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1956-10-29---29 MINUTES OF MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DAIRY CITY October 29, 1956 Council met in adjourned regular session at 7 30 P fi at the City Hall 9352 calker Street, Dairy City, California Meeting called to order by Mayo' Van Dyke COUNCILMEN PRES ]NT• COUNCILMEN ABSENT Arnold, Arrowood Baroldi, Van Leeuwen, and Mayor Van Dyke None City officials present City Clerk Olsthoorn, City Manager -Deputy City Clerx Wesenberg, Deputy City Attorney Harmon. Also present was Rev. t'isher, pastor of the Church of the Nazarene, who was called upon b5 riayor Van Dyke to open the meeting with prayer Minutes of the last meeting were read by Deputy Clerk Wesenberg Councilman Arnold sugp•ested that the wordinj. in the section on the register of Demands, about the payment for the first and last months' rent for the City Hall be revised After some discussion, it was de- cided that this portion of this section should be deleted entirely It was moved by Councilman Arnold that the minutes be approved as corrected Motion was seconded by Councilman Van Leeuwen, and unanimously carried. VESSEL'S ANNEXATION HEARING Deputy Clerk WesenberE stated that no protests had been filed with the City Clerk's office The Vessel's Annexation Ordinance No 10 was then introduced by the Deputy Clerk, entitled "AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE ANNEXATION OF CERT IN UNINHABITED TER .ITORY, DE'SIGNk-TED 'VESSEL'S ANAEXATION', TO THE ARNOLD ANNEXATION CITY 0P DAIFY CITY " Deputy Clerk Wesenberg stated that he had been contacted by several people protesting this annexation one such protest being in writing and signed by the following people Elia "utter Leonard :white and LaRue White This protest was read to the Council by Deputy Clerk Wesenberg Councilmar Arnold stated that these people had previously affirmed to him their approval of the annexation, but that they ap- parently had changed their minds, due to being afraid of high taxes Rev Fisher, pastor of the Church of the Nazarene, stated that he and -1- October 29, 195b and the members o-' his con •res ation knew nothing of the annexation until it came to them by hearsay on the previous Frida; He stated that he was present at the meeting to gain irforrnatior concerning the annexatior as it affected his churcr and their properties, so that he could inform his Board for their appropriate action rev Fisher asked, if the Board does decide to annex to the City, could the ad- ditional iour lots in the re'r of the church building be included He also asked what procedure should be followed if they decide against annexation Councilman ,.rrovood suggested that signatures of all piopert,,r owners should bo obtained b&ore proceeding to taxe action on this, or any other, annexation He further suggested that the City should assume that people do not want to annex until they come to the City and ask for annexation Hev i''isher stated that he thought that Councilman Arro.•.00d had a point Councilman baroldi brou _ ht up the Point that the City can't druw lines around people who are not it favor annexation in order to tette in people who are in favor Councilman Arnold moved that the ori^'ina.l annexation map be -out back into effect, which included property north of Bishop ,treet, and leave out two alleys There followed further discussion on points of hood public relations Councilman Arnold stated that he had talked to is 'white, but that she had evidently changed her mind since that conversation Councilman Van Leeuwer moved that this matter be tabled until the Deputy Clerk could write to these interested parties and have them appear before the Council or present in writin;_, their de- cisions regarding annexation (interested parties beini, owners of Lots 25 throu h 35) i'otion was seconded by Councilman Arrowood, and unanimously carried OOSTEN ANNEXATION Deputy Clerk ,.esenberg stated that City Attorney Powell had talked with the Artesia Land Company, but that thoy had not called back, therefore the situation remains the same Mayor Ve.n Dyke asked about the flitrht pattern o' the Los Alamitos Naval Air Station Councilman Baroldi stated that it was planned to extend the runway -2- October 29, 195E ,31 w y another 2,500 feet The Navy is tryin_> to buy the right-of-way Buildings in the flight pattern must be no more than 80 feet high in the front of the pattern and 50 feet high in the back The flight pattern will fan out and anything within that far comes under severe restrictions These restrictions will materially affect the Artesia Land Company property At Baroldi's plant the fan will be close to one-half mile wide There would be a restriction as to what could be built in the flight pattern Industrial buildings would be allowed, but no housing: There was some discussion as to what could be built on the Artesia Land Company property Councilman Arnold stated that Los Alamitos could not file for incor- poration again within a year. Councilman Arnold moved that the Council start annexation proceedings City Clerk Olsthoorn suggested that the signatures of the three dairy people be obtained before doing anything; more Councilman Arnold withdrew his motion Mayor Van Dyke suggested that the City 'Manager get the signatures of those three and start proceedings It was stated that it will have to go bacK to the Boundary Commission because of the change it boundaries It was estimated that the area might contain eight to ten registered voters Councilman Arrowood moved that the City Manager get the sig- natures of the three people and start annexation proceedings Coun- cilman Baroldi seconded the motior It was suggested that the City Manager check on the registered voters Councilman Arrowood with- drew his motion and (,ouncilman Baroldi concurred Councilman Arnold moved that the Council resolve to declare its intent to annex the territory, that it be described, and maps drawn lotion was seconded by Councilmar Baroldi, and unanimously carried HEGISTEd OF DEMANDS City Manager Wesenberg read the checks, to whom they were made out, the purpose, and the amounts The City manager reported that about 3,000 00 had been spent by the City during the first three months of its existence Councilman Arrowood moved that the Register of Demands -3- October 29, 1956 be acceoted Motion was seconded by Councilman Van Leeuwen, and unanimously carried LETTER OF THANKS Councilman Arrowood moved that the City Manager send a letter to iir Frank Noe thanking him for the contribution of the two fluores- cent li<, ht fixtures ror the Council Meeting boom Councilman Van Leeuwen seconded the motion, and it was unanimously carried SALES TAX Ot DIN INCE Deputy Clerk `sesenberg gave second reading; to Ordinance No 8, en- titled "AN O'iDINi NCE OF THE CITY OF DAIdY CITY IOSING r_ CITY SALES LND US: TAX; PROVIDING FOd THE FERFOiii•IANCE BY THE STATE BOA I.D OF E'LrLIZATION OF ALL FUNCTIONS INCIDENT TO THE ADMINISTRATION, OPE-1ATION AND COyLECTION OF THE SALES AND USE TAX HaiEBY IMPOSED AND PROVIDING PEN _LTIES FOR VIOLATIONS THadEOF " Motion was made by Courailman Arrowood, seconded by Councilman Baroldi, and unani- mously carried, that Ordinance No 8 be read by title only Motion was made by Councilman Baroldi, seconded by Councilman Van Leeuwen, and unanimously carried, that the City Council adopt Ordinance No 8 Noll call AYES* Councilmen Arnold, Arrowood, Baroldi, Van Dyke, and Van Leeuwen NOES None ABSENT None SALES TAX EDMINISTRATION AGREEMENT City .ianager esenberg asked the Council to pass on the Sales 2ax Administration Agreement with the State of California. Upon motion by Councilman Van Leeuwen, seconded by Councilman Arrowood, and unanimously carried, it was resolved that the Mayor be authorized to enter into an agreement with the State for the collection and administration of the City Sales and Use Tax MISCELLANEOUS The matter of the stop sign at Ball and Miller doads was brought up, -4- October 29, 1956 and the need for such a stop sign was discussed Deputy amity Attorney Harmon urged a "Yes" vote on Proposition A on the November 6 ballot There followed a discussion of the need for the new Court House in Santa -na Mr Kroesen of the "Enterprise" urged a "Yes" vote on Propositions B, C, and D City manager Wesenberg reported that the lease on the City dall has been signed with Mrs Gersh, with the chanes as approved by the Council CITY SEAL The sketch of the design of the new City Seal was presented by Councilman Baroldi Councilman Arrowood moved that the design be accepted and the rubber stamp ordered Motion was seconded by Councilman Van Leeuwen and unanimously carried HEATING City Vanager wesenberg reported that a bid had bee --a submitted by a heating outfit for two gas heaters of the parelray type vented, and installed so that they could be easily removed The bid was for 0_30 00, plus labor of installation It was decided that another estimate should be obtained preferably from Mr Tom Murphy uECOGN ITION City Manager Wesenberg reported that both Dairyland and Dairy City were to be designated as official City Manager Cities by the Inter- national City Managers' Association. This constitutes quite an honor for these cities VAEIANCES In the matter of variances which had been submitted by the County Planning Commission, it was decided to give them to the Citizens' Idvisory Committee for study at their meeting on Wednesday evening These variances were for 1 Ge-aeral Petroleum Corporation for a service station at the northeast /—corner of Millei and Ball hoads 2 Cal -Ay -Uta Oil and Mines Corporation (agent Leslie D Vaughn -5- October 29, 1956 - w 34 in Long Beach) for drilling an oil well on the Harada land 3 Russell B Clark for a fertilizer grinding plant on Bloomfield, south of Lincoln mayor Van Dyke asxed that all the Councilmen drive by there and look over this site because it will be a controversial question 4 E g bellows for the establishment of a small auto wreck- ing yard north of the fertilizer plant on bloomfield All of these variances have been approved by the County Planning Commission ADJCUHN 'ENT since the date of the next regular meeting falls on Defense Day, it was decided to hold the meeting on Tuesday, November 13, 1956, at 7 30 P i in the City Hall Upon motior by Councilman r.rrowood, seconded by Councilman Baroldi, and unanimously carried, the meeting was adjourned to November 13, 1956 g9f---- Job Van Dyke, Hayor • e i of Daily City, Cali ornia ATTEST art st oorn, ityCClerk a 1 of the City of Dairy City Burton vvesenberg, Deputy Lity Clerk of the City of Dairy City -6- October 29, 1956 y