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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1956 01-10 CC MIN173 iational City, California, January 10, 1956 Regular meeting of the City Council was called to order by Mayor Hodge at 1:30 P.M. o'clock. Council members present: Fessman, Heck, Jensen, Hodge. Council members absent: Hollingsworth. ADMLNISTRATIVE OFFICIALS present: Alston, Bird, Holate, Lill, Curran, Wagner, Bailey. The meeting was opened with pledge of allegiance to the Flag, followed by invocation by Rev. Erny. ;Moved by Jensen, seconded by Fessman, that the minutes of the regular meeting of January 3, 1956, be q proved. Carried, all the Council present voting aye. RESOLUTION NO. 6545 was read, authorizing and directing Byrl D. Phelps to prepare a plat showing the exterior boundaries of the district proposed to be assessed to pay the cost of the improvement of 18th Street between Palm and Rachael. Moved by Heck, seconded by Jensen, that the Resolution be adopted. Carried, all the Council present voting aye. RESOLUTION NO. 6546 was read, granting a special zone variance permit to Curtis W. Lee, for the purpose of permitting C-3 usage in an R-4 zone, also permitting a side yard setback variance from four feet to zero feet, a front yard setback variance from ten feet to five feet, and further permitting a distance between building of six feet rather than eight feet, and allowing signs on front windows giving business name, and also allowing a neon sign approximately two by seven feet to be erected on top front of building. Property located at 704 E. 3rd Street. Moved by Heck, seconded by Fessman, that the Resolution be adopted. Carried, all the Council present vot- ing aye. ORDINANCE NO. 901, "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 750 BY ADDING THERETO SECTION 4.9, PROVIDING A REZONING OF "MILLERS ANNEXATION", was presented for the second and final reading. Moved by Heck, seconded by Fessman, that the reading of the ordinance in its entirety be waived. Carried, all the Council present voting aye. Moved by Heck, seconded by Fessman, that the Ordinance be adopted. Carried, all the Council present voting aye. COUNCILWOMAN J.E'TSEN reported that on the dance sponsored by the Recreation Department approximately $45.00 was cleared, $36.00 of which went to the Baton mothers for their part- icipation. COUNCILWOMAN HOLLINGSWORTH present. CITY ATTORNEY CURRAN reported that the Attorney for the South Bay Irrigation District advised him that Raymond T. Hill, the Engineer of Leeds, Hill and Jewett who was personally respon- sible for the report which is being paid for jointly by the South Bay Irrigation District and by the City of National City, telephoned and said that the repot was in final form, that the recommendation of the Engineers was that the facilities of the Sweetwater District of the California Water and Telephone Company should be purchased by operations by public ownership. H owever, as of yesterday, the report itself had not yet arrived, it was being mailed from Los Angeles yesterday, and until it does arrive there is nothing further to report other than the fact that formally we have been advised as to the con- clusion of the Engineer and that the report is ready. 1/10 174 ATTORNEY CURRAN reported that the Indemnity Insurance Company of North America has submitted a policy pursuant to a bid which was accepted by the Council. The policy has been examined and it appears to be in order, and it is recommended it be approved and filed. Moved by Heck, seconded by Jensen, that the City Attorney's recommendation be allowed. Carried, all the Council present voting aye. ATTORNEY CURRAN reported that the American Surety Company of New York has issued a Certificate of Insurance in behalf of Pace Construction Company, however the Certificate shows property damage liability only to the extent of 05,000.00 whereas the contract for the construction of sewer line on 16th Street requires 310,000.00 property damage. It is the Attorneys recommendation that the Pace Construction Company be notified that the Certificate is insufficient and they should furnish additional insurance. Moved by Heck, seconded by Jensen, that the City Attorney's recommendation be allowed. Carried, all the Council present voting aye, ATTORNEY CURRAN reported that the American Surety Company of New York has issued a Certificate of Insurance in behalf Of Pace Construction Company, however the Certificate shows prop• erty damage liability only to the extent of 05,000.00 whereas the contract for the construction of sewer line on 16th Street requires 310,000.00 property damage. It is the Attorney's re- commendation that the Pace Construction Company be notified that the Certificate is insufficient and they should furnish additional insurance. Moved by Heck, seconded by Jensen, that the recommendation of the City Attorney be followed. Carried, by the following vot to -wit: Ayes: Fessman, Heck, Hollings- worth, Jensen, Hodge. Nays: None. C. L. LORDEN, representing the Richmond West Oil Terminal Company of Los Angeles, was present, and presented a report regarding the development of the City's tideland area. They are desirous of obtaining a short term an lease, not loss than three for a space of approximately 22 acres of tidelands area located at the intersection of 24th Street and Tidelands Avenue. They feel that a standby rental of one cent par square foot per year would be reasonable. MAYOR HODGE re- quested this be laid over until the next meeting in order to give the matter further consideration. COMMUNICATION FROM AUTOMOBILE CLUB OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA was read, stating they plan to cease the sale, installation and maintenance of traffic signs as soon as possible, consistent with public convenience. The Club will maintain a Sign Depart.. ment staff who will carry on all activities designed to pro- mote the best sign materials and the application of uniform signing at National, State and local levels. MAYOR HODGE ordered the communication filed. CITY CLERK ALSTCN recommended the following salary for election officers and polling places for the City election April loth: Inspectors, 12,00. other election officers 010.00, and $8.00 for polling places, Moved by Heck, seconded by Fessman, that t'ae City Clerkls recommendation be allowed. Carried, by the following vote to -wit: Ayes: Fessman, Heck, Hollingsworth, Jensen, Hodge. Nays: None. CITY ENGINFFR LILL reported that the paving and resurfacing of "D" Avenue from loth to 24th Street is now underway. 1/10 175 CITY MANAGER BIRD stated he had a grant of easement from the United States Government relative to portions of tidelands. It is the easement which we negotiated for in November of 1954 and has been checked by Engineering. Mr. Bird said he would like to have resolution prepared accepting same. Moved by Fessman, seconded by Heck, that the City Manager's re- commendation be allowed and a resolution prepared. Carried, by the following vote to -wit: Ayes: Fessman, Heck, Hollings- worth, Jensen, Hodge. Nays: None. COMMUNICATION FROM CITY PLANNER WAGNER was read requesting permission to attend the American Institute of Planners in Fresno, January 27th and 28th. CITY MANAGER BIRD stated there was a fund setup in the Planning Commission's budget to take care of the request. Moved by Heck, seconded by Hollingsworth, that"the City Planner's and City Manager's recommendation to permit Mr. Wagner to attend the Institute be allowed, at City''s expense. Carried, by the following vote to -Wit: Ayes: Fessman, Heck, Hollingsworth, Hodge. Nays: Jensen. CITY MANAGER BIRD stated he has a progress report on the Fire Station Drill Yard and it is now necessary, under the contract, to pay the amount of "4,909.60 from Capital Outlay Fund. The report has been approved by the City Engineer, and it is re- quested by the City Manager that the City Attorney be authorised to prepare the resolution so this can be paid at the next meet- ing. Moved by Hollingsworth, seconded by Jensen, that the resolution be prepared for the Fire Station Drill Yard Pay- ment. Carried, by the following vote to -wit: Ayes: Fessman, Heck, Hollingsworth, Jensen, Hodge. Nays: None. CITY MANAGER BIRD reported he had prepared by the City Engin- eer the complete legal description of Euclid Avenue lying be- tween 4th and Division Street, in our park area, and asked the Council to authorize the Attorney to prepare an ordinance clos- ingthat certain described street. Moved by Hollingsworth, seconded by Jensen, that the City Attorney prepare an ordinance vacating the street that is supposedly an extension of Euclid Avenue in City owned property. Carried, by the following vote to -wit: Ayes: Fessman, Heck, Hollingsworth, Jensen, Hodge. Nays: None. CITY MANAGER BIRD reported that the Traffic Engineer, Police Department, and Sign Department are today working on the pro- position of Highland Avenue South of 24th Street and those respective positions such as adjacent to the school and on the "T" intersections; they are being painted "no parking", and posted "no parking" and "tow away- zones". CITY MANAGER BIRD read the notification which was sent to all departments, regarding; the use of City property; such as truck, cars, equipment, materials etc, stating the use of same for one's pers^nai benefit will not be tolerated. Any- one guilty of infracion of this order will be subject to dis- ciplinary action, 2f2ective January 1, i956, all accidents, ro matter hov ar.;_hor, mast be reported immediately to super- visor in cha'g<.. of :,r^eee department. A fuii report, (i.e. date, tame. placo oxten_t of injury or damage, witness if any, name, address, etc., cause j.f ascertainable). This is mandatory. All employees operating equipment will report any defects, breakage, etc. to supervisor in charge. CITY MANAGER BIRD asked the Council's authorization of the City Attorney to prepare the necessary lease and documents for Tarter, Webster and Johnson, to lease to them on the same basis 1/10 176 as that which the present lease calls for that portion of adjacent property lying South of their particular site at the present time. That is portion 3B and 4A, a total of 121,936.33 square feet, at 2per square foot. Moved by Fessman, seconded by Jensen, that the City Manager's requ st of the City Attorney be allowed. Carried, all the Council present voting aye. CITY MANAGER BIRD stated that certain properties are ad- vertised for sale by the Public Housing Authority, Mrs. Faye Hartman, in charge. Parcels 1 and Parcel IA, which amounts to approximately 10 acres is that portion which we attempted to acquire from the Federal Government so that we may square out the West portion of Olivewood Housing No. 3 is up for sale on a field bid as of February 3rd. In conferring with En- gineering there is a great possibility that we may need a portion of that as a lower end of our drainage plan. Do we wish to bid on that as a City? After considerable discussion it was moved by Hollingsworth, seconded by Hock, that City Manager Bird contact Mrs. Hartman and find out if those two parcels could be released from bid with an explanation of our proposed use of the property, and negotiated with the City. Carried, all the Council present voting aye. COMMUNICATION FROM LEEDS, HILL AND JEWETT was read, addressed to Paul D. Engstrand, Jr., Attorney for South Bay Irrigation District, stating enclosed herewith are four copies of our report of January 3, 1956 entitled "Feasibility of Public Ownership of Sweetwater System of California Water and Tele- phone Company". Two copies are for transmittal by you to South Bay Irrigation District and two copies are for trans- mittal to the City of N ational City. As soon as they are received from the printer, forty additional copies of the report will be sent to you for distribution to the District and to the City. The letter was dated January 9th. CITY MANAGER BIRD a.tated the City of National City have not as yct received the reports. COMMUNICATION FROM HELMER EDEN was read regarding Lots 124 and 125, National Vista. He requests that the property be changed from R-1 to C-3 zone. The adjacent property in the same block facing Division Street and lying between Harbison and Kenton Avenues is presently occupied by Richfield service Station and this property carries a commercial classification. It would appear logical if the entire area between Harbison and Kenton would be so designated to eliminate having the dividing line occur in the middle of the block. Moved by Hollingsworth, seconded by Fessman, this be referred to the Planning Com- mission for consideration and recommendation. Carried, all the Council present voting aye. CITY MANAGER BIRD stated in the matter of advertising relative to our park disposal, he has made contact with John Eves, Hadley Company, Patten & Holloway, The Tolle Company, and Barnes Chase Company, and at the present time none of them ore too anxiou_ to handle our situation; that is the promot- ion and advert.Lsing which will be necessary three months from now. Mr. Bird asked if the Council had any objections in con- tacting concerns in Los Angeles. The Council were in agree- ment to obtain a Los Angeles Company. CITY MANAGER BIRD stated he had an invitation to extend to the City Council to be present at the employees' meeting to- night at which time the service award pins will be presented. 1/10 177 The meeting will be in the Community Building Annex at 7:30 P.M. FRANK BRINKMAN was present end stated Armstrong -Schramm Company, an advertising firm, and several others in San Diego might be interested in the advertising referred to in regard to the sale of City property. FRANK BRINKMAN, Secretary -Manager, Chamber of Commerce, was present in regard to Christman decorations, and requested that the City accept title to the newly -purchased decorations, which amounts to 15 strands. The City already owns the remain- ing 23 strands. By accepting title, as in former years, the City can provide assurance that the decorations will be stored and will be utilized in the future. CITY MANAGER BIRD asked the amount of the storage bill for this next year. MR. BRINK - MAN stated it would be $313.50. Moved by Hollingsworth, seconded by Heck, that the City Manager enter into a contract to accept the Christmas decorations and the City pay the stor- age. Carried, by the following vote to -wit: Ayes: Hock, Hollingsworth, Hodge. Nays: Fessman, Jensen. FRANK BRINKMAN, Secretary -Manager, Chamber of Commerce, was present and stated the Board of Directors considered the: Maytime Band Review and its budget. COMMUNICATION FROM THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE was read stating they were attaching the estimated budget for the Ninth Annual National City Maytime Band Review. This budget is in accordance with tho Chamber's 1955-56 budget for City advertising projects. It is requested the Council enter into a specific agreement with the Chamber forproduction of this year's Band Review, to be held Saturday, May 5th. It is requested that a certain percentage of the contract be made payable upon execution of any agreement. MR. BRINKMAN stated the budget is very much the same as last year's. The estimated budget for 1956 is $4,985.00. Moved by Hollingsworth, seconded by Heck, that the City Attorney pre- pare the usual contract for the Maytime Bank Review project between the City and the National City Chamber of Commerce; that the City be authorized to pay $1,000.00 in January, 1,000.00 in February, $1,000.00 in March, $1,000.00 in April;, the balance to be paid when the final figures are submitted by the Chamber of Commerce. Carried, by the following vote to -wit: Ayes: Fessman, Heck, Hollingsworth, Jensen, Hodge. Nays: None. CITY MANAGER BIRD stated°he is attempting to tie our bidding for gasoline in with a joint proposal of the City of San Diego and the County of San Diego, wherein we will perhaps get a reduction of la or 2g per gallon on the price of gasoline. It is an offer which has been made through the various purchase ing agents. San Diego will advertise for the bids and at the present moment unquestionably La Mesa, the County of San Diego, possibly National City, Coronado, Chula Vista and E1 Cajon will be a part of the overall bid, giving us the advant- age of that price reduction. Our present contract is with the Shell 0i1 Company and terminates in April. MAYOR HODGE stated he thought this was a very good suggestion in getting a volume deal. Moved by Fessman, seconded by Jensen, that the City Manager's recommendation be accepted and he be instructed to negotiate with the City of San Diego for the buying of gasoline for next year. Carried, all the Council present voting aye„ 1/10 178 CITY PLANNER WAGNER reported that he presented each of the Council members a copy of the letter to Mr. Borchers, General Manager of the San Diego Chamber of Commerce in answer to their letter requesting that the City apprize San Diego City and County of our park development plans. This letter was also read to the Planning Commission at last night►s meeting. It is an attempt to gather together into one message the general thinking of most of the people with whom Mr. Wagner has come into contact with in National City in regard to ultimate park plan development. There may be some items that the Council are not in agreement with, but this is merely an attempt to describe what the thinking is without actually tying it down because nothing has as yet been officially approved by way of master planning for park development, Mr. Wagner said if there are any items the Council objects to, he will be very pleased to make corrections. CITY PLANNER WAGNER reported that during the Planning Com- mission meeting last evening the Commission hold the first of a series of public hearings on the proposed new zoning ordin- ance. There were numerous suggested changes and texts sub- mitted. The Planning Commission agreed to note all of the suggested changes, copies of the changes will be made avail- able to each member of the Commission and the Council, if they so desire. The Commission will hold another public hearing on Monday, February 27th after 7:30 P.M. with all of the re- commendations, including those of the National City -Chula Vista Realty Board, CITY ATTORNEY CURRAN stated during the meeting two copies of the Leeds, Hill and Jewett report, as referred to in the letter read by Mr. Bird, have been delivered, and it is important that receipt be noted and they be ordered filed so wo have a document number and have both of these signed copies as documents in the City Clerk's office. Moved by Heck, seconded by Jenson, that the City Attorney's recommendation be approved. Carried, all the Council present voting aye. COUNCILMAN HECK asked if anything further has been done with reference to a new swimming pool. CITY MANAGER BIRD stated authorization was given to negotiate necessary contracts for consultants and layout. Funds have been coming in and we have been in touch with various agencies and next week Mr. Gautereaux and he are going to meet three of the outstanding people in Southern California in this regard. COUNCILMAN FESSMAN asked if there has been any word from the State Highway Division regarding the proposed signal at 13th and Harbor Drive. CITY MANAGER BIRD stated we have not re- ceived any word as yet, but he has been informed that they have been taking a reading, and he will check with the Div- ision Engineer and see what progress has been made and see if we cannot speed this up. Moved by Jensen, Seconded by Fessman, that the meeting be closed. Carried, all the Council present voting aye. Meet- ing closed at 3:04. P.M. ATTEST: CITY CLEWK ze MAYOR, CITY OF NA'fIONAL CITY",/CALIFORNIA /lo