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1950 MAR 08 CC MIN160 00 El Segundo, California. March 8, 1950. A regular meeting of the City Council of the City of El 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: Baker, Swanson, Thompson and Mayor Selby. Councilmen Absent: Peterson. READING OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING. The minutes of the regular meeting held on the lst day of March, 1950, having been read, and no errors or omissions having been noted, it was moved by Councilman Baker, seconded by Councilman Thompson, 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 disposed of in the manner indicated, following reference to each hereinafter: IRA E. ESCOBAR, dated March 8, 1950, extending his sincere appreciation for the wonderful cooperation of and efficient handling by the Fire Department of the City of El Segundo, during a recent fire at his garage. Ordered filed. MRS. ADELIA THOMPSON, undated, being expression of appreciation of the sympathy extended by the City Council during the recent loss of her husband. Ordered filed. LOS ANGELES COUNTY DIVISION, LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES, dated March 3, 1950, announcement of its regular monthly meeting to be held at Santa Monica, California, Thursday, March 16, 1950. Ordered filed. LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES, dated 2 March 1950, being its news letter respecting certain pending State and Federal legislation. Ordered filed. KATHRYN KISSICK, dated March 6, 1950, being application for renewal of permit to occupy, use and maintain a tent at 517 Oregon Street, El Segundo. The Building Inspector having noted on said application that applicant is building a home at said address and is making satisfactory. progress therewith, it was moved by Councilman Thompson, seconded by Councilman Baker, the following resolution be adopted: RESOLVED, that Kathryn Kissick be and she is hereby granted a temporary, revocable permit, in regular form, to „ occupy, use and maintain a tent at 517 Oregon Street, in the City of E1 Segundo, said permit to expire by limitation on June 30th, 1950• On roll call, the foregoing resolution was adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Baker, Swanson, Thompson and Mayor Selby. Noes: Councilmen None. Absent:Councilman Peterson. -1- T161 THE SANDPIPERS, by Mrs. C. F. Blakslee, Jr., dated March 5, 1950, requesting permission to use Grand Avenue Park on the afternoon of April 8th, 1950, for the purpose of holding a children's easter egg hunt. Moved by Councilman Baker, seconded by Councilman Swanson, that "The Sandpipers" be and it is hereby granted permission to use Grand Avenue Park on the afternoon of April 6th, 1950, for the purpose of holding a childrens' easter egg hunt, such use to be under the supervision of an employee of the Park Department of the City of E1 Segundo, who shall be designated for that purpose by the Parks Department Foreman. Carried by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Baker, Swanson, Thompson and Mayor Selby. Noes: Councilmen None. Absent: Councilman Peterson. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PLANNING CONGRESS, dated February 27, 1950, being notice of its March meeting to be held at Whittier, California, on Thursday, March 9, 1950. Ordered filed. STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA, dated March 2, 1950, being copies of letters addressed to T. B. DeBerry, Chief of Police and D. J. Farrar, Chief of the Fire Department, respectively, expressing appreciation for the assistance rendered by said Departments in the recent reservoir fire on said Company's property. Ordered filed. CORPS OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, dated 6 March 1950, notification that application has been made by the City of Los Angeles, Department of Public Works, to construct a groin approximately 190 feet seaward of mean high tide line, in Santa Monica Bay, and advising that objections based on other than navigation interests cannot be considered. Ordered filed. CITY CLERK, CITY OF CULVER CITY, dated March 3, 1950, enclosing therewith copy of notice covering hearing to be held on March 13, 1950, in the City Hall of said City to consider the matter of decontrolling rents in the City of Culver City. Ordered filed. GERALD ALAN WHITEFORD, dated Feb. 17, 1950; and MORREL LESTER LEACH, dated March 1, 1950, each being application for Automobile for Hire Driver's permit. Said applications having been satisfactorily completed, and the Chief of Police having recommended that the permits applied for be granted, it was moved by Councilman Baker, seconded by Councilman Thompson, the following resolution be adopted: RESOLVED, that subject to the provisions of Ordinance No. 283 of the City of E1 Segundo, California, and pursuant to the applications for Automobile for Hire Driver's permits, presented this Council this date, and which applications are hereby ordered filed in the office of the City Clerk for the purposes of identification and reference, and hereby incorporated herein and made a part hereof, Gerald Alan Whiteford and Morrel Lester Leach, be and they-are hereby each granted a permit to drive, operate or be in charge of any passenger carrying or motor propelled vehicle defined in said ordinance; provided, however, that the permits hereby granted may be suspended by the Chief of Police of the City of E1 Segundo at any time in his discretion, or may be revoked by this Council at any time in its discretion, and that such suspension or revocation may be so ordered and made at any time, without cause, without notice and without liability on the part of the City of El Segundo, or any of its officers, employees, agents or representatives. -2- X62 On roll call, the foregoing resolution was adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Baker, Swanson, Thompson and Mayor Selby. Noes: Councilmen None. Absent: Councilman Peterson. LEON HAROLD BRAY, dated Feb. 23, 1950; CHARLES LeROY McLARAN, dated 3 -1 -50; LAWRENCE RICHARD McNULTY, dated 3/3/1950; GEORGE DONALD HAMMOND, dated 3/2/1950; and WESLEY D. MYERS, dated 3/8/50; each being application for employment by the City of E1 Segundo. Ordered filed. RICHARD P. JOHNSON, and 28 others, being petition that the Council give serious and prompt consideration to designating the intersection of Walnut Avenue at Sheldon Street, within the City of El Segundo as a traffic stop intersection and that appropriate signs be erected to control traffic thereat. Thereafter Mayor Selby, with the consent of other members of the Council present, referred said petition to Police Commissioner Baker and Chief of Police DeBerry for investigation and report at the next regular meeting of the City Council. None. None. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS. REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES. REPORTS OF OFFICERS AND SPECIAL COMMITTEES. City Coordinator McCarthy reported as follows: 1. Requested that J. C. Osborne, an employee of the City of El Segundo Water Department, be granted permission to take one week of his 1949 earned vacation between the dates March 14th and March 18th, both inclusive, 1950. Moved by Councilman Thompson, seconded by Councilman Baker, that J. C. Osborne, a Water Department employee, be and he is hereby granted permission to take one week of his 1949 earned vacation between the dates March 14th and 18th, inclusive, 1950. Carried by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Baker, Swanson, Thompson and Mayor Selby. Noes: Councilmen None. Absent: Councilman Peterson. 2. Requested that Frank Smotony, Building Inspector, be granted permission to take one week of his earned 1949 vacation, beginning March 13, 1950. . Moved by Councilman Baker, seconded by Councilman Swanson, that Frank Smotony, Building Inspector, be and-he is hereby granted permission to take one week of his 1949 earned vacation beginning March 13, 1950. Carried by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Baker, Swanson, Thompson and Mayor Selby. Noes: Councilmen None. Absent: Councilman Peterson. -3- r as T- 100 3. That Don C. Farrar, Fire Chief, had 8 days accumulated to his credit from his 1948 earned vacation and 15 days from his 1949 earned vacation, or a total of 23 days; that due to the small number of employees in the Fire Department it would not be feasible for said Chief to take all of this time off and he requested that he be paid for the 8 days remaining to his credit from the 1948 vacation in lieu of taking such time off. Moved by Councilman Thompson, seconded by Councilman Baker, that the City Clerk be and he is hereby authorized to issue a warrant to Don C. Farrar in payment of 8 days earned 1948 vacation, in lieu of such vacation, such paid vacation dates to be from March 8th to March 15th, 1950, both dates inclusive. Carried by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Baker, Swanson, Thompson and Mayor Selby. Noes: Councilmen None. Absent: Councilman Peterson. 4: That he and Councilman Thompson had attended a conference, held on Friday, March 3rd, 1960, for the purpose of discussing control of operations of..aircraft over cities in the South Bay area and he requested Councilman Thompson to make a report respecting such conference. Councilman Thompson thereupon reported that representatives from the cities of Inglewood, Hawthorne, Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach, Redondo Beach, Torrance and E1 Segundo, together with representatives from North American Aviation and the South Bay Union High School District were present at said Conference; that Coordinator McCarthy had given a report respecting airplane accidents which had occurred in the City of El Segundo during the past several years, and the City Manager of Manhattan Beach had made a like report respecting that City; that the final decision of those present at the conference was that they should make a report to their respective Councils and that thereafter each Council should'iappoint one or two members to attend another meeting on the subject to be called at a later date, at which meeting representatives from the Sheriff's office, aircraft factories, the Loa Angeles City Airport Administration and the Civil Aeronautics Administration would be invited to make attendance, with the idea of working out some plan whereby the promiscuous flying of airplanes and especially of test planes might be eliminated over the industrial and residential sections in this area. After hearing the report of Councilman Thompson hereinabove set forth, it was moved by Councilman Baker, seconded by Councilman Swanson, that Mayor Selby and City Coordinator McCarthy be and they are hereby authorized to attend any and all future meetings which may be called with respect to the elimination of low flying airplanes over the South Bay area, as representatives of the City of E1 Segundo. Carried by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Baker, Swanson, Thompson and Mayor Selby. Noes: Councilmen None. Absent: Councilman Peterson. 4. That the present Forgery and Check Alteration Bond, in amount of $10,000.00, with The Fidelity and Casualty Company of New York, in favor of the City of E1 Segundo; will expire on March 19th, 1950; that a new bond in said sum may be obtained for a premium of $37.50 for a period of two years and that if such bond is procured, the City may purchase, in connection therewith, a new checkwriter for the sum of $10.00, with one, year free service thereon. He further stated the present checkwriter owned by the City, due to the large amount of usage thereof, is presently in need of service and that it might prove to be more economical to purchase the new machine at the price of $10.00 quoted. -4- l- 1 64 00 C-, C=7 Moved by Councilman Swanson, seconded by Councilman Baker, that the City Clerk be and he is hereby authorized to procure a renewal of the City's Forgery and Check Alteration Bond, at a premium of $37.50 for the period of two years from March 19, 1950, and that the purchase of a new Paymaster Checkwriter at the sum of $10.00, plus California State Sales Tax, be and the same is hereby authorized. Carried by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Baker, Swanson, Thompson and Mayor Selby. Noes: Councilmen None. Absent: Councilman Peterson. 5. That he had received from Mrs. Florentine Shrode, a Grant of Easement for Water Main Purposes over a certain portion of Lot 2, J. H. Fisher's Subdivision, in the City of E1 Segundo; that the description of the property covered by said easement had been furnished by the City Engineer and the form of easement had been approved by the City Attorney; that the property affected is at the present terminus of Bungalow Street, where there is no public street and inasmuch as the grantee is building a home at said location, she is badly in need of water service. Moved by Councilman Swanson, seconded by Councilman Baker, the following resolution be adopted: RESOLVED, that that certain Grant of Easement for Water Main Purposes, dated the 6th day of March, 1950, executed by Florentine Shrode, granting to the City of El Segundo, a municipal corporation of the County of Los Angeles, State of California, an easement in, over, upon, across and along the following described real property located in the City of El Segundo, County of Los Angeles, State of California, to wit: The westerly ten (10) feet of the easterly fifteen (15) feet of that certain portion of Lot 2, J. H. Fisher's Subdivision, in Section 12, Rancho Sausal Redondo, in the City of El Segundo, as per map recorded in Book 22, Page 87 of Miscellaneous Records, in the office of the County Recorder of said County, all as more particularly set forth in the Grant of Easement hereinbefore referred to, for water main purposes, be and the same is hereby accepted 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 directed to cause said instrument to be filed for record in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County. On roll call, the foregoing resolution was adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Baker, Swanson, Thompson and Mayor Selby. Noes: Councilmen None. ' Absent: Councilman Peterson. -5- T_ 6. Presented from James 0. Gierlich, Chief Inspector on the Water Works Construction program, his written report, dated March 8, 1950, being "Monthly Progress and Financial Report on the 1948 Water Bond Fund as of February 28, 1950", which the Coordinator read to the Council and was thereafter ordered filed. 7. That during the past week, Mr. C. E. Lortz, Water Superin- tendent, had received from the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company, a form of easement covering installation by the City of El Segundo of two water pipe lines over said Railway Companyis right of way in Section 18; that said form has been approved as to descriptions and engineering details by the City Engineer and as to form by the City Attorney and he requested an expression from the City Council as to whether or not it would accept same when presented in final form. After hearing the wording of the instrument read, the Council indicated its approval thereof. City Attorney Woodworth stated he was delivering to the City Clerk, for use of the Council if it so desired, a form of resolution he had prepared, responsive to requests made that Cities adopt such a resolution, which would oppose the closing of the naval hospital at Long Beach as a government hospital. City Attorney Woodworth madd a progress report respecting the Uniform Traffic Ordinance and the Morris Report, which matters were heretofore, by the City Council, referred to him and the Chief of Police for study, and stated he felt it would be necessary for him and said Chief to have at least one and perhaps more conferences on the subject before the matter will be ready for presentation to the Council. UNFINISHED BUSINESS. The City Council at this time discussed the matter of the request of Louis Hoffman, a member of E1 Segundo Fire Department, that he be paid for 72 hours of his compensatory overtime in lieu of taking such time off. After such discussion, it was moved by Councilman Thompson, seconded by Councilman Baker, the following resolution be adopted: WHEREAS, Louis Hoffman, member of E1 Segundo Fire Department, had accumulated up to February 6, 1950, 100 hours of compensatory time; AND, WHEREAS, since said date said Fire Department employee has earned additional compensatory time; AND, WHEREAS, in view of the limited personnel in said Department, it would be required to work short - handed in event this fireman were permitted to take time off to compensate for said compensatory or over time; AND, WHEREAS, the action hereinafter taken will burden said Department with no greater expense than would be en- tailed in event a relief fireman were employed to sub- stitute for the said Louis Hoffman in event he were given time off in payment of his compensatory or earned over time; AND, WHEREAS, this Council understands that the action hereinafter taken is desired by said employee by reason of the fact that it will enable him to meet certain pressing financial obligations; 1- 1 66 vo r NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that in view of the special, peculiar and unusual circumstances in connection with this matter and without in any way establishing a precedent, it is hereby ordered that said Louis Hoffman be compensated for 72 hours of his compensatory or earned over time, the balance of such excess hours due the said employee to be compensated by way of time off, to be allowed by the Fire Chief, if, as and when the same may be conveniently done without embarrassment to said Department. On roll call, the foregoing resolution was adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Baker, Swanson, Thompson and Mayor Selby. Noes: Councilmen None. Absent: Councilman Peterson. PAYING BILLS. The following demands, having had the approval of the Committee on Finance and Records, were read: Water Works Fund Pay Roll Demand No. 13862 to Elect. 1948 13874, Incl. $1103.50 Minta Curtzwiler, City Treas. 65.60 Minta Curtzwiler, It n 6.25 Minta Curtzwiler, Secretary Heidrich Bros. El Segundo City Group 16.60 State Employees' Ret. System 96.47 State Employees' Ret. System 105.94 Kimball Elevator Co. 9.20 Century Oil Company 9.56 Fraser Cement Products Co. 61.45 Underwood Corporation 11.09 Carl Wilson 40.00 City of E1 Segundo, Cal. 58.71 Builders Material Co. 43.01 Howard Supply Co. 43.40 Wm. R. Selby 3.81 Water Works Bond, Elec. 1948 39.39 Construction Fund 76.41 Chas. E. Lortz, Petty Cash 17.96 G. Iannini 85.26 Rich Mfg. Co. 104.65 TOTAL $1958.57 Water Works Bond, Elect. 1948 Con.Fund City of El Segundo Water Dept. 84.2 City of E1 Segundo It it 2500 City of E1 Segundo, Calif. 3.58 Heidrich Bros. 93.68 Schmidt Bros. Contractors 41.90 Chas. E. Lortz, Petty Cash 1.15 Lippincott & Rowe 650.00 Barclay Surveying Co. 282.00 .TOTAL $1181.57 Sewer Bond Elec. 1925, Cons. Fund Department of Public Works 383.85 TOTAL $6383.85 General Fund Minta Curtzwiler, City Treas. $1647.44 Minta Curtzwiler, it it 2152.87 Minta Curtzwiler, tt tt 1625.12 Minta Curtzwiler, n n 1250.88 Minta Curtzwiler, tt n 1200.07 Minta Curtzwiler, tt n 97.00 Victor D. McCarthy, City Clk. .25 Minta Curtzwiler, Secretary, El Segundo pity Group 49.80 State Employees' Ret. System 886.65 City of El Segundo 43.20 Gordon Duff 4.02 Century Oil Company 367.01 Shepherd Tractor & Equipt. Co. 8.54 Thompson Auto Service 6.12 H & H Fountain & Grill 2.70 Inglewood Blueprint & Supply 2.13 C. D. Soiseth & Son 39.39 E1 Segundo Paint Center ixXxx 9.90 Pacific Area Lumber Co. 20.31 E1 Segundo Bldg. Materials 7.82 Grimes - Stassforth Stat. Co. 3.78 Standard Oil Co. of Cal. 13.60 Ira E. Escobar 114.94 E1 Segundo Hardware 18.66 South Bay Disposal Co. 150.00 Ken H. Jones 59.25 Pacific Electric Ry. Co. 7.31 Airport Rentals 18.00 Master Pest Control, Inc. 9.50 Southern Cal. Edison Co. 24.65 T. B. DeBerry 5.46 Carburetor Elec. Supply Co. .15.45 Division of Highways 26.20 J. R. Lester Boyle 135.00 ` E1 Segundo Herald 170.02 Warren Southwest Inc. 13.60 Leiland A. Irish, inc. 81:32 Victor D. McCarthy 48.82 Victor D. McCarthy, Coordinator 4.58 Victor D. McCarthy, n 9.19 Victor D. McCarthy, City Clk. 12.60 Minta Curtzwiler, City Treas. 662.21 TOTAL (11025.36 -7- T- �J 16/ Pension Fund State Employeest Retirement System $840.56 State Employees? n it 8.75 TOTAL $849.31 Recreation Fund Minta Curtzwiler, City Treas. 9.33 Recreation Fund Burtons Ltd. $42.44 Associated Crafts 10.94 Collector of Internal Rev. 6.00 Goliger Leather Co. Inc. 40.27 State Employees' Ret. System 34.28 Hospital Service, of So. Cal. 13.75 Minta Curtzwiler, City Treas.685. 2 TOTAL 902.53 Moved by Councilman Swanson, seconded by Councilman Baker, the demands be allowed and warrants ordered drawn and paid out of the respective funds covering.the same. Carried by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Baker, Swanson, Thompson and Mayor Selby. Noes: Councilmen None. Absent: Councilman Peterson. KEW BUSINESS. Moved by Councilman Baker, seconded by Councilman Swanson, the following resolution be adopted: WHEREAS, the Defense Department of the Federal Government has ordered the Naval Hospital at Long Beach, California, to be closed as of June 30, 1950; and WHEREAS, said Naval Hospital constitutes one of the largest hospital facilities in Southern California, where the percentage of population increase is greater than in any other part of our nation; and WHEREAS, due to the metropolitan character of the general area in which said hospital is located, the need for hospital facilities is greatly in excess, and will continue for some time to be in excess, of available hospital buildings and equipment; and WHEREAS, said hospital is located in an area where ideal climatic conditions contribute to and accelerate the con- valescence and recovery of patients; and WHEREAS, the closing of said hospital in so important an area will constitute an economic waste of the very essentials required to serve a large and ever increasing population, and will visit hardship upon thousands of friends and members of families of hospitalized veterans who will be required to travel long distances to visit and minister to their loved ones; and WHEREAS, the closing of said hospital will further seriously and adversely affect the public peace, health, safety and general welfare of the entire area of Southern California; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of E1 Segundo, California, that said City Council does hereby most strenuously oppose the closing of said Long Beach Naval Hospital, and does hereby most respectfully memorialize the President and Congress of the United States of America to take such steps as may be necessary to authorize and direct the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to acquire and operate the said Long Beach Naval Hospital, and to take such action -8- 168 promptly, to the end that said facility may be placed under the jurisdiction and operation of said Administrator of Veterans Affairs at the earliest possible time; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Clerk of said City is hereby instructed to immediately forward a certified copy of this resolution to the President of the United States, and to the members of Congress from Cali- fornia, as the earnest, sincere and emphatic petition and request of the said City Council in the premises. On roll call, the foregoing resolution was adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Baker, Swanson, Thompson and Mayor Selby. Noes: Councilmen None. Absent: Councilman Peterson. At this time, the hour being 8:00 o'clock P. M. the Mayor declared a recess. At the hour of 8:15 o'clock P. M. the Council reconvened, all members being present and answering roll call with the exception of Councilman Peterson. 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: Mayor. Respectful 'SZ r