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Seal Beach, California
October 11, 1954
The City Council of the City of Seal Beach met in
regular adjourned session at 7:30 P.M. with Mayor Pro-Tem
Paul Calvo presiding. The meeting was called to order with
the Pledge of Allegiance.
Present: Mayor Pro-Tem Calvo
Councilmen: Flanagan, Leonard, Lawhead
Absent.
Mayor Clark
Request of Jack Croce, Y~uth Center Director, tor
permission to attend League of California Cities annual con-
terence in Los Angeles, October 18th and 19th and ~hat the
registration fee of .5.00 be remitted by. the City. It was
moved by Leonard and seconded by Lawhead to grant the request.
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
Flanagan, Leonard, Lawhead, Calvo
None
Clark
Motion carried.
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Letter troM Norman Kellogg urging the jetty project,
as recentLy proposed, be put on ~he urgent list of improve-
ments was read a ndafter a general discussion relative to tide-
. land oil matters, it was moved by Leonard and seconded by Law-
head to solicit the aid of the California League of ~ities.
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
Flanagan, Leonard, LaWhead, Calvo
None
Clark
Motion carried.
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Letter from W. L. ~obertson, requesting that Reso-
lutton No. '846 be recinded and that several issues be put on
the ballot-at a later date. He turther renewed his offer to
pay the election expenses incurred in the election called tor
October 20th. After a general discussion with the audience,
the Council Members and the City Attorney, relative to the pros
and cons of speCial elections both separate and consolidated,
it was moved by Flanagan and seconded by Leonard that the letter
from W. L. Robertson be received and tiled.
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
F.1anagan, Leonard, LaWhead, Calvo
None
Clark
Motion carried.
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Youth
Center
Jetty
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Etc.
Gambline
Ordinance No. 461 (Amending Taxi-cabs license tee)
was presented by title by the City Attorney. It was" moved by
Leonard and seconded by Flanagan that Ordinance No. 461 be
deemed as having had its second reading and be passed for adoption.
Ord.
461
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Reso.
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Reso.
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Ord.
462
Water
Bond
Issue
Police
Dellt.
AYES r
NOES:
ABSENT:
Flanagan, Leonard, Lawhead, Calvo
None
Clark
Motion carried.
Resolution No. 851 (Establishing Salaries of City
Employees) WaS presen~ed by the City Attorney. It was moved
by Leonard and seconded by Lawhead that Resolution No. 851 be
adopted to take effect October 16th.
AYES:
NOES :
ABSENT:
Flanagan, Leonard, Lawhead, Calvo
None
Clark
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Motion carried.
Resolution No. 852 (Determining the necessity of
certain municipal improvements) was presented by the City
Attorney. It was moved by Leonard and seconded by Flanagan
that Resolution No. 852 be adopted. .
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
Flanagan, Leonard, Lawhead, Calvo
None
Clark
Motion carried.
Ordinance No. 462 (An ordinance calling a special
municipal election, November 23rd, 1954 for Certain Municipal
ImproveMents) was presented by the City Attorney. A general
discussion followed about consolidated elections and the neo-
essity of the Water Bond Issue election as a separate issue.
.It was mov~d b7 Flanagan and seconded by Leonard that Ordinance
No. 462 be deemed as having had its first reading and be passed
to the second reading.
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AYES ~
NOES:
ABSENT:
Flanagan, Leonard, LaWhead, Calvo
None
Clark
Motion carried.
Upon motion ot Councilman Leonard and seconded b7
Councilman Lawhead, and carried by the following vote, to wit:
AYES:
NOES .
ABSENT:
Councilmen. Flanagan, Leonard, Lawhead, Calvo
It
It
None
"
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Clark
the fOllowing order was adopted:
It is ~ereby ORDERED AND RESOLVED that .OIMelveny and
Myers, bond counsel, be and they are employed upon the $369,000
waterworks bond issue to be voted upon November 23, 1954, to
perform their customary services as outlined in their letter of
SepteMber 3, 1954 and upon the terms and conditions stated in
said letter.
In the matter ot the modernization of the Police Dept.
quarters, it was moved by Leonard and seoonded by Flanagan that
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Roy Thomas "be instructed to proceed as planned at not to ex-
ceed $500.00
AYES :
NOES:
ABSENT:
Flanagan, Leonard, Lawhead, Calvo
None
Clark
Motion carried.
In the matter of alley paving it was moved by Leonard
and seconded by Lawhead to instruct the City Cl~rk to advertise'
for bids to be opened at the November 3rd meeting.
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AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
Flanagan, Leonard, Lawhead, Calvo
None
Clark
Motion carried.
It was moved by Lecnard and seconded by Lawhead that
sections 3Cl and 3D of the pier lease be amended to change the
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Alley
Pavinp;
Pier
Lease
date of payments frOM October 15th to December 31st and that
the Mayor and City Clerk be authorized to sign the amended lease.
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
Flanagan, Leonard, Lawhead, Calvo
None
Clark
Motion carried.
Roy Thomas reported that he had the plans for the
lighting of the Youth Center grounds. It was moved by Leonard
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and seconded by Lawhead to instruct the City Clerk to get~ bids
for the project.
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AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
Flanagan, Leonard, Lawhead, Calvo
None
Clark
Motion carried.
Roy Thcmas reported that the Girl Scout Committee
would like to install a sprinkler systeM on the grounds ot
the Scout House but that it should take a one inch line from
the water main instead of a three-quarter inch line. It was
moved by Lawhead and seconded by Flanagan to grant the request.
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
Flanagan, Leonard, LaWhead, Calvo
None
Clark
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Motion carried.
Roy Thomas stated that ~he_ trash truck was in very
bad conditi9n. ,He was instructe~, to look into the possibilities
of the purchase of a used truck and report to the Council.
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Roy ~homas was also instructed to investigate the
sale of the Road Roller with the possibility of the purchase ot
a smaller one more suitable for our purposes.
It was moved by Flanagan and seconded by LaWhead to
adjourn.
Youth
Center
Girl
Scouts
Trash
Truck
Road
Roller
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AYESr
NOES:
ABSENT:
Flanagan,
None
Clark
Leonard, Lawhead, Calvo
.
Motion carried.
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C ty Clerk and Ex-Officio Clerk
of the Seal Beach City Council
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Approved:
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Mayor
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C 1 ty Clerk
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