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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1951 03-13 CC MIN538 National City, California, March 13, 1951 Regular meeting of the City Counctl'was called to order by Mayor Clinton D. Matthews at 7D30 P.M. o'clock. Councilmen present: Carrigan, Clarke, Curry, Hart, Matthews. Council- men absent: None. Moved by Curry, seconded by Clarke, that-the,reading_orthhe minutes of '.the, regular meeting of March 6,1951, be dispensed with. Carried, all Councilmen present voting aye. ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICIALS present: Alston, Sullivan, Warner, Gautereaux. BILLS AUDITED by the Finance Committee presented; General Fund $ 6,716.14 Capital Reserve Fund 1,470.00 Library Fund 75.88 Park Fund 299.38 Planning Fund 65.57 Retirement Fund 4 21.60 Street Fund 3,200.42 Light. Dist. #1 Fund 32.65 Harbor Fund 20.92 TOTAL $11,902.56 Moved by Clarke, seconded by Hart, that the bills be allowed and warrants ordered drawn for same. Carried, by the following vote to -wit: Ayes: Cerrigan, Clarke, Curry, Hart, Matthews. Nays: None. RESOLUTION NO. 540 t was read, authorizing the payment of 11,470.00 from the Capital Reserve Fund as follows: Herluf Brydegaard, $1,470.00, Fire Station and City Yard Remodel. Moved by Curry, seconded by Clarke, that the Resolution be adopted. Carried, all Councilmen present voting aye. 3/13 539 _THOMAS LEONARD was present in referents to the firing of one of the Department Heads by the City Manager. He felt that the Council should approve this in order to make it legal. ATTORNEY WARNER stated that under the City Manager Ordinance the City Manager has the power to hire or fire department heads. The reason Mr. Leonard brought this to the attention of the Council wAs because of the possibility of the Department Hend, at a later date, suing the City for back wages, ORDINANCE NO. , an ordinance approving the annexation of "Rancho Mesa" to the City of National City, was presented for the second and finn1 reading. Moved by Curry, seconded by Hart, that only the heading be read. Carried, by the fol- lowing vote to -wit: Ayes: Carrigan, Clarke, Curry, Hart, Matthews. Nays: None. ORDINANCE NO. 815, AN 0?DINANCE APPROVING TH' ANNEXATION TO THE CITY OF NATTONAL CITY, CALIFORNIA OF CERTAIN UNINHABITED TERRITORY, IN THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, DE§IGNATED AS "RANCHO MESA". Moved by Carrigan► seconded by Curry, that the Ordinance be adopted. Carried, all Council- men present voting aye. MOVED BY Hart, seconded by Curry, upon the recommendation of Attorney Warner that Sweetwater No. 1 and No. 2 Annexations be removed from the Agenda due to the fact that a hearing wns not held within the time prescribed by law making all action on this Annexation null and void. Carried, all Councilmen present voting aye. DR. J. M. HOWARD, 3104 Highland Avenue, was present and stated that he hoped if they found themselves on the other side of the fence at some time that they would 3/13 540 be given the same courtesy, a Month extention of time. MOVED BY Clarke, seconded by Hart, that the natter of the V.F.W. Caxnivnl be tabled as there was no representative from the organization present. Carried, all Councilmen present voting nye. APPLICATION F0? BEVERAGE LICENSE by William H. Wilson, 1441 Highland Avenue, for on sale general was rend. There was no objection by the Council and Mayor Matthews ordered the applicntion filed. APPLICATION FOR BEVERAGE LICENSE by Bonifncio Damian, 2042 McKinley Avenue, for off sale beer and wine wes read. Mayor Matthews laid this arlication over until next week to allow time for a full report from the Chief of Police. CHARL!S BUSH AND ARNOLD DEPHEIM, 101 Norton Avenue, were present end stated that they had no objection to a zone variance for a Children's Boarding Home for Mental Deficient Children which is to be presented to the Council at their next meeting. Members of the Council had visited this home recently and the consensus of opinion seemed to be to issue a special zone variance limiting it to the person and to the kind of work they are doing. LETTER OF RESIGNATION was read from Merry D. Bledsoe from the Recreation Commission. Moved by Hart, seconded by Curry, that Mr. Bledsoe's resignation be accepted and a letter be written thanking him for the work he has done. Carried, all Council- men present voting aye. Mr. Bledsoe wished to remain on the mailing list of the recreation publication. 3/13 541 COIEFUNICATION FROM THE RECREATION COKIIS3ION recommending the anointment of Herb Comstock, 1119 E. lat Street, to fill the vacancy left by Harry Bledsoe wrs rend. Moved by Clarke, seconded by Hart, that the appointment be made. Carried, all Councilmen present voting aye. REPORT FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION regrrding church locations and liquor establishments was rend. COUNCILIAN CLARKE asked if the U. S. Government law defining light Trines and beer as fond apnlies to National City -s we have denied several licenses. ATTORNEY "ARNER stated that it does not mean that they do not need a license from the State Board of Equalization but it means that the City Council cannot zone them out of the food establishments by the zoning ordinance. .The licenses which have been denied were too close to a church, school, or for some other reason in the act. CITY PLANNER ''AGNER reported that at a" meeting of the ministers they agreed that the zoning of all new churchs in the R-2 and R-4 zones were in the beat interest of the city and churches as the commercial nronerty which many of the churches now exist on is getting too expen- sive. The Planning Commission at the present time is -working on an amendment to Ordinance No. 750 and if the Council approved such changes as R-2 and R-4 they will be incorporated. Moved by Carrigan, seconded by Hart, that new churches be limited to R-2 and P-4 zones and included in the overall change in Ordinance No. 750. voting aye. Carried, all Councilmen nresent PRELIMINARY TENTATIVE HAP OF JAY VIE" HILLS ryas presented. As this is not yet a nrrt of National City, Attorney Warner felt that there *•Pas no official action the the City Council 3/13 542 could take, other than apnrove it as a picture ran tentatively, Tl. KITH biAX'ELL, architect from Los Angeles, stated that he is the planner for the project and in the upper left hand corner of the map there are 896 units for the Navy and in planning the project we decided to elan the additional acreage shown before you for a defense housing project. A snonsory by the nape of the Dills Interest of Phoenix and Dallas, re- presented by Hr. Holliday, who is here, are the proposed builders and snonsorers. Under normal title 203 FHA procedure at this time with the possibility that title 9, a law being enacted by Congress now, when it becomes a law, if it is advantageous, the program will be converted to Title 9, which will then be primarily a rental housing nrogrrm with the privilege of selling of qualified buyers in the defense industry. The housing is designed primarily to meet normal regulations of the FHA, will be conventional construction and high class development of 37000 minimum house cost un to `112,000 and (15,000. The land or the topography of this land is rather irregular and it has necessitated an extensive study to design the land for economical use. The streets have had to follow the contour of the land and in a few instances we have found it necessary to design a forty foot, minimum forty foot right-of-way, to get between dra"s or get between two bluffs with a street so that we can serve a lot on each side economically. That is the reason why we have that requirement, and if necessary we will request the Planning Commission for a zone variance to accommodate those particular features. pre are not desirous of chrnging or not adhering to your ordinance but in order to develon this land we have to develon it from the stand point of economy end the developers interest as well 3/13 543 as the city's interest. I don't think, however, we will have any trouble when we get this aerial torso survey. It will determine accurately all the tonographical data that we can design to and if it is not necessary we will not offer any- thing less than 40 feet and if so we will widen our streets to meet the standard of the ordinance as closely as possible. The majority of the property as indicated is to the right of the City -County line and you gentlemen have started an annexation on parts and parcels of it, and it is kind of confusing what you have actually started annexing, but we are desirous, that is the owner, the Adams family, is desirous of annexing to National City for the benefits thereto. ITe are anxious to annex to N tional City for two reasons (1) primarily to lower tax structures, (2) secondly, To:- the benefit of gene- an0 water. Ire appreciate that National City does not furnish the water but National City, through their very capable renresentative, Mrs. Sullivan, have engineered or assisted us to get the nower and telephone company to enter- tain a nronosition to offer us the facility. I *rant to go on record this far, that we are expecting the annexation to protect our client in the sewer and water feature, however, we know the City cannot guarantee the water, but we do ernect the sewer situation which Mrs. Sullivan has pointed out this afternoon is covered capably by ordinance and tie are satisfied a on that contention. At this time we do not havq'pledge from the water company but we have checked with them repeatedly and I think that we will finally get it worked out satisfactorilN 1'e think by virtue of the fact ti:at the land is by one free- holder there is a possibility of forcing a disannexation of that particular tract that the Navy is going to develop into a 3/13 544 nroject. However, it will not be the navy that would create this proposal, it would have to be the sponsor and the sponsor will not be determined on the Navy building until the plans and eoecificiations have been precomrmitted by the Navy and by the FHA. Then that sponsor has ample time, I'd say three to six months, to worry and quarrel with the nolitical situation to get it to his satisfaction. However, they have advvsed me this afternoon regardless of disanrexation the tax structure as set un on that particular niece of land or any particular piece of land that might be in question of still carry its tax load es originally set nolitical body and according to law cannot disannexation will up. They as a disallow any tax structure -which doesn't seen accurate to me as they had the book and I was on tae other side of the table. liow there is another section, Section 2, that will be above Eighth Street, Eighth Street is at the ton of that map, and this project at the bottom has 1083 lots of which a coiple of hundred lots along Eighth Street and around the commerical duplexes; so there will be two units to a lot be apnroxinately 1500 lots in that particular looking at and the land across Eighth Street, area will be and there will tract you are un there where it is commonly ':mown as the airstrip, will have another couple of thousand lot possibilities. That will be known as Section 2. Pe have located the commercial area at the most advantageous location, to get the benefit of the navy nroject and of the 10^r or 1500 units plus all of the Paradise Hills area. The commercial development will 7,1 in all at one tine and will not be niece meal and it "111 be acceptable to your --)lanning Commission. It will be a very desirable venture. There is a church location just above the figure sixteen thrt we have 3/13 51+5 designed but it doesn't show on this reap; it shows on the actual National City annexation map. We put it there because the benefit of the commercial area parking in the non -business hours and the school is as close by and still stay 600 feet away for the liquor advantages and take advantage of the narking facilities of the commercial area. The City of National City will have to make a survey on the sewer and advise us end furnish us a copy of their intended sewer service so that we can Hake a engineering design of sewer facilities on our site, because we can show easements down alleys and make alleys available for easements in the project. As we understand it, there will he a reduced fee to us, rather the city's charge to us will be about 31k0 less per lot for us to do that, so we want to take advantage of that because we are working on a very tight monetary nrogram and '14 0 means quite a bit in the development of every lot. However, most of it will be exactly as it is now planned. Ire have a site indentified as park w'zich we expect to peddle to the City of National City with a master plat layout of it anc' we hope that National City will be willing to go in there and put it in first class shane for us on or about the time we get the development occupied. The reason we are doing that is because in all FHA development where there is a pass living condition you naturally expect recreational facilities and park facilities, so we are not in a position to finance a thing of that nature anc' I can't speak for the owner as to the donation of the land but I used every bit of the us:ble land and I've used it in such a vay that he will either have to sell it for little or nothing or let it go by the hoard for taxes. If that is the case we would rather buy it from him and have control of it as long as we are con- trolling the project from a rental stand point. But when we 546 start to sell the houses, we trill sell then in areas; we will not indiscriminately sell houses all over the area because under the defense program it will be a management rental for the duration of the emergency. Ve couldn't afford to have a spotty sale and a snotty rental operation. We will start at the left hand side of the project to develop and develop it easttrard to the right in an •orderly nanner so the city should be able to extend the severs and furnish us sewers on dates that tre will need then as we con-,lete houses and close our commitments. That is the important thing. tre feel over and above Hrs. Sullivan's assurance and ar. "crner's assurance that we would like the Council in discussing and considering this thing to go on record with a resolution that they will cooperate and nut forth every effort to give us a utility -a sewer utility -as we need it as long as we nroceed in a orderly nanner and keep you advised by plats and recordings so that you will be able to expedite your sewer facilities satisfactorily. "e would like to ask that privilege because we are going in here with a considerable expenditure and t*e are going to start construction at the earliest nossible date, but we can't afford to do it unless we know definitely that we are going to have the sewer and the water. Poulter of the Crater Company has not b:'en able to give us a final decision through firs. Sullivan or directly, maintaining that he hasn't had our plats -that is not true, he has had our plats -and renresentatives of the cnnnany have been here. If necessary we are going to nroceed up to San Francisco, not later than Thursday, for a show -doom because we can't go forward without water. lre definitely know we can't get any from the City of San Diego without 3/13 1 5U7 ennexing to them. I'le don't care to disrupt the program that is going forward here. ATTORNEY IrARNER wanted it known that neither Mrs. Sullivan or himself bed promised Mr. Maxwell any sewers. Mr. Varner also stated that he did not think the city should take any official action regarding this territory until it is in the City of National City. 'ire have an ordinance which shows what we do with sewers when they are in the City of National City. ER. IAXIJELL said that he had been shown the sewer ordinance this afternoon and under that ordinance the City vris obligated to install to residential construction es it war built. As the ordinance was based on normal procedure end this is not normal •procedure, Mr. Maxwell wanted the record clear before they spent their noney. Mr. liaxwell said that they were not completely satisfied that e sewer extension could be carried out immediately and as quickly as we night to be able to build houses and they do not want/find themselves with 500 houses out there with no sewers. CITY AMAGER SULLIVAN said the preliminary check on the cost in comparison with the recent contr?cts on sewers indicate that the amount we will receive from the sewer connection under the ordinance would pay ' for the cost of the service. There is in addition to that some annexations that will be along the trunk ]ine in Lincoln Acres. Hr. Simmons has three or four property owners that heve re- quested annexation, There are additional sewers that would come into the trunk line which would cctuel]y make if profitable. The City has enough money provided Hr. '_ixxwell's sponsorsdidn't wait too long to nut in their houses. The thing the City has been doing es far as the other subdivisions are concerned is going ehead with the sewer contracts, and they very quickly ney back the money so actually the Capital reserve Fund is a little 3/13 548 better off at the end of the sever contract. Sewer pines are easier to lay than some others and there is no scarcity of nine as there is in other kinds of service or utilities, such as tubular steel or copper wire, COUNCIL:AN CARRIGAN said that on several occasions he had requested a sewer cost estimate on this »articular project. CITY ?'LNFGER SULLIVAN said that she would rather not quote a figure for about another week. ATTORNEY TTL.^.NER felt that it would not be out of line to approve the nay, as a nicture n^n only subject to the arnroval of a tentative nap when one is nresented. iioved by Carrigan, seconded by Clarke, that the preliminary tent?tive Elan as submitted for Bay View Hills as submitted by Keith Maxwell be enproved as a picture n^n only, and that final a»»royal be reserved until the filing of a final to'ogranhical and corrected tentative men and subject to the connletion of annexation nroceedingsof said territory to the City of :'ational City; and that the City iianager and City Engineer be directed to furnish the City Council at their next meeting on March 20, 1951, with a cost estimate and tentative sewer approach lay- out to this proposed subdivision and that the Council go on record showing our intent to expedite and facilitate our final efforts towards serving this subdivision with sewer lines as may be determined by our proposed sewer extension map as above requested from the City Manager and City Engineer. Carried, all Councilmen present voting aye. REPORT OF CITY ATTORNEY ''ABNER regarding City Ern loyees living outside of National City was nresented. This matter was laid over until the next meeting of the Council as Councilman Carrigan requested each ennloyee who lives outside National 3/13 549 City to submit a letter giving their reasons for not moving into the City. ATTORNEY "ARNER stated that they had been unable to reach an agreement on the escrow instruction in the Greenberg Trade. The way they are Prepared the City would not get a certificate of title to the Property and we utuld still have the suit pending. As this is a thirty day escrow we have three week to reach an agreement. ATTORNEY "ARNER presented the lawsuit, Investment Securities Corporation vs. City of National City, involving four lots. The apnraiser made an estivate of the value and they would probably run about q500 per lot. As we own approximately one-third interest, they have offered us in settlement $442.36 which is all the back taxes and penalties since it went delinquent. Moved by Carrigan, seconded :Dy Hart, that Attorney Warner be authorized to accept the payment of `;442.36 to settle the lawsuit. Carried, all Councilmen present voting ayel LET' _R FROM CIVIL SERVICE CO'_•MISSION requesting the positions of Bookkeeping Machine Operator and Apprentice Bookkeeping Machine Operator be added to the Position Classification Plan, and that a departmental promotion examination be held to fill the two new Positions, was read. Moved by Curry, seconded by Clarke, that the positions of Bookkeeping Machine Operator and Apprentice Bookkeeping Machine Operator be added to the Classification Plan, and thot a promotional examination be held, to fill the two positions. Carried, all Councilmen present voting aye. CITY EANACER SUL. I'TAN presented a request for a Tidelands 3/13 550 Lease from the Associated Construction Corporation. It is a one year lease with option to lease for 10 years and is be- tween the Dry Kiln and the San Diego Transit -Mix Lease. RESOLUTION NO. 5408 authorizing Mayor Matthews to sign the lease on tidelands with the Associated Construction Corporation was read. Moved by Carrigan, seconded by Hart, that the Resolution be adopted. Carried, all Councilmen »resent voting aye. CITY MANAGER SULIIVAN stated that several weeks ago the matter of the elementary school district was discussed and the City Attorney and City Manager were authorized to enter into negoti- ations with the School District. The area which they wish to add to the five acres which has already been agreed to is approximately five acres inmediately to the west, between R and S Avenue. The School District has a site between 14th and 1(th and between N and M which they will not be using in the event that they have this other site. We came to the negotiation on the clatter of trading that area which the City in turn could sell where the School District has difficulty in selling. They have had an appraisal made, which is 13,000; the appraisal on the property that we pre selling or trading with them is >1,500 and Mr. Rusk has calculated on the acreage and we haven't checked the acreage again to verify it. They would have 1,250 coming from us on the difference between the Pro rn-'raisals because it is less than five acres. That would mean in the terms of total escrow that instead of receiving 73,500 from them on the other trade that is now in process, you would receive 12,250. The matter was laid over for one week to enable the City Council to check on the property and have the 3/13 551 School District's Property appraised. CITY '.•:ANAGEB SULLIVAN reported that Senator Kraft and Assembly- man Cloyed were unable to meet with the City Council as they had to return immediately to Sacramento for interim committee but they would be glad to help. Councilmen Carrigan is to study the bills to be presented to the Legislature to see if any are applicable for the change in the Alcoholic Beverage Control in which the Council is interested. COUNCILMAN HART mentioned the excessive space allowed for buses on Eighth and National Avenue; he felt that too much space was allowed. Moved by Curry, seconded by Hart, that this natter be referred to the Traffic Safety Committee. Councilmen present voting aye. Carried, all COUNCILMAN CLC Y brought un the matter of the San Diogo Transits System fixing the streets at bus stops. Councilman Carrigan commented on speed of the Greyhound buses doing 45 miles per hour through the City and referred it to the Police Department. B. B. STJRT-VANT, 518 Street, was present and suggested that the bus stops be nlaced in the middle of the blocks. Hr. Sturtevant stated that in Seattle this has proved very success- ful and also helped to eliminate blind corners. COUNCILMAN CURRY asked hot•r much more time would be needed to install the Neon sign. Imo. HARKEY said the Pipe on which the sign is to be supported is now erected and the sign should be hung in about two weeks. COUNCILMAN CLARKE stated that in the San Diego paver he had read two articles; one, regarding City funds to sponsor the 3/13 552 National City 'layers and the other regarding the City Manager's attendance at the graduation of Chief of ?olice Smith from the FBI School in Washington, D. C. '-'Y,YOR iviATTIE TS stated that the National City Players are to be sponsored by private individuals not City Funds. CITY :TANAGER SULLIVAN said that she would probably be in Washington in connection with Community Redevelopment Contract in the future but she ,,ias no assurance that it will be at that time. Moved by Carrigan, seconded by Curry, that the meeting be adjourned. Carried, all Councilmen present voting aye. 71Q?2Ptic/'7— MAYOR, CITY OF PTATIONL CI^_Y, CALIFORNIA ATTEST: 54.. CITY CLERK 3/13