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HomeMy Public PortalAboutM 1967-10-03 - CCt~ REGULAR MEETING OCTOBER 3, 1967 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 Byork in the chair. Councilmen Byork, Green, Siokos, Smith, Stevens answered the roll call. ""~" It was moved by Councilman Smith, seconded by Councilman Green, and carried, that the minutes of the regular meeting of September 19, 1967, and the adjourned regular meeting of September 28, 1967, be approved as written. RESOLUTION NO. 67-64 entitled: "RESOLUTION COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LYNWOC~~ ALLOWING AND THE DEMANDS PRESENTED AND ORDERING WARRANTS was presented. It was moved by Councilman by Councilman Stevens, that said resolution Roll Call: OF THE CITY APPROVING DRAWN THEREFOR." Siokos, seconded be adopted. Res. 67-6~ Demands Ayes: Councilmen Byork, Green, Siokos, Smith, Stevens. Noes: None. Absent: None. The Mayor presented a certificate of appreciation for community service to past chairman of the Parking Commission, Herbert Levendusky. Mayor Byork presented service pins to the following city City Servic employees: Earl Yolton, Clarence r~enderson, Raul Ramirez, pins Lawrence Williams, Gerald O'Rourke, Raymond Hattabaugh. presented Those eligible for pins but not present to receive them were: James Burns, Joseph Duarte, Robert Goodale, Kenneth Yapp, and William Bean. Mr. Norman Wasserman presented the Chamber of Commerce proposal to have a children's zoo and elephant and camel rides in connection with their Fall Festival, and requested Council approval of the zoo and animal rides. He said they plan to have the small animals in an 80 foot tent where they will remain all night with the elephant and camel to be outside and to be placed in trailers and removed at night. He stated that the Chamber has a tentative agreement with the Jean Holder zoo and the manager of this particular part of this zoo would be on the grounds at all times and the grounds. would be cared for in any way prescribed and the inside and outside of the tent would be kept clean. Councilman Stevens asked Mr. Wasserman if he had had any reports of problems with this zoo from any other community, and Mr. Wasserman replied that he was not aware of any problems and that this show has operated primarily in shopping centers. The possibility of permanent damage to the grass in the area of the animal tent was discussed and the City Manager suggested that it be provided through amendment of the agreement that hay or sawdust be changed at least three times each day in order to avoid permanent grass damage. Councilman Stevens stated that after observing the animal area at the fair he did not believe it would be necessary to change all of the animal bedding material three times each day. Presentatio by C of C o Fall Festiv plans and animal zoo Councilman Siokos said he felt the responsibility of keeping the area clean was the Chamber's and the zoo operator's and ~~ whatever is necessary should be done. It was moved by Councilman Siokos, seconded by Councilman Stevens, that the Fall Festival agreement be amended to approve the Chamber proposal provided adequate methods of cleaning the animal area are taken. All members voting aye, the Mayor declared the motion carried. Mayor Byork read a proclamation naming the week of October 22 to 28, 1967, as "Vocational Guidance Week." Salute to At the request of the Lynwood Jaycees Mayor Byork proclaimed City & Co, the week of October 8 to 14 as "Salute to City and County Govern. Oct Government Week" and presented a resolution to that effect. 8 to 14 Among the Jaycees plans for observation of the week, will be an open house at the City Hall on Friday, October 13, 1967 It was moved by Councilman Smith, seconded by Councilman Siokos, and carried, that said resolution be adopted. ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS Ord. 835 ORDINANCE N0. 835 entitled: "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF Cigarette LYNWOOD ADDING ARTICLE III TO CHAPTER 29 OF THE LYNWOOD tax money CITY CODE." was presented for second reading. It was moved by Councilman Smith, seconded by Councilman Green, and carried, that further reading be waived. It was moved by Councilman Green, seconded by Councilman Stevens, that said ordinance be adopted as read for the second time, finally passed and be published as required by law . Roll Call: Ayes: Councilmen Byork, Green, Siokos, Smith, Stevens. Noes: None. Absent: None. Res. 67-65 RESOLUTION N0. 67-65 entitled: "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY Approving COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD APPROVING ASSESSMENT DIAGRAM diagram of IN THE MATTER OF THEIMPROVEMENT OF JOSEPHINE AVENUE ET AL Josephine BY THE CONSTRUCTION OF CONCRETE CURB AND GUTTER AND DRIVE- 1911 Act WAY APPROACHES TOGETHER WITH ALL INCIDENTAL AND APPURTENANT WORK." was presented. It was moved by Councilman Smith, seconded by Councilman Green, that said resolution be adopted. Roll Call: Ayes: Councilmen Byork, Green, Siokos, Smith, Stevens. Noes: None. Absent: None. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS Division of A letter from the Division of Highways was presented which Hwys. re stated that the California Highways Commission passed a Century resolution declaring its intention to consider adoption freeway of the freeway, the 8.9 mile portion of State Highway route Route 42 between Central Avenue in Los Angeles to Route 605 in Norwalk. The letter was accompanied by a copy of the resolution, the freeway map, and the State Highway Engineer's recommendation memorandum of September 12th. The recommended route conforms to the "green-orange" line in the memorandum's accompanying "Report of Route Studies" (southerly route). The letter stated that if the City Council feels that additional information is now available which might be helpful to the commission in the final route selection, it would be proper to submit such information at this time, and if the Council feels that a public hearing by the Commission is required to inform c~ the commission as to local interest, the commission will schedule such a hearing on request of the City Council. The author of the letter T. R. Lammers, Deputy Engineer asked that the commission be informed if the Council feels it is unnecessary to have a public hearing and that if further explanation of the project would be helpful to please advise him and a representative of the Division of Highways would attend the next regular Council meeting. A letter from the City of South Gate was also presented concerning the freeway location. The letter was accompanied by resolution adopted by the City Council of-the City of South Gate on September 25th, 1967, supporting the recommended "green-orange" route. Discussion Century freeway route The City Manager's report on the Century freeway location, shown as item number 7 under Reports and Requests was presented at this time. In his report the City Manager stated that the State Highway Engineer has supported the City of Lynwood's position that the green-orange route would be least disruptive to the City in .all respects, i.e. it will have the least affect on the City's tax base, its established neighborhoods, school district, roadways, and traffic pattern. Although this route is opposed by the City of Compton, the Highway Engineer feels that the minor loss in property to that community will be compensated for by increased sales revenue from the Sears shopping center. The City of Norwalk has also opposed the orange-green route, however, it has been successf>>1 in assuring that the Century freeway will go no further than the San Gabriel River freeway, thus barely entering the Norwalk area before terminating. The report stated that it would now be appropriate to support the State Highway Engineer's decision by resolution, and it was the Manager's recommendation that the following resolution be adopted: RESOLUTION N0. 67-66 entitled: "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF Res. 67=66 LYNWOOD SUPPORTING THE RECOMMENDATION.QF THE DIVISION OF Supporting HIGHWAYS FOR THE ROUTE 42 FREEWAY AND .URGING THE CALIFORNIA Century HIGHWAY COMMISSION TO ADOPT SAID RECOMMENDATION IDENTIFIED freeway AS THE GREEN.-ORANGE ROUTE.." was presented. route After a brief discussion of the freeway location, it was moved by Councilman Smith, s~econded,by Councilman Green, that the City Council concur in the recommendations of the City Manager and adopt the resolution supporting the recommendation of the Division of Highways for the Route 42 freeway .and urging. the California Highway... Commission to adopt said recommended Green-orange route. Roll Call: Ayes: Councilmen Byork, Green, Siokos, Smith, Stevens. Noes: None. Absent: None. It was moved by Councilman Siokos, seconded by Councilman' Smith, and carried, that a letter be sent to the local school district requesting their support of the green-orange route for the,Century freeway recommended by the State Highway Engineer: REPORTS AND REQUESTS A request was presented from St. _Jude, Children's Research Hospital for permission to conduct their annual fund drive on Saturday and Sunday, December 9 and 10, 1967.. St. Jude'$ fund drive Dec. 9 & 10 c~ It was moved by Councilman Siokos, seconded. by Councilman Stevens, and carried, that the request be granted. L.A. Co. A request from the Los Angeles County Heart Association Heart Assoc. was presented. The association asks permission to fund Drive conduct their annual fund raising campaign in February Feb. 1868 1968. It was moved by Councilman Stevens, seconded by Councilman Siokos, and carried, that permission be granted. Girl Scout A request from the Greater Long Beach Girl Scout Council activities was presented asking permission to conduct the following approved activities: Calendar sale, November 17 to 30, 1967; cookie sale advance order taking, February g to 19, 1968; delivering of cookies and sales in booths, March 15 to 28, 1968. It was moved by Councilman Green, seconded by Councilman Stevens, and carried, that permission be granted. E.R.A. to The City Manager presented a report concerning the review begin Phase of Phase I of the economic analysis progress report with II of survey Dr. Tom Ashley at the adjourned regular Council meeting of September 28. He stated that it is now necessary for the Council to either conclude the entire analysis or proceed with Phase II which will be concerned primarily with the application of the data collected in Phase I toward future land use demand and future development plans for both the core area and the entire city. The report stated that while the terms of the agreement Economic Research Associates do not require that formal action be taken to proceed, he felt it necessary to indicate approval or disapproval of Phase I by taking action on Phase II. The Manager recommended that the City Council authorize Economic Research Associates to continue with its economic analysis of the City of Lynwood, It was moved by Councilman Siokos, seconded by Councilman Smith, that the City Council authorize Economic Research Associates to proceed with Phase II of the economic survey. Roll Call: Ayes: Councilmen Byork, Green, Siokos, Smith, Stevens. Noes: None. Absent: None. Adoption of The City Manager reported that an official City Seal, City Seal .other than the corporate seal, has never been adopted, held over and that recently a list of unique characteristics of the city were compiled and submitted to a professional designer. He presented for the Council's consideration a design submitted at no cost which consists of an eight-pointed star surrounding a gold circle in which the name of the City is inscribed. Within the°gold circle is a light blue circle depicting family, church, recreation, medicine, manufacturing and engineering. His only suggestion for change was to substitute a school symbol for the engineering symbol. The Manager suggested that the Council consider the adoption of an official seal for the City after they have had an '~"' opportunity to study the proposed design. At the suggestion of Councilman Smith, the matter was 'held over to the next regular meeting in order that the school district can be contacted as to what they might wish to have as a symbol on the proposed seal. z ~~ The Manager presented a: report on the complaint received at the last regular meeting from a resident at 12212 Alpine Avenue complaining of on-street parking congestion. Investigation indicated that parking is allowed on the east side of the street with parking prohibited on the west side. The street is 24 feet wide with a vacant lot immediately across the street from the complainant's property. The only problem that the Engineer could 'find was the possibility of cars parking on the east side of the street crowding the driveway into the complainant's property. Parking on the west side would create no more problem for the resident than is found on any of the City's 24 foot streets. To alleviate any problem that might exist, it could be suggested that the complainant's driveway approach be widened. Another alternative would be to paint the curb red adjacent to the approach, but it has not been the City's policy to provide this type of individual streef: marking in residential areas. The Manager stated that if the Council wishes he would contact the owner and suggest that consideration be given to widening the driveway approach. It was moved by Councilman Siokos, seconded by Councilman Stevens, and carried, that the City Manager contact the complainant and suggest widening of the driveway approach. The City Manager reported that at its last regular meeting, the Personnel Board reviewed the elimination of the classifications of Recreation Secretary, Police Secretary, Cashier, and Deputy City Clerk. The positions of Recreation Secretary and Police Secretary can be filled by the use of Steno-Clerk and classifications of Cashier and Deputy City Clerk have never been used although they were established when the classification plan was adopted several years ago. The City's contract with Cooperative Personnel Service is based on a flat charge per classifi- cation and elimination of these titles will reduce the cost of the City's service. Based on the findings of the Personnel Board, the Manager recommended that the City Council eliminate the above classifications by the adoption of the following resolution: RESOLUTION N0. 67-67 entitled: "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD AMENDING THE PERSONNEL CLASSIFICATION PLAN BY ELIMINATING CERTAIN SELECTED CLASSIFICATIONS." The City Council was informed that certain positions such as Planning Commission minute clerk, Recreation commission minute clerk, Personnel Board minute clerk and Deputy City Clerk are added duties performed by existing personnel and are not classified positions. It was moved by Councilman Green, seconded by Councilman Smith, that said resolution be adopted. Roll Call: Ayes: Councilmen Byork, Green, Siokos, Smith, Stevens. Noes: None. Absent: None. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS Councilman Green commented on two old service stations which are being replaced by new structures and the resulting improvement in appearance of the City. Councilman Stevens commented on the rapid response to an emergency call resulting from illness of a member of his Report on parking complaint c Alpine Ave. Report on elimination of certain classifica- tions Res. 67-67 Eliminating certain classifica- tions E+ family and expressed his appreciation to the personnel who responded. Discussion The Century freeway alignment was discussed briefly and the re Century City Manager urged property owners not to be frightened freeway into selling at a low price as the State is fair in its alignment appr aisals and further that property values may increase when close to the freeway. Councilman Siokos expressed the hope that the freeway might be added to the Federal Highway System and that the City's legislative representatives might be encouraged to back the Federal money project. Mayor Byork said he would like to see the homes removed as soon as they are purchased by the State and the City Manager stated that Assemblyman Porter would be willing to present such a bill when the property is purchased. ADJOURN It was moved by Councilman Siokos, seconded by Councilman Stevens, and carried, that the meeting be adjourned. ,-'~ ity Clerk, City 6f Lynwoo APPROVED NOVEMBER 7, 1967