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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01/27/1956 - Adjourned Regular Meetingr I ATTEST- - �N �1 I A-­n L S � The City Council of the in adjourned regular session the City Hall at the hour of Mayor January 27, 1956 City of Newport Beach met in the Council Chambers of 10 -00 A.M. Adjourned Regular Session. The roll was called, the following members being Roll Call. present- Councilmen Bennett, Wilder, Stoddard, Higbie, Ridderhof, and Hill, Councilman MacKay being absent. LICENSES In the absence of the City Clerk, the Deputy City Clerk presented the Application for License of Henry Plascencia, 2530 West Coast Highway, Newport Beach, for a parking lot adjacent to his restaurant, known as "Henry's Grill." On motion of Councilman Wilder, sec- onded by Councilman Bennett and carried, said license was referred to the City Manager for investigation and report back to the Council. ADDITIONAL BUSINESS Councilman Stoddard read the following proposed amendment to Section 1402 of the Charter: "There shall . be reserved forever to the people the public use of a strip of bay front land above mean high tide not less than 85 feet in depth of the City -owned water front pro- perty, bounded on the west by the southeasterly line of Nineteenth Street and bounded on the east by a line parallel thereto lying 349.90 feet northwesterly of the northwesterly line of Fifteenth Street, said frontage to be Bay Front frontage." Councilman Stoddard moved that Resolution No. 4436, being a resolution incorporat- ing said proposed amendment and providing that said amendment be submitted to the voters in the general municipal election to be held April 10, 1956, be adopted. Councilman Wilder seconded the motion. A discussion was held, Mr. Harold Glass, Mr. Edward T. Healy, Mr. A. K. Phelps, and Mr. Arvo E. Haapa, speaking from the floor. The Deputy Clerk read a letter from the Citizens Committee for Parks and Playgrounds, Harold Glass, Chairman, expressing their approval of the above pro- posed amendment. Resolution No. 4436 was adopted by the following roll call vote, to wit: AYES, COUNCILMEN: Bennett, Stoddard, Higbie, Ridderhof, Hill NOES, COUNCILMEN- None ABSENT, COUNCILMEN; MacKay, Wilder (temporarily absent) The matter of the Interim Water Report was brought to the attention of the meeting. On motion of Council- man Stoddard, seconded by Councilman Bennett and car- ried, the Interim Water Report which was prepared by Mr. James M. Montgomery, the Consulting Engineer on water problems, was accepted, and Mr. Montgomery was instructed to carry ;onand produce the final report, by the following roll call vote, to wit- AYES, COUNCILMEN- Bennett, Stoddard, Higbie, Ridderhof, Hill NOES, COUNCILMEN: None ABSENT, COUNCILMEN: MacKay Wilder (temporarily absent] Henry Plascencia. 251C West Coast Hi hway, for a parking lot adjacent to his restaurant, Ref. to C. Mgr. for investiga- tion and report back to the Council. Tp rim Wa r Ren rt su witted by James Montgomery was acce -4 and Mr. Montgomery was auth. t._ carry on and produce the final iiur t . WX '40 Councilmen Stoddard and In connection with the above matter, on motion of Higbie appointed to work Mayor Hill, seconded by Councilman Higbie and carried, with Co Mgr, and Co Eng. Councilman Stoddard and Councilman Bennett were ap- and Co Atty, as a committee pointed to work with the City Manager, the City Engineer, to confer with The Irvine and the City Attorney as a committee to confer with The Company re water proposals. Irvine Company on certain decisions that are to be made in connection with water proposals. Plans and specifications for The City Manager stated that the plans and speci- he Trailer Park Improv ement fications for the Trailer Patk Improvement were now were approved. ready for the consideration of the City Council, On motion of Councilman Bennett, seconded by Councilman Higbie and carried, the plans and specifications for the Trailer Park Improvement, submitted by the City Engineer, were approved by the following roll call vote to wits AYES, COUNCILMEN. Bennett, Wilder, Higbie, Ridderhof, Hill NOES, COUNCILMEN: None ABSENT, COUNCILMEN: MacKay, Stoddard Qity Clerk authe to advertise On motion of Councilman Wilder, seconded by for bids for Trailer Park Councilman Bennett and carried, the City Clerk was in- Improvement, strutted to advertise for bids for the Trailer Park Brothers in the amount of $964,96. On motion of Council - Improvement to be submitted on or before the hour of the City Manager was instructed to use his own judgment 4 :00 P.M., Friday, February 20, 19569 by the following maintenance, and to proceed with the purchase of the roll call vote, to wit: AYES, COUNCILMEN: Bennett, Wilder, Higbie, Ridderhof, Hill NOES, COUNCILMEN: None ABSENT, COUNCILMEN: MacKay, Stoddard C. Moro instructed to use his The City Manager called to the Council's attention own judgment in purchasing that the large furnace in the City Hall was burned out a stainless steel furnace _for and that a replacement was needed. Two bids for a the City Ha i at a nr'ce stainless steel furnace were received from the Roy D. to e�xc�e� d � OCO Gawthrop Company in the amount of $875, and from Smith Brothers in the amount of $964,96. On motion of Council - man Bennett, seconded by Councilman Wilder and carried, the City Manager was instructed to use his own judgment as to which firm would furnish the best service and maintenance, and to proceed with the purchase of the furnace at a price not to exceed $1,000, by the follow- ing roll call vote, to wit: AYES, COUNCILMEN: Bennett, Wilder, Higbie, Ridderhof, Hill NOES, COUNCILMEN; None ABSENT, COUNCILMEN: MacKay, Stoddard Adjournment. On motion of Councilman Bennett, seconded by Councilman Wilder and carried, the meeting was ajournedo ATTEST: (91 L Mayor February 13, 1956 Regular Session. 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. Roll Call. The roll was called, the following members being present: Councilmen Bennett, MacKay, Stoddard, Higbie, Ridderhof, and Hill, Councilman Wilder being absent. Approval of Minutes. On motion of Councilman MacKay, seconded by Councilman Bennett and carried, the reading of the minutes of January 23, 1956 was waived and they were approved as written. On motion of Councilman MacKay, seconded by Councilman Bennett and carried, the reading of the minutes of January 27, 1956 was waived and they were approved with a correction. L