HomeMy WebLinkAboutcc min 1938/11/14MINUTES OF AN aliTOURNED REGULAR ~TING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF TttE CITY OF CHU~ VISTA,
CALIFORNIA~ pu~J~ NOVEMW~R lAs 1938.
The 0ouncil met pursuant to adjournment to adjournment in the council chamber of
the City Hall on the above shown dats with Mayor Dons presiding. Meeting called to
order at ? o'clock P. M. Present: Mayor Done, Clean. Howe, Tin. one and Bro~.
Absent: Cl. Rryant.
CANVASS OF VOTE: The 0ouncil proceeded to count the absentee ballots cast for the
Special Elect'ion 'b'el'd Nov. 8, 1938 and proceeded to canvass the votes cast at the eight
Ohula Vista precincts for the said Speci_al~.~lection. After the coUnt and canvass were
made ~1. Broom offered Resolution ,N.c.. 5.~,3., which is a resolution declaring the · result
of the said election and which declares the defeat of eaCh of the three l~opositions by
the following vote:
Proposition No. 1. Yes: 638 No: 1156
Proposition No. 2. Yes: $41 No: 1138
Proposition No. 3. Yes: 931 No: 912
The total vote cast at said election wes 1869. The resolution was read and it
set forth that all requirements of law had been had, and the election held in time, form
and manner as required by law. Upon motion by01. Brown, seconded by Cl. Howe the Reso-
lution was paased aud adopted as read by the following vote, to-wit: Ayes: Clmen. Brown,
Done, Howe and Ttw,.ons. Noes: None; Absent: Cl. Bryant. Mayor Done suggested that
inasmuch as ~. Bodmer had devoted considerable time to the drawing of the plans and
specifications for buildings i'or which special election ~s held and would receive no
compensation due to t he failure of their passage that the City Clerk on behalf of the
City Council extend to Mm. BoOmer their sincere appreciation for the manner in which he
had cooperated with the OoUncil in drawing up said plans and specificatiO~s. Upon
$O.
LOT~ SEWER: The City Clerk informed the Council that the Minutes did not show that
Mr. George Lo~ would be entitled to a refund of the amount of the sawer assesmnent
necessary for Lot 12 of Block A of La Playa Vista to buy into the sewer district when
and if the owners of said lot bought in and that it was his understanding that it had
been the intention of the Council in their agreement with Mr. Lott that if mhd ~en the
owner of LOt 1~, Block A bought into the di strict that this assessment should be refunded
to ~r. Lott inasmuch as he had paid the total cost of extending the sewer across the
front of said lot. Upon motion by Cl. Brown, seconded by Cl. Tt_.w.ons, which carried,
this refund was approved if and when the owner of said lot buys into the sewer dis-
tri ct.
~IR-PORT: Cl. Howe suggewted that the CoUncil go to LOs Angeles and contact
M~. Claut~ei~er of the Santa Fe Railway Company regarding the possibility of getting a
certain air p~ns concern which is contemplating locating in Southern California, to locate
in Chula Vista. Cl. Brown agreed with Cl. Howe that this contact should be madee Cl.
T~wm~ns suggested that 01. Howe and Cl. Brown make said contact inasmuCh as they had had
considerabl.v discussion with Mr. Clautfelter over the possibility of air port development
here. Upon motion by Mayor Done, seconded by Cl. Tigons, which carried, Cl. Howe and
Brown were authorized to contact ~,~r. Clautfelter at their convenience.
HUNT ~ A~-~-c~IT: Upon motion by Cl. T~ons, seconded by Cl. B~wn, which
carried, the request' "of 'the City 0lark that the weed charge on the Assessment l~ll against
Lettie Hunt in the amount of ?$ cents be removed due to the fact that the assessment had
been paid and the charge was on the roll in error, was granted.
SANAT~'~ W~ ASS~: Upon motion by Cl. Broom, seconded by Cl. Howe, which
ca_~ried, the clerk ~as i'~s'tructed to refund to Mrs. $. F. ~edlick the weed assessment
in the amount of $4.$0 which she paid August 1, 1938 for the bur~ing of I~t ~, Block $
of Chula Vista Villa Tract No. ~-. This action was taken after careful investigation
had been made of the burning of s~id lot, which disclosed that it had nOt been burned.
PtrRO~ OF TAX EmmT~ FROM THE COU~£Y: The City Attorney reported that the County
Tax Collector had advised him that tax 'd~e'eds from the County to the City covering cer-
tain property within the Chula Vista A and I D No. 1 could now be prepared for delivery
to the City; that the cost of advertising amounted to $166.17, which together with the
$?4.00 consideration according to the agreement between the Board of $upervisors and
the City totalled $240.17. The City Attorney requested that a wax~aut be drawn in
favor of the County Assessor for such amount and that the City Attorney be authorized
to pay said amount to the proper County official when deeds were delivered to him as a
representative of the City in a form satisfactory to him under the terms and conditions
of the ng~eement with the County. Upon motion by Cl. Brown, seconded by Cl. Howe,
which carried, the above stated warrant was authorized to be made ready for payment as
requested.
Minutes of an adjourned regular meeting of City Council, Nov. 14, 1938,(cont. )
NJ~THAN ~ACK,, ,CH~. KFAI HOUSE RE0~JE~T: Upon motion by Cl. Brown, seconded by 01.
Howe, which carried, the request of Mr. Nathan Jack of 151 Second Ave. that he be
permitted to build chicken houses on the rear of his property at that address was
referred to the Planning Cow,.4ssion for their recommendation.
m~'~'HA ~'~2~ ~PX~,., ,Y~?: Street Cozm~ieeioner Howe reca~uended to the Council
that due to the fact that the present regular street employees are ~oing to be doing
-more of the city repair work and active on the proposed tree survey that two of the
extra employees be kept for some time longer as they will be badly needed. The members
of the Council all agreed for him to keep the two extra employees as rect-,=-~uded.
01. Howe also recon~ended that the purchase of a
second hand battery charger be made to save the city the cost of charging batteries
and reported of a goOd bargain that could be obtained for this purpose. The Council
also agreed that this would be the wise thing to do. Cl. Howe also reported that
the street employees were going to do as ~ch of the vehicle repair wor~ as possible
to cut down that expense.
W. ~. S. BROWNE CHICKEN HOUSE REQUEST: M~. W. $. S. Bro~ns, real estate agent.
on behalf of a prospective buyer requested permission to build chicken houses on a
lot on the south side of K St. between 5rd and 4th Avenues. Upon motion by Cl. Brown,
seconded by 01. Tim~aons, which carried, this al~a was referred to the !~ing Com-
mission for their fecundation.
By?.r-q PA~D: Upon motion by Cl. Ttwm~ns, seconded by 01. Howe, which carried,
the following bills after examination by the Finance Cow~tttee, were ordered paid:
12184 l~lby N. Dyson Election Services $ 1.00
12185 Juliet E. Keen Election services 1.00
12186 Sylvia $. Ink E~eotion Services 1.00
12187 ~__geline Reese Election Services 1.00
12188 Willis K. Folks Election Services 1.00
12189 0Ordelia H. Helm Election Services 1.00
12190 Sarah F. Barger Election Services 1.00
12191 Fern C. Helm Election Services 1.00
12192 Mary B. Foster Election Services 1.00
12195 Gladys W. Wright Election Sez~ices 1.00
12194 Kirtle L. Wright Election services 1.00
12195 ~herles M. !~ield Election services 1.00
12196 Alice G. Fasauo Election services 1.00
12197 ~Ath L Bax~n2~'t Election services 1.00
12198 Caris A. Northwang Election services 1.00
12200 sortie H. Skinner Election services 1.00
12201 Sulia A. ~lxodes Election s orrises 1.00
12202 Margy E. Weaver Election services 1.00
12205 Ruth A. Klndberg Election services 1.00
12204 Maya G. l~ee Election services 1.00
12205 Alice L. Bryant, Election services 1.00
12206 01ara I. B~¥erd Election services 1.00
12207 Florence E. Shadinger Election servicem 1.00
12208 Sulia L. Backer Election services 1.00
12209 Vera A. Wharton Election services 1.00
12210 ~-x-is E. Balk-nap Election services 1.00
12211 Nay T. I~Axen Election services 1.00
12212 wmtly~L. H. King Election services 1.00
12215 Ella F. Austin Election services 1.00
12214 Agnese B~sh Election services 1.00
12215 Lucille 0reel Election services 1.00
12216 Sam Diego Cons. Gas & Electric Co. October bills 458.89
12217 Security Trust & Savings Bank Paymt. on Tractor contract 108.66
12199 Herbert A. Sprague Election services 1.00
12218 County of San Diego Adv. Notice of Agreement 240.17
Cz'fYi .ENGI~,:.:~.'S CHARGE AGAINST 0L. TII~/i~IS:. Upon request of 01. Brown the
City Attorney reported to the Council respecting the written ccmrplaint referred to
him by the Council in which complaint the Oity Engineer alleged that 01. Ti~mlons
had violated provision of Sec. 866 of Act 5255 of Deering's General Laws of the State
of Cslifornia. The City Attorney reported that it was his opinion no evidence had
been submitted to the Council showing violation of such secion of law either with
respect to him direct or indirect benefit or any wilful violation of the provisions
of such section. Upon motion by Cl. T!w..ons, seconded by Cl. Bre~n~ ,~wh~i~c.h~ carried,
the claim of O. ~. Weisegerber for refund of his first installmen~ cz -~o. taxes
~inutes of Adjourned Regular I~ieeting of Nov. 14, 19~8 (Cont.)
and caucellation of the second installment of 1938 taxes on the Oontention that $1.02
exceeded the State Law for general government purposes, was denied. This action was
taken after Cl. Tt~m~ns explained that the amotmt of $1.02 set up for the general
gove~uuent amounted to approximately 70¢, the other 32¢ being the amount that would be
established for the perk and boulevard fund.
I ~ST. I FOS'i'~ AEOITIONI C. V. VILL~ TRAOT NO. 3 0?t?~G: County Supervisor
Roy Richards being present was que'stioned by Cl. Howe as the possibility of the city
obtaining the use of necessary oiling equipment and drivers fr~m the County of San
Diego for the oiling of I Street from National Avenue to B~V Blvd., and Church Avenue,
Del Mar Avenue, Twin Oaks Avenue, Elm Aven~e and Alpine Avenue from J Ste to K~earney.
t'~r. Richards lnfoz~aed the ~ouncil that he thoUght that the Board of Supervisors would
agree to the loaning of said equlpmsnt upon request by resolution f rom the City Council
and discussed with the City Attorney as to the best method to use to e~rpedite the matter
of obtaining per~sslon from the Board of Supervisors. Cl. T~tn~ons offered ~solution
No. 5~.4. which is a resolution requesting the Board of Supervisors to permit the use of
said equipment for oiling the above named streets. The Resolution was read and was
passed and adopted as read by ~e following vote, to-wit: A~ves: Cl. Brov~, Done, l~we
and Tl~aons. Noes: None. Absent: Cl. Bryant.
H~I'~. SIG~BOARD: Mr. B~anchard'requested permission from the City Council to
erect a sign board on National Avenue advertising the E1 !~'lmero Notel. A~ the general
tm.Bression was that this was against the ordinance, l~r. Blenchard was advised to see
fha City Attorney and to investigate the ordinance with him to see Just what could or
could not be done in this respect.
~0 .U~NE~.: Upon motion by Cl. Howe, seconded by Cl. T~v~mons, which carried,
this council adjourned sine die.
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