HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC MINUTES 1948 09 07 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF TUSTIN, HELD IN THE CITY HALL OF TUSTIN, 0N TUESDAY EVENING
AT 7:00 O'CLOCK P.M. SEPT. 7th, 1948.
Present Were: AI~ of the members of the City Council. Mayor
Charleton presiding.
~" Absent Were: None..
City Attorney C. Arthur Nisson, Jr. amd Engineer
McBride were present also.
The meeting was called to order by the Mayor and the
minutes were approved as read and there being no
Salesman corre~pondance needing attention, the Mayor invited
for C.R. Cruden, Agt. for the Bales Office Equipment Co.,
Typewriter ~o give a sales talk on the Royal Typewriter he had left for
Company. demonstration in the Clerk's Office. Mayor Charleton
appointed Councilman Forney to look into the need for an
additional typewriter and that a decis~ion would be
made later in the matter.
A delagation from the Tustin Volunteer Fire Department
consisting ~f the Fire Chief Jerome C. Kidd, Captain
Bob Geotting and Secretary Hanson, and a few members
were before the Council, on request of the Council
to work outI~some matters that the Council felt should
Council be gone over. The matter of the Department going out
Conferred of the City to fight fires was the subject discussed.
with Fire Attorney Nisson promised to write the Tustin Hills
Department. Citrus Association that the present policy of the
Department would be to continue going outof the City
~.~ to fight fires that may occur in the neighboring v~cinity
until notified to the contrary~ This was in answer uo
a request of The Orange Packing Plant who wanted to know
if they could depend on such service.
Mr. Dick 'Hotton, who lives on "H" Street and New Port
Road, asked the Council if they would report favorably
on his establishing a Trailor Court on his property
Application at this location. He stated that he realized that a
to establish favorable recommendation would be necessary before the
Trailor granting o~ apermit could be secured from the County
Court. Planning Commission. Mr. HoPtoni not having plans and
specifications of proposed pla~, was the cause that no
action was taken in the matter by the Council.
Engineer'McBride reported that he had over come the
obstruction of irrigating pipes under the streets that
are to have improvements done on them, and that the
Engineer resurfacing on SecOnd and Third streets and California,
Reports. was ready for the improvement.
Bids for the work to be done Qn the Streets were opened
by McBride and they were as follows: Sull Miller
Company was $3857.32- MaSon & Hardy $41K1-75 and
Blythstone Company was $5325-88.
Resolution
217 Resolution ~217 was adopted on the motion of
Budgeting Councilman Humeston, and it was duly seconded
expenditures and Unamimously carried that the budget set for
for the the fasca~ year be adopted.
fiscal year
adopted
Resolution ~218 was adopted on the motion of
Resolution Councilman Miller amd seconded by Councilman Bacon
#218 and umanimous~y carried favorably by the members
adopted of the Council~
fixing tax
rate.
Councilman Miller moved that th Citl, Vehicles be
equipped with the name of the C~ty ~ ~hem.
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Councilman Humeston seconded this motion and the motion
carried.
Councilman Miller moved~as follOWS: That City
Engineer J. L. McBride be authorized to have performed
the following work for the City of Tusttn.
1. Improve Second Street from B Street to
Pacific Street by excavating and bringing the street
down To the proper g~ad~ l~vel;~ ~hd by purchasing
78 tons, more or Iess, Of plan~ ~ix and having it --
properly placed at.the int,ers~t'ions of Pacific, A and
B Streets, on. Second'Street, all~f which work
is not to ~xceed~a cos't Of Sl,oo0~b0, said cost to
be paid from the special gas ~ax fund, as approved by
the Department of Public Works of'the ~tate of
Cali'fo~nia; ....
2. Improve Third Street f~om'B Street to
Myrtle'Street by excavating, grading and bringing
the street' to pro er grade level; and by purchasing
and having laid 8E tons, more or less, of plant
mix, at the intersection of Pacific, A and B ~treets
at a cost nbt to exceed ~1,000'~00, said cost to
be paid from the special gas ~ax fund, as
approved by the Departmeht Of Public ~orks of
the State of California;
3. Improve ~alifo~nia S~reet by excavating
and grading to proper l~vel~ and improve the surface ~
by having constructed thereon a road oil mix,
the cost of which work'isno~ to exceed a cost
of $~50.00, said cost to be paid from the
speciaI.street fund;
~. Improve Second Street from B Street ~
to Pa8ific Street, by constructing a road oil mix
on said Street, at a'cost'of not to-exceed
'$1,000;00, said cost to be paid from the special
gas tax fund, as approved by the Department of
Public Works of the State of"CaI~rnia;
~. Improve Third Street from B Street to
Myrtle Street, by cbastructing a road o~l mix on
the surface thereof at a Co~t of not to'~Xde~d
$1,000.00 to be paid from the special gas tax fund
as approved by the Department of'Public Works of
~jae State of California; to have City Engineer J. L.
McBride perform the above mentioned work as
separate jobs, in accordance with the plans and speci-
fications heretofore discUssed with and approved by
the City Council, in accordance with the project
approved by the Department of Public Works of the
State of CaIifornia;
6~ TO further authorize Chas. E. Morris, the
City Clerk, to purchase the road oil required for
the improvement'of'the surface'of'Third Street at
a co~t ~ot to exceed $600.00, to be paid out of the
special ~a~tax fund, as approved by the Department ~
of Public Works of the State of California; and
further to purchase the road oil required for the
re-surfacing of Second Street and'California Street,
at a cost of not ~o exceed $800.00, to be paid out
of the special street fund.
Councilman Bacon seconded ot' Motion
City Cl~r~
Mayor