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HomeMy Public PortalAboutM 1926-08-24 - CCREGULAR MEETITdG AU^US~' 24,1926 The Board of Trustees of the City of Lynwood rnet in regular ~se+ssion at the City Ha11,205 V'Jest Mulford Ave.,Tuesday evening August 24th at 7;38 P.M. ' ~-- Murray and Greenamyer. tivex"'e present. read and approved as read. F, communication from R.Meyer in regard to the closing of Calif- ornia"Street between Flower Street and Lynwood Road was read and ordered filed. Present:Trustees Tweedy Skelton Rice Absent; None. The City attornep and City engineer Pre s id ~:nt ~€re er~amyer in the chair , The minutes of the last meeting were Communications: A communication from the Conn~y surveyor presentinp~ Tract No.9337 for the approval of the Board of Trustees,was r r e,p.o~t- ~.e- ~ ~ ~ g ~ ~~ ~o~-~ - ~ - - - - A communication from a number of petitio rs in regarding to the zoning of Northw~rst Fernwood Ave for business s read and refered to the City Engine®r and City Attorney for checking,a report to be made at the next meeting, The following; demands v~~ee read. ~.Mc~oberts 27,00 _ B.Nichol & Co,, 1743,96 It was moved by Truste® Tt~veedy and seconded by Trustee Murray that the b i7_ls be allowed and warrants be drawn on the Treasurer for the amounts. Roll Call; Ages; Trustees Tweedy Skelton Rice Murray and Greenamyer. Noes; None. The time having arrived for the opening of the bids for the irnpro~ement of Banning Street,all scal~^d. bids were delivered to President Greenamyer for opening.The following Bids mere submitted: Brand & Sharp 6"concrete Fa ving .225 per sq.ft. Grading ,028 per sq.ft,Sidewalk & Grading ,155 per sq.ft.Curb Sc Grading .49 per ft,Pipe and fittings..fi0 per ft, ` Harry T.Brown 6"concrete paving,23 per sq,ft, Grading „015 per aq.ft.Sidewalk & Grading per sq.ft..155 Curb & Grading .42per ft,Pipe and fittings ,95 per ft. Columbia Casualty Co., 6"concrete paving .192 pr,sq,ft,~Grading ..02 per sq.ft,Sidetval1~ and Grading .15 per sq,ft.Curb and Grading .44 per ft,Pipe and fittings per ft.40 M.:1, . ~~ P ~~. ~et~ .. " ~ uin~,".,~.84 _pax~-sq. €t cling , 018 per sq,ft.Sidewalk and Grading ,16 per sq.ft.Ctar`bi:ng & Grading ,44 per ft, Pipe and fittings .a4per ft, Joseph M.Sehull ~; X0.,6" concrete paving ,23 p,er sq.ft,Grading ,03 peer°sq,ft.Sidewalk and Grading ,16 per sq. ft,Curb and Grading .50 per ,~~.ft. Pipe and fittings ,75 per ft. . , b. . ~ .. c . F~''tJt'~aTI; A . Net~!y~e~re Mr Lyman Morgan filed nineteen petiti.on;~ of protest against establishing a lighting district as advertised,The meeting was thrawn ope n 'to the public for general disc~.ssian,Mr.Van Oosting spoke against the proposed improvement.P.M.Hesse spoke infavor of the lights advertised. Mr.Grey requested the City Engineer to explain the plan and Bost of the lights.Mr.~i'Vh.ittaker addressed the meeting and said that he had been inform- ed that the people would have to pay for the installation and also for the lights afterward.Ms~,Drinkwater spoke and said that as misrepresentations had been made thn whole protest should be set aside.Mr.~~_ pplPgatP sgokw and wanted to know why there should not be equal privileges to a11..That the west side now had Fhights so why should not all of Lynwood have them. Mr.i+y.ti~,Lewis spoke in favoti of the light3,~,~ stem as b]_annpd,Tw~r.BagT;ott spoke in favor of the lighting system anu'~ave his rPason,the protection to people on the street at night,"~7r.Crock of 'the Edison Co,, explained •that his company would nay for the installation and the people vrould only have to pay for the current at the rate nrov~ded by the R.R.Cornmission, on the signing of a taro year contract ,~; th the City and further made' a complete expalnation of the installation and th.P equipment to be used. Trustee P,2urray moved that the protest petition be accepted and refered to the City L~.gineer and City Attorney for checking, seconded by Trustee Rice, Roll Call; A;;res; Trustees Tweedy Skelton Rice T,~tzrray and Greenamyer, Noes; None, Ordinance Tdo.71 reading b~ Title ".An Ordinance of the Board of Trustees of the City of LYNwood fixing the amount of money necessary Ito be raised by taxation upon the taxably property t^rit.Tiin tie City of Lynwood as a revenue for said Cit~r to carry on the carious m~.n.icipa~. departments of said. city for t}le fiscal near 1926-1927"was read,It was moved by Trustee Rice anal seconded by Triisteo m~-r~~dy that the above ent- itl~d ordinance be accepted for first re~ad.inF:-,and passed for second reading Roll Call; Ayes; Trustees 'T'weedy Skelton Rica P~Iunray and Greenamyer, i1o e s; T~Tone It was moved by Trustee Tweedy and seconcl_ed by Trustee Rica that Ordinance No.71 Entitled as shown above be accented for second reading and passed for third reading. Roll Call; Ayes;TrustPes Tweedy Skelton Rica "FUrray and Greenamyer. Tdoes; None. It eras moved by Trustee Rice and seconded by ''T'rustee Murra~r . '"" " that Ordinance No.71 entitled as shown above be accepted for third reading and passed and that it be published aS provided by law. Roll Call; Ayes; Trustees Tweedy Rice Skelt,or_ ?±~urray and Greenamy®r. Noes;Tlone Resolution No 301 entitled "A resolution of the Board of Trustees of the City of Lynwood, in tre County of Los Angeles, State of California, fixing the rate of taxes for the City of Lynwood for the fiscal Year 19f~6 and 1927 and levying such taxes for said. year,was read,It was moved by ~i'r- ustee Tweedy and seconded by ~'rustee Murray that said Resolution be adopted. Roll Call. Ayes; `i'rusteesTweedy Skelton Rice P,RUrray and Greenamyer. Noes; None, The City L'ngin.ear reporting on bids for the paving of Banning Street stated that the lowest resnonsibl_e Rid~?er t~.ras Plf.~`~,&,?',?"?..Nughc's far the amount of X10, 397 , 87_ ,and reeomrnended that ~.. this '.f irr~ ~be:_ awarded the eontract,A Resolution offered by Tru~tea Riee entitled " Aresolution of award of contract for the improvement ,of Banning Street in the City of Lynwood" was read,It was moved by Trustee Murray and seconded by Trustee Skelton that the above entitled resolution be ad~o~ted~,~nd~ubl~sl~~ e r`ze w ` J - Roll Call; ~3 ~ Ayes; Trustees Tweedy Skelton Rice Murray and Greenamyer. Noes; None; The letter of resignation~pf Van Dyke Todd as City clerk and City Recorder was read, It was movac~ Trustee Skelton and seconded by* Trustee Twaedy that his resignation be accepted, Roll Call; Ayes; Trustees Tweedy Skelton Rice Murray and Greenamyer. Noes; ~©na. It was moved by Trustee Murray and seconded by Trustee Rice that Clarence L.Stoddard be appointed City Clerk to take effect Sept 1st 1926. Roll Ca11; Ayes; Trustees Tweedy Skelton Rice PvTUrray and Greenamyer. Noes; Nona. It was moved by Trustee Rice and seconded by Trustaa Skelton that Clarence L.Stoddard be appointed City Recorder to take affect Sept 1st. 192 6 . Ro11 Call; Ayes; Trustees Twaedy Skelton Rice Murray and. Greenamyer. Noes; None. It was moved by Trustee Rica and seconded by Trustee Skelton that the meeting ba adjourned until ~'~T evening 1926.Motion was carried and so ordered, w~nesd~ .s~p~ rreslaent, ~oara City of Lynwood, stews