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Minutes. of REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
Date of Meeting: May 22, 1961
Time of Meeting: -. 7:30 P. M.
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The. reading of the Minutes. of May 8,. 1961, and May 15,
Motion
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1961,: was waived, the Minutes were. approved as written
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and. ordered.filed.
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HEARINGS:
1. (Agenda', Item E -1),In accordance with Resolution No. 5-391,
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Mayor Stoddard stated that cer.tain.parcels of City -owned
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property, which had been declared. surplus,, were. being
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offered for sale at this. time.
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Mr. S. D. Shrimpton..spoke from.the audience and stated
he wished to withdraw his sealed bid, prior to the opening
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n thereof. The City Attorney informed the Mayor -that•if
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m Mr. Shrimpton could satisfactorily identify, himself,, it
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would be in order for the Council to approve.•the withdraw
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of the bid, :.if.it so desired. Mr. Shrimpton was allowed
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to withdraw his. bid.
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Mayor Stoddard opened, the following .sealed bids:
J. A. Bergum Realty and, Investment Co., on behalf
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of its clients, Frank ,Cortege and Patrick O'Connor,
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$12, OOO for Parcel A
$12, 000 for Parcel B
$13,850 for Parcel C
$'13,850 for Parcel D.
Francis Cheatham„ bid $12, 750 for Parcel D.
Robert V. Brose, on behalf of his clients, Mr. and
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Mrs. Ernest E. Ballif,, bid $13, 707: 50.,for Parcel C.
Mayor Stoddard invited anyone. in the audience, who wished
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to qualify for. oral bidding to do so.
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Jack Morris and Robert V. Brose spoke from-the audienc
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Mayor' Stoddard opened the oral bidding on Parcel C.
No oral bids were made. Mayor Stoddard declared Par -
cel C sold to the. clients. of J. A. Bergum Realty and In-
vestment Co. ,, subject to the approval of the City Council
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The bidding.was, closed and Parcel C. was sold.for
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$13,856 -to,J. A. Bergum Realty. and.Investment Co.
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for its, clients,: subject to the. terms •of the resolution.
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Mayor Stoddard opened the oral bidding, on Parcel D.
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No oral bids, were made. Mayor Stoddard. declared
Parcel D sold to: -the clients :of J. A: Bergum Realty
and Investment Co. ,, subject to the approval of the
City Council.
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The.. bidding was closed. and Parcel D was soid.to.the
Motion
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clients -of J. A. Bergum Realty, and Investment Co.
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for $13, 8.$$0, subject to the provisions of the. resolution.
Absent
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Mayor Stoddard opened. the. oral bidding on Parcel A.
Robert V. Brose, speaking on behalf of his. client,, bid
$13j 200.
Patrick O'Connor,. on.behalf of J. A. Bergum Realty
and ,Investment Co., and .its clients,. bid $13,400.
Mr. Brose bid $13:, 500,, on behalf of his. clients.
Mayor Stoddard declared Parcel A sold.to the clients
of Mr. Brass, subject _to the approval of the City
Council.
cel A
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The sale of Parcel A to Robert Bross, on. behalf of
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his clients, for $13, 500, subject to the .terms of the
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resolution, was : approved.
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Mayor Stoddard opened the oral bidding on Parcel B. No
qualified. bid. was, made. Mayor Stoddard .declared Parcel
B sold to. the clients of J. A. Bergum Realty and Invest-
ment Co., subject to the approval of the City Council.
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sold
The single bid. of J. A. Bergum Realty and - Investment
Co., on behalf of its clients, in the amount of $12, 000
Motion
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for Parcel B,. was.rejected. It was stated.that Parcel
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R would be offered for sale at another time.
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Mayor Stoddard - opened the oral bidding on Parcel E.
Frank S. Ambrose spoke from.the audience and. desire
.to establish, himself as a qualified bidder: by the deposi
of a.draft on -the Glendale Federal Sav_ ings.and Loan,
made payable. to Frank 1S. Ambrose.
Thi cashier's check requirement, set forth:in the
resolut on,- was.waived and..it was. - determined that
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subject draft,, inthe, amount of $3, 000, was acceptable
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sold
to qualify Mr. Ambrose as a- bidder.
Absent
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No bids were made for Parcel E. Mayor Stoddard
,declared. the proceedings closed.
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The, bidding, proceedings were. closed and the Council
Motion
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stated. its intention to offer the. two remaining,unsold. pro-
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perties for sale. at some other time.
Absent
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The City Attorney was authoriz d to prepare,, ne sary
documents to complete the. sal
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2. ,(Agenda Item E -2) Mayor Stoddard announced that he had
• . been advised that,, in connection with the public hearing
Mrs. regarding; the. appeal of Mrs. :Isabel W. Miller. from,the
Miller decision. of the Planning Commission denying Application
Var. 644 _for '.Variance No. 644, Mrs. Miller desired to withdraw
appeal her appeal.
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J. W. Drawdy, Planning Director,.spoke.from the.audi-
ence,: stating, that Mrs. Miller had.been present. in the
meeting and had Indicated she planned to comply with
Planning Commission requirements and wished to with-
draw the appeal.
Mayor Stoddard declared Mrs. Miller's appeal with-
drawn, with..the. approval of the Council.
The return of the draft, presented. inthe meeting,. by Frank Motion
S. Ambrose, was. authorized. All Ayes
Absent
CURRENT BUSINESS .(Hearings. continued later:.in, the meet -
ing):
.(Agenda:Item I -5) Mayor Stoddard:requested , that , anAtem
R 5409 under "Current Business" be. considered at this, time.
Use of He .introduced Mr. A. L. Pinkley, Councilman.for Costa
Big Canyon Mesa and a, Director of the Costa Mesa, County. Water
Reservoir District. Mr. Pinkley presented Mr. P. M. Thompson,
by Cost
Mesa Ctv president. of said District, and M. Lee Pickens, General
Water Manager an& Secretary of said District.
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CA 12 Resolution No. 5409, authorizing the Mayor and City
C -743 Clerk, to execute a contract between the City of Newport
Beach and the Costa Mesa County. Water District for the Motion
use. of Big Canyon Reservoir„ was adopted, (having been Roll Call:
recommended for adoption�by Council Committeemen Ayes
.Lorenz, and Hart in a memorandum dated May, 18, 1.961). Absent
• Mr. Pinkley, acknowledged great assistance in the pre-
paration of the documents by Councilmen Hart and Lorenz.
It was .agreed that the spirit. of the contract between .the
City of Newport Beach and .the Costa Mesa County' Water
District is one of joint cooperation and this Council Motion
desires, and so. directs its ., staff,,,that the, contract shall All Ayes
be administered in. a friendly spirit of joint cooperation. Absent
Recess RECESS.of.five minutes: was declared by Mayor Stoddard.
The Council reconvened with all Councilmen present„ ex-
cepting Councilman Cook.
HEARINGS,.(C ontinued):
3. (Agenda Item E -3) Mayor Stoddard. opened the public
• hearing regarding Ordinance o. 962 ,, . b ein (�
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT
BEACH REZONING PROPERTY AND AMENDING
DISTRICT MAP NO. 32,
Ord 962 rezoning property, located between MacArthur Boulevard
adopted and Goldenrod, northerly of 5th Avenue, in Block 93 of
CA -10 Irvine's Subdivision, from an Unclassified District -to an
'R -3 District; Planning Commission Amendment No. 108.
No one desired to speak from the audience
was closed.
Ordinance No. 962 was adopted.
CONTINUED BUSINESS:
1. (Agenda Item H -1) Tall Buildings:
The hearing
A letter was presented from Jack Barnett, Manager,
Tall Newport Harbor Chamber of Commerce, submitting,a
building report from the Chamber's High Rise Committee, and
CA -15 submitting conclusions.
It. was directed that copies of the communications sub-
mitted by Jack Barnett be forwarded to the Planning
Commission.
Mayor Stoddard stated -that a joint study session of the
Planning Commission and Council will be held on June 5,
at which. time. the final report of the Commission in re-
gard to the matter will be discussed.
8th St 2. (Agenda Item H -2) The City Clerk was directed to diary
consideration of the proposed abandonment of a portion i
8th Street to June 5, upon the letter- request of Attorney
vacation Thomas E. Heffernan, representing the owners- of the
CA -14 property immediately, to the west of the Newport Harbor
Yacht Club property. Edward T. Healy spoke from the
audience.
CURRENT BUSINESS:
Piling 1. (Agenda Item I -1) The plans and specifications for the
for pier installation of new piling, for Newport Pier and Balboa
CA -41 Pier,.were.approved, and the City Clerk was authorized
C -742 to advertise for bids to be received in her office at
10:30 A.M. on June 22, 1961. It was specified that the
work is not to be commenced until September 11, 1961.
2. ,(Agenda Item I -2) Lighting in Tract Nos. 2202 and 3542:
A memorandum was presented from the Public Works
Director and City Manager egarding the e' o se
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t bids by .the City Clerk. on May 18, 1961, for the .installa-
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- tion of lighting standards in Tract No. 2202.and Tract No
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3542; recommending the award of the contract to E. D.
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Johnson and Co.
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Resolution No. 5410, awarding the contract to the low
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bidder, E. D. Johnson and Co. , at the contract price of
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$11, 518, and authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk. to
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sign said contract, was adopted.
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3. (Agenda Item I -3) Resolution No. 5411, dedicating a
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certain. street and giving it a name; dedicating the. land
Motion
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acquired in Tract No. 772 between 61st Street and Orange
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Street as a public street and establishing the name of
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"Newport Shores Drive" for said street,, was adopted.
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4. .(Agenda Item I -4) Resolution No. 5412, appointing a City
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Manager, F. Robert Coop, effective the day following the
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adoption of the City Budget for the fiscal year 1961 -62,
Motion
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or July 1, 1961, whichever date first occurs, was
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adopted, and it was stated that Mr.. Coop Was being em-
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ployed,at a salary of. $18, 000 per year.
Absent
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5. Resolution 'No. 5413, authorizing the employment of F.
Motion
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3opted
Robert Coop as a consultant, pending his appointment as
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City Manager, was adopted.
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6. (Agenda Item 1 -6) Consideration of a proposed agreement
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with the Union Oil Company, for the purchase of oil and
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gas from City wells, was continued for two weeks.
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7. (Agenda 'Item I -7) A memorandum was presented from
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the City Attorney regarding the Nelson. v. Warfle,
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Superior Court Case No. 92054.
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The City Attorney was authorized and directed to inter-
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vene, on behalf of the Plaintiff,. in ,the Superior Court
Case, Robert G. Nelson v. Harold R. Warfle,. being
Motion
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Superior Court No. 92054, to recover all costs of the
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City as a.result of the accident.
Absent
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8. (Agenda Item I -8) Resolution No. 5414, changing the
Motion
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name of Pebble Way in Tract No. 3660 to Sandpiper
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9. (Agenda Item I -9) The Preliminary Budget for 196.1 -62
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was received and set for hearing on June 5, 1964 and
Motion
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udget
the City Clerk was directed to publish notice -of said
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hearing. It was stated that three copies of subject
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Budget were on.file. in the City. Clerk's office. for public
perusal.
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10.The City Manager was directed. to request the Orange
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County Flood Control District to provide. financing, of the
entire cost of the Dover Drive torm drain th is
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designed to fulfill the purpose. of the G -1 Project provide
for in,the County.Flood Control Bond Issue.
APPLICATIONS FOR LICENSE:
(Agenda Items J -1,; 2, 3,: 4) The following Applications for
License were. approved:
Motion
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1. Vard B. Wallace, 2041 North Craig. Avenue, Altadena,
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for three slip rentals,. 2086 — 31st Street;, toilet facilities
under construction, temporaryfacilities available.
2. Exempt, Ann Hodges, representing Field Enterprises
Educational Corporation.of Chicago,: 2189 -C Pacific,
Costa Mesa,, for house to house soliciting,, sale of
encyclopedias; World Book.and Childcraft.
3. Exempt,, annual, Lois M. Chambers, President, Orange
County Coast Division of California Retired Teachers
Association,: 209 Diamond,. Balboa.Island, for selling, two
products arnong; friends :and. members in Newport Beach;
sale of plastic:lace tablecloths and Katherine Beich .
candies; money for charitable purposes.- South Coast
Community Hospital and Pas adena.Retired Teachers
Home; no house to house soliciting. :Mrs. Carol Paxton
spoke from the audience. on behalf of applicant.
4. Exempt, Mrs. Wallace G. Balleu, Adjutant, VFW Post,
3536, Costa Mesa Street, Costa Mesa, for soliciting
donations on public. streets for VFW poppies, proceeds
for Relief Fund of VFW,: on May 26 and 27; approximate)
six solicitors, adults - no minors.
COMMUNICATIONS - REFERRALS:
1. ;(Agenda Item K -1) A letter was presented from Richard
Wandrocke,: 2315 Margaret Drive, requesting. that the
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area.from 30th Street to the River Jetty be available, for
surfing after 6:00 P.M. Mr. Wandrocke spoke:frgm the
.audience.
Subject letter was referred to the 'City Manager for
Motion
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recommendation.
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2. (Agenda Item K -2) A letter from Jack Barnett, Manager,
Newport Harbor Chamber. of Commerce,: stating that the
Chamber is vitally interested in the long, range water
program for the City of Newport Beach,, and that a com-
mittee has been appointed, consisting of Dr. John
Jakosky, Mr. Chick Higbie, and Mr. Charles Heater,. to
assist.the City in the. study of the long, range program,
and requesting notice.to said committeemen,of Water
Committee meetings, was presented.
Said letter was, referred Councilman e
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3. (Agenda Item K -3) A copy of a resolution, .adopted: by the
Board of Supervisors. of Orange County, on May 3, 1.961,
'p setting forth policies and charges for contracts with
Lon ci.ties.:within.the County for police protection, care of
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y City prisoners.. in-the County jail, charges for Building an
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Safety' Department services, and charges for Planning De
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partment..services, was referred to the City Manager.
Absent
4. (Agenda Item K -4) The. interim report of Ira N. Frisbee
Motion
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& Co., dated May. 15, 1961, was ordered, received and
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filed.
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5. .(Agenda Item K -5) A letter .from F. G. Grant,: addressed
' to the City Manager, presenting a proposal for the
Motion
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n operation of the City -owned Rendezvous parking lot,: was
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referred to •th� City Manager for an'evaluation. report.
Absent
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.6. ,(Agenda Item K -6) A letter was pres.ented.from Paul
Loughridge, Jr. , requesting consideration of his Appli-
cations for Planning Commission,Use Permit No. 736
and Variance No.. 646,. to allow construction of a multi-
15 story office = building. and parking structure. at 32d Street
46 between Villa Way and Lafayette Street,, under: the
present and now existing ordinances and use permit
regulations; stating that the Planning Commission, on
May 4, held the applications over pending further action
on proposed. new ordinances.
The matter was referred to the Planning Commission. and
Motion
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.the City Attorney was directed to advise the Commission
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of the time limit for decisions on subject applications.
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7. A letter was presented from Charles Perry Walker,
'President of the League of California Cities, urging
1 support by the City of Newport Beach of bills numbered
22 AB. 2848 and SB 1522, which would authorize,-,the with-
drawal of territory from a Recreation and Park District
after its inclusion within a'City by action of the City
Council, subject to the right of the District Board to
delay withdrawal .from a Board up to five years.
A letter from Fred A. Sanders, Mayor of the City of
Walnut Creek, also urging the support of subject bills,
was.presented.
The Legislative Committee was .asked. to examine the
Motion
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communications and to take whatever action, is necessary.
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BUDGET AMENDMENTS:
(Agenda Items L -1,. 2,; 3, 4) The following .Budget Amend-
Motion
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ments were. approved:
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1. No. C -80, in the amount of $1440„ being an .increase in
Budget Appropriations from Unappropriated Surplus
Park & Recreation ' to Parks,,/?Beaches & Re a ion/
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• Parks, Parkways, etc., Mtc. maintenance buildings; -for
materials to repair Balboa restroom.
Budget 2. No: C -81,, in the amount of $25, 000, being an increase in
Amend- revenue estimates from Justice Court fines, .traffic,, to
cents
cont. Unappropriated Surplus Traffic Safety.
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No. C -82, in the amount of $13,400, being an.increase in
Budget Appropriations from Unappropriated Surplus
Capital Outlay to Capital Outlay Pacific Electric-land
acquisition and construction,. for Newport Boulevard
widening project; and $2.5, 000 from Unappropriated Sur-
plus General to Cash General for said Newport Boulevard
widening. project.
No. C -83, .in the amount of $1259 ,(net),: being an increase
in Budget Appropriations in the amount of ,$110 518, from
Unappropriated Surplus, General,. to Electrical, Land
Smprovements, Street Lighting, Tracts 2202 and 3542;
and an increase, in Revenue Estimates,: in -the amount of
$lo, 259, from Donations and Contributions to Unappro-
priated Surplus, General. ,(O. Z. Robertson Tracts 2202
and 3542; Street Lighting.)
T.IONS - ADVISORY:
ABC (Agenda, Item N -1) The -copy of the Application:for Transfer
license of Alcoholic Beverage License, premises -to premises
CA 156 ,transfer off =sale general (from 1522 South Main'Street,
Santa Ana), Roderick A. Fraser, Rod's Westcliff Liquor,
2043 Westcliff, Newport Beach,, was ordered.filed.
Assis° (Mayor Stoddard announced that ;the City has. employed a new
tant Assistant City,Attorney, Richard Newell.
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Recess to discuss Commission appointments.
• The. meeting reconvened. with all Councilmen .present,
excepting Councilman Cook.
The meeting, was, adjourned. at 9:35 P. M._ to June 5, 1961,
at 7:30 P.M.
Adjourn�d
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