03-28-1946 - Regular Meeting - MinutesMinutes. of the meeting, of the.
City -Council of".'West Covina
Califon fii�a.. 'March 28 .1.946
Meeting called to order. at 8.10 P.M.
Present- Batchelder,Daniels, Mosabe6rg, Van.-'Hornr,
Absent- Hurst v
F,. Re ,Wilson. _ 31.5.0., Merced Av_e''was..'pre adn.i.with a revised. tentative
map•and_.'tract`�.restrictiins This is a' 25.. acre..subdi.vision. on Tract
1,,13865. Mr,. Cotter.,,recommended..to the. Cou' cil.:that :they beapproved.
Af to r ' a .di 6 eiis s i on" of the . si.tuati on �.as . regards the Xs inut ' wash i t
was decided that. the..Council would.._ac_t ,favo.rably., on .the application
subject to; the'� approval` of. .the - County Pl,00d .Contiolo.n easement re:qu r-
ed on',,'W lriut ,wash ,'and .'the- revision, of lot s,izea when, neceseary -- tion-
al _right :of-way,is"required ori'.ZFalnut wash .and also,,upon .tYie agr®.e-
tent .., it,,provi lion , e made fo.r' the ;':a0..feet :addil�iorial -easement on
Merced Ave..,:,for future. street widening..and.•as., to dispoaition of flood
water from "Meeker ,Avenue.
,Motion {to.;approve- subjec{t.,to. the .above .conditions was• -made ,by
V'ari` Horn`"and` s.e:conded`�b M6isberg.- `The motion: passed. •by'unanimous
vote._,: .
The, - application for approval of .subdivision,,on Tract .14013 by
William Cook, Walter Herring. and.Frank_.Thackery< Ywas brought before
the Council .by,, Mr Cotter. f
Problem _of 'the 3o foot.:Wide-street called.'on the. map P3aia Ave .
was"discussed.:. Theque�st:iori,,was ho.w, woul.d..Athis narrow street
affect; future;" 4evelopmentjn building on"`the..t:rac,t• just_, -west of' Pisaa
yA�e :'How `could the" present 'action taken by�the .C.ouncil be taken' so
that a full street. 'of. sixty feet. wide would be..ins.talled at some date in
futurewhen the. tract on.. the .West would..be. developed and. the narrow
street' bec11
ame:_fiiadequate, to handle traffic.
It was suggested that the subdivider deed.. to.. the City- of., Weet Covina
a strip of land .one. foot wide on the. blest side of Pioaa.Ave. By.:this
means the. City -could refuse ingress or egress, to property .owners' on the
west side.of Pima Ave. until such time.that a wider road could be
established
The tract restrictions'on this subdivision.were_.discuss.ed and found
satisfactory.
The subdivider agreed to make the deed..to .the city.of the one foot
strip and. on this._promis.e, it was moved. by Daniele...._to approve the
A tentative.map and restrittions subject to this agreement
and seconded by Van Horn.
The motion Passed..by unanimous vote.
Harold Duff of 814 South Co.lumbia..Ave. Los. Angeles, Cal.. made applica-
tion for.app.roval..of tentative map and restrictions;:on..Tract 13998.
Tentative map approved subj.ec.t to change of street alignment also
.to eliminate.the through street to Qlendora.and.provide..a.street paral-
lel_ with .Glendora two. ,lots.,"depths.:west to, serve the..property on each
side.
It was moved. by Van Horn.. that.:. tentative map. ant revised. to meet suggest-
ions -made by sand restrictions. revised to meet approval of
Council, .-be accepted by Council. Motion was ... seconde.d .by Mossberg
and passed by.unanimous vote.
Truman Johnson.offered..tentative map.and tracta.reetzictions for a
proposed -subdivision on Tract N'o.12785. Mr. Johnson.has the inten-
tion of building on all lots, in.. this , subdivision..under....the Veterans
building program..
Approval of tentative map and. tract. restrictionsr,� ed by
Councilman Vah.Horn subject to the subdivider agreeinqtrip.of
the City
of lest. Covina to be used as . a, future_ street a 28 foo
tht
rows
land running . the length` of the,-`subdiv lion • property along it's
western boundary el with Glendora Ave:� . _ also to deed in
fee simple. along the westerly side' of �pInposec�.. st.re.et..going through to
Vine Ave a .one foot strip of land.
Motion was seconded by .Mossbe•rg',
Carried by unanimous'.vote:
The , map of.. the .Master; Plan ;.of Highways in the City of- West. Covina pre-
pared by the Regianal Planning Committee `of. Los- Angeles, County' was br
brought before the, ,t Council.
It was�moTed icy Councilman Daniels.that.the map be approved asa general
plan. .
Mot -ion --was seconded rby:Van Horn and-. passed by unanim6Ub vote.
" . Resolution-No.81 '-togive work .of repairing' and'., painting; of`.Viidges•'to
County of ..hos Angelesiin accordance';with'/the' _ne'eds'. as spe'c:ified iri "the
their- inspecti'on•- report of December llth.1945.-- Included., in'- this--'reso-
luti-on: was, a demand for imiiiediate_ work :t-o• 'be 'done on, the Sunset Ave.
and Hol�;enbeok Axe. bridges Ale'l � show/ 3n the `ins pecti.on`'report-: to
be in very, .:age rous , condition.
Motion- made -.`by Daniels aridseconded` _by Tai `Horrn. -`Passed by, Unanimous
vote. F. „
Request for. an increase. in, wages....by the ,two street. workers,' namely
Charles Delp: and,ten Ruegge, -was brought before the Council. bar" Street
superintendent Brown.'
Councilman Mossberg mo.ved...that each..of these-. two meets.&tsa�ar4es be --
increased •C6"'$200.00•a"•montht•start rig with,` th _month..of April,' 1946.
Motion-' seconded; by'Van Horn -and carried::by,_unaniraous vote.: -
: s -there was': no�further'business'-the'' mee,ting-'was',• declared adjourned.
C.'.I. ,Batchelder-
Mayor �.
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