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1963 AUG 26 CC MINX 1583 E1 Segundo, California August 26, 1963 A regular meeting of the City Council of the City of E1 Segundo, California, was held in the Council Chamber of the City Hall of said City 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, followed by an invocation by Councilman Robert W. Frederick. The meeting was then called to order by Wilburn E. Baker, Mayor, the hour being 7:00 o'clock p. m. ROLL CALL Councilmen Present: Frederick, Kimport, Swanson, Tandy and Mayor Baker; Councilmen Absent: None. READING OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETINGS The minutes of the adjourned regular meeting of the City Council of the City of E1 Segundo, California, held August 5, 1963, and of the regular meeting of said Council held August 12, 1963, having been read and no error or omission having been noted, it was moved by Councilman Tandy, seconded by Councilman Swanson, the minutes of said meetings be approved as recorded. Motion carried. At this time Mayor Baker presented Police Officers Larry Sturges and Cris Park with certificates of award on completion of basic training course at the Southern California Peace Officers Training School. Mayor Baker announced that the hearing before the Board of Appeals re Aerospace Center Building was postponed until the next regular meeting to be held September 9, 1963. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS The following written communications received from persons, firms or corporations hereinafter named, were read to the Council and were dis- posed of in the manner indicated: 1. LOS ANGELES COUNTY BOUNDARY COMMISSION, being notice of the following proposals filed with said Commission: a) City of Inglewood for SECOND GLASGOW TERRITORY Annexation. b) City of Hawthorne for PETROFF NO. 2 Annexation. c) City of Hawthorne for HINDRY Annexation. d) City of Hawthorne for OSWOOD Annexation. e) City of Hawthorne for YORK Annexation f) City of Hawthorne for WOOD Annexation g) City of Hawthorne for BRADBURY Annexation The above communications were ordered filed. 2. PLANNING COMMISSION, transmitting copy of Resolution No. 562 granting variance to construct a conforming addition to existing non - conforming apartment house making a commercial use. on the first floor with single apart- ment on second floor in C -2 Zone, 311 Richmond Street, requested by James V. Wade. An appeal was received by the City Clerk and the matter set for hearing on September 23, 1963. Ordered filed. 3. DEPARTMENT OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL, being application for the following: a) Off Sale beer & wine license, 401 E. Grand Ave., by Mary C. & Philip R. Ellyson and Ann M. & Howard C. Bumpass. b) New "B" and 90 -day temporary "B" license, 200 E. Imperial Ave. , by Speedee Mart, #311. c) On Sale Beer license, 130 W. Grand Avenue by Ivar's. The above communications were ordered filed. -1- X 1584 4. DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS, R. F. Bruff, Jr., Inglewood Chapter No. 30, being request to solicit donations for a benefit dance between the dates of October 16 thru November 23. Mayor Baker stated that he did not believe that the E1 Segundo Veterans organization goes out of town to solicit funds. Councilman Tandy did not feel that the request was clear as to what type of solicitations would be made, etc., and thereafter it was moved by Councilman Swanson, seconded by Councilman Kimport that the matter be referred to the City Manager for further study. Motion carried. 5. HENRY E. BARNARD, 229 Eucalyptus Drive, being request for permission to sell on the street corner a few copies of a religious book of which he is the author. Councilman Frederick stated that, even though this is neither a religious nor a charitable request, he felt it would be in order to approve this request and moved that the request be granted, which motion was seconded by Councilman Swanson and unanimously carried. 6. EL SEGUNDO JUNIOR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, being a letter of appreciation for the assistance and cooperation of the Council on this year's July 4th program. Mayor Baker commended the Junior Chamber of Commerce on the very good job they had done on this year's program and said that from his personal observation and from comments he had heard, he felt that this was the best July 4th program he had yet seen. Councilman Swanson then made a motion that the Council send a letter of commendation to the Junior Chamber of Commerce for their efforts on this program. Motion seconded by Councilman Frederick and carried. 7. LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE, Lodge #1780, being a request for permission to black -top at their expense, a portion of the 400 -foot stretch of Imperial Strip directly north of their lodge at 514 West Imperial Ave. This request had been received previously and is now under study by the City Manager along with a request by Walmor Equipment Co. for a parking lot in the eastern end of the Imperial Strip. When this Strip was annexed to the City, it was realized that the only revenue producing activity that could be developed, because of deed restrictions, was off - street parking, and it was decided that when the demand warranted, the City would put some type of meters or coin gates in areas suitable for off - street parking to offset the cost of maintenance. The possi- bility of putting in a 100 -unit lot to start with is tvider consideration at this time and the City Engineer is now in the process of studying the costs of such a venture and will present an estimate to the City Manager at a later date. Councilman Frederick pointed out that the request by the Moose Lodge is somewhat different from the request from Walmor Equipment Co. for park ing areas. The Moose intends to black -top the area at their own expense. They feel that they have adequate parking on regular nights but need additional space for special occasions such as parties, fish fries, detc. They are trying to eliminate congestion in the street parking on these special nights so as not to be a nuisance to the people living in apartments in that area. They intend to put up a chain when the lost is not in use, in order to prevent the residents of the area from using the lot instead of their own garages. The coin gates, etc, would not be necessary in this section of the strip as there would not be enough revenue coming into them to warrant their installation. The only reason it would be warranted in the eastern end of the Strip is because of the many aircraft workers who are parking on the street. Mr. Sailors pointed out that if the City were to negotiate some sort of agreement whereby the Moose would black -top the area, it would probably have to make it available to anyone who wanted to use it - -with some re- strictions such as 24 -hour or 12 -hour limits on parking, etc. Councilman Swanson reminded the Council that at the time when the street was paved, there were no curb breaks installed as the City had planned to develop the area with no parking on that side. City Manager Sailors is continuing his study of the matter and will report at a later date. -2- X 1585 8. MR. PHILIP TALLUTO, Owner & Director of the Rose Bowl Bowling Alley, being a request for permission to operate billiard parlor located at 129 West Grand Ave. , in conjunction with the Rose Bowl Bowling Alley. The original intention had been to cut a door from the Rose Bowl into this building where the billiard parlor would be located, but the Fire Department would not permit this unless the necessary fire walls were installed. Because of the cost of installing these fire walls, Mr. T.alluto had decided not to connect the two buildings. The matter was referred to the City Manager for further study and report. 9. MR. ERWIN MORSE, Attorney for Western Missionary Army, being notice of intention to proceed with missionary work in the City on September 22. Previous correcpondence in this matter has been unan- swered and Mayor Baker suggested that this letter un unanswered also, since a study of this organization revealed that they are permitted to keep 6076 of the monies they collect and this was not considered satisfactory by the Council. However, since it is a religious organization, they cannot legally be prevented from soliciting in the City but the Council felt that the public should be informed of the percentage of the contributions which go directly to the cause for which it is solicited. After making this point very clear to the audience in the Council Chamber, the correspondence was ordered filed. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS 1. MRS. CECELIA L. KASSALES, 526 Penn Street, addressed the Council on the matter of a pedestrian crossing for the Pacific Electric Rail- road tracks at Pine Avenue. Mrs. Kassales pointed out that in her original request she had not stressed the safety factor which was discussed at the last Council meeting, but that she wanted to impress upon the Council that there is no access for pedestrians - -safe or otherwise -- except to literally slide down the embankment on one side and crawl up the embankment on the other side. T e alternative is to go several blocks out of the way in order to get to any of the other streets. The safety factor enters into it because this causes the school children to have to be in the streets for extra periods of time in using this 'long way roung' . It boils down to the fact that the railroad crossing is the best and safest access for the area. Mrs. Kassales suggested that the City intall a stairway on each embankment in order to eliminate the need to 'slide down on the seat of one's pants'. She also stated that the area between the tracks might not need to be paved if the cost might be prohibitive. Mayor Baker informed Mrs. Kas- sales that the first step in such a project would be to secure the consent of the railroad and he assured her that steps would be taken to do so. Further discussion followed concerning the possibility of using only City property to in,3tall the stairway but it was pointed out that the railroad might frown upon the idea of the City's making their tracks available to the public. The matter was referred to ' the City Engineer for further study and Mrs. Kassales was commended on an excellent presentation. 2. DR. JAMES McELHANEY, 1445 E. Maple Ave. ; addressed the Council giving his views on the matter of parking areas in the Imperial Strip. It is his opinion that the Council would need to consider the matter very carefully as anything they do in the matter would set a precedent. He felt that a plan of development should be considered for the whole Strip because if these individual requests were approved, everyone with property fronting on the strip would be able to ask for the same thing, causing disorganization of the Strip. He suggested that the Recreation and Parks Department might develop it for park purposes. Mayor Baker informed Dr. McElhaney that the City is not in a financial position at the moment to develop this area but that his suggestions would be considered. — 3. MR. ART PETSCH, 219 West Maple Ave., addressed the Council and quoted from the Minutes of Public Hearing, Committee for the Study of the Imperial Strip, held September 29, 1960 as follows: "After months of prolonged negotiations, these 26 acres 8, 000' long and 1201wide, were annexed by the 19Z X 1586 City of El Segundo in fee title . This property is pre -,ently under the legal jurisdiction of three agencies, the City Council, the Planning Commission and the Recreation Commission. This Committee was appointed to develop a master plan to present their combined ideas at this meeting from which plans will be finalized, presented to the above -named agencies and then the committee will be dissolved. " Mr. Petsch questioned whether it would be the case that any appli- cation would have to go throug the process of being approved by the other two agencies before any action could be taken or is approval by the Council sufficient? Mayor Baker explained to Mr. Petsch that the Planning Com- mission was involved only to the extent that any zoning violations might be involved. The Recreation Commission would be consulted if it were decided to use the area for recreation purposes. If it were used for off - street park- ing purposes, the Council approval would be all that was needed. Mr, Petsch asked if this 'master plan' referred to in these minutes was binding or only guiding. It was pointed out to him that this is not actually a master plan in the sense that it is binding but is actually a policy plan. Mr. Sailors stated that one of the reasons for the wording as to the three agencies having jurisdiction over the area was that when -an annexation is consummated, the property comes in under R -1. Obviously there was a lot of acreage with a lot of deed restrictions. The Planning Commission and the Recreation Commission were asked to name representatives to a study committee who might have some good ideas for the use of this prop- erty. A lot of good ideas were formulated and may still be used if and when the money becomes available for such a project. REPORTS OF OFFICERS AND SPECIAL CUP,,!.NIITa'EES CITY MANAGER SAILORS MADE REPORTS AS FOLLOWS: 1. As per authority obtained at a recent Council Meeting, bids 1 - were solicited for replacing two 2 -wheel motorcycles for the Police Depart- ment and it was recommended that authority be granted to purchase these vehicles from Harley Davidson, 900 La Brea Avenue, Inglewood, for the net price, with trade -ins, of $2, 832. 28 as this was the only bid received. It was moved by Councilman Tandy, seconded by Councilman Kimport, that the recommendation of the City Manager to purchase two 2 -wheel motorcycles from Harley Davidson, Inglewood, for the net price of $2, 832. 28, with trade - ins, be approved. Carried by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Frederick, Kimport, Swanson, Tandy and Mayor Baker; Noes: Councilmen None; Absent: Councilmen None. 2. Presented for the Council's consideration an estimate of actuarial costs by the State Retirement System to study amendments to the City's retirement plan. The cost for the study will be $50.00 and the cost to adopt these two amendments will be between $20.00 and $"50.00. The amendments involved are: (1) Provide an equitable pension for widows of the safety servi- ces whose husbands are killed violently, either shot or in an accident in performance of duties, and (2) give a widow of the other City employees (provid- ing the individual had been with the City for 20 years) the option to take his 6- months pay over a long period of time rather than in a lump sum. Motion made by Councilman Frederick, seconded by Councilman Tandy, to approve the contract with the State Retirement System to proceed with the study. f Motion carried. I I 3. Presented for the Council's consideration, the 1963 -64 Budget for the City as follows: WE X 1587 City Council - - - - - - - - - - - - - $ 4,650 City Manager - - - - - - - - - - - - 28, 035 City Clerk - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 10,955 Finance Department - - - - - - - - - - 35,625 Treasurer Department - - - - - - - - - 22,185 Legal Department - - - - - - - - - - 16,800 Planning Department - - - - - - - - - 8,240 _ Retirement - - - - - - - - - - - - - 120,300 Government Buildings - - - - - - - - 38,450 Personnel - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3,000 Promotion - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 38,000 Elections - - - - - - - - - - - - - 31500 Debt Service - - - - - - - - - - - - - 98,015 Non - Departmental - - - - - - - - - - 151,125 Police Department - - - - - - - - - - 457,905 Fire Department - - - - - - - - - - - 433,740 Building Regulation - - - - - - - - - - 57,840 Civil Defense - - - - - - - - - - 2,400 Engineering - - - - - - - - - - - - 70,475 Street Cleaning - - - - - - - - - - - - 37,975 Street Maintenance - - - - - - - - - 66,835 Street Lighting - - - - - - - - - - - - 65,000 Curbs & Sidewalks - - - - - - - - - - 29,210 Traffic Safety - - - - - - - - - - - - 30,900 Storm Drains - - - - - - - - - - - - - 13,405 Sanitation - - - - - - - - - - - - 68,920 Refuse Disposal - - - - - - - - - - - 66,500 Garage - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 13,765 Park & Recreation - - - - - - - - - - 256,080 CURRENT GEN'L OPERATING BUDGET - - - - - - - - - - - - 2,249,830 Water Operating - - - - - - - - - - 576,185 — Library - - - - - - - - - -- - - - 63,220 Interim Reserve - - - - - - - - - - 7671569 TOTAL CURRENT BUDGET - - - - - - - 3,656,804 APPROVED CAPITAL - - - - - - - - - 1,021,315 GRAND TOTAL - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4,678, 119 Moved by Councilman Tandy, seconded by Councilman Kimport that the 1963 -64 Budget be approved. On roll call, said motion carried by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Frederick, Kimport, Swanson, Tandy and Mayor Baker; Noes: Councilmen None; Absent: Councilmen None. CITY ATTORNEY BUSH MADE REPORTS AS FOLLOWS: 1. Reported that in the matter of Experimental Specialties vs City of E1 Segundo, the legal counsel for Experimental Specialties has advised that the suit is still being processed. 2. Presented for the Council's consideration a Resolution fixing the amount of money necessary to carry on the business of the various departments of the City, pay its bonded indebtedness, meet its obliga- tions under the California State Employees Retirement Act, maintain the free public library of said City, and acquire, maintain and improve the public parks and recreational facilities for current fiscal year, which amounts had been prepared by the Director of Finance as follows: -5- X 1388 Carrying on the various departments of said City - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -$ 921,295 Paying the bonded indebtedness of said City - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 98,015 Meeting and paying the obligations of said City to the State Employees' Retirement System under the provisions of the California State Employees' Retirement Act - - - - - - 120,300 Maintenance of the free public library, as authorized under the provisions of Section 27401 of the Educational Code of the State of California - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 57,000 Acquisition, maintenance and improvement of the public parks and recreational facilities - - 150,100 It was then moved by Councilman Tandy, seconded by Councilman Swanson, that Resolution No. 2053, entitled: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, FIXING THE AMOUNT OF MONEY NECESSARY TO BE RAISED BY TAXATION UPON THE TAXABLE PROPERTY THEREIN AS A REVENUE TO CARRY ON THE VARIOUS DEPART- MENTS OF SAID CITY; PAY ITS BONDED INDEBT- EDNESS; MEET ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE CALIFORNIA STATE EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT ACT; MAINTAIN THE FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY OF SAID CITY; AND ACQUIRE, MAINTAIN AND IMPROVE THE PUBLIC PARKS AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES OF SAID CITY FOR THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR 1963- 1964., which was read, be adopted. On roll call, said motion carried and said resolution was adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Frederick, Kimport, Swanson, Tandy and Mayor Baker; Noes: None; Absent: None. 3. Presented for the Council's consideration a Resolution fixing the rate of taxes levied in and for said City sufficient to raise the amount of money fixed by the Council in Resolution No. 2053 and the expense of collection of said amount, the rates herein fixed being the rates of taxes for the fiscal year 1963 -1964. These amounts as prepared by the Finance Committee are as follows: Total amount of money needed as set forth in Resolution No. 2053 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $ 1,316,850 Expense of collection of above - - - - - - - - - - 3,150 The respective rates of taxes on each $100.00 of the assessed valuation necessary to be levied upon the taxable property within the City of El Segundo shall be as follows: WE X 1589 For carrying on the various departments of said City - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $ .57 For paying the bonded indebtedness of said City - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - .055 For meeting and paying the obligations of said City in the State Employees Retirement System under the provisions of the California State Employees' Retirement Act - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - .08 For maintaining the free public library of said City - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - .04 For the acquisition, maintenance and r,r,i-..impmvemetit, of,th6::pu'-)lic parks and recreational facilities of said City - - - - - - - - - .10 Making the total rate hereby levied for all taxable property throughout the City - - - - - - - .845 The above rate of .845 per $100.00 assessed valuation represents no increase in the tax rate to be levied in the City. Thereafter, it was moved by Councilman Tandy, seconded by Councilman Frederick, that Resolution No. 2054, entitled: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, FIXING THE RATES OF TAXES LEVIED IN AND FOR SAID CITY SUFFICIENT TO RAISE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY FIXED BY THE SAID CITY COUNCIL IN RESOLUTION NO. 2053 THEREOF, PASSED AND ADOPTED ON THE 26TH DAY OF AUGUST, 1963, AND THE EXPENSE OF COLLECTION OF SAID AMOUNT, THE SAID RATES HEREIN FIXED BEING THE RATES OF TAXES IN AND FOR SAID CITY FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 1963-1964., which was read, be adopted. On roll call, said motion carried and said resolution was adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Frederick, Kimport, Swanson, Tandy and Mayor Baker; Noes: Councilmen None; Absent: Councilmen None. Mayor Baker then commented that he was very happy that it is not necessary to increase the tax rate for the City. 4. Reported that correspondence had been received from the State Department of Public Works, referring to the Collier -Unruh Local Trans- portation Development Act (Chapter 1852 of the Statutes of 1963) which adds Section 186. 1 to the Streets and Highways Code to provide funds in amount equal to the net revenue derived from one and four one - hundredths cents ($0.0104) per gallon tax under the Motor Vehicle Fuel License Tax Law for apportionment among counties and cities for use exclusively for county road and city street purposes., This places the burden upon the Council to adopt a resolution accepting the imposition of additional highway users taxes in order to comply with Section 10.2 of the above bill which states as follows: No apportionment shall be made to any City or County pursuant to this Section unless it has adopted a resolution stating that it approves the imposition of the additional highway users taxes and fees . . . and that it desires such apportionments to be made to it and has transmitted a copy of such Resolution to the Department. " are X 1590 Councilman Frederick pointed out that the City of E1 Segundo had previously gone on record as being opposed to such an increase but that it had now become necessary for the Council to approve something they do not like because the City will not be entitled to its portion of the money unless the Council approves the action already taken by the State Legislature. Due to the fact that the Council is forced to do so, motion was made by Council- man Tandy, seconded by Councilman Swanson, that Resolution No. 2055, entitled: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, ACCEPTING THE IMPOSITION OF ADDITIONAL HIGHWAY USERS TAXES AND FEES PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 1852, STATUTES OF 1963. , which was read, be adopted. On roll call, said motion carried and said resolution was adopted by the following vote-- Ayes: Councilmen Frederick, Kimport, Swanson, Tandy and Mayor Baker; Noes: Councilmen None; Absent: Councilmen None. 5. At the last regular Council Meeting, Planning Commission Reso- lution no. 561 was presented, pertaining to parking requirements; that said resolution incorporates Graphs Z -1 and Z -2, depicting turning radius require- ments and space requirements for various angle parking arrangements. This resolution rescinds Planning Commission Resolution No. 428, adopted by said Commission on March 9, 1960. The Council concurring in the most recent action of the Planning Commission regarding parking requirements, it was moved by Councilman Kimport, seconded by Councilman Frederick, that the action of the Planning Commission in its Resolution No. 561 be approved. Motion carried. PAYING BILLS The following bills, having had the approval of the Committee on Finance and Records, were read - Warrants Nos. 2730 to 2902 inclusive: General Fund - - - - - - Water Operating Fund - - Library Fund - - - - - - Pension Fund - - - - - - Water Consumers Fund - Trust Fund - - - - - - - TOTAL - - - - - - - 140, 183.06 52, 686.57 2,611.60 11, 961.10 114.50 1,415.60 2-$, Moved by Councilman Tandy, seconded by Councilman Kimport, 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 Frederick, Kimport, Swanson, Tandy and Mayor Baker; Noes: Councilmen None; Absent: Councilmen None. NEW BUSINESS Mayor Baker asked the approval of the Council for the appointment of Mr. Frank Negri to fill the unexpired term of Mr. Dave Peterson on the Planning Commission, said term expiring February 22, 1966. Thereafter, it was moved by Councilman Kimport, seconded by Councilman Tandy, that the appointment of Mr. Frank Negri to the Planning Commission to serve the unexpired term of Mr. Dave Peterson who resigned, is hereby ratified and approved. Motion carried. No other business to come before the Council at this meeting, it was moved by Councilman Swanson, seconded by Councilman Kimport, the meeting adjourn, the hour of adjournment being 8:00 o'clock p.m. Motion carried. Respectfully submitted, K1 -A, e APPROVED: City Clerk ayor -8-