Minutes 1964-10-27 ~rroya Grandea Califo~nia
OCtob~r 27a 1964 - 7v30 PmI~ta
Th~ City Council met ~n r°egular session wi1~,~k~ I~Ia~ror ~Tacob~ pr~-
siding. Upon ~°ol~ call, Gouncilwoman Thomp~on, Councilmen
McNeil and Burt reported present. Councilman Vaood was absen~~
MINUTE APPROVAL
The minutes of the ~°egula~° meeting o~ Septer~be~ 22, 1964, ~h~
adjourn~d me~ting o~ Sep~embex° 2~~ 1964a and ~h~ ~~gula~ zr~~~~-
inq of Oc~ob~~° 13, 1964, were app~oved as pr°eparedm
AUTHORIZED PAYMEN'I° OF BILLS
A motion was made by Council.woman T'homp~or~,, ~eeonded by Cour~c~Y-
man Burte that general wa~ran~ts No~ 232 ~th~ough 330 i.r~ ~lze ~mQun~
• of $38,668~52 and pay~oll warran~s Noo ~36 th~ough 385 fo~ ~aay-
roll of Oc°tober 2nd in the am,oun°t o~ $ 7 9 563 417 ~ and payr~o~ ~
warrants Noo 385 °thr~oug~h 428 for pay~°o1~ o~ Oc~obe~ 16°t1-~ in
th~ amount of $6a 521 ~ 26, be app~°oved a~.d ordered paid. 1~Ilo~ior~
carr~ed.
C~A•'~IENDATION FOR POLICE OFFICER AL'.LISON
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Mayor Jacobs_pres~nted a le~:~er of comz~endation to Pplice O~~i-
cer Billy J. Allison an.d Police Ch~e~ R.ichardsoz~ on beha~f of
th~ Caunci~L for outstanding service performed by Officer
AI.lison in ~he hancl].~ng o~ an automobile accid~nt ,
REQUEST THA"I" ALLEYS IT~T VJALNUT GROVE ADDITION ~3E ABANDONE~
Th~ City ,t~dminist~rator informed~~h~ Council that a ~°e~u~s~
had been received f'rom P~ir°s o F'1o~ence Gu11 ickson Benniq~dox°f
that certain alleys in the Walnu°~ G~ove Addition in the Ci°~.~
of Arroyo Grande be abandoned. A.f.ter diseussiona a reso~u~ion
of intention to vacat~9 abandon and close po~°tions o~ unnam~d
alleys in tlze Walnut Grove Addition in the C~~y of Arx~pyo G~ande
was r~ad through °~he ti~le by ~the Ci~y A~torney~ thereupon a
motion was mad~ by Councilman McN~ild seconc~ed by Counc~.lman-
Burto to dispense w~~h reading ~Y~e ba~ance of °th~ R~solu~io~.
Motion unanimously ca~°ried,
RESOLUTIQN NOn 636
A RESOLUTION OF° INTEN'~"ION TO VAGA'I°~; ABANDON AND
CLOSE POR`I°ION OF UNNAI~I~D ALLEYS IN THE V~TALI~UT ~ROVE
ADDITION '~'O THE CI`I'Y COF° ARR.OYO GRANDE, COU~T"I"Y OF SAN
LUIS O~ISPO,, STATE OF° CALIFORNIA
On motion by Councilman Burtd seconded by Councilznan I~IcNeiT
and on the following roll call vo~e, ~o-wi~~
AYESs Councilwoman Thompson~ Councilmen FricNeil, ~ur°t
and Mayor Jacobs
NOES: None
ABSENTc Councilman Wood
the foregoing Resolu~ion was adop~ed ~his 27~h day of ~c°tobe~° 1964.
TREASURER°S REPORT
The Treasurer e s Report for °~~e mon~7i of ~ep~ember, 1.96~, znra~
received by ~he Council and oa~de~ed filed.
DEPARTl°~IENZ'AL 1~30NTHLY R~PORT
The Departmental ~~ton~h~y Repor~ fo~ th~ znont~h of sep~ember~ 1954d
was received by the Council and orde.~ec1 ~il~~.
Arroyo Grandeo Cal~forn~a - Oc~ober 27, 1954 - Pag~ 2
~~A~VE OF ~ALIFORNIA CI~I~S R~PO~~ AND ANALYSIS OF BALLO~
PR~?P05ITIONS - ~ " -
The City Admin~stra~or p~°es~nt~d ~he Counc~~ w~th a copy o~ ~;h~
League of California Citi~s Repo~°i~ and Ana~ys~.s of ]..964 Bal~o°t
Propositions. for their in~o~ma~~on and s~uc3y,
~RDINANG~E NO~ 200 - GFtADING & EXCAVA'I°I-C~N ORDINANCE
An OrG~inance of the Cit~ of A~royo G~°anc~e ~s~ablishing grad~ng
and. excava~ion procedur~s was r~ad ~hrough the ~i°tl~~ th~r~-
upon a motidn was made by Caunc~lman M~Nei~o seconded by
Councilman Burt, to c1~ spense wi~h ~~ac~ing ~he balanc~ of. ~he
Ordinance. Motion ur~animously ea~°r~.ed.
ORDTNANCE NOW 200
Z~N ORD'IIVANCE OF THE CIT'Y OF ARROYO GR,AND~
ESTABLISHING GRADING AND EXCAVATING PROCEDUR~S
On motion of Counc~lznan NicNeil, s~conded by Councilwoman
Thompson and on th~ following ro11 ca'll ~rote, t,o-w~t°
AYESm Counei~.,woman T`homp~on~ Councilmen McN~~:l, Bur~
and Mayor Jacobs
NOESv Non~
ABSENT' m Counc~~man V~Tood
th~ for~going Ord~nance was adop~ed this 27~h day o~ Oc~,ob~~o
1964.
"~EPOR'I° ON REVISED BUS~NESS LIC~NSE ORDINANC~
The City Administra~or pres~n~ed ~h~ Ccuncil wi~h ~h~ revised
l~usin~ss license ordinanc~ and gave an o~al r~epo~°t regarding
r~commendations. After discussiona Mayo~ ~Tacobs ins~~uct~d
the Council to review the recommended o~°dinance and a~l r~c-
ommendations are to b~ presen~ecl ~o ~~he Council by th~ next
r~gular meeting.
STATE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE CENSUS
The City Administrator outlin~d ~~ae ~ac~or~ showing ~he necessity
of conducting a house-to-house census at ~his ~~me and informed
the Council that the State would not give the City another esti-
mate of
census until a head count had b~~n accomplisheclo due ~;o
the numerous annexations to th~ C~ty since the 1960 federal
census. After discus~~ono a mo~ion was made by Councilman
i'~icNeila s~conded by Counc~lwoman Thompson~ ~hat ~h~ Ci~y 1~dmin-
istrator be instructed to proc~ed w~~h th~ S~ate Depa~°tcn~n~ o~
Financ~ hous~-to-house census. Mo~ion carri~do
HEARING ON REPOR'~ OF '~HE SUPERINTENDENT OF' STREETS AND LEVYING
AS~ESSMENT FOR THE INSTALLA'I"ION OF CURBa GUTTER AND DRIVEWAY
APRONS ON WOOD PLACE.
The City Adminis°trator° ~eviev~red °the ~epor°~ of °the Superint~nc~ent
of Streets regarding tl-ie insta~~a~t~on of curba gut~e~ and c3rive-
way aprons on Wood Plac~~ ~he cost of sam~o and spreading o~
assessm~nt °to individual prop€~°°~y os,,~ner~~ '~Yie total cos~ o~
the proj~ct was $20308.40. Mayo~ ~acobs decl.a.~~d ~he h~aring
on the report o~ ~he Supe~°in~:~nd~n~ o~ S~~~~~s ~nras duly pos~~d
and hearing was now open~d and a~l p~~°son~ fo~° or aga~.nst ~he
r~~ort would now be `h~ard. MrsW E. M. Boznme~mano 238 Wood P~aceo
questioned the co~°x~ected amoun~ of
h~~ ass~ssm~nt. As ~h~re w~re
no ather persons wlho spok~ fox° o~°against t~e repo~°ta Mayor
Jacobs dec~ared the hearing clos~d. Af~e~° cli~cussiono a r~s-
olution confirming 1:he ~epor°~ of
~he Sup~rin~t~nd~n~ of Stree~s
and levying assessmen°t fo~ th~ ins~al.lat~on o~ eurb9 gu~~ter
and clr~veway aprons on Wood Place wa~ r~ad by ~he C~.ty Attorn~~r.
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Arroyo Grande~ Ca~ifornia - Oc~obe~ 27a 1964 - Pag~ 3
RESOLUTION NOv:~37
RESOLUTION OF CI'I'Y COUN'CIL OF CITY O~ .~2;ROY0 GR,AND~
CONFIRMING T~i~ R~POEtrI" O~ 'I°HE SUPERIN'I~~NDEN'Z` OF'
STREETS AND LEVYING A.SS~SSMEN'~ F`Ol~. THE INS'I°ALI~A'I'ION
OF CURBa GUTTEI~ AND DRIVEWAY APRONS
On motion of Councilman Bu~~:a second~d ]~y Co~nci~man
I~p.cNeil and on the following ro~~ call vo~~9 ~o-wi~o
AYESO Councilwoman '~~ompson9 Councilrn~n McNei~,, Bu~~
an~ Mayor Jaeobs
NOESo None
ABSENTo Councilman wood
th~ for~going Resolu~tion was adop~ec~ ~his 2'1~h day of Octobe~
1964.
'R~~'ORT ON CLEAI~ING OF ~ROYO GRANDE CRE~K
Tlze City Admini~~~°a~or pr~sen~t~d a proposal of ~he _Di:~ec~o~ of
Public Wor]cs wl-iie°h ~uqg~s~ed cl~ar~ng ~.h~ crce~k ~0 6 ft~ ~bo~r~
~the flow lin~ from Garden S~t,~ to Hwy. 101 by hiring on~ man
and using ciity employees at an ~~°~ima~~d cos~: of $~50.00 ~ An
agr~emen~ to b~ signed by prope~°ty owners along the c~eek hold-
ing ~he Ci~~ harm~ess wh~ch had b~~n recommend~d by ~he City
A~°~o~°n~y wa~ ~evi~wed. D~°. Jaclc Penc~ spok~ on behal~ of ~he
Zone 3 Flood Cont~°ol Adviso~°y Commi~~ee and gave ~he suppori~
of t~his group in cl~ar~ng of ~h~ c~~~k a°~ ~:his ~ime. A~~~r
d~scussiono a mo~~on wa~ made by Councilman McNei~a secondec~ by
Councilman Bur~e ~hat`par~i.al c~earing of ~~e cre~k ~rom Ga~den.
S~reet to Hwy. 10~ be au°~horiz~d a~ an appx~oximat~ expense of
$750.OOa subjec~ to obtaining permi°~s or agreements from
prop~rty owners to hold City harml~~s~ Mo~ion carried.
AWARDING BID - SUNSE"I DRIVE STORM DRAIN - PROJECT NO~ 90-64-9
Tlie City Administrato~° repor~ed that on Oc~ober 219 1964a at th~
hou~° of 2a00 P~Ma bids w~~°e rec~ived and op~ned fo~ cons~~°uction
o~ Sunset D~ive S~orm D~°ain, thi~ being th~ date and ~ime set by
the Counc~l for said bid opening. Bids were ~°eceived as
followso Wm. Lyles Co.B $1Oa319.40; T~d Watkins ~ons~. Coa~
$11B130o00o W~st Coast Con~t, Co. $6a162m24. The City Aclminis-
trator reported that it was the recommenda~ion of ~he Director
of Public Works °that item No. 5 in ~'h~ amoun~ of $1.0500o cover-
a~ng st~~et pavingo be oznitfied from the cont~ac~ anc~ ~ha°~ °~hi~
wc~~k b~ done by th~ Ci~y c~ew. Af~e~ d~scu~sion~ a mo~~on was
made by eouncilwoman Thompson, seconcled by Gouncil~an Bur~a °~Yiat
~he low bid subm~tted by W~st Coast Cons°~m Co~ fo~ Sunse~. Drive
S°torm Draino Projec°~ No. 90-64-9~ in the amount o~ $4a562o240
which represen~s their bid of $6,162.24 less $18500~ be accep~ted
and t°he Mayo.r be au~lzorized ~o sign ~he con°~rac~t~ Mot~on
c~rr~ed.
REPOR'I' QN CURB AND GUTTER INS`I'A~LAT~ON AND DRArNA~E ON GRAND
AVENUE
Th~ City Admini stra~or gave ~-~~~n~~ on °~lze cu~°b and gu°~ter
survey on Grand Avenue for ~the Counci.l ° s info~ma~ion and s°tudy wit`h
regard to future p~ans. TY~e Ci~y Engineer s°ho~rec~ maps o~
r~commenc~~cT hand~ing of traffic va~°iou~ poin~ts on G~°and Av~nue
and Brisco Road.
REPORT ON HALCYON R.OAD AND SUGGESTED SCHEDUZE OF AC'I°IVITIES
The City Adminis°trator r~po~ted ~o ~h~ Co~inc~l ~ha°t on~y ~~nro o~
t,hrce pa~°cel s r~mained on which righ~ o~ way had not b~~n o1~-
tained for° the Halcyon Roac1 Improvem~n~ P~ojec~,, arxcl ~equested
t~o more wee]cs in which °~o ~u~~h~~ nego~~ate ~ri~~ tlzese p~oper~y
ovm~rs before cond~mnat;ion proce~dings are in~~iga't~d~
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A`tentative schedule o~ aetivi°ta~es °wa~ ,p~~s~nted for tlze Council ° s
information and l~dayor Jacobs recommencl~d °~`ha~ °t`he time fac~ox°
be emphasized in al1_~lanning. A~t~r discus~ionQ a motion w~s
made by Councilman McNeila seconded by ~ouncilwoman '~lzompsonB t~a~
the City En~ineer be authorizecl °~o p~epa~~ speci~ica~tions fo~ t°h~
Halcyon Road Improvement P~o~ec~. 1~"to~ion carri~d.
"~EtOGRE~SS REPOR'I" OF° $OUTH SAN I~UIS OBISPO COUI~'1'Y SANTTA"~`ION
DISTRI ~T
A pro~ress report of th~ South San Luis Ob~s~o Coun~~ Sanitatinn
District was giv~n by M~yo~° Jacobs. H~ in~orm~cl tl~i~ Council ~t~at
at the meeting of Oc~ober 26-~h, Wal sh o~ ~h~ Wa°~e~° Po7~u+~iqn
Control Board had informed ~tne Da~s°t~ic~ ~hat ~here was no~- salt''
water intrusion in th~ Ar~°oyo Val~ey a~t ~his ~ime and ~hat
$30, 000 had bc~n al~ocated by ~he S~a~~ for ~he s°~udy of ~l~is
probl~m. It was also repor°°~ec1 °~ha~t ~tud~r ~ras b~ing givcn to
the _possibili°~y o~ recha~ging ~he wate~° ~abl~ w~°~h ~r~ated
~ffluents that assessmen~ dis~.~°icts v.rere b~ing ~ormecl in neig -
boring communitiesa and tha~ °the Engin~~~~ w~~°e alz~acl of sck~~~ule
with tlzeir plans and specificat,ion~. Compl~~.ion da~e of ~7~e F
project is scheduled ~or March 1966.
GOMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS ~
1Wlayor Jacobs appo~nted Counci~woman Thomp~an and Councilman
'W~ad to serve on a comma~ttee ~o studya w,itY~ th~ Ci~,y Adminis-
tratora the billing system o~ t1z~ Wat~x D~pa~t~m~n~ and seetiqns
of the current water ordinance refer.~~ng ~o ab1~.g~,~~ons of
propex°ty owners of rentals.
1~Iayo~° ~7acobs s~ated t~hat a commi~~t~~ composecl of ~ouncilwoman
Thompson and himself, along wi~h °~hree meznbers ~~°orn °~k~~ communi~y
at largea would serv~ on a continuing basis to s~udy ~,7~e problern
of tax relief to property owners and ~,o s~udy ~he ~o].Lowing
areasr 1) Pay as you go p~°oc~ss anc~ r~r°~at ~f'fect ~nd how i°t
should apply to our fu°tur~ ~k~inkings 2) Equ~~ty of c1~s~ribution
of taxes b~tween City and Countyg and 3) Fec~eral grants availabl~
to our community.
~SOLUTION NO. 638 - AUTHORIZTNG DESIGNATTON OF_ L~MITED P~2KING
AREA
The City Administrator advised t°he Council ~,ha~ ~ r~ques~t had
been rec~ived from tYie Arroyo Grand~-Un~on ElemeM~ary Schpol
District re th~ designat~on o~ a~imitecl parking area on Qrchard
Avenue. After discussion, a R~so~u°tion authorizing designation
of a limited parking area on O~clzard Ave. znras x°~ad by th~
City Administrator.
RESOLU'~'TON NO, 638
RESOLUTION OF '~HE CI'~"Y COUNCTL OE° THE CI'I'Y OF°
ARROYO GRANDE AUTHOR.IZING DESIGNA'I'ION OF A L~MITED
PARK I NG AR.EA ON OR CHARD A.VENUE I N "~~iE C I TY O~'
ARROYO GRANDE
On motion by Councilwoman T~hompsoraa secondecl by Councilman
Bux°ta and on t°h~ following ro11 call vo~e~ to-wit~
AYESs Councilwoman 'I'°hompson~ Counci~men McNe~.13 Burt and
Mayo~° Jacobs
NOESo None
ABSENTa Counc~.lman Wood
the foregoing Resolu~ion was ac~opt;~d ~his 27~'h day o~ Oc~obe~
196~.
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~NVITATION TO PARTICIPATE IN PISMO BEACH CLAM FEST~VAL PARADE
The City Administrator advised ~ne Counc~~ ~ha~ a~ ~nvitation ~ad
been rec~ived from the Pismd Beach C~ambe~ of Commerce ~o~ th~
Council to_par~icipat~ in t~e C1am F~stival Parade on Novem~~~ ~4B
1~64o Mayo~ Jacobs instruc~~d th~ City Adminis~rator ~o advi~e
the Pismo Beach Chamb~r o~ Comm~rce tna~ the Council wou~d par-
ticipat~ in the,~arade.
_'REQUEST OF CHAMBER OF COMM~RCE FOR CON~RI~U~ION
The City Administrator read a requ~s~ o~ ~he Chambe~ of Comm~rce
for the donation of $750 £o~ ~he purchas~ o~ Chrislomas ~e~ora-
tionsa a budgeted i~em, After discuss~on~ th~ r~que~~ was
approved for ~ayment.
TOUR OF IMPROVEMENT PROJEC'I"S
The City Administrator° in~or~mecl th~ Counci~ tha~t a~ou~ of t°hc
City improvement pro~ects would ~e h~ld on Novcmber 7a ~964m
AATOURNMENT
On motion by Councilman Bu~°~9 second~d by Councilman. McNe~l
and unanimously carriedo th~ mee°ting ad~ourn~d a~ 9~28 PoM~
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