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MINUTES
City Hall, Monday, Feb. 28, 1938
Pursuant to adjournment of February 21, 1938, the City Council
met and was called to order at 7:30 P.M. by Mayor Warner.
Councilmen present: Morehouse, Chamness, Henrickson, Warner.
Councilmen absent: Talbert.
Application for Councilman Morehouse stated that he had heard that H. B. Carr had •
beer license
withdrawn withdrawn his application for beer license at 214 - 5th Street and, on
motion by Henrickson seconded by Chamness, the City Attorney was autho-
rized to write the Board of Equalization in the matter of the protest of
the City Council of Huntington Beach and S. R. Bowen against the issuance
of a 1938 on sale beer license to H. B. Carr, 214 - 5th Street and
advise the Board that the City Council was agreeable to withdraw its •
complaint in the event H. B. Carr withdrew his application for license.
Option - The Clerk read an option of the Mills Land and Water Company offering
Beach frontage
for sale to the City of Huntington Beach a strip of beach frontage ap- •
'proximately 1610.4 feet long situated in the City of Huntington Beach
near the easterly limits. The consideration of said option being $400.00
which sum applies upon the purchase price of $85,000.00, whereupon the •
following motion was made by Councilman Henrickson: "That the City
Council of the City of Huntington Beach accept said option of the Mills
Land and Water Company". IVlotion seconded by Councilman Morehouse, put •
and carried unanimously.
Option - The Clerk read an option of the Mills Land and Water Company
Acreage
offering for sale to the City of Huntington Beach a certain piece of •
acreage located within the City of Huntington Beach near its easterly
boundary line in consideration of $100.00 to be applied as an option on
the purchase price amounting to $25,000.00. Whereupon the following •
motion was made by Councilman Chamness: "That the City Council of the
City of Huntington Beach accept the option of the Mills Land and Water
Company". Motion seconded by Councilman Henrickson, put and carried
unanimously.
Sign at Five
Engineer Overmyer informed
the Council that
he had investigated
Points
prices for the erection of an
eight foot sign at
Five Points and that `
same would cost approximately
$175.00 plus installation
charge of
$55.00, also that he had been
informed that the
State Highway Commission
would allow a uniform type of
sign to be erected
on the right-of-way at "
a total cost of $116.50, same
to be a Neon sign
installed and lighted.
The matter was taken under advisement until the
next meeting of the
City Council. _
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Resolution
0792
The Clerk presented and
read Resolution No.
792, a resolution of
the City Council of the,City
of Huntington Beach, California, deter-
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mining and declaring that the public interest and necessity demands
the acquisition, construction and completion within the City of
Huntington Beach, California, of a certain municipal improvement
and, on motion by Councilman Chamness seconded by Councilman Henrickson,
Resolution No. 792 was passed and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen Morehouse, Chamness, Henrickson, Warner.
NOES: Councilmen - None.
ABSENT: Councilmen Talbert.
Change order Councilman Chamness informed the Council that a new change
necessary
order should be prepared covering the installation of one window on
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the first story of the pavilion for lightinCD
g purposes and six
windows on the upper story for ventilating purposes. The estimated
cost as submitted by the contractor being approximately $467.00 and,
d on motion by Henrickson seconded by Chamness, the matter was referred
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to the Beach and Pier Committee to confer with the Engineer and
Architects with power to act. Motion put and carried unanimously.
Fishing The matter of a contract with John H. Ganes to operate live
boats
bait fishing boats off the pier was deferred until March 7th.
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Emblem light- On motion by Henrickson seconded by Morehouse, the American
Memo.Hall
Legion was granted permission and the City Engineer directed to
install an emblem light at the front of the Memorial Hall. The
matter of additional exit lights in Memorial Hall to accommodate the
Legion quarters was referred to the City Engineer.
On motion by Henrickson seconded by Chamness, the Council
adjourned until 8:30 P.M. Wednesday, March 2, 1938.
City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk
of the City Council.
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