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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1955-01-31474 MINUTES Council Chamber, City Hall Huntington Beach, California Monday, January 31, 1955 Pursuant to adjournment,of the City Council meeting of January 24, 1955, and in the absence of Mayor Seabridge the Clerk called the adjourned meeting to order at 7:00 o'clock P.M., and ordered a recess for lack of a quorum. Councilmen present: LeBard, Terry Councilmen absent: Seabridge, Lockett-, Bartlett, - arrived at 7:10 o'clock P.M. Mayor Seabridge called the City Council to order and asked if anyone present wished to bring any matter before the 'City Council at this time. Chas.Furr- Charles Furr appeared before the City Council and presented a petition re: moving of petition signed by 20 property owners living within the area of dwellings Huntington Avenue, Lincoln Street, Memphis Street, east of the rail- Ll C.D. • Shedenhelm- power supply for oil wells 1 road tracks and contiguous to Memphis wherein they petition the City Council to take measures to prevent the moving in from one location within the City to another or from outside the City to within the City such structures as the dwelling made from <Junk lumber and drift wood that was moved onto a parcel of land on the north side of Memphis Street near the intersection of Huntington Avenue, and re- quest that the City provide legislation to prevent such occurrences and to consider adopting the County of Orange building code or pass- ing emergency legislation to prevent such conditions and to require the.property owner to put up a sizeable or adequate performance bond for coippletion after moving. C. D. Shedenhelm, local Manager of the Southern California Edison Company, appeared before the City Council and informed them of the company's problem to supply present and future power requests of operators for the oil wells that will necessarily have,to be served, located in the area west of First Street and north of Ocean Avenue, and presented a sketch to the City Council showing the proposed 1100 KV line running west on Atlanta Avenue and turning south to Olive Avenue and thence west, from which line service lines will be run north and south in the alleys to serve the required transformer banks, and stated that the findings of their superintendent, who was just transferred, is the most economical and serviceable program to serve be future requirements. Page #2 Minutes - Monday, January 31, 1955 Councilmen members asked Mr. Shedenhelm if it wouldn't be feasible to run the line down Atlanta and First Street to the first alley north of Ocean .Avenue, and bringing the line through that alley and then run service lines north on each alley for their ?t:ransTbrvmer bank requirements. Mr. Shedenhelm withdrew his request to make further study as a new superintendent would be on the job the following -day, and the suggestion of the City Council would be studied. Dr. Shupe- Dr. Shupe appeared before the City Council and asked them to tax, title lot reconsider selling the tax title lot to him located between his property and Mr. Cusolito,-on 14th Street between Crest Avenue and Main Street, as he has been unable to get the cooperation of the property owners living on that side of.14th Street to quitclaim bask to each property owner the 3.7 foot error made in an old survey in order to correct the property lines. The City Council took the request of Dr. Shupe under advisement. Business On motion by LeBard seconded by Terry the following applications Licenses for license to conduct business in the City of Huntington Beach were granted as follows: King's Welding shop, Long Beach, the business of welding. Monterey Oil Company, the business of absorption plant No. 4 at 20th and Palm Streets,. Terminal Drilling and Production Company of Los Angeles, oil well drilling. Robert L. Haley, Long Beach, the business of Haley Trucking Company, vacuum trucks. New Well, On motion by Bartlett seconded by LeBard the application for Davis #1 oil well permit of Warren L. Meeker, to drill a new well Davis #1, to be located on Lot 10, Block 205, Huntington Beach Tract, subject to the filing of a satisfactory map with the City Engineer, was granted. New Well, On motion by Terry seconded by Lockett the application for oil Tunstall #2 well permit of the Atlantic Oil Company, to drill a new well Tunstall #2, to be located on Lots 1, 3, and 5, Block 206, Huntington Beach Tract, was granted. New Well, On motion by LeBard seconded by Lockett the application for oil Tunstall #1 well permit of the Atlantic Oil Company to drill a new well Tunstall #1, to be located on Lots 1, 3, and 5, Block 206, Huntington Beach Tract, was granted. Page #3 Minutes - Monday, January 31, 1955 New Well, On motion by Bartlett seconded by LeBard the application for Tunstall #3 oil well permit of the Atlantic Oil Company to drill a new well Tunstall #3, to be located on Lots 1, 3, and 5, Block 206, Hunting- ton Beach Tract, was granted. New Well,. On motion by Lockett seconded by Bartlett.the application for Tunstall #4 oil well permit of the Atlantic Oi1.Company to drill a new well Tunstall #4, to be located on Lots 1, 3, and 5, Block 206, Huntington Beach Tract, was granted. New Well On motion by LeBard seconded by Bartlett the application for • Wilma #1 oil well permit of the klmar Oil Company to•drill a new well Wilma No. 1, to be located on Lots.13, 15, 17, and 19, Block 207, Huntington Beach Tract, was granted. New Well, On motion by Bartlett seconded by Terry, the application for Huntington- . Webb No. 1 oil.well permit of the Southern California Petroleum Corporation to drill a new well, Huntington -Webb No. 1, to be located on Lot 16, Block 205, Huntington Beach.Tract, was granted. New Well, On motion by Bartlett seconded by LeBard, the application for Frazier.- #2 oil well permit of Warren L. Meeker to drill a new well, Frazier No. 2, to be located on Lots 20.22, and 24, Block 106, Huntington Beach Tract, subject to the signature of the principal on the drill- ing bond and to filing a satisfactory map with the City Engineer, was granted. New Well On motion by Lockett seconded by Terry, the application for Freeman #2 oil well permit of Cooper and Brain to drill a new well Freeman No, 2, to be located on Lot 16, Block 105., Huntington'Beach Tract, was granted, New Well On motion by Bartlett seconded by Lockett the application for Graser #1 oil well permit of Caravan Oil Company to'drill a new well Graser #1, to be located on Lots 18 and 20-, Block 207, Huntington Beach Tract, subject to the filing of satisfactory clean-up and drilling bonds to be approved for form by the City Attorney, was granted. • New Well, Oh motion by LeBard seconded by Bartlett the application for Hunt.Com- munity #4 oil well permit of the Beloll Corporation Ltd., to drill a new well Huntington Community #4,-to be located on Lot 7; Block 303, Huntington Beach Tract, was granted. New Well, On motion by LeBard seconded by Terry, the application for oil Ocean #1 well permit of the Apex Petroleum Corporation,Ltd., to drill a new well Ocean #1, to be located on Lot 6, Block 106, Huntington Beach Tract, was granted. No 475 Page #4 Minutes - Monday, January 31, 1955 New Well On motion by Bartlett seconded by Lockett the application for Cookerly #2 oil,well permit of Warren L. Meeker to drill a new well Cookerly #2, to be located on Lots 6 and 7, Block 107, Huntington Beach Tract, subject to the filing of a satisfactory map with the.City Engineer, was granted. New Well,. On motion by LeBard seconded by Terry, the application for oil Sarrabere #2 well permit of Warren L. Meeker"t o drill a new well Sarrabere #2, to be located on Lots 21 and 23, Block 206, Huntington Beach Tract, subject to -the filing of a satisfactory map with the City Engineer, was granted. New Well, On -motion by Bartlett seconded by LeBard, the application for Davis #2 oil well permit of Warren'L. Meeker to drill a new well Davis #2, to be located on Lot 12, Block 205, Huntington Beach Tract, subject to the filing of a satisfactory map with -the City Engineer, was granted, New Well On motion by LeBard seconded by Bartlett the application for Fraxier #1 oil well permit of Warren L. Meeker to drill a new well Frazier #1, to be located on Lots 20, 22, and 24, Block 106, Huntington Beach Tract, subject to the filing of a satisfactory map with the City Engineer, was granted. D.Niccole, On motion by Bartlett seconded by Terry, the request of Dennis per.cut curb Niccole for permission to cut the curb on Third Street in Block 402, for driveway purposes and the work to be done under the supervision of the City•.Engineer, was approved. Albercalif On motion by Bartlett seconded by Lockett the request of Alber- Petr.Ltd.- perm.cut calif Petroleums Ltd., for permission to cut the curb at Lots 6 and curb 8, Block 202, Huntington Beach Tract, for driveway purposes, and the work to,be done under the supervision of the City Engineer, was approved. Albercalif On motion by Bartlett seconded by Terry, the request of Alber- Petr.Ltd.- remove palm calif Petroleums Ltd., for permission to remove a palm tree located tree in the parkway of Lots 5 and 7, Block 202, Huntington Beach Tract, and expense of removal to be borne by applicant and work to be done under the supervision of.the City Engineer, was approved. Grant.Deed- The Clerk read Grant Deed -received from Joe Irvine covering the from Joe Irvine to west 30 feet,of.Lot A, Block 908, Vista Del Mar Tract, for street City purposes. On motion by Lockett seconded by Bartlett, the City Attorney be instructed to draw up appropriate resolution to accept for the City Grant Deed given by Joe Irvine to the City for the west 30 feet of Lot A, Block 908, Vista Del Mar Tract, was approved.. r-1 476 0 R.B.Watkins petit.cond; exception , F_� Page #5 Minutes - Monday, January 31, 1955 The Clerk informed the City Cou#cil that the Planning Com- mission of the City of Huntington Beach held a meeting at 5:15 o'clock P`.M. on Monday, the 31st day of.January, 1955 for the purpose of considering a petition for conditional exception to regulations of the districting ordinance to permit the drilling for oil and gas and other hydrocarbons together with uses for commercial purposes as may be indicated on the property described as follows: SW4 of Section 13, Township 6 South, Range 11 West., approximately 300 feet north and 20.0 feet east of inter- section of.center line of Pacific Coast Highway #101 and Hampshire Avenue. Upon the petition for conditional exception filed by R. B. Watkins, the Planning Commission received no written or verbal state- ments for or against the request of R. B. Watkins' petition for conditional exception for permission to drill a well for the produc- tion of gas and oil on the parcel described in the notice of public hearing. The Planning Commission, in a motion duly made and carried, recommended to the City Coukicil that the petition for conditional exception of R. B. Watkins.tb drill for the production of gas, oil • and other hydrocarbons on the property described as the SWI of Section 13, Township.6 South, Range 11 West, be granted subject to the following conditions: Such operations and construction shall be in conformity with the Huntington Beach Ordinance Code provisions. The uses permitted shall not be construed as permitting rotary mud dumps, sumps or disposal, petroleum refining or processing or storage of oil or gas in tanks exceeding. 1,000 barrel capacity and not to exceed 16 feet in height. 1• All surface equipment such as top of well, pumps, tanks, and the like, shall be at least 150 feet from the nearest portion of any.piablic road, street, or state highway, and shall also be at least twenty-five feet from any lot line which is not common with a public road, street, or state highway line. Signs shall be limited to two in,number and each shall have an area of not over 12 square feet. 1• 476 Deepen Mills Well #2 City Em- ployees, Misc.Group,, salary raise C. of C.- request immediate changes 14 oil code Page #6 Minutes - Monday, January 31, 1955 On motion by LeBard seconded by Lockett, in accordance with the recommendations of the -Planning Commission that the petition for conditional exception of R. B. Watkins to drill a well to be located in the SW4 of Section 13, Township 6 South, Range 11 West, subject to conditions imposed by the Planning Commission except the distance from the easterly right-of-way line of Highway #39 or Hampshire Avenue be 105 feet instead of 150 feet as recommended by the Planning Commission) was granted by the following roll call vote: AYES: Councilmen: Terry, Lockett, Bartlett, LeBard, Seabridge NOES: Councilmen: None ABSENT: Councilmen: None On motion by Bartlett seconded by LeBard, that the application for oil well permit of R. B. Watkins Operations to deepen the Mills Well #2 located on the SW4 of Section 13, Township 6 South, Range 11 West, subject to the filing of drilling clean-up bonds to be approved for form by the City Attorney, was granted. On motion by LeBard seconded by Bartlett,tto'raise the salary of all city employees classified in the miscellaneous group, under the control of the City Council, two ranges and in the same bracket, in effect on January 31, 1955, and said increases to become effective February 1, 1955, was approved by the following roll call vote: AYES: Councilmen: Terry, Lockett, Bartlett, LeBard, Seabridge NOES; Councilmen: Norte ABSENT: Councilmen: None On motion by Bartlett seconded by LeBard the City Clerk be in- structed to request the Huntington Beach Company to deed 20 feet for alley purposes in Block 1801 and 1802 in Tract #12, was approved. Councilman LeBard read from the minutes of the special meeting of the Huntington Beach Chamber of Commerce -requesting that the neces- sary changes be made in the oil code immediately for good development of the oil resources within the business and residential areas of the City. The Clerk read a communication from the Chamber of Commerce, at the request of downtown merchants, for the City Council to order' the washing down of streets and sidewalks in the business areas by the Fire Department, in order to alleviate the dirt and resulting dust from oil well drilling operations. • 477 • .Page #7 Minutes --. -Monday , January 31, 1955 Mayor Seabridge called a recess at 9:10 o'clock P.M to discuss the suggested changes in.the'oil code with the Council and department heads, Norman On motion by Lockett seconded by Bartlett, the City employ Williams, oil field Norman Williams as oil field inspector, on a temporary basis, in inspector accordance with provisions•of Section 1576 of the Huntington Beach Ordinance Code, at an hourly wage equivalent to salary in Range 30, Bracket C, was approved, • On motion by Lockett seconded by Bartlett, the City Attorney be authorized to draw up ordinance to provide for the classification of oil field inspector in the salary range 30 of the compensation and classification plan of the City of Huntingtn Beach, was approved, D.Umphenour, On motion by LeBard seconded by Lockett, Donald Umphenour be employ.as lifeguard employed as a lifeguard in salary range 21, Bracket A, effective February 1, 1955, was approved, Receommend Councilman LeBard, Chairman of the Beach and Pier Committee, in lifeguard services accordance with findings of the Committee, recommended the Lifeguard be under . superv. services be made a division of the Fire Department under the super - Fire Chief vision of the Fire Chief and to e.11tinate the position of Chief Lifeguard and to employ a captain to be in charge of the lifeguard service under the direction of the Fire Chief. On motion by LeBard seconded by Bartlett, the City Attorney be Instructed to draw up an appropriate ordinance making the changes In the lifeguard department as recommended by the Chairman of the Beach and Pier Committee, was approved, H,B.Cab- On motion by Terry seconded by Lockett, the request of the adds another Huntington Beach Cab operator to add one cab to his service and cab. having complied with Ordinance Code procedure. and approved by the Police thief, was granted. Golf On motion by Lockett seconded by Terry, upon the recommendation .Course green fees of the Golf Committee, that Robert Marshall operator of the Huntington raised Beach Golf Course be permitted.as requested by himeto raise the week day green fees from one dollar ($1.00) to one dollar and a half was approved. On motion by Bartlett seconded by LeBard that the Oil Committee with the City Attorney and the respective department heads be instructed to work on the proposed changes in the oil code under discussion, was approved. • Page ##8 Minutes - Monday, January 31, 1955 On motion by Bartlett seconded by LeBard, the adjourned meeting of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach adjourned. C y Clerk and ex-officio Clerk o the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach, California ATTEST: Mayor City Clerk 1 •4