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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06/11/1951 - Regular Meetingr June 11th, 1951. The City Council of the City of Newport Beach met in regular session in the council chambers of the City Hall at the hour of 7:30 P.M. The roll was called, the following members answering present: Finch, Ramsey, Blue, Greeley, Isbell. The Mayor asked if any of the councilmen or anyone in the audience wished the minutes of the previous meeting or any part thereof read. No one responded, and the reading of the minutes was waived. The regular monthly demands, having been approved by the Finance Committee and signed by the Mayor and City Clerk, were ordered paid on motion of Councilman Blue, seconded by Councilman Greeley and carried by the following roll call vote: AYES, COUNCILMEN: Finch, Ramsey, Blue, Greeley, Isbell NOES, COUNCILMEN: None ABSENT COUNCILMEN: None The Mayor announced that the monthly report of receipts and disbursements was available in the office of the City Clerk, and on motion of Councilman Blue, seconded by Councilman Finch and carried, the report was ordered filed. 00I111,:UNICATIONS. The'Lido Isle Community Association requested a lease cover- ing certain parcels on Lido Isle, for a period of 25 years, to replace the present lease which expires December 5th, 1963. On motion of Coun- cilman Finch, seconded by Councilman Greeley and carried, the request was referred to the City Attorney for drafting of a new lease. The Board of Directors of the Chamber of Commerce expressed their appreciation of the paving of Balboa Blvd. and requested consid- eration for further development and widening of the Boulevard to its intersection with Highway 101. On motion of Councilman Finch, second- ed by Councilman Greeley and carried, the letter was ordered filed. Letters from E. A. Dudley and James B. Stoddard urging the designation of the Corona del Mar State Beach as a restricted swimming area, asking for police patrol of the area, and urging that use of Lot A for public purposes be stopped, were read. On motion of Coun- cilman Finch, seconded by Councilman Ramsey, the requests were referred to the City Manager for investigation of the police problem and traffic conditions, and the possibility of establishing a restricted swimming area there. Mrs. Kenneth G. Cooling, corresponding secretary of the Corona del Mar Women °s Civic League, requested an investigation of oil on the beach at Buck Gully, stating that in the belief of the League, the oil came from the well now being drilled above Corona del Mar by the Shell Oil Company. Councilman Finch pointed out that this source was doubtful, inasmuch as no oil had yet been reached in the drilling, but moved that the condition be investigat- ed by the City Manager. The motion was seconded by Councilman Ramsey and carried. A letter from Ariel Hoegee, urging that the operation of bait receivers as a convenience to sport fishermen be continued with- in the Bay, was read. On motion of Councilman Greeley, seconded by Councilman Ramsey, the City Clerk was instructed to write Mr. Hoegee that an ordinance regulating the receivers was now in process of adop- tion, and the letter was ordered filed. The application of the Wynn's Studio of Los Angeles for a license to solicit color photography in the home was presented, and on motion of Councilman Finch, seconded by Councilman Greeley and carried was referred to the City Manager for investigation and report. A resolution from the West Newport Beach Improvement Asso- ciation urging the Council to take such steps as might be necessary to obtain a postponement of the Macoil Corporation0s application to drill a well in the area of the three Jergins wells, and to retain the contract covering the Jergins oil drilling operations in its present status for two weeks, was presented. Mayor Isbell pointed out that no change was contemplated in the present status of the Jergins contract. A letter from Mrs. Geraldine T. Stewart request- ing the City Council to ask the Orange County Board of Supervisors to delay the granting of oil drilling permits for 30 days in order that they might be studied, was read. Mr. Edward Healy, speaking from the floor, stated that the League of Civic Associations, at its last meeting, had gone on record as urging the 30 day delay in the issuance of further oil permits. Mayor Isbell pointed out that the Board of Supervisors was capable of making its own decisions,, and that he felt that an attempt by the City Council to advise the County what to do in their own territory would be overstepping the jurisdiction of the City Council. After some discussion from the floor, the requests for delay were tabled on motion of Councilman Finch, seconded by Councilman Greeley and carried by the follow- En Lido Isle Com.Assn. Lease to be extended. Ch. of Com. letter _,e Br:lboe Blvd. Impr. Asked_ the.t State Beach CD1.1 be restr. siTim.Creo 011 at Juck Gully Beach Hoe-ce letter re bait receivers. Wynns Stunio appl. a,o be investin-a.tec '8. NPt. Impr.Assn. requee. Celay in oil operations M Hearing, alleys 11th tO l;th Sts. Assessment a diagram approved. Res. of Int. 36, "1 Re vacation alley bet.Miramar & Seville ing roll call vote, to -wit: AYES, COUNCILMEN: Finch, Ramsey, Greeley, Blue, Isbell NOES, COUNCILMEN: None ABSENT COUNCIL14EN: None UNFINISHED BUSINESS. The City Clerk reported that this was the time and place set for a continued hearing on the confirmation of the assessment for the paving of alleys between 11th and 19th Streets. Mayor Isbell declared the hearing open. Mr. Edward Healy, stating that he represented the Central Newport Civic Association, said that he had been assured the paving would last for 15 years, and than all defects would be remedied by the contractor. Under those circumstances, he said that the Central Newport Civic Association would withdraw its objections to the assessment. After a fair and impartial hearing having been granted to all persons desiring to be heard in said matter, and all appeals or objections having been heard and fully considered and the City Council being satisfied with the correctness of the assessment and diagram, it was moved by Coun- cilman Greeley that all appeals and objections be overruled and denied, and that the assessment and diagram be confirmed and approved, and that the Superintendent of Streets shall forthwith attach a warrant to said assessment, bearing the date of this order of the City Council, which motion was seconded by Councilman Ramsey and carried by the following roll call vote: AYES, COUNCILMEN: Finch, Ramsey, Blue, Greeley, Isbell NOES, COUNCILMEN: None ABSENT COUNCILMEN: None The City Clerk reported that this was the time and place set by Resolution of Intention 3551 for a hearing on the proposed closing up, vacation and abandonment of a portion of the alley between Miramar Drive and Seville Avenue, more particularly described as follows: A portion of that alley as shown upon a map of Tract 945, recorded in Miscellaneous Maps, Book 30, Pages 6 and 7, Records of Orange County, State of California, and more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the most southerly corner of Lot 15 of said Tract No. 945; thence northwesterly along the southwester- ly line of said Lot 15 to the most westerly line of said Lot 15; thence southerly along the southerly prolongation of said most westerly line to its intersection with the northwesterly prolongation of the most southerly line of Lot 16 of said Tract 945; thence southeasterly along said northwesterly prolongation to a corner of said Lot 16, Mich corner is 61.91 feet northwesterly from the most southerly corner of said Lot 16; thence northwesterly along the southwesterly line of said Lot 16, to the point of beginning. The Mayor declared the hearing open and called for comment from the Council or from the floor. No one responded, and on motion Res. 3 -=91. of Councilman Greeley, seconded by Councilman Blue, Resolution No. 3591 Orcerin.- vacation. being a resolution ordering the vacation of the above described parcel, was adopted by the following roll call vote: AYES, COUNCILMEN: Finch, Ramsey, Greeley, Blue, Isbell NOES, COUNCILMEN: None ABSENT COUNCILMEN: None NE'.,- BUSINESS. a r Resolution No. 3590, being a resolution approving a map showing a portion of a street designated as Ocean Front between Lugonia and Col - Res. 3590. ton Streets in the City of Newport Beach which is proposed to be vacated, Approving M.J. closed up and -abandoned, was presented, and on motion of Councilman Gree- Pronosed vacation, ley, seconded by Councilman Ramsey, Resolution No. 3590 was adopted by the Ocean Ft. be L. following roll call vote: LuConia " Colton AYES, COUNCILMEN: Finch, Ramsey, Blue, Greeley, Isbell NOES, COUNCILMEN: None ABSENT COUNCILMEN: None Resolution of Intention No. 3559, being a Resolution of Inten- tion of the City Council of the City of Newport Beach declaring its inten- Res. of Int. 3559. tion to order the closing up, vacation and abandonment of a portion of a Same street designated as the Ocean Front between Lugonia Street and Colton Street in the City of Newport Beach, County of Orange, State of California, and fixing the date for hearing thereon as the 9th day of July 1951 at the hour of 7:30 PM, was adopted on motion of Councilman Greeley, seconded by Councilman Ramsey and carried by the following roll call vote: AYES, COUNCILMEN: Finch, Ramsey, Blue, Greeley, Isbell NOES, COUNCILMEN: None ABSENT COUNCILMEN: None a r Resolution No. 3892, being a resolution approving an agree- ment between the City of Newport Beach and the State of California for the services of the State Personnel Board in exan fining applicants for classification in the City Civil Service, was adopted on motion of Councilman Greeley, seconded by Councilman Ramsey and carried by the following roll call vote: Res- 3X02. Re Services of State Personnel Be. in Civil Service. AYES, COUNCILMEN: Finch, Ramsey, Blue, Greeley, Isbell NOES, COUNCILMEN: None ABSENT COUNCILMEN: None The Oath of Office of Felix A. Slater as a reserve officer in the Newport Beach Police Department was approved on motion of Coun- Slater, Oath of Office cilman Greeley, seconded by Councilman Finch and carried. The Oath of Office of Lee M. Laster as a reserve officer in the Newport Beach Police Department was approved on motion of Councilman Oath of Office Greeley, seconded by Councilman Blue and carried. .Laster, The request of Bay Escrow, Inc., for transfer of the record ' interest of W. E. Lachenmeyer in Pier Permit A -549 to Gaylord L. Fisher and Anne H. Fisher, husband and wife, of 343 Wisconsin Ave., Long Bay Escrow Co. Transfer Beach, was granted on motion of Councilman Greeley, seconded by Coun- of Pier Permit A -549 cilman Ramsey and carried by the following roll call vote: Lachenmeyer to Fisher AYES, COUNCILMEN: Finch, Ramsey, Blue, Greeley, Isbell NOES, COUNCILMEN: None ABSENT COUNCILMEN: None The City Clerk stated that in December 1949 a petition signed by the owners of Lots 1 to 6 inclusive, in Block 20, First Ad- he petition on Ocean dition to Newport Beach, for vacation of certain portions of land lying front lann, NCt. Bch between the property line of the lots and the Ocean Front sidewalk had To Plan. Com. been received by the City Council and referred to the Planning Com- mission. The Planning Commission returned the petition to the Council stating that it wished to defer action until such time as a decision might be reached on a highway plan in the area. On motion of Council- man Greeley, seconded by Councilman Ramsey and carried, the petition was re- referred to the Planning Commission for study. Authority to' call for bids for the City °s legal advertising for the fiscal year 1951 -52 was granted to the City Clerk on motion Bids for legal adv. of Councilman Finch, seconded by Councilman Greeley and carried by ca.11ef for the following roll call vote: AYES, COUNCILMEN: Finch, Ramsey, Blue, Greeley, Isbell NOES, COUNCILMEN: None ABSENT COUNCILMEN: None Ordinance No. 639, being an emergency ordinance regulating and controlling the operation of bait receivers in the Harbor; and Ord. 639, Live Bait. providing for the issuance of permits therefor, was read by the City Attorney. On motion of Councilman Greeley, seconded by Councilman Ramsey, Ordinance No. 639 was passed to second reading by the fol- lowing roll call vote: AYES, COUNCILMEN: Finch, Ramsey, Blue, Greeley, Isbell NOES, COUNCILMEN: None ABSENT COUNCILMEN: None The City Engineer requested authority to install a fence on the Northwest approach to the Lido Isle Bridge to cost approximate- Fence, Lido Islb. ly $500.00- On motion of Councilman Blue, seconded by Councilman Greeley, the request was granted by the following roll call vote: AYES, COUNCILMEN: Finch, Ramsey, Blue, Greeley, Isbell NOES, COUNCILMEN: None ABSENT COUNCILMEN: None The City Engineer was also authorized to erect 110 feet of fence on the East side of 18th Street, between the street and the Fence, lath St. trailer park, to provide a storage space for dories, on motion of Councilman Blue, seconded by Councilman Greeley, and the following roll call vote: AYES, COUNCILMEN: Finch, Ramsey, Blue, Greeley, Isbell NOES, COUNCILMEN: None ' ABSENT COUNCILMEN: None owl,1, �` 4U L_ P4:: The application of Mrs. H. Albertson to construct a pier and Albertson - pier a);jl. landing float in front of Lot 14, Bay Island, having been approved by the Harbor Committee, was granted on motion of Councilman Greeley, second- ed by Councilman Blue and carried. The application of Vincent Arena to construct a pier and slip float at Lot 53, Tract 907, having been approved by the Harbor Committee, Arena, pier ap-)1. was granted on motion of Councilman Greeley, seconded by Councilman Ram- sey and carried: The application of Alex Oser to install new piling and a slip float at Lots 446 and 447, Tract 907, subject to War Department approval, , Oser, Pilinl­,elip having been approved by the Harbor Committee, was granted on motion of a.ppl. Councilman Greeley, seconded by Councilman Finch and carried. The City Engineer presented an application for a new ticket Fun Zone Ticket office on the Fun Zone Pier and was instructed to present detailed plans Office and specifications of the project at the next meeting. Mayor Isbell stated that the request for removal of certain dalboa Islann Trees trees on.Balboa Island had been referred to the City Manager. Councilman Ramsey said that the number of trees under consideration had increased from 2 to 16, and that he now had appointments to confer with the Balboa Island Improvement Association and the Balboa Island Businessmens° Asso- ciation. Mayor Isbell asked that Councilman Ramsey, Park Superintendent Macdonald and Street Superintendent Covert confer on the proposed tree_; removals and report at the next meeting. Councilman Finch so moved, and the motion was seconded by Councilman Greeley and carried. Councilman Finch stated that conditions in Buck Gully had reached a point where the installation of rest rooms was urgently needed. Buck.Gully, The City Engineer stated that he had an idea for a concrete structure, Hest rooms ;proposed that would serve the purpose, and on motion of Councilman Blue, seconded by Councilman Greeley, the City Engineer was instructed to prepare plans and submit a report. On motion of Councilman Finch, seconded by Councilman Greeley and carried, the meeting adjourned, sine die. Mayor �` 4U L_ P4::