Loading...
HomeMy Public PortalAboutM 1937-04-20 - CCREGULAR P~E'~,TING APB? IL 20Tu, 19:7 . g~ The City Council of the City of Lynwood met in a regular .ses- sion, at the City Hall, 1~-331 Plaza Street, on above date at 'x:30 P. ~",. Mayor Bolter in the chair. Councilmen Lake, ivTeyer, Nation, Snyder and Koster answered the roll call. It was moved. rv rnimcil_man Lake and seconded by Councilman Snyder that the minutes ~~' t?~P rre~ri ous regular meeting of April 6th, 193' be approved as ~~rritten. ~.l ~ mPm~,ers of the Council voting aye, the ~ia.vor declare' the motj_on duly ca~^ri.ed a_nd it zraas so ordered. ' tr.rt3TTTFN COTt~NLTNIC_~?TIONc : -, commun ca on ~^ras received from the rrn~nt~r of T1os Angeles re~th '?epartment in~'ormin~; th.e Council. that then .,rare a~^~arded first place for the l~lestern Division of the United "fates in the National Ru- ral F-ealth Conservation contests, ~~~rhich contest ~ s held a.nnua.lly bq the U. ~:. Chamber of Commerce. There being no objection, the communication was ordered riled. ~ comr~unica~ion wds received from the cv~en's United ~3rotherhood, by Vu. E. Spicer, (:hairman, iruorming she council that said organization unanimously voted that the pity ~oun.;il be requested to promote a program of bEautifing the parkings and to encourage citizens to cultivate floti^:ers, stating that Mayor Harry L. Bateson of Long Beach, guest speaker at said Brotherhood meeting, offered to furnish zinnia seeds free for such a cam- paign of beautification. Thereupon RF,",OLt?TION N0. 982, entitled : "A ReSOLU"'ION GF THE CITY COUNCIL OT' '"~~'-' rITv' 0^ 7:YNj,'JOOD A?~OPTING THE ZINNIA FLO'~~~i. AS THE PREDOMINATING COMPETITINCr ?''LO`"JER IN THE ?~l~UTIFICATIOTI PROGRAM Or THE CITY OF LYNt^f00D, AND URGING THE CITI7r?~7S OF TvNr"IOOD TO COOPERATE IN THE BEAUTIFICATION CCiMPAIGN BY BEAUTIFYING THEIR LA`"T~?S AI~??~ PLANTING VARIOUS VARITIES OF FLOC°~fERS, .yP1D l,PPROPRIATING X50.00 .FOR PRICES F0~? T~?E PJ"OST BEAUTIFUL FLOT,~JER BEDS f~ND YARDS", was read. It was moved by Councilman Nation and seconded by Councilman Nieyer that said Resolution No. 982 be adopted and that each participant give the size of his space that he wishes zinnia seed for in order that application may be made for the seed, and that the Mayor appoint a committee of citizens to further program. Ro11 Call: Acres : Council men T."''P, , ?~Ptrer, Nation, Snyder and Bolter. ~~oes : r'one. Thereupon MaZror ~3oster. ar ~ointed. I':'rs . Tva Terry, as Chairman of sri,~ Comr"ittee and the otter members to consist o" nRrs. Irene Hall, T~'.'rs. Pence, M_r, A. D. Louse, Frank Limber and i~rs. T:ena `"t ^la.ir. Cit~r Treasurer Reed addressed tre Council. re~;~r~i.ng ~'!~2,,000.00 worts of 1915 bonds in District "N" having been past due for the last four years and tl:ereore the ?r;older thereof requests settlement in order that the statute of limitation 4yili not operate abainst the bond holder, seekinb the ::ouncil's desire in the uiat~er. City- tit torrey ruby also reported on the peogress of the case entitled Rogers vs. City holaer of bonds in District "~,", stating that trial is set for Friday unless a satisfactory settlement is reached, stating that he believes that they are ready to settle on a substantial discount basis. Thereupon it U~Tas mosTed by Councilman Teyer and seconded by Councilman Snyder that the r.iavor appoint a committee to work tivith the City Treasurer and Cit~T Attorney to effect a satisfactory settlan ent of said matters. Roll Call ayes: Councilmen Lake, T~eyer, Nation, Snyrder and Koster. Noes: None. T~2ayor Bolter appointed Councilman Nation and Lake to act on said committee with power to act. City Treasurer Reed wrote regarding a list of districts, crea- ted under the Improvement Bond Act of 1915, wherein bonds outstanding are four years past maturity, surmittin~; the following list of Districts ~~rhich will be in the ~roun mentioned Jury ?nd, 1937. District rrE»' nln~ :r~Tn~ "S", "V" and "inn. 1~o action ^^°~s taken on the matter other than as included zr. the grove meni-ion?d motion. 4 communication was recess*ed From P!~r. ~. T~. 'vans to the ef- fect that a Mrs. n.nn.a u. ?~auersfeld ~~rishes to ~e r,Armitre!~ to build a five room stucco residence nn the rear of Trot ql, Tr^c#- `'F~1, and .as this is in Fire District No. 1, tie ladZr ?^rishes to ?,rno?v if somA chan~P can be made to ?permit her to build tivit?~out fire woof construction. It tivas moved by Councilman ~~ation and seconded b,y Councilman anyder that she be permitted to build ors the rear of said Lot provided she uses steel studs in the construction thereof, same to E3e set back at least 30 feet from front of Lot line. Roll Cali: Ayes: Councilmen L-.ke, ivieyer, lyation, Snyder and Koster. Noes: None. ~~ ~ COmml171iCf~tiOn ?nr~e rF?(+E?i~Tp~ "r *.~, om Ali l~in,.T Inspector Evans stating teat T,eRo~r ??ami Icon ti~~i sties to ~e nermi.tte~~. to use stucco frame ~,n~All for front and rPnr o f b„' l' in,-- ~ ~ r~.anTi ~-^ '-~~ ~, ,- ~z' ldin_~;~ in j,~J'n~,"Op.l ~'':~•~~' 1"F~^etn~'ore re.en ^f SLC?~ constr,i~tinn, •„~'1;_r±~ •,,x,111 nOt conform tc~ trF= four rotas fire resistive construction as rroT,z~~~ anc~ reouirer' b~,r said '~istr~ict Aio. 1. Thereupon it t,,r.s moved bar Councilman 1~?e~;er r.nd seconder? ?~~~= Counciltna.n ~n;rr~'er tr=•t T,ir. T-Iamilton 'rye r~ermitted to zzse steel studs in Front and beack of the business building that he is now buil~uin;~. r,li m~rribex~s of tra ~ounci 1 votirr~ aye, the l~,ayor de- clared the motion duly carried. l communication in ~r~e i`orrn of sKetch vas received from a Ber- geson-~'+il~iams requesting to cons~ruct a sign at Mulford avenue on Long Beach Blvd. for t'r~e puz'pose of advertising their business located on P~Tul- ford where they maintain a fire and auto supply store. Thereupon it vans moved by Councilman ration and seconded by Councilman Lake tr^t the apnlica.nts be permitted to constructed tre si"n as requested. A11 mem- bers of the Council votink7 aye, tre Tylayor declared the motion duly car- ried. It was moved b~~ Councilman Boster and seconded by Councilman Nation that the City Attorney be ins~ructed to draft an amendment to t're outdoor advertising Ore~inance ~to provide teat f:11 applicants ~~e »e- quired to make application through the C3_tyr Council before any sign be permitted to be erected, and that al1_ unsi~htlSr sins be eliminated from the Boulevard. Roll Call: Ayes : Councilmen Lake, T'~'ie~rer, Nation, Snyder and Bolter. r?oe s : ~~one . A communication ~.,,s rPceis*P~ From rit~* Attorney Ruby stating that he received udgment ar*^nst ±-'^? ~P~'endant "rill iam ~ouleau for 4170.00 for damames to a ~ ~ -*?^t stand^r~?, ~n~ teat rP cannot pay the judgment and ~^ri srPS to -~a~* :"'3.00 a T~reek '-e~Tin•,; nr "Lnri1- ?4th, 1937 until tr~e entire nrinci.xlal sum is r~id~ su'^mittin~ contact agreement for accertance of tre Co~lncil . It ~^~r_.s moved '~-- Cnvncilm~n '~"P.*~r ^nd seconded r~, Counci.lman Lake that the contract be aceerted and the '''a- yor be <authorized to execute same for and on behalf of tre CitTT of Lynwood. .till. rrrembers of the Council voting aye, the i`,~rayor declared the motion duly carried. City license ~oliector ~.rrue~-son sta-ced brat a man uvho sells daiary products on Imperial nibs-vuay aL Alameda does not wish to pay a license as he believes that he i5 exempt under erection 26, subsection 3, however, it .gas determined by the City Council tr:at he should pay a license fee the same as others under Section 2.7 of subsection 12 of Ordinance No. 265. A claim and demandds for alleged damages to the person and pror~erty of Edith ~3. `."letzel in the amount of X6,000.00, plus X60.00 for medical care and to Adolph `"letzel in the amount of ~p75.00, plus y~3.50 and X7.00, was presented, said parties claiming that the acci- dent occured because of the neglect of the City of South Czate in re- pairing the streets at Tweedy Boulevard and Long Beacr Blvd. City Attorney Ruby ruled that in his opinion the claim is not a valid one as no liability exists. Thereupon it was moved by Councilman Tvleyer and seconded by Councilman Lake that the claims be disallowed, and that the City Clerk be instructed to communicate zrrith the Cit~r of South Gate sendingthem a copy of said claim for t?^eir ?ttenti~n. nol~ Call: Ayes : Councilmen T:a?~e, ?"ewer, T'~tion, "nnder and Boster. Tdoes : None. T~?r. ~TOhn '~. "u~~Ivan sul~mi.tte~ a '^3.1.~ rrom t~. '~. Nicholson for 3~ feet of dourle maid air hose ~~ ~.3!~ making a total of '11.40, whicr 11:r. "u~ 1 3van claims teat the City burned wren ?~urnin~ ~^rPp^ls last year for ~^~ricr he reauested remit-Lance some time ago, a~~~in requesting that tr!e Ccuncil ray the bill. It was moved b:- Councilman Nation and seconded by Councilman Snyder that the bill be referred to Engineer Bateman and if rie finds tYiut the biii is a valid one to pay same . Roll Call: Ayes : (:ouncilmen yaxe, .~.eye.r°, lug t;ion, ::nnder and Boster. Noes: None. Report of activities of she employment agency by ~"gym. Sullivan; also health report and list of delinquent wacer accounts. Mr. t~Veston addressed the Council requesting that he be spot zoned for his used car lot. Councilman. ?~?ati~n stated that he had investigated the request that the setback be no'- ~rr~ived on Long Beach Blvd. at State St., as the Lot ~~~ould still not be large enough to conduct a business there as it z^aould be necessary to park on the street ~rhich ~^rolald create a ha- zard. Thereupon it was moved by Councilman Lake and seconded bTr Coun- cilman Teieyer that the seback line be not v~raived as effecting Lot 229, Tract 522:2 and the application ~e denied her request to build closer ~~ than required b~ Grdonance. r~l members oi' the Council voting aye, t;he Mayor declared trie n.o pion duly carriea and it was so ordered. rt~.~uLU'1'1.u~~ lru. y~3~3, enti~leci: "rt~;SULU`1'I01~ RELHTING TO i~HE ABATEI"~EiVT U~+' DiiY x1uD DrtYlivU ~~~Da Ulv Ct~:~tThli~ LUIS OF LAND IN THE CITY 0~~~ LYNG'~OOD UNDEt~ kCT TVU. 5197 Or' 1HE LEGISLATURE OF TTiE STATE OF CALIF- ORNIA, AS APeIENDED,ENTITLED: "AN ACT AUTHORIZING T"iUNICIPALITIES TO DE- CLARE NOXIOUS OR DANGEROUS 1"DEEDS GRCu"DING UPOid THE STE~'EETS OR SIDEWALKS, OR UPCT~T PRIVATE PROPT~TY ~YITHIN MUNICIPALITIES, TO BE A PU-sLIC NUISANCE, CREATING A j,TF~T t?POt~T muF; P~'OPERTY FRONTING UPON SUCH STREETS OR SIDE- uYALKS 0'? ?TPOTT ''IN.IC~ St1CH rNISANCE EXISTS FOR THE COST OF ABATING TTiE SAME", APPROVED NIAY 26, 1915", was read. It was moved by Councilman Snyder and seconded by Councilman Lake that said Revolution No. 983 be adopted. Roll Call: Ayes: Councilmen Lake, jyleyer, Nation, Snyder and t3oster. Noes: None. the following demands ~nrere presented GENERAL FUND : ltirATER DEPARTT"TENT Los Angeles ounty 'ealtr T~ebt. 1.15 Geo. Mac can 1.75 Pacific Gas Radiator Comranv 3.00 Bruce Maxwell 2,.25 Southern Calif. Gas Cn. ?4.12 '~lilbur H. ti~lilcox 2.35 1'Vater ?~enartment 6?.0~ Minnie Hawkins 1.50 Elmo Radio ner'ri~eration "erviee 6.85 T:~rs. "Ta.V Kimball .75 ~~~Jm. "lal l Ivan 15.0 c~ut~Prn Cal .Tel. Co. 8.00 E. C. ?Talver. son.. ?. M. 24.24 T=~~in ri t~ Ca~inet Shop 4.70 Anna u. Bauersfield 2.25 T~~rs. It~ike HPiner 2.15 T~:rs. Eugene ~~. Hardin 4:I6 A. L. Charlin .3.00 T+~iss ~hopia A. Elder 2,67 Mrs. K. Ketchel 3.00 Henry A. Eichen 1.28 Helen uarvey 3.00 Petty Cash--Treas. ~~'t'ice 79.4 Violet riandy 1.75 Lynwood Svveet Shop 34.50 Gea. A. ~yil~_iston 3.00 Art Hall 9.43 Service Steel Co. 403.52 V'~felded Fabrication Company 11.07 Rensselaer Valve Co. 416.37 Southern Caif. Tel. Co. 114.59 Mrs. Fred E. Carnes 2,.00 Payroll Account 1,684.75 Payroll Account 376.00 STREET DEPARTMENT: Gilmore OilCombany 469.37 Payroll Account 2,66.50 It was moved by Councilman Nation and seconded by Councilman Snyder that the demands be allowed and tArarr€~ is be drawn on the City Treasurer for said various amounts. Roll Call' Ayes: Councilmen Lake, Nieyer,Nation, Snyder and Boster. Noes: None. It was moved by Councilman Nation and seconded by Councilman Meyer that the meeting ad"journ to Abril 27th, 1937, at 7:30 P. NI. All members of the Council voting €~~re, the T'"`layor declared the motion duly cat~ried and it eras so cr~PrPr~. ~ , . ~%' . ~,, , ,__j R, ~. ATTF~m; .~ i , • ~..