HomeMy WebLinkAboutcc min 1938/08/12 MINUTES OF AN AILTOURNED }IEGULAR ~i'ING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITT OF CHULA VISTA, CALIFORNIA, ~.n AUGUST 12, lg~8.
The Council met pursuant to adjournment in the Council Chmaher of the City
Hall on the above shown date with Mayor Done presiding. The meeting was called to
order at ? o'clock P, M, Present: Mayor Done, CounciLmen Howe, T~,,,ons, and Bryant,
Absent: Cl. Br~wn.
.D~.V .lh~1~I STRmmA. D~.t~: Cl, Bryant offered Reolmtion No, 5~? which is a
resolution accepting deed from William Mneser and Pauline MOeser for a part of the
northerly 30 feet of Lot 10, Q~arter ~ection 137 for street purposes. The resolu-
tion was read and was passed and adopted as read by the following vOte, to wit:
A~es: Councilm~u Bryant, Done, Howe and T~mmons. Noes: None. Absent: Cl. Bream.
C~ F~ $0~ CHICKEN ,,REQUEST: The clerk read a petition signe~ by property
owners on I Street between let and ~nd Avenues which stated that they did not object
to the extension of chicken buildings' amd equil~nent to the rear of the present
buildings at 456 I St. ~ayor Done reported that he had investigated the ccmdtti~n
at the above address, that the lot was enclosed with an $ ft. lath fence and that it
was Impossible to notice any chicken equipment at the rear of the property. Cl.
T~.w~us stated that this propex~y being in the single f~m~ly zone it was against the
ordinance ~o enlarge chicken equipment and that the matter should be referred to the
Planning Comm!esion for their reco.-.endation and then any change should be authorized
by ordinance. However, the Council felt that inasmuch as the property o.~,ers who
would be affected had signed the petition approving said request and inas-.~ch as the
lath fence keeps the buildings from sight, that no objection would be forthcomt~E.
Upon motion by Cl. T~wm~ns, seconded by Cl. Bryant, which carried, the request was
granted.
UNION-TRIBUNE ~J~VERTWING: 2,~r. Walters of the San Diego Union informed the
Council that the Union would shortly celebrate its ?Oth anniversary and that they
eon$~.plated getting out a large edition of the paper co-~nemOrating said event; that
they anticipated giving a large amount of publicity to each community close to San
Diego, showing photographs of busy corners, etc., and requested an appropriation to
assist in said publication. Mayor Done informed Mr. Walters that the budget had
been approved and no such sum appropriated for advertising and that it would be im-
possible at this time to make any changes.
C~,~,. ,~e~, ,OF ,C~ BUDGET RE~YEST: Mr. C. C. Euykendall, P~esident of the
Chula Vista Chamber of 0o~rce, by letter requested the City Council to appropriate
$1,000 to the ~lz~mber of 0cemnerce for this fiscal year. Said request was divided into
three accounts, one for the Aviation Cor~ttee of $500, one for the County Fair Exhibit
of $~.~0 and one for general pr~notional purposes of $250. The Council instructed the
Clerk to inform the Chamber of C .o~.~,,erce that inasmmch as the budget had already been
made up and the tax rate set that it was impossible to give consideration to any appro-
priation this year.
COUNTY IEAGUE OF I~NICIPALITIES: The following recon~aendations which were
adopted at the last ~eague meeting held at La Mesa, were presented to the Council for
their consideration: 1. Beg!~ning at the September meeting those attending said meet-
ings other than City Officials are requested to pe~ the City Clerk of said City in which
meetings are held the cost of the dinner. Guests, however, are heartily welcome to
with the above stipulation. 2. Board of Directors recorm~nd that the Board of Directors
in the future be comprised of representatives of the various municipal departments.
They believe that this would add to the efficiency, interest and attendance. After
considerable discussion the letter was filed.
W~..:~t BILL~: The Clerk informed the Council ttzat he had received a check frc~
Heinrich ShiPstead in the amount of $4.60 for weed cleaning on his lot in Brightwood
and a check from M. B. ~ in the amount of $3.45 for wee~ cleaning for her lots in
Chula Vista Villa Tract No. 3 and that inaszmch as the City Ordinance specifies that
the assessor is to place on the assessment roll all unpaid weed charges after August
let with 10% added, he would gladly accept such checks on their authorization. Upon
motion by Cl. Howe, seconded by Cl. Ttmmons, which carried, the said cheeks were
ordered accepted.
~., W. A. ~iPPI~CATION: Mr. L. Bodmer presented to the Council for their consider -
ation maps, blue prints and necessary data for the contemplated building improve-
ments, which include the new city hall, police and fire station, swtmmtng pool and
hath-house, grand-stand, teunis, shuffleboard ~nd horse-shoe courts. The total
cost as presented was $110,182.$5, of which $105,182.8§ would be done under P. W. A.
end $5,000 done under W. P.A.; the City's share of the P. W. A. project being
$57,478.23 and the W. P. A. project $1~50.00, or a total of $59,428.23.
The only requirement lacking for application presentation is the State Prison
Board's approval on the fire end police station, which has not been returned to
Minutes of au Adjourned Regular Meeting, Held August 12, 1938.
Mr. Bodmer. ~r. BoSw~r stated, however, that he would wire the State
P~isc~ Board tonight to determine whether or not tha said approval had been
given and if approved would mail the presented plans Saturday and the
approval of the State l~lson Hoard upon its arrival.
Glo Bryaut offered Re,solution. No,. §~.~,, a resolution authorizing the
City of Ohula Vista to file application to the United States of America
for a loan ~nd grant to aid in finaucing the construction of the abOVe listed
improvements an~ designating Arthur Done to furnish such information as the
Government ms~ request. The resolution was read and was passed and adopted
as read by the following vOte, to-wit: AYES:C1Ttmm~ns, B~yant and Done;
NOE~: Cl. Howe; AB~E~2: Cl. Brown.
193~-19,$.9, ~: Copies of the budget recently approved by the Council
at an informal meeting were presented to the Councilmen and the salaries of
the fire chief, D. 2. Fr~ and Ira Kester adjusted to their salaries of last
year. The budget was approved with the following vote, to-wit: AYES: Clean.
Timnons, Done and Howe; NOES: Cl. Bryant; ABSENT: Cl. Broom.
BILES PAID,: Upon motion by Cl. Howe, seconded by Cl. T~-w. ons, which
carried, the following bills after examination by the Finance Oow.-Attee were
ordered paid:
11,896 San Diego Cons. G~s & Electric Co. St. & Playground lights $ ~68.19
11,897 ~t.~ey Bros. Labor & Material 6.77
11,898 Richfield Oil Co. ~f~rosene 5.$6
MA~TOON S~'£~ The City Attorney asked for a clarification of
points 'di'scussed by the Council at its meeting of August 8th respecting de-
linquent tax relief asked by certain property owners who are delinquent in
their taxes to the County more than five yea~s but less than five yea~s delin-
quent to the City and respecting amy e~m~ 1~ relief that might be given those
tax payers cOvered by the pending purchase of tax claims from the County;
he stated that no moneys co~lected by the City in payment of a~y such taxes
could be refueled to any portion of the Mattoon tax payers after it was col-
lected by the City. The Council informally eXpressed the opinion that
certain tax payers in the Mattoon district were of the e~roneous opinion that
it was part of the Nattoon Relief 1~ to give the first ..m-d list of tax
payers relief by paying a n~w.t-al ~ The City Attorney stated that the
progX~m as to that was to procure the maXl-..m payment possible under all the
oi~c~tencs s e~
19L~ ~ IMP~0, V~NT B~1D: Cl. T~_w'"~s reported that there was one
191~ Sthoet ~mpro.~nt Bond outstanding which had not been presented to the
TreaSurer for payment and as it had matured in 19~ inquired of the City Attor-
ney what could be done. The City Attorney stated that he would inVestigate and
report at the next meeting.
ADY0~qM~,: Upon motion by Cl. Howe, seconded by Cl. Ttw..ons, which carried,
this Council adjourned sine die.
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