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HomeMy WebLinkAboutcc min 1937/04/05EII~UJ~ES OF ~ REGUlaR ~ETING OF THE CITY OF CRD-LA ~iSTA Cll~ COU~CIL ~D~°RIL 5, 1937o The Council met in regular session, in the ~ouncil Chamber of the City Hall, on the above shown date, with Mayor Brown presiding. Meeting called to order at 7:00 o'clock, P. M. Present: Ail members° AUDITOR'S REPORT: The Clerk read the Auditor's report of Income and Disbursements covering the six months period ending December 31, 1936 and which included the foll~ving recommendations for transfer of funds: Unemployment Relief Fund to General Fund $187.82 Motor Vehicle License Fee Fund to Ceneral Fund $1,970.41, 1926 Municipal Sewer Interest and Sinking Fund to General Fund $150.82, Parks and Boulevards Fund to Street Fund $8,753o8~, Chula Vista Improvement Bond Fund to Chula Vista Improvement Interest and Sinking Fund $544.39° Upon motion by Cl. Rife, seconded by Cl. Howe, which carried, the Auditor' s recom~endations were approve&. SEWAGE CONFEEENOE: An invitation to the California Sewage Works Association to be held April 23 to 24 was tabledo TYCE T~UCK ROUT~,: The Clerk read a letter from Mr. L. Ao Tyee, of the Tyerete Chemical Corp., requesting the Council's permission to use G Stleet for the hauling of materials over two tons in weight.As this route has been used for a long time by the said Corporation and as G street is the best outlet for their plant and the use of a Semi-truck in hauling they felt that there would be no d~m~ge to the road by hauling over two ton loads. The Council, being in sympathy with the request but hating to set a precedent, tabled the matter. HEDRIGK SNOOEEW~ RE~T: Walter lied. rick who operates a cigar store at 3~-3rd ave. requested, by letter, the Council's permission to operate a snooker table at said place of business. Upon motion by Cl. Howe, seconded by Clo Lyons, which carried, the said request was granted. P~L~! TRE~ I~0~D: The City Engine~r'requested the approval of the Counci$ to remove eleven Palm trees on 3rd avenue between E street and Davidson stteet to the plot back of the Library and the removal of the Cocas Plumosa Plams on 3rd avenue to the south end of the street and in the plaza. Upon motion by Cl. Howe, seconded by Cl. Lyons, which carried, the matter was referred back to the City Engineer with power to act° ROBISON LEAVE OF ABSEECE: Fire Chief Armer, by letter, reco~ended to the Council that a vacation be granted to first engineer ~n. P. Robison ~d that a leave of absence starting ~pril 16, for a period of ~ months be gr~uted$ he recommended that George Lee be appointed to the fire department during the absence of Mr. Robisono Upon motion by Clo Howe, seconded by Cl. Lyons, which carried, the recon~nendations were approved. D~S KITTIE L. ~RIGHT BUILDING REQUEST: The Clerk read a letter from Mrs. Kittie L. Wright, 'requesting permission from the Council to erect a cottage on the rear of her lot on F street and fourth avenue. The request was accor~panied by a petition signed by the property owners adjacent to said lot which stated that they did not object to the erection of said cottage.. As the lot is located in the single f~mily zone which prohibits more than one family building on a single lot the Council deemed it best to refer the matter to the Pl~uning Commission for their reco~endation and upon motion by Cl. Boltz, seconded by Cl. Howe, which carried, the matter was so 2alerted. HILL SEWER VIOLATION: Arthur Spencer, ~y letter, stated that Harry Hill had not as yet connected to the sewer on second avenue but was still connected to the sewer on K street through the back of his lot. As ~Lr. Hill had been notified several times to connect to the sewer on second avenue the Councilreferred the matter t othe City Attorney. SECOND AV~VGE Akl) K S'£'~ET LIGHT: The Clerk read a petition, signed by property owners near the intersection of second avenue and K street, requesti~ the installation of a street light at said intersection. Upon motion by Cl. Howe, seconded by D1. Lyons, which carried, the request was referred to the Street Co~tssloner with power to act. CHULA ~-ISTA WOMEN'S CLUB APPROPIATION: By letter, the Chula Vista Women's Club requested a donation of $100.00 to help defray the expenses of the Annual Flower Show which they are holding May 1st and 2nd. ~s 75.00 dollars had been set aside in the budget for said flower show and as $?5.00 had been appropiated last year Cl. Howe, made a motion which was seconded by Olo l~Yons and which carried that $75°00 be approp- iated to the Women's Club for said expense. Minutes of ~Ieeting of April 5, 1957 continued. LUD~:~G LETTER 0~ WATER C~SE: The Clerk read a letter from ~r. 0. C. Ludwig which gave in detail the most important facts and reasons that the U. S. Supreme Court would uphold the Railroad Commission ruling i~ regard to the Sweetv.~ter caset if appealed to in time. The letter gave speclfice cases, of si~dlar nature, which were ruled in favor of the consumers. Upon motion by Pl. Howe, seconded by Cl. Rife, which carried, the Clerk w~s instructed to write a letter of thanks to ~ro Ludwig for his ~ interest shown in bringing to the at~ention of the Council the v~rious poignant facts° SENATOR H. ~'~. JOHNSON~ "IETEREST": Senator Hiram W. Johnson acknowledged receipt ~ of our letter urging him to support such legislation that would exem~ city deposits from the amendment to the National B~nking Act which becomes effective this fall. He stated that such legislation would receive his attention and fullest consideration. SE~L~TOR FLETCHER'S BIT.VM: Senator Fletcher sent copies of two bills that had passed the Senate and were now in the Assembly and which affected the sm~ller cities. One gave cities the right to contract person, firms or corporations for special services and pay such compensation as they de.ed proper. The other gives to the cities the authority ~ud power to construct and maintain such public improve~nts as are authorized by the Constitution or Laws of this Stste, within and without the territorial boundaries of said cities. The Clerk was instructed to thank Senator Fletcher for his interest shown in supporting the dities. ORD~CE No. 281: Cl. Howe offered Ordinance No. 2~1 to be ~ut on it's second and final reading° Upon consent of the entire Council the Title of the ordinance was read and the ordinance was in the emact form as when given it's first reading at the meeting of khis Council held ~,~rch 16, 19~?. It was passed, adopted and approved, as read, by the following vote, to-v~lt: ~ES: Cl. Rife, Boltz, Brown, Howe ~nd Lyons. NOES: None. ~z~BSE~: ~one. E~I'RA POLICE: Cl. Boltz recom~aended that, due to the increased traffic ~nd drunken driving, Special Officer R~usey be kept on the police force until such time as the said conditions warro~t. Upon motion by Clo Boltz, seconded by Cl. Rife, which carried, Officer R~m~ey was appointed as Special officer, at a salary of ~100.O0 per month, to serve as long as the Council felt the conditions warrant. I~,I,L~ SI~I~C~ER ~UI~DING, OPJ~Ii~CES:, ~r. Nail Skin~Aer urged the Council to codify the Building Ordinances so that a citizen could come in ~nd obtain copies of same and could easily ascertain what he could or could not doo I,~r. Skinner ~as informed by the Council that they were awaiting the amenduent to the Unifon~ ~ilding Code so that it could be adopted in full. REVOLVING ~JND: The Clerk recommended that the Council increase the revolving f~u~d 't'o '$'100.00 so that he could better take care of the sm~ll incidential expenses and have necessary money on h~u~d when needed. Upon motion by Cl. Howe, seconded by Cl. Lyons, wkich carried, the above recommendation was approved. PERIO, DIC.~ RE~T,S: The monthly reports of the City Judge, Police and Fire del~rt- ~ents for the m~nth of ~urch, 19~, ~d the ?ebruary report of the City Treasurer were examined and ordered filed. ~i~S 0F PREVIOUS ~.~.TINC~S: ~t the beginning of th~s Co~mucil meeting the minutes of th~ re~'-~lar meeting of '~,~rch l, 19~?, the adjourned regular meeting of ~Iarch 15, 19~, and the ~djourned regular meeting of ~rch lT, 19~?, having been prepared and m~iled to each m~ber of this Council by the City Clerk, were approved as prel~red und mailed° LYONS RESIGi~TION: The follo~rlng letter was read to the Council by the clerk: To the honorable Council of Chula Vista, Gentle~en: ~ter all the years I have served as a Councilm~n, I find it necessary on account of ill-health to respectfully tender ~¢ resigu~tion, to take effect on or before Dhy Z, 19Z?, 1£:00 o'clock ~oon. ~,~hatever my station in the fut~e I will continue as in the past to work for the good of Chula Vista. I remain yours sincerely, Wmo T. Lyons. Upon ~otion by Cl. Howe, seconded by Cl. Rife, which carried, the Council, with much regrets, accepted the a~ove resiguation. !~nutes of }.~eeting of April 5, 1937, continued~ BILTM P~,ID: Upon motion by Clo Howe, Seconded by Clo Boltz, which carried, the following bills, after examination by the finance committee, were ordered paid: ll013 Pay Roll General ~areh 16-31-'37 $1,175o00 ll014 Pay Roll, Streets & Sewers ~r. 16-31-'37 440.00 11015 Ross' Stationery & Gift Shop Supplies, 11079 11016 Gerald L. Baldwin, Distillate, 12o17 ll017 R. A. Higgs, Unsecured property tax, March 24°36 ll018 Western Metal Supply Co., Supplies, 60.30 ll019 Aut~ Gear & Suppl~ Co°, Supplies, .52 11020 Automobile Clu~ of Southern C~ifo Signs, 26.57 ll021 Southern Title & Trust Co. Lot book, 50.00 11022 California Laundries Inc. Services, 2o31 11023 P~t ers Feed Store, ~Jerch~udise, 3. l0 11024 Traveler's Insurance Co° Group insurance, .40 11025 Chas. Po Lbies, Salary February, 1937. 77.03 11026 N. L. Curtis, Gas. 27.81 11027 Southern CalifornAa Telephone Co° Telephone service, 47.70 11028 Bobby Law, Impounding animals ~arch, 1937 18.25 11029 Rodney Stokes Co. Blue prints, 13~79 11030 ~. Carlisle & Co., Election supplies, 29.32 ll031 Chula Vista Lumber Co. M~echandise, B.§l 11032 S. D. Tractor & Equipment Co., Equipment, 92.26 11033 American Bitt~muls Co. Bitumuls, 9.40 11034 Standard 0il Co., Gasoline & 0ils, 1.13 11035 H. G. Fenton Material Co. Rock and s~und, 6.8~ 11036 Harold Jo Frank Services, 62°50 11037 Spencers Flower Gardens, Flowers for Austin funeral, 3.09 11038 California Water & Telephone Co. Water, 275.20 11039 Bani. F. Wigginton, Rent for W. P. A. sewing class, ~0.00 ll040 City Revolving Fund, To reimburse for small cash payments49.95 ll041 Seville Service Station, Battery, 6.91 11042 Guptil & Fulton, Bond City Treasurer, 100.00 110~3 Chula Vista Auto Co., Labor, 16.86 11044 Otto Stang, Services, .75 11045 Paul Sipple, Services and supplies, 70.40 11046 C. V. Paint ~nd Hardware Store, Supplies, 41.03 11047 C. J. Reed, Services, 1.00 11048 Kinmore Electric Co. Services and supplies, 12.99 11050 National Avenue Printery Printing, 27.14 11049 F. E. Ashcroft, M.D. To examination of prisoners, 108.00 11051 Home Lumber Co. Merchandise, 34.61 11052 South Bay Lumber Co. Ltd., Merchandise, 4.50 11053 The Western Union Telegraph Coo Telegrams, 1.34 11054 Kinney Bros. Services, 5o15 11055 Wallace E. Armer, Chief, Volunteer Firemen payroll Msrch 137 45.00 11056 Jack Calvers, Services, 1o25 11057 National City Motor Co. M~rchandise, 7.21 11058 S. D. Spring and Brake Wor~s, Equipment, 19.58 11059 Sweetwater Hardware, Supplies, 1.27 1106~ Denrich Press, Supplies, 45.~0 11061 Nelson & Sloan, Rock and Sand, 6.42 11062 Farrah's Cafe~ Feeding prisoners, 33.89 11063 Helen Scott, Car upkeep March, 1937, 7.27 11064 City Revolving F~ud, to increase fund to $100.00 50.00 ADJOURI~: Upon motion by Cl. Howe, seconded by Cl. Lyons, which carried, this Coancil adJoul'ned to ~onday, April 12, 1937, ~:00 O'clock P. M. Atte st;