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19401203 Regular City Council Meeting - Minutes ,. ;,"'-""''-~'-'-'''''''-'':''7~~'J~'"''':''f;~~-'''"'.''~~''''.'""'''':f'"P"".-,,,,,.-o~..,~.~,-, (6; MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VERNON, HELD TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1940, AT THE HOUR OF THREE 0 I CLOCK P. M., AT THE CITY HALL, 4305 SANTA FE AVENUE, VERNON, CALIFOm~IA. The meeting was called to order by the Mayor, J. J. Furlong. CounciLmen present: Furlong, Peralta, Leonis, and Levy. CounciLmen absent: Scheider. It was moved by Leonis and seconded by Peralta thattbe reading of the Minutes of the meeting of November 19, 1940 be suspended. Motion carried. Unfinished Business Report of City Engineer on request of H & J. Truck Company, requesting street light on East 46th Street near their premises,was.read~CityEngi:neer recommends the installation of light, also that the candle-power of lights be increased at the intersections of Boyle, Magnolia, and Downey Road on East Vernon Avenue, and that lights be placed in Boyle and Magnolia Avenues, north- erly of Los Angeles Junction Railway crossing. The annual additional charge will be $129.00. . It was moved by Leonis and seconded by Peralta that the report be filed and that the recommendation of the City Engineer be acted upon. Motion car- ried. New Business A communication from Victor Belting & Rubber Company, 2316 East 38th Street regarding a nuisance being committed by a nearby sawduet company was read. It was moved by Leonis and seconded by Levy that the communication oe referred to the City Engineer and Police Department for ~et~on. Motton car- ried. j A communication from the Sterling Meat Company, 2501 Eas.t Vernon Avenue, regarding a nuisance being committed by pigeons was read. It was moved by Leoni~ and seconded by Levy that the communication be referred to the Police Department. Motion carried. A communtcation from the Federal Outfitting Company, 6515 Pacific Boulevard, Huntington Park, California, requesting a permit to solicit the within city was read. It was moved by Levy and seconded by Peralta that the communication be referred to the Committee of the Whole. Motion carried. A communication was read from Joseph Mesmer, 3050 East Slauson Avenue, Huntington Park, together with a copy of a letter from the Railroad Commis- sion of the State of California, regarding signals at 25th Street, 41st Street, Vernon and 55th Streets, and Alameda Street. It was moved by Peralta and seconded by Levy that the communication be . referred to the Committee of the Whole. Motion carried. A communication from National Aircraft Equipment Company, requesting information as to whether it is possible to construct a steel and corrugated iron building at the corner of Hampton and Chambers Streets was read. The building is to be used for a machine shop, pattern Shop, non-~errous foundry and storage purposes. ~" '~ 325 It was moved by Peralta and seconded by Levy that the"communication be laid over until receipt of a report from the Building Engineer. Motion car- ried. A communication from Spacarb Inc., requesting a permit to install coca- cola dispensing machine in the Sears-Roebuck warehouse was read. It was moved by Levy and seconded by Peralta that the communication be filed and a permit granted. Motion carried. A communication from Peter .I. Cena, requesting a permit to operate a service station at 5220 Santa Fe Avenue. was read. It was moved by Leonis and seconded by Levy that the communication be filed and a permit granted. Motion carried. A communication from Crook Company, requesting the painting of parking zones on the curb at 2820 to 2828 Santa Fe Avenue was read. It was moved by Peralta and seconded by Leonis that the communication be referred to the Police Department. Motion carried. A communication from Byron-.Iackson Company requesting the painting of a pedestrian crosswalk at 2301 East Vernon Avenue was read~ It was moved by Leonis and seconded by Peralta that the communication be referred to the Police Department. Motion carried. A communication from the Western Machinery Company requesting the paint- ing of a curb at 3649 Santa Fe Avenue for limited parking was,read. It was moved by Levy and seconded by Peralta that the same be referred to the Police Department. Motion carried. A communicatj.on from Lane-Wells Company requesting that they be permitted ~ to paint the curb red on either side of their parking lot near 5610 South Soto Street was read. It was moved by Levy and seconded by Peralta that the same b~eferr~d to to the Police Department. Motion carried. A report or the Police Department was read. It was moved by Levy and seconded by Peralta that the report be filed. Motion carried. A report of the Police Department on the application of the DeLuxe Box Lunch & Catering Company requesting a permit to operate lunch room at Luer Packing Company, 3026 East Vernon Avenue was read. The Police Department recommends that application be granted. It was moved by Peralta and seconded by Levy that the report be filed and a permit granted. Motion carried. RESOLUTION NO. 840. A Resolution approving the memorandum of agreement for expenditure of a 1/4th cent gas tax allocated for streets of major im- . portance was read. It was moved by Leonis and seconded by ,Levy that Resolution No. 840 be adopted. Motion carried. i ORDINANCE NO. 538, an ordinance of the City of Vernon regulating the dumping of cess-pool pumping originating in the City of Vernon, and prohibit- ing all other cess-pool dumping was read for the first reading. It was moved by Levy and seconded by Peralta that Ordinance No. 538 be passed for the first reading. Motion carried. It was moved and seconded that the Fire Chief, Police Chief, and City Engineer make a survey of the city and make a report and recommendation on parking cars on the city streets. Motion carried. J I.;. Communications from the following firms were read in which ~ber re- quested permission to haul refuse from the following named addresse~ upon and along the public streets ofYernon: Cut-Down Wheel Service, 2120 East 37th Street; Cook Heat Treating Corp., 3334 East Slauson Avenue; DeLuxe Brands Co., 2920 Santa Fe Avenue. It was moved by Leonis and seconded by Levy that the communications be filed ~nd permits granted. Motion carried. The Minutes of the Meeting of the Committee on Light, Power, Water Building, and Purchasing of November 19, 1940, were read. It was moved by Peralta and seconded by Levy that the same stand ap- proved as read. Motion carried. The following applications, all having the approval of the City Engineer, were read: Application 7335: Killefar Manufacturing Co., to make sewer connection at 5525 Downey Road. Mission Dry Corp., to make sewer connection at 5009 South Soto Street. Southern California Water Co., to r~air main at 2026 East 46th Street. ~p~lication 7336: Application 7337. . . . . ., Application 7338: Southern Califernia Telephone Co. to place underground conduit and splicing box in W/S .Boto St., 20 ft. S/O 50th Street. Southern California Telephone Co. to place underground duct in East side of Soto St. 33 ft. N/O 50th street. Buttress & McClellan to cut holes through curb inN/S Vernon Avenue, 100 ft. E/O SantaFe Ave. Southern California Edison Co. to set one 30 ft. po~e in l~labar St. between 52nd and FruitlandRoad~,-A Southern California Gas Co. to install gas service at S/B corner of 27th and Santa Fe Avenue. ' Union Pacific R/R Co. to construct 7 inch and a inch pave- ment,curb,gutter, and sidewalk on W/S Boyle Avenue, 235 feet S/O Fruitland Road. . Application 7339: application 7340: Application 7341: Application 7342: Application 7343: Application 7344: Arrowhead Rubber Co. to construct sidewalk,depressed curb~ and driveway at 2244 E. 37th st. Application 7345:) Los Angeles Railway Company to relocate one pole in N/S Vernon Ave. 360 ft. E/O St. Charles Street. Application 7346: Southern California Telephone Co. to remove three anchors in E/S Boyle Avenue, 375 feet S/O 54th Street. Application 7347: Southern California Telephone Co. to place one anchor in B/S Boyle Avenue,425 ft,. slo 54th Street. Carl Male to construct two driveways at 2328 East Vernon Avenue. Application 7348: Application 7349: Wilshire Oil Co., to repair three inch gasoline line in N/S East 26th St. 2300 ft. E/O Soto Street. Application 7350: Arrowhead Rubber Cp., to ~ke sewer connection at 2244 East 37th Street. Sontag Drug Co. to make sewer connection at 2707 Fruitland Road. App~cation 7351: Application 7352: Los Angeles Pretzel Co. to make sewer connection at 2555 Chambers street. Applioation 7353: Southern California Telephone Co. to placeu. G. conduit in E/S Boyle Avenue, N/o Slauson Avenue. It was moved by Leonis and seconded by Peralta that the applications be filed and permits granted. Motion carried. Demands on the General Fund in the sum of $8,002.98 were read. It was moved by Leonis and seconded by Levy that the demands be al- lowed and warrants drawn. Motion carried. It was moved by Peralta and seconded by Levy that meeting adjourn. Motion carried. ATTEST: / 328