Minutes 1945-12-05 ~17
~rro~io ~rande ~ California
December 5~194~
. The City Council met ~n regular session with ~~ayor J.S.Gibson
p~esiding. _ _ _
Uron roll call Councilm~n Phillips~~chnyder~I~~enny and Lierly
reported present.
The minutes of' the Trevious meeting were read and a~proved as
read.
A communication fram Pacific Coast Building Officials Conference
was re~d and it ~ras decided to lay the m~tter of l~Iembership over
until ~~r,George Barnes the building inspector could be consulted.
Councilman Phillips reported that the street was very low in
front of the Barcellos buildin~ and there was seepage IDnto the
basement. 'I'h.e ~atter v~ras discussed and also the resurfacing of
Braneh Street but no action taken at this time.
N~r ~~I.L.Edm~nds anpeared to see if ~nything further had developed
about Railroad 1~ve; and there was some doubt e~ressed as to
whether it had been accepted~:into the City Street 5yste~n~also it
would have to be surveyed before any work cauld be done.
~~r ~Iaude ~ltontgomery ~s present to ask if the City wanted to
use the gravel from the old.railroad right of way as he vaas going
to level it of~`. There was some discussion but no action taken.
Ea.rl ~eeley from the Volunteer Fire Dept;spoke in regard to
the traffic followin~ t~.e fire engine when goin~ to a f~re and it
~raas declared to be very dan~erous in several ways and it was
suggested the City ~ttorney prepare an Ordinance against the z~ractise.
B.E.Ewing~b=later Supt;asked about ordering 30 water meters and
~~vas told if he needed them he rad better order them.
The problem of ~rading ~Ipine ~treet was brought up and a~ain
the matter of whether it had been accepted into the City Street
System came up.~.E.~'wing Street 5upt;said the southern e~d of the
str_~et was covered with limbs and brush from eucalyptus trees and
trrould take~ a lot of work before ~-rading could be done.It was f"
su~gested that the owners of pronerty facin~ on the street clean
up the street and then the C.ity would ~rade it but no definite
action vras taken.
The Brisco pipeline disc.ussion next came up and there w~s a
len~thy discussion and B.P.Ewing was told to have N1r Brisco come
to the next meetin~:
The contract for Mr H.B.Douglas~arcnitect ~'or the new City Hall
was read and Councilman Lierly made a motion to accept the contraet
of?3.B.Dougl~s as architect,this wa.s seconded by Councilman ~ienny~
motior carried and the contract was signed by ~,~a~ror C'xibson f~.n
behalf of the City.
It was su~gested -that Ti~r George Barnes check on the Fair Oaks
Crocery as it was reported they were doing more work than they had
permits for., ,
.qfter reviewing the building permits a motion was made by
Councilman Phillips~ seconded by Councilman Schnyder to grant the
folloring permits:F.L.Kuhlenbeck to buYld a house on V"Jhiteley St; ~
for 2500~C.C.~harps to build a house on Alpine and Cornwall 6000~ i
G.De~Leon to build a house on T?ewsom ~ubs1500~Troy Robison build ~I
Garage on property purchased~~from Kaars. 600.~.H.4"linslova repair
Gubelman residence on Ide ~treet 200~Robert Rountree to ins~all j
tank and gas pur~p at Fair ~aks Groc ery 1~ .O(} ~ and ~'aldo E. Hart to
build a house or_ ~.llen Street to cost 3000.
The matter of having a street light installed on Traffic ~~:y ,
~s there were no li~hts from the intersection with Branch ~treet
, for ~ long distance vaas diseussecl but no action taken.
Councilmar~ S~hnyder made a mo~ion wihieh ~tras seconded by Council-
man Lierly authorizing ~ttorney H~.rris to netition the County
Supervisors to cancel the taxes on the pro~erty purchased ~y the
City from the V~larren Brothers.
The ~~tter of drav~ing up a new License Ordin~.nce U~as discussed
and itw~ras a~reed the Council hold an info~~2~meetin.g at 7.30 P.M
December 10 to g~ over the license prablems. ,
Bills against the Gener:~ l Fund for ~ 732 .14, the i~ater r und f'or
$ 46E.37,the 4ua~er Deposit ~und for ~ 20.00 and the Special Gas Tax
Street Imp.Fund for $ 77.KC? were audited and approved and ordered
. paid. .
~Iarrant A?o .1 on the capital `'utlay r~und drawn ~ug! 14 ~ 1945 for
~ 5~700.00 for the pur~chase of the property from the ?~"'arren Brothers
vras audited a_~d approved. ~
ATo further business ~rpearing and upon motion the meetin~was
~:d j ourned . ~
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