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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04/01/1929 - Regular MeetingM_ ' The matter of getting an allowance in the State Department budget this year covering a portion of the expense of a viaduct over the State Highway providing the City and County would pay a portion was considered, and on motion of Councilman Ellsworth seconded by Councilman Claire and carried, the Chair was instructed to appoint a Committee of two to take up the matter with the County Supervisors at their meeting tomorrow. The Committee is G. C. Macleod and City Engineer Patterson. H. L. Sherman stated there was a tree in the Park which Would be in the way of the new library building, and on motion of Councilman Ellsworth seconded by Councilman Claire and carried, the Street-Superintendent was instructed to remove the tree for the Library Board. There being no further business on motion of Councilman Ellsworth seconded by Councilman Claire and carri.ed, the meeting adjourned Sine Die. Approved April 11 1929 City Clerk._ k7ZI7IQ'.+••h City Hall, Newport Beach, April 1, 1929 The City Council of the City of Newport Beach met in regula session at 7:30 o'clock P. M. on above date. The meeting was called to order by Mayor Johnson. The roll was called showing all members present except Councilman Williamson. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved as read. The reports of the heads of the departments were read and on motion of Councilman Ellsworth seconded by Councilman Hilmer and carried, the reports were accepted and filed. The report of City Engineer Patterson stating that the Board of Engineers would recommend the groins in place of a seawall along the Corona Del Mar side of the channel was read,and discussed, and on motion of Councilman Ellsworth seconded by Councilman Hilmer and carried, the report was accepted and filed. The report of the City Engineer on the cost of wooden poles for the lighting on Palm Street was read and considered, but as Councilman Williamson who was the committee to interview the property owners was absent, on motion of Councilman Claire seconded by Council- man Ellsworth and carried, the report was laid on the table until Councilman Williamson returns. The report of the City Engineer on the soundings made at the harbor entrance and recommending immediate dredging of approximately p6,000.00 was read and considered,and on motion of Councilman'Ellsworth seconded by Councilman Claire and carried, the City Attorney was ' instructed to prepare an emergency resolution covering the dredging as recommended. City Attorney Thompson reported that the road up the bluff at the Sparr property on Corona Del Mar was a private road and the City did not.have any jurisdiction over it. More time was granted City Engineer Patterson to make a report on the Cypress and Bay Avenue corner. This being the time set for hearing protests against vacating certain streets on N�e�p�ort Heights which had been continued from time to time by the La HabranLand & Water Co. and they not being ready as yet to go ahead, on motion of Councilman Ellsworth seconded by Councilman Claire and carried,'the hearing was postponed to April S, 1929 9'0 -G City Engineer Patterson reported going before the Board of Supervisors in regard to assuming part of the expense of a viaduct over the State Highway near the Arches, but received very little encouragement, and asked for more time which was granted. The communications were read and acted upon as follows: On motion of Councilman Claire seconded by Councilman Ellsworth and carried, the request of Smith Bros. for permission to construct a pier in front of Lot 1, Block G, Balboa Bay Front, was granted subject to the will of the Council. On motion of Councilman Claire seconded by Councilman , Ellsworth and carried, the communication from Roy G. Lowe in regard to removing the boat Muriel from the harbor entrance, wasfiled. On motion of Councilman Ellsworth seconded by Councilman Claire and carried, the request of I. Jacobsen for transfer of his business license No. 281 to John F. Vogel was granted. The communication from the Newport Harbor Chamber of Commerce recommending that an additional $325.00 be paid Harry Welch for his services in his efforts to obtain federal aid for the harbor was considered, and on motion of Councilman Claire seconded by Councilman Hilmer and carried, the amount recommended was allowed. On motion of Councilman Hilmer seconded by Councilman Claire and carried, the request of Fire Chief Crocker for transfer of $198.81 from one budget account to another was allowed. On motion of Councilman Claire seconded by Councilman Ellsworth and carried, the request of Emma F. Clark for transfer of her business license to Marjorie Eldredge was granted. The request of the Newport Harbor Chamber of Commerce for appropriations for advertising from April 15th to May 15th amount- ing to $585.00 was considered, and on motion of Councilman Hilmer seconded by Councilman Ellsworth and carried, the appropriations were allowed. The communication from Virginia and 0. E. Mannis complain- ing of the condition of Lots 2 and 4 in Block 636, Corona Del Mar was considered, and on motion of Councilman Claire seconded by I Councilman Ellsworth and carried,the matter was referred to the CityEngireer for investigation and report. NEW BUSINESS As Councilman Williamson was absent Mayor Johnson appointed Councilman Claire on the Finance Committee for the evening. An agreement for an easement and right -of -way from Southern Pacific Railroad Company, a corporation, and its Lessee, Southern Pacific Company, a corporation, to the City of Newport Beach, a municipal corporation of the sixth class, dated the 1st day of April, 1929 for the construction, re- construction, maintenance and use of one ?1) fifteen inch (15 ") sanitary sewer, in said agreement termed "Structure ", and said structure to be constructed beneath the tracks of said Southern Pacific Railroad Company, a corporation, and its Lessee, Southern Pacific Company, a corporation, at a depth specified by them, in the location more particularly described as follows, to -wit: All that certain piece or parcel of land situate, lying and being in the City of Newport Beach, County of Orange, State of California, being a strip of land 10.0 feet in width, lying 5.0 feet equally on each side of the following described center line: COMMENCING at the intersection.of the center line of ' Central Avenue with the westerly prolongation of the center line of Via Lido; thence South 850 15' West a distance of 59.11 feet to a point on the easterly right of way line of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company, and being the point of beginning of center line to be described; thence continuing South 85e 15' West across the right of way of the said Southern Pacific Rail- road Company a distance of 108.02 feet, more or less, to a point on the Westerly right of way line of said Southern Pacific Railroad Company, and being the end of center line being des- cribed, as shown tinted red on the blueprint map of Los Angeles Drawing A -482, hereto attached and map a part hereof. was presented to the City Council, whereupon councilman Lloyd Claire 9 1. made a motion, duly seconded by councilman Paul B. Ellsworth, and carried, that said easement and right of way be accepted by the City of Newport Beach, and that the Mayor of the City of Newport Beach be instructed to sign said agreement on behalf of said City, and the Clerk of said city, duly attest the same, and said agreement be sent in duplicate for the signature of said Southern Pacific Railroad Company, a corporation, and its Lessee, Southern Pacific Company, a corporation, and that upon the return of said agreement duly executed by said parties, the same be recorded by the Clerk of said city forthwith with the County Recorder of the County of Orange, State of California. That said motion was duly carried by the following stated vote: AYES, Councilmen Hilmer, Claire, Ellsworth, Johnson. NOES, Councilmen None. ABSENT, Councilman Williamson. I hereby certify the foregoing to be a true extract from the minutes of the City Council of the City of Newport Beach, at a regular meeting held on the 1st day of April, 1929, at 7 :30 o'clock P. M. ATTEST: (signed) Alfred Smith (SEAL) Clerk of the City of Newport Beach Councilman Ellsworth introduced an ordinance providing a license for dogs in the City of Newport Beach and providing for the care of stray and unlicensed dogs. The ordinance was read, considered, designated Ordinance No. 359, and on motion of Councilman Claire seconded by Councilman Ellsworth and carried, the ordinance was passed to the second reading. This being the time set for opening bids for the construction of a new library building at East Newport, the Board in open session publicly opened, examined and declared all sealed bids received for said building, which bids were as follows: Need Construction Co., - - - - - - - - $ 4,917.00 Jules Markel & Son, .- - - - - - - - - 4,948.00 William Fielitz, - - - - - - - - - - - 43990,00 Barrows Construction Co., - - - - - - 51157.00 John Roe4e - - -- - - - - - - - - - - 5,560.00 Irwin G. Gordon, - - - - - - - - - - - 7,200.00 On motion of Councilman Ellsworth seconded by Councilman Claire and carried, the bids were referred to the City Attorney, Building Inspector and H. L. Sherman, Architect for checking and report on tomorrow night. On motion of Councilman Claire seconded by Councilman Ellsworth and carried, the demands having been signed and approved by the Finance Committee, were allowed and warrants to be drawn for same. There being no further business on motion of Councilman Ells- worth seconded by Councilman Claire and carried, the meeting adjourned to 7 :30 o'clock P. M. on Tuesday, April 2, 1929. Approved April.2n4, 1929 City Clerk City Hall, Newport Beach, April 2, 1929. The City Council of the City of Newport Beach met in regular adjourned session at 7 :30 o'clock P. M. on above date. The meeting was called to order by Mayor Johnson. The roll was called showing Councilman Claire, Ellsworth and Mayor Johnson present. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved as read.