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Home My Public Portal AboutM 1946-06-25 - CC_____ __ _ ^~8 ADJCURIED ~i±'G_uL:- I.r:ETIr_.u JuNB ~~ 1946 '~''r~e Ci t;Y" Council of the Cit`r of L,ynt~•ood :net in an ad- j0~?rnec r'~-~''~;:1a.r session in t~P !~CUncil Chamber of tie Citti Hall, 11331 P1~-.-~~ Street, Onabove date, at 7:0^, P. F;?. ~._a;;or Lots in t~.= c'~~ail~. Cotancilrr:er. Shroc~, ':~~:'ill.iams, Jensen, t~Vi€~ ins and. T?cty an s~:!~ered t'~_e ro 11 call. It z~:as rr~over'x by Councilman t'~'i?~.in:~, sec-;nded by Cot~ncil- :man ?~~'ill ~a::=s teat the minutes of ti~~' previous reg:rla~r meetir.~~ of Jung 18 be a~,.,proved as v~rritten. All ~.~e-::hers of tl~e City Council voting' aye, the IL~ayor declared the rnotior. d~.~ly carried. - 4~ESOLli'1'ICN N0. 1075, entitled, uA Y~ESOLUTIOI~I OF TriE CI"lY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LV?~'„'CCD, CALaFGNI~IA, Ci;rii~.icII~G tiEr'ORT C~' TH: S1'l~te;l' S~F:_:RIIU'.i:L~DEI``1` Id CC%i~I~ECTIOd ';'~'TTH `l'"riF~,' ABA`1'E~~:N'I' OF DtY Aiv.~ liR1TG `~~`ELDS FCtt r ISCAL Y~'AR 1gaG_n~7 UNDER AC'1' ,197 CF THE Gr,~!ERAL LA';S CF ~''HE Si'A`lE OF CALIFUrt"'.IA, AS A~.~.L.DED", v~~as read. It v4as moved by Gouncil;nan t~~illiams, seconded bs/ Councilman Jensen, that sai::t resolution be adopted.- Ro1~ Cali Ages: Councilrrien rot;,', Jensen, Shrock, ~fi'ie~~~i ns and t"illiaLns. does: None. Thcre!~pon, KES(;L~`iION PdC. 1~f7,^,, entitled, '~RESOLUrI'IGPJ OF iv! r,i<•i~IUi~ EY `lri~ CI`1'Y CC~~T~lGIL CF TI-:E CIT~'_ OF LYi' UCD, CALIFORavIA, DECLART G I'~' TO BE I``S IId''EI~~`I'IOIv TO VACArI`E Ar~u AhA:•.DC'iti I+'UR FLrBLIC r~RrUSE '.i'r=.A'.~' PCNT`IU,~ CF aI'vCri?:SELL DRIVE HrREII~i DESCRIBED," was read. Thy Ci~~';~ .ian~af~er el:plain~d tl.at this ~~:~as a step in the transaction to acouire a strip of lan:'- for road plzr~oses a7_on~; t~.e north Cid.e of i.~.e City Par~~~ from the St. Francis Hospital. It vas moved by Co~i~zcilrnan '"li~~~Iris-, seconded t;y ~"ot~ncilman. S'r_rock, that said resol~-tion be adopted. Ro 11 Ca.11: - Ayes: Co.i:nciL:!en '~oty, Jensen, ahroc«, ?'~'i~,~~ins a.nd Williams. Noes: None. :~ESULUTIGIv ~0. 1977, entitled, "A RESOLU`I'IUN OF "L'HE CI`-1'Y GF LYi~'dOU~~, CALITURI~IIA, ES`1'AtLIBHIG A CHARGE U~ FIF"I'Y (Bp~) CEi'~"1'S FOR ~;AC:~ ,14::~ iv nE I~iADE BY I'r.E CITY '1'H~:ASUr'~EH FOPS FURNISHING rI'HE ;tiAI~:~E OF 'l'H.~~' LEGAL Ot~'~iuEi~ OF'rtCt'ERTY Iii SAI;J CI"i`Y," v!~as read. It vt~as moved. by Co+~ncilman Jensen, seconded by Councilrr:an Shrock, that said resc~li~tion be adopted. F.oll Call: A~~Tes: Co~;.ncilrnen Doty, Jensen, Shrock, ?A'i~~~ir~s and ?Wil Hams, I~~oes: T?one. T~-_e City Clerk presented a quitclaim deed signed by Zella. ?';r. Donald, v°~Iiereby she conveys her interest in and_ to Lot •£3, Bloc?: o, Tract C33^r, to tI-.e City of Lyn~r~ood_; also affil-twit of deat~~ of ,~oi.nt tenant, si`;n.ed by ZeI_la ?'r. Donald; also Quitc]_airl Deed. si:n~ed. by Ethel `~',~. Colesmith and Zella ?'!. Donald; vn~hereby they convey t'~~=ir interest ir_ and to the Southv~?est 40 feet of the Northeast 8Q feet and tz.e Southt~~est 40 feet of Lot 2, Block ~, Tract 9337, to the ~~i'~r of L?nv,'ood. It vvas moved. by Councilman Sl^?^oc?~, seconded '--_ CouncilT~:an Jense*~, that tI^e above named instruments ~K~e accepted ~-~nd trat the C,it-,° Clerl~~ be directed. to cause same to be recorded in the Cffica cf the Recorder cf Los Angeles Coi?nty. Rol ]_ Cal 1: Aires: Cotzncillren Doty, Jensen, Shrock, ':~ti~iggins and "Williams. foes; none. T'Y:te hour of 7:3C F. ^~ having: arrived, said. h.oi.ir being the time firmed ~"or receiv nM any an:' all. bids for purchase of a 192 Chevrolet sleet.aster Club Coupe as advertised by the City in the Lynwood. Press. r"'~e City Clerlt stated trat he had received 11 bids and explainFC_ t'r=~.t tLroi~g~r: an error in arr°ivin~?~ at the ceiling price some of t'~e bids received !sere for said ceili.n~% price advertised in error ;'`94.00. Act~~ally, tre ceiling; price should have been X945.00. ~ryhe I:~?ayor declared that that price be the hig'r~est th.e City vrt~ot;1~_ be able to accept. Zt eras also r~ointed out that there ~~~ is a spot light as an accessory to the car valued at ~'lO.OG, so the masimL?~n ~~rice ~~rhicri eo~.~ld be accepted; v~~uld be X945.00 for the car plus ~61G.00 for the spot light attached thereto. The following written bids were submitted 2nd, numbered: 5 Mrs. Melva L. Goble 6 F. C . Go bl e 7 Tulr. Carlo Sorensen 8 P,~rs. Kathleen M.. Sorensen 9 Mr. Paul ~"y~ait, 5858 ,Arlington, Los Angeles 10 Rnr. Lavarence PJfanuel, 11538 Lewis Street, Lynvaood ll W. E. Sali ng, 3601 Lynu~ood. Road, Lynwood 12 D. ~~~. Goodin, 12607 Oalc Street, Lynwood 13 V. Hugo Limber, 3119 Los Flores Blvd., Lynwood. ~ l4 M. E. Smith, 10749 Long; Beach Blvd., Lynvrood 15 Frank R. Limber < ', The Mayor inquired if there were any oral bids. The following persons submitted bids for the car i,n the amount of ~~945.00, plus X10.00 for spot light, plus sales tax: 1 R. D. Roberts, 11016 Hulme 2 Ralph Bogg~ s, 6313 .Albany, Huntington Park 3 Albert H. Rankin, 3031 Flot~~er Street 4 Gladys Jennison, 11016 HLrlme St. , Lynwood Councilman ~ri~;•~;ins suggested that all bids be numbered, including the oral bids as they were taken by the Clerk, and eorres- pordir~~; n~~mbered slips be made and placed in a hat, the number drawn being the vrinning bid. Such was done. T•,ir. Palmer Abbott, manager of the Edison Company office, drew the nLZmber, that being number 6. Investigation showed bid num- bered 6 tc be that of, F. C. Goble. Thereupon, the car ~*}as ordered sold to ~'. C. Goble for cip945.00 plus X10.00 for the spot light, plus state sales tax. _ The City Clerk presented a payroll demand that had been in- advertently left off the last list through error. Said demand 'oeing for wages for Robert Reynolds of the Police Department, it was riloved by Councilman Williams, seconded by Councilman Jensen, that the demand be allowed and vaarrant be drawn on the City Treasurer for same. Ro 11 Ca 11: • Ayes: CoLancilmen '1oty, Jensen., ShrocT~, Wiggins and i~rilliams. Noes: None. The proposed 1946-1947 budget v.~as presented for disc2zssion. The Ma,~ror inquired if there was anyone in the audience who ~^?ished any clarif~.cation, ~':rhereupon, r~~r. Bush addressed the Council, stating that he represented and was apeaking fora group of citizens located nortri of Century in the City of Lynwood and he had several qL?estions he vrished. answered. First, how does the City Plan on collecting• ~°arbage service fees? The P~ayor informed him that it viotald be collected through the ?.Water Department ina srriach ~ s they are set up for such a collection t~~ith <~ minimum of additional exr~ense. r7r. Bush then asked hC~tn! the City would collect from those outside the City ?rater district, yet are in the City of Lynarood. `~ The City I~~tanager informed hir.~ that they would. be collected from ~by separate bills. Mr. Bush commented that v~;oLZld be-all right but vahy ti:~eren't these people billed separately for their Park Fund charge as is collected noi~r via the v~rater department, he being of the impression there are some 400 homes no~fi~ being serviced by Lyn~~:~ood ~Jater Department. The Mayor inquired of Chief Daetweiler if there are th~..t many homes not serviced by the Lynv~ood Water Department. Chief Dae'UVTeiler said. that the section kno~~m as Belle Vernon Acres is the onl,v section not ser.vec~. by the Lynwood. Water Department, and that it ~Kloulc~ only represent- `?00 homes at the most. The r~~ayor thanked Iu2r. Bush for bringing up the point that there are some people not paying their share of Lynwood's Park and that it would be corrected. ~~~Ir. Bush f~.zrther asked if the Mr. Skelton that was appointed to thn Planning Commission at the last meeting of the Counci_1 was the same S?ielton v~ho was instrL:mental in the Century Boulevard develop- ment arzd that if he was it u~as a question in their minds as to the advisability of such an appointment. The P.rayor informed hi:l t'r~at Century Boulevard development vsLPS before his time in Lynwood. and that ~~~~ he didn't 1-no~~:~ if it was or was not the sane one b~~t in any event we are all sur~je~ct to mistalres. ~~Rr. Bush ap~reed that he, too, has made m~ista~-es. i."r. G. D. Shaw inai.~ired, if this income as ?proposed would 'Ne sufficient to balance the 'audget ~~tho.ut a raise in taxes. Tiie P,layor infr,rriec? him teat p.ropert.y taxes Zhrill_ not be raised. I~Ir. Shaw then inquired as to the 5 per cent motel tax ~^~at U%a.s mer~'~ioned in the net~•%spa~pers as being considered.- I'he P~Zayor .said. that tl~vre could be no d_efmite state~~ent as to ~~~hetl~er the Ci-ty ta~euld or ti^~oz;.ld not rea~~ire additional revenue at some fut~~re date .and. that several other mea.r~s are bein~,• considered. z;'~iiereupon City Pw~anager Shannon. presented .Resolution l~?o. 19'7 i, entitled ~ RESvLUTION OF `l~tE CITY COCST~ICIL OF' THE CI`i'Y OF LYTub"~CGD AF'~'~ OVIi~is "i~'hr~ lg~=o-a~ i~UDGE'1 Or THE r:STIi~1~.A2TES OF REVEI~'t;ES AT~~~i EX~=~E~iDITUREa rGR VARIUu ~ FLPDS, ~' It ~~~as moved by Couneilma,n Shrce , Le-,c-nded by Councilman Jensen, that said resolution be adopted. Hcl~ Ca11: Aye s: Councilr:ien Dour, Jensen, Shrock,. !"li~~~Y•ir.s and '~'•'illi~ms. Noes: 1"one. ~~`;1~.ereux~on di-scu ssicn ensued a s to the advisability of closing; t1Le City Ha11 on Saturdays. It wa.s pointed out that practically all means of livlihood are based upon a forty hour week ~Uith cvertime for all hours. in excess of forty and that closin~• on Satt~.rdays ~Kaoul eon;°orrn ti~aith national policy inasmtzcll as the City-- does not pa.v overtime. It ~r?as further su~~tested tr:at possibly a skeleton crew on Saturday mornin~• t7dotal~?_ be advisable but the discussion brought out that the ens:.ain~ c~>nfusion wa~~ld be a ~;re~.,ter inconvenience -to the r,~~zblic t'ran a positive policy of beir.~; closed. It ~:~as also mentioned tlia_t tre City of South Gate has realized no difficulties throz?~•h their policy of closin; on Satt;r;~ays. It ~~:~a_s moved by Councilr,:an Jensen, seeor_ded by Co~~~nci~_- _rnan !`iilliaris th a_t effective July 1, I94C, tl,e City Hall be closed ali &ay Sa, 4~7?rday. Ro 11 Ca 1 1: 1~yes: Col~ncilmen Dot;,, Jensen., Shrock, ?`~'igfi°ins and t%villiarns. iuoes: Pone. I i, t;~ s moved by Councili,ian Shrocl~, seconded by Coiancil- man '."'ig•<;ins, that the meeting be adjourned to July 2, -1946 at '7:C~U P. T~~. A?_7_ inernbers of the City Council votin.~~ aye, the Mayor declared the ono Lion duly carried. ER , C 0 LY 00 Approved Jz/~l,y 2, 1946. • _ ~ 1 . ~l . .~;AYOR OF THE CI OF LYNti~00D