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HomeMy Public PortalAboutM 1971-01-05 - CC1~3 REGULAR MEETING JANUARY 5, 1971_ 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 Green in the chair. Councilmen Byork, Green, Liewer, Siokos, Stevens answered the roll call. It was moved by Councilman Stevens, seconded by Councilman Liewer, and carried, that the minutes of the regular meeting of December 15, 1971, be approved as written. RESOLUTION N0. 71-1 entitled: "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD ALLOWING APPROVING THE DEMANDS PRESENTED AND ORDERING WARRANTS DRAWN THEREFOR," was presented. It was moved by Councilman Liewer, seconded by Council- man Stevens, that said resolution be adopted. Roll Call: Ayes: Councilmen Byork, Green, Liewer, Siokos, Noes: None. Absent: None. ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS Res. 71-1 AND Demands Stevens. An Ordinance entitled: "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY Transierkt Tax OF LYNWOOD AMENDING THE LYNWOOD CITY CODE TO ADD ordinance ARTICLE IV TO CHAPTER 29 TO LEVY A TRANSIENT ROOM TAX," which was held over from the December 1, 1970, meeting was again presented for first reading. The City Manager presented a report on the experience of the cities of South Gate and Huntington Park with the occupancy tax which indicated that South Gate discontinued the tax after a brief period as other revenue sources had been developed which made the occupancy tax unnecessary, and the City of Huntington Park has never enacted the tax. Although a large sum would not be realized from the bed tax, the Manager suggested that it would be a worthwhile addition to the City's operating income. It was moved by Councilman Liewer, seconded by Councilman Byork, that further reading be waived. Roll Call: Ayes: Councilmen Byork, Green, Liewer, Siokos, Stevens. Noes: None. Absent: None. It was moved by Councilman Liewer, seconded by Councilman Stevens, that said ordinance be accepted as read for the first time and passed to the second reading. '"'' Mr. Jim Morton, 10112 Long Beach Boulevard, representing the Lynwood Motel Owners Association, addressed the Council in opposition to the proposed bed tax. He was ,joined in opposition to the tax by Richard 'C. Waraniu~;'"12410 Long Beach Boulevard, Mr. Cass Waranius, and Mr. Leslie Markay. Opposition was based on belief of the motel operators that business will be lost to neighboring cities not charging the tax and that revenue derived by the iii City would not warrant the expense of administering the tax . Roll Call: Ayes: None. Noes: Councilmen Byork, Green, Liewer, Siokos, Stevens. Absent: None. Res. 71-2 RESOLUTION N0. 71-2 entitled: "RESOLUTION OF Res of Intention INTENTION TO ABATE DRY AND DRYING WEEDS ON CERTAIN to abate weeds PARCELS OF LAND IN THE CITY OF LYNWOOD," was presented. It was moved by Councilman Siokos, seconded by Councilman Liewer, that said resolution be adopted. Roll Call: Ayes: Councilmen Byork, Green, Liewer, Siokos, Stevens. Noes: None. Absent: None. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS Claim for damages A claim for damages filed on behalf of Richard V. R. DeWitt DeWitt was presented. It was moved by Councilman Liewer, seconded by Councilman Stevens, and carried, that said claim be rejected. Letters re Letters from Marc E. Morin, 3350 Cedar, and Karl apartment house Kampf, 3072 Belden Drive, Hollywood, protesting license fee the license fee for. apartments were presented. It was moved by Councilman Liewer, seconded by Councilman Stevens, and carried, that said letters be accepted and filed. Letter re Sup. A letter from James Mize, Executive Officer, County Bonelli's state- Board of Supervisors, was read in which he transmitted ment re legal Supervisor Bonelli's statement regarding the legal action proposed action proposed by the Mayor of Los Angeles to 'by Mayor of L.A. recover the full cost of providing law enforcement ..services through the Sheriff's office to those cities in the County of LosAngeles which contract for such services. It was moved by Councilman Stevens, seconded by Councilman Byor;c, ~,nd carried, that said letter be accepted and filed. Letter from A letter from Randall L. Hurlburt, Noise Abatement Inglewood re Division of the City .of Inglewood, was presented Noise abatement in which he advised the Council that the Federal Aviation Administration has recently asked for public comment on a proposed rule which would require existing aircraft to be retrofitted with quiet engines. It was moved by Councilman Stevens, seconded by Councilman Liewer, and carried, that the letter be accepted and filed. REPORTS AND REQUESTS Exempt salvage licenses Rescue Army, St. Vincent de Paul Soc. Requests for renewal of exempt licenses to permit the conduct of salvage operations were presented from the following: A. The Rescue Army, B. The Saint Vincent de Paul Society. It was moved by Councilman Byork, seconded by Councilman Stevens, and carried, that the requests be granted. A letter was presented from Mr. Cecil Abernathy Coordinator, Vocational Education and Work Experience Program, regarding the third annual ~_ ~_ e~ vocational education work experience awards banquet to be held on Wednesday, February 10, 1971. Mr. Abernathy informed the Council that Governor Reagan has been asked to be the keynote speaker and whether or not he can be present, he requested that the Council designate that day as "Governor Reagan Day" in the City. In discussing the matter the Mayor suggested that the request should properly etlttie from the School Board. It was also suggested that inasmuch as the committee working on plane for the 50th Anniversary of the City hopes to have the Governor participate in that celebration, perhaps it would be better not to rdgt~ilst his presence at the awards banquet. It w8~ moved by Council- man Lilet~ter, seconded by Couri~+ lman Stevens, and car°ried~ that the request be referred to the Superintendent of Schools for official action and that it then be presented to the Council. A request was presented from Building Official Jack DeJong that the Council set a public hearing in order to determine whether or not the property located at 11428, 11428-1/2, 11430 Pear Street is a public nuisance and should be abated. It was moved by Councilman Siokos, seconded by Councilman Liewer, and carried, that a hearing be set for the meeting of February 16, 1971. RESOLUTION N0. 71-3 entitled: "RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL DIRECTING THE OWNER OF BUILDINGS TO APPEAR BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL TO SHOW CAUSE WHY SUCH BUILDINGS SHOULD NOT BE CONDEMNED AS A PUBLIC NUISANCE AND SAID NUISANCE ABATED AND PRESCRIBING THE FORM OF SAID NOTICE," was read by the City Clerk. It was moved by Councilman Siokos, seconded by Councilman Liewer, that said resolution be adopted. Roll Call: Ayes: Councilmen Byork, Green, Liewer, Siokos, Noes; None. Absent: None. Request from Cecil Abernathy re Vocational Educational Work Experience Awards Banquet Hearing set Housing code violation - 11428-30 Pear St. Res. 71-3 Setting public hearing - 11428-30 Pear St. Stevens. A report on storm drain pro,~ect 5350 was presented Report on Storm by the City Manager. After approval of the County- Drain Project wide bond issue at the November 1970 election, the 5350 County Flood Control District engineer instructed the City engineering department to develop final ~onetr~~ti~n ~ia~e ~~r t~~ ~t~~m dra~~ pr®~~~t~ previ®usly appr®ved ~®r tie City ®f ~,y~~®®d. the lines ~omprieing pro~~ot X350 aye Li_ r~eA Abbott Road between Hulme Avenue and Otia Street approximately 1,800 feet. Line B '^ ~~bbott Road between San Luie Avenue end Otia Street, approximately 1,500 feet, ~i L1ne C !-Z4entury Boulevard between California Avenue and San Gabriel Avenue, approximately 1,100 feet. Line D century Boulevard between State Street and Long ~~V Report on Storm Drain Project 5350 Beach Boulevard. Line E Josephine Street between School Street and Long Beach Boulevard, approximately 850 feet. The cost of the design work will be underwritten by the County at fees which have been set by the district engineer, based upon total construction cost. The City Engineer has received proposals from several engineering firms interested in under- taking the design work. After evaluation of the interested firms, it appears the best qualified, because of their previous work for the City and resulting familiarity with the City's traffic circulation and street lay-out and water distribution, sewer and storm drain lines, is the firm of Lampman and Associates. In order that the City might proceed with the detailed design for the storm drain project, the Manager recommended that the Council approve the firm of Lampman and Associates for engineering services relative to storm drain project 5350, and that the Mayor be authorized to execute the necessary agreement on behalf of the City. Following a brief discussion with Public Works Director Lewis Garber of the work to be done, it was moved by Councilman Liewer, seconded by Councilman Stevens, that the Council concur in the Manager's recommendations and authorize the Mayor to execute the necessary agreement with Lampman and Associates. Roll Call: Ayes: Councilmen Byork, Green, Liewer, Siokos, Stevens. Noes: None. Absent: None. Resolution to be The Mayor asked the City Clerk to prepare for the prepared re Council's consideration at the next regular meeting High County tax a resolution protesting the high County tax rate rate and urging the Los Angeles County Division of the League of California Cities to persuade State legislature to provide funds for State mandated programs. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS Mr. Jim Morton, 10112 Long Beach Boulevard, addressed the Council to express his appreciation for the defeat of the proposed hotel-motel bed tax. Councilman Liewer inquired about the directional sign at Imperial Highway and Century Boulevard to direct traffic to the Southbound Long Beach Freeway. Councilman Stevens commented on the fine work being done by Mrs. Fern Edmondson in assisting under - privileged families of the city and suggested that a letter of commendation be sent to Mrs. Edmondson. Mayor Green suggested that since this is a function of the Coordinating Council, that a letter would be sent to the Council with special commendation for i i7 Mrs. Edmondson. Councilman Liewer suggested the possibility of the Council entertaining the members of the Police Reserve at dinner as a gesture of appreciation for the service they render the city. The Manager was asked to investigate such a program. At the request of the City Manager the Mayor Executive declared the meeting adjourned to executive session. session Following the executive. session, the meeting was again called to order. It was moved by Councilman Liewer, seconded by Councilman Byork, and carried, that the meeting be adjourned to Thursday, January 7, 1971, at 5:00 p.m. for the purpose of handling a personnel problem. ~ `~,, r` - C~ ,~y C erk, City of L nwood APPROVED JANUARY 19, 1971 ..~~_- ayor o e y o ynwoo Adj ourn to 1/7/71 at 5:00 p.m.