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01-11-1960 - Regular Meeting - Minutesy i s MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA January 11, 1960 The meeting was called to order by Mayor Brown at 7.35 Pe M. in'the West Covina City Hallo The Pledge of Allegiance was le,d by Council- man Pittenger, with the invocation given by Councilman Mottinger, ROLL CALL Present: Mayor Browny Councilmen Heath, Pittenger, Mottinger, Barnes Others Present: Mr. George Aiassa, City Manager Mr o Robert Flotten, City Clerk Mr, Harry Co Williams, City Aitorney Mr. Thomas Dosh, Public Service Director Absent: Mr. Harold Joseph, Planning Coordinator APPROVAL OF .MINUTES December 28, 1959 - Approved as corrected as follows. - Page 6, Paragraph 9: The words "master plan" should be substituted for the words "general plan" as indicated, twice, in the statement of Councilman Barnes. Page 19, Paragraph 2: The time"10:30 A. M." should be substituted for the time 13:00 Po Mo94, as indicated in the statement of Councilman Barnes Councilman Heath questioned as to whether the motion regarding the last item on Page 11 should not stipulate, or indicate, within the motion of Council as to whether the Softball Diamond will be placed at another location in Cameron Park under the same conditions it had been previously placed in the park; i.e., it does not say whether the League or the City will do the necessary work to make it a Soft- bal.1 Diamond. It was indicated by Mayor Brown and the City Manager that this parti- cular use is under the City°s recreation program, not run by an indi- vidual organization or group of parents, and since under. the City program the City would accomplish the complete task, Councilman Heath indicated that since this was the case he no longer saw any possible necessity for changing the motion, CITY CLERK'S REPORTS PRECISE PLAN NO. 176 LOCATION: South Garvey Avenue, east Accept Street Improvements of Citrus Street, APPROVED (Wilson & Fuesler) The City Clerk, in reading the report, indicated the sewer easement had been accepted and that as it goes down through the center of the property it does not interfere with the improvements. t Co Co 1-11-60 Page Two PRECISE PLAN NO. 176 - continued Motion by Councilman Mottinger, seconded by Councilman Barnes and • carried, that Street Improvements in Precise Plan No. 176 be accepted and authorization given for the release of Hartford Accident & Indem- nity Company Bond No. 3117609 in the amount of $1,475,00, PRECISE PLAN NO, 184 LOCATION.- Northeast corner of Glendora Accept Street and Alley Avenue and Walnut Creek Parkway Improvements -Rome Oil..Com.pany Motion by Councilman Pittenger, seconded APPROVED. by Councilman Heath and carried, that street and alley improvements in Precise Plan No. 184 be accepted and authorization given for the release of United Pacific Insurance Company Bond No. B-38398 in the amount of $3,500o0®0 TRACT NO. 22466 LOCATION-.. South of Francisquito Avenue, Accept Street Improvements east of 'Walnut Avenue. James A. Delaney APPROVED Councilman Pittenger° This future street shown on the map, has that been completed? Public Service Director Dosho No, it is a dedicated future street which gives us the privilege to declare it open for public services if and when needed. There is nothing in there so no bond is required, but if the property to the west develbps it can be used for access and it was only done to preclude setting up of an island for properties at the rear of Walnut. If they want to develop in the future they can then ask us to open it up to give them access. Councilman Mottingero These are real deep lots in there and this gives them a chance for access. City Manager Aiassao Any developer will put in curbs and improvements? Public Service Director Dosho Yes. Motion by Councilman Barnes, seconded by Councilman Heath and carried, that street improvements in Tract Noo 22466 be accepted and authoriza- tion given for the release of Massachusetts Bonding and Indemnity Company Bond No. 881205 in the amount of $9,_500.00. TRACT NO, 17416 LOCATION° North of Walnut Creek Parkway, Accept Street Xmprovements west of Azusa Avenue. Fern Wickersham Ryder by Alosta Construction Co. The City Clerk indicated that the sewer APPROVED facilities had been accepted in 1956. Public Service Director Dosha This was before we received bonds for improvements and we had a problem re- garding lighting of these particular lots and regarding trees. The tract was recorded between the time of the adoption of our Subdivision Ordinance. We also had a difficult time negotiating for all improvements required and this tract has been in for 3 or 4 years now. 4) • Co C. 1-11-60 Page Three TRACT NO. 17416 - continued Councilman Mottinger: The sewers are connected up? This map shows sanitary sewers, unless it is just the easement. Mr. Dosh indicated at first that he believed it was that the storm drain facilities were in, not the sewer, but upon further study of maps he indicated he was in error in that it was evidently sewered out through Azusa Avenue. City Manager Aiassa: It was sewered in 1956. Motion by Councilman Mottinger, seconded by Councilman Pittenger and carried, that street improvements in Tract No, 17416 be accepted, RESOLUTION NO, 1728 The City Clerk Presented: Accept grant deed for "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF street and highway THE CITY OF WEST COVINA ACCEPTING A purposes (Padre Drive) CERTAIN WRITTEN INSTRUMENT AND DIRECT - ADOPTED ING THE RECORDATION THEREOF" (Fe A. and Dolly Langston) LOCATION. Northeast corner of Padre Drive and Morris Avenue. Metes and Bounds Subdivision No. 135-163 In the report of the Public Service Director it was indicated that Mr. LaDuke of 200 Padre Drive will dedicate all the necessary improved area in Padre Drive upon completion of all improvements which will be required with Subdivision 135-163 and included will be curb returns and gutters at Padre and Morris. The owner does not wish to dedicate the parkway as it will lessen the setback. Negotiations for the R/W will be made following completion of the street work, and also there will be opened a one -foot lot adjacent to Mr. LaDuke°s property. City Manager Aiassao We won't have the necessary R/W for the parkway required but we will have street R/W up to and including the curb. Mayor Brown: 54 feet instead of 60 feet. City Manager Aiassa:. At least we will have the necessary street R/W which we do not have now. Mayor Brown: Hearing no objections, we will waive further reading of the body of the Resolution. Motion by Councilman Heath, seconded by Councilman Barnes, that said Resolution be adopted. Motion passed on roll call as follows: Ayes: Councilmen Heath, Pittenger, Mottinger, Barnes, Mayor Brown Noes: None Absent: None Said Resolution was kiven No. 1728 RESOLUTION NO. 1729 Approving final map Metes & Bounds Subdivision No. 1,35-163 ADOPTED The City Clerk presented: "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA APPROVING A FINAL MAP OF METES AND BOUNDS SUBDIVISION NO. 135-163 AND ACCEPTING AN AGREEMENT BY THE SUBDIVIDER AND CASH DEPOSIT" (F. A. and Dolly'Langston) C. Co 1-11-60 RESOLUTION NO. 1729 - continued .Page.Four Mayor Brown* Hearing no objections, we will waive fur- then reading of the ,body of the Resolution. Motion by Councilman Heath, seconded by Councilman Pittenger, that said Resolution be adopted. Motion passed on roll call as follows: Ayes.- Councilmen Heath, Pittenger, Mottinger, Barnes, Mayor Brown Noes.- None Absent* None Said Resolution was given No. 1729, DISTRICT A111-59-2 LOCATION* Irwindale Avenue and Puente Sanitary. Sewer District Avenue Sewer District. Acceptance of County Health officer report The .City Clerk read the report of the APP,ROYED County Health Officer, as follows: 11S1UBJECT* Irwindale Avenue and Puente Avenue Sanitary Sewer District, A111-59-2, City of West Covina. t°RECOMMENDATION* It is respectfully recommended that sanitary sewers be installed in this district, "ANALYSIS'. This Department has made an investigation of the Irwindale Avenue,'and Puente Avenue Sanitary Sewer District, A°il-59-28 City of West -Covina, as shown on the attached map. During the course of this investigation, 149.house-to-house calls were made. Of. this number, 49 occupants were not at home or did not answer the door. Of the 100 property owners or tenants actually contacted, 43 or 43% reported have experienced trouble with their individual subsurface sewage disposal systems. They complained that the seepage pits filled up causing raw sewage to back up.into the house plumbing fixtures or to overflow onto the surface of the ground. Also, that frequent pumping and cleaning out'of the systems was necessary. "The soil within the area of this proposed sanitary sewer district consists mostly of fine silty sand.and loam. This type of soil is not too conducive -to the proper functioning of any type of indivi- dual subsurface sewage disposal system as it has poor leaching qualities. Also, the fine sand sifts into the seepage pits through the spaces between the brick lining and causes them to either silt up. or cave in and become inoperative. "In view of the facts revealed by our survey, I, the undersigned Health Officer' of -the County of Los Angeles, having been officially designated by the City Council of the City of West Covina to per- form public health services for the City of West Covina, do hereby recommend that proceedings be institute& at once for the installa- tion of sanitary sewers in the Irwindale Avenue and Puente Avenue Sanitary Sewer District, City of West Covina, as an improvement necessary to -the protection of public health. This recommendation is made pursuant to.the provisions of Section 2808 of the .Streets and Highways Code. 'SIGNED, ROY 0, GILBERT, M. D. Health Officer Co Co 1-11-60 DISTRICT A°11-59-2 - continued Page Five Motion by Councilman Heath, seconded by Councilman Pittenger and carried, that the report of the Los Angeles County Health Officer be accepted and spread in full upon the Minutes, and that the City Engineer be -instructed to proceed pursuant to the provisions of Section 2808, Division 4, of the Streets and Highways Code. RESOLUTION NO. 1730• District A111-59-2 Sanitary Sewer District ADOPTED The City'Clerk presented: "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA DETERMINING THAT THE CONSTRUCTION OF CERTAIN SANITARY SEWERS ARE.NECESSARY AS A HEALTH MEASURE IN GREENBERkY AVENUE AND OTHER STREETS IN THE CITY AND IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF LOS ANGELES" Councilman Heath: You,have another'such a square across the street. Public Service Director Dosh: That is -County, also, but I believe it. will have .to be served from the other direction., I suppose it could be served from Yaleton, which is a future district, but the church is set so far back it would be better to serve it from the rear. Mayor Brown. Are the details -worked out -with the County in regard to the people living in. the County area? Public Service Director Dosh: This will be done. At present we only have the County Health.Officer's report and petitions." Mayor,Brown. Councilman Mottinger. City Manager Aia.ssa. However:, that report covers a.pgrt out- side of the City, This report just determines there is need. That is correct, and now we will have to get the paper work and other joint work done together. Mayor Brown. Hearing no objections, we will waive fur- ther reading of the body of the Resolution. Motion by Councilman Mottinger, seconded'�by Councilman Barnes, that said Resolution shall r be adopted. Motion passed on.roll call as follows: Ayes. Councilmen Heath, Pittenger, Mottinger, Barnes, Mayor Brown Noes. None Absent. None Said Resolution was given No. 1730 SCHEDULE D MATTERS HEARINGS ZONE VARIANCE NO. 299 Wright Oldsmobil°ej Inca APPROVED LOCATION: 2525 Workman Avenue between Citrus and Calvados 1 Request for non -conforming sign in Zone C-2 denied by Planning"Commission Reso_ lution No, 837 on December.16, 1959. Appealed by applicant on December 18, 1959. Co Co 1-11-60 ZONE'VARIANCE NO. 299 - continued MIAs were presented by the City Clerk and Planning Commission, No.'. 837, was read, Page Six the Resolutign of the Mayor Brown opened the public hearing and stated that all those desir- ing to'present testimony should rise and be sworn in by the City Clerk. IN FAVOR mr. LeRoy!_,W,;t�g#t, 427 So Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, Mr. Wright presented and read a letter from Mr. Arlen, zone manager of Oldsmobile, which in essence indicated that he had..inspected the facilities, felt they were outstanding, that the facilities in years to come would continue to develop and be profitable and,' further, expressed concern with the lack of identification -as to signs to enable proper identification as an Oldsmobile dealer and service agency. ,Mrs. Ro Bo Samuels, I would like to add to this in some small detail in that this sign is designed to be placed at Workman Avenue on the building, which is the easterly building, of the Wright Oldsmo- bile installation. It is 50 feet back from the street, faces south, is non -illuminated, non -flashing and in no way would be an offense or bother to anyone under any circumstances. It was a sign designed by the.Oldsmobile Company and built especially for them and given to'Mra Wright for this particular agency and is expected by the Oldsmobile Company to be used for;that purpose. I would point out one thing that may not have been mentioned'before, and that is that the property of the Wright Oldsmobile,Agency was leased as 317 feet of frontage on Workman.Avenuea In the normal course of development of C-2 property it would be for two driveways and parking at the rear, or parking in front and rear and the normal business development here would be for 10 to 14 bus,�Lnesses in that stretch of property. .With 120 square feet of building on each one you could have 1200 square feet of sign permissible in there and if you had 15`you have half again that much so that here you have 160 square feet of sign proposed on the ,uil,ding where normally, with the usual development, you would have some 1200 to 1800 square feet of sign,so to restrict this property which they are occupying to the same square footage of sign to which a small store would have seems absurd and out of line with any of the proper, normal business practices. There has been a tremendous investment gone into this property and all reasonable assistance should be given.this,..business to protect the business there and the dealer who has ventured'to aDme into West Covina, and to increase the revenue to the City,by increasing the revenue of gross business of the agency involved, Mr, Do Briesemeister*. Originally, the sign was 50 feet in length and 200 square feet instead of 160 square feet.. There was no objection at the Commission meeting other than that of the Planning Commission. I might add that the sign is -to be viewed from Citrus as much as is possible as the overhead pass blocks off a considerable view of this use and we are trying to advertise from Citrus as well as Workman, C•, C� 1-11-60 Page Seven ZONE VARIANCE NO, 29.9 - continued There being no further testimony, the hearing was declared closed. City Clerk Flotten. It should be entered upon the record that we have proof of Publication of Notice of this hearing in the West Covina Tribune of December 31, 1959. On December 30, 1959, 28 notices were sent to the people within the 300 foot radius of this property. I would also indicate that the letter of appeal reflects the items that the proponents have tried to bring to Council°s attention. The letter'of appeal was read by the City Clerk, Councilman Pittenger- I am not quite clear which way the sign faces, Does it:face Workman or Citrus? Mr. Brier.emeister- It faces Workman, away from, Citrus. You can see it just as you go under the underpass on Citrus. On the south side, going up the hillside, you can see it'a little bit. Councilman Pittenger. It is on the building running east and west, facing south? Mr, Briesemeister. That is correct. Councilman Pittenger. I think.there is a good point as indi- cated by Mrs. Samuels in that.we have some 300 feet of frontage but are talking about 120 feetof sign which is the same that we would give to an ordinary business lot. I think the Ordinance may be all right, but I thank that this is just the type of thing that a variance was intended for as we have a large piece of property involved. I would see no..objection to granting this variance. Councilman Mottinger. It is an open type sign and would have block letters? Mr. Briesemeister. Yes. Councilman Heath- It is internally illuminated? Mr, Briesemeister. Illuminated with neon tubing, channel:';. letters with neon tubing inside. Councilman Mottinger- Mr. Williams, would it be possible to consider the actual size of letters rather than length of sign? City Attorney Williams. You take into consideration, by Ordin- ance, as it relates to the -size contri- buted by the sign as a whole and that. is 160 feet. Councilman Pittenger- The request is for non -illuminated sign? Councilman Heath- I think it is unfortunate this ids such a long name. I can see the Planning Commission's theory of staying within the limitations of the Ordinance, but I feel it is a handicap relative to the Ordinance because this is the longest name in the automobile industry and I feel we.are going to have to give some variation on it. C. C.-l-11-60 ZONE VARIANCE NO, 299 -.continued Page Eight Councilman Barnes- I would have no objectionstothis sign and I.think it is very good for adver-_ tising this Agency. The -Oldsmobile Co. does have.317 feet of frontage and I think this is a nice sign, myself. Motion by Councilman Pittenger, seconded by Councilman Barnes and t carried, that Zone Variance No. 299,be,granted. for a non -conforming sign in C-2, non-11luminated. Mayor Brown: Before those interested in this appli- cation leave, I would like to indicate that we are to have a Resolution on another sign relative to their business which, to date, has never been passed. I would suggest they wait to, go into this matter as to why the.Resolution was held up-. ZONE VARIANCE NO. 297 LOCATIW. Northwesterly side of Ted E. Van de Kamp Glendora Avenue at the intersection HELD OVER of Vine Avenue. Request to permit animation of vanes on existing sign installation in Zone C-1, denied by the Planning Commission under their Resolution No. 828 on December 2, 1959..Applicant appealed December 11, 1959. Maps were'....oresented by the'City Clerk and Planning Commission Resolu- tion No. 828 was read. Mayor Brown opened the public hearing and stated that all those desir- ing to present testimony should rise and be sworn in by the City Clerk. IN -FAVOR Mr. S. Kadisom, Attorney for Van de Kamp Holland Dutch Bakery: First, I would like to indicate that.this was not the application of Ted E. Van de Kamp but of the Van de Kamp Holland Dutch Bakery. In' -order to place this request in the proper perspective, which would be helpful to you, we would like to present photographs -of the struc- ture on which this sign is located, with the sign, if you -can find it. If you.will look at the extreme left of, the building you will see the sign.as it is placed on,the structure. The windmill vanes of two.feet, of which we are speaking tonight, are shown and will give you an approximate idea of what our problem is. I will speak very briefly as to why weiare concerned about this. We have several hundred of these signs, gns, over a 45 year history, and we are principally located here in Southern California. We have attempted to create a Van de Kamp.image of "look at the windmill" format and if these vanes don't rotate the people can look and look and they won't see it. This is a very familiar device to all of you. Mr. Van de Kamp, who is with me this evening, will give you some idea of the dimensions and rate of rotation and answer any other questions of the particulars of the sign. C. Ca 1-11-60 Page Nine ZONE VARIANCE NO. 297 -continued Mr? Twombley was asked.to join us to testify that this specific sign has many times been presented to the State Highway Commission and they have consistently passed it on an encroachment of a public highway as not being a traffic hazard of any kind. As we read the Ordinance involved here we do not believeit was the intention of the City of West Covina 'to have this Ordinance read on this type of sign which, I think, is apparent that it constitutes no threat to the health, safety or moral of the citizens of West Covina. Those three words in our opinion, and an opinion shared by your Mr. Williams, is the only basis upon which an ordinance of this type can be self -sustained as to constitutionality and police power enactment. If the sign we have, with rotating vanes, does not constitute a threat to public.health, safety or morals, then to apply this ordinance to this particular sign.is an unconstitutional application of it. We have prepared a memorandum of the law on this subject. A week go Monday, in Santa Barbara,a similar ordinance was declared unconstitutional since a sign was no hazard. We hope the outcome of this hearing will be that the determinings of the,Cquncil will indicate that the Ordinance ws written and intended does not apply to this sign,'but insofar as any variance is necessary A variance to this particular use might be granted. Mr Ted E. Van de Kamp- I would add to what has been said in that, historically, we have had.this sign for many years in Southern Califor- nia. This sign, as you may know, is blue in.color. We felt, estheti- cally, in designing this sign,t4at we wanted to tone it down and yet keep it as a quality type sign.. We went to this windmill because of its -blending itself with'the Dutch name and.merchandise. In this particular location it is one of our standard signs which are built for us 25 or 30 at a time. As for this particular sigoe it is a standard type 5.feet in height, the vanes are 2 feet in length and the rotation of the windmill is about 12 R.P.M. We feel, because of the design of the sign, that it doesn't imitate a windmill unless there is motion and it does have.a very slow rotation. Because of the unusual setback from Glendora Avenue of Von°s Market, on which it is placed, we feel there will be no hindrance relating to traffic or residences. Mr. Kadisomo We have with us Mr. Twombley who has brought rulings from the State Highway Department relative to these signs on a public thoroughfare. Mr..C. Twombley- We brought along a few encroachments put out by the State. Any time a sign projects or is animated and projects onto State property or highway property, encroachment is required. I feel you present are well acquainted with that. In this particular case where it is County territory it is necessary to apply to the State Building Department for encroachment permit. I will read from one of them to show how they are listed and they do pass a revolving sign. This particular sign was no hazard or public nuisance to traffic or the public and is located at 11246 E. Whittier Boulevard in the County. It is a double faced, neon illuminated, non -flashing Van -de Kamp revolving.mill,.encroaching.over the. Division of Highways R/W. They go along with.the same type again on Whittier Boulevard and on Hawthorne., Boulevard at 151st Street. C. C. 1-11-60 ZONE VARIANCE NO. 291 - continued Mr.C. Twombley - continued - Page Ten " If they allow these on a public highway, over public property, I be=,. lieve you,should give us consideration of revolving mills in this City for thissign° 0 Mr. Kadisome I will --'leave with Mr. Williams.these memorandums for Council to look through them and also the photographs to study more closely. I will close on this 'note, Van,de Kamp is quite a successful enterprise and they hope to grow with West Covina. If there is any successful - enterprise one is'invariably beset with imitators. Our law office has been representing them for some 45 years, since their first shop opene,i in -downtown Los Angeles, and I'would be unable to count the number of times in 45,years thit I and my partners, and our predecessors, had occasion to stop other people from imitating our rotating vanes. It wa.s felt that so long as we stayed with a consistent sign it produced a meaning in the minds of.people and other people attempting to copy our sign, so we have made it a point to stay with one type of sign and have built an image of one type of sign. There being.no further testimony, the hearing was declared closed. Councilman Heatho In just glancing through this memoran- dum it says that police power of the State extends only` to the regulation of ,health, safety and general public welfare and that such power cannot be used for esthetic ortistic reasons. Does this mean we cannot limit the size of signs so long as it doesn't violate these three things? City Attorney Williams-, You couldn°t regulate the size of signs. only for esthetic purposes. .However, there are decisions upheld as to.limita- tions on size and locatign of signs based on other limitations, Recent decisions have held that esthetically there could be no police power but depreciation of property value is a'matter of police power. This was upheld in Wisconsin and New Jersey, but I think it will be here also if it comes before the courts of this State, Counctl;jaaxi-.-ttengera' I sat with the Planning Commission on this matter. I do not believe they had any objection to the sign but to the rotation of the sign and it was denied in the Sign Ordinance. I think that was something that they were carrying out, a provision of the Ordinance. II would like to read this,memorandum over and bring it up with the City Attorney and Council at a study session, take it under submission. Councilman Heath-, Councilman Barnes - City Attorney Williams-, I would agree with that. I would concur. Study this before making any decision. How far is this sign removed from; a public street? ' Van de Kamp-, 340yfeet.. The sign is not above parapet height of the building. Motion by Councilman Pittenger,,seconded by Councilman Heath, that Zone Variance No. 297 be held over to be taken under study and a decision to be rendered at the next regular meeting of Council. C. Co-,1-11-60 Page Eleven ZONE VARIANCE NOo.297 - continued Mayor Browne Before asking'for the vote I would '" state my feelings on it. I.think this is a.standard sign used by Van de Kamp -- with a certain size and..other features and I not see what we are hold- ing it up for. At the ,question of Mayor Brown, the motion to hold this matter was carried.with the exception of Mayor Brown who voted "No", Mr. Kadisomo After the matter is discussed and decision made, if you feel disinclined to approve it we would ask that the . matter .be restored to the.calendar for further hearing in that perhaps we can dissuade you regarding an'adverse decision. Mayor Brown. The hearing is closed, and if it is denied it is denied, or if approved it is approved. You would have to refile again if you desired the matter to come up again, City blerk Flotteno On the matter of Zone Variance No. 2971 I would like the record to show that we have proof of Publication of Notice of this hearing in the West Covina Tribune on December 31, 1959, and that the proper notices were mailed to all those,within the 300 foot radius, DISCUSSION RELATIVE TO City Manager Aiassao This sign projected RESOLUTION APPROVING 5 feet over public, property but was ZONE'VARIANCE NO. 29.3 reduced 1 foot to give the necessary Wright Oldsmobile Co. clearance from overhead electrical wires of:the Edison Co, The clearance was a questionable faci but it is now indicated that it meets the requirements of the Edison Company. The other item was'that the application shows nothing about the word "service".; i.e., shows no clear intention that it appears on the sign. Mr. Briesemeistero One portion shows no wording but it was stated that the word would be added to it later. City Manager Aiassae I feel the Council should clear this as the plan shows a blank. It shows 18 inches for additional sign wording and maybe it should be clarified to eliminate confusion later. Mayor Brown. At the time this was brought up it was . undecided as to what wording would go in there and vas left off, but we did not think the wording would have any affect on this particular sign. City Manager Aiassao If you approve the plan it should be approved so that wording would be in- cludedo. The delay was not on the part of the'City but on the.par-t of public utilities requirement who wanted no encroaching over a power linen Co Co1-11-60 Page Twelve ISCUSSION RE RESOLUTION ZONE VARIANCE NO. 293 Mr. Briesemeister: Partly, yes, But it was our fault -in that the holes as'dug originally were Placed incorrectly, but if'the plane had been followed it would have been as it is now. Another thing was that they had .gotten the idea -the sign was to be on the left hand side, ,west side, but it was supposed to be on the east so the work was not performed properly in the first place. Mayor Browny In looking at the Precise Plan it shows it is to be filled in with red -=.and white lettering. Other sign is 30 inches high, to be filled in with letters, and although it doesn°t say what we did' approve the plan indicated in that manner, City Manager Aiassa: I would say, then, that all requirements have been met. RESOLUTION NO. 1731 The City Attorney presented: Approving Zone Variance "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL.OF Noo 293 THE CITY OF WEST COVINA APPROVING ZONE ADOPTED VARIANCE NO, 29311 (Wright Oldsmobile - Company) Held.over from 'December 14, 1959. Mayor Brown: Hearing no objections, we will -waive fur- ther reading of the body of,the Resolution. MOtdon by Councilman Mottinger, seconded by Councilman Pittenger, that said Resolution be adopted. Motion passed on roll call as follows: Ayes: Councilmen Heath',.Pi,ttenger, Mottingern Barnes, Mayor Brown Noes: None Absent: None Councilman Heath: This is another case, again,�where;.some- thing already has been done, having a sign installed and.never been passed. City.Manager Aiassa: They read the Minutes. where Council had approved it but they did not realize that a Resolution was needed to make it dfficialo Actually it is approved when a decision is reached by Council. Mayor Brown: If we pass something the Resolution is usually before us at the .next meeting and there was delay on this after the sign was approved by us; it was an error on the part of the City, the Edison Company and the Agency. Councilman Heathy What disturbs me is that this has happened again. People go ahead with something they shouldn°t and they are not stopped, until the Resolution is finally adopted. City -Manager Aiassa: They wouldn't have gotten into any probe lem,if it had been located where ori- ginally plotted. They violated public utilities requirements and City encroachment over the sidewalk. The inspectors found that one;. 40 0 Co C. 1-11-60 Page Thirteen RESOLUTION NO, 1731 m continued Councilman Heath. That's not the point, it was the cori- .- - struction and -placing of'the sign with- out final approval of'the City body. `I.do not think it is right. Councilman Mottinger- I.think it is fact that the City cannot watch and control every action that we pass, but it is the responsibility of the property owners or persons making..application to.see there is no violation.. Councilman heath- I think it is joint responsibility and that City forces should police these things satisfactorily, Councilman Mottinger. I would disagree. "We can't possibly watch every little thing that occurs in Council and say it interferes. Mayor Brown. The Resolution was held up; we approved this; the Resolution was late coming in and several things held it up. Councilman Heath- I am not arguing that point. Councilman Barnes- 'I think it was largely the fault of the contractor putting the sign in incor- rectly and the inspector caught it and held up the work because -it was placed incorrectly on the property. Councilman Heath- That might be true, but it is the City's responsibility to police this because man in ? hours can p lice much more han tounc can pass in Vice Mayor Brown- The permit.is not issued until the reading of the Resolution. City Manager Aiassa- There is a new program under way and you will receive written copies of the report. We are revamping the entire procedure on processing precise plans and building permits.. A.16(b of these contractors start these projects and have 4 or 5 moving all at one time and it is hard to pick up 5 or 6 items. In this case, how- ever, they re -ad the Minutes and it was approved by Council technically and it wasn't realized as to the actual processes. I believe Mr. Williams will say that a motion is almost equal to the Resolution but technicalities stateit is to be finalized by passing a Resolution 1�o we adopt a Resolution. The contractor admits it was a slip on his account or they wouldn't have had this problem. Mrs. Samuels- What are the delays prior to the placing of this sign on the building? City Attorney Williams- It has been rather customary to allow these things to proceed after the final action, but it is preferred upon adoption of the Resolution, although the Resolution is the formal action. The Resolution is the formal and technical action but it is not uncommon to -proceed on the motion of decision of Council. Ca-C. 1-11-60 Page Fourteen CITY CLERV SEPORTS CONTINUED TR T`'N ' 138�2� ACID `:_ LOCATION.,_ R/W -N/O Larkhill Drive and METES & BOUNDS SUBDIVISION Springmeeadow Road. NO; 135-149 Accept Sewer Facilities Motion by Councilman Mottinger, seconded APPROVED by Councilman Barnes and carried, that sewer facilities in Tract'No, 13892 and Metes & Bounds Subdivision -No. 135-149 be accepted and authorization. given for the release of United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company Bond No, 12-1805-59in the amount of $3,100000 GENERAL MATTERS ORAL COMMUNICATIONS Mrs. Van Dame: I called Mr. Dosh and asked him if any- thing could be done about the drainage on Azusa Avenue, south, at Stuart, V can°t'understand why it can't drain to take thO water down to the Wash. Mayor Brown- I think we might have it next year, The State has turned.more water down Azusa Avenue and we might get something when we meet in relation to the 8 lanes going through, _" _WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS REQUEST FOR_STAY OF ORDER The City. Clerk presented a communication OF BLOCK WALL ON LOT 60, dated,January 5, 1960, from R. E. Weiss TRACT 14681 representing Mrs. Lovett, relative to Mrs, Mabel L. Lovett this matter. The application was denied for a zone change and a verbal order was then given by Mr. Stanford to replace the block wallwhich was permitted to remain down pending action taken. The,request was for a stay of this order pending reapplication, block study or the applicant's appeal. The City Clerk indicated that Mr. Lovett had been very seriously injured in a vehicular accident in Arcadia, although he $gas now off the critical list, Mayor Brown. We stayed this once, but it is up to the Council as to what they might desire to 'do on this matter. Councilman,Mottinger'o Have they filed another application as the communication would seem to indicate? City Clerk Flotteno No. Motion by Councilman Beath, seconded by Councilman Barnes and carried, that Mrs., Mabel L. Lovett be granted a re -extension of time"on the replacement of the block 111 dividing Lots 59 and 60 of Tract No, 1468.1 period of 6 months fr for a 4 om this date,.due to the fact that Mr. Lovett has had.a personal injury; City,Manager Aiassao Is this permissible under an Ordinance,. Mr. Williams? 0 Co C. 1-11-60 STAY OF ORDER = LOVETT - continued, Page Fifteen City Attorney Williams. When the matter is pending for variance or in order.:to give a reasonable length of time to comply, you are saying you will not file -formal prosecution before this time and this, what you are doing, amounts to. Mayor Brown:, We are giving 6 months to comply or else ref ileo Councilman Heath: There has,been some other written communications that have come to me which I feel should be brought up at this time in protest of commercial zoning at Francisquito and Azusa. City Manager Aiassa: The hearing, as I,understand it, isn't until February. Councilman Heath: However,,I think we might do something tonight in taking a stand in protest to that zoning since it is so close`to City boundaries and has a bearing on City planning. City -Manager Aiassa:, I talked with Hugh Dynes and he felt we had better wait u,�Atil there was an official hearing, but.,there was no date scheduled only indicated'as.some time in February, awlthough Council can go on record, Public Service Director Dosho This°property, located at the northwest corner of Azusa and Francisquito, adjoins R-1 property and proposes C-2 backed up against R-1. The hearing was held by the Regional Planning Commission, Our Planning Commission protested this change and it was denied by the Regional Commission, The City Planning Commission also indicated that we write to the Board of Supervisors protesting this. change for the same reasons as indicated to the Regional Commission, although the hearing has not been actually'scheduled to date. When it is we will send in the same protest on.behalf of our Commission to Jhe Board of Supervisors. Mayor Brown: I might suggest that the City Attorney prepare a Resolution to where we could pass it very shortly. City Clerk Flotteno The Clerk of the Board, downtown, said there will not be a hearing at all on this before the Board of Supervisors. All that they will do is review the transcript of what.took place at the Regional Commission, they have requested that, and then make their decision off that. City Manager Aiassa: I don't think they can do that on rezoning. City Clerk Flotten: This is an appeal you are dealing with. City Manager Aiassa: I think it must have been meant that the Board of Supervisors will review the data before they determine whether they.will take action on the hearing for appeal or just review the mattero -0 C. Co 1-11-60 Page Sixteen COMMERCIAL ZONING, FRANCISQUITO AND AZUSA m continued... Councilman Heath-, .1 think we should r6pare a resolution and state further that -if there is any proposed,C-1 on that area, it also should be removed. Councilman Barnes., I would like to state that I received telephone calls from peoplein the area and I have three lettersfrom people in the area, a Sanders D. Rosenberg, John H. Nevdl and Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Osterberg, protesting this zoning applicationo I think we should go on record,, As Councilman Heath indicates, protesting this change by Resolution to the Board of Supervisors, and I think they will take this Resolution into consideration at the time of consider- ing the other data. Mayor Brown,. Before we pass the Resolution we must know the date of hearing, the case.num etc., so as to put it in the Resdlutionw, , City Attorney Williams,,. Is this a zone exception. City Clerk Flotten-, It is A zone exception. City Attorney Williams. Then what the City Clerk ha.s indicated is correct. For a zone change you must adopt an ordinance and you must have a hearingo, In a zone exception the Board has 3 alternatives possiblb­ and the y can choose any one of them. There can be a position not to hear it at all, a position to review the record that,was before the Regional Planning Commission with no further hearing before them, or hold apublic hearing. Unless they have indicated a public hearing what Bob.was told is correct and this may be your last chance to pro- test unless there is a public hearing, otherwise right now a letter should be written which can be done faster, and I,feel'ppssibly carries more weight, than a'Resolution. I think it is more effective. City Manager Aiassa-, Hugh Dynes told us they would advise us which way they would -go. Motion Oy Councilman Heath, seconded by Councilman Barnes and carried, that the_staff be directed to prepare a written communication in the form of a letter, to be signed by the Mayor, protesting this zone , exceptioft as indicated at.the northwest corner of Azusa and Francisquito Avenues.' Public Service Director Dosh-. Mayor Browne ow' CITY MANAGER REPORTS - Should we send the separate communica- tion of protest indicated by our City Planning Commission? Yes. REPORT ON STATE I checked on this matter on-Paroel 1147 SURPLUS PROPERTY.. at the south frontage road find the Freeway and it was indicated the State Engineering Department.had cleared it as to how much was needed for the 8 lanes.- There is a channel right between it, 60 feet on one side, and it goes to an -abnormal triangle. The reason they are doing this is that the,Covernor has ordered the State Division of Highways to sell all unuseable land and if the State Engineering Department clears it we would then have to,protest it through the head office in Sacramento. 0 Co Co 1-11-60 Page Seventeen .STATE SURPLUS PROPERTY REPORT - continued Councilman Pittenger. By non -useable you mean it won°.t be used for the 8 lanes? City Manager Aiassa. Councilman Barnes. City Manager Aiassa. Councilman Heath, . That is correct. We will be notified when it is put up for sale? Yeso If it won't be used for the 8 lanes why our concern? City Manager Aiassa. In relation to the radius of the off and on ramps. I wanted the State Engineer to advise me as to whether there was enough radius to make.the off and on ramp with the 8 lanes. Mayor Brown: I think we should protest on this until the plans for the 8 lanes are actually seen. This is the cheapest freeway ever built, and I'm not objecting to the fact it was built the cheapest but that it was built so cheaply because of no well designed interchanges. City Manager`Aiassa,o I will then have a meeting with Mr. Telford and advise him of the.: feelings and wishes of Council. Mayor Brown. When we sit down with them to work on the 8 lanes we hope to get better inter - .changes on it. City Manager Aiassa. I will go ahead on this. Mr. Davidson and I will meet on the field and look at the parcels that are logically ppssible for sale, prior to release. Mayor: Brown. If.you look in any file in the City in 1956 you will find letters addressed to me that they would not sell property without first consulting the City. CALIFORNIA BRIDGE You have copies of the report regarding sidewalks on this bridge. It is the only bridge omitting sidewalks in the entire bridge program and it was felt there should be sidewalks con- structed here which would be.even more important than those at Willow - or Orange where there is less vehicular and. pedestrian traffic. There will probably be a bowling alley use at this corner plus further sub- divisions at the south side of this location. There is also a liquor store in the area which will need sidewalks for pedestrian traffics The street width is 48 feet down to 40 feet at the south side of the street and is a hazard --to pedestrians. It is the feeling there should be sidewalks at.both.sideso As to cost, we are talking about $500.00 to $700.00 for this installation. Motion by Councilman Barnes, seconded by Councilman Mottinger and carried, that the Bridge Plan be amended to put in sidewalks on both sides of the California Bridge. Co C. 1-11-60 Page Eighteen PURCHASE OF IBM TYPEWRITER We.are now paying $45000 quarterly for FOR CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE a similar machine which doesn't -operate APPROVED properly. This new machine is the executive type with a guarantee of one full year at a cost of $3380000- We have a saving of $582.00 relative to the multilith machine purchase from which we can purchase this one typewriter. Funds., therefore,. are avail= able and formal action is not essential ' but since °: it .i _.not : in:: Ghe Lbuc1- getl wouldz;desire-Liaafottnali-)approval from Council that this machine be obtained. This is a non -departmental factor but we are doing a great deal of -work for other departments and we also use it. Motion by Councilman Mottinger, seconded by Councilman Barnes, that Approval be given for the purchase of an IBM Typewriter for the -City Manager's office, at a cost of $338.00. Motion passed on roll call as follows. Ayes. Councilmen Heaths Pittenger, Mottinger, Barnes, Mayor Brown Noes. None Absent.- None VINCENT AVENUE At the last meeting this matter was INTERCHANGE brought up and we have some prints for the pooposed layout. The $653.00 does not include field or engineering. We need.a legal description for.two leases of property. .We reviewed this with Mr. Schlanger informally but didn't have the map to show to him and he will consider it on a lease dealo We have been encroaching on Mossberg R/W,, which presents no problem. This will give free traffic use of the interchange for right -lane and other traffic going the other way. Councilman Heath. I sat in this vicinity a week ago Friday night and counted 60% -ofa:°.the cars going around the turn that went into State Street - more than half - and was surprised, This certainly would be very helpful in relieving the traffic congestion at that corner. City Manager Aiassa. We could negotiate with the property owners for lease -of the R/W, determined on a short term basis of 60 days notice / by either.,party. Motion by Coundiiman Heath, seconded by Councilman Pittenger and carried, that the City`Manager negotiate for short term lease with owners of property adjacent to Vincent Avenue intersection in order to permit a street to.be cut from Vincent Avenue interchange to State Street. Mayor Brown.- Do you realize you are spending over $600.00 for 60 days? City Manager Aiassa. The owners were advised that indications were that until the interchange was developed properly they have a problem developing a Precise Plan in this location. That was the only reason they wanted the lease in that there was a possibility of being able to be relieved of any use of that property in that area if"they had a buyer or developer. We could lease for,6 months with a 60 days notice after that. Mayor Brown. I would go with that. Go on a 6 months basis with 30 or 60 days notice by either party, C.:C* 1-11-60 Page Nineteen VINCENT AVENUE INTERCHANGE m continued Councilman Mottingero:- Any possibility of putting it on a permanent basis? City Manager Aiassao That will be all fenced in when the fucll intextChange is completed and traffic will be restricted within the interchange. Public Service Director Dosh-, Should we use.our maintenance force or a private contractor? City Manager Aiassa-, With $600.00 involved it is not much of a contract job. It was consensus that the City forces be used; it is the most inexpen- sive way it can be done. . EXTENSION OF TIME ON There has been a problem in fulfilling DELIVERY OF FIRE TRUCK,. this 180 day delivery due to the steel .January 25, 1960 strike and they request an extension on APPROVED delivery to January 25tho This meets Chief Wetherbee°s approval, Motion by Councilman Mottinger,, seconded by Councilman Heath and carried, that the time extension on.delivery of a Fire Truck.to January 25, 1960 be approved, COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE TO STOCKHOLDERS MEETING OF LA PUENTE COOPERATIVE WATER COMPANY sentative of the City on HOGAN EASEMENTS AND .DEED Saturday, ,January 23, 1960, at 12-,30 P.M. City of West Covina is holder of 29 shares. Mayor Brown des'�gnated Councilman Barnes attend this meeting since.he is repre- the.San Gabriel Valley Water Association. The following was presented and read by the City Manager and requested to. -be spread in full upon,the Minutes-, PERMIT AND LICENSE The City of West Covina, as part of the considerations expressed in escrow number 174-998 at the West Covina. Branch of_ the California Bank, does hereby grant to'Thomas"Jo Hogan and Elsie C. Hogan a license and permit to maintain an existing garage used in connection with the dwelling located at 445 South Glendora, West Covina (but'not the lean-to on the westerly side thereof) --within the slope and drainage easement conveyed to the City through said escrow for a period commencing upon close of said escrow and expiring two years after the opening to traffic of that portion of the Vincent Avenue extension between Glendora Avenue and the Walnut Creek Wash, and subject to the following terms-, In the event the relocation of said garage is required by, public convenience and necessity prior to the expiration of said two year period, the City may relocate the same at its own expense on. the same parcel of property, at a mutually acceptable location, but in such event the sum of $500 paid through escrow shall be applied by Mr. and Mrs. Hogan to the expense of such relocation, Co C. 1-11-60 ..HOGANIXASEMENTS:''A TD DEED - continued Permit and License m continued. Page Twenty At the expiration of said two year period said garage shall be removed from said easement by Mr, and Mrs. Hogan at their own expense. They also retain the right at their own election to remove or demolish said garage at any earlier date at their own expense, and in either of these two events they are to retain the said sum of $500.00., CITY OF WEST COVINA By Go AIASSA ROBERT FLOTTEN, City Clerk Accepted and.agreed to this 31st day of 'December, 1959. THOMA.S.J, HOGAN ELSIE Co HOGAN Motion by Councilman Pittenger, seconded by Councilman Heath and carried, that the issuance of this Permit and License be approved. QUARTERLY ORDER The City Manager presented.and read a. FOR BITUMULS report from.the Director of Finance, Vaughn Do Walters. The following quotations have been obtained for the next quarters Williams Lumber Yard o17 per gal. A-1 Paving (present vendor) o17.per gal Industrial Asphalt _18 per gala .The report indicated that although Industrial Asphalt is 1¢ per gallon higher than the other two it was pointed out to him by the Street. Supervisor that the plant is 5 miles closer and since the Citypicks up this material a savings would result if the order is placed with Industrial Asphalts The reason indicated for bringing this matter to Council°s attention was that rather than place the order as normally done, due to the fact that some,' -time ago,there was a question about an order pick up from Industrial Asphalt, it is not actually known if it was questioned due to the fact another company was being used or some reason they should not be used. It was further indicated, that the intent was to place the quarterly order.with Industrial Asphalt, if there were no objections, and desired Council°s opinion, _ Discussion indicated that there would be no change from A-1 Paving and service from them had -been satisfactory in„the past. Motion by Councilman Pittenger, seconded by Councilman Heath and carried, that the quarterly"order for Bitumuls,continue to be given to the A-1 Paving, present vendor, at ,17 per' gallon. SUBSCRIPTION TO PLANNERS The City Manager indicated that Mr. MAGAZINE "A.S.P;Aa" Joseph, the Planning Coordinator, had APPROVED requested.a transference of funds in the amount of $70.00 from conference and traveling expenses to enable the,purchase of a subscription to this magazines Motion by Councilman Heath, seconded by Councilman Pittenger and carried, that the request of Mr. Joseph be granted to'enable a sub- scription to be made to the magazine indicated. C. Co 1-11-60 CITY .ATTORNEY RESOLUTION NO. 1732 Accepting Grant Deeds fr.om,C & M Homes ADOPTED Page Twenty -One The City Attorney presented. "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA ACCEPTING A CERTAIN WRITTEN INSTRUMENT AND DIRECT- ING THE RECORDATION THEREOF" For six foot R/W for Sanitary. Sewers across Lots No, 19" 34 and 35 in Tract No-20977. Mayor Brown. Hearing no objections, we will waive fur- ther reading of the body of theResolution. 'Notion by Councilman Barnes, seconded by Councilman Mottinger, that said Resolution be adopted. Motion passed on roll call as follows: Ayes.- Councilmen Heath, Pittenger, Mottinger,'Barnes, Mayor Brown Noes., None Absent- None Said Resolution was given No-. 1732 ORDINANCE: -NO. 645 The City Attorney presented. -Rezo-ning certain suUdWided "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE property from R-A to"R-1CITY OF WEST COVINA REZONING CERTAIN ADOPTED SUBDIVIDED PROPERTY FROM ZONE R-A­TO°- R-111 Mayor Brown: Hearing no objections, we will waive further reading of the body of the Ordinance. Motion'by Councilman Heath, seconded by Councilman Mottinger, that .said Ordinance be adopted, Motion passed on roll call as follows: Ayes.. Councilmen Heath, Pittenger, Mottinger, Barnex, Mayor Brown Noes. None, Absent.— None Said Ordinance was given No, 645 ORDINANCE NO, 646 , The City Attorney presented-, Rezoning Certain Property "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF ADOPTED THE CITY OF WEST COVINA REZONING CERTAIN PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF PACIFIC AVENUE AND PACIFIC LANE" (Schroeter) Mayor Brow.nz. Hearing no objections, we will waive further reading of the body of the Ordinance. Motion by Councilman Mottinger, seconded by Councilman Pittenger, that saidOrdinance be adopted. Motion passed on toll call as follows,-.' .Ayes: Councilmen Pittenger, Mottinger, Mayor Brown Noes:. Councilmen Heath, Barnes Absent: None Said Ordinance was given No. 646 Co Co 1-11-60 CITY ATTORNEY - Oontinued Page Twenty -Two RESOLUTION NOo-1733-- The City Attorney presented, Changing name of a portion "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF • of Cabana Street to THE CITY OF WEST COVINA CHANGING THE "Trojan Way" - NAME OF A PORTION OF CABANA STREET TO ADOPTED "TROJAN WAY" (Edgewood High School) Mayor Brown: How long will it be before -we get a sign? Councilman Pittenger: To put in -their own sign might be a good project for the associated students. Mayor Brown: The school should be notified that it is up to them to secure the street signs since they requested the change, Public Service Director Dosh: We would install it if they paid us for it. Mayor Brown: Hearing no objections, we will waive further reading of the body of the Resolution: Motion by Councilman Mottinger, seconded by Councilman Heath, that said Resolution be adopted. Motion passed on roll call as follows:. Ayes: Councilmen Heath, Pittenger, Mottinger, Barnes, Mayor.'Brown Noes: None Absent., None\ Said Resolution was given No. 1733. INTRODUCTIO9, The City Attorney presented: An"Ordinance rezoning "AN -ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF certain property THE CITY OF WEST COVINA REZONING CERTAIN PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF AZUSA AVENUE BETWEEN WORKMAN AND GARVEY AVENUES" (Aschenbrenner) Mayor Brown: Hearing no objections, we will waive further reading of the body of the Ordinance. Motion by Councilman Barnes, seconded by Councilman Pittenger and carried, that the Ordinance be introduced and given its first reading, RESOLUTION NO. 1734 The City Attorney presented: Ascertaining the -"A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE general prevailing CITY OF WEST COVINA ASCERTAINING THE rate of per diem GENERAL PREVAILING RATE OF PER DIEM WAGES wages to be paid TO BE PAID UPON PUBLIC'WORK WITHIN THE ADOPTED CITY" Mayor Brown: Hearing no objections, we will waive further reading of the body of the Resolution. Motion by Councilman Heath, seconded by Councilman -Pittenger, that said Resolution be adopted. Motion passed on roll call as follows:` Ayes: Councilmen Heath, Pittenger, Mottinger, Barnes, Mayor Brown Noes: None Absent: None Said Resolution was given No, 1734 Co Co 1-11760 CITY CLERK APPLICATION FOR ON -SALE BE:R LICENSE Page Twenty -Three LOCATION.- 3032 E. Garvey Boulevard in Zone C-1 No objections to be indicated. APPLICATION OF R: Conduct Community Theatre in the THEATRE 160 Mall on the following dates: APPROVED 1960 February 10, 12, 13, 19, 20, 26, 27 June 10, 11, 16, 17, 23, 24 October 7,.�8, 14, 15, 21, 22 Motion by Councilman Heath, seconded by Councilman Barnes and carried, that the request for application by Theatre 160.be approved. - REQUEST FOR PERMISSION TO 'SOLICIT West Covina Women°s Club APPROVED February 15, 1960, which is the Valley Hospital. City Clerk Flotten presented and read the communication, per Mrs. Richard Gillette, which was to solicit merchants in the City for door prizes to be pre- sented at a luncheon fashion show on a project to raise funds for the Queen of Motion by Councilman Mottinger, seconded by Councilman Pittenger and carried, that the request of. the West Covina Women°s Club be approved, POINT OF INFORMATION Invitation for attendance at a luncheon honoring Mr. Hugo Ho Winter relative to 42 years of service with the City of Los Angeles Bureau of Engineering. In relation to matters to come before Council from the Planning Commission, Mayor Brown requested the Precise Plans with the appli- cation of LaMarr Stevens and Mr, Cook. However, it was indicated by the City Manager that in relation to the Stevens matter this was only a request for the firming up of zoning, similar toMre Mean°s request, but there is no building to be done at present. Mayor Brown stated that he would forego the request relative to Mr. Stevens but that the plan for Mr. Cook's property should be presented. Councilman Pittenger: Possibly Council should review the Unclassified Permit No. 16 and Precise Plan No. 202, Lark Ellen Hospital, be- cause of the litigation to take place regarding the original owners and the hospital owners. City Attorney Williams: This is a matter.of original deed re- strictions and I do not believe you will become involved in any way in this matter relative to the application made to the City. The Precise Plan was fixed in such a way that if the law suit is not won by the hospital it won't affect the Precise Plane The Precise Plan for a medical building was approved by the Commission, subject to not using for parking,.the 150 feet south of San Bernardino Road except driveways on it. Tt was also subject to Badillo Street being improved eventually and when it is improved the hospital must relocate its access driveways to come to Badillo, but that they need not do so immediately but have to post a bond until it is done simultaneously with improvements on 0 C. Co 1-11-60 DISCUSSION RE LARK ELLEN HOSPITAL - continued Page Twenty -Four Badillo 'Street. If the driveways are eliminated by the law -"suit they will put another driveway at a location approved-,, in writing, by the Planning Commission. Also, the findings were that this should have been a zone variance and the way the matter was actually carried out were in ways applicable to a zone variance. It was consensus it was not necessary this matter come, -?up for hearing .before Council, Public Service Director Dosh: Should this be bonded for curbs and gutters? There is also question of amount of bond relative to time element indicated. Mayor Brown- This has been the normal procedure, they put in curbs and gutters and we put in street. City Manager Aiassa- They rough grade it, though. Mayor Brown- Rough grade,'curbs, gutters and side- walks. Maybe you could take today°s prices and add 10% to it. MONEY DRAFT RELATIVE TO Motion by Councilman Barnes, seconded GAREIS VS. CITY by Councilman Mottinger, that the draft in the amount of $100.00,payable to the City of West Covina, be accepted and authorization given, prior to depositing, for payment of 25% of this amount, $25.00, to be made to A.'Haydon, Attorney, for services rendered on this matter. Motion passed on roll call as follows- Ayes- Councilmen Heath, Pittenger, Mottinger, Barnes, Mayor Brown Noes- None Absent:_ None POINT OF INFORMATION City of West Covina Birthfty-j.zDance, February.16, 1960. MAYOR'S REPORT Mayor Brown- The City of Hopp Christmas Tree sales had the fee waived and the.area where they were is sure a mess. I think next year we should put a bond on them.. This'is not trees sold,by the City of Hope but they lease it out to someone who takes it from the top: -- and gives the remainder to the City of Hope. Councilman Pittenger: City Manager Aiassa- Councilman Pittenger: There°s.a lot.of junk left at the Lake Tahoe Christmas Tree lot, too.' Perhaps we should give them 5 days after tO clean up, like we do.on 4th of July Fireworks sales. We should have a bond to make sure they will clean it -up. Co C. 1-11-60 Page Twenty -Five MAYOR'S REPORT continued Mayor Brown: We take a bond for sale of fireworks. City Manager Aiassa*. We will'develop A similar control like the saleof 2ireworks for the sale of Christmas Trees in the future. It was agreeabl-eto Council to make it a Council policy,'put something in writing, and Gave it adopted at thenextregular meeting. STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT Mayor Brown: This is bn.'.January 22n&,, MEETING AT SACRAMENTO prio'r.to our next regular meeting, and expenses should be approved tonight. Motion by Councilman Pittenger, seconded by Councilman Barnes, that the expenses of Mr.*,A.iassa, Mayor Brown and one day of Mr. Harold' Johnson',s expenses be approved for either January 20, 21 or 22, depend- ing upon appointments of departments or convenience. Motion passed on roll call as follows, Ayes: Coundilmen Heath, Pittenger, Mottinger, Barnes, Mayor Brown Noes. None Absent: None COUNCIL COMMITTEE REPORTS Councilman Barnes- I think the City Manager and the Street Department and the Police Department should be commended on the way they handled the water situation during the past rains on North Orange Avenue. They did ,a very fine job. DEMANDS Motion by Councilman Heath, seconded by Councilman Mottinger, that Demands in the amount of $121,.515.37, as shown on Demand Sheets C-179 and C-180, be approved. This includes Fund Transfers in'the amount of $929824.70. Motion passed on roll call as follows: Ayes: Councilmen Heath, Pittenger, Mottinger, Barnes, Mayor. Brown Noes" None Absent., None Motion by Councilman Mottinger, seconded by Councilman Pittenger and carried, that the meeting be adjourn,ed'at 10015 P. M. APPROVED_ Mayor ATTEST., City Clerk