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Home My Public Portal AboutM 1939-05-16 - CC~t ~ T~UT.ryTTT I. '^i r',f^T ~; ~~R,n ,..~ ,-~~~r~R _~u ~~~ ~ .~,~Y 16, 1939 T'~-.e Cit~.T Council of the City of ~~-n~rrcod met in a re~ul~ r ses- sio~~. ir_ the Council Crambar of t?^,~ Cit~r '-I~~.11, ll;z~l Plaza Street, on above date, at 7:30 P, ?:". I:<^^>.yOr Lake In t,'1E c~l~.i r. Councilmen Christensen, Beyer ~,.nd L;~.ke ~{rere x~reser.ted. Councilmen ~Taticn ans Sn;zrd.er s~rere abCent. It arras moved bar Councilman Christensen and seconded bar Coun- cilman ,eyerthat the minutes of the ~reviou= re~•ular meetir.K of T~~Iay 2.nd, 1939 be approved as wrritten. All me:lbers ~of the Council present votin.^~ aye, tale ";Ir~.yor decl~.red tr:e mo`ion duljr carried. 'NRITTE~I COI.~r:NdIC,=~TIONS A communic~.tion arras. received from. "1^. 8ryars i~Torison requesting permission to hold special meeting s b-:r the Pentecostal Holir_ess Church at 11102, S. Alameda Blvd. , L;rrnuco~", to be}~in on June nth, 193a and to continue far about trlree weeks. T'r.ereupon it ~r<<as :roved by Council- man 1~Tever and seconded 'o~~ Councilman Christensen that -permission be granted tor_old said meetings from a tent as requested. x111 members of the Council. voting aye, the T:ravo-r declared the 'notion duly ct~.r- ried a.nd it was so ordered. y Le.u•islati:~e bulletins ~Ftas received_ from the League of Cal- ifornia P~.4unicipalities giving res~..me of bills pending in the State Le~•islature. Inasmuc'~i a~s action had already- been taken in connec- tion t~rit'~_ said matters, no further action .gas taken and the com- munic~,tion ~rr~,s ordered filed. A communication ~~~as received from Grace D, PIcLaulin request- ing refund of tax paid on old buildin~~ that .vas removed from Lot 2.31, Try ct 2.551 as same eras moved More July 1, 1938, s~ id amount being x'1.76. There beinFr r~o ob,jection, s~~ d matter .Jas referred to the City; Attorneur to check into the 1~~=ality of making such refunds and if approved same will be included in the ~F~ar-~ants by the Cit~,r Clerk for said amount for arproval of the City Council at their next re~u- lar meeting. At this time C~unci lma:^_ Sny%sr arrived and. too'_~ his seat at the Cotlncil. table. A communication ~rra.s receiTr.ee. from E. ',f. Lei°ris, Fire Chief, stn~ting that Rex I~~orton ~~xrho arras aprcinted to take the place of 'flar- ren Daetwei leg during his leatre of a~ser~ce, resit red, therefore le and Co:nmissicn Snyder sa~r~ fit to apr,oint Pair. Oliver JOnes as Reliefman. Thereupon it was roved b~,j Councilman "?~yer ~;,nd seconded bv. Councilman Christensen that the actions cf ar.r~ointi~ P~Pr. Jones as an emvloyee of t'~:e Fire DeG~~artment be rc.tif ied and the sa.lar~r '~e set"at X120.00 per month. Roll Call: Ayes . Cour oilmen Christer~ser ":.1Ptir~r Snyder and L , U_ke ILroes : None . Absent: Councilman Nation. A communica.tior: was received_ from:, t_.e Cit~r Planr~ir_g Cornmi s- lion reporting cn t'_~eir red ulcer meeting held on '':' ~ 8, 1939, sug~:est- ing that the house nu:nberinL s;-ste:~ be cha~n~•ed as it is confusing and_ does not fall i r line vrit~^_ other exi stingy numbers. There being no objection, said :~zatter was referred to t'~~ Cit~;~ En`~ireer for study. A com~lunic~~tinn 'x'a.s received fro-:: the L.~ A. Co~_~nt-r League of ~~Punicipalities an:~ouncir.T their meeting to be held at Claremont cn PdPay 18, 1939 in the Fratrt- Lnll_, Pomr~na Col-, AMA at East erzd of 7th Strut. T^ie C? `~- vl°rk WaS instrUCte'~. tO make reSei''Vatir'n8 for 7 perSOr~S . A communic~.tien ~~-~.s "c'celj,"'u from Carl L. '~'~'illard., requesting p.°rmiSSl~ri tG er;=C ~, a SiF~'"? at` t~E end 'Jf L:C"?~' -?EaC'_r' ~1'r' '~ ',1^ c.. , ri t h e Teo'^nocrrat emble:r: ar_nouncing d.a`e cf '~~.eir ==1~ee+; n~•e. Thereu~or. it eras moved. '~~~ C^uneilman Christens - ~ ~:.;~ _ ~- Co~lr.eilman 'Iey°r th~.t ~rmissi on be .•r^nted and trot he Cit-~ Cler:~ be instruete:~ tc co;nrnun- ier-.try i,+,'9 t%~ t'ie Other ~iiub~S is^_ Lv21*-O0d ?'ecuesting ~'_`1e^i tO ~'1~._7~ their emrlema On the bracket8 nO!'~' erected On LOn~~ ~e~C~: ~CLl~evctl^d fGr SUCi1 purpose, ar.d th'?t the Cit,~- ti;,ill Cooperate ' -r keep` n~ t'r.e hol.'zers in ='GOd Or;'~r Jr i'lavin~' tir~me palnte:~.. All me:~'~°rc Cf ±?^la vOU.nCll ~~resent ", ± ? e ` ° ~ r y, '~ ° .^. F? r ., ,~ +, ` i J ~ Li 1 ~ c -1 d ~ d i t ~~'~. S S~ O ~»- dnred_ A CO'nmurli^?t~On ~"•c`'C r°Gei~,*eu. f'?'O';I HOV'i;~r'J' Iia`"+'^enVt'ajr, JUC~"P. Of L -n~-~ood Court tc the effect t'r~~t rnanur citations hatTe been =i-rpn ~'or t ^e St0'~ Sl-^'r:al Or' Imper=c`? l Ui.^;"~!4rc^;,`r at ~'' °rn"4'OO:;~ Avg c=~.nd` St? tli t +_ c.. ~g ha.t ~e defendants r~~ve ~^otetited +~,.e loc~~ti~,n t',ereof theref ore r,e 'rlas rlad.e an irvostiJati~;-. `-~reof and finds t' ~t t;~ere is some rea- ~O"' f'^" c'„ic:. protest, SLIT"''°~Sti?7~ that ti;F? StO'? ~e mc'3.~.e more ^v'.ete Ctt~:i1B -r pa~nt_n`m lyres on t~l ~ ,'~•.-a- oppo^i~e the si- ,i ' +~, Vin, to .e •srord 3~~ "Stop" i:'i front o° tree lines, or by some other .m~~ns to bring about the deli,^ed result. There being no objection; said ?natter was re- ferre~?_ to the Police Co~.~missioner and t'~-e Chief of Poli ee, V'~rit'~~ in- struction` from the l~"ayor th~~,t they look into the situation and make such corrections as ~jrill result in the best results for all concerned. A cornmunic~:_tio.-~ uT2s received from Su~^erir.tend_ent of Streets, A. J. Bateman tc the off-ct that in computinm the credits allowable under the refunding proceedir_gs initiated for District TvTo. 11, pay- ment of 4{25.32 ~mao:e ors Lot vo. 6, in Tract ,,:~'o. 5709, v,~as o~r.~rlooked, therefore recommending that tl-~e Council allover a warrant for X25'.32, paya,r~le to Anna Hotzel to adjust said_ matter. Thereupon it etas moved by Councilman Snyder s.nd seconded by Councilman I~~eyer that refund- be made i:~ said matter and that a warrant be drawn cn t'r_e Cit~T Treas- urer for said amount of ~p25.32, payer'?le to Anna Hotzel. Roll Call: Ayes' Gouncilmen Christensen. I.~eyer, Snyder and Lake. '~?oes : None . Absent: Councilman ?~?aticn. The health report v~ras received. There being- n^ ob,jeetion, same was ordered filed. Also an application for employment v~ras received from Barbara L. Ro~•ers for clerical work. There being- no objection, said application vaas ordered filed. UNFITdISHED BUSINESS; ngineer Bateman reported in writing en the bids for drilling water well reporting that the bids vaere all the same, ha~vever, that Roscoe T~,4oss Co. a.nd Barber & Bridge Drilling Corporation no doubt are the best qualified to do the `work on the basis of equipment, personnel and financial responsibility, therefore that either ~xTould insure a first class job, ho5~rever, recom;.lending t'r_at contract be awarded to Roscoe T~J~ass Co., at the price of X2,111.^C. Thereupon it was moved by Councilman 1-Zey~r and seconded bar Councilman Christensen that the bid of Roscoe P.Zoss Co. be accepted and contract let to them as per bid submitted. Roll Call: A~,res : Councilmen Christensen, T:~Zeyer, Snyder andLake. n?oes : Atone . Absen` : Councilman ~Ta.tion. A co-a.municr:_tion vvas received_ from R. A. Tti4offitt, special Gounsel reporting on the matter of request that the Council adopt a resolution rega.rdinp• Alondra Park, L. A. County A. & I. Dist. Pyo. 28, recommending that the Council do not adopt a resolution as suggested as it would use all the money for relief of advaloreum districts and ~aculd not be for the best interests of the County as the bonds vrould be bought ors a par basis. Them being no objection, said communica- tion was ordered filed and no further action was taken thereon. A communication ?uas received from R. A. P~ioffitt reporting an the alle~-~ed error of rea.seescment as affecting Lot 995, Tra et 3025, in refunding the indebtedness of A. ~. I. Dints. Nos. 8 and 25, be- lon^~ing to GeorQ~e Kennedy, to. the effect that there is nothing fur- ther to be done in the matter until ndr. Kennedy makes a proposition, and if reasonable the offer should be accepted. There being no ob- jection, the communication was ordered filed. A communication wa.s received from Chas. A. Ruby, City Attor- ney regard_i ng subdivision kno~~rn as Tract No. 11912 tc the effect that he has checked the matter of racial restrictions and that same calls for Caucasian race only. There being no objection, said com- + r~uni cation was ordered filed. ORDINAi~TCE i~?0. 309, entitled : "AN ORDII~TA~~ICE OF THE CITY OF LY^"HOOD, CALIFORPdIA, REGULATING VEHICULAR TRAFnIC 0'~? THE STREETS, AVEI~TUES, BOULEVARDS, ROADS, AT?D ALLEYS OF SAID CITY; AND REGULATING THE FARKII~iG OF T.~OTOR VEHICLES THF,REOId; AND E~TARLISHING TIME PARKING ZONES; A~^1D PROVIDING FOR DIAGOTdAL PARKIti?G UPON PART OF LONG BEACH BOULEVARD AND PART OF Ir.~iPERIAL HIGHWAY ; AND PROVIDING ~'OR PARALLEL PARKING UPON ALL OTHER STREETS, BOULEVARDS,-AVENUES, ROADS, HIGHWAYS A~1D ALLEYS IN SAID CITY OF LYN`,VOOD; AND REPEALING ORDINANCE N0. 303 AND ALL OTHER ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINAIvT CES IIJCOI~?SISTENT WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE; AND FIXING THE PENAL~'Y FOR VIOLATION HFREOn", alas read for the second time. It was moved by Councilman ?~~Zeyer and seconded bar Councilmen Christensen that said Ordinance be adopted as read. the second. time, finally pass and be published as required. by lavr. Roll Call: Ages: Councilmen Christensen, :IeyQr, Snyder and Lake. Noes: T~?one. Absent: Councilman RTation. ?E`t'~ BUSINESS: A gi~ar.t deed was received signed by John A. Casagranda and ":Zrs. R. Casagranda, covering a portion of Lot 6 of Upston Tract for ~~~ . Strut purposes. T'_~ereupon it U.=as moved b~r Councilman Snyder and seconded byr Councilman Christer~se;-, that s:=_id need be acce?~ted and teat the Cit~r Clerk be instructed to cause same to be. re corded in the of>'ice of trLe Record..r of Loy- AnN eles Ceur.ty. Roll Call ~ V Ages: Councilmen Ghristensen, I:°yer, Snyder and. Lake. Noes : Node . Absent: our.cilman Nation. An A:.reement Waiving Violation. of certain Restrictions as affectin^~ Lots 455 and 456, Tra et 2551, executed 'pis Alfred E. Skelton and Vera I;i. Skelton, was received. There being no ob,~ee- `ion, s~~id matter eras referrea. to tree Building Committee for stud~T nd report his finding at the :mot re~ul~~r meeting of the Council. It v~=a.s ~noveu bar Gouncil-~an Snyder and_ seconded b~T Council- man ~~,eyer that the acticn of Roscoe R. Hess, Speeial Counsel in filing action a_Mainst t}~e Southern California Edison Ccmpany in the matter of pu~~.lic utilit;r franchises ?~•e ratified. Roll Call: Ayes : Councilmen Ghristensen, 1~eyer, Snyder and Lake. Noes: isone. Absent : Councilman. T?anon . Audit report was received from '.V. R. ~`Tri~,ht, Public Accoun- tant submitting report covering the first quarterly period be~~in- ning January 1, 1939 and ending "~areh 31st, 1939. There being no ob,jecoon, same eras ordered file'. •A bond was received From '~he I:~I~.ryland Casualaty Go. eov-~r- ing `~destana '.Vanamaker as Ccurt C'_erk ire the amount of ~1, 000.00. Thereupon it was moved b;y~ Councilman P,ieyer and seconded by Council- man Snyder that said bond be aprroved b~~ the Citr Council. All members of the Council present voting aye., the P:"~=:";nor decl~.red the :neon duly carried and it was so ordered. The Cit~•r Clerk annc~_znced that the insurance ~clicv cover- ing burrnla.r~r of Cittr funds as affect' nv~`I,e Trea^urer's office ex- pires on Jane 5th, 1939, stating th~^ t .Ir. Roberts is the of-giant for the Comp_ any th~.t nctiv carries same . `~ Thereu-^or. it ~.r~as mop.*e~ b?~ Cour_cilr.~!an Meyer and seconded by Councilmen Ghristensen that I~Zr . Fra nIr Ro"~erts be instructec. to re- ~:;rri`e laic. insurance coverin;~ burglary for CitT,r funds. Roll Call: At,res : Councilmen Christen-en, Ie`rer, Snyder and L~.ke . Absent : Gouncilma.n I~':~,tion. V Tract P+~ap of Lots o, 7 ~ nd_ 8, Tr?~ ct 5103, subdivided into Tr:=.ct ido. 10259 ~.~ras received fcr consi'er~.tia~-. of the Ci' Council. Enmi peer Bater_nan reported that 'r~e would reco~~nend~, approval thereof su-o~ject to improvement of street to conform ~~rith his re- quirements, or filing of a bond in the amount of 350.00 or cash in said amount. Thereupon it was moved bT- Councilman I;Ieyer a:r~. seconded by Councilman Snyder that said Tract `?o. 10269 be approves bT;= the City Council sub,jec ~ to S'~reet imprcvement s, or cash or bond deposit, as recommended bar the Engineer, ar~d ~r:=it'_~! `he further ror~dition that t'_~ie Cite Attorney check into the matt,~r of racial restrictions to ascertain t'~at same. contains a ~_^rGVision c~llin-^-.• for reside,~ts of `he cauea.sian race onl~r. Roll Call: Ayes: Co??ncilmen Christensen, I,ieyer, Snyder and Labe. ~ r Noes: None. a A'asent : Councilman. Nation. _ The following demands ^:=ere presented: ~ G~1'ERAL FUP1D: GEP?ERAL r^UND GON'`1'. ~t~r Shop 155.97 Pett~r Gash--~!Treas Office 28.38 Title Insurance & Trust Co. 7~ .00 C. ?:. D~.~ris Ha.rdT=r~_re 4.Q4 Sp=~rkletts Drinking '+ater 5.67 Los Ar~r~eles Stam_r., & Sta. .75 S~~uthern Calif . Gas Co . 11.38 Ff+~~nk SI,a~;~ s 2.00 J. %Q. E. Brov+rn, "~.2. D. 5.00 S. J. Thc?npson 2.00 Lund's Au`e Parts 5.50 I?rs. Clara T.Iiller 2.00 Frank L. Martin 1.50 ."rs . I-? . J . S`roud 2,.00 L~,=n~~-ood Electric Co~~:~rany 3.5'~~~ i:Irs . Aloha '~"lertz 2.00 'a'J~. R. i!Iri~ht 150.00 ~:Irs. Estella Lytton 2.00 "T~.ter De ~~rt:nent ~ ^~ :~ c re ri ,;~ 2 n P ~2.~~ ~ -~~r~ . Flo_ nce `~~J 1 ~ ~.ms ., 0 Southerr_ Calif . Teleiohone Cc 7^.16 I,?rs . H~ti~el Kuprra.ldt 2.00 Southern Ca.iif . Edison Co . 89.76 .w s . Fri .: a .,.. De^ker 2.~?'~ .Stores Int.=entorJ= 118.26 ~.rs . Ch~.rlor- e F. Garner 2.'~0 339 r G ~'I~'ER'~L ~'Ui~TD COi~:'T . '~1ATT'R DEP.4~?Ti:?E,vT: ",.~j.e Fi t z~era 2.00 A . L . v nun~~ • 125.00 J. S. Beckti~~ith x'.00 Adc.reesograph Sales r'~`,ency 1^.43 Zoiser 'w° Zei.. ;r. ' ~0.^^ Pe+~.. C~.sh L'Jater Dept . .~ 14.5 8 Cc. Hudson Lumber ~.''3 Ci t~ Treasurer / -~ n n C ~~,8 Payroll Ac^ount 2, 402 .75 Sou"r_ern C~.lif . Tel . Co . ~ .00 STREET DEPART,TENT : C . H . Davis Hard~tJa.re 2.04 Hudson Lumber ^. 7.^3 E. C. Halverson, P. ~,. 100.00 Pacific Electric Ra.ii~~ray 174.12 General Fund 24.80 Southern Cal.~as Co. .~'0 S. Calif. Edison Co. 35.70 S. Calif. Edison Co. 21.81 Pa?roll Account 454.75 G . H Davis Hardware 5. C7 LIGHTIG FUND G-neral Fund 87.49 Southern Galif. Edison Co. 762..92 Payroll Account 310.00 Duro Test Corporation 1^4.88 y It •.~.s moved bv~ Councilman Snyder and seconded bti* Councilman TvZeyer that the demands be alloared and that v.Tarra.nts be dr~~.~~m on the C1_ts.~ Treasurer for said v arious a mo~_zr~ts . .`t~ l l l; ~^~ 11 Ayes: Councilmen Christensen, ~°y_~r, Snyder ord. Lake. Noes : None . &bsent: Councilmar, d~.tion. Councihrian Snyder brouht up the matter of lighting for the ball park at the tix+oodrow Filson School grounds to the effect that the School authorities have denied service and tr.^.t he believes therefore that the City Council should pay for the lights adequately to take care of the matter. Thereupon it was moved bZ• Councilman Snyder and seconded by Councilman Christensen that the Ci`~,~ Clerk be s.uthorized to sign for the meter for service at the ball park at the ~Noodrow '.Nilson School and that the City pay for the electric enemy necess?.ry to li~~ht the ball diamond thereat. Roll Call.: Ayes: Councilmen Christense, ~?eyer, Snyder and Lake. ~~?oes : None . ' Absent: Councilman Nation. The City- Clerk brou~Mht up the r,~. tter of license feF charmed for t.^e carnival that showed in Lrn~~ood to the effect that it was the understand_in~ that the license fee should be appropriated by the Council to the Lyn~~Tood Tournament of Roses Fund for float at Pasa- dena Tourn:nanet of Roses, stating; that the license fee collected was 396.00. After due consideration of the matter, it was moved by Coun- cilman Snyder .-,nd seconded by Councilman Christensen that the City co~~~tribute X300.00 of said amount to the L~,rn,^rood Tournment of Roses Committee for such purpose and that a warrant be drawn on the City Treasurer for said amount, Roll Call: Ayes: Councilmen Christensen, P~~4eyer, Snyder and Lake. Noes: None. Absent: Gouncilman Nation. It was moved by Councilman Christensen and seconded b~~ Coun- cilman ":ey.-r that the meetin~• -adjourn to June 6, 1939, at 7:30 P. :Y2. All members of t'r~e Council present voting aye, the P,~ayor declared the notion duly carried and it was so ed. ~-.__ :1I 0 THE CITY OF LYN',i'OOD. ATTES _ _ -''~ , l