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Home My Public Portal AboutM 1970-02-17 - CCc~ ( 7 REGULAR MEETING FEBRUARY 17, 1970 The City Council of the City of Lynwood met in a regular session in the City Hall, 11330 Bu11is Road, on above date at 7:3U p.m. Mayor Stevens in the chair. Councilmen Byork, Green, Liewer, Siokos, Stevens answered the ro1.1 call. It was moved by Councilman Siokos, seconded by Councilman r-~• Green, and carried, that the minutes of the regular meeting of February 3 and the minutes of the adjourned regular meeting of February 17, 1970, be approved as written. RESOLUTION N0. 70-12 entitled: "RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD ALLOWING AND APPROVING THE DEMANDS PRESENTED AND ORDERING WARRANTS DRAWN THEREFOR." was presented. It was moved by Councilman Siokos, seconded by Councilman Green, that said resolution be adopted. Roll Call: Ayes: Councilmen Byork, Green, Liewer, Siokos, Stevens. Noes: None. Absent: None. Mr. Bi11 Miller of the Lynwood Adult Education Department and members of his government class were recognized. ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS Res. 70-12 Demands As directed by the City Council at the February 3rd Res. 70-13 meeting, RESOLUTION N0. 70-13 entitled: "A RESOLUTION Tree planting OF THE CITY COiJNCIL OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD SUPPORTING THE PLANTING OF TREES AND ESTABLISHING REGULATIONS FOR ~-^ SAID TREE PLANTING." was presented. It was moved by Councilman Siokos, seconded by Councilman Byork, that said .resolution be adopted. Roll Ca11: Ayes: Councilmen Byork, Green, Liewer, Siokos, Stevens. Noes: None. Absent: None. RESOLUTION N0. 70-14 entitled: "RESOLUTION OF THE Res. 70-14 CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD APPOINTING Appointing ELECTION OFFICERS AND ESTABLISHING POLLING PLACES election FOR THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION OF TUESDAY, officers & APRIL 14, 1970." was presented. It was moved polling place by Councilman Siokos, seconded by Councilman Byork, 4/14/70 that said resolution be adopted. Roll Call: Ayes: Councilmen Byork, Green, Liewer, Siokos, Stevens. Noes: None. Absent: None. RESOLUTION N0. 70-15 entitled: "RESOLUTION OF Res. 70-15 INTENTION TO ABATE DRY AND DRYING WEEDS ON CERTAIN Weed abatemen~ PARCELS OF LAND IN THE CITY OF LYNWOOD." was presented. It was moved by Councilman Green, seconded by Council- man Liewer, that said resolution be adopted. Roll Call: Ayes: Councilmen Byork, Green, Liewer, Siokos, Stevens. Noes: None. Absent: None. v WRI I' i~E ~1 ; CI'~IMUNI CATI ONS Letter of A 1e`.,ror f~w~m Mr. R. E, Hodge, Manager of the Lynwood commendation -- Bran~~r~ oL' Security Pacific National Bank, was read. Police Dept. Mr°, lIodge described the circumstances of a recent emergency at the bank, and the excellent response by the p:~ ]_i.ce department . As a token of appreciation, the lecter was accompanied by a check payable to the P~=a^.e Officers' Association of Lynwood. It was mo~•~ed by Councilman Byork, seconded by Council- man viewer, and carried, that the letter be accepted and filed. Dr. Bowen ~ lette~' from Gordon T. Bowen, M. D., submitting resigns from his resignation from the Personnel Board was presented. Personnel Bd. It was moved by Councilman Green, seconded by Council- man Liewer, and carried, that the resignation be accepted with regret. It was moved by Councilman So:kos, seconded by Councilman Byork, and carried, that Dr. Bowen's excel..-~en~, service to the Personnel Board be recogn;~_z.ed. by a presentation of an appropriate plaque, and that he be requesr,ed to attend the next ~ouncl meeting in order that it can be prese;n.r;ed to him at that time R. Embleton re A 1er,ter° f'~orn Robert A. Embleton, 2781 Willow Place, Century Freeway South Gar;e, concerning the city's delay in signing t;he C~~.n'~-7.;.;^y Freeway agreement, was read. Council- man Saonos commented that the city has not yet been prE~senr,ed with an agreeme.rrt; for consideration. Ir_, was rno~.~cd by Councilman Siokos, seconded by Co!:in:~.~.;..rnan Byork, and carried, that the letter ~e accepted and filed Chamber expressesA :iett;er fc°om Mr. Hank Becker, president, Lynwood appreciation for Chamber of ~~ommerce, expressing appreciation for joint meeting the joint Chamber/City meeting of February 4th was read. It was moved by Councilman Liewer, seconded by Councilman Green, and carried, that the Lette.r.~ be accepted and filed. Letters re "911" Letters from the cities of Commerce, Signal Hill system and Wairl~.lt concerning implementation of "911" as a universal emergency telephone .reporting number were presented. The letters were accompanied by resolutions adopted by the respective councils urging implementation of the reporting syster~,. 'Phe City Manager explained the background of the pr°oposa_1_ to have such a universal emergency number°. After a brief' discussion in which it was t]-~e consensus of the Council that although sucYr a system is highly desirable, action on the matter would be premature without knowledge of costs involved, and it was moved by Councilman Byork, seconded by Councilman Liewer, and carried, that the '_etters be accepted and filed. REPUR'I'S AND REQUESTS Rubaiyats A request from the Rubaiyats, ladj.es auxiliary to rummage sale Khayyam Grotto, for permf.ssion to conduct rummage 3/7 & 10/17 sales ar; 5100 Imperial Highway on March 7 and October ~_;', 1.970, was presented. It was moved by Councilman Liewer, seconded by Councilman Green, and carriE~d, that permission be granted. t~ f~ A request from ALSAC (St. Jude's Children's Research ALSAC fund Hospital) for permission for teenagers to solicit funds drive in a door-to-doer march on November 14 through 21, 1970, 11/14 to was presented. It was moved by Councilman Siokos, 11/21/70 seconded by councilman Green, and carried, that permission be granted with the door-to-door solicitation to be limited to daylight hours only. A report on the proposed Sacramento Delta peripheral canal p.roje:;t was presented by the City Manager. The r--- peripheral ;anal is designed as a forty-three mile earth charxnel along the eastern edge of the Sacramento- . San Joaquin Delta, commencing approximately twenty miles south of Sacramento and terminating at the Clifton Court forebay location of the California Aqueduct pumping plants. The report was accompanied by RESOLU'I'i0N NO< 70-16 entitled: "RESOLUTION OF THE Res. 70-16 CITY COUNCIL OF `SHE CITY OF LYNWOOD URGING SUPPORT Supporting OF THE PERIPHERAL CANAL." It was moved by Councilman peripheral Liewer, seconded by Councilman Byork, that said canal pro~jec resolution be :adopted. Ro:11 Cali: Ayes: Counci=men Byork, Green, Liewer, Siokos Stevens. , Noes: None. Absent: None. As directed ar, t}le previous meeting, the City Manager Report on presented a repo?°t on the request of garage mechanic reimbursemen• David Griffis that the Council consider partial for garage reimbursement for hand tools he .lost when the garage mechanic too: building was burglar°i Led recently. He informed the Council r., }z at having his own hand tools is a condition of the rnechanir.'s employment, and the City Attorney agreed r,hat the City would be legally ,justified in reimbursing h.im if' as part of his employment, he ^` is required to f"urnish the tools. Insurance against s~icr losses was discussed as well as means of securing the building against further incidents of burg~_.ary. It was moved by Councilman Byork , seconded by Councilman Liewer, that the Council pay 75% of the .loss sustained by Mr. Griffis as shown by dupi,icat;e invoices for the tools. Roll Ca:]_l: Ayes: Cuunc.ilmen Byork, Green, Liewer, Stevens. Noes : Caunci ~.rr~an Siokos . Absent: None. A report on the proposed remodeling of the north wing Report on • of the City Ha1.a was presented by the City Manager. remodeling The r.emodeiing is necessary in order to provide space of City Hall for the Assistant City Manager soon to be employed, north wing and to expand facilities for the Building Department. The .repor.°t was accompanied by drawings showing alternative design proposals, the preferred one being the inclusion of the space presently occupied by the Building Department office in the existing administrative office area. This would necessitate tree reloc;a,tiora of the Building Department because of lack of office space within the City Hall. The ~, Manager recommended placing a mobile office unit on the lawn area at the rear of the City Hall for temporary building department quarters. A unit of this type is available through Mobilease Corp. The initial cost of delivery and set-up, skirting, utility connections, and interior modif"ication would be approximately $840. Tentative prices for lease of a mobile unit are $205 per month on a one year ~ ~~~4. Remodeling of contract, $167 per month on a five year contract. City Hall tabled Because of the need for additional space, the Manager recommended that the Council approve the program outlined and instruct him to proceed with the construr,tion and lease negotiation. The proposed remodeling was discussed with pa~~ticular reference to time limitations and cost of the project. The advisability of purchasing a mobile unit rather than leasing one was discussed, as well as the possibility of adding a wing to the existing City Hall. It was the consensus of the Council that they wished more time to study the remodeling and the Mayor, therefore, declared the matter tabled to the next meeting. The Mayor declared the meeting adjourned to executive session for personnel matters. Following the execut~~;e session, the meeting was called to order. James Riley It was moved by Councilman Siokos, seconded by appointed full Counc:ilmari Liewer, that Mr. James Riley be employed time City Mgr. as full. time City Manager. Roll Ca1.l: Ayes: Coun~:ilmen Byork, Green, Liewer, Siokos, Stevens. Noes: None. Absent: None. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS Mr. Jeri°y :Rokos, 12217 Bul.lis Road, addressed the Counc J_ t;_> inquire the reason for calling the executive session prior to hearing oral communications. He also questioned the advisability of renting a tralier for temporary quarters for the building department when tale Community Center building might be used. He was informed that the rental has not been decided upon as ye~~, a,nd that use of the Community Center would not be efficient because of the distance from the City Hail.. Water rates Mr. Rokos asked what action was contemplated on the discussed requests he made at the previous meeting concerning water x~ates and was told that any action on water .rates would be considered during the coming budget SP,ssioYl~a . Mr. Pacheco, 1.1128 State Street, asked about sale of Lhe rigx~t-of-way on Fernwood Avenue, and was told chat r•he right of way is not city property. Mrs. Ida Williams, 39h4 Louise Street, read a statement opposing the Cen ury Freeway. At the request of Councilman Liewer, the Council directed that name plates be provided for the City Manager, City Attorney and City Clerk. It was moved by Councilman Liewer, seconded by Council- man Siokos, and carried, that the meeting be adjourned. ~~ ~ Cit Clerk, City of ynwood APPF30VED MA CH ~3~ 1970 i ,~ y _ ~ ,~~, ~/~ or o: the '..i by of Lynwood t