1947 FEB 11 CC MINR 58
El Segundo, California.
February 11, 1947.
An adjourned regular meetino, of the City Council of the City of E1
Se--undo, 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. 1'.
by William R. Selby, Mayor.
ROLL C11L.
Councilmen Present: -Baker, Peterson, Thompson and Mayor Selby.
Councilmen Absent Skelley,
READIN 7 OF n'INtJTL'S OF P_ 'VIOUS T�EETIN7.
The minutes of the regular meeting- held on the 5th day of February,
1947, having been read and no errors or omissions having been noted, it was
moved by Councilman Baker, seconded b -r Councilman Peterson, the minutes
of said meetinC be approved as recorded. Carried.
�RITTrty' C01•2�°UNICATIONTS.
Written communications, received from the persons, firms or corporations
hereinafter named, were read to the Council and were disposed of in the manner
indicated, following reference to each hereinafter:"
ANINA WOOD, dated Februar, 11, 1947, being request for a permit to main-
tain and occupy a house trailer on Lot 2, Block 68, E1 Segundo.
The Acting Building Inspector, who was present in the Council Chamber,
orally recommended the permit be granted, provided sanitary facilities are
.made available to the occupants -of the house trailer. It was thereupon
moved by Councilman Peterson, seconded by Councilman Baker, the following
resolution be adopted:
RESOLVED, that the application of Anna tiJood, dated
February 11, 1947, for a permit to maintain and occupy a
house trailer on Lot 2, Block 68, a Segundo, be received
and placed on file in the office of the City Clerk for
the purposes of identification and reference;
AND, BE IT FURTHER R SOLVED, that the City Council
hereby grants a temporar,-;r permit, revocable at any time
by the said Council, upon fifteen dajrs written notice to
the permittee, Anna Mood, to maintain and occupy a house
trailer on the property hereinabove described.; said
permit being subject to the provisions of Ordinance No.
223 of the City of E1 Segundo and ordinances supplementary
thereto or amendator -r thereof; provided that reouisite
sanitary facilities be installed to the satisfaction of
the Building Inspector of the City of El Segundo, and
provided further, that any temporary'structures which may
be erected to house such.sanitar,- facilities be removed
upon the completion of the d-vrellin7 which the applicant
prolposes*to erect upon said property; and, provided further,
that this permit shall automatically'lapse and become void,
unless sooner revoked, upon the 11th day of April, 19L7,
b7r limitation.
The foregoing resolution was adopted by the following vote
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Ayes: Councilmen Baker, Peterson, Thompson and Iva�ror Selby.
Noes: Councilmen None.
Absent: Councilman Skelley.
EL SECUNDO PARENT- TEACHER ASSOCIATION,
mitting for the Council's consideration a co
Officers Association model curfew ordinance,
that this curfew law be..adopted and enforced
dated February 7, 1947, trans -
Py of Los Angeles Count- Juvenile
and recommending and urging
by the City of El Segundo.
B77 general consent the communication and the subject matter thereof
was referred to the Chief of Folice and Commissioner.of Public Safety
Baker for consideration and recommendation to this Council.
CITY F Sri INAS, C^.LIFORNIA, dated February 8. 1947, transmitting
therewith a cop-r of said City's Resolution No. 1477 (NCS) disapproving; a
resolution of the League of California Cities proposing that assessments
of all pro ^erty within the State, sub,iect to the ad valorem tax, be
transferred from the Cities and Counties to a State Agency.
After a discussion of the subject, it was moved by Councilman Peterson,
seconded by Councilman Thompson, that the following resolution be adopted:
',HEI'EAS, the League. of California Cities, at its annual
conference held in San Diego, between the dates September 16
and 19, 1946, did adopt a resolution proposing that all pro-
perty subject to ad valorem taxes be assessed by a state
agency in lieu of the present method . of making such assess-
ments by the assessors of cities and counties of the State
of California;.
AI D, ',:.HEEEAS, this Council believes that the assessment
of property for the purposes of taxation is a local matter,
which should be administered by the respective jurisdictions
wit'^inwhich any such property is situated and that the trans-
fer of this function of government to a state agency would be
inimical to the best interests of the Cities and counties of
the State of.-California and would, in addition, create a large
and unwieldy, inefficient and expensive bureau or division of
state government, contrarzr to the principles of decentralized
democratic government, which heretofore has been advocated by
most local. governmental administrators;
AND, WHEREAS, this Council believes that any irregulari-
ties or ingqualities in local assessments can best be corrected
and equalized by and within the local jurisdictions effected
and that the cities and counties of the State of California
should be permitted to continue to exercise their.constitutiona.l
right of home rule;
.NOrv, TIEZE-TOFLE, BTE' IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of
the City of El Segundo does hereby disapprove of the resolution
of the Leas?ue of California Cities hereinbefore referred to
and recommends and urges that the Board of Directors of said
League refrain from framing or advocating any l_Pgislation
pursuant to the provisions of said resolution until the matter
of the assessment of taxable property within the State of
California shall have had further consideration by the members
of the League of California Cities at its next annual con-
ference, whenever and wherever same shall be held;
: Il iRT R SOLVD that the CitAi t E .9 y Clerk is
hereby authorized and�directe6 to send copies of this resolution
to such persons, associations or governmental agencies as, in
'-is discretion, may he interested in or may have authority to
act t;:ereon .
.re foregoing resolution was adopted by
the following vote:
zt,res: Councilmen Baker, - eterson, Thompson end l "ayor Selby.
Noes: Councilmen None.
Absent: Oouncil:,an Skelle
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LLZAH . C0:1TT-.F;.SE, dated February 5, 1947, advising that as of
March 15, 1947, the monthly rental of E1 Segundo Public Library premises
will be increased from 4)100.00 to 1125.00 per month. This matter being
one for the attention of the Board of Trustees of El Segundo Public
Lihrar77, b.;T general consent the said matter was referred to that Body.
O AL COP; •'_UNIGATIONS .
Yr. 0. K. Gibbons informed the.Council that in consummating the sale
of a piece of real property owned bv.him within the City of El Segundo,
the purchaser had requested that the.City of E1 Segundo quitclaim certain
rights or rights.of way acquired by it at the,time of the City's purchase
of L1 Segundo :later Company, which effect the.property in question.
T'-,e City Attorne -r explained to the Council the City's rights and
prero.atives with respect to easements and rights of wary acquired bT* it
and he also explained methods whereby such rights may be quitclaimed in
event the Council is so disposed.
Following= discussion, it was moved by Councilman Peterson, seconded
b--- Councilman Thompson, that,the reouest of 0. K. Gibbons that the City
of E-i Sep undo ouitclaim certain easements now held by it over and across
a portion of Lot 81 Block 93, E1 Se -undo, be taken under advisement.
Carried.
None.
R PO S OF STANDING COM1IIiTF,ES.
i3EPORTS OF OFFICERS AND SPECIAL COMMITTEES.
.The City Clerk reported receipt of surety bonds of .United States
Eidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland in amount of ?1000:00 each,
respecting Dorothy Y :'allace, Peggy Sullivan and Evelyn Nelk, employees of
the City of E1 Seaundo,.which he delivered to the City Attorney for
approval.
The City attorney expressed a desire to examine the bonds and to
make his report thereon at.a future meeting of the Council,., to which
request the Council consented.
'Mater Superintendent Hutchins reported having received a letter
from F. W. Hatch of Pittsburgh -Des .Moines Steel Company, indicating that
the steel water tank, heretofore authorized purchased from said Company,
will be shipped from the factory in June of 1947.-
UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
In the matter of the changing of fire zones within the City of
L1 Segundo, as heretofore recommended by the Acting Building Inspector
and the Fire Chief of the City of El Segundo, Acting Building Inspector
Locke, who was present in the Council Chamber, informed the Council that
he had discussed the matter of placing public school properties in Fire
Zone No. 1 with the Superintendent of E1 Segundo Unified School District
and with.several members of the Board of Trustees of said School District,
and that those consulted have no objection thereto. —
Following discussion, said Acting Building Inspector, by general
consent, was renuested to prepare and furnish to the City, Attorney such
descriptions and data as will be required by the latter to enable him
to prepare an ordinance on the subject.
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PAYING BILLS.
The following demands, having had the approval of the Committee on
Finance and Records, were read:
General Fund
Manning, Maxwell & Moore, Inc. 113.68
Imperial Highway Association 5.00
Victor D. •McCarth-�r, City Clerk 13.62
C. V. Baird Auto Supply Co. 26.32
R. Barclay & Associates 60.00
Southern Calif. Edison Co. 19.98
Southern Calif. Edison Co. 285.95
Inglewood Neon Sign Company 6.00
(Ile
Rich Budelier
Duro Test Corporation
El Segundo Hardware.
E1 Segundo Stone, garden
and Nursery Supplies
Southern Calif. Edison Co.
Ira E. Escobar
TOTAL
neral Fund
"'746.30
56.82
31.52
9.53
342.36
.58
"?'1617.66 —
Moved by Councilman Thompson, seconded by Councilman Peterson, the
demands be allowed and warrants ordered drawn and paid out of the General
Fund covering the same. Carried by the following vote:
Ayes: Councilmen Baker, Peterson, Thompson and Mavor Selby.
Noes: Councilmen None.
Absent: Councilman Skelley.
N A:1 BUISIN SS .
Commissioner of Finance Thompson at this time announced that the several
members of the Council felt that the salaries of certain municipal officers
and employees should be adjusted so as to be commensurate with the increased
cost of living and that following his study of the subject, he would make
the following recommendations: That the salaries of certain officers and
employees receiving less than 'P200.00 per month be increased 125.00 per month;
those.receiying between $200.00 and X300.00 per month be increased $20.00
per month; those receiving in excess of '4300.00 per month be increased X15.00
per month; part time employees be increased 110.00 per month with certain
exceptions, and that this is a cost of living bonus only and may be revoked
at any time b^ the Council at its discretion.
Following discussion on the subject, it was moved by Councilman
Thompson, seconded b- Councilman Baker, that Resolution No. 871, entitled:
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
1 , SEGUNDO, CALIFOHNIA, FIXING AND ESTABLISHING.
THE COMPENSATION OR PAY OF VARIOUS MUNICIPAL
OFFICLRS .AND El-.PLO 4 07, SAID CITY, MID RCPEALING
ALL RESOLUTIONS AND ORDERS AND PARTS OF RLSOLUTIONS
AND ORDERS IN CONFLICT THL'R ;,`ITH,
which was read, be adopted. The motion carried and said resolution was
adopted by the following vote:
Ayes: Councilmen Baker, Peterson, Thompson and Mayor Selby.
Noes: Councilmen None.
Absent: Councilman Skelley.
No further.business appearing to be transacted at this meeting,
it was moved by Councilman r'eterson, seconded b7r Councilman Thompson, the
meeting adjourn. Carried.
Approved:
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Y,ayor.
Respec