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HomeMy WebLinkAbout12/01/1949 - Adjourned Regular Meeting08 The City regular session in of 11:30 A.M. December let, 1949. Council of the City of Newport Beach met in adjourned the City Council Chambers of the City Hall at the hour The roll was called, the following Councilmen answering present: Greeley, Robertson, Isbell, Blue and Drake. The Mayor stated that inasmuch as no one requested the reading of the minutes of the preceding meeting, the reading of the minutes was waived. The City Manager asked the City Council to authorize the sale of excess water for irrigation purposes to Pete Corales and, on motion of Councilman Isbell, seconded by Councilman Greeley, the City Manager was authorized to arrange for the sale of such water at the rate of $15.00 per acre foot. The motion was carried by the following roll -call vote, to -wit: AYES, COUNCILMEN: Greeley, NOES, COUNCILMEN: None ABSENT COUNCILMEN: None ADJOURNMENT. Robertson, Isbell, Blue, Drake. On motion of Councilman Robertson, seconded by Councilman Greeley, the meeting was adjourned, sine die. ATTEST: Mayor of the y o ewpor eac I I On motion of Councilman Robertson, seconded by Councilman Greeley and carried, the regular order of business was waived for the awarding of a contract for the construction of two steel buildings at the Municipal Corporation Yard. City Engineer J. B. Webb stated that the bid of the Nigg Engin- eering Company of Covina Tn.the amount of $29.314.00 was low and, after Nigg Eng. Co. bid for some discussion of the second low bid, that of the Fred D. Kyle Co., which 2 Corporation Yard was low on one of the proposed buildings, the City Attorney ruled that the Bldgs. accepted bid should be considered as a whole rather than two separate bids, and Res. No. 3749 -A the contract for both buildings was awarded to the Nigg Engineering Co. by the following roll -call vote, to -wit: AYES, COUNCILMEN: Greeley, Robertson, Isbell, Blue, Drake. NOES, COUNCILMEN: None ABSENT COUNCILMEN: None The application of William J. Walters Jr. for a license to operate a limousine service at 609 Coast Highway, Newport Beach, having been approved by the Chief of Police, was granted on motion of Councilman Greeley, seconded by Councilman Robertson and carried. Hay Langenheim, secretary of the Newport Harbor Chamber of YMS boat proposed as Commerce, spoke from the floor urging that the City authorize the rebuild - office for Chamber of ing of the Y M S boat recently acquired by the Chamber, for use as the Commerce. Chamber's offices. After some discussion, Mayor Drake and Councilman Greeley were appointed as a special committee to confer with the directors of the Chamber of Commerce and report on the feasibility of the proposal at the next meeting of the City Council. The City Engineer presented a preliminary report relative to the improvement of the southwesterly side of Ocean Blvd., Corona del Mar, Res. No.3750. between Poppy Avenue and Larkspur Avenue and, on motion of Councilman Improvement of Ocean Robertson, seconded by Councilman Isbell, the City Engineer was instructed Blvd. CDM. to prepare a debt limitation report on this project by the following roll - call vote, to -wit: AYES, COUNCILMEN: Greeley, Robertson, Isbell, Blue, Drake. NOES, COUNCILMEN: None ABSENT COUNCILMEN: None The City Manager asked the City Council to authorize the sale of excess water for irrigation purposes to Pete Corales and, on motion of Councilman Isbell, seconded by Councilman Greeley, the City Manager was authorized to arrange for the sale of such water at the rate of $15.00 per acre foot. The motion was carried by the following roll -call vote, to -wit: AYES, COUNCILMEN: Greeley, NOES, COUNCILMEN: None ABSENT COUNCILMEN: None ADJOURNMENT. Robertson, Isbell, Blue, Drake. On motion of Councilman Robertson, seconded by Councilman Greeley, the meeting was adjourned, sine die. ATTEST: Mayor of the y o ewpor eac I I