The URL can be used to link to this page

Home My WebLink About09/24/1962 - Regular Meeting=ndex q- CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH Volume 16.- Page 52 Minutes of REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL Date of Meeting: September 24,; 1962 Time of Meeting: 7,:30 P. M. Call: to Mayor Hart presented, on behalf of the citizens.of Newport former Beach,, bronze plaques,to former Councilmen J. Frank CouncilAtkinson, Kenneth C. Kingsley and Harvey Somers, being,a men CA 91 'testimony, of service appreciation -for the years. 1958 through . 1962, a,bronze plaque to Councilman James B. Stoddard, eing, a. testimony of appreciation for his services as Mayor of the City of Newport Beach from. 1958 through. 1962. reading.of the Minutes of September. il„ 1962 was.0 Minutes. were. approved as written and ordered filed. Vacatio.j. Mayor Hart opened the public.hearing continued.from Por 16t St August 27. to September 11 to September'24.,regarding •CA 14 ,Resolution-of Intention No. 5647 to order the closing, up, vacation and. abandonment of a portion, of a certain street known as. 16th Street (westerly of Dover Drive). Attorney Mary Burton appeared on behalf of the doctors opposing the abandonment and requested -a further continuance of the hearing for efforts to finalize an agreement between the lessor and the. lessees, of the - property, involved. Attorney Gordon Richmond spoke on .behalf of the Earl Stanley estate. and urged that decision. be made to order the abandonment inasmuch as the objection to.the abandon• merit- was.based:on a matter which could dbe- solved by .the lessor and lessees. Mr. Allen Schmeltz, Vice President of the First Western =Bank, spoke on behalf of the propose abandonment. in the interests of the Earl Stanley estate. Mrs. Robert, Rea.spoke.from the audience. opposing the abandonment. The. hearing, was, closed. R -5'668 ' Order :Resolution No. 5669, ordering the closing up,, vacation Vaca- and abandonment of a.portion.of a certain street known as tion A CA 14 16th Street, was adopted. Knudson 2, Mayor Hart opened the public hearing regarding the appea Appeal of Robert C. Knudson from the decision of the Planning Use Per Commission denying his Application,,as, owner of the Beacl CA 1 5 Roamer, for Use Permit No. 874„ requesting permission CA 1 to have. dancing in a'C -1 District which is within 200 feet of a residential district; portion Lots 9, 10 and. 11, Block 12„ Balboa Tract, Zone C -1; 104 Main Street,'Balboa. The findings,of the Planning Commission were:presented. Mrs. Lucia.Nosenzo, owner of the Balboa Inn, spoke fron the audience. opposing the Use Permit. Mrs. Raymond E. Brown,: who lives behind the. Beach Roamer, spoke Mayor TTEST: Clerk Page 52 COUNCILMEN Present Motion All- Ayes Motion x Roll Call: Ayes xxxx x Motion Roll Call: `Ayes x x x x x Parking Meters Public Hearing CA 20 I1 LJ CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH COUNCILMEN Volume 16 - Page 53 opposing the Use Permit. Mr. Robert C. Knudson spoke requesting the Use Permit and .cited neighboring establish ments which had been granted permission to have :dancing The. hearing was closed. The.findings,of -the Planning Commission were sustained, and Use•'Permit No.. 874. was. denied. Mayor Hart. opened _the public hearing regarding the eval- uation of the parking meters along the center strip of Balboa Boulevard from July 2, 1962 to September. 15, 1962. Mr,. Howard'Williams,,representing the Central Newport Beach- Community Association, spoke.1rom the audience- requesting that the matter be. continued until. his Association had time to discuss the.matter. Mr, Robin Lindsay. spoke. opposing, the installation and said that nothing, had been accomplished. Mr. Edward Healy„ and Mr., W. J. Hoskin.of 1510 West Ocean Boulevard, speak - ingfor himself.and his neighbors, James Wolf,, Robert Wallace, and C. G. Edwards, spoke,in favor of the park- ing meters. Councilman, Elder stated that the Balboa.Im- provement Association would be having, a meeting, on the matter in the near future-and wished to have, the. hearing continued. The City Manager was •requested.to furnish some additional information regarding the cost of meters. The hearing was, continued to October 8, . 1962. ANCE FOR ADOPTION: Ord 101 Parking 1. Ordinance- No..1013,: being CA 22 Vacatioi Por Bay side Dr CA 14 R -5679 Adopt Map CA 14 0 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH AMENDING SECTION 3272 OF THE NEWPORT BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE, RELATING TO LIMITATIONS ON PARKING, specifically authorizing a parking, prohibition to be.e,stab- lished by the City Council by resolution,; was adopted. CONTINUED BUSINESS: Request of Orange County Board-of Supervisors..for the abandonment of'an.unused portion of Bayside Drive: (a) Resolution No. 5670, adopting a map showing ,a porti -of a certain street known as Bayside- Drive, which, is proposed, to be..vacated, closed,up„ and abandoned,, .,w adopted. .TTEST: rk Page _53• Motion -All Ayes Motion All Ayes Motion All Ayes Motion iioll Call: . Ayes Motion Roll Call: Ayes �p 10 O m y? 9 O m de, - September: 24, 1.962 \J R -5671 Inten9 to Vac CA 14 rezone CA 10 'Itter• fund CA R -567 ment CA 38 C-824 Adj CA Strip 75 • CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH Volume 16.- Page 54 (b) Resolution No.. 5671, being a Resolution. of Intention of ion the City Council of the City of Newport Beach declaring ate its intention to order the closing up,, vacation and abandonment of a portion of a certain street known as Bayside Drive; setting a hearing therefor on November 13,. 1962, was adopted. r A memorandum was presented from the City Attorney dated September 12,; 1962,, regarding Planning Commiss Amendment No.. 143,; being, the application of G. M. Shumaker, proposed rezoning, of Lot 5, Tract No.. 1.117, from a -C -1 -H to a C -O -H District; which.matter the Council. had previously considered after referral back to the Planning Commission. In accordance. with the City Attorney's, recommendation,, the matter was. set for publ hearing, on October 8,:.1962. The. recommendations from the Finance Director to the City Manager in a memorandum dated August 27, 1962 fegarding "Suggested Inter -Fund Transfers -at June 30, 1962",, were approved and. authorized. Resolution No.. 5672,; authorizing the City,Manager to execute-an agreement with Columbia Outdoor Advertis was adopted. (See "Current Business ", Item No.. 7.) for five minutes., was declared by Mayor Hart. The Council reconvened with all Councilmen present. BUSINESS: Because of the League -.of California Cities,:meeting to be held October 21- through October 24, it was. directed that the, regular Council meeting, of October 22. be adjourned .to October, 29, 1962 at 7:30 P.M. A discussion was had regarding the recommendations-fro the City Manager and Public Works Director in a memo- randum dated September 20, 1962„ entitled "Traffic Striping,and Painting Machine." Councilman Lorenz .made:amotion to approve and file the report, which .motion failed adoption. It.was directed,_that the matter be put on the Council Agenda for October 8. Mayor Hart stated that two distinguished gentlemen were. in the audience. He presented former Councilman Leland Wilder, and.a former Mayor of Costa Mesa and presently a Councilman.. of Costa Mesa, John Smith. Mayor 2 iTTEST: C Page 54 COUNCILMEN Motion Roll Call: Ayes Motion All Ayes x Motion x All Ayes Motion x Roll' Call: Ayes xxx.xxx x Motion All Ayes Motion x Ayes x Noes xx xxx Abstained rom voting x Motion x All Ayes CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH COUNCILMEN Volume 16 - Page 55 Index September, 24,. 1962 IkkleY 3. A memorandum was presented from the City Manager and paving Public Works Director recommending, approval of plans & Sewe for alley paving. south -of Balboa Boulevard and west of Replac went Alvarado Street, and sewer replacement,: 32d Street east CA 32 from Newport Boulevard, and authorization to the�City C -823 Clerk -to advertise for bids.to be.opened at 10:30 A. M.. on November 8,, 1962. The recommendations were. approved Water .4. A memorandum was presented from.the City Manager and Mains public Works Director recommending approval of the re- CA 12 placement of water mains in the alley, between 30th and 31st Streets, from LafayetteAvenue.to Villa Way,, and in the. alley between Seashore Drive and Ocean Front„ from Grant Street to Orange Avenue, The recommendations were. approved and authorized. R -5673 5. Resolution No. 5673,; limiting..the parking of vehicles on arkin a certain - street to one hour„ between -the hours of 8:00 CA 2 A. M. and 6:00 P.M. every day on both. sides of Marine Avenue from the. alley, immediately south of North Bay Front,, southerly to a point sixty feet south.of Park Ave- nue,, was adopted. Break- 6. A memorandum was ordered filed from A. W. Snyder, water Chairman of the Parks, Beaches and Recreation- Commis - CA 49 sion, urging the - Council to oppose the proposed break- water off Newport shores. Contra In reference to "Continued Business ", Item No. 4, the re City Attorney called - the•Council's. attention -to a provision R -5672 in, the contract which would allow.the. contract to run for one year prior to cancellation•by.the City aslurther pro - vided. Hiner 8 A letter proposal from George C. Hiner for the renewal •Pier Leas of his lease. on-the Newport Pier was presented. It was C -529 stated .that. the Council. had agreed with the recommenda- CA 38 tions of .Ira. N: Frisbee and Co. that independent. verifica• .tion of tenants' reports should.be made. It.was, directed that the-books of George -C. Hiner be, audited and that the City Manager advise Mr. Hiner regarding. this matter an4 that the. lease would be continued on a month to month basis at. this..time. City 9,. A. memorandum was presented.from the City Manager Manager stating that he is appointing Frank Johnson, Director of request: absence Finance„ as City Manager pro tem during his absence CA 87 from • the -City, October 6 through October 20,, subject to the approval. of the Council. The appointment of Frank ..Johnson, Director of Finance, as City Manager pro tern for,the City of Newport Beach.during any absence of the City Manager from the City, was directedd nd approved. ATTEST: Mayor M�- ity Jerk Page 55 Motion All Ayes Motion All Ayes Motion Roll Call: Ayes Motion All Ayes Motion All Ayes Motion All Ayes X k ,,Lndex September 24, 1962 Licens CA 63. r 1 LJ • Reques Proper Purchw CA 38 0 CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH COUNCILMEN Volume. 16 - Page 56 PPLICATIONS. FOR LICENSE: The. following. Applications. for License were approved: Motion x All Ayes 1. Exempt, David Andrews,. Representative, Encyclopedia Britannica,. house.to house soliciting,the sale of Encyclo- pedia Britannica; main. office, 425 North Michigan, Chica o; local office, 2860 Wightman Street, San Diego 4. 2. Earl E. Fullinwider, dba -Cafe "Express,, 379 Costa. Mesa St.,. Costa Mesa, for additional location for portable.food stand.to service workers at the new library on Dover Drive, Newport Beach. 13.. Ted Dion, 425 Robbins Drive, Arcadia, for telephone soliciting in Newport Beach the .sale of eggs. i 4. Richard H. Fedden, dba.Travel Lunch Catering, -2405 W. Hood, Santa Ana,, for portable food stand:to service work - ers.on. cons.truction,.job . along.Seashore Drive,.- Newport � Beach. 5. Evelyn D. Hays,. repr e senting, Avon Products,; 1115, Nottingham, Newport Beach, to solicit. house.to- house. .the. sale of 'Avon products. 6. Councilman Lorenz.:made a.motion to approve the applica- tion_for exempt license of A. K. Phelps, President of the Coastline Chapter. of the American- Association-for United Nations,: 3800 East Coast Highway, Corona.del Mar, for house.to house soliciting in Newport Beach on Halloween, October, 31,; 1962, funds for the United Nations Inter national Children's Emergency, Fund, United Nations, New York; annual "Trick or Treat" program; all children soliciting to be accompanied by adults. The following people spoke from the audience.in -favor of granting.the license: A. K. Phelps, Mrs.. Henry K. 'Elder, Mrs. Robert Horn, Mrs. Patricia Herzog. The following .people spoke. from_the.audience opposing the granting,of the license: Mr. John Hopwood, Mr. Merrill Butler,; Jr. Councilman Lorenz, restated his motion to approve. the Motion x application with the stipulation_ that. the. children - be.accom panied by an.adult at each door solicitation,. which..motion Ayes x x x x carried. Noes x x x COMMUNICATIONS - REFERRALS: 1� A letter was ordered filed from Dr.. Robert Gumbiner of Motion x e - Long Beach, stating .that the Plaza.'Medical Group of Long All Ayes Beach would .like. .to purchase the Southeast corner. of Brookhurst and Adams. It was. directed -that Dr. Gumbin r be- advised. .the City does not wish to sell the property. Mayor /� f ) / ATTEST: (� G /T C City Jerk i Page 56 CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH Volume. 16. - Page 57 =ndex Sentember:24. 1962 Gangi 2..A letter from Charles R. Gangi;, G. G. Builders, .appealing From Appeal the decision -of the Planning, Commission - denying,Variance Var 707 No.. 707; was presented. . The. matter. was set for public Motion CA 13 hearing on- October 8„ 1962. .All Ayes Water ,3. A.letter: was ordered.filed, from W. R. Mason,: Administr - Motion Sympos- tive Engineer of The Irvine Company„ stating that -the All Ayes lum Orange County Water Association has, scheduled .a second CA 12 symposium to.be. held at the Disneyland Hotel on October Bay A notice- was :ordered.filed regarding: the - hearings Pollut° scheduled,by Assembly Interim Committee.:on- Natural Re. Yon sources, Planning -and Public' Works. of the Subcommittee CA 32 onBay' and Water Pollution. County Dock • CA 17 Time Extens ion Tr 440 CA 23 Reques9 Plantii CA 151 • The if ollowing.jetters, were. ordered -filed regarding, the County, "Dock- property: ,(a) Copy of letter from Attorney Thomas E. Heffernan, representing ,the Snack<Shops,. Inc.,. requesting.an opportunity to present to the - County-Dock Committee a propo'sed.use,for the County Dock.property. (b) Excerpt from the Minutes . of -the. Board of Supervisors of a meeting held September 4„ indicating,. that William J. Phillips, Chairman of the Board.of Supervisors; Roy'Edwards,. Chairman of the Harbor Commission, and Supervisor' Willis H. Warner, Harbor Committee - man,, together 'with George F. Holden,. County Counsel and Kenneth Sampson, Harbor Manager, to assist as ex- officio members,. were, appointed as:members of the Special Committee„ together with.three members appointed. by -the, City of Newport Beach, to work -up a Program for ,the use- of the County, Dock property,; to bf submitted to the: Board. of Supervisors - and,the Newport Beach City C4uncil.for consideration, A letter was: diaried. to October 8, from D. R. Lewis,: V President and General Manager of the Pacific Electric Railway Company, requesting. extension of'time.for..the ,:completion of improvements. in Tract No.. 4400 to. Janus 11,: 1964. The request of Messrs. Huffman and Patterson for .tree planting -at 44th Street end and Channel Place„ was pre - sented. Mr. Maynard Mor-,ay,, a director of the- Newport Island Association,: spoke. from the audience and stated .that he. desired to submit a planting -plan -after a meeting scheduled to be. held by said Association. Action was de- ferred until, the, next Council meeting, or until a plan -has ..been received from the Association. / .TTEST: Mayor Page: 57 Motion All Ayes Motion All Ayes Motion .All Ayes COUNCILMEN Street, Litter CA 95 i Budget Amend- ment CA 102 CJ Fire- break Fuelb CA 73 UNICEF CA 63 • Re UN Day mation CA 92 • CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH COUNCILMEN Volume 16 - Page -58 A letter was, presented. from Mrs. R. L. Hoffman to Councilman Cook requesting, information regarding the cleaning. of City streets and stating ,;that Onyx on Balboa .;.Island and Iris in Corona del Mar- are dirty and,littered; and - a.letter was presented.from Mrs.. JohnGeorge-Anwi] to, Councilman -Cook. calling;, attention. to a portion - of_the Grand Canal at the.end of Balboa Avenue where a concrea wall has.been..broken-up and dumped.in the Canal causing „a hazard.. The letters were ordered filed and the.City = Manager was requested to take the necessary action. AMENDMENTS: following Budget Amendment was_ approved: No. C- 11,, being, no, increase or decrease. in Surplus„ but an-increase. in Budget Appropriations, and an increase. in Revenue Estimates. from Donations .and Contributions; for recordation. of contribution. of $36.88,for purchase of memorial- books from Unappropriated Surplus Library, to Library - Library, Books. TIONS,- ADVISORY: 1. The.following communications were ordered.filed: . .,(a) Letter from William J. Phillips, Chairman.of the Board.of Supervisors, submitting, &. "Report to -the Orange County Board.of Supervisors on Proposed Operational Firebreak-and Fuelbreak Plan.forAhe Hi Fire: Hazard Areas. of Orange County," dated. July,. 1 (b)Letter from A. K. Phelps, submitted in connection - with.the Application-to solicit funds.by the Coastline Chapter of the American Association of the United Nations for UNICEF. (c) Letter. from Mrs.. Dargin Smith stating "that you are being asked to consider a requestfor.ahe solicitation .by youngsters on.Halloween for UNICEF, I strongly oppose -this suggestion - to,use, our American children for any purpose -in promoting one world government... (d) Resolution-of "Concerned Parents Committee ", .trans - mitted by Dr. Terrell L. Root, requesting, Council to deny permission. for UNICEF solicitation. A letter was presented from Mrs. Robert L..Seiling op- posing the. United Nations Day proclamation and the UNICI solicitation. Councilman- Stoddard commended Mayor Hai for the United Nations Day proclamation. Mrs. Seiling's letter. was ordered. filed. Mayor .TTEST: Page .58 Motion L Ayes Motion All Ayes Motion All Ayes Motion All Ayes wex Route #184 Freew CA 69 Bd of Supv Agend CA 53 Or Co League of Ci CA 42 • Balbo lslan Compl CA 74 HR Bi #1170 CA 66 ABC Lieen CA 15 • .0 CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH COUNCILMEN Volume, 16 - Page. 59 N 3 � a m 9 2 9 O O O 3. The following letters were,ordered. filed: Motion -x All Ayes (a) Letter from George A. Hill, District Engineer, State Department of Public Works, Division. of Highways y District VII,. transmitting, a copy of the ,transcript of the public. hearing held in, Costa Mesa on August 2.rela tive..to the proposed, routing of Route: 184 (MacArthur Boulevard) Freeway. (b) Copies of Agendas of,the -Board of Supervisors of s Orange County meetings of September. l l and Septembe 18. (c)Minutes of Orange County League. of Cities Executive Committee meeting on August 9 and regular monthly ies meeting of the Orange County League. of Cities, on August 30. 4. A letter= was ordered filed. from Dr. Gerald W. Juergens, Motion x 121, 1/2 Marine Avenue,: Balboa.Island,: detailing com- All Ayes intplaint regarding. law enforcement and. teenagers I actions on the; Island. A letter was. ordered filed.to Mayor Hart from Congress- Motion x man James B. Vtt stating -that he is:doing. whatever he.: car. All Ayes to delete. from H. R. Bill No. 11703. the. section- curtailing youth sailing. 6. The: following copies of Applications for Alcoholic Bever - es age License were ordered filed: Motion x All Ayes (a) Person to person_. transfer, off sale beer and wine, Hilltop Market, 486 North Newport Boulevard, New- port Beach,. from William K. Norris. and' Ruth. C. Norris'to Benjamin D. and Mary E. Spears. ,(b) Original Application„ on sale general ,(bona fide public eating place), Balboa Cove,: 708 East Ocean Front, Balboa, Robert T. Bonnell. and George W. Stuart. Subsequent application of Robert T. Bonnell (George, W Stuart deleted) for new on sale general,(bona fide public eating, place)„ Balboa Cove,.- 708 East Ocean Front, Balboa. The, meeting was adjourned at 10:26 P.M. Motion x All Ayes Mayor l'TEST: S C'ty Clerk Page.. 59