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Home My WebLink About1953-11-10• 361 MINUTES Council Chamber, City Hall Huntington Beach, California Tuesday, November 10, 1953 Pursuant to adjournment of the regular .meeting of the City Council on November 2, 1953, and in the absence of Mayor Seabridge, the Clerk called the adjourned meeting of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach to order at 7:00 o'clock P.M., and ordered a recess. Councilmen present: Bryant, Talbert, Wood, LeBard. Mayor Seabridge arrived at 7:10 P.M. Councilmen absent: None Mayor Seabridge called the council to order at 7:12 o'clock P.M. • Atlantic On motion by LeBard seconded by Wood that the request of the Oil Coo - term. dr lg o Atlantic Oil Company, Miller and Ford, for the termination of the bond Fidelity and Deposit Company drilling bond No, 5139486 on Well #7 iodated on Lots 13 and 15, in Block 522, was granted. Texas Co.' On motion by Wood seconded by Bryant that the request of The termodrlgo / bond Texas Company for termination of the Travelers' Indemnity Company • drilling bond No-,T-190 on well known as the A. W. Brown #12, was granted. • • 1 • 1 Atlantic Oil Coo- termowaste wtr.permits, Texaco #6 & Bartlett #1 Ord.#603, stop inter- section, passed The Clerk read a communication from the Atlantic Oil Company advising the City Council that their wells Texaco No. 6 and Bartlett No. 1 have been shut down and are now idle and request that no further billing for waste water disposal be made on these wells. On motion by Wood seconded by Talbert that the waste water permits issued to the Atlantic Oil Company covering wells Texaco No. 6 and Bartlett No. 1 be terminated-, was approved. The Clerk gave the second,and final reading of Ordinance No. 603 by title, an ordinance of the City of Huntington Beach relating to the stop intersection at Palm Avenue and Lake Avenue, City of Huntington Beach , and adding 'Sections 6217.3 and 622.7.3 to the Huntington Beach Ordinance Code. On motion by Wood seconded by Bryant Ordinance No. 603 was passed and adopted by the following roll call vote: AYES: Councilmen: Bryant, Talbert, Wood, LeBard, Seabridge NOES: Councilmen: None ABSENT: Councilmen: None a J Page #2 Minutes - Tuesday, November 10, 1953 H.B.Chamber The Clerk read a communication received from the Huntington of Commerce re: Beach Chamber of Commerce in w1i ich they commended the City Council State Hrgs. for sending a representative to the hearings on the oil and gas development on .state lands, and.requested the. City Council to consider having a representative to appear at all future hearings in order to constantly apprise the State of California of the City's desires. Metropol. The Clerk read a communication received from the Huntington Water Beach Chamber of Commerce advising the, City Council that the members had discussed fully the proposition of bringing Metro- politan water to Huntington Beach through the recent action of the, Orange County Municipal Water Survey Committee, and that the directors went on record, unanimously, to ask -the Huntington Beach City Council to provide the necessary action to carry forth the plan of extending water lines for the transportation of Metropol- itan water to Huntington Beach at the earliest possible moment.` Following, the action, the Board of Directors alsD went on record as,being willing to set up a special civic committee to educate the voting public and to bring about a proper public relations program to vote the bonds necessary to egrry on the program. Xmas St. The,Clerk read a communication from Huntington Beach Chamber Decorations • of Commerce requesting the City Council set aside $1,000.00 budgeted for the .City celebration to be applied on Christmas street decorations which are to be installed on November 30th. On motion by Wood seconded by Bryant that the request of the Huntington Beach Chamber of Commerce for the allocation of • the $1,000.00 set aside in the City budget for the Christmas street decorations be allowed as budgeted, was approved. Fire Chief= On motion by Wood seconded by Talbert that the request Fire Admin, classes of D. G. Higgins, Fire Chief, to attend the Fire Administration Class given by the University of Southern California, said class. to be held in Santa Ana on each Wednesday evening for the next sixteen weeks, and the course to cost $57.00, and said expense be allowed, was approved. Or.Co.B.d. The Clerk read the resolution of the Board of Supervisors Supervisors • of Orange County, Calif _ornia, dated November 3, 1953, wherein the -Board of 'Supervisors denied the petitions for cancellation or correction of assessment levy of taxes submitted by Signal Oil and Gas Company, a corporation, and Southwest Exploration Company, a corporation. 0 • 362 1 • 1 • • Manco Prod. New Well Or.CO.Mun. Wtr .Surv. Committee - joint agreement City Att'y • E.Stmg W.Warner • • • • Page #3 Minutes - Tuesday, November 10, 1953 On motion by Talbert seconded by Wood that the application for oil well permit of Manco Production, of Long Beach, California, to drill a news well, to be located approximately 200 feet south of Frankfort, 850 feet south, and 500 feet west of Hampshire and Indianapolis, was granted, subject to the filing'of the clean-up and drilling bonds and the map, subject to the approval of the City Engineer and the City Attorney. Mayor Seabridge announced that the general purpose of this,-. adjourned meeting was to discuss the joint agreement, as proposed by the Orange County Municipal Water Survey Committee Fund, that will set up the procedure to construct and operate the distribution lines to serve the West Orange County area to tie in m th the terminus valve of the Metropolitan Water Company that will eventually be installed at Katella Road. He said the meeting was now open for discussion. City Attorney Bauer reported that the bond attorneys have approved the agreement for form and that as City Attorney for the City of Huntington Beach he finds that it is in order in accord- ance vt th the provisions of the, City Charter of the City of Huntington Beache Edward Stang, local manager of the Southern California Water Company, reported to the City Council the peak loads of water consumption in this area and the ultimate capacity of the present wells. Willis Warner addressed the City Council and reviewed the present plight of water conditions in this area of the County and requested the City Council to give serious consideration to giving their approval to the tentative engineering program that the Survey Fund Committee has approved in order that the Committee can take action on the joint agreement that has now been reviewed by all parties or entities of the proposed. organization as it is nece- ssary to organize the enabling procedure to process; the bond issues that the people will have to vote on. On motion by Talbert seconded by Bryant that the City Council approve in principle the tentative plan for the water distribution lines to carry water to the entities being studied by the Orange County Municipal Water District Survey Fund Committee and said plan of Harrison & Woolley, Engineers, approved by the Orange County Municipal Water District Survey Fund Committee, was approved by the following roll call vote: AYES: Councilmen: Bryant, NOES: Councilmen: None ABSENT: Councilmen: None Talbert, Wood, LeBard, Seabridge 0 Page #4 Minutes v Tuesday, November 10, 1953. C®Bauer City Attorney Bauer reported on the tidelands funds hear - report on tideland ing held at Sacramento, and stated that he was not called on until funds. hrg® after 4:00 o t clock as the rest of the time had been taken up by various state agencies presenting their case to the interim com- mittee On motion by LeBard seconded by Wood the adjourned meeting of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach adjourned, ATTEST: City Clerk C'5.7- L -1-0 - Clerk � and - ex-officio lerk o he City Council of the City of Huntington Beach, Calif orn is Mayor