CC RESOLUTION 1398RESOLUTION NO. 1398.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING
AND ADOPTING A CERTAIN MASTER PLAN OF
RECREATION (RECREATION PLAN) IN AND FOR
SAID CITY, PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY
SO TO DO AND AS CONTEMPLATED IN AND UNDER
THE PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS 65460; 65465;
6550$ AND OTHER RELATED AND APPLICABLE
SECTIONS AND PROVISIONS OF THE GOVERN-
MENT CODE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
WHEREAS, after proceedings duly and regularly taken
and public hearings duly and regularly noticed and held, the
City Planning Commission of the City of E1 Segundo, California,
did at the regular meeting of said Planning Commission held on
the 28th day of December, 1953, duly and regularly adopt Reso-
lution No. 174 of said Commission, in words and figures as
follows:
"RESOLUTION NO. 174
"WHEREAS, the City of E1 Segundo has for several
years, through the City Council, the Recreation Commis-
sion and the Planning Commission, been considering the
need for a long -term plan for recreational facilities, and
"WHEREAS, during this period the City enlisted
the cooperation of the State Department of Recreation
through the means of a local survey of recreational needs,
known as the Bahr Report, and
"WHEREAS, the City's Recreation Commission, in
furtherance of this project, has prepared tentative sug-
gestions concerning sites, which if secured or made avail-
able for recreational facilities, would provide the City
with a well - balanced system of recreational sites, and
"WHEREAS, upon a review of the proposals of the
Recreation Commission, the Planning Commission considered
that they were worthy of serious formal consideration,
and
"WHEREAS, in keeping with such conclusion, the
Planning Commission did, on November 30, 1953 and December
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14, 1953, and pursuant to law, submit said projects
to advertised public hearings for consideration as a
possible Master Plan of Recreation,
"NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that, as a
consequence of the information in hand, the origin of
which was variously the Bahr Report, made under the
auspices of the State Department of Recreation, the
reports from the Recreation Commission of the City of
El Segundo, testimony at the said public hearings, and
the Commission's own study and consideration of the
subject, the Commission finds that the geographical
distribution of the proposed sites would provide con-
venient recreational facilities for the citizens of the
City of the various types for which there is need, and
"FURTHER RESOLVED, that the said proposed
Master Plan of Recreational Facilities be referred to
the City Council for its consideration in the manner
prescribed by law, and that with reference to the va-
rious elements comprising said proposed Master Plan,
the Commission identifies the same and explains the same
in the following numbered items, each of which corres-
ponds to a like numbered item on the map of the north-
westerly portion of the City, which map is attached to
and made a part hereof:
"1. Lots 5, 6, & 7, Block $, Tract 1685, ly-
ing between Maple Avenue and Oak Avenue, just easterly <'
of the western city limits of the City. This site is
adequate in size and well - located for the purpose of pro -`'
viding neighborhood recreational facilities, with par-
ticular reference to such as would cater to the needs of
juveniles without the necessity of their traversing im-
portant thoroughfares. A portion of this site is al-
ready controlled by the City.
"2. Portion of Lot 2, Block 13, Tract 16$5,
located between Imperial Highway and Acacia Avenue, but
facing on the north side of Acacia Avenue. The property
comprising this location belongs to the City and is ade-
quate in area to provide neighborhood facilities for
juveniles and possibly large enough for a tennis court
or courts, depending upon the design of the facilities.
"3. All school areas. This numbered item en-
compasses all of the school areas which are presently
available for summer recreational purposes and after -
school recreation. In combination with the building fa-
cilities, some of which are available for adult activities,
these locations offer excellent facilities to serve as
community centers. It may be desirable, however, as a
later consideration, to give attention to effecting an
even greater joint operation of these facilities as the
need therefor increases.
"4• Easterly 145 feet of Section 11, adjoining
Holly Avenue at the westerly and southerly city limits.
This suggested area will need to be acquired. It is of
a size and location that would cater principally to juve-
nile requirements for the residential area north and east.
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"5. Lots 16, 17, 1$, and 19, Block 41, lying
between the Pacific Electric right -of -way and Holly,
facing Eucalyptus Drive. These properties are presently
owned by the City. The proposal with respect to them is
that they be made available for off - street parking facili-
ties to serve the larger proposed unit designated as site
6.
116. Blocks 61 and 62, between Pine Avenue on
the north and touching the Pacific Electric right -of -way
on the southeast corner, and between Eucalyptus on the
west and Sheldon Street on the east. Portions of these
blocks are now owned by the City. This is the largest
of the proposed sites. Its location and its topography
both lend themselves well in terms of accessibility and in
the capacity of the area to serve the City as its major
community -wide park containing the usual diversification
of recreational facilities that a park of this size per-
mits. It will be noted also that devoting the entire
proposed area to park purposes will not interfere with the
Cityts street system.
"7. Grand Avenue Park, facing on Grand Avenue
and siding on Maryland Street. This property is already
owned by the City, and should be retained. In the future
it is possible that this area might be expanded somewhat.
"$. Lot 9, Block 108, facing upon California
Street between Walnut Avenue and Maple Avenue. This prop-
erty also is owned by the City. This site is of sufficient
size to provide tennis facilities and equipment, and space
for juvenile recreation. It is well - located to serve the
area which is newly developed south of and paralleling
Imperial Highway, as well as that which is yet to be fully
developed.
"9. Portion of Lots 9 and 10, Block 112, facing
upon Palm Avenue between Washington Street and Sepulveda
Boulevard. This property is also already City - owned. The
size of this parcel may limit its use entirely to juvenile
recreation, except that there may be space for limited
tennis facilities. This particular site is immediately
adjacent to the Southern California Edison right -of -way,
and is thereby somewhat restricted in its use.
"10. Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, Tract 1005$,
siding upon California Street and bounded on two sides by
the Center Street Grammar School. This property is al-
ready City- owned, and can lend itself well, in spite of
its limited size, to more community -wide facilities and
for two reasons. Sites 8 and 9 can cater to neighbor-
hood means, while site 10 could be devoted to certain types
of active adult recreation in view of the possible joint
use of school facilities that can be devoted in part to
more juvenile activities.
"11. The Commission specifically recommends
against any acquisition of, or development of, beach re-
creational facilities within the City's jurisdiction,
principally for three reasons --
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"(a) The location and operation of the Los
Angeles City Sewer Treatment Plant presents a ques-
tionable environment for recreational activities;
"(b) The pipe lines and wharfage facilities
of the Standard Oil Company which have existed for
years and which represent an important phase of the
City's economic base also presents an unsuitable en-
vironment for recreational facilities;
"(c) The Southern California Edison Company
is about to erect a major steam electric generating
plant on property recently acquired from the Standard
Oil Company, and the operation of this plant neces-
sitates pipe lines to connect it with the salt water,
all of which produces an environment unfavorable to
recreation.
"Recreational facilities and activities, if estab-
lished in the beach areas, would definitely and seriously
conflict with the operation of these three major public
and semi - public institutions which, together, present con-
siderations of greater importance not only to the City of
E1 Segundo but to the metropolitan area that exceed the
importance of this limited strip of beach frontage for
recreational purposes.
"Passed, approved and adopted this 28th day of Decem-
ber, 1953•
" /s/ George E. Binder
Secretary of the City 7Ianning
Commission of the City of
E1 Segundo, California
" /s/ L. A. Allen
Chairman or t ie Mty planning
Commission of the City of
E1 Segundo, California
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WHEREAS, there was attached to said Resolution No. 174
and made a partthereof the original of the "Master Plan of
Recreation for the City of E1 Segundo ", a duplicate of which is
hereunto attached, designated as "Exhibit A" and hereby referred
to and by this reference expressly incorporated herein and made
a part hereof; and
WHEREAS, said Resolution No. 174 of said Commission
and its said accompanying and attached map ( "Exhibit A" attached
hereto) were duly and regularly certified under date of Decem-
ber 28, 1953, by the Chairman and Secretary of said Commission,
and thereafter by communication dated January 4, 1954, trans-
mitted and certified to the City Council of said City and were
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duly and regularly presented to said City Council at the regu-
lar meeting of said City Council held on the 6th day of Janu-
ary, 1954; and
WHEREAS, at its said meeting of January 6, 1954,
said City Council did take said resolution and map under con-
sideration until the next regular meeting of said Council to
be held January 13, 1954; and
WHEREAS, at its regular meeting of January 13, 1954,
said City Council did duly and regularly set the matter of
the adoption of said proposed new Master Plan of Recreation
in and for said City for public hearing before said City Coun-
cil to be held in the Council Chamber, in the City Hall of said
City, in said City, on Wednesday the 10th day of February, 1954,
beginning at the hour of 7:00 otclock p.m., of the said day;
and
WHEREAS, thereafter notice of the time, place and
purpose of the said public hearing was duly and regularly given
and published in time, form and manner as required by law; and
WHEREAS, on said 10th day of February, 1954, at the
time and place designated by said Council and stated in said
notice, said City Council did duly and regularly conduct said
public hearing; and
WHEREAS, after the close of said hearing and after
careful consideration by the City Council of the files and
recommendations of said Commission and of the evidence, both
oral and documentary, presented at the public hearings held
upon the said matter by said City Planning Commission, as shown
in the records of said Commission, and of the evidence adduced
at the public hearing on the said matter before said City Coun-
cil, said City Council did refer said matter to the City Attorney
for the preparation of such proceedings as might be necessary
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for the City Council to adopt in connection with the approval
of said Master Plan of Recreation; and
WHEREAS, the City Attorney, pursuant to said in-
structions, has now prepared this present resolution and has
presented the same to the City Council for its consideration
and action; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has duly and carefully
reviewed this resolution and the various provisions thereof and
is satisfied that the same expresses the findings, determina-
tions and action of said City Council with reference to said
Master Plan of Recreation in and for said City; now, there-
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THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA,
DOES HEREBY RESOLVE, DECLARE, FIND, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS FOL-
LOWS:
SECTION 1. Said City Council does hereby find and
determine that the facts stated in the preamble to this reso-
lution are true.
SECTION 2. That said City Council does hereby, pur-
suant to its right and authority so to do and as contemplated
in and under the provisions of Sections 65460; 65465; 65508 and
other related and applicable sections and provisions of the
Government Code of the State of California, approve and adopt
as the "Master Plan of Recreation in and for the City of E1
Segundo, California ", the Master Plan of Recreation referred
to and described in said above quoted Resolution No. 174 of
said City Planning Commission and as shown in said Master Plan
of Recreation, which is attached to and made a part of said
Resolution No. 174 of said Commission, and a duplicate of which
is hereunto attached, designated as "Exhibit A ", and referred
to and made a part hereof as aforesaid. Said "Master Plan of
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Recreation in and for the City of E1 Segundo, California" may
also for convenience be known and referred to as "Master Plan
of Recreation" or "Recreation Plan ".
SECTION 3. In adopting this resolution, the City
Council wishes to record that it has given special and consid-
ered thought to the determination of said Commission as set forth
in the paragraph "11" of said Resolution No. 174 of said Commis-
sion relating to use of the ocean beach within said City for
recreational purposes and after %juch thought and consideration,
hereby finds specifically that the ocean beach within the City
of El Segundo is of such limited extent and is improved for and
devoted to industrial uses and purposes to such degree as to
render the same unsuited and undesirable for any recreational
use or purpose and that the same is, therefore, not considered as
available for any recreational use whatsoever. The necessity of
industry to the economy of the City is apparent and the present
use for industrial purposes is a use which is prior and para-
mount so far as the interest of the City of E1 Segundo and its
citizens are concerned, as to preclude the use of said ocean
beach area for recreational uses and purposes. All planning
agencies concerned with recreational areas and matters shall take
note of this finding by this Council with reference to the beach
area within the City of E1 Segundo and shall exclude the same
from consideration or inclusion as a recreational area for pre-
sent or future use.
SECTION 4. That the Mayor and City Clerk are hereby
authorized and directed to endorse said Master Plan of Recreation
hereby adopted, showing that it has been approved and adopted by
the City Council of the City of E1 Segundo, California, which is
the legislative body of said City, all as contemplated under the
provisions of Section 65515 of said Government Code.
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SECTION 5. That the City Clerk shall forward a cer-
tified copy of this resolution, showing the adoption thereof, to
the City Planning Commission of the City of E1 Segundo, Cali-
fornia, and tot Regional Planning Commission of Los Angeles
County; Shore Line Planning Association of California, Inc., and
to the Division of Beaches and Parks of the State of California,
for their information and files in the premises.
SECTION 6. That this resolution shall take effect
immediately.
SECTION 7. That the City Clerk shall certify to the
passage and adoption of this resolution; shall enter the same in
the book of original resolutions of said City; and shall make a
minute of the passage and adoption thereof in the records of
the proceedings of the City Council of the said City, in the
minutes of the meeting at which the same is passed and adopted.
Passed, approved and adopted this 31st day of March,
1954.
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
(SEAL)
Mayor of the City o
E1 Segundo, Calif rnia.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA, }
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, ; SS.
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO. )
I, Neva M. Elsey, City Clerk of the City of El Se-
gundo, 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. 13,78 , 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
31stn day of March, 1954, and that the same was so passed and
adopted by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
WITNESS
this 31st day of
(SEAL)
Councilmen
Councilmen
Councilmen
my hand and
March, 1954.
Baker, Gordon, Peterson, Swanson
and Mayor Selby:
None;
None.
the official seal of said City
ity Ulerk of t e CityTof
E1 Segundo, Californi
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES,
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO.
SS.
I, Neva M. Elsey, City Clerk of the City of E1 Se-
gundo, 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. 1388 , 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
31st day of March, 1954, and that the same was so passed and
adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen Baker, Gordon, Peterson, Swanson
and Mayor Selby;
NOES: Councilmen None;
ABSENT: Councilmen None.
WITNESS my hand and the official seal of said City
this 31st day of March, 1954.
(SEAL)
City Clem —t ie It o
E1 Segundo, Californi
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