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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1952-06-02s MINUTES 1� 1 218 1 0-0 , 1 1 Council Chamber, City Hall Huntington Beach, California Monday, June 2, 1952 Maypr Seabridge called to order the regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach at 7:30 o'clock P.M. Councilmen present: Wood, Talbert, Langenbeck, LeBard, Seabridge Councilmen absent: None Minutes On motion by Langenbeck seconded by Wood that the min- utes of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach for the month of May, 1952, be accepted as mailed and ordered filed, was approved. Monthly The Clerk read the reports for the month of May, 1952, Reports of the City Treasurer, City Clerk, City Judge, City Engineer, Manager of the Municipal Trailer Park, Fire Chief, Chief of Police, and the Chief Lifeguard. On motion by Wood seconded by Talbert that the monthly reports of the department heads as read by the City Clerk be accepted and ordered filed, was approved. Busness On motion by LeBard seconded by Wood that the appli- licens.es cations for license to conduct business in the City of Hunt- ington Beach were granted as follows: Welch's Ready Mixed Concrete, 2609 W. Chapman, Orange, Cali- fornia, delivering concrete mix. City Linen Service, 1225 Rio Vista Street, Los Angeles, the business of linen -service route. A. M. Loya, dba LaChiquita Famous Tortillas, 1045 Custer, Santa Ana, the business of delivering tortillas. Dale F. Edwards and Bessie B. Dowty, Huntington Beach, to conduct the business of food concession at concession #34 and #35 on the Huntington Beach Company property. Ralph L. Williams, 302 Ocean Avenue, the business of Williams Chevrolet at 302 Ocean Avenue. Delbert Vaughn, 1701 Pine Street, the business of real estate salesman, from the office of William H. Tolson at 1701 Pine Street. William H. Tolson, 1701 Pine Street, the business of real estate broker. E.R.Combs, The Clerk read the resignation of Chief Lifeguard Chief Lifegd. resigned Elmer R. Combs in which he expressed his appreciation of the opportunity to have served the community in the capacity of Chief Lifeguard. page #2• Minutes June 2, 1952 On motion by LeBard seconded by Talbert that the resig- nation .of Elmer R. Combs, Chief Lifeguard, to be effective June 6, 1952, be accepted, was approved. Councilman LeBard reported that the City was in receipt J.Jones, appl. for Chief Lifegd.of an application from John William Jones, presently employed as a Captain in the Lifeguard Department of the City of Newport Beach, for the position of Chief Lifeguard, and stated that the City was happy to receive applications for the position and applications will receive consideration provided there is no one in other City departments available or capable of handling the position. On motion by Talbert seconded by LeBard that in.ac- Fred Swartz appointed cordance with the recommendations of the Beach and Pier Com- Chief Lifegd. mittee that Fred R. Swartz, presently employed in the Fire Depart- ment be transferred and appointed to take the position of Chief Lifeguard as vacated by Elmer R. Combs and said position to be effective June 6, 1952, and the salary to be in the prevailing range of the Chief Lifeguard classification, Bracket "A", and all other applications for the position of Chief Lifeguard be denied. Motion carried. Councilman Langenbeck dissenting. New Clubhouse, The City Clerk read the proposal received from Robert ` golf course - waiver of M. Marshall, owner and operator of the Huntington Beach Munici- green fees. pal Golf Course requesting that paragraph 15 of the agreement dated the 8th day of November, 1949, between the City of Hunt- ington Beach and Robert M. Marshall be waived and that the entire green fee rentals in the amount of 10% presently paid to the City by Marshall under the aforesaid agreement and subsequent green fee rentals until the entire construction cost of the building are earned in greenf ee rentals and that the proposed construction of a clubhouse to cost not more than $23,000.00. Mayor Seabridge referred the proposal of Robert M. Marshall to the Golf Committee for study and report. Mr. M. Wildman appeared before the City Council and Wildman, sub -lease asked what had been done about the request of John G. Garrish to from Garrish sub -lease an area 1001 X 7.001 for -the purpose of en -gaging in the business of dealing in used airplanes and automobiles and parts for same. Mr. Wildman was informed by the City Council that no action could be taken until Georgianna W. Garrish had complied with certain requirements in their lease with the City. The Clerk read a letter from -the Huntington Beach Plan - Variance Dental Dental office ning Commission advising the City that at an adjourned meeting on Main St. of the Planning Commission of the City, of Huntington Beach held Ai 4,'s 1 I,. 2J�9 Page #3• Minutes - June 2, 1952 on May 27, 1952, a public hearing was held in accordance with legal notice published in the Huntington Beach News on May 15, 1952, Purpose of the hearing to consider petition for condi- tional exception to regulations of the Districting Ordinance to permit construction of a bungalow type building to be used for a dental office on the property described as follows: Lot 1, Block 706, Wesley Park Tract, as per map recorded in Book 4, Page 17, Miscellaneous Maps, Records of Orange County, California. No written or verbal objections were filed with or received by the,. Commission. On a motion duly made and carried the Planning Commis- sion recommended the granting of the variance for the follow- ing reasons and subject condition: 1. Existing businesses in same intersection. 2. Shape of lot lends itself to the type of use requested. 3. Use for dental office purposes will not be materially detrimental to the public health, safety -and welfare, or injurious to the con- forming land, property or improvements in -the neighborhood of the property for which the conditional exception is sought. Variance to be granted subject to the following condi- tion: 1. Use of property for dental office purpose only. On motion by Langenbeck seconded by,Wood that the City Council accept the findings of the Planning Commission relative to the petition for conditional exception to permit construction of a bungalow type building to be used for a dental office on the property described as follows: Lot 1, Block 706, Wesley Park Tract, as per map recorded in Book 4, Page 17, Miscellaneous Maps, Records of Orange County, California, and the same be granted, subject to the condition as recommended by the Planning Coml4i:ssion of the City of Huntington Beach, was • * passed and adopted by the following roll call vote: AYES: Councilmen: stood, Talbert, Langenbeck, LeBard, Seabridge NOES: Councilmen: None ABSENT: Councilmen: None L. Wells Lyndon Wells appeared before the City Council and asked the legislative body who gave them police powers to enforce the removal of weeds from private property. Upon the request of Mayor Seabridge City Attorney Bauer informed Mr. dells regard- ing the statutes that give the City Council its powers to abate a nuisance. Mr. Wells also reported to the City Council that the 0 4 Page #4. Minutes - June 2, 1952 It, Arden Farms, Tr. Park Policy of Tr.Pk.` on deliveries W.Evans - Roller Skating Rink, Pavalon City has pushed debris and dirt onto his property and asked that it be removed. Mayor Seabridge referred the matter of debris and dirt on the property of Mr. Wells to the Streets and Parks Com- mittee for study and report. Mr. Wells also requested the City Council to remove the ten feet of paving that the City has placed on his property known as Lot 16, Watson's Addition, without permission or ease- ment. Mayor Seabridge referred the matter of removal of ten feet of paving from Lot 16, Watson's Addition, to the Streets and Parks Committee for study- and report. A representative of the Arden Farms appeared before the City Council and asked for permission to serve the patrons in the Municipal Trailer Park. Mayor Seabridge referred the request of the Arden Farms representative to the Beach and Pier Committee for study and report. Councilman L,eBard brought to the attention of the City Council members that a policy has been established in the Munic- ipal Trailer Park to eliminate all forms of deliveries or solic- iting in th.e` Park that is not absolutely essential due to the problem of the many children that are in the Park during the summer months, and it is the desire of the City to avoid acci- dents, especially where regulations can minimize the occurrence i of accidents. Wilma Evans appeared before the City Council and in- quired as to what the City Council has done relative to allow- ing roller skating in the Pavalon, as there were many people in Huntington Beach who roller skate and at present must go to the rink in Costa Mesa and other points, and asked the City Council to give the subject consideration. Agrmt. - H.B. The Clerk read an agreement made between the Huntington Elem.School & Recr.Comm.- Beach Elementary School and the Public Recreation Commission Plunge of the City of Huntington Beach whereby the Commission has asked the Elementary School for the right to use the plunge and two locker rooms adjoining or near the plunge for the purpose of conducting swimming classes for children on Mondays through Fridays between the hours of 8:30 A.M. and 4:30 P.M. from the 16th day of June, 1952, to and including the first day of August, 1952, and the playground for the purpose of • carrying on supervised games and recreational activities between the hours of 8:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. during the summer months., 1 'A 4•0 1 1 CI Page 5. Minutes - June 2, 1952 �o 1 1 On motion by Langenbeck seconded by Wood that the -City Council of the City of Huntington Beach approve the ;- greelAent between the City of Huntington Beach Elementary School District and the Public Recreation Commission of the City of Huntington Beach, was approved. The request of Mrs. Felix Sianez, 317 Quincy Street, Mrs. Sianez, removal of for the removal of eucalyptus trees in the alley in order to trees be able to build on the property was referred to the Streets and Parks Committee.for study and report by Mayor Seabridge. The Clerk read.a -letter from the Huntington Beach Reso. #27 Planning - Planning Commission submitting for the consideration of the Comm. City Council the Master Plan of Beach and Shoreline as pre- pared and adopted by the City of Huntington Beach Planning Commission and attached to said letter a copy of Resolution No. 27 of the Planning Commission of the City of Huntington Beach recommending said plan as a section of the..Master Plan of the City of Huntington Beach. Beach and On motion by Wood seconded by Talbert that the City Shoreline Plan & Text.Council accept the proposed General Plan of Beach and Shoreline as recommended by the Planning Commission of the City' of Hunt- ington Beach for review and to defer action on the proposed plan until all members of the City Council have had time -to study the.. plan and text as filed, was approved. Auto parking- The Clerk read a letter from the Huntington Beach P.E.R.R. tracks Chamber of Commerce asking the City Council to make immediate plans for more auto parking on the Pacific Electric strip be- tween the Ocean Boulevard and the Pacific Electric Tracks from loth Street to the entrance of the Municipal Trailer Park. The request of the Huntington Beach Chamber of Commerce to make immediate plans for more auto parking on the Pacific Electric Strip was referred to the &each and Pier Committee and the City Engineer and for said Committee and City ]engineer to contact the Pacific Electric Company officials regarding the possibility of utilizing the area as requested by the Chamber of Commerce. Carnival - The Clerk read a communication from the Huntington Beach 4th of July Chamber of Commerce stating that they had made arrangements with the Surf Theatre Management to hold the'4th of July carnival on the theatre parking lot and a lot between Mr. Talbert's home and the Boogie Woogie Malt Shop, adjacent thereto, and requesting the City Council give the Fourth of July Committee permission 0 Page #6. , Minutes -.June 2, 1952 to conduct a carnival for entertainment for the children for a period of --four days, July 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th, 1952. On motion by Wood seconded by Talbert that the Chamber 1. of`Commerce be given permission t-o hold the Fourth of July Carnival on the areas designated in their request subject to the safety supervision of the Chief of Police of the City of Huntington Beach, was approved. W.E.Draper - A request of Walter-E. Draper of 621 Main Street to Lot 15,-Tr.73 . purchase from the City of Huntington Beach Tax Deeded, Lot 15, Tract 73, for the amount of $150.00 was referred by Mayor Seabridge to the Real Estate Committee for study and -report. L.Wells Lyndon Wells appeared before the City Council and stated that he would offer for Lot 15, Tract 73, the sum of $17.5.00. Sale of Tax The Clerk read a letter from Don-S. Mozley, Coupty Tax delinquent properties- Collector, County of Orange, stating it was the intention of Watson's re - sub. the Tax Collector's Office to.sell at public auction tax delin- -,qu:ent properties described as T. J. Watson's Re -Sub, undivided- interest in Lots 1 to 20,_inclusi•ve, Block 1403-and 1404, as per Copy attached to the communication, and further stated that since the property is located within the City limits of Hunt- ington Beach that the Tax Collector's Office desires to know if the City Council consents or objects to the sale. On motion by Langenbeck seconded by LeBard that the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach give consent to the sale of the properties described as T. J. Watson's Re -Sub undi- vided interest in Lots 1 to 20 inclusive, Block 1403 and 1404 was approved. Demands On motion by Langenbeck seconded by LeBard that the demands as approved by the Finance Committee of the City Council he paid, ,was approved. Co.Sanitation The Clerk read a letter' received from the County Sanita- Districts - location of tion' Districts of Orange County, California, adviksing the City sew.tr.plant of Huntington Beach that the,County Sanitation Districts of Orange County, California are proposing the copstruction-;of a sewage treatment plant within the City limits of the City of.. Huntington Beach and that the County Sanitation Districts have not as yet purchased any of t1he land needed for the treatment plant, consequently application for re -zoning or a variance is not possible at this time and it is requested that the Districts need be considered should .zoning changes in the area be considered 221 Page #7. Minutes - June 2, 1952. prior to the purchase of the land by the Districts. Mayor Seabridge referred the communication of the County Sanitation Districts of Orange County, California, relative to the area within the City of Huntington Beach whereb7 the pro- posed treatment plant site is contemplated to the Planning Com- mission of the City of Huntington Beach and the City Attorney for further study. Salary of On motion by Langenbeck seconded by Talbert that the City Coll. increased salary of the City Collector be set in Range 12, Bracket "B" of the salary classification ordinance of the City of Hunting- ton Beach and to be effective June 5, 1952, was approved. Purchase six On motion by Langenbeck seconded by LeBard that in ac- efficiency signs. cordance with the request of the General Safety Committee of the City of Huntington Beach, the City Clerk be authorized to pur- chase six efficiency signs for the various departments of the City, was approved. Waste water Councilman Langenbeck reported that the Oil Committee permit - C .M. Garrisonha,d checked into the application for waste water permit of C. M. Garrison covering his operations on Lots 2 and 4, Block 315, Huntington Beach Tract on the east side of Sixteenth Street and it was the findings of the Oil Committee that C. M. Garrison be required to comply with the regulations of ordinance governing waste water disposal. On motion by Langenbeck seconded by Talbert that in ac- cordance with the recommendations of the Oil Committee that the application for waste water permit of C. M. Garrison covering operations located on Lots 2 and 4, Block 315, Huntington Beach Tract be granted subject to the waste water facility installa- tions as required by City ordinance and the installation to be checked and approved by the City Engineer was approved. 17th St., On motion by Langenbeck seconded by Talbert that the Grade Cross. removal of City Engineer be authorized or instructed to proceed with the trees cleaning of the sump hole and the removal of certain trees at the Seventeenth Street Grade Crossing for the purpose of pre- paring the area for bids in order to facilitate and make spec- ifications standard for bids on the Seventeenth Street Grade Crossing, was approved. Plan for City. Engineer, Harry Overmyer, presented to the City parking cars on triangle Council a plan covering a. plan for parking cars on the tri- area angle area at the junction of Huntington Avenue and Highway #101 and said area to accommodate 154.cars and the cost to • approximate $1,000.00. Page #8: Minutes, June 2, 1952 Purchase Willys 1 tton pickup truck - Life- guard Dept. Flood Control Dist. - Public hearing On motion by Langenbeck seconded by LeBard that the City Engineer be instructed to proceed with the installation of the. parking area as outlined in the plan presented for parking,cars at'the junction of Huntington Avenue and Highway #101, was approved. On motion by LeBard seconded by Talbert that the City Engineer be authorized to rent a motor,grader, if necessary, to grade the parking area adjacent to Huntington Avenue and' Highway #101, was approved. On motion by LeBard seconded by Wood that the City .Administrative Officer be authorized to issue a purchase order for one Willys four wheel drive 11 ton pick-up truck for use by the Lifeguard Department and that the 1945 Chevrolet li tong truck*be salvaged, was -approved. Councilman Talbert informed the City Council that at 9:30 o'clock A.M. on June 5, 1952, the Flood Control Board was holding a public hearing on the 1952-1953 budget of the Flood Control District. Councilman Langenbeck suggested to the City Council that the Board of Directors of the Flood Control District be advised of the flood water problem that originates in County area con- tiguous to the northerly City limits of the City of Huntington Beach that finds its way into the northeast portion of the City. On motion by Langenbeck seconded by Wood that the City Engineer, the City Clerk, and the City Attorney, be instructed to attend with Councilman Talbert the public hearing on the 1952- 1953 budget, of the Flood Control District to be held at the Board of 'Supervisors Room, County Court House, Santa Ana, California, at 9:30 o'clock A.M. June 5, 1952, was approved... Offer to pur- Councilman Talbert reported to the City Council that he chase triangle area, #101 & was in receipt of a bonafide offer in the amount of $20, 000.00 Huntington Ave. for the triangle piece of land owned by the City of Huntington Beach located at the junction of Highway #101 and Huntington Avenue. On motion by LeBard seconded by Wood that the proposed offer as reported by Councilman Talbert for the triangle parcel of land located at the junction of Highway #101 and Hurit'ington Avenue be referred to the Real Estate Committee with authoriza- tion to'have an appraisal made; -was approved. C. of C. Councilman Talbert suggested to the members of the City Pavalon Bldg. - -Council that the Chamber of Commerce offices be moved to the pjm Page #9. Minutes - June 2, 1952 2 Pavalon Building and the Chamber of Commerce take charge and manage the"Pavalon Hall. Agrmt.H.B. On motion by Wood seconded by LeBard that in accord - High School & Recr.Comm - ance with recommendations 'of the Recreation Committee that Baseball Field the agreement between the Huntington Beach Union High School and the Public Recreation Commission of the City of Huntington Beach whereby the Commission requests the right to use the School's 1 ok, 1 baseball field and bleachers for the purpose of conducting and, carrying on recreational games and activities as well as leggue baseball games during the summer months of 1952 and particularly on Wednesday afternoons and Saturdays and Sundays be approved by the City Council, was approved. Easement & On motion by Langenbeck seconded by Wood that in accord - right of way, Div. of ance with the recommendation of the Streets and Parks Committee Highways that the Mayor and the City Clerk be authorized to execute the easement and the right of way contract referred to as Document 55 of the Division of Highways, State of California, was approved by the following roll call vote: AYES: Councilmen: Wood, Talbert, Langenbeck, LeBard, Seabr idge NOES: Councilmen: None ABSENT: Councilmen: None Replacement On motion by Langenbeck seconded by LeBard that the City of Police Car Administrator be instructed to ask for informal bids for the re- placement of Police Car #452 was approved. ,On motion by Langenbeck seconded by Talbert the regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach , adjourned. ATTEST: ve &_��c ity Clerk 4:Z��4 -e 4::IAA� Ztlyy Jerk and ex-officio er A dr the City Council of the City cif Huntington Beach, California a