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HomeMy Public PortalAboutM 1934-08-21 - CC2Q~ REGULAR I~tEETING AUGUST 21st, 1934. The City Council of the City of Lynwood met in a regular session at the City Hall, 11331 Plaza Street, on above date, at 7:30 P.M. Mayor Boster in the chair. Councilman ~ake, ~9Qeyer, Daetweiler, Snyder and Boster answered the _ roll call. It was moved by Councilman P~~eyer and seconded by Councilman Daet- we3.ler that the minutes of th_e previous regular meeting of August 7th, 1934 be abproved as written. ..47.7_ mem'~ers of the Council voting aye, the b~ayor declared tre mryoti on d~~7n csr. ri.ed and i_t vas so ordered. lra'??Tr(+rT''r±rr ~`~1Rrnr7rT?IC~?.~'IOIV'S : A common ca on wa.s received from PJ~r. Frsnk ". rf~ergen, 12011 Lang Beach ~31vd. requesting per mission to operate a kennel at said location ar requesting license therefor. There being no objection, the 1Vayor deferr- ed action on the matter until tomorrow night, stating that it will be necessary that the location be examined as no one except the owner of the kennel wants a kennel next to their property or residence. A communication was received from the Progressive Democratic Club inviting the Council to attend a meeting of the democrats at corner of Beachwood and Pope Sts. at 8 o'clock this evening. There being no objection, the Mayor ordered the communication filed. A communication was received frorr~ ~ C. J. W~1ker, Attorney, re- questing that interest maturing January 2nd, 1934 under Series "BB" for Fernwood, Morton and other Streets under the Improvement Bond Act of 1915 be paid, or a levy be made in the taxes for the fiscal year 1934-35 to cover the delinquency amounting to 213.20. There being no objection the Mayor referred the matter to the City Treasurer and City Attorney for analysis. The health report for weeks ending August 4th and August 11th were received and ordered filed. UNFINISHED BUSINESS: I A E N 241, entitled: "AN ORnINANCE OF THE CITY OF LYNV'd00D CALIFORNIA, PROVIDIATG FOR LTC,ENSI?~?G AI~T n RrGtJI,ATI?~TG THE CARRYING ON OF CERTAIN BUSINNESSES, PRO~'.SF:TONS, TRADF,`_?, CALLINGS AND OCCUPATIONS: FIXING A PE`I~TALTY FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES AND PARTS OF ORD7~?AR~CES I^l r,c~hT~T',7CT TuFRr`~IITH", was read for the second time. It was moved rv Co~a.nc~ loran 7~ake anti seconded by Councilman Meyer that said Ordinance Ito. 2,41 re adopted as read the second time, finally pass and re nubli shed a.s required by law. Roll Call: Ayes: Councilmen Lake, ~+eyer, Daetweiler, Snyder and Boster. _ Noes: None. ORDINr-NCE NO. 242, entitled: "~1 Oi=iDllvxNCE Ur' ~i'HE CITY OF LYNVVOOD, DECLARING AN EM~GENCY '1'U 1.~IST 1i1~D K:4~UIKING A PETITION TO AND ORDER BY THE CITY COUNCIL `10 ENGaGL IN CE~TAINr3U5I:vES5E5, PROFESSIONS, TRADES, CALLINGS AND OCCUPATIONS", was read for the second time. It was moved by Councilman Meyer and seconded by Councilman Lake that said Ordinance be adopted as read the second time, finally pass and be published as required 'oy law. Rall Call: Ayes: Councilmen Lake, 11~eyer, Daetweiler, Snyder and Boster. Noes: None. RESOLUTION N0. 916, entitled: "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF TH~~ CITY OF LYNt~V00D, CALIFORNIA, AUTNORIZINCa TNr WAIVING OF VIOLA- i TI0N5 OF CL'ft TAIN RESTRICTIONS CONTAINED IN DEED DATED FEBRUARY 29 1928 "' OFFICIAL RECORDS OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY AS TO LOT 606, OF TRACT N0. 2992, IN THI~ CITY OF LYN'~'+TOOD", was read. It was moved by Councilman Daetweiler and seconded by Councilman Snyder that said Resolution No. 916 be ~"' adopted. Roll Call: Ayes: Councilmen Lake, Meyer, naetwei_ler, Snyder and Boster. Noes: None. NE'~r BUSINESS: communica on was recei~Ted from the County of Los Angeles Health Department with conies of c, nntr~ct ~'or health services .for one year begi_nn3ng on Ontorer, 1x34 attsched, o„ tre basis of `500.00 for said service. mrere ??eing no objection, said matter. ?vas laid over for further consideration. A communication was received from the State Compensation Insur ante Fund reporting on Reynolds injury matter, to the effect that if Mr. Reynolds sustains an in~iury arising out of and in the course of his employment for the City of I:ynwood, their policy will automatically extend to apt+id protect their lj.ahil_ity. ~~-~~ R~ayor Roster ad~?ressed tre r~„nc~l stAtin~; teat the ^ouncil were in conference th s afternoon. zvitY? the Attorneys and 'pond holders who brou- ght the Nlandamus suit for the Council to levy a hla.nket assessment a{;ainst all taxable property in the City to cover certain delinquent 1915 Bond Assessments, calling upon City Treasurer need to explain the matter to th e members of the Council who vrere not present. Thereupon City `Treasurer steed addressed the Council to the effect-that some time ago an action was brought against the City in Dist- rict Court of Appeals by a Ivirs. Graefe wherein she sought to compel the City Council to levy a special tax to cover delinquencies in certain 1915 Bond Act assessment districts, which if she had been successful in secur- ing would have increased the tax rate between 50 and 60 cents per 9100.00 assessed valuation based upon 1933-34 assessed values, and possibly a high er rate as effecting this years assessed values. The City Council saw fit to h ve the City Attorney take charge of the case who in turn secured additio~t~Counsel in the persons of Leon T. David and James H. Mitchell who handled the Lakeport case and Mountain View case in northern Cal iforna_a; al- so the Burbank case instituted by Broom-Crummer Bond Holders in that dis- trict, and thinks the City was well represented. The City. went into the Appellate Court and the first thing that was accomplished was to procure a two days continuance, and then through a technicality that a bond should have been furnished by Pvirs. Graefe be- cause of non-residence in California, the Case eras continued until the 24th of this month, and inasmuch as the law required that the Tax Ordin- ance must be adopted not later than the last Tuesday of August, and there- fore the Council must adopt their ordjnance for the first reading before said date, therefore we e13_minated the levy as r~rayed for at least this year. A couple of datTs ago r`r. T*~~ 1_ celled b4 phone rec~uestin~; a confer epee with tre City, ~a~ric?^ :vas ?geld today tivhen. It~r. 'Fall end Per. r"arquardt Brown, together with their Counsel, 1!Jir. NicKanzie, met ~arith the Council and they realized that we have them whipped. ;~s a result of t~iis conference this afternoon it was agreed that the suit will be withdrawn provided the City will agree to certain things. Under the improvement Bond Act of 1915 it is permissible to transfer funds from LYie°General Fund to the Bond Redemption Fund to apply on delinquencies, which has been done in years past, and when taxes have come in the money has always been returned to the General Fund, excepting in the case of the City Hall Bond fund and an advance to the Imperial Highway Bond Fund, so it was finally agreed that the City would transfer 3,800.00 which is now in the Bond Redemption Fund to all delinquent 191,5 Bond Improvement Acts rather than make any levy at all covering delinquencies. City Treasurer Reed stated further thst he has communicated with other bonding companies and it is their recommen- dations that the levy should be as light as possible this year, and in conferring tivith a R'Tr. Davis who represents several bond holders he re- commends that the City levy interest on a 50~ basis or s+rhen a X35.00 coupon is presented for paying it be redeemed with 17.50, `which will eff- ect a saving for this year of 66,574.21; also the Pacific States who are the holders of the Century Boulevard bond issue and Tweedy and Abbott Road issue have been contacted and have agreed to levy for less than the requirements, so the taxpayers tivill no doubt find their tax statments materially reduced for t?`~is year; stating further that he does not think that the time vrill ever come when pyramiding delinquencies will be a reality in Lynwood in spite of the fa^t ~trat the Court has held that it is mandatory to do so, and that he ?~eli eves that the situation ~arill be satisfactorily adjusted bq reined a1 1~~;3_slati on ,r~hen the State Legislature convenes in 1935. The followi_n~; demands were presented GEl`;~"R~=S., FUT?D `r"1.?T^'~ '~~'P',~Tr,"n'~T Pennant Oil &: Grease 'o ~ 4.14' Payro 1 ~ccoun • X421.00 Hudson Lumber Co 24.61• southern Cal. Tele. Co• 4.00 C. E. Thierer 5.95• Southern Cal. Gas Co. 1.09' Kemp Brothers 3.61• STREET DEPARTT~~~ENT City of L.A. Police Dept. 1.95 Payroll Account `_244.00 Auto Parts Service 19.13• A. Warner 130.00 Petty Cash Treas. Office 3.90• J. VJ. Black Co •196.22 Southern Calif. Tele Co. , 109.75• J. ~'U. Black Co • 392.44 '~~Jater Department 52.00• General Fund °150.00 Industrial Printing & Sta. Co 1.02• Payroll Accoount 1,574.00• Lighting Fund 4.59• LIGHTING FUND Payroll Account 42.40 Maie Austin • 3.80 Petty Cash Treas. Office 3.80 It was moved by Councilman Snyder and seconded by Councilman ~~. ~- Daetweiler that the demands be allowed and vrarrants be drawn on the City Treasurer for said various amounts. Roll Call: Ayes: Councilmen Lake, A~ever, Daet~~ae~ler, Snyder and Boster. Noes: None. City Treasurer Reed a~_so addressed the Council stating that the County of. .Los Angeles have anr?rorri_ated. ~~85,293.50 to relieve the over-burdened T;"attoon ^et ?pond ~istr~cts, and that he is going to recommend that the amount ?~e deducted from tie 7_evv for each district v~hicr will materially reduce tre tax rates: I~~ayor Boster presented ar_d read certain recommendations for re- ductions in personnel, salaries arld i~vages and combining of certain departments of the City of i,ynwood, which recommendations if enacted by the Council, would result in a saving of approximately 13,040.00. Councilman Snyder addressed the Council stating that he believes that the recommendation that hers. Corning be employed half time in the City Court and half time in the water department is a good one as he has advocated that before, therefore Councilman Snyder made a motion that the man in the latater Department be relieved of his duty as Assistant Clerk and the Court Clerk be employed to fill the vacancy, however, there being no second same lost for lack of a second. Thereupon Iv:ayor Boster requested the Council to study the recom- mendations f:or. further action of the Council. The Audit report for first year ending June 30th, 1934 was pre- sented and a copy was given to each Councilman, said report being the audit of all City Books by Mr. Louis H. Decker, C.P.A. The Mayor re- quested each member of the Council to go over the report carefully. It was moved by Councilman l~ieyer and. seconded by Councilman Lake that the meeting adjourn to August 22nd, 1934, at 6:00 P. &Z. All members of the Council voting aye, the R~Zayor declared the motion carried and it eras so ordered. r I G / i CITY CLERK, CI'T'Y OF LYNti'+UUD.