19370615 Regular City Council Meeting - Minutes
MINUTES OF ~ REGULAR ~mETING OF TEE
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VERNON,
HELD TUESDAY, JUNE 15, 1937, AT THREE
0' CLOCK P. M., AT THE CITY HALL OF
THE CITY OF VERNON, 4305 SANTA FE
AVENUE, VERNON, CALIFORNIA.
Furlong.
The meeting was called to order by the Mayor, J. J.
Councilmen present:
Councilmen absent:
Furlong, Leonis, Durbin, Peralta
Levy
It was moved by Peralta, seconded by Durbin, that the
reading of the Minutes of the previous meeting be dispensed
with. Motion carried.
Communication from the City Engineer, recommending
the acceptance of the work none by Vernon Paving Co. on Vernori
Avenue, between Santa Fe Avenue~and Alameda Street, was read.
Demand in the sum of $12,37~.56, representing 75 per cent of the
amount due at this time, was attacbAd. "
It was moved by Durbin, seconded by Peralta, that
the communication be filed and the work accepted in conformance
to the rec&mmendation-of the City Engineer, and that the demand
in the sum of $12,374.56 be approve~. Motion carried.
Communication from Carl A. Heinze, consulting elec-
trical engineer, regarding rearrangement a: wire" diagram sub-
mitted by Southern California Edison Company Ltd., in connec.1;ion
with switch gear at power plant, was read.
It Was moved by Durbin, seconded by Peralta, that the
same be-filed. Motion carried.
x Notice of surrender"of Franchise No. 119 by Southern
California Ed1.sim. Company Ltd. was read.
x It was moved by Durbin, seconded by Peralta, that the
same be accepted and filed. Motion carried.
Report of the Union Oil Company on Los Angeles County
Franchise No. 596 N. S., together with check in the sum of $12.93,
was read.
It was moved by Durbin, seconded by Peralta, that the
communication be filed and check accepted. Motion carried. .
Communication from Conaway-Cooper Company, requesting
that the City pay to the Teclmical Glass Company, by way of
reparation of certain sti.m.s in connection with light and,power
billings from the City to said company, was read.
It was moved by Durbin, seconded by Peralta, that the
communication be filed and referred to the consulting electrical
engineer. Motion carried.
Communication from W. R. Bowen, Secretary of the
representatives of various cities of.Los ~ngeles County, in re-
gard to a meeting between the Board of Supervisors and the '
representatives of various cities, to be held June 18, 1937,
at ten o'clock A. M., was read. -
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It was moved'by Leonis, seconded by Durbin, that the
communication be filed. Motion carried.
Communication from Ivan G. Bartram and Sidney E.
Phillips, for permit to operate restaurant at 2100 East Vernon
Avenue, was read.
It was moved by Leonis, seconded by Peralta, that the
same be"r eferred to t he Police Department for report. Motion
carried.
Connnunication from H. L. Harvill, for permit to operate
a tool and die casting shop at 2344 East 38th Street, was read.
It was moved by Leonis, seconded by Peralta, that the
communication be filed and permit granted. Motion carried.
Communications from the following firms for permission
to haul refuse from their premises upon and along the public
streets of the City of Vernon were read:
A-I House Movers
West Coast Kalsomine Co.
James H. Knapp Co.
Mundet Cork Corp.
It was moved by Durbin, seconded by Peralta, that the
communications be filed and permits granted. Motion carried.
RESOLUTION NO. 871, accepting certain real property
for and in the name of the City was read.
It was moved by Durbin, seconded by Leonis, that
RESOI~TION NO. 871 be ~dopted. Motion carried.
ORDINANCE NO. 505, an ordinance granting the Southern
Pacific Railroad Company a spur track across the easterly road-
way of Alameda Street, was read for second reading.
It was moved by Leonis, seconded by Durbin, that
ORDINANCE NO. 505 be read for second reading. Mot;on carried.
Report of the Police Department was read.
It was moved by Leonis, seconded by Peralta, that the
same be filed. Motion carried.
Communication from the City Engineer, stating that
the City of Los Angeles requested permission to close 38th
Street crossing at Alameda Street was read.
It was moved by Leonis, seconded by Durbin, that the"
same be referred to the Street Connnittee and the City Attorney.
Motion carried.
Communication from Los Angeles Paving Company, re~
questing permit to install portable asphalt mixing plant oil
their property located at 3700 South So to Street, was read.
It was moved by Leonis, seconded by Durbin, that
the communication be filed and the permit granted. Motion
carried.
Minutes 'Of the Meeting of the Connnittee on Water
& Power, of June 19 1937, were read.
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It was moved by Durbin, seconded by Peralta, that
the same be filed. Motion carried.
Communication from J. Artale, Fire Chief, requesting
that the city advertise for bids for a one and one-half ton
truck to be used by the Fire Department, was read.
It was moved by Leonis, seconded by Durbin, that
the communication be filed and that the request of the Fire
Chief be complied with, and the CJa rk instructed to advertise
for bids for a one and one-half ton truck. Motion carried.
The following applications, all having the approval
of the City Engineer, were read:
Application 5364: of Buttress & McClellan Co., for permit to
construct driveway on the East side of Santa Fe Avenue, 540
feet north of Vernon Avenue.
Application 5365: of Southern California Telephone Co., for
permIt-to move pole two feet south on the east side of Ross
Street, north of 38th Street, to clear storm drain.
Application 5366: of Southern California Telephone Co., for
permit to replace broken pole on the north side of 38th Street
663 feet east of Ross Street.
Application 5367: of Southern California Telephone Co., for
permit to place one anchor'on the north side of 46th Street,
west of St. Charles Street.
Application 5368: of W. J. Tannahill, for permit to construct
drIveway, sidewalk and patch curb returns on the east side of
Ross street, from 38th street to spur track.
Application 5369: of Stanton Reed Co., for permit to construct
:Cwo driveways, curb returns and sidewalk at the northeast comer
of 27th Street and Santa Fe Avenue.
Application 5370: of Kennedy Name Plate Co., for permit to fill
in sidewalk between existing sidewalk and curb on the south side
of Pacific Boulevard in front of their premises.
Application 5371: of Southern California Edison Co., for permit
to remove anchor in front of entrance to Kennedy Name Plate Co.,
4509 Pacific Blvd.
Application 5372: of Buttress & McClellan, for permit to connect
to sewer at 2309 East 38th Street.
Application 5373: Of Owens Illinois Pacific Coast Co., for permit
to connect to sewer at 5120 South Soto Street.
Application 5374: of Pioneer Flintkote Co., for permit to connect
to sewer at 55th and Alameda Street.
~plication 5375: of W. . Brown, for permit to connect to sewer
ax 2272 East 49th Street.
Application 5376: of Southern California Telephone Co., to
place one anchor on the "north side of 38th Street 3 feet 2 inches
west of Santa Fe Avenue.
Application 5377: of Southern California Telephone Co., for
permit to remove 9 poles on the north side of 38th Street, between
Ross Street and Santa Fe Avenue
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A1Plication 5378: of Southern California Telephone Co., to
pace 15 feet of split duct on the north side of 38th Street
30 feet west of Santa Fe Avenue.
It was moved by Leonis, seconded by'Durbin, that
the applications be filed and per.mits granted. Motion
carried.
"Demands on the General Fund in the sum of $38,360.62
were read.
It was moved by Leonis, seconded by Durbin, that the
demands be allowed and warrants drawn. Motion carried.
k. It was moved by Durbin~ s
meeting adjourn. Motion carr
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ATTEST:
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