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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1952 09-02 CC MIN68 National City, California, Soptombor 2, 1952. Regular meeting of the City Council was called to order by Mayor Carrigan at 7:30 P.T. o'clock. Councilmen present: Hart, McClure, Sarn, Carrigan. Councilmen absent: Ingalls. Moved by Hart, seconded by McCluro, that the reading of tho minutes of the regular- meeting of August 19, 1952, and tho adjourned meeting of August 26, 1952, be dispensed with. Carried, all Councilmen present voting aye. ADMINISTRATIVE .OFFICIALS present: Campbell, Rhodos, Gauteroaux. JOS. BINGHAM, representing Freoland, Paterson & Ev hson, engin- oors, was present in regard to the tentative map of Goodwin Park. Mr. Bingham statod it is their desire to movo the loose dirt at their exponso, ATTORNEY CAMPBELL statod it will be nocossary to make a formal application to tho City Manager and City Enginoor to movo the dirt, and than it will bo prosentod to the Council. Tho tentative map will havo to bo prosontod first to tho-Planning Commission for their rocommondation. MAYOR CARRIGAN statod ho boliovod tho Council would have no objection to the moving of the dirt if tho proper application is made, and tho City Managor can prosont tho map to tho Planning Commission. B. G. SINKULE, 1137 E. 3rd Stroot, ROBERT WILSOTNT, 1031 E. 3rd Street, C. E. LOFTIS, 230 Laurel Avo., T. P. YOUNG, 1025 E. 3rd Stroot, REX MUNSON, 1019 E. 3rd Street, wore prosont in regard to tho condition of the 1000 and 1100 block on E. Third Stroot, and fool that somothing should bo done to improve it. MAYOR CARRIGAN informed them that if tho property ONnors wishod tho stroot oilod thoy would have to pay for tho oil and tho City would porform tho work, or if thoy wish o. pormanont paved stroot it would bo nocoss^.ry to got a petition from the Engincoris office and have it signed by more than 50 percent of tho property owners, stating what they wish to have done, and then prosont it to the City Council. This is the first stop necessary undor the 1911 Act. It was suggested that the property ownora contact tho City Manager and havo him give them tho cost of oiling tho stroot, otc. and that ho lock into this mattor and give the Council a report at the next mooting. REQUEST OF THOMAS L, COSBY, JR. POST for use of the Park to sponsor Craft Shows, was prosentod. CITY MANAGER RHODES ro- portcd that Chiof of Police Smith said thoro would bo no police proble}n as long as it is understood thoro aro to bo no illegal gamos going on. Moved by McClure, socondod by Hart, permission be granted provided the necessary bond for clowning up tho grounds is posted, and that the chargo for use of tho grounds bo waivod sinco no utilities will havo to bo paid by tho City. Motion wEs lost, by tho following voto to -wit: Ayes: Hart, McCluro. Nays: Sarn, Carrigan. PETITION NO. 418 OF MIS. RUTH J. STURGESS for apartment at 2501 '.'Nee Lvcnuo, was prosontod. COUNCILS+LN HART statod he chock-. od with Bldg. Inspector Bird and tho plumbing and Aoctric wiring have boon brought up to date. Movod by Hart, socondod by McCluro, that tho varianco bo granted. MRS. DOROTHY JENSEN was prosont, and askod why this varianco was ;ranted whon just recently tho Petition cf Ch-rlcs Potor Smith, 1944 Grove St., was doniod. MAYOR CARRIGA_T statod Mrs. Sturgoss was misin- formed, that if tho building was brought up; to standard with the wiring and tho plumbing that tho zone varianco would 9/2 69 probably be granted, and she has apont ovor N500.O0 to do this. The zono varianco should havo boon prosontod to tho Council prior to any money being oxpond:d„ Carriod, all Councilmen prosont voting aye. RESOLUTION NO. 5760 was road, granting a zone varianco permit to Ruth J. Sturgoss for the purpose of converting the o.xisting roar building, known as 2501 :,Nei Avo. into a two apartmont building. Movod by Hart, socondod by McCluro, that tho ?osol- ution bo adoptod. Carried, all Councilmen present voting ayo, CONTRACT OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY LAIN ENFORCEMENT TETF=PE NETWORK, was road. It is suggostod that if this agrcomont moots with tho Councils approval that thoy authorize si naturo by tho appropriate city official. MAYOR CARRIGAN stated tho Council has previously approvod that contract as to form. RESOLUTION NO. 5761 was road, approving the agreement for opor- ation of teletypewriter sorvico botwocn the City of National City, tho County of San Diego and the City of San Diego, tho City of Chula Vista, tho City of Coronado, tho City of El Cajon, the City of Escondido, tho City of La Mosa, and tho City of Ocoansido. Maurice Carrigan, Mayor of tho City of National City is authorizod and diroctod to oxocuto tho same. Moved by Hart, seconded by Sarn, that tho Rosolution bo adopted. Carriod, all Councilmen prosont voting aye. NOTICE FROM UNITED STATES NAVY rojocting tho City's claim in tho amount of S114.44 for damago to a 1950 Plymouth sedan owned by tho City, was road. ATTORNEY CAMPBELL rocommondod this be referred to tho City Manager and him for further chocking. Movod by Hart, seconded by McClure, that tho recommendation of tho City Attornoy bo approvod. Carried, all Councilmen prosent voting aye. NOTICE FROM ARMY ENGINEERS on modification of Harbor Linos, San Diego Harbor, was prescntcd and ordered filed. COMMUTICATION FROM COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT in rogard to public hoalth sorvico, was road. Copios of County ordinancos woro attached. MAYOR CARRIGAN suggostod that the members of the Council study this as it ties in with the problem we now havo, and referred it to the City Managor and asked that it bo kept availablo to the Councilmen. COUNCILMAN HART made a motion that the City Attorney proparo an Ordinance for tho installation of parking motors. MAYOR CARRIGAN said ho thought it would be better if tho pooplo who aro to bo offoctod by the parking motors woro notifiod of tho fact, and the Council hold a public hearing. COUNCILMAN HART said ho did not think that was nocossary. Motion socondod by Sarn. MRS. JENSEN stated they chocked a number of pooplo on National Ave. and the majority wore in favor of parking motors providod you can count tho ones who do not care whother or not wo havo parking motors. Carriod, by the following vote to -wit; Ayes: Hart, McClure, Sarn. Nays: Carrigan. RESOLUTION NO, 5762 was road, authorizing tho transfer of $13,104.90 from tho General Fund to the Park Fund, as a loan. Movod by Hart, socondod by McClure, that tho Resolution be adopted. Carriod, all Councilmon prosont voting aye. 9/2 Y0 BILLS AUDITED BY TH7 FIN=._?'CE COMMITTEE prosontod: Gonoral Fund $6,739.62 Traffic Safoty Fund 258.91 Library Fund 26.99 Park Fund 60,52 Harbor Fund 1.25 Payroll Fund 17,751.22 TOTAL $24, 838.51 Movod by McCluro, socondod by Hart, that the bills bo allowed. and warrants ordorod drawn for samo. Carried., by tho following voto to -wit: Ayes: Hart, McClure, Sarn, Carrigan. Nays: Nonc, ATTORAE Y CAMPBELL prosontod an Option to Purchaso Tax-Doodod Land on Exc Wly 125' of Lot 3, Block 1 of J. D. O'Connoll's Torrace Subd., which tho Council authorized tho purchase of somo few works ago, and suggested that a rosolution bo adoptod authorizing the purchaao of this lot. COUYCILiAN SARN statod tho taxes in both the County and City have been paid. ATTORNEY CAh'B'TLL stated no rosolution would than bo nocossary. COMMUNICATION FROM CITY MANAGER RHODES was road, regarding tho report from tho building c'epartmont for tho month of August, 1952. The roport indicatod that building activity in tho City is not docreasing. MAYOR CARRIGAN ordorod tho communication filod. CITY CLERK ALSTON'S ANNUAL REPORT TO STATE COITTROLLER for tho fiscal yoar ending Juno 30, 1952, was prosontod.. MAYOR CARRIGAN stated no action is roquirod. APPLICATION BY FRATERNAL ORDER OF EAGLES, 2300 National Avo., for on solo general liquor liconso was road. The premises havo not boon proviously licensed.. ATTORNEY CLMP1311LL rcquostod if tho Council wishes to protost that it be roforrod to Chief of Polico Smith and if any grouncs aro available he bo pormittod to filo tho protost. Movod by Hart, seconded by Sarn, that Attornoy Campbell's roquost bo granted. Carrico'., all Council- men prosont voting ayo. LETTERS FROM THE CITY OF IT'TDLES AND CITY OF S^_N FERNANDO in regard to a proposod 4% stato-wido sales tax, woro road. Both cities aro opposed to this, MAYOR CARRIBAN statod if this ware to pass the Stato would do all the collocting and a portion of the money would bo allocatod back to tho cities, not on a per capita basis or assossod valuation, but on tho actual amount collected. Those lotters will be on filo in tho City Clork's office available to anyone that might bo intorosted in reading thorn, and suggest tho Council mako thomsolvos thoroughly acquainted with the mattor. COMMUNICATION FROM CITY TANAGER RHODES was road, stating tho ownors of tho land facing on Ninth Stroot Eat of Ns' Avo. have boon contacted, as recommondod by tho Planning Commission, asking thom to dood to tho City tho nocossary land for tho oponing of the stroot. Nono of thom wish to make tho stroot dedication. It is the Manager's rocommondation the communicat- ion bo filed. Tho communication was ordorod filed. PLANNING COMMISSION roport filod August 27th was crosontod. ATTORNEY CAMPBELL statod no action can bo taken until the noxt mooting. MAYOR CARDIGAN asked that tho roport bo road 9/2 71 so tho Council will know what is coming up. .A,pplication for a conditional oxcoption, signod by Wm. M. Boarma.n. Troasuror of the Calvary Baptist Church, to v.so the prop;;rty.locatud in thr) 2400 Block on 18th Stroot for a church, was appr.ovod by the Commission. Application for conditional cxcoption, signod by Irono B. Dowd, rolativo to Lot 1, Hills of Paradise, 21 B.Mcr=. E. 8th Street, for an R-4 usage to construct two mo ortiist c duploxos was prosontod. Thu Commission folt this would imp os.,. the proporty and rocommondod it bo granted. Roquost of Gotthardt Agston and R. Manning Clark, rolativo to Lot 6, Block 2, Paradise Knolls, to build a duplex on this lot which is in an R-1 zone; was doniod by the Commis„inn >a there was so much objection, and since there is so little single family dwelling R-1 Zones - that tho fow they do havo should bo protocted. ATTORNEY CAMPBELL stated tho petition of tho Paradiso Valley Sanitarium is the same as tho petition submittod last year, and thoy are the .owners of tho proporty within 500 foot of the proposed arca, so if tho Council wishes they can grant thom pormission to operate a trailer camp Moved by McCluro, seconded by S,Ern, that a permit be issuod. Carriod, all Council- mon prosont voting aye. RESOLUTION NO. 5763 was road, granting a special zono varianco permit to Paradise Valley Sanitarium & Hospital for tho pur- poso of a C-4 Zono use in an R-4 Zone. Said varianco is grantod for the use of not more than six trailers. Said conditional oxcoption shall torminato-on Soptombor 1, 1953. Movod by McClure, secondod by Hart, that the Rosolution bo adopted. Carriod, all Councilmen prosont voting ayo. ATTORNEY CAMPBELL stated at tho last mooting a. communication from tho City Manager was presontod regarding the resolution roconrionding two hour parking on "A", "B" and 7th, and that Rosolution No. 5755, as proparod, was as Mr. Rhodos rocormond- od, so the rocommondation that tho Resolution bo rescinded is unnocessary. COMMUNICATION FROM CHIEF OF POLICE SMITH addressod to tho City Manager, was road, requesting tho City Clork bo authorized to advortiso for bids for four now automobile radio transmitters and roccivers and ono now"main station transmitter. Moved by Hart, seconded by McCluro, that pormission bo grantod. Carried, all Councilmon prosont voting ayo. ATTORNEY CAMPBELL statod City Manager Rhodos wishes permission to advortise for bids for pumps for tho pumping plant at the station at the 7th Stroot Channel. Movod by Hart, seconded by Sarn, that tho permission bo'grantod. Carried, all Council- man pros?ont voting aye. REPORT FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION was read, stating that deeds for street purposes were received from Carl E. and Hilda A. Johnson, and R. L. and Antonnette L. Cihak, for the purpose of opening up 0rango Ave. South to 20th Stroot. Since this is a continuation of the Commission's action of July 28, 1952, when deeds were accepted rolativo to tho Wly half of Orange Lvo. for one block South of 20th Street, it was their ro- commendation that tho doods bo accoptod. Moved by McCluro, seconded by Hart, that tho doods be roforrod to tho City Attorney in order to proparo tho nocossary resolution accept- .ng samo. Carried, all Councilmon present voting ayo. 9/2 72 PLANNING COMMISSION'S REPORT of august 25, 1952, statod that 7d. Kaisor wss present rolativo to property ioWatod a'` 8 . E, 2nd Stroot, which is oporctcd *Ly ',ice a . a caronntorla shop in a C-3 Zone. IG1r. Kaisor desires tE Toi ch:;:;o to:La prop , ro:r from E. J. Christman to c.ssoElblo cvurhuad garago doorE and ocu.1r'. liko a ruling as to whothcr this operation ccmour,dor t;_o heading of a carpenter or cabinot shop, since dod. No, "r:; allows for carpontor shops and cabinot shops, bot r_c mills or sash and door factorios. Mr. Kaisor statod ^o dpo.E; not actually rLako tho doors, but moroly assomblos them and oho largost equipment would bo a table saw and six inch ,ici.nor, It was tho Commission's roconmondation that Mr. Kaisor° bo grantod permission to oporato as a cabinot or carpontor,s ' shop, but in the event he should install ia.rgor equipment to actually build doors rather than assomblo them, it would bo nocessary for him to obtain a zone variance. W. R. NICHOLS, 1004 E. 4th Street, was prosont, and stated that inasmuch as this operation is to assemble ovcncoad ga"ago Coors Mr, Kaisor wanted an arbitrary ruling sc that tIicra; ?cu1d not bo any quostion in future operations. ATTORNEY CLMPBELL stated tho Council cannot oither grant or dony it at this particular time it would be the mattor of tho use, and if they use only tho ordinary carpontor and cabinet shop tools and not planing or sash and door tools, it would be por*nissibio. MRS. CARR was prosont and stated sho called I:r. Rhodos ro- garding a street light in tho 2400 Block on E. 18th Stroot, and wishod to know what is going to bo done about it. CITY MANAGER RHODES stated ho has had sovoral roquosts for stroot lights and ho has roquostod the Gas and Electric Company to sond him a map showing tho locations of all tho lights in National City, what tho candle powor is so that he can judge whoro lights aro noodod. Tho light roquostod by Mrs. Carr is nocossary and will be recommondod along with others. MAYOR CARRIGAN statod ho thought it would bo woll to wait until tho City Managor makos his rccorsnondeticn for all of them. MRS. CARR asked about tho petition for improving 18th Stroot. CITY MANAGER RHODES statod it has boon chocked and found to havo tho signoturos of about 62% of the property owners, and ho would roconmond tho 1911 Act bo started but will havo to wait until another Engineer is omployod to proceod with this. MRS. CARR aekod if thoy would got some gas tax funds to help pay for this improvomont. CITY MANAGER RHODES statod thoy will try to got somo gas tax monoy and spread out tho district so that those pooplo who havo to travel over this particular stroot, within tho City of National City, would havo to pay a portion of it. MAYOR CARRIGAN statod ho would liko to bring up the mattor of regulating billboards. The Stato Highway will oxpcnd no monoy on boautifying freeways unloss thoro is billboard rogulation. Moved by McClure, soeondod by Hart, that tho Attornoy bo in- structed to draw up a tcntativo ordinanco rogulating billboards. Carried, all Councilnon prosont voting ayo. COUNCILMAN McCLURE stated ho would like to call the Council's attention to tho condition that oxists botwoon 22nd and 24th Stroots and botwoon Hoover and Wilson Avonuos, in rogard to drainago. The entire area, including a dodicatad stroot has boon foncod in, and the channel of Paradiso Crack is obstruct- ed. MAYOR CARRIGAN roferrod this to tho City Enginoor and City Attornoy to study and nako a roeommondation. 9/2 73 MAYOR CLRRIGAN askod if the woods havo boon burnod off of 8th Stroot. CITY MANAGE? ?:HODS said thoy woro. COUNCILMAN SLRN stetod tha ditch on tho North side of 8th Stroot is filled with dirt and thought this should bo cloaned out. MAYOR CARRIGIN statod some Sort of wood killor has boon put'along, thoro, and whon tho woods aro all out wo can soo what con bo done. Movod by Hart,, socondod by McCluro, that -the mooting bo c1o`sod. Carried, all Councilman prosont voting ayo. MAYOR7fCITY OFNI.TIO??LL ( r L.TTT'ST : %./„ 2 .mac. C Cd;LIFORNIA 9�8