19150511 Regular City Council Meeting - Minutes
SPECIAL MEETING.
AI\-'W meeting of the Board of Trustees of the City of
VernonJ Oounty of Los Angeles} and State of CaliforniaJ was held
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on the 11 th day of May , 191 5, a~ 0' clook P. M. of
said day at the regular meeting plaoe of said Board in said city
of Vernon, whioh said time and p1aoe is the time and plaoe fixed by
ordinanoe for regular meetings of the said Board to be held. pursuant
to notioe hereinafter mentioned.
^ There were present at suoh meeting Trustees, Durbin, Leonis,
Kniffin and Furlong.
There were absent from suoh meeting Trustee, Stevens.
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President Trustee
Furlong
presiding.
The minutes of the meeting
} held on April 20th and May
1915} were: laid over.
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This meeting was held pursuant to Notice duly and regularly given
and served upon ea9h member of the Board of Trustees at least three
hours prior to the hour of three o'clock P. M. on said May 11th,
1915.
Said notice being regular in all respects and signed by the
President of the said Board.
Said meeting was called for the purpose of considering any
business which might come before the meeting in connection with the
matters set forth in said notice.
Thereupon the President stated that there was still pending the
appeal of the Los Angeles Foundry Company in reference to the improve-
ment of Twenty-fifth Street from the Westerly line of Santa Fe
Avenue to Easterly line of Alameda Street as done by the L. A. Paving
Company, on the ground that the work was not performed in aocordance
with the specifications.
Thereupon the Clerk presented to the Board and read the following
notice of hearing appeal, and stated that the same had been duly and
regularly served as required by law and that a proper notice had been
given to all parties concerned:
Said notice is in words and figures as follows, to-wit:
":N~ICE OF HEARING APPEAL.
NOTICE IS EEREBY GIVEN that on Tuesday, May 11th, 1915, at three
o'clock p. M., in the City Hall at Vernon, California, The Board of
Trustees of said city will hear and determine the appeal of the Los
Angeles Foundry Company with reference to the improvement of Twenty-
fifth Street, from Alameda Street to Santa Fe Avenue, as performed
by the L. A. Paving Compa.ny.
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Said appeal has been taken upon the ground that the work was
not performed in accordance with the specifications.
(Signed) T. J. Furlong,
City Clerk and Ex-Officio Clerk of
said Board.
Dated: May 1st, 1915."
The Clerk further stated that a second protest and appeal had
been filed by said Los Angeles Foundry Company on May 8th, 1915, in
words and figures as follows, to-wit:
"TO TEE HONORABLE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
OF THE CITY OF VERNON,
Vernon,
California:
GENTLEMEN: -
The appeal of Los Angeles Foundry Company, a corporation,
respectfully shows that the appellant is the owner of certain
property in the City of Vernon, neing the N. E. corner of Alameda
and 25th streets, w~ich property is subject to assessment for the
improvement of East 25th street from Alameda street easterly to
Santa Fe in the City of Vernon, which work is more particularly
dewcribed in a contract entered into between the Superintendent of
Streets of the City of Vernon and one E. R. Werdin, and as such
property owner the appellant ~ interested in the assessment here-
tofore made by the Superintendent of Streets for said work and im-
provement.
That the appe~lant objects to the correctness of the assess-
ment heretofore made in said proceeding by the Superintendent of
Streets on the ground that said assessment is erroneously made out
in certain particulars and should be corrected; appellant also
objects to the determination of the Superintendent of streets that
the work provided for in said proceedings had been completed
according to specifications for the same on the ground that said
contract had not been properly completed, nor its terms complied
with, and that the work does not conform to specifications.
WHEREFORE, appellant appeals to Your Honorable Body from the
said assessment and from the determination of said Superintendent
of Streets and requests that you take such steps as are required by
law.
LOS ANGELES FOUIIDRY COMPANY
(Signed) Henry Chamberlin,
Vice President."
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And that upon said other and further protest and appeal co.ing in,
he had caused to be duly and regularly given the following notice:
"NOTICE
BEARING APPEAL
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN ha,t on Saturday the 15th day of May,
1915 at 11:30 o'clock A. M., in the City Hall at Vernon, California,
the Board of Trustees of said City will hear and determine the appeal
of Los Angeles Foundry Compan with reference to the improvement of
Twenty-fifth street in said city from Alameda Street to Santa Fe
Avenue as performed by the L. A. Paving Company. Said appeal has
been taken on the ground that the assessment made by the Superin-
tendent of Streets is erroneo s in certain particulars and should be
corrected, also upon the furt er ground of Objecting to the deter-
mination of the Superintendent of streets that said work has been
completed according to the specifications, also on the ground that
contract has not been proper1
completed nor its terms complied with.
Dated May 9, 1915.
(Signed) T. J. Furlong
City Clerk and Ex-Officio Clerk
of said Board."
It appearing that the 1 st notice placed the time and date
appealing parties were prese
as May 15th, 1915 at the regular
the hour of 11:30 o'clock A. M.of
at which said hearing would
meeting place of the Board,
said day; and, It further ap earing that none of the protestants or
this meeting; and, It further
appearing that there was no other business before the Board.
Thereupon the Board adjourned to meet again at the hour of
11:30 o'clock on Saturday, y 15th, 1915 at the regular meeting place
of the Board, to-wit the Cit Hall at and in said City of Vernon,
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