1954 SEP 08 CC MIN!A
E1 Segundo, California
September 8, 1954
A regular meeting of.the City Council of the City of El Segundo, Cali-
fornia, was held in the Council Chamber of the City Hall on the above date.
Prior to calling the meeting to order, those present joined in pledging
allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, following which a
prayer was offered by Reverend J. E. Wainwright, of the Church of Christ of
El Segundo.
The meeting was then called to order by William R. Selby, Mayor, the hour
being 7:00 o'clock P. M.
ROLL CALL
Councilmen Present: Baker, Frederick, Gordon, Swanson and Mayor Selby;
Councilmen. Absent: None.
READING OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING
The minutes of the regular meeting held on the 1st day of September, 19540
having been read and no errors or omissions having been noted, it was moved by
Councilman Baker, seconded by Councilman Frederick, 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:
PLANNING COMMISSION, CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, dated September 2, 1954, trans-
mitting therewith, copy of its Resolution No. 193 approving the tentative map
of Tract No. 16763 subject to certain conditions set forth in said resolution.
Following consideration of said map by the City Council, it was moved by
Councilman Frederick, seconded by Councilman Baker, the following resolution be
adopted:
RESOLVED, that the tentative map of Tract No. 16763, heretofore
filed with this Council, and the subdivision of the property as
shown thereon, be and the same are hereby tentatively approved by
this Council subject to the following conditions:
1. That sidewalks shall be constructed along the Maple
Avenue side of said Tract;
2. That proper drainage facilities shall be constructed
which shall first be approved by the City Engineer of
the City of E1 Segundo; and
3. Subject to any other conditions which.the City Engineer
shall require in order to cause said tract to be laid
out in accordance with provisions of-ordinances of the
City of E1 Segundo respecting subdivisions;
and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Clerk shall transmit a
copy of this resolution to the Planning Commission for its informa-
tion.
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On roll call, the foregoing resolution was adopted by the following vote:
Ayes: Councilmen Baker, Frederick, Gordon, Swanson and Mayor Selby;
Noes: Councilmen None;
Absent: Councilmen None.
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES,.dated September 1, 1954, •
advising that at a meeting of said Board, held on August 31, 1954,-it had
adopted an order authorizing the consolidation of a Special Bond Election for
the City of El Segundo with the State General Election to be held on November
2nd, 1954, and further advising that the City of E1 Segundo shall pay to the
Auditor of the County of Los Angeles $2.00 for each member of the precinct
boards in the City of El Segundo as additional compensation, and any other
additional expenses incurred by the County as a result of such consolidated
elections. Ordered filed.
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, dated September 1, 1954,
advising that at a meeting of said Board, held on August 31, 1954, it had
adopted an order authorizing the consolidation of a Special Election for the
purpose of submitting to the electors of the City of E1 Segundo a Parks and
Recreation tax proposition with the State General Election to be held on
November 2nd, 1954, and further advising that the City of El Segundo shall pay
to the Auditor of the County of Los Angeles $2.00 for each member of the precinct
boards in the City of E1 Segundo as additional compensation, and any other addi-
tional expenses incurred by the County as a result of such consolidated elections.
Ordered filed.
STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION, dated August 30, 1954, being copy of applica-
tion for transfer of an Off Sale Beer and Wine License from the Mariposa Market,
located at 1160 East Mariposa Avenue, E1'Segundo, to the Bell Gardens Pharmacy,
Inc., to be located at the same address. Ordered filed.
ELIZABETH A. BIRDSALL, dated August 16, 1954, being application for renewal
of a permit to occupy, use and maintain a house trailer at 876 Center Street, E1
Segundo.
The Building Inspector having noted on said application that the trailer is
being used in connection with the construction of a dwelling at said location,
that the applicant is making satisfactory progress on such construction, and recom-
mending the permit applied for be granted, it was moved by Councilman Frederick,
seconded by Councilman Swanson, the following resolution be adopted:
RESOLVED, that a temporary revocable permit be and the same
is hereby authorized issued to Elizabeth A. Birdsall to occupy,
use and maintain a house trailer at876 Center Street, E1 Segundo,
during construction of her dwelling on said premises, said permit
to expire by limitation November 30, 1954•
Carried.
STATE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM, dated September 1, 1954, advising
that said System will shortly conduct its periodic investigation and valuation
for the City of E1 Segundo as required under the provisions of the retirement
law, and inquiring whether or not this City might want additional valuations
made concurrently with the periodic valuation to determine the cost, if the
" City's contract is amended in certain respects.'
It appearing from the said communication that the cost to the City of
having such valuation made over amendments to the State Retirement Law
which might be desirabl 1 wjM §,r lby Councilman Gordon, seconded by
Councilman Frederick, the following resolution be adopted:
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RESOLVED, that the City Clerk be and she is-hereby author-
ized to request the State Employees' Retirement System to cause
an actuarial survey to be made of the cost to the City and to
the employees should the present contract between said City and
said Retirement System be amended up to date, excluding therefrom
Items 21 to 26, inclusive, as set forth in Retirement Form 528 at-
tached to said before mentioned communication from said System,
the cost to the City for such survey not to exceed the sum of
$50.00.
Carried by the following vote:
Ayes: Councilmen Baker, Frederick, Gordon, Swanson and Mayor Selby;
Noes: Councilmen None;
Absent: Councilmen None.
None.
None.
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES
REPORTS OF OFFICERS AND SPECIAL COMMITTEES
City Administrative Officer Udall reported as follows:
1. That the present Stenographer -Clerk in the Engineering Department
anticipates retirement in the near future and that it will therefore be
necessary to employ some person to take her place,,and he recommended that
Mrs. Muriel Kenilworth McAbee be employed as Stenographer -Clerk II in the
Engineering Department. of the City of E1 Segundo, in Step 1 of Range 5 in
accordance with the current salary resolution of the City of El Segundo,
such appointment to be effective Monday, September 13th, 1954•
Moved by Councilman Baker, seconded by Councilman Frederick, the follow-
ing resolution be adopted:
RESOLVED, that Mrs. Muriel Kenilworth McAbee be and she is
hereby employed as Stenographer -Clerk II in the Engineering De-
partment of the City of E1 Segundo, such appointment to be ef-
fective Monday, September 13th, 1954; and
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BE-IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that said appointee shall be compensated
for her services in such capacity in accordance with the provisions
of the Salary Schedule of the City of E1 Segundo.
Carried by the following vote:
Ayes: Councilmen Baker, Frederick, Gordon, Swanson and Mayor Selby;
Noes: Councilmen None;
Absent: Councilmen None.
2. That Mr. Kenneth A. Brewer had recently received a certificate from
the East Los Angeles Junior College indicating that Mr. Brewer has satisfactor-
ily completed said college's Agricultural Courses Nos,. 62 to 65, inclusive,
having attended said college for two hours per week for eighty weeks, and that
this attendance had been done on Mr. Brewer's own time and at his own expense,
and that, in his opinion, Mr. Brewer should be commended for his desire to
increase his knowledge in his particular line of work.
Thereafter, the Council as a whole commended Mr. Brewer and requested
that the City Clerk cause a notation to be made on Mr. Brewer's personnel card
of the above facts.
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3. That he had been informed by Mr. Vernon L. Wood, Assistant
Director of Civil Defense, that at noon on Thursday, September 9, 1954,
a test would be made of a warning siren in the vicinity of Pine Avenue
and Whiting Street.
By general consent, the Council requested the City Administrative Officer
to cause citizens within the area to be notified of such tests so that they
might be made aware of same.
The City Clerk made reports as follows:
1. That at its regular meeting held September 15t, 1954, the City
Council had directed that she contact Mr. Donald R. Short, who had heretofore
requested the Council take action to cause the vacation for public street pur-
poses of a portion of Lots 42 and 43, in Tract No. 12391, and to advise Mr.
Short that the Council feels it desirable that he file a new tract map elim-
inating therefrom the reservation for street purposes as same now appears on
the present tract map; that she had talked with Mr. Short on the telephone
on Thursday, September 2nd, 1954, and found that Mr. Short was leaving that
day on a ten -day vacation but that he was quite receptive to the Council's
recommendation, and had stated that upon his return from vacation he would
immediately investigate the matter and confer further with the City Clerk.
2. That in the interim between the last meeting of the City Council
and this meeting, she had been informally requested by members of the City
Council to open an escrow with the Security -First National Bank of Los Angeles,
El Segundo Branch, for the purchase by the City of E1 Segundo of the southerly
152.5 feet of the westerly 77.23 feet of Lot 11, Block 111, E1 Segundo Sheet
No. 5, excepting the southerly 50 feet of the westerly 30 feet thereof (pre-
sently owned by the City of E1 Segundo), the purchase price thereof to be
$3,500.00 plus 1/2 of all escrow charges and fees, and the City to pay any
special assessments which may be levied against said property; that she had
accordingly opened said escrow and requested the Council ratify and approve
her action in the matter.
It was thereupon moved by Councilman Baker, seconded by Councilman Freder-
ick, the following resolution be adopted:
RESOLVED, that the action of the City Clerk in causing an
escrow to be opened with the Security -First National Bank of
Los Angeles, El Segundo Branch, for the purpose of consummating
the purchase by said City from James Clifford West and Adelaide
K. West, of the southerly 152.5 feet of the westerly 77.23 feet
of Lot 11, Block 111, E1 Segundo Sheet No. 5, excepting the
southerly 50 feet of the westerly 30 feet thereof, at a cost of
$3,500.00 plus 1/2 of all escrow charges and fees, and in addi-
tion the City to pay a pending special street assessment in
amount of $226.51, be and the same is hereby ratified, approved
and confirmed.
Carried by the following vote:
Ayes: Councilmen Baker, Frederick, Gordon, Swanson and Mayor Selby;
Noes: Councilmen None;
Absent: Councilmen None.
3. Reported receipt from the Depattment of Public Works of the,City.of '
Los Angeles of an invoice indicating an amount due from the City of El Segundo,
under its contract for the construction of the Hyperion Sewage Treatment Plant,
of the sum of $25.74, one copy of which report she delivered to each the City
Engineer and the City Attorney..
4. That Miss Dorris R. Baker, Attorney for the State Compensation
Insurance Fund, had contacted her on September 2nd, 1954, and advised that
the hearing before the State Industrial Accident Commission in the matter of
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the application of Mr. Arthur Siebken for disability award had been com-
pleted, and she requested that the Council adopt a policy indicating whether
or not it might in the future desire to file liens against possible awards
made by said Industrial Accident Commission in order to reimburse the City
money paid by it to injured employees covering the difference between the
amounts paid by the State Compensation Insurance Fund and the base salary of
such employees.
The Council discussed the matter at some length, following which it was
moved by Councilman Baker, seconded by Councilman Gordon, the following reso-
lution be adopted:
RESOLVED, that the City Clerk be and she is hereby author-
ized to advise the Attorney for the State Compensation Insurance
Fund that insofar as the case of Mr. Arthur Siebken is concerned
the City does not desire to file a lien to reimburse it for money
paid by the City to Mr. Siebken during the period of his disability;
and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Council is not presently
minded to adopt a strict policy with respect to the filing of such
liens but desires to make its decision on each individual case.
Carried by the following vote:
Ayes: Councilmen Baker, Frederick, Gordon, Swanson and Mayor Selby;
Noes: Councilmen None;
Absent: Councilmen Nont.
5. Reported for the Chief of Police of the City of El Segundo, his ap-
pointment of Wilbur Richmond Ameigh as a Reserve Police Officer of said City,
and requested approval thereof.
Moved by Councilman Swanson, seconded by Councilman Frederick, that the
appointment by the Chief of Police of the City of E1 Segundo of Wilbur Richmond
Ameigh as a Reserve Police Officer of said City, be and the same is hereby
ratified, approved and confirmed. Carried by the following vote:
Ayes: Councilmen Baker, Frederick, Gordon, Swanson and Mayor Selby;
Noes: Councilmen None;
Absent: Councilmen None.
City Attorney Woodworth reported that he had received from the County
Auditor of the County of Los Angeles, request for approval of cancellation
of certain taxes on behalf of the City of E1 Segundo on the Assessment Roll,
and requested that the Council approve, ratify and confirm his action in
consenting to the making of the changes and cancellations, as requested by
the County Assessor.
Moved by Councilman Baker, seconded by Councilman Gordon, the following
resolution be adopted:
RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of E1 Segundo
does hereby approve, ratify and confirm the action of the City
Attorney of said City in approving and consenting to the making
of the following changes and cancellations on behalf of said
City on.the Assessment Roll,.as requested by the County Assessor
of Los Angeles County, to wit:
On Assessment Roll of 1954, under Authorization No. 230,
request dated August 30, 1954, the following:
R.E. Vol. 2280 Code 5122, M.B. 869, Page 204,
Parcel 7
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Santa Fe Land Improvement Company 121 E 6 St.,
Rm 506, Los Angeles 14, California
Sub of Part of The Sausal Redondo Ro - Lot on
S line of Imperial Hwy (Per O.R.: 19233 -27)
com W thereon 1785.60 ft from N and Center Line
of Sec 7 T 3S R 14W th S 890 471 W 779.51 ft th
S 470 091 18++ W 44.13 ft th S 040 19r 36" w
591.99 ft th S on E line of Sepulveda Blvd 417.22
ft th N 890 471 E 856.6 ft th N 00 121 30" W
1037.5 ft to beg Part of NW 1/4 of Sec 7 T 3S
R 14W.
Land $73,000, Improvements $1950.
Cancel Erroneous assessment of improvements $1950
not located on above described Real property 3 -1 -54;
and
On Assessment Roll of 1954, under Authorization No. 2328,
request dated August 30, 1954, the following:
Vol. 411, Asst. No. 387251
Negri, Frank Jr.
Cancel erroneous assessment of personal property
$4150 net and trade fixtures $1500 account not owned,
possessed or controlled by assessee on 3 -1 -54.
On roll call, the foregoing resolution was adopted by the following vote:
Ayes: Councilmen Baker, Frederick, Gordon, Swanson and Mayor Selby;
Noes: Councilmen None;
Absent: Councilmen None.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
None.
PAYING BILLS
The following demands, having had the approval of the Committee on
Finance and Records, were read:
General..Fund - Cont'd
Bowlus Chevrolet
General Fund
Ruth Hopp, City Treasurer $3,866.39
n n n n
3,355.55
n n n rr
1,448.10
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20228.22
n n n n
2,306.46
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51.85
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1,927-21
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28.i3
State Employees'
Southern Calif. Edison Co.
Retirement System
1,333.72
Title Insurance & Trust
Co. 218.70
Hospital Service of
Hawthorne -South Bay Tribune
Southern California
7.95
Title Insurance & Trust'Co.
236.10
City of E. S..Water Dept.
1.0
Security -First National
Bank
of L. A., El Segundo
Branch3,500.00
Industrial Blueprint &
Supply 58.39
Solar Steel Corporation
31.99
Rose Bowl Cafe
1.60
Blue Lunch
.85
Oswald Bros. Co.
75.52
TOTAL 22,395.53
(Continued)
General..Fund - Cont'd
Bowlus Chevrolet
$17.52
C & S Concrete Products Co.
9.05
Century Oil Company
240.90
El Segundo Bldg. Materials
15.09
E1 Segundo Press
121.54
Ira E. Escobar
53.52
Gordon Duff, Inc.
10.44
Carburetor & Elec. Supply
204.16
Consolidated Rock Products
74.93
Southern Calif. Edison Co.
24.65_
Southwest Tractor Sales, Inc.
.59
Southern Calif. Edison Co.
1.90
Hawthorne -South Bay Tribune
3.13
National Fire Protection Asso-
ciation
19.00
Pacific Radionics
155.77
Alliance Plumbing Co.
35.00
Gudlow Plumbing & Heating
10.00
Gibson Motor Parts
58.18
Disposador Mfg. Co.
44.60
Abbott Drilling Co.
75.00
The Lighthouse Inc.
26.78
Contractors Asphalt Sales 515.60
TOTAL 22,395.53
Water Works Fund
Payroll Demand 2,058.76 State Employees'
Ruth Hopp, City Treasurer 251.30 Retirement System
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it n n 6.25 TOTAL
State Employees'
R tirement System_
181.84
State Employees'
Retirement System
169.83
Title Insurance & Trust Co.
67.80
Robert L. Webb, Petty Cash
91.70
Kimball Elevator Co., Ltd.
12.82
Carl Wilson
40.00
Pacific Radionics
10.00
Luippold Engineering Sales
124.70
Western Water Works Supply
16.43
Grinnell Company
558.70
Hersey Mfg. Co.
999.10
TOTAL
.4,589.23
Pension Fund
$ 1.125.40
1,125.40
Recreation Fund
Ruth Hopp, City Treasurer $3,795.20
n n n n 592.51
State Employees'
Retirement System 21.64
TOTAL $4,409.35
Sewerage Facilities
Fund
Department of Public Works
City of Los Angeles 2
TOTAL $ 25.74
Moved by Councilman Gordon, seconded by Councilman Baker, 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 Baker, Frederick, Gordon, Swanson and Mayor Selby;
Noes: Councilmen None;
Absent: Councilmen None.
NEW BUSINESS
Mrs. Ronald G. Ranson, residing at 750 California Street, addressed the
Council with respect to the construction of a crosswalk at California Street
and Oak Avenue inasmuch as school will be beginning on Monday, September 13th,
and a.number of children will cross this intersection in order to attend the
Center Street School.
By general consent, the matter was referred to the City Administrative
Officer for his investigation and consultation with the Chief of Police, and
with power to act.
No further business appearing to be transacted at this meeting, it was
moved by Councilman Baker, seconded by Councilman Gordon, the meeting adjourn.
Carried.
Approved:
Vim- �/'
Mayor
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Respectfully submitted,
—ryl
Neva M. Elsey, City Cle
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