ORDINANCE 179ORDINANCE NO. 179
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORffLA CALLING
A SPECIAL ELECTION TO BE HELD bCTOBER
29, 1931, WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF "ACT
OF 1927 MUNICIPAL IMPROVMWT DISTRICT
NO. 1 OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUND07 OF SAID
CITY AS DESCRIBED HEREIN AND PROVIDING FOR
THE SUBMISSION TO THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF
SAID DISTRICT OF THE PROPOSITION OF ISSUING
BONDS � OF SUCH DISTRICT IN THE AMOUNT OF
$146,,816.00 TO PAY A PART OF THE COSTS
AND EXPENSES OF ACQUIRING LANDS, RIGHTS OF
MAY AND EASEMENTS NECESSARY IN ORDER TO
WIDEN AND EXTEND THAT CERTAIN PUBLIC STREET
COMMONLY KNOWN AS ARIZONA DRIVE BETWEEN
COLLINGWOOD AVENUE. ( ALSO KNOWN AS IMPERIAL
HIGHWAY) AND ROSECRANS AVENUE WITHIN SAID
MUNICIPAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, AND THE IM-
PROVEMENT OF SAID S TREE T BY THE CONSTRUCTION
AND COMPLETION UPON SAID STREET AS THE SAME
MAY EXIST AFTER IT IS WIDENED AND EXTENDED
OF CEMENT CONCRETE CURBS AND GUTTERS AND OF
ASPHALTIC PAVEMENT FORTY FEET IN WIDTH ON A
PORTION OF SAID STREET AMID THE IMPROVE3=T
WITH OIL OR OIL MACADAM OF OTHER PORTIONS OF
THE ROADWAY OF SAID STREET AND THE CONSTRUC-
TION OF APPURTENANCES NECESSARY AND/OR CONVENIENT
TO SAID IMPROVEMENT.
VUEREAS, a petition was filed,in the office of the
City Clerk of the City of El Segundo on June 5, 1931, request-
ing that proceedings be taken in pursuance of an act of the
legislature of the State of California, entitled "An Act to
provide for the formation of districts within municipalities
for the acquisition.or construction of public improvements,,
works and public utilities; for the issuance, sale and pay-
ment of bonds, of such districts to meet the costs of such
improvements,- and for the acquisition or construction of
such impro vemento "., approved May 24, 1927, as amended, for
the purpose of creating an indebtedness, to be represented by
bonds of said district to pay a part of the costs and expenses
of acquiring lands, rights of way and easements necessary in
order to widen and extend that certain public street commonly
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known as Arizona Drive between Collingwood Avenue (also
knov+m as Imperial Highway) and Roseorans Avenues within
said municipal improvement district,, and the improvement
of said street by the construction and completion upon said
street as the same may exist after it is widened and extended
of cement concrete curbs and gutters and of asphaltic pave-
ment forty feet in width on a portion of said street and the
improvement with oil or oil macadam of other portions of the
roadway of said street and the construction of appurtenances,
necessary and /or convenient to said improvement _as therein and
hereinafter more fully set forth, and said petition was signed
by not less than 10% of the qualified electors residing within
the territory proposed by said petition to be formed into a
municipal improvement district under said act as shown by the
certificate of the City Clerk; and
TMREAS, in pursuance of said petition and of said
act the City Council of said city on the 12th day of August,
1931 passed and adopted an ordinance designated as Ordinance
No- 178,containing the matters prescribed by said act and
declaring the intention of the City Council of said city to
call an election in that part of the City of El Segundo, e:on-
twined within the boundaries . o f said "Act of 1927 Municipal
Improvement District No- 1, of the City of El Segundo" for
the purpose of submitting to the qualified voters. of said
district the proposition of authorizing the issuance and sale
of bonds of said district in the manner provided for in said
got and thereafter said ordinance was duly published =d
posted as provided by law. and by the order of this City
Council; and
I VMPMAS, the hearing provided for in said Ordinance
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No. 178 has been duly and regularly held and all protests
and objections made have been overruled and said City
Council at the time and place fixed for said hearing took
evidence that all the property in the district would be
benefited by the proposed improvement described in said
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Ordinance No. 178, and took evidence regarding the
publishing and posting of said ordinance and regarding
the allegations of the petition and the genuineness of
the signatures thereof, and upon all other matters upon
which evidence is necessary, atmd the City Council of said
city has, therefore, acquired jurisdiction to proceed
further in accordance with the provisions of said act:
NOW$ THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of
El ' Segundo dp ordain as follows:
Section 1. That a special election be held and
the same is hereby called to be held on Thursday, the 29th
day of October, 1931 within "Act of 1927 Municipal Improve-
ment District No. 1. of the City of El Segundo ". The exterior
boundaries of said diatriot are in said ordinance of intention
and hereinafter described for the purpose of submitting to
the qualified voters of said district the proposition of in-
ourring an indebtedness by the issuame of the bonds of such
district for the purposes set forth in said ordinance of in-
tention and hereinafter stated. The exterior boundaries are
particularly described as follows:
Beginning at the northwest corner of the
Northeast 1 /4.of Section 12, Tounehip 3 South,
Range 15 West, San Bernardino Base and Meridian,
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said comer also being the point of inter-
_____ section of the center line of Center Street
with the northerly boundary line of the City
of El Segundo .as said street is shown upon
that map of C. C. Hunt's Subdivision recorded
in Book 36, page 36 of Miscellaneous Records,
Records of Los Angeles County and on file in
the office of the County Recorder of said
county; thence easterly along, the .northerly
boundary line of the City of E1 Segundo to,
the northeast corner of the Northwest 1/4 of
Section 7, Township 3 South, Range 14 Test,
San Bernardino Base and Meridian; thence southerly
in a straight line across Section 7.and Section 18,
Township 3 South, flange 14 West,, San Bernardino
Base and Meridian and across intervening streets
and avenues .to the southeast corner of the South-
west 1/4.0f Section 18, Township 3 South, Range
14 West, San Bernardino Base and Meridian, said
point being on the southerly boundary line of
the City of E1 Segundo as the same now exists;
thence westerly along the southerly .boundary
line of said city to the southwest corner o f . the
Southeast 1/4 of Section 13, Township 3 South,
.- Range 15 Nest, San Bernardino Base and Meridian,
said point also being on the; southerly line, of
Lot 3, Tract 1314, recorded in Book 20, page 161
of Maps, records of Los Angeles County and on file
in the office of the County Recorder of said County;
thence northerly in a straight line across Section
13 to the northwest corner of the Northeast 1/.4 of
said Section 13, Township 3 South, Range 15 nest,
San Bernardino Base and Meridian, said point also
being on the center line of Center Street as said
street is shown upon, that map of E1 Segundo Sheet
S. recorded in Book 22,, pages 106 aril 107 . o f Maps,
Records of Los Angeles County and on file as afore-
said; thence northerly along the center line of.
Center Street, to the point of beginning.
Section 2. That the objects and purposes for which
the proposed indebtedness is to be incurred and the nature of
the improvement work or public utility contemplated thereby are
the acquiring of lands, rights of way and easements necessary
in order to widen and extend that certain public street commonly
known as Arizona Drive between Collingwood Avenue (also known
as Imperial Highway) and RosecrmLe Avenue within said municipal
improvement district, and the improvement of said street by
the construction and completion upon said street as the same
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may exist after it is widened and extended of cement
concrete curbs and gutters and of an asphaltic pavement
forty feet in width on a portion of said street and the
improvement with oil and oil macadam of other portions of
the roadway of said street and the construction of
appurtenances necessary and /or convenient, to said improve-
ment (a portion
of
the cost of
said
improvement as
herein-
after stated is
to
be met with
state
and /or county
funds)
and to pay the incidental expenses in connection therewith.
Section 5. That the total estimated cost of
said improvement is $257,166.00 and the estimated amount of
incidental expenses in connection with said improvement is
$13,000.00. That a portion of the cost of said improvement,
to -wit, the sum of $123,350-00 350.00 is to be paid with state amd /or
county funds, that the estimated cost of said proposed improve-
went to said municipal improvement district is,, therefore,
$133, 816.00, and the estimated amount of incidental expenses
in connection with said improvement is $13,000.00, and that
the amount of the principal, of the indebtedness proposed to,
be incurred is the am of $146, 816.00, , and the maximum rate
of interest to be paid on said indebtedness shall be 6% per
annum payable semi - annually:; that if the proposition for in-
ourring said indebtedness, so submitted, receives the requisite
number of votes, to -wit, two - thirds of the votes of the qualified
voters voting at said election,, then the legislative body of
the City of El Segundo, to -wilt, the City Council of said
city, shall be authorized and empowered to issue bonds of
said district in the amount of Q','146,816.00.
Section 4. That the polls at said election shall be
open at six o'clock a. m. on the day of said election and must
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be and remain open continuously from said time until
seven p. m.. of the same day when the polls shall be
closed, except and provided, however,. that if at the said
hour of closing there are any vo ters An the polling place
or in line at the entrance thereof, who are qualified to
vote, and who have been unable .to do so since appearing, the
polls shall be kept open a sufficient .length of time to
enable them to vote, but no one who shall arrive at the
polling place after seven o'clock p. m. of said day shall
be entitled to vote, although, the polls may be open when
such person shall arrive.
The ballots to be used at said election shall,
in addition to the other matters required by law, be printed
in substantially the following form:
Mark a c ro ss (X) on ballot ONLY WITH RUBBER STAMP:
never with pen or pencil.
Special Election October 29, 1931 "Act of
i 1927 Municipal Improvement District No. 1 Of
E the City of E1 Segundo ".
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INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTERS;
To vote in favor of a proposition, stamp a cross
(g) in the voting agnare after the word "Yes " -
to vote against a proposition, stamp a cross r$)
in the voting square after the word "No ".
All marks except the cross (g) are forbidden.
All distinguishing marks or erasures are forbidden
and make the ballot void.
If you wrongly stamp, tear or deface this ballot,
_ return it to the inspector of election and obtain
another.
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:ShZT that certain rat of ,
:Municipal Improvement District, known
:
:as "Act of 1927 Municipal Improvement
:
:District No. 1 of the City of El
:Segando't, incur a bonded indebtedness
:in the amount of 0146,816.00 to pay
:the costs and expenses of acquiring
:lands, rights o f way and easements
:necessary in order to widen, and ex-
:tend that certain public street com-
:YES
:monly known as Arizona Drive between
:Collingwood Avenue (also known as
:Imperial Highway) and 8omeerans
:Avenue within said municipal imp xo ve -
:ment district and the improvement of
:
said street by the construction and
:completion upon said street as the
:same may exist after it is widened
:and extended of cement concrete curbs
:and gutters and of an asphaltic pave -
:ment , forty , feet in width on a portion
:of said street and the improvement
:with oil or oil macadam of other
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:portions of the roadway of said
:street and the construction of ap-
:
: purtenances necessary and /or con-
: venient to said improvement?
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Section 5. Mhat for the purpose of holding said
election said "Act of 1927 Municipal Improvement District
No. 1 of the City of El Segundo" shall constitute one a lecti on
precinct; that the polling place for said precinct shall be
in the front room of the dwelling house at No. 645 California
Street on the southwest corner of California Street and Palm
Avenue within said district; that the following named parsons,
being competent and qualified, electors of said district and
said precinct, are hereby appointed to act as election officers
at said election and shall hold and conduct said election
and make returns thereof in the manner provided by law,
said officers are designated inspector, judge and clerks,
respectively, as follows:
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Inspector
Mrs*
Mary A.
Me ads,
Judge
Mrs.
Ethel V.
Ainsworth,
Clerks
Mrs.
Alma C.
Poster and
Mrs. Callie Beat.
Section 6. That in all particulars not recited
in this ordinanas said election shall be held and o on-
ducted as provided by law for holding general elections
in said City of El Segundo.
Section 7. That the City Council of said City
of El Segundo shall most and canvass the returns of saL d
election at the usual place of meeting of said City
Council in the City Hall of said city on November 2, 193L9
at the hour of 7 :15 o'clock p. m.
Section 8. That the City Clerk shall certify
to the passage and adoption of this ordinance by a vote
of at least three - fifths of all the members of the City
Council of said city and to its approval by the Mayor, of
said oity, and shall cause the same to be published once
i a week fo r' two weeks in the El Segundo Herald, a weekly
newspaper printed, published amid circulated within said
City of El Segundo, California, which newspaper is hereby
designated for that purpose. No other notice of such
election need be given.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 23rd &W
of September, 195L.
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STATE OF CALIFOIUTA, )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, ) SS.
City of E1 Segundo. )
I, VICTOR D. MCCARTSY, City Clerk of the City
of E1 Segundo, California, do hereby certify that the
whole number of members of the City Council of said city
is five; that the foregoing ordinance, being Ordinance
-.- No. 179, was duly passed and adopted by 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 said City Council held on the
23rd day of September, 1931, and that the same was so
passed and adopted by the following vote:
Ayes: Councilmen Binder,
Gerow, Srimmel, Selby
and Love.
(SEAL)
Noes: Councilmen None.
Absent: Councilmen None.
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CLERK'S CERTIFICATE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES,
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO. )
I. Victor D. McCarthy, City Clerk of the City
of El Segundo, California, do hereby certify that the
whole number of members of the City Council of the said
City is five; that the foregoing ordinance, being
Ordinance No. 179, is a full, true and correct
original of Ordinance No. 179 of the said City of
El Segundo, California, entitled:
"AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
_ CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, CALLING A
SPECIAL ELECTION TO BE HELD OCTOBER 29,
1931, WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF "ACT OF
1927 MUNICIPAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 1
OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUND07 OF SAID CITY
... AS DESCRIBED HEREIN AND PROVIDING FOR THE
SCISSION TO THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF SAID
DISTRICT OF THE PROPOSITION OF ISSUING
ONDS OF SUCH DISTRICT IN THE AM?UNT OF
146, 816.00 TO PAY A PART OF THE COSTS
AM EXPENSES OF ACQUIRING LANDS, RIGHTS OF
MAY ABD EASEMMTS NECESSARY IN ORDER TO
WIDEN AND EXTEND THAT CERTAIN PUBLIC STREET
COM11ONLY KNOWN AS ARIZONA DRIVE BETWEEN
CQLLINGWOOD AVENUE (ALSO KNOWN AS IMPERIAL
HIGHWAY), AND ROSECRANS AVENUE WI THIN SAID
MUNICIPAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, AND THE
IMPROVEMENT OF SAID STREET BY THE CONSTRUC-
TION , AND COMPLETION UPON SAID S TREE T AS THE
SAME MAY EXIST AFTER IT IS WIDENED AND
EXTENDED OF CEMENT CONCRETE CURBS AND
GUTTERS AND OF ASPHALTIC PAVEMENT FORTY
FEET IN WIDTH ON A PORTION OF SAID S TREE T
AND THE IMPROVEMENT WITH OIL OR OIL MACADAM
OF OTHER PORTIONS OF THE ROADWAY, OF SAID
S TREE T AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF APPURTENANCES
NECESSARY AND/OR CONVENIENT TO SAID IMPROVE-
MENT. to
which was duly passed and adopted by the
approved and signed by the Mayor of said
by the City Clerk of said City all at a
the said Council held on the 26d day of
and that the same was so passed and adop
vote:
said City Council,
City, and attested
regular meeting of
September, 193.,
ted by the following
Ayes: Councilmen Binder, Gerow, Krimmel, Selby and Love;
Noes: Councilmen None.
Absent: Councilmen None.
I do hereby further certify that pursuant to the
provisions of Section 878 of Act 5233 of the General Laws
of the State of California, (Deering 1923 Edition), as
amended to date, that the foregoing ordinance No. ' 179 was
duly and regularly published . according to the law and the
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-_ order of the City Council of said City in the El Segundo
Herald, a weekly newspaper of general circulation,
printed, published and ci reulated within the said City,
and that the same was so published therein on the
following date$, to -wit : - October 1st and October 8th, 1931 .
WITNESS my hand and the seal of said City
this 9th day of October , A. D., 1931
(SEAL)
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