19180416 Regular City Council Meeting - Minutes
ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING.
An adjourned regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the
City of Vernon, county of Los Angeles, State of california. was
held on the ~6th day of April 191 8 at 2 0' olook:
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P. M. of said day at the regular meeting plaoe of said Board in
said Oity of Vernon, which said place is the plaoe fixed by ordi-
nance for regular me!~~~~lOf said Board to be held, pursuant to
adjournment from the ~.8~}a~ meeting held the 15th day of
Apri~, 191 8,
There were present at such meeting Trustees, Furlong, Kniffin,
Leonis and Durbin.
There were absent from such meeting Trustee, Stevens.
President Trustee
J. J. Furlong
presiding.
Th~ minutes of the meeting
April 2nd, 1918,
, were: read. by the Clerk
, held on
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Upon motion duly made, seconded and carried, that portion of said
minutes as follows, "A party who stated he was representing the
\T.hite Sox Baseball Team, appeared before the Board asking permission
to playa game of baseball at Maier Park for the benefit of the Red
Cross. Upon motion duly,made, seconded and carried, this matter
was referred to a Committee of the Vlhole," was corrected to read.
11 A. party who stated he was representing the lihi te Sox Baseball Team,
appeared before the Board asking that permission be granted to play
a game of baseball at Maier Park for the benefit of the Red Cross.
The party addressing the Board was informed that the basebal~ park
referred to was privately owned property, and that the Board had no
jurisdiction to act in such a matter. n
Upon motion duly made, seconded and carried, minutes as
corrected were approved.
Application of Crescent Refining and Oil Company, dated April
16th, 1918, for permit to operate an oil refinery at 28th and Santa
Fe tracks, was read by the Clerk. Upon motion duly made, second.ed
and carried said application was referred to a Cormnittee of the
Whole, and City Clerk was instructed to advise the Crescent Company
to furnish a n accurate description of the land upon which they
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desire to operate.
Application of Vernon Feed & Fuel Company, dated .A.pri~ 15th,
1918, for permit to build and operate an alfalfa grinding and mixing
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mill on East 38th street, read by the Clerk. Upon motion of
Trustee Leonis seconded by Trustee Durbin, said permit was granted
2ermits to hanl sand, gravel or dirt, over public streets
in the City of Vernon, were granted to the following;
J. D. Scott, 1192 E 57th street, Los angeles, Calif.
A. Raley, 1317 E 33rd street, Los Angeles, Calif.
R. L. Armstrong, 431 South Grand avenue, Los .~geles, Calif.
Mpp of Tract ~o. 3271 - presented by Howard Huntington,
was approved.
Communication from Howard I:IcCurdy dated April 6th, 1913,
requesting the Board of Trustees to appoint Leo G. Theal Deputy
City Engineer during his absence, read by the Clerk. Upon
motion duly made, seconded and carried, Leo G. Theal was so
appointed Deputy City El1.gineer during the absence of Howard
McCurdy, City Engineer.
The follOilving resolution was, introduced and read by the
Clerk:
"RESOLUiJ.1IOH HO. 167.
WHEREl~, the Congress of the United States recently enacted
a law commonly known and designated as the Daylight Savings Law,
which law is now in full force and effect throughout the United
States of America, and
WHER~~S, under and by virtue of the provisions of said law,
the clocks of the United states of America and its various
political subdivisions, were, on the 31st day of l.Iarch, 1918,
at the hour of 2 0 I clock A. M., turned ahead one hour,
now THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Trustees of
the City of Vernon, that the City of Vernon does hereby adopt the
new time as provided for by the said Da;llight Saving Law and
it is further resolved that the Clerk of the City of Vernon be,
and he is hereby authorized and directed to set all the cloclcs of
the City of Vernon in accordance vlith the new time as established
by the said act of Congress.
IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED that in the future all. the proceed-
ings, meetings, affairs and business of the B~ard of Trustees
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and the City of Vernon shall be conducted and carried on at the
time as established by the said Daylight Saving Law of Congress.
I hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was passed
and adopted by the Board of T~ustees of the City of Vernon, at
a regular meeting thereof, duly and regularly held at the City
Hall on the 16th day of April, 1918.
Clerk of the City of Vernon, and e~-
officio Clerk of the Board of Trustees.1I
Upon motion of Trustee Leonis, seconded'by Trustee Durbin,
said resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote:
Ayes: Trustees Leonis, nurbin, Furlong and Kniffin.
Hoes: Trustees None.
Absent: Trustee Stevens.
Draft of an ordinance, entitled llAn Ordinance making it
unlawful to appear in a public place in a state of drunkenness
or intoxication or on any private premises in a state of drunk-
enness or intoxication to the annoyance of any other person,
and providing the punishment therefor,"was introduced and read
by the Clerk.
Application of Bennie T. Lenz, dated April 11th, 1918, for
license to operate a lunch wagon on Santa Fe Avenue at 48th
street, was read by the Olerk, and ordered filed.
Application of J. I~. Kenney, dated April 11th, 1918, for
permit to operate a lunch wagon, read by the Clerk and ordered
filed.
Application of Fred Horn, dated April 11th, 1918, for
permit to operate a lunch wagon at S. E. corner 26th street and
~ameda street, read by the Olerk, and ordered filed.
Application of Harry V. Tibbett, dated April 11th, 1918,
for permit to run a lunch wagon on 38th street, read by the Clerk
and ordered filed.
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4 - 1.'inlItes of
otinc ~pril 16th, 1918.
:n motion of ~rusteG
'0 in, 8ecollded b;:l '2rust L'e Kniffin,
0..11 applic:~tions for 1i(1'1.o1' lice:C1ses oeloj:e the,joc,i'cL, were
12.i(1 over, b~T the follc':.i
vote:
.I~J~ e s :
Trust es FurlonG,
'-r . r~!'..
,.cHlI:.lrl ,
Leonis and Durbin.
l~ 0 es : tlll'11S te G [: Y10llG.
.~bcei.1t: Tl'l.lstoe Stevens.
?etition from ~esidents and Tux _sy~rs of the City of Varnon,
requesting the Boo..rd of ~rustees in the gr fltlD[ of licenses
to co
r s~ch privile[e~ upon Citize~s
r:1 n --
J..c.....i.'l..
e:CL of -tlle
City of VOYllOn when s221ied
r o;J
in preference to
8.ll]l:Lcants nh. "u'e not l'esiclents, tfL~ )1:'..ye:cs or' ci t.i~ens of the
f'l' +i7 0'(' Ve-('''' 01" -~e"c.l" v
....; l/ tJ -<... ..... ;,..J.J. , .l <.:....v U ltJ'
Cle::cl:: ,
tLJ)Cll r:lOtion :luly maCLC,
secoDde~ snd cUllried, D'.C orderoQ fil
'-l.Jplic,,,:,,tion of S:.::ntJ.. }tle ~~\"::;1Tce' l'C .;;tile COr:l):::'.d.y, elated
~pri1 IGth, 1918, for t~o..nJfer 0: 1i~uor license of the Ssnta
r e .lJ..\:'" <35.'11.18 ~:.'~el-' C ~~~.li tile U
"Jill
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2-t c.;O~::'2.:1er O~ ~_,ul,fl
8: P;~llt~~l :ie c~'V'f;ll.l.L(;, itL
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loc~i~'.~ic{l.. to
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1.. ou the
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e;:,2,t corneT of ::c.th ctreotTw:1 ':jL1ilta Ee J.vel1i1c:, l"ead by the
nlt'or':~
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TI'ustee :Durbirl mOVGl.L
t such tr~nsfor of license be
CTc"ntec, ana. tl:is motion V;"as seC;OndG~L by TL:stee 1eonis, and
C2:.Tl'ied by the fo110wiYlL vote:
~yes: ~r11stees FurlcIl[, ::lliffiu, 1eo~iG [.n& Durbirl.
IToes: ?1'11ste8s nOJ'18.
City ......ttOYY1G~l Cll,"j,Ll.l)i3111in '.~\UJ..S illZ.t:cl.lcte<l tCl ..91~e}?alte a
T8so1ution r;hich in subst,:Tlue would
escribe s }ena1ty or
I~l"l'lA o-0l'~ot ~11~
__ c!,L.",-, ..I.t~ . LJl .....
orIner Ol~
:ro~<cietor of any liq,'lor establish-
Iil.ent in the Ci t;i of V OL.J.on who is founcl elririLing liquor of C:cl1~T
nature in his OrIn 21ace of business.
The follov!~UL dOE,anels '::el'e: Jresented to the 30a1'd for
1)~:lJ:Tn:leX}t :
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1~3884
1[3885
#3886
#3887
~f 3888
ll=3889
//3890
:/1=3891
/1=3892
#3893
#3894
#3895
#3896
Jf3897
If3898
/1=3899
/13900
#3901
#3902
lf3903
#3904
J3905
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~r3906
7f3907
Fred Harris,
$150.00
A. R. Kuhn
125.00
25.00
20.00
7.75
35.00
li. ~i. 0 1 Dor~nell
Herman Scheider
Heuner Company
Dr. L. J. 'ililliams
Harry ~. Chamberlin 50.00
L. A. Paving Co. 6.00
Howard IlcCurdy 100.00
Fred Harris 10.00
Neuner Company 14.95
L. 1~. Paving Co
6.00
L. li... Paving Co
28.95
-'a il... ..2aving Co
10.87
200.62
46.19
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
7.00
L. ii.. Paving Co
L. A. Paving Co
'N. TN. Vii ebb
Katherine Smith
Lottie Smock
E. :q. Peralta
Zelma Harris
M. W. O'Donnell
A. R. Kuhn
Grimes-Stassforth Co
6.00
The demands of the L. A. Paving Co. included in list
above, were laid over for approval.
The balance of the demands
totalling ~720.70 were ordered paid by the following vote:
Ayes: Trustees Leonis, Furlong, Yilliffin and Durbin.
Hoes: Trustees none.
Absent: Trustee Stevens.
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Upon motion duly made, seconded and carried, meeting adjourned,
to meet again at the call of the Chair.
ty of Vernon.
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Upon motion duly made, seconded and carried, meeting adjourned,
to meet again at the call of the Chair.
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of Vernon.
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