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19360407 Regular City Council Meeting - Minutes MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VERNON, HELD TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 1936, AT THREE O'CLOCK P. M., AT THE CITY HALL OF THE CITY OF VERNON, 4305 SANTA FE AVENUE, VERNON, CALIFORNIA - ~ -- - - - - - - - -- - - - ~ The meeting was ealled to order by the Mayor, J. J. Furlong. Couneilmen present: Furlong, Leonis, Durbin, Peralta Couneilmen absent: Levy It was moved by Durbin, seeonded by Peralta, that the reading or the Minutes or the previous meeting be dis- pensed with. Motion carried. At this time the Clerk announced that he had one bid upon his desk for the furnishing of land f'or water well sites. It was moved by Durbin, seconded by Peralta, that the Clerk read the bid. Motion carried. At this time the Clerk opened and publicly read the bid from the Central Manufacturing District, Inc., for the furnishing of a well site to the City. It was moved by Durbin, seconded by Peralta, that the bid be taken under advisement. Motion carried. At this time the Clerk opened and publicly read bids for the drilling or a water well for the City. The bidders were George C. Panassa and the Barber & Bridge Drilling Corp. Ltd. It was moved by Leonis, seconded by Durbin, that the bids be referred to the City Engineer for checking and report at the next regular meeting. Motion carried. , At this time the Clerk submitted a proposal from the Director of Public Works, Sacramento, Calif'., regarding improvement of' Vernon Avenue between Santa Fe Avenue and Alameda Street, to be carried out as a Public Works Adminis- tration project. It was moved by Leonis, seconded by Peralta, that the same be ref'erred to the City Engineer and the City Attorney. Motion carried. Communication from.Board of Supervisors, with copy of resolution attached, declaring a portion of Washington Blv6., in the City of Vernon, to be a part of the County system of Highways, was read. It was moved by Durbin, seconded by Peralta, that the same be referred to the Committee of the Whole for investiga- tion and report. Motion carried. Deed submitted by Bandidi Estate f'or a strip of' land ten feet wide, being the southerly 10 feet of Indiana Street as vacated by Ordinance 391 of the City of' Vernon, was read. 199 It was moved by Leonis, seconded by Durbin, that the Clerk be instructed to record said deed and notify Los Angeles County Engineering Department of his action. Motion carried. Communication from the Post Office Department, Washington, D. C., acknowledging notice to vacate premises occupied by the Vernon Branch of the Los Angeles post office, on or before October 20, 1936, was read. It was moved by Leonis, seconded by Peralta, that the communication be filed. Motion carried. Commundcation from the Union Appraisal Company, regarding appraisal of various city property for insurance plDtpe8es, was read. " It was moved by Durbin, seconded by Peralta, that the same be filed. Motion carried. Communication from the Equitable Life Assurance Society, regarding new and novel ir.:k8. developed by the Equi t- able Assurance Society with reference to insurance, was read. It was moved by Durbin, seconded by Peralta, that the same be filed. Motion carried. Communications from the following firms for permits to haul refuse from their premises upon and along the public streets of the City of Vernon were read: Cutting Engineering Works Reid, Murdock & Co. General Petroleum Corporation It was moved by Durbin, seconded by Peralta, that the communications be filed and permits granted. Motion car- ried. RESOLUTION NO. 785, a res&lution approving Specifica- tions No. 88, for the furnishing and erecting of a Diesel engine driven generating unit and auxiliaries, was read. It was moved by Durbin, seconded by Peralta, that Resolution No. 785 be adopted. Motion carried. RESOLUTION NO. 786, a resolution declaring the prevailing rate per diem wages for labor to be used in the furnishing of material for, and the erection of, a Diesel engine driven generating unit and auxiliaries, was read. It was moved by Durbin, seconded by Peralta, that Resolution No. 786 be adopted. Motion carried. It was moved by Leonis, seconded by Durbin, that the Clerk be instructed to advertise for bids for the furnish- ing and erection of Diesel engine driven generating unit and auxiliaries, in conjunction with the cooperation and approval of the Vernon Industrial Development Association. Motion carried. It was moved by Leonis, seconded by Durbin, that the City Attorney be instructed to bring in an ordinance reducing rate for electric energy used in the city, and, in preparing same, to ,cooperat' with the Vernon Industrial Development Association and to secure its approval of said rates before presenting same to the City Council. Motion carried. -2- /'.....'"....0 ",",v It was moved by Durbin, seconded by Peralta, that Councilman Leonis be authorized to frame a letter in answer to the letter heretofore received by the Vernon Industrial Development Association. Motion carried, Report of American District Telegraph Company on Franchise Ordinance No. 166, with check attached in the sum of $376.16, was read. , It was moved by Leonis, seconded by Peralt~ that the check be accepted and the report filed. Motion carried. It was moved by Leonis, seconded by Peralta, that the question of developing water on the sites submitted by the Central Manufacturing District, Inc., be referred to the Mayor for fnvestigation and report. Motion carried. Report of the Police Department was read. It was moved by Durbin, seconded by Peralta, that the same be filed. Motion carried. Minutes of the meetings of the Committee on Water & Power of March 24, March 31, and April 7, 1936, were read. It was moved by Durbin, seconded by Peralta, that the same be filed. Motion carried. AppJJ.cation 4792: of the Owens Parks Lumber Company, for permit to alter existing buklding at 2100 East 38th street, to be used as an office, at an approximate cost of $1500.00, was read. It was moved by Leonis, seconded by Durbin, that that portion of the building to be extended in the rear be approved, and the front portion thereof be referred to Counci~en Furlong and Durbin for investigation and report. Motion carried. The following applications, all having the approval of the City Engineer, were read: . Application 4775: of Studebaker Corporation, for building permIt to construct storage shed at 26th and Loma Vista Ave. Approximate cost $350.00. Application 4776: of Glass Containers Inc., for building permIt to construct pump house at 3601 Santa Fe Avenue. Approximate cost $1000.00. Application 4777: of Frank Congeleo, for building permit to construct loading platform at 4231 Produce Plaza. Approximate cost $500.00. ApE!!cation 4778: of Lang Transportation Company, for building per.mit to construct addition to existing building at 5501 Santa Fe Avenue. Approximate cost $200.00. Ap1;>lication 4779: of Kinney Iron Works, for building permit ~o construct storage room at 2525 East 49th Street. Approximate cost $1200.00. Application 4780: of Kinney Iron Works, for permit to move stucco bUilding to new location on premises at 2525 East 49th Street. Approximate cost ~;6000.00. -3- 20i Application 4781: of L. A. Young Spring & Wire Company, for building permit to construct one story factory building at 3200 East'Slauson Avenue. Approximate cost $10,000.00. Application 4782: of J. B. Leonis Inc., for building per- mIt for construction of feed pens and shed at 3200 East Vernon Avenue. Approximate cost $25,000.00. Application 4783: of Southern California Gas Company, fo!' permIt to repair gas service on the south side of East 57th Street, 175 feet East of Second Street. Application 4784: of Southern California Telephone Co., for permit to place 30 feet of conduit on west side of Downey Road, north of 26th Street. Application 4785: of Southern California Telephone Co., for permit to place 6 feet underground conduit on west side of Do~mey Road, 150 feet north of 26th Street and west side of Downey Road. Application 4786: of Southern California Telephone Co., for permIt to place one pole and three anchors on east and west side of Downry Road, north and south of East 26th Street. Application 4787: of Southern California T.elePhone Co., for permIt to place three anchors on south side of East 26th Street, 150 feet east of Downey Road, Downey Road 10 feet north of 26th Street, and Downey Road 25 feet south of 26th Street. Application 4788: of Southern California Telephone Co., for permit to place anchor on east side of Downey Road, 600 feet south of 26th Street. Application 4789: of Southern California Telephone Co., for permit to p~acd 120 feet of single duct (tile) across East 26th Street, west of Downey Road. Application 4790: of Southern California Telephone Co., for permr~ to replace one pole of west side of alley, east of Pacific Blvd., north of Fruitland Road. Application 4791: of A. W. HUdson, for permit to cut curb on East 26th Street at 2638. It was moved by Durbin, seconded by Peralta, that the applications be filed and permits granted. Motion carried. Demands on the General Fund in the sum of $14,115.49, were read. It was moved by Leonis, seconded by Durbin, that the demands be allowed and warren ts drawn for the same. Motion carried. It was moved by Durbin, seconded this meeting adjourn until April 20, 1936, of canvassing the votes of the elect 1936. Motion carried. by Peralta, that or the purpose e held April 14, ATTEST'~ ' --- .' ~~. "~~ -4~ ernon 202