CC RESOLUTION 289RESOLUTION NO. 289
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, FINDING
AND DETERMINING THAT THE IMPROVEMENT OF
A CERTAIN PORTION OF'EL SEGUNDO BOULEVARD,
WITHIN SAID CITY, IS OF GENERAL COUNTY
INTEREST AND THAT COUNTY i,ID SHOULD 10
EXTENDED THEREFOR, AND REQUESTING THE
EXTENSION TO SAID CITY OF SUCH nID.
The City Council of the City of El Segundo,
Califomia, does hereby resolve, declare and determine as
follows:
FIRST: That E1 Segundo Boulevard is a major
east -west heavy traffic artery paved with a 5 inch Macadam
pavement 20 feet in width, and serves the heavy truck
traffic to and from E1 Segundo. At the same time there
is at present no major traffic intersection in this
highway in the City of E1 Segundo.
SECOND: That Arizona Drive (Sepulveda Boulevard),
a major north -south traffic artery, the contract for the
construction of which has already been awarded, will in-
terseot said E1 Segundo Boulevard at its present intersec-
tion with the Pacific Electric Railway. The grade of
E1 Segundo Boulevard immediately west of its intersection
with the proposed Sepulveda Boulevard, is now a 6.7% grade
down for a distance of 250 feet and to require the heavy
truck and trailer traffic traveling easterly on E1 Segundo
Boulevard to stop on this grade at the westerly line of
Sepulveda Boulevard before proceeding across said boulevard
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and the Pacific Electric Railway tracks, is dangerous
and not conducive to the rapid flow of traffic.
THIRD: That to correct this condition, it
is proposed to alter, and this project contemplates
the altering of, the grade of E1 Segundo Boulevard for
a distance of 1100 feet westerly from Sepulveda Boulevard
reducing the present grades to a maximum of 2.5% and
providing a level section of roadway for a distance of
50 feet immediately westerly of the westerly line of
Sepulveda Boulevard, so that this truck end trailer
traffic, which is required to stop at railroad crossings,
may proceed across this intersection with a minimum of
delay and a maximum of safety.
FOURTH: That the nearest improved east -west
streets to the north and south of said E1 Segundo Boule-
vard are approximately one mile distant to the north, and
one mile distant to the south.
FIFTH: That said City of E1 Segundo is without
available funds for the purpose of providing the necessary
labor to construct and complete said proposed improvement
of said portion of E1 Segundo Boulevard, as hereinabove
set forth, and the City Council of said City hereby re-
quests financial assistance from the County of Los Angeles,
California, to the extent of furnishing 1050 man days
of labor for the grading and leveling of said portion
of E1 Segundo Boulevard, and for the construction and
completion of said above mentioned improvement, at the
rate of $.20 per day.
SIXTH: That the estimated costs of said pro-
posed work or improvement, are as follows, to -wit:
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ITEM 1. Labor to be furnished by the County of Los Angeles:
Total
No. of Rate Estimated
(a) Unskilled labor: Man -days Per day Amount
Laborers - - - - 1000 $3.20 $3,200.00
(b) Skilled Labor: - None
(c) Supervisory Labor:
Timekeeper- - - 50 $3.20 160.00
TOTAL, ITEM 1 - - - 1050 $3,360.00
ITEM 2. Labor to be furnished by the City of E1 Segundo:
To tal
No. of Rate Estimated
Man -days Per day Amount
Foreman - - - - 50 $6.00 $ 300.00
TOTAL, ITEM 2 - - - - 50 $ 300.00
ITEM 3. Materials and Supplies to be furnished by the
City of E1 Segundo:
3 Tracks fo r 50 days a $5.00 each per day $ 750.00
Miscellaneous tools, (shovels, picks, etc.)- 100.00
Paving Materials:
Rock - 880 tone, cg $1.60 per ton - - - - 1,408.00
Oil, 106000 gals a .07J per gal. - - - 750.00
TOTAL, ITEM 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - %J3,008.00
SEVENTH: That the City of E1 Segundo, Cali-
fornia, hereby agrees to furnish all necessary supervision,
tools, equipment and materials to construct said proposed
improvement, and to pay for same out of the special fund
hereinafter referred to created out of the general fund
of said city, as hereinafter set forth by municipal
warrants drain upon said special fund.
That the total am of Item No. 2 and Item No. 3,
hereinabove set forth, and which is to be furnished by the
City of El Segundo, is the sum of $3,308.00, and the said
sum of $3,308 shall be and the same is hereby set aside
and reserved out of said general fund of said city, and
is hereby allocated for the uses and purposes hereinabove
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set forth, and same shall be paid into a special fund
to be known and designated as "El Segundo Boulevard -
Arizona Drive Grade Elimination Fund, 1933 ", which
said fund is hereby created for that purpose.
EIGHTH: That the City Engineer of the City
of El Segundo, Califomia, shall have immediate charge
and supervision of the said work and improvement, and
shall furnish to the Bureau of County Welfare (Engineering
Division) of the County of Los Angeles, California, such
information and supplemental data, if any, as said bureau
may desire with reference to the work contemplated under
the project hersinabove referred to.
NINTH: That the City Treasurer of said City,
after such examination of the municipal finances and
accounts of said City, as may be necessary in order to
enable her properly so to do, is hereby requested to
prepare in duplicate a certificate to the effect that
the estimated expenses for such supervision, tools and
materials, to be furnished by said City in connection
with the said job or project, to -wit, the sun of $3,308.00
is actually at the time of the adoption of this resolution
available in the general fund of said City for the payment
of the costs and expenses of such supervision, tools,
equipment and materials.
TENTH: That the City Clerk of said City is
hereby authorized and instructed to prepare two certified
copies of this resolution and cause the same to be
transmitted, together with the duplicate certificates of
the City Treasurer, hereinabove referred to, to the
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office of the Bureau of County Welfare (Engineering
Division) of said County of Los Angeles, California.
That the City Clerk shall mertify to the
passage and adoption of this resolution; shall cause
the same to be entered in the book of resolutions of the
City Council of the City of El Segundo, California,
and shall make a minute of the passage and adoption
thereof in the records of the proceedings of the City
Council of said City, in the minutes of the meeting at
which the same is passed and adopted.
Passed, approved and adopted this 25th day
of October, A. D., 1933.
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ATTT,EST�:� J} Segundo, California.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA, )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, ) SS.
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO. )
I, Victor D. McCarthy, City Clerk of the City
of E1 Segundo, California, do hereby certify that the whole
number of members of the City Council of the said City is
five; that the foregoing resolution, being Resolution
No. 289, was passed and adopted by the said City Council,
approved and signed by the Mayor of said City, and attested
by the City Clerk of said City, all at a regular meeting
of the said Council held on the 25th day of October, 1933,
and that the same was so passed and adopted by the follow-
ing vote:
Ayes: Councilmen Krimmel, Love, Selby and Mayor Binder,
Noes: Councilman Gerow,
Absent: Councilmen None.
y Clerk Of e i f
(SEAL) E1 Segundo, Calif ' nia.
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