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E1 Segundo California
February 21, 1950
An adjourned regular meeting of the.City Council of the City
of E1 Segundo. California, was held in the Council Chamber in the
City Hall of said City on the above date, having been called to order
at 7:00 o'clock P. M. by William R. Selby, Mayor. .
ROLL CALL
Councilmen Present: Peterson. Swanson, Thompson and Mayor
Selby.
Councilmen Absent: Baker.
REPDING OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING
The minutes of the regular meeting held on the fifteenth day
of February, 1950, having been read, without error or omission having
been noted, it was moved by Councilman Peterson, seconded by Council-
man Swanson, the minutes of said meeting be approved as recorded.
Carried.
WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS
Written communications, received from the persons, firms or
corporations hereinafter named, were read to the Council and were dis-
posed of in the manner indicated, following reference to each hereinafter.
THE CITY OF SOUTH GATE, undated, being an invitation to members
of the City Council and the City Coordinator to attend the Dedication
of its new Hall of Justice at 2 :00 P. M. on March 1+, 1950. Ordered
filed.
THE TECHKOTE COMPANY, dated February 17, 1950, requesting in-
formation regarding a sewer outlet for certain property which said
company contemplates using for industrial purposes, said property
being located on the south side of Grand Avenue and west of Sepulveda
Boulevard. Moved by Councilman Peterson, seconded by Councilman
Thompson, the matter be referred to the City Engineer for investigation
and report. The motion carried.
KATHERINE C. STUMPE, dated February 6, 1950, being application
to maintain a child care center at 839 Eucalyptus Drive, El Segundo.
The City Clerk reported that the Fire Chief, the Building Inspector,
and the Health Officer had approved the application, the Health Officer
with a certain reservation, however, provided not more than three
children in addition to the two children of the applicant are cared for
on the premises. It was thereupon moved by Councilman Thompson,
seconded by Councilman Swanson, the following resolution be adopted:
RESOLVED, that the application of Katherine C. Stumpe,
dated February 6, 1950, for a permit to conduct and main-
tain a child care service at 839 Eucalyptus Drive, E1
Segundo, be and the same is hereby ordered placed on file
in the office of the City Clerk, and is hereby referred
to and made a part hereof, together with the reports from
the several officers of the City of El Segundo required to
investigate and approve applications received for child
care centers;
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AND, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this Council does
hereby approve the recommendations so made and does hereby
accordingly issue permit for the conducting of a child care
center at the location mentioned, subject to the terms
and conditions hereinafter set forth, as follows, to wit:
1. That said permit shall become effective only if
and when said permittee shall have paid to the
City Clerk the business license fees applicable
to said business.
2. That the said permit and the license granted pur-
suant thereto are revocable by the City Council
at any time upon thirty days' written notice to
said permittee.
3. That the said permit and the license authorized
pursuant.thereto, shall be subject in all respects
to all of the provisions of Ordinance No. 270 of
the City of E1 Segundo and any other ordinance of
said City applicable thereto, and subject also to
State laws relating thereto.
4. That the licensee must conform with all reasonable
requirements of the Health Department, the Building
Department, and the Fire Department of the City of
E1 Segundo, as same may be ordered from time to time.
5. That the number of children to be cared for in said
child care center under this permit is hereby
limited to three in addition to the two children
cf permittee.
6. That the permittee shall first comply with the re-
quirements of the Health Officer by providing a
vessel fitted with a wire basket with handles to
sterilize dishes and tableware.
On roll call, the foregoing resolution was adopted by the following
vote:
Ayes: Councilmen Peterson, Swanson, Thompson and Mayor Selby.
Noes: Councilmen None.
Absent: Councilman Baker.
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
None.
REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES
None.
REPORTS OF OFFICERS AND SPECIAL COMMITTEES
The City Coordinator reported as follows:
1. Receipt of a communication from A. R. Gunn, Street Super-
intendent, to the effect that the grading and paving of the alley in
Block 35, El Segundo, had been satisfactorily completed by the Glendale
Federal Savings and Loan Association, and he therefore recommends the
return to said Association of its deposit of $750.00
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Moved by Councilman Peterson, seconded by Councilman Swanson,
that in view of the fact the grading and paving of the alley in
Block 35, E1 Segundo, has been completed to the satisfaction of the
Street Superintendent by the Glendale Federal Savings and Loan Associa-
tion, the deposit of $750.00 be returned to said Association. Carried
by the following vote:
Ayes: Councilmen Peterson, 'Swanson, Thompson and Mayor Selby.
Noes: Councilmen None.
Absent: Councilman Baker.
2. Receipt of a communication from Charles E. Lortz, City
Engineer, announcing delivery of one 24" Check Valve in accordance
with Item No. 2, Schedule No. 1, of Specifications No. WB -48 -2, from
Rensselaer Valve Company, and recommending payment to said Company of
$1508.02, tax included, for said valve.
Moved by Councilman Thompson, seconded by Councilman Swanson,
that the sum of $1508.02, tax included, be paid to Rensselaer Valve
Company as payment for one 24" Check Valve received in accordance with
Item No. 2, Schedule No. 1, of Specifications No. WB -48 -2. Carried
by the following vote:
Ayes: Councilmen Peterson, Swanson, Thompson and Mayor Selby.
Noes: Councilmen None.
Absent: Councilman Baker.
3. Receipt from the Division of Highways, State of California,
of the first supplemental memorandum of agreement, in triplicate, for
expenditure of gas tax allocation for Major City Streets in the City
of El Segundo for the 1950 fiscal year.
Moved by Councilman Peterson, seconded by Councilman Swanson,
the following resolution be adopted:
WHEREAS, a first supplemental memorandum of agreement
has been presented to be entered into with the State of
California in accordance with a project statement submitted
by the City of E1 Segundo for expenditure of the gas tax
allocation to cities for the fiscal year 1950, and
WHEREAS, the City Council has heard read said agree-
ment in full and is familiar with the contents thereof;
NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the City Council
of the City of E1 Segundo, California, that said project
statement be and it is hereby adopted as the budget of
proposed expenditures of the gas tax allocation to cities,
and said agreement be and the same is hereby approved and,
the Mayor and the City Clerk are directed to sign the
same on behalf of said City, said agreement to be binding
upon the City upon its execution by the authorized officials
of the State.
On roll call, said motion carried, and the foregoing resolution was
adopted by the following vote:
.Ayes: Councilmen Peterson, Swanson, Thompson and Mayor Selby.
Noes: Councilmen None.
Absent: Councilman Baker.
4. Receipt of a communication from the Division of Highways,
State of California, in answer to City Clerk's letter of February 10,
1950, transmitting copy of petition presented to the City Council
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requesting the installation of a pedestrian crosswalk, pedestrian
control traffic signal, and a large directional sign at the inter-
section of Sepulveda Boulevard and Mariposa Avenue, in which first
mentioned letter it is requested that the City of El Segundo furnish
the Division of Highways with the complete accident record of the said
intersection for the two -year period beginning January, 1948, and also
a statement as to the City's willingness to participate in the cost
of the installation. By general consent, the City Clerk was authorized
and instructed to prepare and forward to the Division of Highways
the report requested by said agency.
5. Receipt of communication from the Pacific Telephone and
Telegraph Company giving installation and monthly charges for signal
channel service from Fire Department headquarters on West Franklin
Avenue to the residences or business establishments of all of the
firemen of the City of E1 Segundo, the installation charges being
$5.00 per installation, or a total of $115.00, and the monthly charge
being a total of $34.75 for 23 services.
Moved by Councilman Peterson, seconded by Councilman Thompson,
that the installation of signal channel service from the Fire Depart-
ment headquarters on West Franklin Avenue in El Segundo to the resi-
dences or business establishments of all of the firemen of the City
of El Segundo at a total installation charge of $115.00 and total
monthly charge of $34.75 for 23 services, all as set forth in letter
from the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company, dated February 15,
1950, addressed to the City Coordinator, be and the same is hereby
approved; and the City Coordinator is hereby authorized and directed
to cause such installations to be made, together with such other in-
stallations and facilities as may be necessary to complete a fire call
service between the Fire Department headquarters and the locations of
the business establishments or residences designated in said communica-
tion. Said motion carried by the following vote:
Ayes: Councilmen Peterson, Swanson, Thompson and Mayor Selby.
Noes: Councilmen None.
Absent: Councilman Baker.
None.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
PAYING BILLS
The following demands, having had the approval of the Committee
on Finance and Records, were read:
General Fund
Bell House Movers 106 .25
Inglewood Book & Stat.Co.
2.01
Internat'1 Bus.Mach.Corp.
9.84
Mall Tool Company
2.03
Wilson's Carbon Co.,Ltd.
6.03
Victor D.McCarthy,City Clerk
26.38
City of El Segundo Water Dept.
59.78
City of El Segundo Water Dept.
483.80
The Pac. Tel & Tel. Co.
145.45
J. E. Burrell & Sons.
50.00
City of E1 Segundo „later Dept.
27.53
Earl Morgan
7.85
Wilburn E. Baker
73.55
South. Calif. Gas Company
6.02
Henry Claman
1100.00
Mints. Curtzwiler,City Treas.
1644.95
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Water
Works Fund
Payroll Demands Nos.
13837 - 13848
$ 1080.68
Minta Curtzwiler,City Treas.
6.25
Mints, Curtzwiler,City Treas.
61.40
Hosp. Serv. of So. Calif.
6.05
State 1T . Ret. System
93.62
State Emp. Ret. System
103.34
Howard Supply Company
26.22
Monroe Calculating Mach.Co.,Inc. 440.33
So. Calif. Gas Company
9.80
So. Calif. Edison Co.
1242.94
El Segundo Hardware
4.02
Addressograph Sales & Serv.
3.10
Mueller Co.
46.37
Charles E. Lortz,Petty Cash
11.77
TOTAL
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Pension Fund
State Emp. Pet. System 800-83
TOTAL 0073
Water Works Bond
Election 1948,
Construction Fund
Rensselaer Valve Company s 1500.
City of El Segundo Water Dept. 59.09
TOTAL 1559.57
Recreation Fund
Pac. Hide & Leather Co.,Inc. 27.11
Burtons Ltd. 31.74
TOTAL $ 58-75-
Moved by Councilman Swanson, seconded by Councilman Thompson, 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 Peterson, Swanson, Thompson and Mayor Selby.
Noes: Councilmen None.
Absent: Councilman Baker.
NEW BUSINESS
The City Clerk read to the Council the title of Ordinance No. 367,
entitled:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, AMEND-
ING ORDINANCE NO. 12 (THE BUSINESS LICENSE ORDINANCE) OF
SAID CITY, AS AMENDED, BY AMENDING SECTIONS 34c AND 34d OF
SAID ORDINANCE; AND BY ADDING A NEW SECTION DESIGNATED AS
SECTION 34e TO SAID ORDINANCE NO. 12.
It was then moved by Councilman Peterson, seconded by Councilman
Thompson, and unanimously carried by the following roll call, to wit:
Ayes: Councilmen Peterson, Swanson, Thompson and Mayor Selby;
Noes: Councilmen None;
Absent: Councilman Baker,
that the further reading of Ordinance No. 367 be waived.
Councilman Swanson thereupon introduced Ordinance No. 367,
entitled:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING
ORDINANCE NO. 12 (THE BUSINESS LICENSE ORDINANCE) OF
SAID CITY, AS AMENDED, BY AMENDING SECTIONS 34c AND 34d OF
SAID ORDINANCE; AND BY ADDING A NEW SECTION DESIGNATED AS
SECTION 34e TO SAID ORDINANCE NO. 12.
The Mayor at this time informed the Council that he had been
served with a summons in Superior Court Case No. 541391, entitled
"PAN AMERICAM AIRWAYS, INC., a corporation, Plaintiff, vs. COUNTY
OF LOS ANGELES, a body corporate and politic; CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, a
municipal corporation, EL CAMINO JUNIOR-COLLEGE DISTRICT, a public
corporation, CENTINELA VALLEY UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT, a public
corporation, and WISEBURN SCHOOL DISTRICT, a public corporation,
Defendants. ", which he then delivered to the City Clerk. Thereafter,
by general consent the City Clerk was instructed to forward the same
to the City Attorney for such action by that official as may be
indicated.
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(Cont.)
General Fund
Minta
Curtzwiler,City Treas.
20
Minta
Curtzwiler,City Treas.
1625.82
Minta
Curtzwiler,City Treas.
1273.34
Minta
Curtzwiler,City Treas.
1146.04
Minta
Curtzwiler,City Treas.
635.15
Minta
Curtzwiler,City Treas.
18.75
Victor D. McCarthy,City Clerk
.25
Hosp .
Serv. of South. Calif.
215.45
State
Emp. Pet. System
878.41
TOTAL
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Pension Fund
State Emp. Pet. System 800-83
TOTAL 0073
Water Works Bond
Election 1948,
Construction Fund
Rensselaer Valve Company s 1500.
City of El Segundo Water Dept. 59.09
TOTAL 1559.57
Recreation Fund
Pac. Hide & Leather Co.,Inc. 27.11
Burtons Ltd. 31.74
TOTAL $ 58-75-
Moved by Councilman Swanson, seconded by Councilman Thompson, 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 Peterson, Swanson, Thompson and Mayor Selby.
Noes: Councilmen None.
Absent: Councilman Baker.
NEW BUSINESS
The City Clerk read to the Council the title of Ordinance No. 367,
entitled:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, AMEND-
ING ORDINANCE NO. 12 (THE BUSINESS LICENSE ORDINANCE) OF
SAID CITY, AS AMENDED, BY AMENDING SECTIONS 34c AND 34d OF
SAID ORDINANCE; AND BY ADDING A NEW SECTION DESIGNATED AS
SECTION 34e TO SAID ORDINANCE NO. 12.
It was then moved by Councilman Peterson, seconded by Councilman
Thompson, and unanimously carried by the following roll call, to wit:
Ayes: Councilmen Peterson, Swanson, Thompson and Mayor Selby;
Noes: Councilmen None;
Absent: Councilman Baker,
that the further reading of Ordinance No. 367 be waived.
Councilman Swanson thereupon introduced Ordinance No. 367,
entitled:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING
ORDINANCE NO. 12 (THE BUSINESS LICENSE ORDINANCE) OF
SAID CITY, AS AMENDED, BY AMENDING SECTIONS 34c AND 34d OF
SAID ORDINANCE; AND BY ADDING A NEW SECTION DESIGNATED AS
SECTION 34e TO SAID ORDINANCE NO. 12.
The Mayor at this time informed the Council that he had been
served with a summons in Superior Court Case No. 541391, entitled
"PAN AMERICAM AIRWAYS, INC., a corporation, Plaintiff, vs. COUNTY
OF LOS ANGELES, a body corporate and politic; CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, a
municipal corporation, EL CAMINO JUNIOR-COLLEGE DISTRICT, a public
corporation, CENTINELA VALLEY UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT, a public
corporation, and WISEBURN SCHOOL DISTRICT, a public corporation,
Defendants. ", which he then delivered to the City Clerk. Thereafter,
by general consent the City Clerk was instructed to forward the same
to the City Attorney for such action by that official as may be
indicated.
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No further business appearing to be transacted at this meeting,
it was moved by Councilman Swanson, seconded by Mayor Selby, the
meeting adjourn. Carried.
Approved:
Respectfully submitted,
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Mayor
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