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12-11-1946 - Regular Meeting - Minutes1 T� Regular meeting,. of .,,;the City Council of the Ci ��fqst in4 i f _j y of, _Qov C41. December i' "c -Mee- ng avers-1al le& to,,ord,6Y.. at_17,415� P.,.M Present,; Daniels Hurst 8,SchabarunY,,Van--1Hdrn, Absent: Batchelder . tand elre ", ta io.t6dr, ids '-.-'6ha1rman in the,:,abaenc e - off,�:the Mayor. •' A number of. citizens were present to discuss business zoning Plan Daniels asked City Atto..rney.,"Smith%:to..,e'xp'l.ai.n..' to those resent es _ the purpos e. of the meet ing and the. newspaper a' Ai ci "' ' p that i' .: I- ci-l's.,decision as 4pear-e.d tec6htly,regardlng, the Ccun beat wa y to. handle: the matter. 5-inith '-started. o f f= byp s "ay i ng t h a t i!., t he-" ma, t ter . h ad . V_e e n -,. thrown .open 'to -t-fie. - cltaieh6*�bf­WestCovina ,to'decide'. whether to open up -the Highway for business or plan. a civick,,]?uquess center and that. this, meeting --was. held for the purpose of discussing�(J'_th e s i tuati on., pel imint6r*ly­wi th.,some�"Jdf ..the'-, representative" _bubiness,-m6h Afid:,cltizeils of -"the- City. "i-He said- that if a civic bfis i 'would �b6 to select ness-center-'was s-dec'Jided,'on­it'W necessary the :`Proper,-1loddtioft Aookifig forward of,.-coVks6 to the future development_ --,of 'the,,'Cfty and thb 'proper location to1-46dure the opertyavailable b:e6ie's't'-_' to selected. Als'd '.'be' in -need of `-,Appx6xtimately 20 acres to ad'd t6,-the. -es,titiatcid.,,-ZO .:60 :acres to take care )o h' -p f - a e 66-11*� a-rk-"and civic 6enter0 -:hitzek-How did- de s i dh as t'o;"*.how large an area Daniels;, Past experience has shown .that about I" acre' is needed o' a1r, thousand f.:ea 'old .-ind�o-'inhabitafits­ and i.t'is not too much to expect t h&t1,'-,'some­:dayt Weis Covina will have a population.of from.50,,to.60 thousand* iJ -Txiamin*.'40-hfisdn'i. 16 . h4i4 an ,extra}' ordinary �brdih charicd, at this time to plan !Whilyo This is iLi_ bui1ding. of -An­ideii. OMM A,;.f dw, -thdUsand dollars too bi a�'-J!ob..for amat6 ' " 91, urS An-. e;;cp spent n low, expert, city c ay; 9 -re. ,u . f ut -divi.de.ndei:,.,tO,!prts'ent;,.Ipropq;rty,.-Io.,wn-ers and resi- dents ;,Yof, 4 our City* .;It would be. wdll.,worth While for the Co. itizens, to get. -together along with '.0 uncil,. Subdividers., May -be Aonv4idns.:,coUld.,(be had from aome to cover .,.this ,.expe'ns.-.e,.,i,, I,.f or,.,.ond U, J. t 0,, 1) mould be willing -!BU-T) Ort this move.i- r. JI Scha _barum; ;.,The.,:busiriess, si.te.1-and. -zoning shdul-d.i�be settled first .-;.before,.,,the,iplange..;r.;.,it- employed.: 2 Johnson; It seems to me that the study and survey should be made first in order to determine what s.:it.e, would be the most logical for the business center and then should come t(bhe effort Ito 'secure' the property. Ells- Whatever- s..pot- ij�chosen-=the owners might not be will, ing, to cooperate. K. Johnson; An area wit'ri a ..half,..mil.e :or even ,a ,mile .might _not be too far ou't,;-bf t1ge .way.esi :, < <: ; Daniels;. I believe. that five or. six locationswill­- suggested . and :when o- we' ge.t'.sme • of,_ these,:offerings, ,in then will be. the. time . t o employ ..the planner. Rasmussen;. Instead of just one planner why not employ more than one for. I believe that the..problem...is important' enough to -.warrant-.. the.:;extra :expense.. `.Duf,•f; 4�Vhy., .have anyi:°planner?; Get,;.ahe. vote, ,;of•.;the.pr.,operty own- era e Daniels <:, If ypu, can;,b,ring., i•n.•,.to ,,thee Council;.,offer ngs- :of: several :I groups. of, from 50;..to�: 6.0 -acres.i,t;wi.l1,hel,p to ,hurry the a_ a :,plan along:.. ._,_-� .il ,.}o.....`J. ..•.�:.: - Harb:ertR;:,Whether that City of iWes t Covina,;.is going r be a city entirely. off. of _the highway,or partly, o4,;,and;p4rtly off ;. ,,.-,;of therh ghway,:•,is _the;,,que$tion. =The-ro :will.,be,- about . ,r f ,;.four b.ulbsw;and it seems to•,me that ,one of ,thggv ..bulbs should be:...near:-the;:civ..ic� & business. center., I,;boge that t r : i s >cent.er;,wi;ll; n;ot be;l,to,o,, far :off .of .the.: hz,ghwey® Anderson: If the business. center is es`t:ablisl.ednly on .'o' one? side of r they hi,ghway.­aheA� West C.ovina, will be, cut ;in.: two. ,It _.s.houTd be ,near an, nderpass. Fzire ,an,d police should be able to re.achoborth sides,, -;quickly,!, If, business. is put too far off of the highitay a progressive town' cyan never. r . be,::bu lt... 9,0% of, ;every,,.,to,vrn•.having a, , large -.,highway has. * s:.Ebuway. ,;The F.r}eeway,;-will be a great blessing. to Wiest Covina. 'eople that, have•#s,uch• ,tracts;- near ,the higlilday "can offer them ;fy :consideration., Schabarum; Ask the real restate men. of the community to-'eon't'a.ct . the owners, of,-pro.pe,rty`-,4nd .report to the council what is z ;-a�tailable..}.' fnLjthis, way wouldn!lt It, Abe possible to f ; ' decide .this .xga�t'@'r=;°-among :;ours,elves? H.jrber -I .own -'property at Orange at }G"arvey where there will be an :'�-underpass: and {-At°, bulb.has :po�'nt. there..are about 49 acres _'avai:lable on the South �s,ide. of •. Garvey -;and about 16 acres 4 on 'the ,North side.,both +:running 'back. f rom the boulevard and.,'i}n 1,addition . to ,..this; there .are. more- acres. that can be +t ':. back of`:ahet. mentisoned. T•he.only argument that I can see against this location -.-is. that it! -is, -,not; An the. _exact geographdcal center .of. the City,however it would be convenient..for thedevelopment ':that Chas ;already' taken place in' Sunkist Villigge"" nd..'the'1.develo:pment _that is taking place at: this. time.. When Cameron. Ave comes througb it would be a straight shhot through from.most of the subdivisions that ar now being sold. • • had r- 1-2/11-46 3 continued If certiiinly looks like a', niatural jo,me. The Main ' ' be_A th " 'h ghwatyo 'More" subdivisions will, be deve'lo]pmant should e- u of ­ t. e.­I�f * -promoted ' there as there are groves i more walnut gr6".'s on Ihat si,46- They v-11 `Ve ;first, to• be; subdivided;- and as .,the.- land.;. becomes. developed and more valuable. the. orange - groves_ "will -f dlI'd** owner the .;the,-o er.-.of,,the,pTq,perty on, ti South '.'q­id'e­-,'6 '6-ni, Dec'emiber_ 2.'1. wrote him and, f olio,"wed it up lite" r`with P-1A ngs fromthe :. .. pa rs As I said.bet6re .. it of ,the. Ci ty, -but.. is -.about ther ., cente- of %;the, City'S population at, . th . i s - t ime.. Ali� 0 it s the t�present school site .�,fte,r-g6t�.'t'i'ng,.s,ome,'propd,rty 'Undd up it, would be �a .1 `gqoA,._idea ,, to employ.-.a:,.city.; planner. like 0' n,,'for phis irk. • Pomeroy man. who -is ,nationally y. know e Added to. this, idea'. of'& bus ines6,)f6nt6ri -I 'b-U6Vt­'that -there shou,ld.--bespot ,.business !..,zoning, -at eT. e x -bulb.* 'With some sp-o -zoning.of, so is th e`e,. ,.v,.,, ' ingshould be taken care,:of nicely.*..I,.:,j" Jofin`s.6n.; .It grill 'take some little to, bet the property f o r thin .site lined up;. I; am,. building,,,60,,,.h6,uses for vet The.,ap J­J .-e ee.n,.Im,.,,, s . e here are rated.16ir�,be'cause. there. is -no business, within 2 1/2 to i�xe: iiii,` '­tXa:d!'ih'C4he c C ijty and _3. -miles �Tj, be =nspeb i- d f ..lks. with children.' most these, are young,.,marr e o w ,.The wives..have�:no aaks,in-t e. daytime ,in which to do i1iie"ir, sj�o,:",Pinigo -T ere .must .stores within walkin p e.9 di9tance. On'e.,of the first"thing6 'to 'd6..4'e­t6 ­&V, ''stores .near, _ titese. subdivisions. There , ,are two-, probj pips s one central. busInes,s:,di.s.trict. and,. -the,. -other a spot business `:a.zoning I ---plan ,,.to, take.,: care,, of nei,g-4brohood shopping, -"s j- estion to establish made an, exqqllent, su he..' 4ntril diiit'l 99­1 C both, lano and.,t 0,,,sp h _pit., zoning p Rasmussen;. The business,, district sh'o'uAd_I'not ,'Vi­built' around- 'one 0 -car t,,.,:The,.�b ulevard will,.! y-ee-solid mile6 of r business... The State will work ;wi,t 4.,,.the.jCity in planning theae underpasses, Da:niels; If 3Xff `will send .all be you,.c6iisider`6' in. your ,, jpng,,and-auggpeti,ohs , they will -.'d,­* . laA, ­ d -I dont belip7je.w,that• the, width, Hof the P,Uter,hi&wa h., "y,whicI understand.�.ia,.Z2.;f t..,willv allow eno.xigh�,.room,.fo�u''r"s.(nes''s parking. Anders,on;.-,- .',P.arkdng .,should,, be; behind: the buildings Rasmus s en; The�should be. .a"mple,.,,I)i'rkiig..sp,4c.e.4:�,lowed,,,fo r,-behind There.should .that face t4es e .6,ute and it will " a r4rives sle o,give...a,.muc�h. better - appearance . f rom, the, highway. Duff; P­Wh1e4h business,� .taken. off; of the '.regular.highway. the ,whole district: hovid.be;,nctih_.andsouth" f the -hi • ;Rasmussen; -' Our City has, , played 41qng.. . -x, -th.the.Zt:a ; te. ron',: this Freeway i6ietiii.6'... We.'might.,wait for ".another ,five , or six rears for it to be built. Daniels; Mr Harbert . brought: out some, very . good.; id�`a eas nd`�-othe r 'roiipsi11 get t©gether. E.W6'6ds: Suppose.".that','4" i . ,5�'�,location6°.are,rsuggested? SmitYi; ' It,'will be up to us': to` s'ehec.t't'ther best' oneo Duff' L' V9hat°.about establishing.'.'real estate'°offices for the 4 ' N - %subdivisions on the,`1A 'hway. I` suggest` that only prop- erty 'owners be' given' the ` right.. ,' Rasmussen;:, I don''t 'agree be.'cause. new'business:.•people might become r property' ownere • and citizens o Harbert;There 'are`, on3y ,three-�real *'estate'. offices on the highway uJ inhest Covina..,M,6e berg's ?Yeager's and mine. • Haffid`er: I have been "sr t'id owner.' n Test I do not 'Covina. own property`"on 'tlie.. highway .'-I `d d'but I sold it. What is going to be done aboutrorange.:•grove 'owners. on. --the , Highway whose land isworth from 3_. to. 5 .thousand dollars per:`acrE` . I do ri'ot'b.eliece that sitj:ls Iariif toµ'thez-e 'owners of- high priced rlarid'.not ='to' zone= the highway for <. „T 'busmge�.Maridt�carin6t'be :walo4 for reaid nce purposes because of tY e no.i p ..aza.. i stu,rb4A aea.,.. Anderson; }The "S hty haz zoned' the',hi'•ghway far 'business from E1 Monte ' °to"arid. also from Pomona west. ' 'This' cityis, }incorporated we can'requs,re nice buildings tobeputu �.A .. .3. .... ;.L �.rr i`i. 1 �.a£. .t.a ti. a ... .�. .. _.1.. ..... . Off.. ,.,•.. _.} ,Dani�s'r:''It is 'now about�egYit=�o'clo`ck'�arid'.the City Council has ' pt'as ` regular'busir`iess 'mee:tir g for iht..`'Please bring in } •.; ' your'''offers%The ino.re -��'t.he merrier. SWe' are hamming a special z J+ =meeting" on LJarivary: 2nd: to:•'car'ry` on° -wi ih this business of :zorik4g,:''°Get"`yoU"k 1`_.i 4 iri:rbefo're,..-then.'- .Thank. you for coming tonight. ..Y�.�.: i„.. ' ,�.i :r ,�, S: �_�_, :i ,.. ,'` ,s.,. •d ;1,�.i ,,s ,..r �... •wi.:s: _'`- x �s'94� J. .. .. r tt s ipoint .ytte crowd vleft leaving'torFly thd�s a `'that had special . bus"ne'ss ao..present .'' The minutes of the meeaings of November 20th.and.December,.4th were read. Minutes of •November-20=were order`ed)-do-rre'c:t-ed..t.o..-inAude a change, .ordered .in. the minutes 'o.f.. Augue.t. 14,1946 .showing.,accep- tar ce Hof easement for'storm drairf purposes -on: tract 1I3865'. Minutes of Dec:: �4 t'`o7 `include.Ninoti*o,n� made [b 8chai arum to hold a `specfah nest rig:`an='d'anuary 2,. to , di a a u sd i oning. 'Otherwise they were .declared approved'-ra-&. ieWC-!` Truman Johnson •'saki}-tha.t? he e.'thiiag ,!to...take' aip with'. the Council and that they,were as follows. _ 1- ` That'' as `Jt' he ' C i-ty, was • c o nt em-plat irig th6., e s t ibl is Iii vain' o f a - f .rciunicipal water system that he'•offered.'as' a gift' to City 38, ahare•s of"i,a 7 ier t4` .,Vater� �C'ompariyr stock He,. -asked- the -Council to take this under c.onside-ration. rr hey had an indl4idual„••yin $idind- that: would` start a bus, line .--:service• �thr`ough';-West =Cov nar'--circling =Baldwin` Park, and Covina. He said that he would..be willing to. help this man in his fin- „ :anciral .arrangemehs' if."'the'. City would, giant =hia a: permi't:'to r . ,operate,__ a r .. • 12/11-.46 ` - 5 - 3-, Thaat 'he wished"to establish:.. a pe.rmanent�office on.the',, .estate loa.ridbusiness ,.,bu,ild� ,:.ingland,•construction'iri''addition''.to.',being a real estate; broker. -He °: went'' on to say `' that he had-''doi a and. would , continue .to ,..do everything to aid the progress: of. the.. city~:and.that�.he .was =certainly entitled';to,.favorable consideration .in: the _..;.:Jutte'r '-`Hips = office 'lease -in Pasadena expired, on 'April, 30, 1947 and that in order t'o pu't up ` a `building ,:and have it ;.�:i read yc}by that time he must have' an immediate ;answer, either no. 1,That on ac`co'ut of the busigical ness .trict. not .1o.l.being �yet?�'establi'shed- that 'tli -.lo�Fplac.e rat the --time being was `�Ga`r9ey::Blvd. He, aontemplat`ed building a,. dg ,ethat would,. include_ a store 'in addition ;.to, his . office • ;arid. that} 'a.• store `{such `as `a - Ardware `stor`.e ,would e an .;asset tot the. community. He .,ended by'saying again;that_ he emusti have,':an�.answer within a� short time,®; :L Van Horn, told °him` that the�,fact that,'others applying for 4..)•Q.ar.i'snces had 'be_en' ref s,ed�'that his', applicati on. must ,b .given f .conside.rable. tYiought before 'answer `i g..;Tha"t,,the Council, could :,.knot:<<ai'ford'to-'do anytkiingwthat' was inc'' istent.with-,:,the,,policy already. ebtabl=fished. u; .,,.;Mr;.Johnson eras iDroini$ed` however, . ihat heli.: would }have .some, kind of ;11. pan' answer"'*ithiri` a week'. Hetkien Ti6frft t2ie meeting@ ,, City Attorney bmi.th said that, -we had.,delay;ed, the, zoning, to.o, long sand:rthat'.this',�wasc,,a good prospect .f,or a 'bus,ines,s that would be a` credi.t'.to .the ;City -and s'Youl`d be "given all of `� the. consideration possible. : Z -`Schabarum'-said that i"f-' we''1et'. the pressure ;.off "here there would �'-be I"others out of -what the lCourioil 'con6iddrs..°logi6.al business �spots� that would ``egpe.e't ' =fir Harbert braugYt=up the'matter `again: of .the'fl'ood''wate-r••con- dition on,Citrus Ave-. across f r'o'm.,,:: h.i s property. "Daniels told him that he had. talked to Mr Boyle engineer of -thd._%tract',.'•from which the water came and that he had..told him.that he would make the necessary changer' ' �' ' ktt , ® Harbert? then-` saip that. he- would like : to make. `another request. u He''had redently acquired' the. property at`, 'ih'e'.' ,tttheast corner -of oCal'ifornia'-`and.:".Garvey sn'di that he would like 'to erect, a t� real .estat,O,.,o%ffice I there: - ~" :; ... .Daniels s:t,old:'him_1 that ,thei °subdi t' $dhad to: be favored wi th ". bo'iilevard� �locations..so . that:. they. can sell_ t2 e. 'subdivisiond s: t and that. they di in,'t want: `any: more._.real"':estaae, offices than there-'liaad'. to be. r Harbe"rt :said that his bffices .were also z seili-ng'subdivisi-on lots arid. he asked the 'council to please Mr Glenn Kuhn'City Auditor° `w,a,s present to d'i'scues' installing a ru:6hing -•inventory for a -ty supplies. He.,s'a d; that he didn't believe4;t`hat at. this time 'the results or -s,.avings';,Would justify the-'ekpenoe ©f setting up,°and keeping such :a. record. Daniels•;told, h=4 � that that: 'the future had `to; b"e,,taken care of ' , - �.and-',in;:�his ` dpinion now was the time to s tart'. r ,Kuhn 'suggested that some on take 'a physical Any n ory�r` � d li s.t all of the items at"'the'. end . of then Nara an is c 'u -6- could be made the starting point. He said that when a requisition came through for - the purchase of new supplies the patty that requested the pu.rchase. could -ber.questioned., - to.,,what, became of the -;'article that''Wa6, being, rep 'aced. and;. in that way *it could 1 be ' ciba rg e d * -6kf "'i n . ih'b 6 Th e i n' v e'n' t o r, y , :of.;course would propi%r,,,mann.el have to be on a `quantity b` as r4th er,, t4ap on :the;, basis'. of cost .value ­­` He'said``that a. u get sys,t'em-sh ould-;be,set up; tp.; control the expenditures -b if ' J' u t 'that this, s ib "j"u d be done.j.at:thq_Start4of,. the ISO ue new' 'year: ime', befoxe_n'',3.0.th ­Van.::hdrh, said d at-hebudget mi. gIhtI,,tel..1. ;.U's 'how ch;-,wa s. bebe_spbn. but did­rbt 'raise the Qmoneyt ' i­ '-and', carry -a rx7'.9.,n efficiently - the :ci,aty "a e• were..raised-4t-wouldrovide ihe-necassd'7,6niou-,thatwas,About-,the•only w • Phis •co"u1d 'be ayud.Oo# Mr -was- ins, f; truc, ed �to.,,brgan ze_�such ,a,budge sometime he­n6 w bef.ore' 1-t -,f isc4l year° -time & that e y q4..e. of -citY, Propqrty.-'no..;,matte'r how...'small , should' ljj��e authorization , ,in * the' ml flut6i - Of 1he council. -meetings.. He. promleked_that thisj.awould: bo..done.-, -matter ." bfthe-r�eques t,'f va rien c e ox no,(f ;4nd:.storen 'Garvey .te�ween aYihlow; and ker, 9njtbe-south: ,Sideof"t Uar mdde'. Tj" ­ah'Johnson.-was .di-s:cuased..,�Jot-?.-was SO n 8 p a on be held',.." ..,ov..er:-wi_t.h.­the' promise to him that if within ninety days the,,proposed. business district h� {o t''beei�-'d:�fi'ni't4§ly"'.cho's'en'.tha't--a,var-ienc.e�...w.ould be made to hiW' on S' ! loved that ' chabj�UK M,t the Chief of .p 1' o lee be, :authorized~ to the, ­t'w6rjjy two target;pist' §1,,owned by the i ty at. a,.. pri c e of $40 00 Motion seconded by Van Horn. and carried. ,The City Clerk brought up, the matter. of; the., overdrafton, the General .Fund- of ,.t ab6ilt_$200.`-Hemade s i�stiuci6d"to, ..ask_the Ci,ty,.,Attoxney_ if. temporary 'transfer" could bi: .�rrom,heS,treet,,.Fund.,, until the tax payments. dame in from tie Cou'n'ty around the fits*t`_`bf­the year the _attorney approved,..it to go ahead with they fund.,..transf er 9 f 6 111 ERAX Cko ITO 0 3189,_ T.. J..Stanford, 1-la.;90,,, 32Q8, Blackard 'px7ice 2.7,50 90 Faun Or& 94.,00,,- ­)91 +,,Arook's`.. 6.09 1: marshall Henson-, 54a20 _l0,.,.�;Cajtpy!s,-Xotor -cycle• 2 Keith'_ Martin 57-80". 6.96 , J -,;:Fedel,ral..,�Iaboratories5,.14 ` 3Jerry, Nic,bolsl '4. T B±b wrl 144 10 2 1?,9,qthi rd-.* 18A3 erry Nichols' 3;-Gal-vin M 13-19 'i hdl' Mfg, 0 f9 4iaif b rd .12'3'C2, 5.00 Dr. W�Hankins. ".4 '7 Faun: "t rawf'o rd"' 94 "0"0' -Induqtrial I's , �, �n5: n'' -100�60­Z.A. Fire laxb-; enso County m 750'00 .�Ptp�tinnery2a6l 9 Keith Martin 57o80 7 Mb-rris' Gak4ge 4.88 3200'.Peggy. Ower.., 49#60 8.-Pedep 8.00 00, 0 ho Sd 75 'Pity.,.Pom,.na 121400 0. -Fern ,,.3aye' .3 - -00 Geo j'APP 0 43.49 Carey all," 50'. 0 0, 1 So.. -ties Gas 5.72 tar.;Machine.�..,_..- 28,84 4 ce mi 2,: S, .. i a 0 26',*' 0*0 5' "Glenh Kuhn ' t Z,�SU&e.:Comps eni,. 222.50 6 G e ral d. Vic. ­ Roberts: 61 4:,Valley Supply. 80961 4 3 w6Q,', - 12/11- 46 - 7- General Fund -(Continued) 3225 Cash Postage 6,OG - 6 Police Petty cash 15066 7„Adams & Ells 46605 Total Gen. Fdo 20574.88. Street. Fund 1711 J..T.Browti 184070 3 Peggy Ower 49060 4 . Chas Delp 940 60 5 Ben Ruegge- 94060 6 Chas Delp 94.60 7 Ben Ruegge 94060 8 Electrical Products 8025 9 Hunter Firestone 18.33 20 Pacific Rock 29.03 1 Peden Hdwe. 1053 2_:So. Cal Edoson 40.55 3 State Compens . Ins 99o2.0 4 Valley Supply 1060088 Total,.Street Rd* 1865o47 j. Van. Horn.Moved.that they be paid.and..Schabarum seconded. Motion passed0 As no . futher business, was. brought before the meeting it was declared '1 adjourned0 n �C_ity Cl rk Actir*M.ayor L.J ,