Minutes 1952-09-03 4rroy~o t~rarids, California~~ :
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Th~ City Cauneil m~t in ragul~r s~ssioa with M~*or Simp~on pr~siding. Upon
roll cal.~ Cou~cilmsn,Serr~ T~Taiters~ Burt and Sturg~s r~ported ~r~san~.
~7: Council memb~ra having read th~ir copi~s oS th~ minutsa of th~ prsvious
ra~sting ~e mot3.on ~as mads by Caunci].aian Ti~aitsrss~ ssconded by Couzicilmul K~rr~ to
approv~ ths minut~s zs Writt~n. ,
y Ths rapo~t ~rom Judgs Eldridg~ wa~ read and ordared filed.
Th~ rsport from Chief of Polica Miz~ Wss resd ar~d ordered ~ilsd. A~ requN~ frr
•quip~an~ for th• polic~ d~pax~a~nt was raad ind discuss~ed and it ws~s ~hought b~
to ho].et up t•tu pf~rah~• of the squip~n~ as ~hsr~ had been no mons~r budget~d for
~h~ •quip~nsn~. ,
Councilmin S~Tsiters ~owd ar~d Councilmsn Be~rr s~condsd~ tY~ motion authoriZing t1~~
I~ayor fi~o sigr~ ths l~aa~ ~Lth th~ Capitol Comp~r for ~hs ~ignal light on th~? bas~.
Th~ Notic• of th~ Oxn~rd mestLng of ths Chsrnul Counties to b~ hsld Sspi~. 17'~h
~ 7 F.M. xas~ r~ad and s motion ~na ~ by Caa~ncilm~n Sturg~s~ s~cond~d b~ ,
Councilm~i Burt~ to hold th~ ~Lddls of th~ month ~s~ting of th~ City Cvuncil on
Tu~aday~ S~p~. 16~ 1952 a~t 8 P.M• ~o th~ Cauncil ~amb~rs could att~snd tl~ me~ting
in Oxi;ard. 1~11. m~nb~rs vo~ted l~n?.
, Ths rsqu~~t from the Hirw~~ Fes~ivsl Com~tit~N to h~v~ Branch Stre~t closed
October 15'~ for #hs atmerics~ I~eegion brsakfast sras r~Ad ~nd di~cu~ssd and it xas
mov~d and aeconded that th~ :tre~t bs closed s~nd to ~ri.t~ th~ Division of Highways
for p~rmit~ to closs ths 8tr~~t. ,
It xas movsd and secondsd that Martin Polia~~ request for ~m~~astioa bs
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ref~rr~d ~ ths P2anning Co~issian for i~~ir r~oomm~sridation.
Th~ l~tt~r Pront th~ Haxtford Insuranc~ Co~par~y vas read and Mr. Hu~ri.~ xa~ askad
to w~3.t~ a lett~r to th~ H~ad Offic• of th~ Hartford Insuranc~ ~oupu~r.
- I,~ttsr~ ~d Sssolutirnas f'rom ths Cities of Ns~d7.e: s~nd San F~rnmdo in rsgard
tc Sale~ Tax w~r~ read sind ordered filed.
M~qor Simgr~on asked for s~n axpr~ssion trom thos~ prss~nt an t~h~ Cii~ 5~.7.os T~ue.
Ray ~nd~rson and M« 0. Pru~as both ~poke opposing a City Salss Ta~ usd 1~. Marsal~k
prod.uced p~titions xith signatures opposing a Sal~s Tax auci sstid if nec~ssary th~p
~ld g~t p~~,itions from th~ Custamsr~. Mr. 8irkpa,trick tuggect~d Ssrvic~ C1ubE
might~ b• ~sksd ~ao h~lp with r~creation probl~mns in th~ City. Councilna~n i~taiter~~
~xpresasd his op3.nion that th~ ares xas not rs~ for ~ Sa1~~ Taa at ~his tim~ and
Councilmu~ Sturgs~ said t~s Cc~uncil had intend~d to arr~l~ invsat3.gats th~
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pcsaibi~it~r oS ~ 3a~7.~~ Taz s~ r n~atu: of rsising mor~ moasy tor ~h~ aaint~n~mc~ of
1~• Ci~r. Do~.Bc~ yrla~d ~ut ~ t~ n~~d ~or mor~ ~an~y,~ xaa i~ for r~ar~stioni
constractioa ca a~cta#~nancs. A~ l~Ag~hT diacuasion on ta,xa~ion tollc~d ae~Q Mr. Sar~Ma
~zplairuc~' ~hat ~h~ ~1.00 timer~,l Fund ~uc rat• could not b~ rais~d wal~~• b~ a vott
o! tht p~opl~. J. J. Sctu~*d~r r~pcrl~ed th~r~ had b~fn ~xi ~80,040.00 surpitv a' Pap
ysarr baak, and t.hs Eity Hall ~s onl~r r~portsd to aost? ~~6,000.00 by fi,h~ p~par ~d
h~ did not fi~l thar~ hsd besn th~t much ou~l~y to mak~ up th~ d3.ff~rsnc~. -
Councilm~n Sturges stated thut hs b~ing n~e~ on ths Council h~ ~vould lilc~ 'to ask
~h~ C3.~rk ~hat .accau~t~d far~ th• diff~renc~. •
T~ Cl~rk garo~ a r~pc>r~ on som~ of' th~' things accompliohed in ~h~ lui~ inr yaars.
~'t~r h~ari~ng th~ pawt~ssts arrl discus:icsn Mayor Simpsca umounc~d th~rs ~aruld b~
no Sal~s T~uc. :
l~tt~ t'rom t2u C~~ry ~~c~eia#~on in regard to pc~or ~rstsr pr~ssurs ,
dis~anss~d and th~n rsf~rr~d to Mr. ,A'~dsrsos to tak~ c~re. ct th~ matt~r:
Tiro bida rop raal cvst,ing of aanr of ths stre~t~s ~rs opm~c! and th~ bid`c~'
Va21~* Pavibg Compar~pr b~i~g s littl• lcnnr~ s~otion x~a mad~ by .Caancila~a~ E~irr~
~cor~d~d by ~owncil;msn 3turg~s~ fi,c> acc~p~ th~ bid of 9all~r Pavir~g Ccx~p~r for
~~020.A0. ~'1]. ~nbsr.r ~o~d A~. • ~
It ~vu r~aos~nd~d that Cauncil~ ~rr si~ in on fih~ ~s~ti~g ~3:th thf g3~tbs~rs
io discuss adoption ot th~ 195~ P1.~mebi~xg Cod~. ' -
CouneiIman K~rr mo wd and ~iters s~cond~d hia motion to cr~dit th~ at~~matt~
3eho~il ~?it.ti c~v~reharg~ on ~t~r bi1Lr until tti~ credit ~eaa usad up.
Council~~n 5turg~s mowd md W~,iter~ second~d thmt vo~tchsrs !~-5 ~bd 6 b~ra~rprov~d.
Mo~ian esrried.
Hills agains~ ~h• G~rural Fund for ~l~,,2b0.69, tn~ ~atsr P1u~d fc~ ~1~67~.74 a~d
~hs ~fit~r Dsposi~ P1md Sor ~Zlt.00 ~irs srudit~ed~ approwd axid order~ piids'
Ne 1'urt~her business appiaring ~th~~ a~e~~ing wa~ u~journ~cl.
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