HomeMy WebLinkAboutcc min 1937/01/04 MINUTES OF A REGUIAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF '1'~ CITY OF CHUIA CALIFORNIA, W~TB JANUARY ~S~ 1957.
The Council met in regular seeelon, in the Council Chamber of the City Hall, on
the above shown date, with Mayor Brown presiding. Meeting called to order at ?:00
o'clock, p. ~. Present: Mayor Brown, Councilmen How~, Rite and Boltz. Absent:
Councilman Lyons.
MINUTES OF...l~0gB I~.. ~'ING: The minutes of the regular meeting of December 7,
19~6, having been prepared and mailed to each member of this Council by the City Clerk,
were approved as prepared and mailed.
FIRE ~ARTMENT' .BA~: The clerk read a letter, from Pat Robiso- who is Chairman
of the Fire Department D~uce Cormmtttee, requeating permission to hang a street banner
across Third Avenue Just North of F Street for a period of ten days prededing Yanuary
2~rd which is the date o~ the Fire Department's Annual Dance. Upon motion by Cl. Howe,
seconded by Cl. Boltz, which carried, the request was granted.
ORDINA~,,OE No. 2§9: Upon motion by Cl. Boltz, seconded by Cl. Rife, which carried,
Ordinance No. 2~$ was placed on it's second ~n~ final reading. The Title of the ~rdin-
anee was read and the (~rdinance was in the exact form as when given it's first reading
at the meeting of this Council, held Decmnker 7, 1956. It was passed adopted and appr-
oved, as read, by the following vote, to-wit: ATES: Gl. Howe, Rife, Boltz and Brown.
NOES: None. ABS~: Cl. Lyons.
Cl. Lyons entered the Council Meeting at this time.
STATE RE(NYLAT,ION AND CC~TROL OF , ,S~RDIN~, Fr.~mm~y: Upon motion by Cl. Howe, seconded
by Cl. Boltz, which carried, this Council endorsed the initiative measure to be submitted
to the Legislature, designed to re-establish the State's Constitutional right to regulate
and control the sardine fishery.
~'S ANNUAL REI:ORT: The clerk read the Annual Report of the League of California
Monicipalities' whieh pointed out the more important services that the League had ran&areal.
The opinion of the Oouncil seemed to be that the League was doing a very good service
to the Cities and that this City should continue to participate as a member.
FIRE ,HYDRANT ON ,I ST.. B~.wm~u~ 5TH & STM. The clerk read a letter from Re L. L~Aeller
requesting that when a fire hydrant be placed on I Street that it be placed half way
between §th and $th Avenues instead of at the corner of 6th Avenue and I Street, due to
the fact that it would be nearer the houses for which it wou~d serve and also be mash
higher for better force. Upon motion by Cl. Howe, seconded by Cl. Rife, which carried,
the matter wes left to the Fire Co~,.~ssioner with power to act.
DIP AT SEO. OND A?ENUE AND Y ~'~=~,.: Cl. Rife reported that the culvert at second
avenue and $ street is not ~large enough to take ca~e of the run-off of said streets
when a heavy rain comes and recow..~nded that a dip be put across ~econd Avenue to
better hand~le run-off and as Y street is a Stop street it would not interfere with
traffic. Upon motion by Cl. Bolt~, seconded by Cl. Lyons, which carried, the matter was
left to the Street Ccm~uissioner with po~r to act.
FLETCHER AND ,~A'F.~AM C ,00?~, ~-','H L~.GUE P~AQ~ATIV~-q: Cl. Lyons offered
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Resol~ti. qn No., .4~. which is a resolution requesting Hon. Fletcher and the Hon.
Charles W. Stream to give their freindly co-operation and support in hearings, consultat-
ions and proceedings having to do with the interests end needs of the city of Chula Vista.
The Resolution wes read and upon motion by Cl. Boltz, seconded by Cl. Lyo$s. was passed
and a~opted as re~d by the following Vote, to-wit: AYES: Cll Boltz, Brown, Howe, Lyons
and Rife. NGES: None. ABSENT: None.
S. D. CC~7SOLIDAT~ C~ & ~,~TP~.~C, CO.., ,BOND: Cl. Boltz offered Re, soluticm NO.
which is a resolution accepting the $1,000.00 Send given by the San Diego Consolidated
Gas and Electx-ic Co. for the faithful perform-nde of the Street Ligh~ng Contract.
The Resolution was read and upon motion by Cl. Lyons, seconded by Cl. Rife, was passed
and adopted as read by the following Vote, to-wit: AYES: Cl. Lyons, Rife. Holtz. Brown
and Howe. NOES: None. ABS~IT: None.
qPTION TO t~R~CH~SE E~LL ~7~7~: Cl. Lyons offered Resolution ~o,. ,~67, which is
a resoJutian accepting the optian sub~Ltted by the San Diego ~rnst & Savings B~J~ to
pu~ehase Lots ~5 and 26,E~cept Right of Way , of Ij~arter Section 1S?, for the sum of
$§,500.00o The Resolution was reed and upon motion by Cl. Lyons, s.conded by ¢1. Boltz,
was paawed and ad~pted as read by the follo~Ing ~te, to-wit, AYES: CL. Lyons, ~oltz,
Br~w~ and H~. _~S~IT: Nons. NGES: Cl. Rif®.
/~eeting of January 4, 1937, continued.
~// ACCEPTING,, LANDS FRON SOP,~a, THOMPSON AND LAUIFERBAOHL Cl. Lyons offered Resolution
No. 465a, which is a resolutEon accepting, for street purposes for Third Avenue, the
following property: the Easterly 10 feet of LoS 10 in Block D of Thompscm's Subdiv-
ision from Mae H. Soper, the Easterly 10 feet of Lot 9 in Block D of Th~pson's
Subdivision from Marcia E and Hex'lan P. Thon~son, The Easterly 10 feet of the Northerly
50 feet of the Southerly 195 feet of the Easterly 125 feet of Lot 7, Qua~ter Section
1~? from $. Calvin and ~-~gie May Lauderbach. The Resolution was read and upon motion
by Cl. Boltz, seconded by Cl. Howe, was passed and adopted as reaA by the following vote,
to-wit: AYES: Cl. Boltz, Rrown, Howe, Lyons smd Rife. NOES: None. ABSENT: None.
/ CHANNEL 0~G ,APPROVED: Theclerk read an agreement between the owners of the
East one-half of the Southwest one-quarter of Quarter Section 16~ amd the City of Ohula
Vista, said agreement specified that the City is to cut a channel through said property
from the culvert on H Street to the culvert across the right of way of the ~an Diego
& A~izona Railway; said ditch to be a plain, open ditch without any masonry, pipe,
concrete, or tther ~mDrovement whatsoever; and all material removed from said ditch to
be deposited on the South side of said ditch for its entire distance; the City not to
be responsible in any way whatsoever and the owner to maintain said ditch in good repair
from and e_eter its completion. Cl. Lyons offered ,Resolution No~ 469, which is resolution
approving the above agreement. The Resolution wes read and upon motion by Cl. Boltz,
seconded by Cl. Howe, was passed and adopted as read by the following vote, to-wit:
AYES: Cl. Boltz, B~own, Howe, Lyons and Rife. NOE~: None. ~: None.
(~OUP,, ~: The City Attorney gave his opinion on the legality of City
Group T~aU~ance in California and stated that ~e felt that, even though it had not been
taken to the courts, that it would be held legal as long as none of the elective officers
participated, and as long as ?5% of the eligible employees participated. Mr. M~rrill, of
the Travelers InsuranoA Co. stated that the rates that he had quoted would be guaranteed
for a period of five years. The Council instructed Mr. Merrill to sign up as many
applicants as possible and to get the exact rate and present the data at the next
meeting of the Council by which time the Council would have had time to give the prop-
osition thorough consideration.
LICE~S~: The City Attorney gave a report on our present license ordinances and
pointed out ceetain had features that existed with the present fees and mentione~ other
businesses that were not covered by our ordinances. Geneeal discussion, by the Council
and City Attorney, brought to light other bad features that existed and that should be
corredted. The City Attorney, with the consent of the Council, stated that hewould
draw up a new ordinance broadening the scope and equalizing the licenses.
· PA RESOLUTION No. 2: Cl. Rife brought to the attention of the Council a request
frc~ the League of California l~Anicipalities for the Council's endorsement of Resolution
No. ~. on I~PA which request the federal govornm~ut to re&ognize its responsibility for
the relief of the mmemployed . Cl. Howe stated that he felt that as long as everyone
was urging the federal government to balance it's budget it would not be feasible to
urge or expect them to put into effect the said resolution. The concensus of opinion
seemed to he the same with the other Council~n and the matter was tablede
~IODICAL REPORTS: The monthly reports of the City tudge, the Fire Department
and the Police ~epartment for the month of December and the November and December
report of the City Treasurer were ex~mfued and ~rdered filed.
CITY ENG~ REPORTS: The City Engineer reported that hte street sign at National
Avenue and E Street was being turned on by the Police and that the clock had been
retatrned to the Copper Shop. He also stated that the Airport work was still progressing
end would have more information for the Council at the ne~t meeting.
SCHOOL BI~ RE~E~-A'w.,,: The clerk read a letter from Y. Calvin Lauderbaoh stating
that the Board of Trustees of the Chula Vista Union ~chool had rejected all bids and
had withdrawn the property from sale.
LIGHT TRUCK Bi'D: Upon motion by Cl. Lyons, seconded by 01. Howe, which carried,
the Street Department was authorized to purchase a pick-up model trnek within one-
half ton ranges the City Clerk was instructed to advertize f~ same with said bids
to be filed with the city clerk on or before 4:~0 P. M. February 1, 1957.
~,v-~ PA~D: Upon motion by Cl. Boltz, seconded by Cl. Lyons, which carried,
the following bills, after ex-mfuation by the finance committee, were ordered paid:
10S~l Pay Roi1, General Dec. 1-15-$6 $1,074.50
1086~ Pay Roi1, Streets & Sewers Dsc. 1-15-36 49~-.50
108~$ Pay Roi1, General Dec. 16-31936 1,124.~0
105~4 Pay Roi1, Streets & Sewers, Dec. 16-31-35 449.00
10565 Chas. P. Moles Pay Roll Nov. 1-30-36 50.17
Meetin~ of I~nUal~ 4, 1937, continued°
10866 Chaso P. ~ies, ~y Roll ~cember, 19~6. $ 81.02
10867 ~ Bros. ~or, 1.~0
10868 ~r Store, ~pplies, 2~20
10868-A ~lied Food Sto~, ~pplies, ~.~
1086~ Union Oill0o. ~soline & 0ils, 139.32
10870 Helen M. Scott, C~ity ~se c~ e~ense,
10871 A~ Screen & ~g. 0o. Equip~nt,
108~2 ~b~ ~w, ~i~ ~s, ~ember, 1936 13~
1087~ S. D~ Cons~ ~s & E~=tric Co. Electricity, 418~29
1087~ ~uthe~ ~ifo~ia Telephone Co. Telephone Ser~e, 47.
108~ ~a~e of 0~ifo~ia ~icipali~ies ~1 Set. ce 0~ge, 90.~
10876 E ~ ~in Safe Co., ~bor, 15.00
10877 ~ul Sipple, ~bor ~d ~pplies, 164.05
108~8 ~e ~gents of ~he U of O~ifor~a ~pplies, ~.41
108~ Re.la, ion Water ~ifier Cos ~uip~nt, 20.00
10~ O. V. ~nt A ~e Store, ~pplies, 61.~
10~1 ~ste~ Union Tele~aph O~. Telegr~, I~S~
10882 Ro~ Stokes 0o. Blue prints, 4.2~
1~ ~ed C. Wilson ~ Sons, 0~e,
10~ National City ~or Co. ~pplies, 1.2~
10~ Ross' Statione~ ~ Gift ~op, ~pplies, 10.~
10886 Wallace E. ~r, Chief, Vol~teer firth p~ ~11 ~=. 19~6, 4~.~
1~7 H. D. Jonson, ~bor & supplies, 8.07
108~ F~'s Cafe, Feed~ prisoners, Dec. 19~6,
10~9 City ~l~ng ~, Re~b~se for s~ll cash pa~ts, ~.89
10890 0. V. I~,mber Co., ~pplies, 10.32
~J~: Upon ~tion by Cl. H~, seconded by 01~ ~ons, ~ich c~rie~,
t~s 0o~il a~Jo~ed sine die.
Attest,
City Clerk.