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19171120 Regular City Council Meeting - Minutes REGULAR MEETING. A regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the city of Vernon, Oounty of Los Angeles? and state of California, was held on the 20th day of Uovember ; 191 7.? at 2 o'clock P. M.ot said day at the regular meeting place of said Board in said city of Ve,rnon. which said time and place is the time and place fixed by ordinance for regular meetings of the said Board to be held. There were present at such meeting Trustees? Furlong, Leonis, Durbin, Stevens and Kniffin. There were absent from such meeting Trustee? None. President Trustee J. J. Furlong presiding. The minutes of the meetings? held on October 24th, and November 6th, 1917, 191 ? were: read by the Clerk and upon motion duly made, seconded and carried, were approved. .A representative of Vernon r=ission appeared before the Board. requesting permission in behalf of the l.lission to hold. street meeting:s in the City of Vernon. Upon motion of J:rustee Leonis, seconded by Trustee :Durbin, such permission was denied by the following vote:. :'VAO' ...;;J..u -....,. Trustees Durbin, Leonis, Zniffin, Furlong and ~tevens. Loes: none. The following resolution, rm.ml)ered 154, was intl'oduced and. read by the Cler1;:: llRESGLUJ:IOK 1;0. 154. The 30ard of Trustees of the Ci t;/ of Vernon, California, do hereby resolve as follows, to-wit:. SECTIOI~ 1. That the public interest and convenience require, emd it is the intention of the 30ard of Trustees of the City of Vernon State of Califol'nia" to order i./l~e folloHin@; impToveJ:leuts to be made in said City, to-wit: FIRST: :rhat all of the roadwa~l of East Tvilenty-seventh street from the Easterly line of Santa Fe avenue to the ~esterly line of the right of W8.y of the i.\.tchison, Topekn & S::;,nta Fe Railway Company, including all intersections of streets snd alleys, (except such portions of East ~lenty-seventh street as are re~uired by law to be kept in order or repe.ir by any person or compc::my having railroad tracks thereon). be graded to the official grade. and paved with asphalt, concrete pavement on 8. cement, concrete base in accordance 1;/~/1;. J ......, ","'ie;"'\"":","";.'.":" with plans Ho~ 141, adopted by said Board of Trustees, and on file in the office of the City Engineer, and in further accordance with specifications No. 14, adopted by said Board of Trustees, and on file in the office of the City Clerk. SECOND: That a cement curb be constructed alon~ each side of '-' the roadway of said East Twenty-seventh street from the Easterly line of Santa Fe avenue to the Westerly line of the right of way of the Atchison, Topeka &. Santa Fe Railway Company, (except such portions of East Twenty-seventh street as are required by law to be kept in order or repair by any person or compsny having railroad tracks thereon), in accordance with the said plans 10. 141, and in accordance with specifications llo. 9, adopted by said Board, and on file in the office of the said City Clerk. THIRD: That a cement gutter, 1 foot in width, be constructed along each side of ,the roadway of said East Twenty-seventh street from the Easterly line of Santa Fe avenue to the iJiesterly line of the right of way of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company, (except such portions of East Twenty-seventh street as are required by law to be kept in order or repair by any person or company having railroad tracks thereon), in accordance with the said plans No. 141, and in accordance with specifications No. 10, adopted by said Board and on file in the office of said City Clerk. FOUHTH~ That Santa Fe avenu.e and said East Tvventy-seventh street have an 8-inch vitrified, salt, glazed sewer constructed there~ from the existing sewer on Santa Fe avenue to the ~esterly line of the right of way of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company, {except such portions thereof as are required by law to b~ kept in order or repair by any person or company having railroad tracks there- on}, together with one brick manhole, and one brick flush manhole in accordance with said plans No. 141, and in accordance with specificat- ions IJo. 12, adopted by said Board of Trustees, and on file in the office of the City Clerk. /~~r SECTIon 2. The Board of Trustees of the City of Vernon determines that serial bonds shall be issued to represent assessments of twenty-five ($25.00) dollars or over for the cost of said work or improvement; said serial bonds shall extend over a period ending nine (9} years from and after the second day of January next succeeding the date of said bonds, and an even annual proportion of the principal sum thereof shall be payable, by coupon, on,the second da~ of January every year after their date until the whole is paid; and the interest shall be payable semi-annually. by coupon, on the second days of January and July, respectively. of each year. at the rate of seven (7) per cent per annum on all sums unpaid. until the whole of said principal and interest are paid. Said coupons shall be issued in accordance with the provisions of an Act of the Legislature of the State of California, entitled. 'An Act to prlbvide a system of street improvement bonds to represent certain assessments for the cost of street work and improvement within municipalities, and also for the payment of such bonds.' approved February 27. l893. and of all acts supplementary thereto or amendatory thereof. SECTIon 3. It is further resolved that there is no newspaper printed or circulated in said City of Vernon. SECTIOB 4. The Street Superintendent of said City of Vernon is hereby directed to post notices of the passage of this resolution along the streets and parts of streets, or other public places and rights of ways where any work is to be done or improvements made in the manner and in the form required by law. and to cause a similar notice to be posted in three of the most conspicuous place. in the ..aid City of Vernon, to ~.wi t ; One at the Northwest corner of Santa Fe avenue and Thirty-seventh street; another at the Northwest corner of Santa Fe avenue and Thirty- eighth street. and another at the front door of the City Hall. SECTION 5. The City Clerk of the said City of Vernon is hereby directed to post this resolution of intention conspicuously /;jf;.l /; 7 ' (~) for two days on, or near the chamber door of the Board of Trustees, and to cause a copy of same to be posted in three of the most public places in the City of Vernon, to-wit: One at the northwest corner of Santa Fe avenue and Thirty-seven~ street; another at the Northwest corner of Santa Fe avenue and. Thirty- eighth street; and another at the front door of the City Hall. SECTION 6. All of the proposed work is to be done in pursuance of an Aot of the legislature of the State of California, entitled 'An Act to provide for work upon streets, lanes, alleys, courts, places and sidewalks, and for the construction of sewers within municipalities,' approved March 18, 1885, and the several acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto. Adopted and approved this 20th day of November, 1917. /' Trustees rnon. ATTEST: r::~ the City of Vernon. I hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was adopted by the Board of Trustees of the City of Vernon, California, at its meeting November 20th, 1917., and on said date was approved by the President of the Board of Trustees of s Upon motion of Trustee of Vernon, aJ...u by Kniffin, said resolution No. 154 was passed and adopted by the following vote: Ayes; Trustees Leonis, Durbin, Stevens, Furlong and Y~iffin. Noes: None. Absent: l~one. The following members were appointed a Committee to confer with City Attorney Chamberlin relative to ordinances regulating and licens- inc boxing con~ests, and baseball games, respectively; and granting of franchise to Union Oil Company; viz; Trustees Leonis, Durbin and " Draft of an ordinance entitled 'An ordinance granting to the Southern Pacific Railroad Company the right, privilege and permission to lay and construct a railroad spur track in the City of Vernonp' for spur track across 25th street serving property of Nichols-Loomis Company, read by the Clerk, and laid over. The City Clerk was instructed to communicate with Southern Pacific Company, ordering them to lower their spur track across E 25th street, to grade. City,Attorney Chamberlin was instructed to draft an ordinance charging a license fee for hauling of sand and gravel over public streets in the City of Vernon. The matter of P. J. Durbin's request for permission to handle live stock in the City of Vernon, was laid' over. Financial report of the City of Vernon for month ending October 31st, 1917, was presented to the Board, by City Clerk. The following demands were audited and presented to the Board for approval: Western Lithograph Co. 12.10 T. W. Garr 80.00 A. R. Kuhn 125.00 Cunningham,Curtiss & Welch 8.70 Fred Harris 150.00 T. J. Furlong 30.00 M. W. O'Donnell 25.00 Western Blue Print Co 2.28 W. W. Webb 5.00 Harry A. Chamberlin 75.00 Dr. L. J. Williams 35.00 A. R. Kuhn 2.90 Western Lithograph Co 19.50 B. H. Smith Drug Co 1.60 Herman Scheider 20.00 Upon motion of Trustee Leonis, seconded by Trustee Stevena, Demand Ho. 3803 3804 3805 3806 3807 3808 3809 3810 3811 3812 3813 3814 3815 3816 3817 Payee. APJ,ount . i~/17 (1 said demands were ordered paid by the following vote: l~es: Trustees Furlong, Leonis, Durbin, Stevens and Kniffin. Hoes: None. Upon motion duly made, seconded and carried, meeting adjourned. Approved ~13.y of ~~, 1917. -0- 1t/?dI7. 'fE)