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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1959 02-03 CC MIN271 National City, California, February 3, 1959 Regular meeting of the City Council was called to order by Mayor Hodge at 1:30 P.M. o'clock. Council members present: Allen, Fess- man, Hart, Hollingsworth, Hodge. Council members absent: None. ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICIALS present: Alston, Bailey, Bird, Curran, Gautereaux, Holgate, Lill, Stockman. The meeting was opened with pledge of allegiance to the Flag, fol- lowed by invocation by Rev. Perkins. Moved by Hart, seconded by Hollingsworth, the minutes of the regular meeting of January 27, 1959, be approved. Carried, all the Council present voting aye. RESOLUTION NO. 7405 was read, cop ending Irene Phillips upon her in- tense interest in the history of our community, and congratulating her on the publication of 4The Story of El Rancho de la Nacion.' Moved by Hart, seconded by-Fessman, the Resolution be adopted. Car- ried, all the Council present voting aye, ORDINANCE NO. Aid ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 707 OF NATIONAL CITY TO REGULATE PREPARED FOOD VENDINJG VEHICLES,; was pre- sented for the first reading, and read in full. COMMUNICATION FROM RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD was read stating Phil McCracken had tendered his resignation fran the Board, and it was recommended Gene Pederson be considered to fill the vacancy. RESIG- NATION OF PHIL McCRACKEN was read stating due to his business he is unable to participate as fully in the activities for the Board as he would like to. Moved by Allen, seconded by Hart, the resignation be accepted, Carried, all the Council present voting aye, MAYOR HODGE suggested we hold up the appointment until another Council meeting, in order to be able to contact tar. iederson to see if he is willing to serve on the Board. Loved by Alien, seconded by Hol- lingsworth, the recommendation of the Advisory Board to appoint Mr. Pederson be held over for another meeting. Carried, all the Council present voting aye. ATTORNEY CURRA.N stated representatives of the San Diego Gas & Elect- ric Company are present and have a matter they would like to present to the Council, which involves a proposed lease of a certain portion of the tidelands. FRANK DeVORE, of the San Diego Gas & Electric Company, was present and stated the lease as it is drawn up is very satisfactory to the Company, but there is a problem on the liability which he would like to have discussed. ROBERT F.icGINAI3 of Luce, Forward, Nunzel and Scripps, Attorney for the San Diego Gas & Elect- ric Company, was present and stated there is one point involved in the lease which he would like to discuss, and that is the matter of the public liability insurance clause. They would like to have the clause in the lease changed that names the City of National City as co-insured. eJith this exception they believe the lease is a good 2/3/59 272 one for both the City and Gas Company. COUNCILMAN 'ESSd1Av requested the City Attorney give his recommendation. ATTORNEY CURRAN stated the standard provisions of the tideland leases was apparently the basis on which the discussions were conducted by the representatives of the San Diego Gas & Electric Company and the Harbor Committee be- cause after the meeting Mr. VeVore of the Company requested Para- graph 7 of the standard lease be changed to extend the period of notification from 60 days to 180 days, and was granted by the Com- mittee. The tideland leases which have been prepared in recent years have all had certain standard provisions, and it has been uniformly insisted that the provisions as they stand be inserted in all of the leases. The very problem raised with reference to liability insur- ance has come up before. There was one other lessee that demurred, and the matter was brought before the Council; the action of the Council was the policy of the Council is to require the standard provisions as written be incorporated in the lease. Therefore, it certainly was not within the province of the City Attorney to waiver such requirements in view of the policy which has been fixed by Coun- cil. There have been several changes which were touched upon by Mr. McGinnis, and Mr. Curran said he thought this would be good time to either have a reaffirmation of the previous policy or a disapproval so when these matters cone up there will be no question where the City stands. Mr. McGinnis asked him what his position would be on the matter, and he told him that he would not be able to recommend the changes which he proposed. MR. McGINvIS stated there would be additional premiums involved and there would be an additional cost which would be quite substantial. ATTORNEY CURRAN stated his recom- mendation is that the standard yrovisions which have been adopted for other leases be incorporated and made a part of this lease. That also involves taking care of another problem suggested by Mr. McGinnis as to the affect to change a few words in one other clause; however on the basis of uniformity and on the ability, in the event of any serious problem with reference to the coverage in the very substantial amount which the San Diego Gas & Electric Company has over and above the requirements of this lease, it would always be possible to have, if they were not desiroua.to have a certificate to accomplish this purpose, to have a separate policy up to the limits of the liability of the requirements of the lease and then the other requirements could be taken care of by excess coverage so the paper work should not be nearly as difficult when the agents find out what we want. We are talking about a very limited thing, the only thing we are talking is one specific parcel of ground, and that is the only interest the City has to the extent of the coverage required under this clause. ATTY. McGI1NIS stated they urge the Council to approve this exception and approve the lease as they have submitted it today. Moved by Fessman, seconded by Hart, we stick to our policy and not make any waiver of this clause. Carried, by the following vote to -wit: Ayes: Fessman, Hart, Hodge. Nays: Allen,, Hollingsworth. ATTORNEY CUBAN reported the l.ide.:inity Insurance Company of North America has issued a Certificate of Insurance showing Daley Corp. have general liability and propehty damage insurance; also a Cert- ificate issued by Swett & Crawfura for excess limits for the same 2/3/59 273 company. It was recommended these Certificates be filed. Moved by Hart, seconded by Allen, the recommendation of the City Attorney be approved. Carried, all the Council present voting aye. ATTORNEY CUR AN reported we have a Certificate of Insurance issued by Great American Insurance Company showing that J. L. hioElvany has bodily injury liability and property damage liability insurance; and recommended the Certificate be filed. Moved by Fessman, seconded by Hart, the Certificate be filed. Carried, all the Council present voting aye. ATTORNEY CURRAN reported Fidelity and Deposit Company has issued a. Sidewalk License Bond in favor of Alvin Clancy, as Principal. This bond satisfies the requireme2.t3 of our ordinance, and recommended it be approved and filed. Moved by Hart, seconded by Allen, the bond be approved and filed. Carried, all the Council present voting aye. ATTORNEY CURAN stated sometime ago the San Diego Gas & Electric Company, with reference to its application for increase in gas and electric rates, addressed a communication to the Public Utilities Commission of California regarding its desire to have rates, which have been fixed and have been placed into effect, finalized. The reason for this request was the Public Utilities Commission, in its decision, had left the door open for further hearings in the event the conditions change, particularly with reference to the price of fuel oil. The Public Utilities Commission, pursuant to the request of the San Diego Gas & Electric Company, advised that the Commission would be disposed to make the decision for the last increase in gas and electric rates final unless a request is received for further hearings. Mr. Curran said he has considered this matter and has discussed it with other Attorneys who have participated in the pro- ceedings, and it is his recommendation no action be taken to re- quest further hearings. Moved by Hart, seconded by Fessman, the recommendation of the City Attorney be approved. Carried, all the Council present voting aye. COU'3CIL'WOMiN HOLLINGSWORTH stated she read where the pipe line supplier to the San Diego Gas & Electric Company are going to have another 13 percent raise, and asked the Attorney if this means if they get the rate increase that is fin- alized, will we have to start fighting against the 13 percent in- crease. ATTORNEY CURRAN stated the probability is that we will be confronted with that problem. One of the problems in all of Calif- ornia is the fact our supply of natural gas is not adequate to take care of all the demands; accordingly a great portico of the natural gas we are now using is imported from Texas, Oklahoma and other gas producing states by a pipe line which ends at the State border, so this pipe line company does not do business in the State of Calif orn- is, rather it delivers the gas to the companies that are doing bus- iness, but the State of California, having no jurisdiction over the out of state pipelines, finds that as a matter of public policy, an increasing amount of time has to be spent in Washington before the Federal Commission in attempt to protect the interest of the con- sumers in the State of California against gate increases which are unwarranted. The Atty. General of the State of California has 2/3/59 274 appeared in several of those proceedings and the Public Utilities Commission itself, through its staff, has appeared in Aashington in opposing the applications for rate increases of the wholesalers, so if the efforts on that basis are unsuccessful and the rates are raised, it largely in the past has been the matter of passing it down the line to the Southern Counties Gas Company or the Southern California Gas Company which takes the gas at the State line and delivers it to the San Diego Gas & Electric Company, and in turn the Southern Counties or the Southern California Gas Companies get an increase which is passed on to the San Diego Gas & Electric Comp- any. It is a very real problem. ATTORNEY CURRAN made reference to the article which appeared in the press which stated Mr. Caldwell had bought out the interests of Mr. Heflin in certain corporations which also have leases on certain portions of our tidelands. The question raised was whether or not these transfers were in violation of the clauses in the leases. The Attorney for Mr. Caldwell had previously contacted the Harbor Com- mission regarding this matter; and in checking back with him, he advises there has been no transfer of the leases between corporat- ions and all that has happened is the personal interest of Mr. Hef- lin, as a stock holder has been sold to Mr. Caldwell, so lair. Cald- well who has ownership of the stock now controls the corporation, but the corporation which has the lease with National City has made no attempt to assign it; therefore it is very clear the transaction which was noted in the press does not violate the terms of the tide- lands lease with National City. ATTORNEY CURRAN stated with reference to Ordinance No. 750, there have been certain misconceptions, and it should be clearly under- stood the document which the Planning Commission submitted to the Council who in turn referred it to him is not a completed proposed revision of Ordinance No. 750. It requires very detailed study in order to have all of the clauses read together so thay make up a whole and do not conflict with each other. Mr. Curran said he spent three days last week attempting to analyze just the residential questions of these recommendations. As a result, the tentative conclusion of the City Attorney is we will probably want to have a completely new ordinance which will supersede Ordinance 750 rather than merely amending it. Mr. Curran said it will be necessary for him to work on the ordinance piecemeal. It is the intention of the City Attorney to have a draft which he discussed with the City Plan- ner in order to make certain the recommendations which the Commis- sion has proposed and desires will be incorporated into the draft and the matters which the Commission recommends be eliminated will be deleted. Moved by Fessman, seconded by Alien, the City Council instruct the City Attorney and City Planner to as rapidly as they possibly can, bring the draft up to shape so it can be presented to the City Council for a hearii., as suggested by the City Attorney. COUNCILMAN A(JJ'N asked if it was possible that these recommendations could be incorporated into an interim ordinance. A.TTCJRNEY CURRAN stated there is a very limited jurisdiction for an interim ordinance. The recommendations of the Planning Commission are so basic they go 2/3/59 275 beyond that which could be adopted by an interim ordinance. Carried, by the following vote to -wit: Ayes: Allen, i+easman, Hart, Hodge. Nays: Hollingsworth. VINCENT DeLUCIA, 1930 Granger Avenue, was present and stated on var- ious occasions, for over a period of a year, he has objected to the City trying to divert the water along the Paradise Creek into Sweet- water River. EVE BISBERG, 1826 E. 8th Street, was present and stat- ed in July of 1958 there was a petition brought before the Council asking for a clarification expenditure and outline with reference to the drainage, and have had no results from a plan being submitted by our City Manager, City Attor_zey or City Engineer, and requested the plans and report be submitted to the people before any action is taken. EDMOND E. LaCAS3E, 2120 Highland Avenue, was present, and stated he would like to have the Mayor and City Attorney to listen to what is iigoing on". MAYOR HODGE declared a recess. The meeting was called to order by Mayor Hodge. Council members present: Allen, Fessman, Hart, Hollingsworth, Hodge. Council memb- ers absent: None. EDMOND E. LaCASSE, 2120 Highland Avenue, was present. MAYOR HODGE asked Mr. LaCasse to speak into the microphone so his oral commun- ication could be made a matter of record. MAYOR HODGE stated he would call for another recess. COUNCILMAN HART said he was not going for another recess; we either have the meeting or go home. MAYOR HODGE stated he refused to serve his time as an elected official and have anyone step before the microphone and make insulting remarks; that he simply asked Mr. LaCasse to speak into the microphone so we can have his statements as a matter of record. It is all recorded, and in order to get a proper record- ing you must speak into the microphone. e tell everyone who steps to the microphone. Mayor Hodge said he did not want any derogatory remarks from Mr. LaCasse or anyone else; if he cannot speak like a gentleman should speak to an honorable Council, we do not want to hear from him. EDMOND LaCASSE stated the City wants to hear from him, the Mayor is a public servant. MAYOR HODGE stated he is a public servant to the extent that he will conduct this office in an honorable and respectable manner. MAYOR HODGE called a recess. The meeting was called to order by Mayor Hodge. Council members present: Allen, Fessman, Hart, Hollingsworth, Hodge. Council members absent: None. MAYOR HODGE asked the desire of the Council, whether we should con- tinue with oral communications, with Mr. LaCasseos report and con- tinue to be insulted, or shall we discontinue the oral report, or 2/3/59 276 refrain Mr. LaCasse from speaking in a derogatory manner. Moved by Hart, seconded by Allen, we continue with oral communications. C(UNCILNOMAN HOLLINGS 3RTH stated she did not think Li.. LaCasse, or anyone else, should make any personal remarks about anyone sitting at the Council table. If he wants to confine himself to something that is an issue, that is fine, but nothing personal. COUNCILMAN FESSMAN stated he concurred with Mrs. Hollingsworth, and if Ir. LaCasse can confine his remarks to the points involved he has to make without any personal comments about anybody on the Council, he is willing to proceed. Carried, all the Council present voting aye. EDMOND EL LaCASSE, 2120 Highland Avenue, was present and stated some weeks ago the Council ordered Mr. Curran to make a report on the petition he brought in which was sued by 75 people. The order was to the effect he should get in touch with the County of San Diego and the City of San_ go and see whether they were going to provide some of the money to handle this drainage system within the City. We have not had a report. COUNCILMAN ALLEN stated he gave two communications to Mrs. Alston which were presented to him and would like to have them read at this time; they are relative to the drainage problem. MAYOR HODGE asked for the communications to be read. COiuuuiUNICATIUN FROM ALBERT C. BOYER, Attorney, representing the owners of Cloyed's Dairy located on Highland Avenue in the Sweetwater Valley was read, op - g o•s i n g the proposed drainage system. COPY OF COMMUNICATION addressed to the Editor, National City Star -News, signed by Edmond E. LaCasse, was read, regarding the proposed drainage system. COUNCILMAN AN - RN stated he thought now is the time to start making some preparation, some studies at least, to see if we cannot do something in regard to eliminating some of the housing on the West side of National avenue to include in our industrial area. Moved by Allen, seconded by Hart, we start making some investigations and find out what we would have to do, who we would have to get the information from, to orderly start disposing of the housing, particularly starting on the `Nest side for the industrial part. COUNCILMAN FI SSMAN said he would like to see that part of the City owned property which is now used for housing, and when it is zoned commercial or industrial, which ever the case might be, that part which is zoned commercial and industrial remain property of the City, and then made available to tenants as the City might choose. The City then would be able to control the type of industry, also have some control over the method of operation, housekeeping, etc. Mr. i essman said he believed over the period of years the people in National City would derive more revenue from that land as leased land than they would by a sale of it. notion carried, by the fol- lowing vote to -wit: Ayes: Alien, Fessman, Hart, Hodge. Nays: Hollingsworth. BILLS AUDITED BY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE presented. 2/3/59 277 General Fund $28,196.01 Traffic Safety .Fund 1,700.92 Park Fund 150.76 Retirement Fund 1,792.74 Harbor Fund 20,501.56 Trust (i Agency 25.00 Special Street Fund 875.27 Drainage Fund 5,083.36 TOTAL $58,333.62 Moved by Hollingsworth, seconded by Fessman, the bills be approved for payment, and warrants ordered drawn for same. Carried, by the following vote to -wit: Ayes: Allen, 'essman, Hart, Hollingsworth, Hodge. Nays: None. RESOLUTION NO. 7406 was read, authorizing the expenditure of $385.20 to Jim Cappos Trenchi:c for Las Palmas Park irrigation system, fran the Capital Outlay Fund. Moved by Hollingsworth, sec- onded by Allen, the Resolution be adopted. Carried, all the Coun- cil present voting aye. CITY CLERK ALSTON stated the acceptance of bids on Paradise Creek Drainange was laid over from the last meeting. Moved by Hollings- worth, seconded by Fessman, the award for the drainage project in Schedule 'B,, and the awarding of the contract to Johnson 'western Constructors be approved, and the necessary resolution prepared. Motion carried, by the following vote to wit: Ayes: Fessman, Hollingsworth, Hodge. Nays: Allen, Hart. THE MATTER OF THE ONE CENT GASOLINE TAIL INCREASE was presented. COUNCILaiOMAN HOT.LTNGS,JORTH stated she has been studying this but has not come to any decision, but would hesitate about putting on another cent on our gasoline tax since the President has advocated: a change in the gaoline tax rate from three cents to five cents for Federal taxes. Loved by Hollingsworth, seconded by Hart, this be laid over indefinitely for further study. Carried, all the Council present voting aye. REQUEST OF CIVIL SERVICE COLLI SSION to drop the requirement of bookkeeping experience on the Personnel Clerk, was presented. Moved by Hart, seconded by Allen, the request of the Civil Service Commission be approved. Carried, by the following vote to -wit: Ayes: ripen, Hart, Hodge. Nays: Assman, Hollingsworth. COMMUNICATION FROM PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION was presented, con- forming the extension of time to the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company to construct their spur track on Harrison Avenue near 19th Street. Moved by Fessman, seconded by Allen, the com- munication be filed. Carried, all the Council present voting aye. COMMUNICATION FROM COUNTY BOND OF SUPERVISORS regarding the Belt - line Freeway, was read. A letter from the County Surveyor -road Commissioner was enclosed concerning the Beltline Freeway, Federal - Aid Secondary Route 1269, Road Survey 1379. The Board of Supervis- ors endorsed said letter, which sets forth the position of the 2/3/59 278 County opposing any annexations to the City of Chula Vista or the City of National City of territory which would jeopardize the use of Federal -Aid Secondary Road Funds allocated to San Diego County for construction of the Beltline Freeway at this location. COM- MUNICATION FROM THE COUNTY SUdEYOR-ROAD COIv viISSIONER relative to the Freeway was read. Moved by Hollingsworth, seconded by Allen, the communications be filed. Carried, all the Council present vot- ing aye COMMUNICATION FROM EVE S. BAGN4LL, Chairman Board of Trustees of the Library, was read requesting a resolution be prepared protest- ing the proposals for legislation affecting libraries recommended by the California Public Library Commission survey. They feel the tentative recommendations place a premium on the -bigness{ and local control would be supplanted by State control of libraries. Moved by Hart, seconded by Allen, the request be granted. Carried, all the Council present voting aye. CITY CLERK ALSTON stated in August of last year we issued a warrant to George F. Cake Company in the amount of $31.24 and they have never received it; and the check has never been returned to the Treasurer's office. Mrs. .Aston recommended the Attorney be auth- orized to prepare a resolution ordering stop payment and a new check be issued. Moved by Fessman, seconded by Hart, the recommendation of the City Clerk be approved. Carried, all the Council present voting aye. CITY CLERK ALSTON presented Vile Affidavit of Mailing Notice of Use District Hearing on the West side of „F:, .•venue between 13th and 14th Streets. Moved by Allen, seconded by Hollingsworth, the Af- fidavit be filed. Carried, all the Council present voting aye. CITY ENGINEER LILL reported the assessment roll has been prepared and filed with the City Clerk for the 1911 Act Improvement of 20th Street, -A' and "Ba Avenue. Moved by Allen, seconded by Hart, the report of the City -Engineer be accepted. Carried, all the Council present voting aye. CITY MANAGER BIRD stated with reference to the communication from the Feather River Project Association regarding the Governor's speech relating to the California Water Plan, at this time there is no action necessary, and the communication can be filed. Moved by Fessman, seconded by Hart, the communication be filed. Carried, all the Council present voting aye. REPORT FROM CITY ENGINEER LILL regarding the '8 Avenue Storm Drain, was read, recommending the work be accepted by the City and a Not- ice of Completion filed. CITY MANAGER BIRD recommended the Attorn- ey be authorized to prepare a resolution of acceptance of the 'B' Avenue Storm Drain. Moved by 2essman, seconded by Allen, the rec- ommendation of the City Mal,;er be approved. Carried, all the Coun- cil present voting aye. 2/3/59 279 CITY MANAGER BIRD stated in regard to the matter of the communication from the Civil Service Commission, as of January 9, 1959, which was referred to the City Manager for a report; he has a recommendation, as follows: Investigation reveals there are two position classifi- cations in the Recreation Division not under competitive service. For the purpose of clarity, it is recommended for the Council's con- sideration that the City ►ttorney be authorized to prepare an amend- ment to Section 5, Paragraph (d) of Ordinance 712. Said section now reads: 'The Park Superintendent and all employees of the Park De- partment -on regular full time duty,' amend this section to read as follows: 'The Park Superintendent and all employees of the Park and Recreation -Department on regular full time duty.. The Manager further recommended Section 5, Paragraph (f) be amended to read: Chief Librarian and all members of the Library Staff and employees on reg- ular full time duty.' This is necessary to clear up a technical question as inferred -by the definition of'staff.. It has always been held that 'staff' did not include custodian, etc. Ordinance No. 712 was drafted with the intent to include all, and the language used in the Qrdinance was assumed to be sufficient. It is further recommended the Civil Service Commission be requested to explore the possibility of said Commission to recommend the one employee in the Library Dept. wlio has served in the capacity of custodian since May of 1948 be blanketed into competitive service. Moved by Allen, sec- onded by Hart, the recommendation of the City Manager be_ accepted and have the Civil Service Commission instructed as the Manager so recommends. Carried, all the Council present voting aye. CITY MANAGER BIRD stated he has a resolution which is necessary to further our position with the State of California relative to Civil- ian Defense; placing ourself in a position for eligibility to be re- cipients of certain surplus materials. Mr. Bird stated he would like the Mayor to be authorized to sign the Resolution. It is relative to application for equipment which costs $2,500.00 or more, and it is set up in the resolution for two people be authorized to sign the warehouse issue. RESOLUTION N0. 7407 was read, authorizing James A. Bird and/or Cleo 0sburn, as representative of the City of National City to sign the warehouse issue sheet of the California State Educational Agency for surplus property. Moved by Allen, seconded by Hart, the Resolution be adopted. Carried, by the following vote to -wit: Ayes: Allen, Hart, Hollingsworth, Hodge. Nays: Fessman. CITY MANAGER BIRD stated he has a partial report in regard to the request of Bernard Lipin of B. & B. Enterprises relative to business license. The machines of the B. & B. Enterprises are presently li- censed by the City under Section 47 of Ordinance 708 at a fee of $10.00 per quarter per machine. The fees charged by neighboring cities for operating a kiddie ride type machine are as follows: San Diego $3.00 per quarter; C:,lo.vista $7.50 per quarter. The es- timated number of kiddie ride t:e machines now in operation within the City is 15 to 20; an accur_lte count of these machines will be available at the end of the licease renewal period, on or about February 15th. 2/3/59 280 CITY MANAGER BIRD stated the matter of the intersection of 2nd and Highland Avenue has been before the Council a number of different times. Because of the fact there was a considerable number of in- quiries regarding same, we had a test run made, pictures taken from a car setting at the curb line position, setting at the line of park- ing position, west on Second Street to ascertain the visibility and actual conditions with cars parked in the parking slots as they are now marked. rde had Engineering Department and Traffic Division run a count of the traffic on Highland Avenue at that intersection and entering into Highland Avenue west bound on 2nd Street. The Traffic Engineer has drawn a draft shou,iiig the location of the car and show- ing the exact site distance in footage as it now exists; also a re- port from the Police files for the past six years as to the number of vehicles or pedestrians that were involved in a traffic accident at that point. It is a very comprehensive report, and before any action is taken, Mr. Bird said he would like to have the report sur- veyed and studied by the Council. Moved by Hart, seconded by Allen, this be held over until next week in order to study the report. Car- ried, all the Council present voting aye. CITY MANAGER BIRD stated he has a number of communications from the League of California Cities relative to the various legislative bills which have been introduced, and are on file. REPORT FROM THE PLANNING COMPvISSION was read recommending Duane A. Hawkins, 1417 '14 Avenue, be appointed to the Planning Commission. Moved by Allen; seconded by Hart, the recommendation of the Planning Commission be accepted. Carried, all the Council present voting aye. COUNCILMAN ALLEN recommended that the City Planner inform the Commis- sion, at their next meeting, it has been the policy to submit three names to fill any vacancy. REPORT FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION was read relative to grant deed received from Victor A. and Rose Tolar for an additional 15 foot dedication in the widening of the alley befteen Granger and Rachel Avenues, in the area between 13th and 20th streets; and also a 10 foot construction easement was received from the above persons. The Commission recommended acceptance of the deed and easement. Moved by Hollingsworth, seconded by Allen, the deed and easement be accept ed, and referred to the Attorney for the preparation of a resolution of acceptance. Carried, all the Council present voting aye. REPORT FROM THE PLANdING COPtMISSION was read relative to final sub- division map for the Graham and Bonamo Subdivision No. 2. The Com- mission recommended approval of the map. Moved by Hart, seconded by Allen, the recommendation of the Planning Commission be approved. Carried, all the Council present voting aye. RESOLUTION NO. 7408 was read, accepting the work done by the Pace Construction Company for the 4B., Avenue Storm Drain, and filing of a Notice of Completion is authorized, and that payment for said work be made in accordance with the contract. Moved by Allen, seconded by Hart, the Resolution be adopted. Carried, all the Council pres- ent voting aye. 2/3/59 281 RESOLUTION NO. 7409 was read, accepting the bid of Johnson Viestern Constructors in the amount of $382,249.18 for the construction of Schedule B of Unit No. 3, Paradise Creek Drainage Project, and the Mayor is authorized and directed to execute the contract for Schedule B. Moved by Fessman, seconded. by Hollingsworth, the Resolution be adopted. Carried, by the follo iag vote to -wit: Ayes: Fessman, Hollingsworth, Hodge. Nays: Allen, Hart. Moved by Fessman, seconded by Hollingsworth, the City direct a letter to the Board of Supervisors informing them it is our opinion the mat- ter of natural drain and water course of Sweetwater River east of the area of Highland Avenue be inspected by them, and anything they th ink should be done that it be taken care of. It should be brought to their attention, there are obstructions being placed there. Carried, by the following vote to wit: Ayes: Fessman, Hollingsworth, Hodge. Nays: Allen, Hart. MAYOR HODGE Made reference to the Council sponsoring a Little League Ball Team. COUNCILMAN HART stated he was willing to donate 010.00 a month until he is off of the Council. COUNCILMAN FESSLAN said he personnaly feels he would prefer to assist the League and other act- ivities as a freelancer and not incorporate anything we participate in with the Council. MAYOR HODGE stated with reference to pool tables, he would suggest the Ordinance regarding pool tables be redrafted so the Plaza Bowl may operate their pool tables legally. COUNCILMAN FESSMAN said he thought that should be done, but the ordinance should be carefully drafted and require that in the operation of such establishments a. certain amount of light and viElbility from the outside be provided, the operation spelled out so it s:ill,be a credit to the City, such as the one at the Plaza Bowl. COUNCILMAN ALLEN asked if there was any way we could change the orlinance whereby those people who are presently licensed could be made to bring their establishments up to the standards found in the Plaza Bowl. Moved by Allen, seconded by Hart, this discussion be postponed until it is checked into and con- firmed there are no others. Carried, all the Council present voting aye. Moved by Hart, seconded by Allen, the meeting be closed. Carried, all the Council present voting aye. Meeting closed at :20 P.M. ATTEST: CITY CLERK MAYOR, CITY OF NATIONAL CITY, CaLIFORi'A 2/3/59