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HomeMy WebLinkAboutcc min 1955/01/11 MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHUIA VISTA, O~l t Held Tuesday January 11, 1955 The City Council of the City of Chula Vista met in the Council Chamber at Civic Center on the above date at 7100 P.M. with the following Councilmen present~ Councilmen DeGraaf, Rader, Mansell, Smith, DeWolfe Also present ~ City Administrator Floyd, City Attorney M. Campbell, City Finance Officer Grant, Principal Civil Engineer Johnson The Clerk called the meeting to order and proceeded to reed the results of the canvass of the returns of the Special Election as herewith recorded.  STATEMENT OF CITY CLERK I, KENNETH P. CA~PBELL, City Clerk of the City of Chula Vista, California DO HEREBY CERTIFY that I did publicly and openly, in m~ office, on the 6th day of January, 1955, canvass the returns of the Special Municipal Election held in the City of Chula Vista on the 4th day of January, 1955, and do hereby declare the results as follows: That the total number of votes cast in the City was 4282. That the following persons were voted for to fill three offices on the City Council, said terms of office to run until April, 1956. Cleveland E. Cormier Jewel C. (J.C.) Crain Peter DeGraaf Kay Erwin Frank Farrier Henry (Hank) Farris Earl M. Mansell Jack C. McClure Isidore Thomas Mocn~ John A. Smith Mary G. (jane) Unger for Counci]m~n for Councilman for Councilman for Council~mmn for Councilman for Councilman for Councilman for Councilman for ¢ouncilm-n for Counc~ lm~n for Councilwoman That attached hereto and made a part hereof is a list of persons voted for, together with the number of votes received in each precinct and the total votes received in the election. I CERTID-T that the foregoing statement of result is a full, true and correct statement of the facts of said canvass and of the results of said election, a~t that as soon as the result was declared, the aforesaid statement was duly entered by me, the City Clerk of the City of Chula Vista, California in the records of the City Council. January6, 1955 City of Chula Vista, California ADMINISTRATION OF OATH At this time the Oath of Office was administered by the Clerk, to the Members elected to the City Council, and each was presented a certificate of election. ~EATING OF NEW COUNCILMEN Councilman Smith, Mansell and DeGraaf took their seats at the Council table. APPOINTMENT OF MAYOR and Mayor Pro Tempore It was moved by Councilman Smith, seconded by Councilman DeGraaf that Councilman Rader be nominated for Mayor. Councilman Rader expressed his appreciation but declined the nomination, and moved that Councilman Smith be nominated for Mayor due to his having received the most votes in the election. Councilman Smith expressed his appreciation, but declined because of his work being outside the City. It was moved by Counc~lm~n Smith, seconded by Councilman Rader, and carried, that Councilman Mansellbe nominated for Mayor. o ~ There were no other nominations. Thereupon Counc~l,~u Mansell was elected Mayor by the following vote, to-wit: AYES: Councilmen DeGraaf, Rader, Mansell, Smith, DeWolfe Noes: None Absent: None Mayor Mansell thereupon took his place and proceeded to conduct the affairs of the Council. It was moved by Councilman DeWolfe, seconded by Councilman Rader, and carried, that Councilman DeGr~* be nominated as Mayor Pro-Tern. There were no other nominations. Councilman DeGraaf was thereupon elected Mayor pro-tern, to serve in the absence of the Mayor by the following vote, to-wit: AY~Ss Councilmen DeGraaf, Rader, Mansell, Smith, DeWolfe Noes: None Absent: Nons APPROVAL OF COUNCIL ~UTES It was moved by Councilman Rader, seconded by Councilman DeWolfe, and carried, that the Minutes of the Council meetings of December 14th and 23rd be filed. APPROVAL OF PLANNING CO~ISSION MINUTES It was moved by Councilm~n DeWolfe, seconded by Councilman P~der, and carried, that the ~inutes of the planning Commission meetings of December $Oth and Jan,,-~y 3rd be filed. APPROVAL OF SAFETY COUNCIL MINUTES It was moved by Councilman DeWolfe, seconded by Councilm~n Rader, and carried that the Minutes of the Safety Council meeting for Dec-tuber 9th be filed. RESOLUTION No. 1667 - Approving tentative map of Whittington Subdivision Offered by Counci~mmm Smith, read in full, passed, adopted and approved by the following vote, to-wit: AYES: Councilmen DeGraaf, Rader, Mansell, Smith, DeWolfe Noes: None Absent: Nons RESOLUTION No. 1668 - Approving tentative map of Dalseth Hills Subdivision Offered by Councilmau DeWolfe, read in full, passed, adopted and approved by the following vote, to-wit: AYES: Councilmen DeGraaf, Rader, ~nsell, .~,~th, DeWolfe Noes: None Absent: None Because of the failure of the Subdivider to post the necessary Bond as provided in the ordinance, it was moved by Councilman DeWolfe, seconded by Councilm~u Rader, and carried, that the Subdivision be resubmitted at the next meeting. ~TIME SET FOR OPEN FORUM~ Mayor Mansell stated he would like to conduct an open for~w~ thirty minutes prior to each Council meeting for the purpose of discussing with the citizens an~ problems they wonl~ care to bring before the Council for action at the meeting to follow. He cordiality welcomed all citizens to come. RESOLUTION No. 1669 - Approving tentative map of Silver Dollar Tract Offered by Councilman Rader, read in full, passed, adopted and approved by the following vote, to-wit: AYES: Councilmen DeGr~, Rader, Nansell, Smith, DeWolfe No es: None Absent: None NESS LICENSE DISCUSSION It was moved by Councflm-~ Smith, seconded by Councilman DeWolfe, and carried, that the business license discussion be tabled until the next meeting in order to give the new Councilmen time to study the new Ordinance. Mayor Mansell appointed a Committee consisting of Councilman DeWolfe, Councilman Rader, and City Finance Officer Grant to meet with ~anyone interested, to discuss the Business License Ordinance prior to the next Council meeting. The Comaittee meeting was set for noon January 17th at Christies Restaurant. O~)INANCE No. 507 - Approving annexation of Judson Tract - second reading It was moved by Councilman DeGraaf, seconded by 'Councilman Rader, and unanimously carried, that Ordinance No. 507 be placed on its second reading, that the reading of the text be waived and the Ordinance adopted. The Ordinance was thereupon adopted by the following vote, to-wit: AYESs Councilmen DeGraaf, Rader, Mansell, Smith, DeWolfe Noes: None A~nt: None REQUEST FOR PUBLIC ADEE~ESS SYSTEM Peter Schnor, 730 First Avenue, requested the Council have a public address system installed in the Council C~amber. Councilman Rader suggested the City Administrator be instructed to obtain the approximate cost of sound proofing the back wall of the Chamber in order to make a public address system useable. ORDINANCE No. 508 - Amending Firearms Ordinance No. 503 - First reading It was moved ~y Councilman Rader, seconded by CounciSman Smith, and unanimously carried, that Ordinance No. 508 be placed on its first reading. Ordinance was thereupon read in full. ~J)INANCE No. 4'99 - Regulating storage of merchandise on sidewalks - First reading It w~s moved by Councilman Smith, seconded by Councilman DeGraaf, and unanimously carried, that Ordinance No. 499 be placed on its First Reading. Mrs. Mary Anderson, representing Bob,s News Stand, asked if the Ordinance could not be altered to allow thirty inches for news racks, in order to take care of the more or less standard size racks now in use. After discussion it was decided the thirty inch request was reasonable providing the sidew~l~ was wide enough to handle racks of that width. It was moved by Councilman Smith, seconded by Councilman DeWolfe, and carried that the Ordinance be tabled until the next meeting in order to give the A~torney time to redraft the Ordinance along the lines suggested. ff~BOR CO~ISSION I:~IGI~TIOI~ Letters of resignation from the Harbor Commission from P. Keith Hall, Lorenz Koester, Don Stocker, and E. R. Dillion were read to the Council. It was moved by Councilman Smith, seconded by Councilman DeWolfe, and carried that the Council defer acceptance of resignations from any Commission -until the next meeting, and that the Clerk be directed to send to each Councilman a list of all CommAssions, the term of office of each member, and a list of those who have resigned. RESOLUTION No. 1670 - Accepting Sewer Easement and right-of-way from School District. Offered by Councilman DeWolfe, read in full, passed, adopted and approved by the following vote, to-wit: AYES: Councilmen DeGraaf, Rader, Mansell, Smith, DeWolfe Noes: None Absent: None ~CHANGE ORDERS' APPROVED ON RECREATION CENT~2~ AYES: Noes: Absent: City Administrator Floyd presented three change orders in the amount of $115.63 to the Council for approval. It was moved by Counctlm~u Smith, seconded by Councilman DeGraaf, and carried, that Change Orders Nos. 16, 17, and 18 in the total amount of $115.63 be approve~i~ The motion carried by the following vote, to-wit: Councilmen DeGraaf, Rader, Mansell, Smith, DeWolfe None None FOR ME~ING WITH COUNCIL - Hobart-Topper A letter was read from Hobart-Topper Company, builders of the new Library, asking that they he given the opportunity to furnish the new Councilmen with all the facts on the new Library. The Clerk was directed to advise the Company that the Council would be glad to hear any or all of their representatives at the next meeting of the Council. ~E~ OF CO--CE LETT~ of Congratulations A letter was reed from the Chamber of Cmmmerce congratn~ting the new Councilmen on their election and offering the cooperation of the Chamber on ar~ reasonable legislation affecting the betterment of the City. yN~¥ EQUIPMENT AUTHORIZED FOR Junior Patrol City Administrator Floyd stated the Police depar~nent was requesting an additional appropriation of $302.60 for new equipment for the Junior Patrol. It was moved by Counci]~u Rader, seconded by Councilman DeGraaf, ~r~_ carried, that the $302.60 expenditure be approved, ~n~ that the amount be transferred [ f~r~/ unappropriated surplus to the Junior Police account No. 240. FR~--N FENCE Matter Cleared A letter was read from the San Diego Fence Co. stating they would inspect and repair the crack in the wall they built for John Freeman at 643 East Manor Drive as per their year's guarantee with Mr. Freeman. ~EQUEST FOR PARKING M~i~R MONEY for March of Dimes Mr. Chester Thomas, representing the Exchange Club, and chairm~n, of the local March of Dimes, asked the Mayor to proclaim a Chula Vista Polio day and to allocate all Dimes placed in the parking meters for the day to the March of Dimes. City Attorney Campbell stated it could not legally be done. Councilman Rader stated that although the Council was one hundred percent back of the ~ch of Dimes, it would be setting a precedent, and to involve the parking meters in any way with the Dimes program, would mean all other organizations wo,,la be entitled to the same consideration. No action was taken. ~TICE ON RATE INCREASE HEARING City Attorney Campbell stated the preliminary hearing before the Utility Commission on the proposed rate increase of the San Diego Gas and Electric Compar~ was scheduled for February 2nd, and that some thought shonld be given as to whether the City should be represented by a rate consultant. City Administrator Floyd stated he had called a Special Meeting of the San Diego County Managers Association for the purpose of discussing the rate change and what the other cities planned to do about it. It was moved by Councilm~u DeWolfe, seconded by Councilman DeGraaf and carried, that the matter be held in abeyance until the next meeting for a report from the City Administrator. UEST FOR CITY PLANNER Wesley Mohr, acting Chairman of the Planning Commission asked the Council to consider the request for a City Planner, and wo,11~ like the Council to meet Jointly with the planning C~mission at their early convenience. The Mayor suggested the Council meet with the Planning Commission at their meeting January 17th. 4 Councilman DeGra-~ stated he thought the City should have a complete audit of the books for the last five years by an outside firm. After discussion it was suggested that Mayor Mansell be delegated to contact five out of town firms and report at the next meeting. ~B~ DISCUSSIO~ Councilman Smith stated it was his desire to investigate the facts surrounding the execution of a lease for the construction and rental of the new Library. After general discussion it was moved by Mayor Mansell, seconded by Councilman Smith, and carried, that outside Cou~ be hired to study the lease in order to determine if it is possible to break or renegotiate. The motion carried by the following vote, t ~o~t: AYES: Councilmen DeGr~, Rader, Mansell, Smith, DeWolfe Noes: None Absent: None PAYMENT OF BILLS After ex~m1~ation by the entire Council, it was moved by Councilman Rader seconded by Councilman DeWolfe, ar~ carried, that Warrants Nos. 9356 to 9606, inclusive, be approved for apayment. The motion carried by the following vote, to ~wit ~ AYES~ Councilmen DeGraaf, Rader, Mansell, Smith, DeWolfe Noes: None Absent ~ None ADJOURNMENT It was moved by Councilma~ Rader, seconded by Councilman DeGree*, and carried, that the meeting adjourn to Tuesday January 18th at 7:00 P.M. City of Chula Vista, California