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Home My WebLink About05/16/1960 - Adjourned Regular MeetingCITY OF NEWPORT BEACH COUNCILMEN Minutes of ADJOURNED REGgDI.AIt Page 236 - Volume 13 MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL Date of Meeting: May 16, 1960 Time of Meeting: 8:00 P.M. Index Place_ of Meeting: Council Chambers is I Roll Call. Surf Riders CA -49 • Ocean Blvd telephoi pole removal CA -167 Operati CdM Bea Parking Lot Claim f Damages CA -84 License CA -63 �J (Agenda Item B -1) Petitions were presented, be ing eighty -nine signatures, requesting the Council to conduct an investigation into the necessity for additional police protection for the area between 35th Street and 50th Street, Newport Beach. Councilman Hart commented that apparently a re- occurrence of the rough behavior of "surfers," which had been the source of trouble last year, had commenced this year. He stated that it might be well to confine surfing in West Newport to a commercial area rather than a residential area. The petitions were ordered received, and the C Manager was instructed to make a report to the Council on the advisability of changing the surfing rules in the West Newport area in com- pliance with Councilman Hart's request. (Agenda Item B -2) A letter was presented from James K. Turner requesting information regarding the costs of removing the existing telephone poles along Ocean Boulevard between Poppy Street and Orchid Street in Corona del Mar, stating that prior requests for this information have been made. The City Manager was instructed to make a report within two weeks to Mr. Turner. (Agenda Item B -3) A letter was ordered filed from David T. Smiley, President of the Corona d Mar Chamber of Commerce, recommending that the City continue to operate the parking lot at the Corona del Mar Beach long enough to gain suffi- cient experience to evaluate operating costs before leasing it out to a private operator. (Agenda Item B -4) A verified claim for damages received by the City Clerk on May 10, 1960, from Joseph 0. Walker, alleging damages in the amount of $70463 sustained when a Lifeguard jeep drove into the rear of one car which in turn struck claimant's car, was presented. Said claim was denied, and the City Clerk's action, in referring the matter to the insurance carriers, was confirmed. LICENSES: (Agenda Items C -1, 2, 3, 4, 5) The following Applications for License were approved: (a) Temporary, R. L. Valois, Tinker Town Carnival Company, 6039 West 76th Street, Los Angeles, for train, junior me ry -go- round ferris wheel, to be operated n parking 1 , ATTEST: Page 236 Present Absent Motion All Ayes Motion All Ayes Motion All Ayes Motion All Ayes Motion All Ayes CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH COUNCILMEN Page 237 - Volume 13 Index (May 16, 1960) Market Basket, 3100 Balboa Boulevard, on May 19, 20, and 21-. (b) Temporary, R. L. Valois, O0pperations Super- visor, Market Basket, 3100 Balboa Boulevard, public address system to be used on May 21, 1960, between the hours of 3:00 and 4:00 P.M. (c) Russell C. DeOrto, DeOrto Investigations, 7471 Dunkirk Avenue, Highland, private investi- gations and Harbor Patrol. (d) Barry L. Nanney and Richard L. Smith, dba Harbor Amusement Company, P. 0. Box 1591, Newport Beach, one miniature pool and one electric rifle games, located at the Pub, 6450 West Coast Highway. (e) Exempt, Esther E. Johnson, President, American Legion Auxiliary, Newport Harbor Unit • #291, 15th and West Bay, soliciting of donations for poppies on May 20 and 21, 1960; business establishments only. ADDITIONAL BUSINESS: 1. (Agenda Items D -1(a), (b), (c)) PACIFIC ELECTRIC ACQUISITION: R 5236 (a) Planning Commission Resolution No. 650, Precise recommending an alternate plan for adoption as Plan #5 Precise P1an.No. 5 of the Street and Highway CA -113 Unit of the Master Plan, for the realignment of CA -128 Newport Boulevard between 23d and 30th Streets, being "Plan C" as shown on Drawing No. 126 -2931, was presented. The recommendations of the Motion Planning Commission for acceptance of said "Plan Roll Call C" were accepted, and Resolution No. 5236, Ayes adopting Precise Plan No. 5, was adopted. Absent Parcels (b) A discussion ensued regarding the acqui- t 2, 3 sition of additional property as needed to accomplish "Plan C.t' The City Manager and the C -113 City Attorney were instructed to open two escrows on Parcels 1, 2, and 3; Parcel 2 to be paid for from Gas Tax Funds; Parcels 1 and 3 to Motion be paid for from a combination of Funds. All Ayes (c) The City Manager and the City Attorney were Parcel 4 instructed to open negotiations with the object & 5 of acquiring Parcel No. 4, commonly known as CA -113 the Cagney Parcel, and Parcel No. 5, commonly Motion known as 'the depot" parcel. All Ayes Union Oil (d) The City Manager and the City Attorney were Station authorized to open negotiations, including any CA -113 appraisals necessary, to acquire the necessary part of the property known as the Union Oil Motion station. All Ayes Budget (e) Budget Amendment No. C -112, in the amount of Amendment $224,275, being an increase in Budget Appropri- 102 ations from Unappropriated Surplus, Gas Tax Fund, Capital Outlay Fun 4, General Fu t Streets, Land and Land ghts, for r {� 9 G \Y) ATTEST- � "hrdyva7 Page 237 x CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH COUNCILMEN Page 238 - Volume 13 Index _ (May 16, 1960) • sition of Pacific Electric property for Newport Boulevard street construction, was approved. Zoning 2. (Agenda Item D -2) Due to the new development in PE area Pacific Electric area, the Planning Commission CA -10 was requested to reconsider the existing zoning in the area, with a view to the general upgradi of the area. Montere 3. (Agenda Item D -3) Consideration of an amendment Oil Co to the Natural Gas Contract with Monterey Oil contracl Company was held over at the request of the Cit-, C -595 Manager. 4.• A letter to Mayor Stoddard from Richard Dist of Carpenter, Executive Director and General Couns Columbiz of the League of California Cities, to which wa Home Rue attached a copy of a memorandum from the League CA -66 of California Cities dated April 28, 1960, re- garding restoring Home Rule to the District of • Columbia, requesting the Mayor to urge that the California Congressman who had failed to sign the Discharge Petition be requested to sign said Petition which would bring the District of Columbia Home Rule Bill No. HR4633 to the floor of the House of Representatives for debate, was presented. The letter was ordered filed. Junior 5. The City Manager stated that the American Legio, Legion requested the use of a portion of Las Arenas Baseball Park on May 28 and 29, 1960, to hold a carnival Carnival to raise money for Junior Legion Baseball. CA -35 Mr. Sam Mitchell, representing the Legion, spok, from the audience. The City Manager was authorized to issue a permit for said carnival. Adjourn 6. The meeting was adjourned. 1TP My CAerk 1 Page 238 Motion All Ayes Motion All Ayes Motion All Ayes Motion All Ayes Motion All Ayes