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1965 OCT 25 CC MINX 2010 E1 Segundo, California October 25, 1965 A regular meeting of the City Council of the City of El 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, following which an invocation was given by Father Brannigan of St. Andrew's Catholic Church. The meeting was then called to order by Herman L. McGill, Mayor, the hour being 7 :00 o'clock p. m. Councilmen Present: Councilmen Absent: ROLL CALL Frederick, Kimport, McElhaney, Nagel and Mayor McGill; None. READING OF MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING The minutes of the adjourned regular meeting of October 18, 1965, having been read and no error or omission having been noted, it was moved by Councilman Frederick, seconded by Councilman Nagel, the minutes of said meeting be approved as recorded. Motion carried. At this time, Councilman Nagel presented certificates of appreciation to Mrs. Karl Barmore and Mrs. Blanche Walker of the Noise Abatement Committee and commended them on their service to the City. 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. PLANNING COMMISSION, enclosing copy of its Resolution No. 630, granting a Conditional Use Permit to exceed the 75 -foot height limit in the M -1 Zone by constructing a twelve -story office building, approximately 165 feet high, on property fronting on Imperial Ave. , between Selby St. and Nash St. , requested by Hughes Aircraft Co. This correspondence was ordered filed pending expiration of appeal period. 2. PLANNING COMMISSION, enclosing copy of its Resolution No. 631, recommending proposed amendments to Chapter 34, Zoning. This matter has been set for hearing before the City Council on November 22, 1965. 3. THE ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION, Southern California Chapter, being a request for permission to conduct its annual door -to -door solicitation of funds in El Segundo on February 4, 5 and 6, 1966. Moved by Councilman McElhaney, seconded by Councilman Nagel, the following resolution be adopted: RESOLVED, that the communication from the Southern California Chapter, The Arthritis Foundation, dated October 23, 1965, requesting permission to solicit funds for the year 1966, within the City of El Segundo, be received and ordered placed on file in the office of the City Clerk; and -1- BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the said Southern California Chapter, The Arthritis Foundation, be granted its request, and that this permit shall be in effect unless and until revoked by the City Council of the City of E1 Segundo. Carried by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Frederick, Mayor McGill; Noes: Councilmen None; Absent: Councilmen None. X Kimport, McElhaney, Nagel and 4. EL SEGUNDO CITY EMPLOYEES' ASSOCIATION, being a re- quest for waiver of license fee for cigarette and soft drink vending machines in use at the City Garage for the benefit of the City employees. This matter was referred to the City Manager for further study. 5. DEPARTMENT OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL, being application for New Type 12 and New Type 18 license for Central Beer Distributing Company, 700 Lairport Street. Ordered filed. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES MUSEUM COMMITTEE. Councilman McElhaney reported that the Museum Committee had made a study of possible sites for a museum and wished to recommend to the Council that the basement of the Library be partitioned into two sections, one of which could be used for a study room in connection with the Library and the other for the activities of the Museum Committee, i. e. , gathering and refurbishing and eventual display of materials in connection with the 50th Anniversary Celebration in 1967. It was requested that this area be used by the committee for the period 1966 and 1967 and that all work in connection with the Museum Committee activities be done through voluntary efforts of citizens and not through any paid City help. It was further recommended that the wall area in the basement be made available to the Art Committee for display purposes, Councilman Frederick suggested that an estimate be made of the cost of remodeling the Library basement in order to make it suitable to conduct the activities of the Museum Committee in one section while the other section is being used for a study room as recommended. He suggested that it might be less expensive for the City to rent one of the vacant store buildings along Main Street for the display, thereby making it more accessible during the actual celebration than it would be if it were placed in the Library basement. He further stated that if the City were to allow the Library base- ment to be used by the committee for a period of two years, the committee would then be faced with the problem of dismantling the display after that period of time. MR. V. J. STEFFLRE, Member of the Museum Committee, addressed the Council stating that the Committee has no idea how much material they will be able to accumulate for the museum but that they intend to work with some of the older residents in the City in an effort to acquire as many items of historical interest as possible, to help make the 50th Anniversary Cele- bration a memorable one. It is necessary that an area be set aside for this gathering and sorting work and since the Library basement is vacant, the Committee felt that it could be used for this purpose. -2- 2011 X 2012 MRS. JEAN BLESSING, 124 W. Oak Ave., raised the question of whether or not the Library basement could be used for purposes other than the Civil Defense purposes for which it was originally intended. City Manager Sailors, Head of Civil Defense for El Segundo, stated that, of course, any use made of the Library basement as set forth above, would reduce its usability as a Civil Defense shelter. It was the consensus of the Council that this matter would require considerable study and it was therefore taken under advisement until the next regular Council meeting to be held November 8, 1965. REPORTS OF OFFICERS CITY MANAGER SAILORS MADE REPORTS AS FOLLOWS: 1. Reported that he had made a study of the two sump properties located at Walnut Avenue and Cedar Street, and at the alley south of Imperial Avenue west of Center Street, which the City Engineer felt could be disposed of safely, and had also studied the City Engineer's recom- mendation that the water wells on California Street be abandoned and that the southerly lot of the group formerly owned by the City, on which one of these water wells is located, be disposed of by auction. The City Manager requested Council authorization to have these parcels appraised by registered appraisers before offering them for sale. Motion was made by Councilman Nagel, seconded by Councilman Frederick, that the City Manager be authorized to obtain formal appraisals on the property as above set forth. Motion carried by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Frederick, Kimport, McElhaney, Nagel and Mayor McGill; Noes: Councilmen None; Absent: Councilmen None. 2. Reported that bids had been received for a tractor with loader and scraper for the Public Works Department, and that net bids (including trade -ins) were as follows: International Harvester Company $ 3, 950. 00 Southwest Tractor Sales 4, 856. 64 L. A. Industrial Equipment, Inc. 5, 386. 00 In view of the fact that the City Engineer had checked the above bids and found that they meet with the City's specifications, it was recommended that the low bid of International Harvester Company be accepted. Motion was made by Councilman Frederick, seconded by Councilman McElhaney, that the bid of International Harvester Company, in the amount of $3, 950. 00 for tractor with loader and scraper for Public Works Department be accepted and purchase order in this amount be issued to them. Motion carried by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Frederick, Mayor McGill; Noes: Councilmen None; Absent: Councilmen None. -3- Kimport, McElhaney, Nagel and X 3. Reported that the expiration of the option date to purchase the IBM 6400 Accounting Machine in the Finance Department, is October 31, 1965 and that it would be necessary to make a decision before that time whether or not to exercise this option. Motion was made by Councilman Nagel, seconded by Councilman Frederick that the alternative option as presented to the City by IBM, be exercised and that such instrument, once reduced to writing, be presented for the further approval of the City Council. Motion carried by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Frederick, Mayor McGill; Noes: Councilmen None; Absent: Councilmen None. Kimport, McElhaney, Nagel and 4. Reported that in the matter of taxicab liability insurance, a study had revealed that the insurance now carried by the El Segundo Cab Company does cover all rolling stock. The $10, 000- $20, 000 coverage applies to each cab and to each accident. Motion was made by Councilman Kimport, seconded by Councilman Frederick that the ordinance relating to insurance coverage by taxicabs, remain as it is presently written. Motion carried by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Frederick, Kimport, McElhaney and Mayor McGill; Noes: Councilman Nagel; Absent: Councilmen None. 5. Recommended that permission be granted to June Gragg, Police Department, to take a leave of absence, without pay, of 36 days from October 29 to December 17, inclusive, for the purpose of major surgery. Motion was made by Councilman Frederick, seconded by Councilman McElhaney, that the above request be granted. Motion carried. 6. Presented for the Council's consideration quotation from Royal - Globe Insurance Companies, our present carrier, for the City's Comprehensive General Liability Insurance for 1965 -66, in the amount of $14, 143. 00 premium for one year, or an increase of $632. 00 over last year. Since this was the only bid received, it was recommended that the City continue its coverage by this Company through its local broker of record, The McCarthy Insurance Agency. Motion was made by Councilman Nagel, seconded by Councilman Frederick, that the bid of Royal -Globe Insurance Companies covering the City's liability insurance, at a premium of $14, 143. 00, be accepted. Carried by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Frederick, Mayor McGill; Noes: Councilmen None; Absent: Councilmen None. Kimport, McElhaney, Nagel and 7. Reported that the firm of Alderman & Swift had submitted a com- prehensive report on the future needs in the City's water system, both in dis- tribution and in reservoir capacity and recommended that a committee of two Councilmen be appointed to work the Director of Public Works Webb to work out the details of the project. 2013 X 2014 Mayor McGill felt that the Council should conduct work sessions on this matter, possibly with the representative of Alderman & Swift who pre- pared this report, after which a committee could be appointed to work with City Manager Sailors and Director of Public Works Webb. Councilman Nagel pointed out that under Public Law 89 -117, it might be possible for the Federal Government to pay half of the cost. He felt that the Director of Finance should be appointed to this committee to look into the possibilities of acquiring Federal monies and of the conditions involved. Thereafter, Director of Public Works Webb and City Manager Sailors were asked to contact Alderman & Swift to set up a suitable time for work sessions when their representative who prepared this report could be in attendance. CITY CLERK MADE REPORTS AS FOLLOWS: 1. Recommended that the number of Voting Precincts for the 1966 Municipal Election be consolidated to fifteen. Moved by Councilman Frederick, seconded by Councilman Kimport, that the City Clerk be permitted to con- solidate the voting precincts of El Segundo to fifteen for the coming Municipal Election. Motion carried. 2. Recommended that the same salaries be paid the Election Board workers for the April, 1966 Municipal Election as in the 1964 Municipal Election, which salaries were as follows: Clerks and Judges - - - - - - - - - - $ 15. 00 Inspectors - - - - - -- - - - - - - - $ 18.00 Polling Places - - - -- - - - - - - - $ 20.00 Moved by Councilman Kimport, seconded by Councilman Frederick, the salaries of Election Board workers for the Municipal Election to be held in April, 1966, as above set forth, be approved. Carried by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Frederick, Mayor McGill; Noes: Councilmen None; Absent: Councilmen None. Kimport, McElhaney, Nagel and 3. Recommended that the firm of Martin & Chapman Co. , Ltd. , act as Election Suppliers for the April, 1966 Municipal Election. Moved by Councilman Kimport, seconded by Councilman Nagel, that the recommendation of the City Clerk that the firm of Martin & Chapman Co. , Ltd. , act as Election Suppliers for the Municipal Election to be held in April, 1966, be approved. Motion carried. DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS WEBB MADE REPORTS AS FOLLOWS: 1. Requested permission to make application to the Los Angeles County for allocation of the sum of $40, 000 to be used in the reconstruction and im- provement of Grand Avenue from Concord to Eucalyptus Drive, Project No. 65 -3, the design of which is nearing completion. Motion was made by Councilman McElhaney, seconded by Councilman Nagel, that Resolution No. 2142, entitled: -5- X 2015 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, REQUESTING AN ALLOCATION OF $40, 000. 00 FROM COUNTY AID TO CITIES FUND FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF GRAND AVENUE BETWEEN CONCORD STREET AND EUCALYPTUS DRIVE., which was read, be adopted. On roll call, said motion carried and said resolution was adopted by the fol- lowing vote: Ayes: Councilmen Frederick, Kimport, McElhaney, Nagel and Mayor McGill; Noes: Councilmen None; Absent: Councilmen None. 2. Councilman Frederick reported that traffic on Richmond Street south of Grand Avenue had become progressively more congested, and suggested that the angle parking on the west side in the 200 block be removed in favor of parallel parking at this time, since the change had already been approved for early January when the new market would be opened. It was then moved by Councilman Nagel, seconded by Councilman Kimport, and unanimously carried, that the Director of Public Works be authorized to proceed with the necessary work to accomplish parallel parking on the west side of Richmond Street south of Grand Avenue. 3. In connection with the widening and improving of Grand Avenue from Main Street to Concord Street, he requested that an appropriation of approximately $1, 694. 00 be authorized to replace existing steel and wood pole mounted street lights with double armed steel standards to be located on the center island of Grand Avenue from Concord Street to Eucalyptus Drive. The Edison Company had agreed to remove the wood poles on Grand Avenue from Concord Street to Eucalyptus Drive as a beautification project. It was then moved by Councilman Frederick, seconded by Councilman Kimport, that the amount of $1, 694. 00 be appropriated for the improvement of lighting installations on Grand Avenue from Concord Street to Eucalyptus Drive. Motion carried by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Frederick, Kimport, McElhaney, Nagel and Mayor McGill; Noes: Councilmen None; Absent: Councilmen None. 4. Recommended that permission be requested from the City of Los Angeles for the City of El Segundo to connect to an existing sanitary sewer located in Imperial Highway in the City of Los Angeles, in con- nection with the construction of a sewer pressure line in Virginia Street from Palm Avenue to Imperial Highway. Motion was made by Councilman Frederick, seconded by Council- man Nagel, that the following resolution be adopted: X 2016 RESOLVED, that the City of El Segundo requests that the City of Los Angeles grant permission for the construction and subsequent maintenance of a sanitary sewer proposed to be constructed by the City of El Segundo in Imperial Highway along the northerly prolongation of Virginia Street (in El Segundo) to an existing sewer located in Imperial Highway in the City of Los Angeles and operated and maintained by the City of El Segundo, in accordance with plans entitled "SEWER PRESSURE LINE, VIRGINIA STREET (PALM AVENUE TO IMPERIAL HIGH- WAY) JOB NO. 65 -5, dated October 8, 1965, copies of which the Director of Public Works of the City of El Segundo is directed to submit for the purpose of obtaining favorable consideration of this request by the City of Los Angeles. Carried by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Frederick, Kimport, McElhaney, Nagel and Mayor McGill; Noes: Councilmen None; Absent: Councilmen None. UNFINISHED BUSINESS 1. The City Attorney read the title of the ordinance amending Municipal Code provisions regarding Holidays, entitled: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING "EL SEGUNDO CITY CODE, 1958 ", BY AMENDING SECTION 2. 7. 1 RELATING TO HOLIDAYS., which was read. Upon motion duly made and unanimously carried, the further read- ing of Ordinance No. 642 was waived. Following motion made by Councilman McElhaney, seconded by Councilman Frederick, Ordinance No. 642 was adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Frederick, Kimport, McElhaney, Nagel and Mayor McGill; Noes: Councilmen None; Absent: Councilmen None. 2. The City Attorney read the title of the ordinance amending Chapter 34 of "The Code of the City of El Segundo, California, 1958, " in various particulars, entitled: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING "THE CODE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, 1958, " BY AMENDING "CHAPTER 34" (THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING LAW) IN VARIOUS PARTICULARS., which was read. Upon motion duly made and unanimously carried, the further read- ing of Ordinance No. 6 4 3 was waived. 30 4 Following motion made by Councilman Nagel, seconded by Coun- cilman McElhaney, Ordinance No. 643 was adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Frederick, Mayor McGill; Noes: Councilmen None; Absent: Councilmen None. Kimport, McElhaney, Nagel and 3. The matter of Councilmen's salaries was discussed at this time. It was the consensus of the Council that any action to increase Councilmen's salaries should be initiated by the Public. By general consent, no further discussion on the matter was held. RATIFICATION AND APPROVAL OF WARRANTS Motion was made by Councilman Nagel, seconded by Councilman McElhaney, that Warrants No. 10651 to No. 10704 inclusive, totaling $56, 834. 44, drawn in payment of demands, a list of which has been pre- sented to the Council as Demand Register Summary No. 17, and certified by the Director of Finance as conforming to the budget adopted by Ordinance No. 637, be ratified and approved. Motion carried by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Frederick, Mayor McGill; Noes: Councilmen None; Absent: Councilmen None. NEW BUSINESS Kimport, McElhaney, Nagel and 1. Councilman Kimport made a motion that the Traffic Committee be asked to make a study of the traffic flow on the alley between Richmond and Main Streets and make recommendations regarding one- or two -way traffic on the entire alley. Motion seconded by Councilman Nagel and unanimously carried. At this time, Mayor McGill declared a five - minute recess, the hour being 9 :05 o'clock p. m. At the hour of 9 :10 o'clock p. m. the Council re- convened, the following Councilmen being present and answering roll call: Frederick, Kimport, McElhaney, Nagel and Mayor McGill. 2. Councilman McElhaney proposed a resolution which would amend the Salary Resolution in regard to limiting activities of Department Heads outside their employment with the City. After discussion, the Mayor ap- pointed a committee consisting of City Manager Sailors (Chairman), Council- man McElhaney and Councilman Frederick, to study this matter and report to the Council at a later date. 3. Mayor McGill reported that he had received complaints from residents in the area of E. Pine Ave. and the Pacific Electric Railroad, to the effect that since the opening of the new Junior High School, there had been a great influx of motor scooter traffic along what is commonly known as "Devil's Pass ", endangering the students using this route to walk to school. The City Manager was requested to study the problem and make recom- mendations to the Council as soon as possible. Im 201'7 X 2018 The Mayor further stated that he had received complaints from the same area relative to the City's practice of watering the plants along the embankment of this "Pass" at about the time when the students are coming home from school and requested that the City Manager instruct the Parks Department to have this watering done at some other time of the day. No further business to come before the Council at this meeting, motion was made by Councilman Nagel, seconded by Councilman Kimport, that the meeting adjourn, the hour of adjournment being 9 :45 o'clock p. m. Motion carried. APPROVED: Respectfully submitted, City, Clerk 0� Mayor