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MINUTES
Oscar,
Stricklin
Wilshire
Oil Coe
easement
re: pipe
line
Request
for sign -
Pacific
Tr.Park
Or.Co.
Dahlia
Society
Minutes
Monthly
Department
Reports
Council Chamber, City Hall
Huntington Beach, California
Monday, December 5, 1955
Mayor Seabridge called the regular meeting of the City
Council of the City of Huntington Beach to order at 7:30 o'clock P.M.
Councilmen present: Terry, Lockett, Bartlett, LeBard, Seabridge
Councilmen absent; None
Oscar Stricklin appeared before the City Council on behalf
of the Regional Water Pollution Control Board and described the present
situation of water pollution problems in this area and their board is re-
questing the City of Huntington Beach to take action to regulate the
pollution of underground or surface waters, and recommending the City
authorize the County of -Orange -to act as enforcement agency for the
City of Huntington Beach. The matter was tabled for further study..
On motion by LeBard seconded by Bartlett the proposed agree -
ment with changes as presented by the Wilshire Oil Company for ease-
ment to lay a pipeline across certain property owned by the City of
Huntington Beach be approved, and the Mayor and Deputy City Clerk be
authorized to execute the agreement, was approved by the following roll
call vote:
AYES: Councilmen: Terry, Lockett, Bartlett, LeBard, Seabridge
NOES: Councilmen: None
ABSENT: Councilmen: None
Mr. Cleveland, owner of the Pacific Trailer Park, appear -
ed before the City Council and requested permission to install a direc-
tional sign on the City -owned property located at the northeast corner
of Huntington.Avenue and Highway #101, approximately four feet by seven
feet in size. The request was referred to the Beach and Pier Committee
and the City Engineer for further study and report.
The request of the Orange County Dahlia Society to use the
Memorial Hall with charges waived during the last weekend of August,
1956, was referred to the Building Committee for further study and
report.
On motion by LeBard seconded by Bartlett the minutes of the
City Council for the meetings of November 7th and November 21st, 1955,
as transcribed and mailed by the,Clerk be acepted and ordered filed, was
approved.
the Clerk read the reports for the month of November, 1955,
of the department heads as follows: - City Treasurer, City Clerk,
City Collector, City Engineer, Chief of Police, Fire Chief, Manager
of Municipal Trailer Park, and Superintendent of Recreation.
On motion by Bartlett seconded by Lockett the reports of
the department heads for the month of November, 1955, as read by the
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Business
t Licenses
► Hammack
♦ Elec.. Co.-
elec.contr.
license bd.
Ord.#637
1st. reading
Clerk be .accepted and ordered filed, was approved.
On ,motion by Terry seconded by LeBard the applications for
license to conduct business in the City of Huntington Beach were
granted as follows:
W. E. Draper, Pier Hotel at 117 Main Street, Huntington Beach,
W. L. Farrow and Son, Garden Grove, building contractor.
Emsco Manufacturing Company - D & B Division, supply store, oil field
drilling and production equipment at '402 - 17th Street.
A. J. Van Ausdeln, Seal Beach painter.
On motion by Terry seconded by Bartlett the Electrical Con-
tractor's License Bond No. 33S36227, in the name of Thomas P. Pike
Drilling Company dba Hammack Electric Company, as approved for form
by the City Attorney, be accepted and ordered filed, was approved.
The Clerk gave the first reading to Ordinance No. 637, an
ordinance of the City of Huntingtcn Beach prohibiting the transferring
of oil from oil storage
or production tanks to trucks and adding
Section
2428.1 to the Huntington
Beach Ordinance Code.
the Clerk gave
the first reading to Ordinance No. 638,
an+I
Ord.. #638,
ordinance of the City of
"untington Beach relating to the prima facie
1st. reading
speed limit on 17th Street between Ocean Avenue and Main Street,
and
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adding Sections 6172 and
6172.1 to the Huntington Beach Ordinance
Code.
The Clerk gave
the first reading to Ordinance No. 639,
and
Ora.. #639
ordinance of the City of
Huntington Beach relating to the making
of
1st. rdg.
falseieports and adding Sections 1318 to the Huntington Beach Ordl-
nance Code,
The Clerk informed the Council that the opinion from Jack
J. Eimel, Special Counsel, had -been received in reference to an ap-
peal in the quo warranto action. Copies of his opinion had been pre -
Annexation viously mailed to the Council. The City Attorney informed the
Case
Council that the trial court on December 2, 1955, denied the City Is
motion for a new trial in•the annexation case and that if the Council
desired that an appeal be taken, -the Council should authorize the
City Attorney, prior to the 16th aay of December, 1955, to file notice
of appeal. If such notice of appeal is not so filed, the judgment of
the trial court will become final and the annexation of the northwest
extension voided. The matter was held. over for further study.
The Clerk read a letter from A. A. Pasquall, 521 - 10th
R. Pasquali- Street, Huntington Beach, requesting to purchase from the Cipy of
pur.of lot
Huntington Beach, Lot 14, 3lock 711, 1�esley Park Tract. The matter
was tabled for farther study.
On motion by Terry seconded by Bartlett the request of Mark
Downing Ford, Inc., for permission to break the curb on the inside of
v.
►• the service road at the corner of Highway #101 and Highway #39, subject
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Mrs.Martha
Pickering -
remove tree
Reappoint
Dr. Hawes
Or.CoJM
Abate.Dist.
J.Blood-
worth
placed on
reg.mo.p/r
Elmer L.
Prinslow
Armed
Forces
T. W.
Hawkins
reclassified
Revised
plans -
constr.
Lifeguard
HQ
Fire Chief,
annual
vacation
,to all -work -being done under the supervision and to the satis-
faction of the City Engineer, was, -approved.
On motion,by -Bartlett seconded by- LeBard- -the request
of Mrs. Martha Pickering for the City to remove the pine 'free
In the parkway in front of her residence at 224 Crest Avenue,
be granted, and the City Engineer be instructed to remove said
tree, was approved.
On motion by LeBard seconded 'ay Bartlett the Mayor's
reappointment of Dr. Hawes to the Orange County Mosquito Abate-
ment District Board of Trustees, for a term ending December 31,
1957, be confirmed, was approved.
On motion by LeBard seconded by Terry the vequest of
Lem Berry, manager of Municipal Trailer Park, to place on the
regular monthly payroll Joseph Bloodworth as Laborer in Range
23, Bracket "B", of the Huntington Beach Jalary Ordinance bode,
was approved by the following roll call vote:
.AYES: Councilmen: Terry, Lockett, Bartlett, LeBard, Seabridge
NOES: Councilmen: None
ABSENT: Councilmen: None
The Clerk read a letter from Harry A. Overmyer, Cipy
Engineer, informing the City Council that Elmer Lee Prinslow,
Garage Attendant, has been called into the Armed Forces effec-
tive December 8, 1955. The letter was accepted and ordered filed.
On motion by Bartlett seconded by Lockett the request
of Harry Overmyer, City Engineer, to reclassify Tillman W. Hawkins
from Laborer to Garage Attendant in Range 24, Bracket "A", effective
December 1, 1955, was approved.
The Clerk read a letter from Harry Overmyer, City Engineer,
submitting reyised plans for the construction of a Life Guard Head-
quarters to be built beneath the Municipal Pier, at the estimated cost
complete to be $6,84.0.00, and stating with the work to be done by
force account where possible the project could be done for 10,E less
expense than by formal contract. The matter was tabled for further
study,
On motion by Lockett seconded by LeBard the request of
D. G. Higgins, Fire Chief, for permission to take his annual va-
cation starting December 11, 1955, and the department to be under
the supervision of the Assistant Fire Chief, Wm. Hardin, during the
Chief's absence, was approved.
On motion by Lockett seconded by LeBard the request of
Norman Worthy;'Superintendent of Recreation, for permission to pur-
chase netting to be used on the now existing ball field, at an ap-
proximate cost of $127.00 from the T.V. Carter Company, and to be
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charged out of the Special Fund of Capital Outlay account number
47B.2, was approved by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Councilmen: Terry, Lockett, Bartlett, LeBard,Seabridge
NOES: Councilmen: None
ABSENT: Councilmen' None
The Clerk -ead a letter from Mrs. E. C. Gray, owner of
Mrs. E.C. Gray'•s hotel at 231-First ''treet, and stated that the well across
Gray
the alley from their apartments is very noisy and requested something
be done to abate the noise. The matter was tabled for further study.
The Clerk read a letter from Smith Booth Usher Company where -
Smith Booth in they submitted a•quotation for 1 - Pitman Giraffe, Model VF-GGD-IG-40
usher Co.-
(1 Giraffe) (36' ground to Platform Height) at a price of $8,705.00, and to fishplate
the truck frame for 100.00, F. 0. B.-Los Angeles, California, plus
applicable tax, terms net loth prox., shipment within two weeks. The,
matter was tabled for further study.
The Clerk read a letter from Paul G. Brown, Executive Of -
Paul G. ficer, of the Regional Water Pollution Control Board No. 8, requesting
Brown (ltr)
comments or suggestions pertaining to the proposed Water Quality Ob--
jectives with respect to water pollution control within this region.
Demands
The matter was tabled for further study.
On motion by LeBard seconded by Lockett the demands as
approved by the Finance Eommittee be ordered paid, was approved.
On motion by Bartlett seconded by Terry the City Engi-
Install neer be instructed to install curbs and gutters on Baltimore Avenue
curbs and
gutters between Huntington Avenue and the alley east of Huntington Avenue,
was approved.
Renew
Lance
Lease
Renew
Kinney
Lease
Overhaul
City Motor
Grader
On motion by LeBard seconded by Bartlett the City Attorney
be instructed to draw up a renewal to the current lease on the beach
concession in the name of Gerald and Vivian Lance, for a three-year
period to expire on Dec. 31, 1958, was approved.
On motion by LeBard seconded by Bartlett the City Attorney
be instructed to draw up a renewal to.the currect lease on the Trailer
Park store in the name Lew A. -Kinney, for a one-year period to expire
December 31, 1957, and the relital fee to be increased to $V500.00 per
year, was approved.
On motion by Bartlett seconded by Terry the City Engineer
be authorized and instructed to proceed with the necessary repairs
and overhaul of the City Motor Grader; and the necessary expenses be
charged to the Special Fund for Capital Outlay, was approved by the
following roll call vote:
AYES: Councilmen: Terry, Lockett, Bartlett, LeBard, Seabridge
NOES: Councilmen: None
ABSENT: Councilmen: None
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- Monday, December 5, 1955
On motion by Terry seconded
by Lockett the Purchasfing
Purchase
Agent be
authorized and instructed to
purchase from Electrical
sign for
Police Dept.
Products
Corporation of Santa Ana one
single -faced horizontal
sign, 2
feet by 4 feet, with porcelain
enameled -face, redding
POLICE DEPARTMENT, as per sketch on file
in the City Engineer's
office,
complete and installed, in the
sum of $227.50, and all
work to be done under the supervision and to the satisfaction
of the City Engineer, was approved.
Attorney Bauer reported to the City Council that in
Request of the case of Frank M. Christiansen Vs. the City of Huntington Beach
Frank Chris-
tiansen the.request of Frank Christiansen was denied by the court.
denied
On motion by.LeBard seconded by Bartlett the request
L.Chamness- of Lee Chamness for permission to add a 20' x 24' addition to
perm.for
ad?iton his concession building at the foot of 8th Street, subject to
to bldg.
all work being done under the supervision of the City '`ngineer,
was approved.
On motion by Bartlett seconded by Terry that the re-
gular meeting of the City council adjourn until 7:30 o'clock
P.M., on December 12, 1955, was approved.
ity Clerk and ex-officio Clerk
of the City Council of the City
of , Huntington Beach, California
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Mayor
CCity Clerk
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