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HomeMy Public PortalAboutM 1961-01-17 - CC REGULAR MEETING JANUARY 17,..1961 The City Council of the City of Lynwood met in a regular session in the City Hall, 11330 Bullis Road, on above date at 7:30 p.m. .Mayor Finch in the chair. Councilmen Duncan, English, Finch, Pender and Rowe answered the roll call. It was moved by Councilman Pender, seconded by Councilman English, that the minutes of the regular meeting of ~'"~ January 3, 1961, be approved as written. All members voting aye, the Mayor declared the motion duly carried. RESOLUTION N0. 61-2 entitled: "RESOLUTION OF THE CITY Res. 61-2 COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD ALLOWING AND APPROVING Demands THE DEMANDS PRESENTED AND ORDERING WARRANTS DRAWN THERE- FOR," was presented. It was moved by Councilman English, seconded by Councilman Rowe, that said resolution be adopted. Roll Call: Ayes: Councilmen Duncan, English, Finch, Pender and Rowe. Noes: None. Absent: None. ORDINANCE N0. 713 entitled: "AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE Ord. 713 LOCATION AND HEIGHT OF FENCES AND PRESCRIBING THE STAN- Fences - heig DARD OF CONSTRUCTION THEREOF," was presented for the second and location tune. It was moved by Councilman English, seconded by Councilman Duncan, that further reading be waived. All members voting aye, the Mayor declared the motion duly carried. It was moved by Councilman English, seconded by Council- man Rowe, th~'t said ordinance be adopted as read for the second time, finally pass and be published as required by law. Roll Call: Ayes: Councilmen Duncan, English, Finch, Pender and Rowe. Noes: None. Absent: None. An ordinance entitled: "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF Ordinance LYNWOOD CREATING 'AND ESTABLISHING FIRE ZONES FOR SAID creating fire CITY." was read for the first time. It was moved by zones Councilman Pender, seconded by Councilman Duncan, that presented. further reeding be waived. All members voting afire, the Mayor declared the motion duly carried. It was moved by Councilman Pender, seconded by Councilman Rowe, that said ordinance be accepted as read for the first time and pass to the second reading. Roll Call: Ayes; Councilmen Duncan, English, Finch, Pender and Rowe. Noes: None. Absent: None. The Manager reported that with the acquisition of the Flat rate watE Central Gardens Water Company, which is predominantly un- service outsic metered, it would be impossible to install meters before city limits. the City commences operation of the system. He recommen- ded that Ordinance No. 616 be amended to allow flat rate service outside the corporate limits of the City until completion of meter installations in the area. It was moved by Counciman Pender, seconded b'~ Ma~br Finch, that the Council concur in the recommen~r-t~on?~ of t~Yie City Manager. All members voting aye, the Mayor declared the motion duly carried. `~ ~-~ ~- m~_ Flat rate Whereupon, an ordinance entitled: 11AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY water ser- OF LYNWOOD, CALIFORNIA REPEALINCa THE LAST PARAGRAPH OF vice - SECTION 5 OF ORDINANCE N0. 616 OF SAID CITY,'" was presented. ordinance It was moved by Councilman English, seconded by Mayor Finch, presented. that further reading be waived. All members voting aye, the Mayor declared the motion duly carried. It was moved by Councilman Er,.glish, seconded by Councilman Pender, that said ordinance be acoen_ted as read for the first time and pass to the second reading. Roll Call: Ayes: Councilmen. Duncan, English, Finch, Penner and Rowe. Pdoes : None . Absenr,: None. Res . 61-3 RESOLUTION N0. 61-3 entitled "A RESOLUTIONd OF THE CT'I'Y OF destruction LYNWOOD AUTHORIZLi~TG THE DESTRUCTION OF CERTAIN WATER DEPART- of records MENT LEDGER ACCOUNT RECORDS AS PER SECTION 34090 OF THE CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT CODE." was presented. It was moved by Councilman Pender, seconded by Councilman Duncan, that said resolution be adopted. Roll Call: Ayes: Councilmen Duncan, English, Finch, Pender and Rowe. Noes: None. Abs:~nt: None. City of Hope The Clerk presented a communication frorri the City of Hope fund raising wherein they requested permission to conduct a fund raising approved, campaign an the City of Lynwood on "Hope Sunday11 - June 4, 1961. It was moved by Councilman Pender, seconded by Council- man Duncan, that said permission be granted. All members voting aye, the Mayor declared the motion duly carried, ~:., Girl Scout The Clerk presented a communication from the Aliso Grande Cookie sale Girl. Scout Council whe~~ein they requested permission to approved, conduct a cookie sale from February 17 through March 4. It "'"' was moved by Councilman Duncan, seconded by Councilman Pender, that said. permission be granted. All members voting aye, the Mayor declared the motion duly carried. Charitable The Clerk presented applicatiorrsfrom the following charitable organiza- organizations requesting exemption from the license fees to tions - solicit and collect salvage material within the city. The exempt Clerk, as License Collector, recommended the granting of said licenses exempt licenses. granted. The Volunteers of America Deseret Industries Community Thrift Shop The Rescue Army The Salvation Army St. Vincent de Paul Society Goodwill Industries of Southern California The Gospel Army, Inc . It was moved by Councilman English, seconded by Councilman Rowe, that the Council concur in the recommendations of the License Collector in granting said licenses Roll Call: Ayes: Councilmen Duncan, English, Finch, Pender and Rowe. Noes: None. Absent: None. Rhoads Baby The Clerk presented an application from Rhoads Baby Shop, shop-close- 11420 Long Beach Boulevard, far a special permit to conduct out sale a going-out-of-business sale. The Clerk, as License approved. Collector, stated that the applicant has paid the prescribed fee and submitted an inventory, as required by the ordinance, and recommended granting said special permit for a period of 60 days, . "' r~'v It was moved by Councilman English, seconded by Councilman Rowe, that the Counci_1 concur in the recommendations of the License Collector in granting said special permit. All members voting aye, the Mayor declared the motion duly carried. The Clerk presented Planning Com~ission Resolution No. 243 which confirmed and approved a variance to permit the construction of a single-story building of approximatel~r_ 6,650 square feet on Lots 28 and 29, Block ~, Tract No. 5418, as per plot plan on file, to be used for the manu- facture of Fiberglas products and warehousing of Fiberglas ~' products, subject to the following conditions: 1. That ownership of Lots 11, 28 and 29, Block 9, Tract No. 5418 be acquired by the applicant. 2. That Lot 11, Block 9, Tract No. 5418 be reserved for off-street parking and improved in accordance with Section 12.02 of Ordinance No. 570. 3. That the north, east and south walls of said building be of concrete block construction. Following discussion by the Council on maintaining parking areas as a buffer between manufacturing and residential uses and on the encroachment of manufacturing on resi- dential areas,it was moved by Councilman Pender, seconded by Mayor Finch, that the Council disapprove the Planning Commissz.on~s action as outlined in its Resolution No. 243 and deny the request for the variance. Roll Call: Ayes: Councilmen Duncan, English, Finch, Pender, Rowe, Noes: None. Absent: None. P,C.Res.243 American Body Works variance denied . The Clerk presented the application of Albert G. Dauray """ Dauray home " for a special permit to conduct an advertising and com- occupation mercial art service within his home at 3562 Sanborn permit grantee Avenue. The Clerk stated that the necessary cards had been mailed and that one person objected because of inadequate off-street parking. The applicant was present and stated his reasons for desiring said home occupation special permit. It was moved by Mayor Finch, seconded by Councilman Pender, that said special permit be granted, Roll Call: Ayes: Councilman Finch, Pender and Rowe. Noes: Councilmen Duncan and English. Absent: None. The Clerk presented a report from the City Engineer on Fernwood Ave the bids received for the improvement of the south road- . improvement - way of Fernwood Avenue from State Street to Bullis Road contract to wherein he recommended that the contract be awarded to Warren the low bidder, Warren Southwest, Inc., at the bid price of $lg, 560.50 . Southwest,Inc. Whereupon, it was moved by Mayon Finch, seconded by Councilman Rowe, that the Council concur in the recom- mendations of the Engineer in awarding said contract, and authorize the Mayor and Clerk to execute the agreement on behalf of the City of Lynwood. Roll Call: Ayes: Councilmen Duncan, English, Finch, Pender and Rowe. Noes: None. Absent: None. The Manager presented for the Councilts consideration Community, Change Order No. 3 for the Community Services Building, Services Bldg. which provides for the complete installation of kitchen Change Order#3 v equipment at an extra cost of $31,762.68. There followed considerable discus~iori between members of the Council, the arch:i.tect and the Recreation Director r°egarding adding the kitchen equipment back to the contract after originally deleting it at the t:ir~e of awarding said contract, It was moved by Mayor Finch, seconded by Councilr;~an Pender, that action on said Change Order be held over ~..~ntil the next regular :meeting, and that t;he Manager be insti:ucted t:o furnish the Council with. an itemized ~>reakdown. of equipment and cost of equipment originally specified and of equipment specified in Change Order No. 3. All members voting aye, the Mayor declared the motion du1.y carried, H.S,Rutter The Manager presented a comrrlunication :from H. S. Rutter, Water leave of Superintendent, requesting a th:r:em~hTeek leave of absence from absence .March 20 through A}~ril 7, 1961. Thy- P~anag~er recommended granted. granting said leave of absence, without -pay. Whereupon, it was moved by Councilman Pender, seconded by Councilman Duncan, that the Council concur in the recomr~.endations of the Manager in granting said leave of absence. A11. members voting aye, the Mayor declared the motion duly carried. David The Manager atatcd that the Per;_onnel Commission has certified MacAr•thu.r the resalts of the City Engineer examination and he recommended appointed that the Cii;y Coon,,^il, acting jointly with the Manager as the City appointing authority, approve the probationary appointment Engineer, of David MacArthur as City Engineer, Where~zpon, it was moved by Coti~ncilman English, seconded by Co'u.ncilrnan Pender, that thti.~ Co'u.n.c:11 appoint David MacArthur ~_~ty Engineer, probationary, effective January 18, 1961, at Ste~~ 2 in Salary Schedule No. 26. Roil. Call: Ayes: Councilmen Duncan, English, Finch, Pender and Rowe. Noes: None. Absent: None. The Mayor called a 5-minute recess. Following the recess the Mayor again called the meeting to order. Taylor T. The Mayor, pursuant to the provisions of Ordinance No. 410, Jackman appointed Taylor T. Jackman as a member of the City Planning appointed to Cornm:ission to rill the unexpired term left by the resignation Planning of Fred E. Yerger. Commission. Whereupon, it was moved by Councilman English, seconded by Councilrrian Pender, that the Council concur in said appoint- ment. All members voting aye, the Mayor declared the motion duly carried, Traffic The Manager presented for the Councilts consideration the Signals reports from the City Engineer which were held over from the last approved - meet-ing wherein he recommended the: installation of traffic L.$. & signals on Imperial Highway at Jackson A ~nueand on Lang Sani~or.n, F3each Boulevard at Sanborn Avenue. Imp er°ial ~; Jackson. TY~e Engineer explained the purposes of installing said traffic signals at these specific iocat;ions. Af-ter discussion, it was moved by Councilman English, seconded by Councilman. Duncan, that the Council concur in the recom- mendations of" tYie City Engineer in the installation of said traffic signals from State Gasoline Tax funds . Roll. Call: Ayes: Councilmen Duncan, English, Finch, Pender and Rowe. Noes: None. Absent: None. !.mob 1~ 1 `,~~) V .{ 3~~ Tha Mayor inquired if there were: any oral cozru~u.nications . Mr. K. F. Thompson, 2652 10$th Street, addressed the K. F. Council and expressed his appre~ciatior~ to ~h~ manager and Thompson o re Engineer .for atterrrpting to alleviate the surface drainage surface conditions in the area of Century and Lorraine, drainage, The Mayor requested the City Attorney to prepare for the Private play- Co~ancil~s consideration an ord:~rdance regulating the use grounds. of private playgrounds. The Mayor read a communication from Anthony ~ Langford, Community Arc}i.ite~t~, wherein they submitted alternate proposals for Services Bldg beaut:ifv_1ng the entrance area to the Com~~~.unity Services beautificatio bu.iT~'z'rig, as requested by the Ce°anc~_1 at the Last regular proposal. meeting, approved. Mr. Anthony e~~plained the various proposals and stated that the original proposal of sculptured fish would best ~t the pool and provide proper atmosphere f°or the build- ir~g After diw~cussion, it was rr~oved by Mayor Finch, seconded by Councilman Pender, that the Council approve the design proposal as submitted by John Eo Swenson, t,f sculptu.red brc~ze and ceramic fish in the pool area outside the entrance, at a cost of $5,200v00, and that the City Attorney be directed to prepare the necessary agreement and authorize the Mayor and Clez'k to execute said agree- rnenf- on behalf of the City. Roll Calle Ayese Councilmen Duncan, Finch, Pender and Rowe. ~a`oes: Councilman English, A~sent~o :`3onee ~"'"-, ~t was moved by Councilman Pender, seconded by Councilman Rowe, that the meeting be adjourned. All members voting aye, the Mayor declared the motion duly carried, Z y er., l y o Lynwoo APPROVED FEBRUARY '7, 1961 -.ayor o t e Z y o Lynwoo x