Minutes 1952-07-16 ~o~
Arrogo Grande, ~alifcrnia
~ July 16, 1952
The Cit$ Cauncil met in regular session with M~yor ~impson presiding. Upon roll
call Councilmcn Waiters and Burt reported present. Absent Councilman Kerr.
The minutes of the previous regular and ad~ourned meeting were read and
_ a.pproved after the minutes of the adjourned meeting was amended as followst "Mayor
Simpson appointed a ~ommittee of himslef and ~ouncilmen Burt and ~~aiters to select
some one for Councilman to replace B. D. Conrad, Jr. who h~d resigned zt the meeting
held July 9th".
Councilman ~+aiters reported on the COTCIi111ttCC meeting held ~uly 12th and that
they had chosen Faul Sturges to take the place of B. D. Conrad, Jr. Councilman
Waiters moved and motion was seeonded by ~ouncilman ~urt that g~ul Sturges fill
the unexpired term of Conrad. Al1 members present t¢~oted aye,:
$ , Paul Sturges was sworn in by the ~lerk and Mayor Simpson said Councilman Sturges
had requested that he not sit in at this meeting.
~ The Council ad3ourned to sit as a Boa~d of Equalization and there were no
protests on file. J. J. Schnyder asked if the Assessed valuation h~d been raised~
and xas told they had not been raised. No one pr~sent protesting, the Bozrd. of
Equa.lization meeting wad decl~rr.d adjourned. _
The Council now pr.oceeded with the regr~lar order of business.
Mr. ~uchanan's request to take the balance of his vacation, was approved by
the ~ouncil. ~
A motion was made by Councilman Waiters, seconded by ~ouncilman ~urt
approvi ng the Chief of Police ~.ppointment of hoss ~layton as Police ~fficer to
serve at the pleasure of thc ~ouncil for z period of 3 months~ tr5.a1.
Mayor Simpson asked Mr. Anderson to present the Maps and plans for improve-
ments in the Western Ad.ditian and the 5outh Alpime s~re~: Sewer, drainage, curba,
gutters and street i.mpeovements were discussed. Mrs. D. P. ~'hompson protested thc
og~etaing up of Rena S'I1Z'CCt~ as A1pim~ stre~t needed improving. It was explained that
the water stood in tY~e yards on thc west side of Alpine Strcet. Several other
propcrty owners discussed the sugbestcd impro~rements in t,he area. Mr. Colton and
Mr. Jacobs both expressed thernselves much in favor of sewers and imprnvements. It
was agreed to see how much money it wc~uld take and how the cost would bc spread,
and hold a special meeting July 30th, and have more comp~.cre estim~ted prepared.
Mr. Andcrson asked about adopting the new 1952 ~uildin~ ~ode and it was
decided to have Mr. Hzrris preparc an Ordinance for the adoption of the 195~ ~ode.
Mr. Anderson reported he had contacted the Division of Highways about a
double linc on the curve South of Town and thcy had agrced to putting in the double
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line, but the speed limit signs could not be cha~:ged. They asked for a copy of ~
Accident rep~rts on ~ny Major accidents on lA1 Highway; so they could determine
by the number of accidents if they were caused by any particula r re~sons.
a Bills against the General r~und for ~ 1,591t•85 , and the Water
~1znd for ~ 545•30 werc audited, approved ~nd ordered paid.
No further business appcaring and upon motion the meeting was adjourned.
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Mayor
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~ Arroyo Grande, California
J~V 3~, 1952
The City ~ouncil met in spccial session to discuss improvements in
WCStCT11 Addition and the ~outh ~lpine Ar~a. Mafor simpson presided and present
were Councilmen W~iters, Burt, and Sturges... Absent ~ouncilma~n Kerr.
Mr. Anderson presented the mAp with the suggested improvements arid had
some tentati,ve estimates on the different improvements. Some of those present
s~ked xhat the improvements would cost for individual props~x~t~:es and w.ere givan *
estim~.tes, as ttiey had been figured. _
I'f He was ~sked if cert~.in parts of the work could be done without doing
all of the work, they were told it would proba.bly be cheaper in the long run to do
it a11 ~t orle time .
Mr. Harris explained that the engineer.ing work would iiave to done befoxe .
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passing a Resolution of intention to hold a hearing.
Councilman ~turges moved that the Engineer be authorized to prepsre
proper engincering reports to cover the improvement of ~estern Addition s~nd the '
South ~lpine ~is#~rict to be ~vzil~ble for the Council by the second m~eting in
SQptember ~if piassible, ~ouncilma.n ~~aiters seconded the motion and all members votec~
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No further business zppearing the meeting was adjourned. ^
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Clerk
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