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HomeMy Public PortalAboutM 1930-05-13 - CC~~ ~~ 1'_i~:i0'U?.?,T~,) =Z,G'~r-; " ~ ~.. ,;7I-C~ T~~~^,r 13th, 7L9~0. ~_.:, _ ~ ~ _.~: ~~.~ ;, r ''he Cit;,~ Council of file '~itG.~ ~f ~.~;n~roocl rnet in an adjourned regular meeting; at tree ~it~;~ ~~<<=~11, ll::~jl p=laza utroet on iuesda~; night on above date at '7: <0 ~'. '' . I:~~~Tor Snod~ras s in the ch~:~ir . Councilmen ~aeed~', ~kelton, -~nder.~on, ~'irlble 2?~d ;nods-sass ansGJered the roll e~~.ll. Cit~ ~-.ttorne~- Mess and ~n~;ineer gateman tirere present. ~.~'he minutes of the previ pus regular ~neetir.~ of r`~.~ 6th t.vere read and a~~proved. t~i~Ii"~T~ C~JT;~~1U1:SICl~`l~~Td~i: ~~. ti~rritten corrffiunication tivas received Eton: the I~,m•~°rood C;har_:- ber of Co~.nmerce invitin>> the Council to at~`~end a meetin~_. of the :~.m- perial j~igh~ra~ ~~ssoci~~.tion on i~c~r 16that the Pick`arick ~t~es :`ft~.'?l~.nt at I~iines .Meld. It 1.ras moved b~ Councilman ltireed~ and seconded b;~ Councilman ~~nderson that the invitation be acce~?ted and as man~% as x~ossible attend. 1,>°otion eras carried and so ordered. ~~ Lrritten communicationcras receive:. from 7aora Brad, ~:~ec- retary of the Z~nti'rood Unit California ''ax'p~y:;ls ~ssoeiation ~.vith a resolution attached passed b~,- the California laxpa~~ers y--ssociation regarding the use of ad valorem t~~pe of ~ssessrnents such as ?'atto~n pct. It 2°ras moved b~,~ C%ouncilman~'"ir~lble that said -resolution be ad- opted buT the Council. '~'ho-roupon '`r. ?.organ and I`rs. ~ra~; addressed the Council regarding this matter st~.ting~ th.-.t several Cities had adopted resolutions of similar nature and that there vvas nothing; con- tained in t%_e resolution pr~hibitin.g the use of the Mattoon wict ~:rnere the Council found it absolutely necessar~;~ to do so. 1'he-re being no second to the emotion, the ?"a~'or declared the raotioll lost fo-r 7_ack of a second. l°hereu~~on it °ras rloved b;. councilman ~'~nderson and seconded bL/- Councilman ~tireed~7 tip:. t the resolution of the il~m~rrood .:nit Calif- ornia axpa~?ers _ ~issociatia~ be laid over fo-r invest i~:~ation. ~~o I1 fall ~y~ies: Counci ..men -~'~reed; ,~Y~elton,~~nderson,i=imble and ~nodt~~ras== . -Des : ii one . . tirritten communication eras received from `d. ~. i~'~,.11 regard- ing street im.nrovement in ~-ract To. 6312 sta,tin~; thG.t he ti~as in favor of the im;~rove-rnent and rec~uesting• th~.t the t-rock be ordered. It tiaras moved b ~ ~ Dune ilman I~irnb le and seconded b„ C Dune iln~.n ~~ve e d4, tha t same be ordered placed on file . I.~otion ~-ras c~.rriea and so ordered. written corlrnunication cviti~ sketch of tape of sign attached, vas received -.-ro~.z .,~~nrrood Chamber of Gor_~.me-rce reuuestin~; treat a com- mittee 'oe a?o;~ointed fror_7 the council d~rith ~~olaer to e.ct to meet z`:iti,. :s. i~imber, Chairman of a ~o~i~xnittee of tiie ~-n'~°rood ~h~,mbe-r of ~orimerce, for tiie purchase of 12 signs for Cencur~; and imperial ~oulev~rds up to :,100.00. It eras rnovec~_ b~T ~ouncilrn~n ti-ieocl~; and seconded b~~ Coun- cilman ~`~nderson thc.t Commissioner 31~olton end Chief of"~'olice ~one~~ be instructed to investi~:~~te this ~aattcr snore tzlorout,hl~~. '."otion eras carried ~.nd so ordered. "~'i1e follolring applict.ti_;ns :~o-r em~~loznc:nt ~~:e,°e ~~ro~onted: {o.~ °-. ~_inco gin, an~~lc~in`~~ for position on "'olice :~e~;-~.ltrnent; iTels ~. --ndei°son appl~~ir~~ for posi',i~n as otor 0=--.ricer; ~ol~n 'eel~;~ anpl~,in~' for pos2~~ion ~,s ,street `superintendent; also re ~~~.~rt of _ c,r=.ltir ~epartrnent of ~. ~~. CountU . ~"t ~-r~,.s nzovec4 b~ Councilman ..nderson. and seconded b~. Councilman Skelton tht.t -~i~e ~ pr:~lications d~,nc_ rc ,port 'ae ordered placed on ii:!_e . ~,oll Call: ~~~es : Councilmen ,,~ced- ,~~1Lclton ,:_nders~on,':irnble ~-~nadgra~~s . l~ 0es : G~'J11G . '~~he hour of 6:00 o'clock `~'. ~`.. having; arrived, said hour 'oeing the ti ..e sat for receiz.~'~n€; bids for 1'l 00 feet of 6" cc;ntrlfu~~~.l cast iron pine . It ;,~,s moved b~. C~~~uncllr~~an ~~'ti''roed-~ and seconded b;~~. Councilman ~~l~.elton ti'l~;.t the bids be opened. :doll Call: v_. _...•,es: Councilmen ~~;reec?T ,riclton, ,nde-rson,~.imble a~no grass. goes: ~~~ne. V ~';~e fo11o~,~ring' `~ir,ns sub,Titted 'olds: ,. ,. ~- ~,,os _ngeles. ~~nit:d ~ot~.'~ es 'ipo ~,nd -~ ounc~r~ Comp to oy '~TnerlC~,i1 l,~st ~:i'on ;~l~E C;~f`1'~an~,' Of 10~ i;ngeles. C . <<. Clausen <:,nd ~or_~;atn- , ~.nc ., o~ `cos Angeles. It ,;as rTOVed b; Councilrl~.n ,-ndorson and seconded b„~ Council- T~nan :~kelton that Cit;; --ttorne :wens ~.~nd -~nt~ineer ~.~W~ern~.r1 c;~eck tl~.e bids to ascertain taho is the lo~~est res;~onsible bidder. +~oll ~%all: ~'~;-es: Councilmen a~vaeci- ~,~I~elton,~-n .crson,-~ imbl© ~.nd Jnod~-rass. IToes : Tone . l J 2 Certified codes of a peso ~.tztion requesting consent of the Council of t~~e ~it~~ ~f ~-v7nlood for the irnprover~~cnt of portions of alnu'c =venue ,~;ose tiroo d --venue , ~'inehurst ~^~venue ; als :~ c o?~~- o f ~'.e - solution of intention and Flans ~.nd ~pecisic~.ti~ons, Caere received. Tt tiaas moved b~; Council~~n rskelton ~,nd seconded b~.~ ~%ottncilman ~'~:eect.~ t1~,-t jurisdiction be granted the ~it~= of vryouth G~~.te for the improve;_:ent of said streets. ~~o ~"~ ~%a11: l~~~es: Councilmen. ~,aeed~,~~k.elton,r~nderson,Yimble £-: Snodgrass. Ir o e s : Irono . `hereupon e solution TrD. 705, entitled: "~4 RRSOS~UTTGN CAF 1'~ Ci~UiTCII: flF I'fi=~ CIi''Y flFL~'Id;,~UOD, G.~tit?I'•1''TaG C~~ISuT~T TO TI-i?: COUNCIZ fly' TH' CITY OT' SflUr.I'~I G~~T~, F'OR '~i~~ 11•rl'R~?~~I..:IrT' ~.I, ?~OiTIC;I~rS OP ~~aIiZIIUT ~'?~~~yU.;':, ~t7~. ti~0u~1~. .riV.~Iti~"U'.~, ~II~.t~HU:.~~T ~°:.~`btTs':~ t_TD Gs;~TnIT1 0'?~Hi' aTi~L;LT~ IT~; ~.~'~ C11Y fJi' ;~UUTI~ G~T~ r~IyD ITr J.'I-1:~ C~iY ~F IlYPd'~K'OflD," was read. It eras moved b~~; Councilman nderson and seconded bU~ Councilman `~'ti~aecdr;- that said ~~esolution TTo. 705 'oe adopted. Roll fall: ~~Tes: C~~uncilmen m~.~eed~,~keltan,l;.nderson,s~ir~ble ~ Snodgrass. I~ o e s : I:?one . 1~t this time Citu~ ~*ttorneZT sIess and engineer Bateman re- ' ~~ ported back on the bids for water pipes and the check showed tr~.e . United Sta~~~es Pipe ~,nd Foundry Com~an~ of Taos Angeles as the lotirest responsible bidder at a figure of ~r965.G0. Thereupon it was r~loved b~° Councilman t~nderson and seconded bu- Councilman Skelton that the united states "Wipe and '~'oundr~r Gompan~- of I.os .~it~eles be avaarded the Contract. x-o11 Gall: h~-es: Councilor©n `1't~,eed~y,~kelton,Anderson,~imble ~:nd Snodgrass. Toes: T'~~ne. n©tition v~ras ~resente~ for tl~e irprovement of :1?latt l~venue sinned b,~~ ';;. ~. Chrisman and 23 other propert,;~o~~aners, constitution G2.18~,' of the fr:antage betti°aeen 1'n.e first alley east :~f S1on~~• peach -Boulevard and ~~irch street . It was rloved b~; ~%ouncilman `~'ix~eed~,- th~~t ~~n~.:ineer 3ateman be ordered to prepare pl€~ns ~~nd sa~ecific~.tions for the improvement of same . .~t this time y''. ".'. Hesse add:: esse cl the Council regarding the petition stating th~~t the petition tisas not the saS~le as Originall;~T drarJn u~ and that carne cuG.S mtltllated • s r • :~u~,ene ~':~~.lte-r also addressed the council favoring the petition as pl°esented. rw~here bein.~~• no second to the motion to instruct the ~rl<~:ineer to prepare ~' plans'a.nd specifie~.tiDns, the '.?a~;or declared the motion fU,ilecl for lack of a second. Thereu?~on it raves moved b`• Gouncilm4,n ~'imble and seconded b~;~ Councilman ~`-nderson that action on the improvement of ~'latt avenue be indefinitel postponed until such time as a petition is received t~aithout alterations. .t:o.L.L Ls,ll: Eb~;es: Councilmen `~-`r;eedr-,;akelton,~"~nderson,~imble P~ Snodgrass. ITOes : Lone . :". resolution naming; Councilmen as Commissioners and defining the duti®s of such Commissioners vvas read. It t-aas moved b~ Councilm~.n Kimble that the resolution be adopted. There being no second to the motion, the ~'~,ayor declared the motion lost for lack of a second. Con- siderable discussion ws.s then had regarding the resolution. ',.here upon it was moved b~% Councilman ~~imble and seconded by Councilman akelton that the resolution be adopted. f Roll Call: ~~es: Councilman amble and ~nodg•rass. noes : Councilmen Tweede,- and Skelton. ~ Trot `Toting: Councilman rnderson. URi;Z GOi~~iUI1TICATI~:~tdS 2;'~ont .iilliams and John strain addressed the Council reg•arclin~; the annex~.tion o-w ",ullis xdditiDn as~ring information regarding t-aho was residin4; in the `~ract, etc., at the time the tract was anneve~".. Litz. Attoz3xe~ Hess statec:~ that no attGek could be mace on ~.nnexations after 90 days from filing of the result ~~rth the uecretar~; of State . I:Ir . '?. 'r. ~Iesse also addressed the Council. I:£rs. Hesse addressed tl:.e Council stating: th~;,t pror~ert;;- oraners on ~'latt avenue have appeared before the Council several times asking for relief .for the bad condition of their street, but no consideration has been given them. T'~r. ~. T3. Gra-:~ addressed the Council regarding wine tonics being used as alcoholic bevera~:es and requested the Council to pass an ordinance ?~rohi'oitinr~~: the use of s~.rae in the Cit;; of :L,;°nr~rood. Tro ac- tion ~~vas taken. ~~ ti I':`r. ~~. Sri; ht pro~~ert~> o~~lners on 4~elle ~erncn LL'yvenue addressed the Council asking what actin l~ac~ been taken for the ira*~rovement of said street stating that Gorn~ton tiaras ~°rwitin~ for Gn ansv~e~^ ~i-rorn I,~mtrood reg~_rd_in,~?° the drain~~;e proposition proposes±±. to -run. along Belle `4~~ernon ~'~venue . 'ihereu~on it ~T,aa s nnovod b~ Councilr,~~n ~~nderson ~.ncl seconded b~~ councilman I{imble th~.t the City- Clerk be instructed to <<~rrite the Uite~ council of Compton. sta ting; that th.e City. Council ~f 7~~mvroocl are not in a position to go ~.,irea:;__vrith a scorn drain project as proposed b~;T the p1~4ns of Zos Angeles ~ount~ at this tir_~e. :~~oll Call: ~`~~,~es: ~%ouncilrnen Tt~~eed~~,~:Melton,.:'..nderson,I~a_m'ale % Snodgrass. j'TOes : ~,~on© • r;Tr. Samuel ~~atson also addressed the Council regarding this r.~attex . 2:~r. ~~. ~. 4Telton, 3100 Gentur-; Boulevard addressed. the coun- cil reg~.rding the i1lLUnination of the lights on Gentur- -~oulev~xd; also regu~.rding; are fund due hi~ for lacy of 1i~~ht service since the c~nstruc- tion of Centur~;~ Boulevard; also es to when thc; avrards v-could 'oe p~.id on account of the condemning of prope:~:•t~ for the t.ridening of said Century joule v~.rd t'YOLZld be forthcoming°. engineer3ateman st~.ted that he had checked un 1-rit1= the :~dison Companti rega'rdin~; the cost of i.11ur1in- ating s~~:id lights on CentL`;•~.~ Boulevard and that according to informer- tion he had received, the cost ~;oulc~ be from <<8.U0 to 9.00 per 50 foot Zot fora period of t~vro years. T.~r. Bateman. wlso st2.ted that '~,r. `:Tel- ton had a refund of ...,:3.96 due hi::! because his lights have been turned off on Century, Boulevard, provided same ~.re not turned on before crest- - ing the ne~v lighting district. CityV -ittorneJ7 F1ess stated that the approximate time forpaying• of avrards on Century Boulevard condemna- tion VJOU.Id be anproxirnatel~T 120 days if same eras handled by ~~eferees . ~`.ttorney~~ liens then stated to the Council that there .were tyro ways this matter could be han.dled,either bs referees appointed 'acv the Court or the Council could employ an expert vritness, preferably one of the appraisers ~vho could gii~~e testimony- regarding; the amount of award, and in the latter case, u~~ould undoubtedlT save a large sum of money which vrould otherwise be charged against the district . `~.'he r.~eetin.g swan then throvJn open for general discussion regarding this rns,tter. i.r. richer residing on Century Boulev~~,rd addressed the Council regar- ding this matter stating that he cyan infav~~L the Git~; employring; an es:n~rt vritness; also stating that he vrisr~ed` the ligh~s turned on; also Y.7r. S~vaintek addressed the council regarding this matter stat- ing that he eras in favor of em~~lo-~ring an e:r~?ert twitness ; also ?`fir. «~nderson residing on Century ~'oule yard addressed the Council favoring ti'ie Council emplovTing an e1>pe-rt t°ritness in the matter and rec.~uesting that fire lights be turned on; ~~.lso ?arr. Culver addressed the ~%ouncil stating that settlement as turned in bye the ~`l;e~raise-rs .:could be satis- faetoxy ~.nd for the City,, to employ-~ expert ~.d fitness . thereupon it ~.~as r:,cved by,~ `ouncilman T_imble and seconded b~T Councilman }lnderson that ueor;-_~© Crouch, ~peci~:.l 1~ttorne~~ in the ?-'~.tter of acquisition and Improvemen~~ 1istrict ,~r~~. 18 (Century:~ Boulevard} be instructed to ask for Court trial vrith re:~pect to value on Century Boulevard any" to employ,- one of the ::-npraisers in said rilatter at the rate of ~~25.00 per daT as expert tivitness ~~or the 4it~r. l~011 Gall ryes: ~+ouncilmen,`.~:~~~eed~,-,~kelton,~'~nc~.erson,~imble ~: Snodgrass. I4oes : TTone . City;: lreasuxer :~~eed addressed the Council reg~.~rding an adjust- ment of interest an mope- for avrard in the i.iatter of ~~. ~. I. :district T?o. 19, Git„ of l~y;nvrood ~11~-th ;street;, stating° th~~.t some pressure should be brota~~;ht to oe€.r on the ~~ttorne;,~s in said matter to e~.pedite tli.s matter. '~'hereur~on it vras moved. by;~ Councilman "wvreedy; and seconded b~~ Councilm~^n ak_elton th~.t the Git~;~ G1e-rr; be instructed -~o ti~rrite attorney ~. =i. l~ay.ne and .~'tto-rney; ~tobert '~unlap regardir~~; this matter. moll Ca1.l t~yes: Councilmen r,veer'_~~,~~kelton,::nderson,_:irrble ~.nd ~nodg-rass T1oes : bone . ±':s. ii. ~. ~~eiscr addressed the Council regarding the matter of conduit ;park being; nut in along j ~. :dlvd. nrishing that the Council might arrange vrith the Contractor so the Mork titould Rye rushed through the business district . `''r_e Cit~,~ Clerk st~~.ted th~~t she Contr~.etor and a riepresentative from the Consolide.ted Utilities Gomp~n,,~ had been in the office and had promised to commence t~~o-rk on same `ridgy end get most of the excavation z-.-orl~ done on ~unda.z.~ vrhen business houses as G. vaho le are not o ~?e n . UT~~'IT73SY~~ ~3USITT~;;~ : -~cilman ~~kelton presented a letter to the Clerlr addressed to the Chief of olice fror:~ the Chie:~ of ~'olice of mouth C~~.te as~•-i.n.g that an electric lighted sto ~~ si~_n be inst~~.lled at the intersection of ~. ~, 2 `~ ?tiwraed~ Boulevard ~,nd Mate street as several accidents have occured the-re •T~r. ~kelta~. a~.so stated that an electric stop si~°n should be -nstaj.].ed at the intersection of .i~cn.~• beach Boulevard and *~t~~.te Street. ''hereupon it ti-ras moved b;, Councilman ~treedy and seconded by Councilman yync~erson tl~^,t tiro. sto;? suns be purchased. Roll Ca11: Ayes : Councilmen `.~~~reedy,al~elton, ~inderson,T~imble c, Snodgrass . Tdoes : I1one . S:1r.. drlond 3a~;~~ott addressed the ~ozzncil red arcing the ~=riden- ing of Lon~~~ Beach Boulevard stating- that he represented- 500 feet of land front 9_ng on sai~le and that he eras not in favor o f ~ o ing ahead tiai th this improvement at this time as the property at the present time L~~ras carry- ing as much assess::zent as it could stand. l`r. ~idne~; Smith e.nd :. ~. ''%eiser also addressed t}@ council on this matter stating that they wore not in favor o~ t'rie improvelncnt. 1:S.F, ~ f BUS ITJ:E S S ; eras raved b;,- ~ouncilrna n ~-nderson and seconded by Council- man '.i~-reedy thL,t vouncilr~an l~irnble and -~uildi ~ Insroetor Johnson be ~.uthorized to have C D+~l@s of the ~:'Ium~ ink Ordinance of the ~it~;- of Z~rn;Rrood printed. 1011 Call: ':.yes: Councilmen ~~reedy,Skelton,Anderson,?~imble ~: Snod~~rass. IToes: T?ono. -~n~;ineer .i3ateman reported back :~n the question of parks along ?>~o d je ska livenue ~.~nd ho read froixl the deed ~irhich stated that the strips of land along said wvenue should be used for park or street ?~u-rposes and that t~~~~e circles are to be used for park or other munici- pal purposes . '.L'he lollo~vin~ derxands i~re-re presented. r, G:~T~:,~~~I~ T'UTa:~: ST~u':i :i)~I'.F~r~'L?:'~I3i ~~ylvia ~ it s 55.00 ~' T:. ~~ter 63.13 -~e<<,rl C (:orris 55.00 a~. '~l. dell 75.00 George ~ ` . money 112.50 ', . ) . ~eBusl~ 80.13 i.. ~%. Gardner 110.00 `w'hos . I,Ialone 70.01 I'loyd ~lichardson 92.50 Carl ~~osson 24.38 Claire Bede rick 92.50 Bort T7clntire 6.88 Joe Baier 92 .50 J . '~+illiams 5.00 Jno. T... Sennett '75.00 G. 'bdr. ltioe 4.38 mod. r . 'ertvilliger '75.00 y . :~. ~'orter 6.88 ~dg~,r -" . Sharp 92 .50 Ira L . ~% ogsti=re 11 ?3.75 Chas . -~ . ~ c ke-r 92.50 CYe ne ral fund 13.35 C. •~. ~to~erts 93.75 Claire :Dederick 5.00 ~~ . B. Crumley 81.25 Joe Maier 5.00 ~. ~%ritchi'ield .8'7.50 Chas. i~cker 5.00 ~srt~~ur Cessna 62.50 ~7AT:~~~ D~~1~3":Z:TTM1.' Bert _~clntiro 63.»13 I,iniger 'i'yperrriter iep . ~~ .13.50 Carl l~osson 15.00 Gener4,l l`und 19.22 H , ~ . 3r idge s 18.00 i7 . J . Grace 2 rl . 00 21. ~~ci~obert 18.00 -L. -~odvrell 66.34 J . ~~illiams 63.13 { . 8 . y{utter '75.00 G. •~ . mice 63.13 C . ~i. Cummings 93.'75 Carl ~~osson 28.13 ':!. ~~`. C%hanman 30.00 State Coax. for ~'ro . of Phil . C . '~ .~,'arley 15.00 and ~!nim~~ is 96.00 Cu~.roline Bryant 60.00 li . J . CTrace J .00 :.~ . -~o d~,r e ll 8.6 6 Chas. ~~ . ~=eed lOC.UO ~~ I GN'.i .~~ TdG ~:'UTS.~ I~ . J . Grace 22.5 0 It Leas rxaved b~, ~ouncilme.n ._'..nderson and seconded b,~ Cotzncil- ~- man Skelton that the demands be alloured and tivarrant~ ordered drawn on the ~%ity 'reasurer for the said various amounts. doll Call: .~~~,Tes: Councilmen ~.'t-reed~~,~1_elton,`~nderson, , Toes: Tvcne. Taot Voting: Councilmen Nimble and Snodgrass It vas moved by C ounc ilmart S ke lton and seconded b~.- C ounc% loran TGVeed~~ that L~ngineer I3ater<is,n be ordered to dray plans and specifications for the improve.:~ent of ~olyer, Cornish, ~ulrs~, standard, camp: on, Ja.ek- son .venues and Zetrris 13oad, all as per petition on file. +~oll Call: .dyes: Councilmen ltreedy,~kelton,s~nderson,T;imble and ~nodg~rass. Ttioes: Toone. _.........._ e~ w It T~=ras rlovea b~~ ~%ouncilrr~.n -~ndoxson and soeonded b~~ Oouncil- man y'ti~reed, that tho n~ etin.~ ~.dc~~urn to t:~`T ~ Oth, at 7:30 :~~. ~". '"o- ta.on was caxried and so orderod. ~~T~~ u~~ C ITS. C ' r~~:, ' I'.P`~ C.++' ~~'Id , 0~ . ~°% r~o. I,'~,~ G '> 1~?L C I OF I~Yt';tU '7. .a ~_ ~