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MINUTES
City Hall, Monday, October 3rd, 1938
The -regular meeting of the City Council was called to order
at 7:30 P.M..by the City Clerk.
Councilmen present: Morehouse, Chamness, Talbert, Henrickson.
Councilmen absent: McCallen.
Councilman Morehouse On motion by Chamness seconded by Talbert, Councilman More -
mayor pro tem house was appointed mayor pro tem in the absence of Mayor McCallen.
Councilman Councilman Henrickson thanked the members of the City Council
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and city departments for flowers presented at the funeral of his
mother.
Minutes On motion by Chamness seconded by Henrickson, minutes for the
month of September were approved as read.
Monthly reports . On motion by Henrickson seconded by Chamness, monthly reports
of the City Treasurer, City Clerk, City Judge, Chief of Police,
Superintendent of Streets and City Collector were accepted and
ordered filed.
J. M. Proctor The Clerk read a letter from J. M. Proctor requesting that
salary be paid him for the month of September 1938. Superintendent
of Streets Henry Wirth informed the Council that Mr. Proctor left
{ ' his :job without notice on August 26th and did not again report for
duty until September 6th at which time he informed Mr. Proctor that
his services were no longer needed. Attorney Overacker expressed
the opinion that if an employee left his job without notice and
did not return for a period so long as August 26th to September 6th,
it was his opinion that such employee had forfeited the job.
Councilman Morehouse said that Mr. Proctor came to him on or about
September 6th and said that he had reconsidered, he was informed by
Mr. Morehouse that the matter would have to be taken up with the
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proper authorities as he had no authority to employ or discharge
employees. On motion by Henrickson seconded by Chamness, the request
of Mr. Proctor for salary for the month of September was denied.
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Mrs. Harris -
The Clerk read a letter from Mrs. Sadie A. Harris asking
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permission to remove Acacia tree from in front of her property at
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the corner of loth and Palm. On motion by Talbert seconded by
Chamness, the matter was referred to the Streets and Parks Committee
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to investigate and report back to the City Council.
P.L.Wood -
The. Clerk read a letter from Mr. P. L. Wood asking that his
pier concession
present lease for a pier concession be cancelled and renewed for a
period of five years for the reason that certain improvements
needed to'be made during the winter months. On motion by Henrick-
son seconded by Chamness, the matter was referred to the Beach and
Pier Committee for further consideration and report.
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So. Calif, The Clerk read a letter from the Southern California Edison
Edison Co.
Company asking permission to set electric pole lines along the right-
of-way on Ocean Avenue between 23rd Street and the city limits. On
motion by Chamness seconded by Talbert, the matter was referred to
the Streets and Parks Committee for their investigation and recommend-
ation at next meeting of the City Council.
12th Street The request of Chas. Burleycamp for the improvement of 12th Street
between Orange Avenue and Palm Avenue was referred to the Streets and
Parks Committee for their investigation and recommendation.
Report on The Clerk read report from the Orange County Health Department
city water
covering analysis of city water August 27th and September 21st. The
report showed no contamination of water.
Lease- The Clerk read a lease between the City of Huntington Beach and
Peter Karales
Peter Karales, leasing to the latter a portion of the city's sewer
plant site for a period of five years and, on motion by Talbert seconded
by Henrickson, the Mayor pro tem and City Clerk were authorized to
execute same on behalf of the City.
Baseball The Clerk called the Council's attention to the fact that the baseball
Park
park was being used for other purposes than baseball and informed the Council
that the lease from the
Huntington Beach Grammar School limited the use of
the park for
the use of
baseball only and, on motion by Henrickson seconded
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by Talbert,
the Clerk was
directed to write the insurance company and ask
permission
to allow the
ground to be used for rodeos and horse shows, also
contact the
Huntington
Beach Elementary School officials and ask that the
lease with
the'city be
amended accordingly and report back to the City
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Council.
On motion by Chamness seconded by Henrickson, the above question was
also referred to the Music and Promotion Committee for their investigation
and recommendation.
On motion by Talbert seconded by Chamness, demands approved by the
Finance Committee were ordered paid.
Councilman Morehouse informed the Council that he had investigated the
matter of installation of hydrant in the Main Street center parking at 14th
and Main and that the water company was agreeable to installing the meter
on a minimum charge of $3.00 per month and, on motion by Henrickson seconded
by Talbert, the matter was referred to the City Engineer to investigate and
determine if it was not possible to connect the four parking strips in the
center of Main Street on one meter.
Mr. R. B. Whitehur-st of the Watson Aerial Photograph Company appeared before
the Council with an aerial map of the City of Huntington Beach and, on motion
by Henrickson seconded by Talbert, the City Engineer was authorized to
purchase maps at a cost not to exceed $35.00, same to be satisfactory to
the City Engineer.
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Councilman Talbert stated that business men were having
difficulty in delivering merchandise to their customers located
on the municipal pier for reason that the city ordinance prohibited
the use of motor vehicles on the pier at all times. On motion by
Talbert seconded by Henrickson, the City Attorney was authorized
to contact the Beach and Pier Committee and prepare an amendment to
the present ordinance permitting the use of vehicles on the pier at
certain hours of the day; same to be an emergency ordinance.
Seats on municipal pier Councilman Talbert stated that he had investigated the matter
of furnishing seats for the municipal pier and the beach front and
had come to the conclusion that a bench put out by the Ideal Manu-
facturing Company at a cost of $6.55 each was the best to be had
and, on motion by Henrickson seconded by Talbert, the city engineer
was authorized to purchase sufficient material to construct twelve
16 ft. seats from the Ideal Manufacturing Company, 1039 No. Mansfield
Avenue, Hollywood, California.
Beach front- City Engineer Overmyer presented plans for the improvement of
improvement
the newly acquired beach front and certain changes in the municipal
trailer camp. Following motion by Councilman Chamness: "That the
plans and specifications be approved and the city engineer be direct-
ed to submit application to the W.P.A. for aid in the construction of
the above named project.
That the City Engineer be designated as the sponsor's agent and
that the City Engineer and City Controller be authorized to execute
same on behalf of the City." Motion put and carried unanimously.
City Attorney Overacker was asked to make investigation and
report to the City Council whether or not it would be necessary to
advertise for bids for the above' named improvement.
Parking meters Councilman Talbert stated that he had investigated the matter
not recommended
of installing parking meters along the business section of Main
Street but did not recommend their use at the present time.
Library roof City Engineer Overmyer stated that he had secured informal bids
for the construction of new roof on library building, bids ranging in
price from $263.00 to $295.00 for composition roof., On motion by
Talbert seconded by Chamness, the City Counoil,went on record re-
commending that the Library Board accept the bid of John & Wade, Inc.,
Long Beach, California, for the sum of $263.00. The Clerk was
directed to turn all bids over to the Library Board.
On motion by Chamness seconded by Talbert, the Council adjourned
until 7:30 P.M. Thursday, October 6, 1938.
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