HomeMy WebLinkAboutcc min 1938/08/01 ~ OF A REGULAR,~"n'iNG OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY 0F CIEYLA VISTA,
CALIF01~, HELD AUGUST 1st., 19~8o
The C~Aucil met in regule~ session in the Council Chemher of the City Nell on the
above shc~n date ~rAth Ms, or Done presidi~g. Meeting called to order at ? o'sl&ek
P.M. Present: Ail m~abers.
MY~U'~ OF ~t~,v.~,~U~ M~TING:, The minutes of the Regula~ Meeting of ~uly 5, 19~8
ha~Ang been p~epare~ end w~t.led to each member of this C~uncil by the City Clerk were
apprOved as prepared and ~ailo~o
GIIU~' '~0~ I~ ~ .TEA~~ .. M~. Eu~kendall, l~esident of t~ ~a Vista ~ber
t~coul~S!~ ~ ~ p~c~se of ~its f~ t~ ~ Vista Gir~' ~f~ ~1 T~
tO ~be wO~ a~ t~ ~u~n~ W~eh' ,t'h~ a~ 'goi~ ~o ~lcipate at
but app~to~ ~00~ ~e ~ no~o~ foF said ~lts. Cl. ~ ~so i~o~d tho
Oo~oil of the a~lsi~ ~at t~ City of ~a Vist~ ~eei~ by a~di~ the
6f C~a Vista, Oalif~nia, on t~se suits ~d that if~on~d ~e. lly
~t~ ~ ~. T~ns .questi~e~; t~ he. fit of t~S p~icuA~ ~ of
e~eci~ ~ the Ii~ of ~ble ~lts of a~telng t~ past few y~e ~ ~her
me~s. Cl. B~ ~d that t~e ~uest be ~1~; ~, t~ ~tion
~t of a second ~ t~ ~tter was ~ppe~.
~.~ ~: ~is bei~ t~ t~ of ye~ for ~ich t~ fleet in~
~o~ be a~Ott~ ~ Ci~ Clerk ~po~ed that t~ foll~ pe~ies ~ p~ici~t~
~ said ~$~ce: ~, Fo~, ~r~ll, ~dinge~, ~ig~n~ ~d Bigel~; t~t those
entitle~ $0 p~ticipate were ~til ~ ~lt~, A. G. ~r, ~ ~Oper ~d W.. ~. ~. B~e.
~ q~stion~ t~ ~eil if a~of t~m ~ew of ~ o~er conee~ ~eh ~d be entitled
t~ $~ Ci~ b~ss ~ ~ition ~ those abo~ listed ~d as no o~ ~es we~ ~ntioned
he liste~ the -~e of t~ la~ f~ ~ntio~ on se~a~e pieces of p~r, folde~
pu~ t~ ~ a ~t, ~k ~up ~-a~ed ~or ~ne to d~w out a s~p. ~e ~ of
~. ~. S. ~ ~a ~ ~d if he c~ place t~ business ~th a ~a~
be gi~n the ~ce f~ the c~ ye~.
FLAGAND :- -: IM~ATi~I~'.. Th~' Clerk reported to t~ ~cil t~t ~* Nata-- ~a~,
who ~cen~ p~ ~e ~y at ~1 Seeo~ Argue, ~d ~nated a ~ ~oe f~
pole ~o ~e Ci~ ~d $~t ~. E. B~ ~-~t had donated ~r~ ~d~ ~es f~ t~
City ~rk. Upon ~tion by Cl. ~, aecOn~e~ by ~1. ~, ~ich c~ie~, t~ Ci~ Cl~k
~s ~s~ to ~ite a .lette~ of ~s to ~e above p~ies fo~ ~id ~0~tions.
At ~s $~ Cl. T~s ~po~ ~ She
t~t ~ ~ ~ info~ by~be~s of t~ ~i~ ~ t~t t~ w-~ f~g~ the
f
needed ~plael~; that t~ City had ~ee~ ~th the ~ri~ ~gi~ upon ~s~ation ~
the l~ge f~ pole ~ t~ ~ric~ ~gi~ ~s to f~i~ t~ f~st f~ ~ that
City ~s to f~sh t~ neeess~ f~s ther~te~. ~ C~ty, ~wever, ~0~ p~c~e
~ch f~gs ~ t~ ~ic~ ~on at considerable sa~. Up~ ~tl~ By Cl.
seconded by Cl. ~, ~ch c~ie~, the ~tter ~ ~fer~d ~o 01. '~~ p~
~0, D S2~EE~:V.T.(~_: Th. City Clerk read a pe~itl~ si~ed by p~pe~
on ~0d~A~nue ~ich req~st~ the inst~ti~ of a street litt~
for 's~e~ ~d c~nien~. ~e City ~n~r re~ed t~t
~ located on ~rst A~ue ~ ~o~ ~et ~d ~st Argue ~d
O~cil felt t~t ~$t~o~ sheu~ ~ better li~i~. ~on motion ~
seco~ by Cl. ~, ~ich c~ried, ~e matter w~ refer~d to ~e City ~ne~ ~th
p~e~ tO' met.
~nd~o, li~ aq ~ Forth A~nue, ~d info~e~ him t~t d~ to i~ he~tR it was
~ossible fo~ h~ to attend to ~s p~otiee at his off~e In ~he
~q~e~ ~esion to e~ot his practise ~ ~ ~ office in ~a~ u~nt~
condition t~t ~ not ~rate a s~t~l~ or ho~i~ t~ ~ia r~ was
sup~e~ bye petition of a~val si~e~ by n~s p~p~y
~ of the ~c~s h~. ~a~ch as t~ p~ple who wo~ be
had append the s~d petiti~, t~ ~cil u~n ~tion by Cl. ~e, se~n~e~ by Cl.
~t, ~ch c~rie~, ~te~ ~id reque~ witB ~e co~i$ion that it ~d be ~e~kable
at their
Minutes of a Eegular M~eting of A~gust 1, 19~8., (Cont.)
~'S T ,~.: Upon motion by Ci. Brown, seconded by Cl. NOwe, which carried, the
racom-e-darien of the 0ity Planning C~-:ssion that Mr. George M. Eex~h be granted per-
mission to remove a small stu~ed pepper tree from the park~ in front of his home at
485 E Street and to replace with two pepper trees was approvede
.TREE ~A'A'~G: The P1-_n~ing Commission at their last meeting of 2uly 1Bth
commended that~ 1~. P. A. help be secured to assist in watering and taking care of the palm
trees on Third Avsaue. After considerable discussion by the City Council and the City
Engineer it wqe decided that the City Eagineer would see that the trees were properly watered
-nd kept up.
~g~N~CI~..A~, BLDGS. AND ,REC~EATI, 0~ ~,~.~: Mr. Bodmer presented redraf~ed plans of
proposed municipal buildings and recreatiamal center which included the following: A city
hall, ccm~bined police .r~t fire depax'tme~t building, graxld stand for ball pe~k, a
pool, tennis, quoit, shufflehonm, d and horse shoe coua. te. He proposed that of the to, al
$104,415.15 should be done through p 1~ A and the $5,000 balance should be done through
W. P. A~ with a total cost to the City of $59.2~8.35. He stressed the ~ortanoe of having
the tentative plans euBzxitted at the earliest possible ti~ae as Septemxher let is the last
date for receiving applications. Cl. N~we stated that he did not feel that the tax
payere of Chula Vista would or could support such a heavy bond issue inasmuch aa they are
at the preeent t~w~ paying off a large ~unt of school bonds and pavi~g bonds and that the
initial bond issue would not be the ~ increased expense. Mr. Bo~m-r had elected to re-
draft the origi.al to the present plan~ for which the Council had informally given hi~
the privilege of dx~pping the matter for the estimated cost of the election or of the
above said redraf~ inasmuch as they felt the original plans had very ~.-]1 cha~e of being
approved By the tax payers. He, however, requested the Council to officially approve the
redrmf~ed plan~ as submitted. Upon ~tion by Cl. Brown, seconded by Cl. T~wm~as, which
carried with Cl. Eowe voting "No" Mr. Bodmer was instructed to prepare the necessary
application based upon the plans as submitted at this meeting amd have said application
mailed By August 12th. The City Attorney assured Mr. Bodmer that he wo~ld cooperate with
him to the fullest extent in having the necessary information available.
I~ ,~XNG ~-~m~.~a~e~T FO~ 19~8-3~: 01. Brown offered Besolutio~. ,~;o. 5~§, which is a
resolution adopting the report of the City Engineer requesting that the lighting assee.~nents
for the 1958-$9 fiscal yea~ be the s~ne as of the 19~6-~7 fiscal yea~ and directing the
City Assessor to levy said aases~.~uts accordingly. The resolution was read and was
passed and adopted as read by the following vote, to-wit: A~es: Clmen. T!w~ons, Brown,
Bryant, Done asd Eowe. Noes; None. Absent: None.
SAN DIEGO-CA~ 0,L1]B: Letters of Fmly ~th sad tuly 9th., 19~8 and advertising
pamphlets ~f the Sen Diego-California Club were o~dered filed.
The recow~ndation of the Departm~mt of Pablic Health
that the Health Officer of this City be sent to the Santa Barbara Convention --~ the re-
cew..andation of the Pacific COast Association of Fire Chiefs that the Fire Chief of this
City be sent to the asmual conferenas of Pasific COaSt Association of Fire Chief to be held
in ~alt Lake City were denied upon ~aotion by C1. Howe. seconded by 01. Bryant.
PAL~ 0ITY CHm~ OF COL~C,E: Mr. Charles W. Stream, l~esident of the Palm City
Chamber o~ C~roe',' by '[e~er' e~tended to the City 0ouncil the appreciation of the Palm
City conmmnity for the prompt service our Fire Department rendered in assisting to control
the fire on the Shell Oil Co~pamy's properties last ~une 2$th.
Letter fx~n 0. C. ludwig regarding his candidany
for Yustlce of the Peace of National Township was read end ordered filed.
F~IOD~CAL RE!~0RTS: The ---ual report of the City Library Board for the past fiscal
year and the monthly reports of the City ~udge and the Police and Fire Departments for the
month of tuly and the report of the City Treasurer for the months of ~ttue and Yuly were
e~-mtued and ordered filed.
,~, ,,AL ¥0U~, AI~,~I,,ST~A, TI~: Cl. ttowe recozauended that the City Council approve the
request of the National Youth Administration and allow them to use a portion of the new
City Park for the pleating and g~owimg of shrubbery as a large share of that groom could be use~ f
for the beautification of the City Park and as the project was a very worth~ one. The only
cost to the city would be for seeds and this would be a very small amount. Upon motion by
Gl. Brown, seconded by Cl. Bryant, which carried, the above recc~maondation was approved.
~lnutes of a Regular Meeting of the City Council, Held A~gust 1, 1935
T~ AVenUE S~x~ Mayor Done reported that he had received a cc~plaint from
a member of tho F~adericka H~ae regarding the new side w~lV on the East side of ~hird Ave.
between E .n~ Davidson 8treats as the drive-ways cut into the side walk did not leave
sufficient room for pedestrians to walk along said side walks with safety especially
after sun-down. He reported that he had taken the matter up with ~A~s. Sailor prior to
said con~laint and that appro~mtely 3 feet of level ~ide walk was available for pedes-
trians. It was decided that nothing could be done about the matter.
MA~20~ S~TI~NT l~q: The City Attorney reported that the Board of Super-
visors had accepted the Sales Agreement as submitted by the City for the purchase of tax
deeded lends in the Matt.on District in Chula Vista. This, however, is subject to approval
by the ~tate Cont~oller R.~ should it be approved by hi~ the matter of tax relief on
linquent property, on that five years delinquent and more than five years delinquent,
would have to be worked out. At this time Mr. Eugene Adrian questioned the fairness
of allowing relief to those property owners who were mOre than five years delinquent a~d
not allowing relief to those property owners who were less than five years delinquent.
He felt that it was placing a penalty against those property owners who had attempted to
assist the City of Chula Vista by paying their taxes to tho City rather tha~ having them
go delinquent at earlier years. The City Attorney explained that recent legislation
permitted relief if given as above stated but that it did not permit relief to be given
those who were not delinquent for the five year period. However, the fact that the dis-
trict would be settled en~ the property put back on a salable, taxable basis would be to
the ult~_~te benefit of all concerned ~nd that property not situated in the Mattoc~ Districts
were in reality being discriminated against by having to carry the burden of taxation not
only for thc.selves but for those properties located i~ said Matt.on districts and in his
estimation this was the most feasible method of settling the district and that the final
approval would be up to the Board of ~upervisors.
Mr. Ad~ian stated that he felt that tho Matt.on settle-
merit w~s being held up so that relief could be given prOperty Owners as above stated and
that he had been informed that the settl~nt could have been closed at a much earlier
date under different methods. The City Attorney roquested to have that p~rticular state-
ment recorded in the Minutes,which is as follews~ ~Mr. Adrian muds the state, cut that
he had been informed by a party who had been informed by the District Attorney that the
Matt.on District of Chula Vista deft-!tel~v should be cleaned up with~, thirty end sixty
days fx~ea tuly let and with this party's pex~isaion he will reveal hie name; also he
said that Mr. X~ infoxuaed him that the Matt.on District could be cleaned up within sixty
days from the early pert of June.' ~. Adrian stated that he was not definitely convinced
that this was the Case but that was the i~reeelon he was under ~ he had come to this
meeting so that he could question the means and methods and try to learn the circumstances
so that he would be able to draw more definite conclusions.
Mr. Ad~ian questioned the City Attorney as to whether
other Eattoon districts in the O~unty have used tax relief methods in settling tHeir dis-
tricts. The City Attorney informed him that that was not the casa in all the other
districts but in those districts where it had not been used the property o~mers had
raised the amount of cash required by the bond holders over and above that amount as set
up by the 0ounty end in the ease of tho Chula Vista District the property owners were
not being called upon to raise a cent. The City Attorney thanked Mr. Adrian for bring-
Lug to light the fact that rub. rs ware being circulated to the effect that he was purposely
holding up the Matt.on settlement.se that he could explain the methods that he has used
and so that the Council could decide whether or not the method ha had proposed was best
or not ·
BW~-q PA~D: Upon motion by Cl. B~-ow~,, seconded by el.Bryant, which carried, tho
follOWing bills after examination by the Finance Cm.w.~ttee ware ordered paid~
11,840 Security T~ust & Savings Be~ l~nt o~ Diesel Tractor $ 100.69
ll,8A1 Pe~ Roi1 ~ul~ l~Al~,~L~th, 193~, General 1~1~.$5
11,~42 Pay RoI1 ~'U~ l~l~u~t$, 19~. ate. & ~ewere 747.11
11,8~ Pay ~oll July 1-July 15th.. 19~ ~ ~as Tax Fund
11,844 PaY Roil July 15-August 1, 19~ General
11,~45 Pay RoI1 July 15-August 1, 1933 Stsc & Sewers,
~as Tax Fund 9~5.2~
11,846 W. E. Armer, Fire Chief, Volt,beer Fireman's i~A~ll 39.00
11,847 A~tc~obile Club Southern Calif. Blvd., ~top Signs
11,848 Betty Bethge Planning ~--,!~sion Meeting 2.50
11,849 0aliforuia ~aundries Laundry for City Sail 1.18
11,850 Chula Vista IAuaber C~mpan~ Materials 85.98
11,851 Home Lumber ~any Materials and supplies 1.41
11.85~. Calif. Water & Telephc~® Oo. ' l~dx~art rental, water.
11,8~ 0alifornia Water & Tale. Co. l~drant rental a~l water 3?7.8§
}~nu~es of Re~u~ Meetin~ of ~u~tst 1, 19~ (cont.)
11,8~ ~e ~a Vista ~ ~ti~ b~s $ 116.61
~,8~ O. V. ~ ~h~l ~stri~ ~trac~ on ~t 1~ ~ ~. ~7 15.00
~,856 C. V. U~ ~h~l District O~tract ~ ~t 17,~ ~o. 137 ~.~
11,857 ~e Copper ~op R~r road si~ ~ass 9.50
~,~ ~n'S- ~ ~e~ Repair ~al tires 1.?0
11,859 ~ral ~ction ~. 2 ~lice car de~ 7.21
~,8~ R.A. ~ Un~c~ed per~n~ p~p~ 2.9S
11,861 ~'s ~fe ~isoners' ~s for ~ 1~.S4
11,862 ~b~ ~w ~o~ an~ls for ~ 21.~
11,~ C~ Vista ~nt ~ ~ ~ ~pplies 171.10
~,8~ ~s. P. ~ies ~eent~e W~ts June ~
11,865 S%~d ~1 Co. of ~ifo~ia ~1, ~sect sp~y
~,866 O. ~. ~e~ ~s for ~ce ~fioe 3.50
11,86~ City ~l~g ~ ~scell~eous ~rges 29.~
11,~ S. D. Cons. ~s · ~tric ~ ~t Bill 4~.~9
~,869 ~ ~o ~e~ ~e 19~ 0i~ ~ ~ego ~ct~ 12.8~
11,870 ~len ~ ~t, ~ty ~se ~le~e for ~e ~ ;uly, 1938 1~.15
11,8~1 D. ~e ~be~ 0otto., ~uze, etc.
11,8~2 ~ut~ ~ T~p~ne ~ Tek.one bills 52.~
~,8~S ~a~s ~ee ~ G~up ~e pr~ 21.60
11,874 ~a~le:s ~oe O~ G~up ~fe ~s. ~e~ 27.52
~,8~5 C~e · ~s~ aut~ile ~rs, etc. 15.SS
11,876 U~ ~1 ~ of ~if~ia. ~sol~e 1~.~
~,877 ~riff ~. W. ~$ To replace ~t 5.~
~,878 We~e~ ~ ~d ~at~g J~, St~d~ Pi~ Oo~e .S1
11,8~9 BenJ. F. Wilton Rent~ for se~ng p~Jeet ~.~
~,~ P. A. Wi~ins~ ~;t~s~$~t~, ~tteriea 11.75
~,881 ~ ~ls P~tos of accidents 9.7S
11,~ F. E. ~o~ft, ~ D. ~Bation of pri~ers f~ ~u~ 61.~
AD~j~mmm~, Upon motion by Cl. ~, seconde~ by Cl. Howe, which ceA-riel, this
0ouncil a~Journe~l to Monday, August 8~h., 19~8, at ? P. M.
Attest:
City Cl~