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HomeMy WebLinkAboutcc min 1938/09/06 ~rNUTES OF A REGUIAR ~TI~ OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF 'i'l~ CITY OF C~3L/~ VISTA, CALIFORNIA, }{ELD b~'l'm~ 6, 1958o The Council met in regular session in the Council 0hamber of the City Hall on the above shown date with Mayor Done presiding, ldeeting called to order at ? o'clock P.M. Present: All members. M!NUTE~ OF pEE~0US ~,:~'IN~,~, The ~nutes of t~ R~i~ ~eting of 1, 1938, of t~ ~J~ned Re.ar ~eti~s of ~st 8 ~d Au~st 12, 19~ ~d of the Special ~eti~ of ~t ~, 19~ ha~ng been p~p~ed ~d ~led to each me. er of this ~uncil by the City Clerk, we~ approved as prepared ~d ~iled. 52,9, ~ich a ~IC,~ ~0~S: Cl. Br~ offered ~solutiq~ ~o. , is ~solu- tion dete~ni~ and decl~i~ that the public ~te~st a~ necessity de~d the acquisition ~d c~ction of certain ~ieipal ~rov~nts ~d decl~i~ the esttmsted costs thereof, ~ ~ fin~s ~ ~s~ct to said costs. ~e resolu- tion was read and was passed ~ adopted as re~ by ~e foxing vote, to-~t: ~es: ~ci~en ~t, ~ne, Tt~ons a~ ~. Noes: ~ci~ H~e. Absent: None. NEW S%IB-DIVISION APPROVAL: Mr. l~Abanstein presented a map of a proposed sub- division of the East h~lf of Lot 9, Qmarter Section 1~8, for the tentative approval of the Oity Council. The City Clerk read a letter frc~a the City Pl.nning which recow..ended the approval of said map with the provisO that 50 foot streets be considered, one-half of which is to be taken off of the above property, on the con- dition that side-w-l~ and curb be combined in a width not less then 6 ft. allowing 1 foot for public utility right-of-way inside the side-walk line; provided further that an 8 ft. easement be granted, together with a circular plot which is to be public property. Mr. l~Abea~tein informed the Council that he intended to have this property recorded as a subdivision but wished to have the approval of the Council before official application. Upon motion by Cl. Brown, seconded by Howe, which carried, the recomendation of the City Planning Co-..~ssion was con- curred in. ~ ASSES~M~IT: Mr. ~. C~mp. bell, Attorney for Charles Bresee, informed the Council that he was going to bring action to clear the preperty of Bresee of the side-walk, curb and gutter assess~ent which had been erroneously reported by the City Clerk to the Union Title Comp~uy as being clear of said assessment. He stated that the owner of the bond, Mr. Haas, was very unreasonable to deal with smd that it might be necessary to bring action to have the said assessment paid end that in this case the City and/or the City Clerk might be liable ~ud if so, he suggested that some sor~ of compromise be made. Upon motion by 01. Brc~n, seconded by Cl. Ttmmons, the matter was referred to the City Attorney. SAN DIEGO UNION f~,,~VERTISING: The City Clerk read a letter from Mr. S. O. Rose of the Union-Tribune informing the 0ouncil of the ?0th Auniversary Edition to be published this Fall and requesting the Council to appropriate $100 toward the cost of a full page advertisement of Chula Vista in the special edition. Mr. Walters of the Union-Tribune spoke in his behalf but was informed by the Coundil that inam~uch as there had been no money appropriated for said advertising it w~s imt~ossible to make any such appropriation this year. ~ LOTT SEWER: The City Engineer informed the Council that George Lott wish~s to have the s~wer extended to his Lots 1, 2, 3 and 4, Block B of La ~aya Vista and inasmuch as these lots are some 210 feet from the present sewer main, Mr. Loft has agreed to pay for the necessary pipe and material and to furnish necessary labor to install same to his property. The question of the City's liability in case of accident to his men or in case of accident to motorists on the high-way who might have an accident through negligence on the part of the workers was brought up~ The City Attorney advised that proper liability insurance could and should be obtained. The Council wishing to allow Mr. Lott to come into the district, upon motion by Cl. Brown, seconded by Cl. Done, which carried, in- structed the City Attorney and the City Engineer to prepare the necessary resolution and have same ready for the next meeting. ORANGE aVE. IMPROV~NT: $~. R~y Warren and Mr. August Winks, property owners on Orange Ave., urged the '~ouncil to grade the North half of Orange Avenue from National to Woodlawn and to oil the full street after it had been graded. Mr. Warren stated that considerable traffic is diverted over this street due to the fact that D and Chula Vista Ave. have light paving and c~uot bear heavy truck traffic. The City Engineer reported that he would be able to get to the said grading possibly the latter part of this month but in no case later than 30 days ~nd that he and Cl. Howe were working on a street oiling program and would have same ready for the Council's consideration at a future meeting. Minutes of a Regular I~feeting of Sept. 6, 1938 (con't.) O, RDII~CE NO. 27t: Upon motion by Cl. Brown, seconded by Cl. Ttmmons, which carried unanimously, Ordinance ,No,. ,27t was placed on its first reading. The ~din- anco was read in full. This is an ordinance culling and providing for and giving notice of a special election to be held on Tuesday, the a?th day of September, 19~$, for the purpose of submitting to the qualified voters propositions to incur bonded indebtedness for certain municipal irmprovements. Clo Howe objected to the 5% mum rate of interest as being too high as he felt that it would hurt the credit of the City. However, the other councilmen pointed out that this was the ~f~mim rate and that the prospects of receiving ~r} to t% interest rate were very good. ~I.~.~Tf I~.~ROVI~, ,fl~T: ~ petition signed by property Owners adjacent to the alley · .~ning from Davidson to F St. and between Third Ave. and Church Ave. was presented to the Council. Said petition requested that the said alley be graded and oiled as the drainage was very poor and during heavy storms water runs into the buildings. Cl. Howe recommended that the alley be graded but that no alley should be oiled until unoiled streets had been oiled. Upon motion by Cl. Brown, seconded by Cl. Tt~w~ens, which carried, the petition was referred to the City Engineer and Street Commtesioner ORDII~J~CE NO. ~-?$,: Upon motion by Cl. Bryant, seconded by Cl. Bro~, which carried, 0rdi~a~o® No, ~?~ was placed on its second and final reading. ~he ordinance was read in full, wes in the exact form as given at its first reading at the ~aeeting of this Council held August 8, 19~8. It was passed, adopted and apprOved as read by the following vote, to-wit: Ayes: Clmen. Timmons, Brown, Bryant, Done and Howe. Noes: None. Absent: None. Wi~ECR'MCG ¥~aRD: Upon motion by Cl. Brown, seconded by Cl. Bryant, which carried, the recommendation of the City Planning Commission that the City Attorney msWe an addenda to the Zoning O~dinance to cover wrecking yards was approved. ~ GAS Tflx ACCU'~JI~TION: A Memorandum of Agreement between the City of Chula Vista and the Department of Public Works authorizing the accumulation of the ~ gas tax for streets of major lmportanas for the~fiscal year ending ~une 30, 1959 was read. Cl. Brown offered Resolution No. 5aO, which is a resolution approving the said I,~iemorandum of Agreement. The resolution was read and was passed -~a adopted as read by the following vote, to-wit: Ayes: Clmen. Brown, Bryant, Done, Howe and Tlmmons. Noes: None. Ab sent: None. TREE SUR~: The City Engineer reported that while the W-PA Application for the tree survey had been approved he had been notified tibet due to lack of men qualified for said work the project would have to be held up until qualified men ware available. N Y, A PROJ~,~CT: The City Engineer reported that the proper officials had approved the transfer of the N Y A Project from the Sunior High School grounds to the new City Park and that the City's contribution would consist mainly of water and seed bills and he requested the Council's approval of the expenditure of money in the t~PA account for expenses which might be incurred through this project. The Council stated that th.ey had intended the money set up in the WPA account to be used for px~Jeo~°~$ City ~a supported by I~PA, N Y A, etc. and they did not intend to have it confined to the IfPA exclusively. The City Engineer outlined the need of ex- tending the culvert further to the West and the land-soaping to be done around the proposed recreational courts. ~ ASSESS~IENT: Upon recc~uendation of the City Engineer and upon motion by Cl. Howe, seconded by Cl. Bryant, which carried, the 1958 Weed Assessment against Mr. George Kimball on Lot l0 Q~arter Section 136 was cancelled. ~T,:STA PJ~GEANT: Cl. Howe reported that the Fiesta Co~mzittee had requested per- mission tO use the city park West of Highland Avenue, South of C Street to hold their pageant for this coming Fiesta with the intention of placing bleachers e~ound the sides of the hill and placing a platform at the base of the hill. The Street De- partment would be required to spend about one day grading the road from C Street to the location of the platform. The City Attorney advised that evidence of the execu- tion of insurance to cover the City be obtained before permit be granted and upon motion by Cl. Howe, seconded by Cl. Bryant, which carried, the City Attorney was instructed to obtain said evidence of execution of inSurance to cover the City before the permit be granted and the Street Department was instrUcted to grade the roadway from C Street to said location of s~age. ,Minutes of a Regular Meeting of Sept. 6, 1938 (Cont.) PERIODIC~LREPORTS: The monthly reports of the City Sudge, of the Police and Fire Departments for the month of August 193~ were ex-mtned and ordered filed. BVV~M PAID: Upon motion by Cl. Bro~, seconded by C10 Howe, which carried. the f~llowing bills after examination by th~ Finance C~..tttee were ordered paid: 11,899 Ps~ Roll Aug. 1-15, 38 General&M. V. $ 1,247.65 11,900 Pay Roll Aug. 1-1~, 38, Sts. & Sewers 83?.60 11,901 Pay Roll Aug. 15-31, 38 General & M. Vo 1,321o75 11,902 Ps~ Boll Aug. 1~-31, 38 StSc & Sewers 931.?? ll,903American Bitumuls Company, Bitumuls - Third Ave. 225.29 11,90~ Felix E. Ashcroft, M. Do Exsmination of prisoners -Aug. 21.00 ll,905Harold Beaumont Water used on ~dAve. construction 2.50 11,906 G. A. Bigelow ? Tress $ $1.00 each 11,907 Chula Vista Auto Company Automobile repairs 11,906 Chula Vista Building Loan Company, Additional premium on Ford sedan 1.79 11,909 C. V. Paint &Hardware Store, Hdwe. Supplies 10.?? ll,910DenrichP~ess Index Tabs, service towels 6.18 11,911 City Revolving l~Aud Miscellaneous bills 9.5~ 11,91~ Betty Bethge P~*~-lng 0o~Assion Mtg. Sept. 6, ~2.50 11,913 N. L. 0ua~ls, Resuscitation gas, cylinders, etc. 12.36 ll,91A Fender's ~rvice Tire repairs, etc. 3.25 11,91~ H. G. ~ento~ Material Company, G~avsl 3Z.10 11,916 Hazard-Gould & Coo Hose, couplings, etc. 11,917 Holcomb's Hardware Store, Nails, lap links, etc. 1.§9 11,918 Bobby Law, Impounding animals- August- 29.2~ 11,919 B. R. Martin, Tax Foxes 2.50 11,920 National Ave. Printery Tax Receipt fox?as 35.02 11,921 Nelson & Sloan Concrete, rock and sand 67?.60 11,922 Nelson & Sloan Sand, concrete and cement 325.6? 11,92S Pacific Ohe~lcal Company, Liquid soap ~.99 ll,9~ Physicians Supply Company, T.nks Carbogen, Cylinders 9.~6 11,92§ C. $. Reed Saw files, p x,lui~g files, etc. 2.7§ 11,926 Boss Stationery & Equipment Co., Stationery supplies ~.07 11,927 S. D. Tractor &Equipment Co., Inc. Tractor repairs 11,92~ J. S. Schirm Oompany$ Building materials 12.21 11,929 Farrah's Cafe, Feeding of prisoners during Aug. 7.~? ll,gSO Helen M. Scott, Community Nurse, Mileage Aug. 16-31, 1938 4.~0 11,931 So. California Telephone Co. Telephone bills ~A~gust, 38 49.00 11,932 Standard Oil Co. of California, Diesel fuel, motor oil, etc. 40.60 11,93S Otto Stang, Sharpen chisel, etc. 1.~O ll,93A Star Auto Service, Tractor repairs 138.25 11,935 Travelers Insurance Company, Group Life Ins. Aug. l~-Sept. 1~ 27.52 11,936 Travelers Insurance Company, Group si~k& acc. Ins. Sept. 1- Oct. 1-~8 21.60 11,937 C~ula Vista Lumber Co., Lumber and Material 14.24 11,93~ Bodney Stokes Company, Maps, 7.21 11,939 Western Union Telegraph Co. Collect telegram- Godwin- .87 ll,9~0 BenJ. F. Wigginton, Agent, Rental Sewing Project- Sept. 25.00 ll,gA1 W. E. Armer, Fire Chief Volunteer Fire~an's Pay Roll 60.00 ll,9~2 The Chula Vista Star Notices to Taxpayers, etc. 9.26 ll,gAA California Water & Telel~hone Co., Fire hydrant rental, water, etc. 339.55 BOULEVARD STOPS ON 2ND. AVE.: C1.B~-~ rec~m~anded that boulevard stop signs be placed on 2nd. Avenue at K St., at L St. and at I St. The Oity Attorney was in- structed to prepare necessary ordinance for the coming meeting. ADJOU~.:Upon motion by Cl. Howe, seconded by Cl. Bryant, which carried, this Council adjourned to Monday, Sept. 12, 1938 at ? P. M. Attest: