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HomeMy WebLinkAbout12/21/1959utu z 1 TWO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES December 21, 1959 - 7:30 P. M. CITY HALL The City Council met in regular session with Mayor Fred M. Waters presiding. Roll Call: Present: Kenneth W. Jones, Donald Q. Miller, Gerald W. Shipsey, J. Barry Smith, Fred M. Waters Absent: None , Minutes for the meeting of December 7, 1959, were approved as presented on motion of Kenneth W. Jones, seconded by Gerald W. Shipsey. Claims Against the City for the month of December, 1959, were approved on motion of Councilman Kenneth W. Jones, seconded by Gerald W. Shipsey, subject to the approval of the Administrative Officer and department heads. RESOLUTION N0. 618 (1959 Series), "A Resolution Increasing the 1959 -60 Budget" (adding Account No. 211.29, Carter Inspection Fees), was passed and adopted on motion of Gerald W. Shipsey, seconded by Kenneth W. Jones on the follow- ing roll callvote: AYES: Kenneth W. Jones, Donald Q. Miller, Gerald W. Shipsey, J. Barry Smith, Fred M. Waters NOES: None ABSENT: None ORDINANCE NO. 144 (1959 Series), "An Ordinance Repealing Section 4250.4 of the San Luis Obispo Municipal Code (limiting hours for bowling alleys). Finally passed on motion of Kenneth W. Jones, seconded by Donald Q. Miller on the following roll call vote: AYES: Kenneth W. Jones, Donald Q. Miller, Gerald W. Shipsey, ' J. Barry Smith, Fred M. Waters NOES: None ABSENT: None COMMUNICATIONS 1. Communication from the Farmers Insurance Group regarding the verified claims for alleged damages to property on Johnson Avenue, Foothill Boulevard and Laurel Lane due to the plan lines. Ordered received and filed. 2. Communication from Mayor Fred M. Waters regarding the expiration of the terms of members of the Police Advisory Board and recommending appointment of same. After some discussion by the Council on the need of continuing this group and on motion of J. Barry Smith, seconded by Donald Q. Miller that the matter be held over so that each councilman may consider the appointment of the various members and also whether there is any need to continue this group, the motioncarried. 3. Communication from the General Maintenance Service requesting special parking permit to park their truck on the downtown streets between 3 am and 6 am daily. City Council discussed the problem of persons working downtown during the , prohibited hours to be allowed to park so that they may load and unload any equipment necessary. On motion of J. Barry Smith, seconded by Gerald W. Shipsey, the request was referred to the City Traffic Committee for study and recommendation to the City Council with the following roll call vote: AYES: Kenneth W. Jones, Gerald W. Shipsey, J. Barry Smith, Fred M. Waters NOES: Donald Q. Miller ABSENT: None 4. Communication from the Lindero Investment Company, Inc. requesting acceptance by the city of the off -site improvements of Tract No. 138: In accordance with City policy, the approval was held over untilthe next City Council meeting. Councilman Miller asked the City Administrative Officer howcould street lights be placed along Johnson Avenue east of its intersection with Laurel.Lane. Mr. Romero, City Engineer, stated all that was necessary was a request from the property owners and the City would then order street lights installed by P G & E. Mr. Miller, Administrative Officer, stated the Traffic Committee would look into this and report to the City Council. ,. 5. Communication from John H. Bowen requesting the City accept the off -site im- provements in Tract No. 179. In accordance with City Council policy, the matter was held over until the next meeting. 6. Communication from F. Dalidio requesting payment for pumping privileies for the months of May, 1957 to December 31, 1959, amounting to $1,280. C Mr.-Miller, Administrative Officer, reported to the City Council•••the.conditions Q of this agreement and why no payment had been made to date. City Attorney William Houser reported on the legal aspects of this claim and stated . that he ruled-1t a.valid debt of the City and recommended its payment as there is an agreement on file authorizing this monthly payment although previously the City did not have a copy of the agreement. On motion of Gerald W. Shipsey, seconded by Kenneth W. Jones, the claim was ordered paid. 7. ORDINANCEsftO: 143:: ( d959r Series); :. "An' Ordinance_ Granting_ Certain Property to _.,:; Marshall and Patricia -,Reynolds•'_':�.wasnfinaily passed dn;.motion ofi.Gerald W. ' Shipsey, seconded by Kenneth W. Jones on the following roll call vote: AYES:: Kenneth W. Jones, Donald Q. Miller, Gerald W. Shipsey.- J. Barry Smith, Fred M. Waters NOES: None ABSENT: None 8 PM - PUBLIC HEARING At this time the Mayor declared a public hearing on the final passage of ORDINANCE NO. i42 (1959 Series), "An Ordinance of Intention to Abandon a Portion of Brook Street." As no one appeared before the Council on this matter, the Mayor declared the public hearing closed. The Ordinance was finally passed on motion of Kenneth W. Jones, seconded by Gerald W. Shipsey on the following roll call .vote: AYES: Kenneth W. Jones, Donald Q. Miller, Gerald W. Shipsey, J. Barry Smith, Fred M. Waters NOES: None ABSENT: None 8 PM - PUBLIC AUCTION ' At.this time the Mayor declared the-opening of a public auction on lease of farm land to the Sewer Farm (Gudel Purchase). The final bid of R. S. Tartaglia of $20 per month was accepted by the City Council:. ORDINANCE NO. 145 (1959 Series), "An Ordinance Leasing Sewer Farm Property to. R. S. Tartaglia" was introduced and passed to print on motion of Kenneth W. Jones, seconded by Gerald W. Shipsey with the following roll call vote: :• utu Z 1 io ,Ja AYES: Kenneth W. Jones, Donald Q. Miller, Gerald W: Shipsey, J. Barry Smith, Fred -M. Waters NOES: None ABSENT: None 8. Request of City Engineer, David F. Romero, for carry -over of 1959 vacations by the following members of his staff, due to the heavy workload in his office in the past year: Douglas Howard -- 2 weeks Anthony Juarez -- 2 weeks Paul Landell, sir- 1 week David F. Romero - 2 weeks ' Mr. Miller, Administrative Officer-, recommended that:the vacations-be held over. Request of Mr. Romero approved on motion of Donald Q. Miller, seconded by Gerald W. Shipsey. Motion carried. 9. Request of Fire Chief Lee Schlobohm, to hold over three days of his 1959 vaca- tion until 1960. Administrative Officer Richard D. Miller recommended that-the request be approved. On motion of Kenneth W. Jones, seconded by J. Barry Smith, the request was approved., 10. Fire Chief Lee Schlobohm presented to the City Council a new fire zone may for approval. Mr. Schlobobm presented the map showing fire zones and explained the studies made by his department in establishing these boundaries. ORDINANCE NO. 146 (1959'Series), "An Ordinance Establsihing Fire Zones" was passed,to print on motion of Donald Q. Miller, seconded by J. Barry Smith on the following roll'call vote: AYES: Kenneth W.'Jones, Donald Q. Miller, Gerald'W. Shipsey, J: Barry Smith, Fred M. Waters NOES: None ABSENT: None 11. David F. Romero, City Engineer, reported that Phil Porter was about '60 per ' cent complete on his survey of the parking lot properties for the arp king district. OLD BUSINESS 1. City Council committee (Smith and Miller) reported on their meeting with the architect and the low bidder for Fire Station No. 3 in an attempt to arrive at an equitable solution to the construction of this station. The committee reported that the contractor was willing to wait an additional 12 days beyond the 30 days allowed by the bid.in order to let the Council de- cide whether or not to proceed with the construction of this station. The committee reported that after studying the plans and the various alternatives, the City could proceed with the construction of the station as planned, but that there were various items that could be reduced or eliminated that might reduce the over-all--cost approximately $5,000. The committee recommended that the Council proceed with the construction of the fire station and accept the low bid with no changes. Mr. Miller, City Administrative Officer, reported to the City Council on the financial picture of the City at the present time with collections showing an upward trend and stated that he could recommend favorably on the fire station construction. - Mr. Houser, City Attorney, stated,upon questioning of - whether bid could be accepted with possible future changes to the basic bid, yes the bid'could be accepted but that the changes should be made before the bid was accepted by the City in order to hold the contractor to his price. Otherwise, each change would have to be done by arbitration between the City and the contractor. Mr. Hess, architect, recommended that if the City Council desired to make changes, they be made before the contractwas accepted so that there could be no question after the building is started. DEC 21 195y 276 Mr. Miller, Administrative Officer, recommended that the Council could elimi- nate alternate A, the block wall, which would reduce the bid by $2,450 as this block wall would not be needed immediately. On motion of Donald Q. Miller, seconded by J. Barry Smith, the low bid of the H. Kaplan and Company, including alternate A was accepted in the amount of $62;925 with the following vote: ,A SM - Ken Councilman Shipsey suggested that possibly the City Council should wait and get firm costs from the contractor on the suggested changes recommended by the committee, particularly items No. 1, 5, and 7 of the committee's letter recommendation or on some other items that other members of the Council might suggest. Mr. Hess; the architect, suggested that the City get bids on changes as re- commended by the committee so the City can make a decision item by item. �= On the motion, the following roll call vote was taken: rv" AYES: Donald Q. Miller, J. Barry Smith, Fred M. Waters NOES: Kenneth W. Jones, Gerald W. Shipsey ABSENT: None 2. On the request of Sylvester - Burglar Alarms to install panel system in the City Police Station, the matter was referred to Mr. Schofield for investi- gation and report. Chief Schofield is completing his investigation. 3. Recommendation from the City Planning Commission for amendments to the zoning ordinance establsihibg various off - street parking requirements. Held over for Council study. ' 4. The formation of possible improvement district for street improvements on Sydney Street from Johnson-to Flora and on Flora from Sydney to its easterly end was referred to a Council committee consisting of Councilmen Jones and Shipsey. Mr. Romero, City Engineer, presented a preliminary study and.tentative spread of assessment costs for said improvements. Councilman Jones requested•that this matter be held over until the Council committee had an opportunity to study thetentztative cost of the assessment district. Mr. H. Diel appeared before the City Council requesting that the Council committee meet with him before any decision is made on formation of a dis- trict on-Sydney Street as he believes that he is the biggest property owner involved and that the Council committee should discuss various points with him. Further, he stated that the City should pave Sydney Street as the City made the mistake inallowing Maino to put a subdivision above Flora with no-paved street access. 5. Traffic Committee report No. 59- 11 -1T, dated November 19, 1959: "The Public Works Department-has prepared a proposed traffic turn pattern for the Monterey - California intersection simi- lar to the one recently installed at Marsh and Johnson. A ' copy of the plan is attached. After study, the Traffic Com- mittee recommended that the Council authorize such an instal- lation at California and Monterey." Mr. Romero, City Engineer, recommended tothe City Council that this plan be put in effect as it-is a good workable plan and would facilitate traffic movement at this busy intersection. The City Council then discussed various aspects of this type of channeliza- tion of traffic movement. On motion of J. Barry Smith, seconded by Donald Q. Miller, the recommendations of the Traffic Committee were approved. Motion•carried. 276 UEC 2 1 'yOJ 6. Request of Anna Gallagher for acceptance by the City of the improvements in Piedmont Estates Unit B held over from prior meeting. The following resolution was introduced: RESOLUTION NO. 619 (1959 Series), "A Resolution Accepting Off -Site Improve- ments in the Piedmont Estates Unit B, "was passed and adopted on motion of Kenneth W. Jones, seconded by J. Barry Smith on the following roll call vote: AYES: Kenneth W.. Jones, Donald Q. Miller, Gerard. W. Shipsey, J. Barry Smith, Fred M. Waters NOES: None ABSENT: None 7. Request of Walter Roselip for abandonment by the City of half or all of Park Street between Wilson and Highway 101 boundary was referred to the City Planning Commission on motion of.J. Barry Smith, seconded by Kenneth W. Jones. Motion carried. 8. Communication from R. L. Cline, and D. Bressi for acceptance by the City of offer of dedication of Bressi Place into the City street system was referred to the Planning Commission.- 9. On motion of J. Barry Smith, seconded by Kenneth W. Jones, it was agreed that the first council meeting of each month be A dinner meeting with funds to be used as budgeted by the City Council.; the dinner meeting to adjourn to the City Ball for the regular meeting. AYES: Kenneth W. Jones, Gerald W. Shipsey, J. Barry .Smith NOES: Donald Q. Miller, Fred M. Waters ABSENT: None 10. Councilman Smith requested that the Traffic Committee look into the traffic lines on Foothill Boulevard at Chorro Street for possible realignment or paint- ing. Councilman Jones requested that the Traffic Committee talk to Mr. Kester and Mrs. Villa regarding the traffic approaches to their businesses on the south side of Foothill Boulevard between Chorro and Broad Streets. 11. City Attorney William Houser requested that he be allowed to hold over one week of his 1959 vacation to 1960. Request granted on motion of J. Barry Smith, seconded by Donald Q.Miller. Motion carried. 12. Communication from the Civil Air Patrol requesting permission for.the Civil Air Patrol cadets to sell candy in the downtown area from December 22 through December 24, 1959. Request granted on motion of J. Barry Smith, seconded by Donald Q. Miller. Meeting adjourned on motion of J. Barra Smith, seconded by Donald Q. Miller. Approved this day of January, 1960. 1 1 1