noes: Councilmen None. Absent: Councilman. Thompson. The Chief of Police advised that Officer T. B. DeBerry desired -to take one week of his 1945 vacation beginning June 4th, 1945, and that this arrangement was satisfactory to said Chief of Police, whereupon it was moved by Councilman Hesser, seconded by Councilman Skelley, that T. B. DeBerry be and he is hereb-17- granted one week of his 1945 vacation, beginning June 4, 1945. Carried by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Hesser, Peterson, Skelley and Mayor Selby. Noes: Councilmen None. ' Absent: Councilman Thompson. ' No further business appearing to be transacted at this meeting, it was moved by Councilman Skelley, seconded by Councilman Peterson, the meeting ad iourn. Carried. Approved: Mlayor. I Respectfully submitted, VICTOR D. McCARTHY, CITY CLERK, By Aid Deputy.