HomeMy WebLinkAbout03-11-1936 City Council MinutesMINUTE RECORD OF REGULAR. ADJOURNED.. MEETING'. OF:THE.CITY COUNCIL.
MEETING HELD ON .THE 4 DAY Ok- - Ig
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A.regular; adjourned meeting of the',: City %Codncril, of :the-:City of Elsinore was
held on the above -date.: The ,meeting was"called -to order at, the ;.hour of 7:30 P:M
with Mayor N. Matich._ in the Chair.
Councilmen: F. H.cSmith, O..B. Sheane, F •A. Roach, J: E. Mills and N.
Matichsanswered;the ;roll call.
Absent: None.
Thereupon the, Chair ordered that the- reading of the minutes -of the previous
meeting be dispensed with.
Whereupon the":Qhair. reported that h'e.hadtvisited the.3tate Health :Dept. at
Los Angeles regarding, an analysis of the water- in,Lake Elsinore and was informed
that C. G. Gillespie, State Sanitary Engineer, of,Berkely Calif. was the proper
person to contact regarding the local situation and a laboratory test of the water.
Thereupon Major Conklin of the Elsinore Naval and Military School reported
to .Council that.thsir. Chemist -has made ; a -study:of the:present'condition of the
Lake and ascertained that there is now:: 15000 acre feet -of . -water :in the,., lakw which
would require five monthly,bluestone: treatments -and aeuggested that. :each monthly°:
application would require five tons of bluestone in order to effectively correct
the present algae- condition of the, lake.. e
A.large.number.of interestAd citizens were present -at theme,eting. and after
a general discussion of the matter and - due - consideration of action to be taken, it
was generally agreed that immediate.action be taken to properly :bluestone -the lake.
Supervisor Stanfield being present was called upon to state if the County
would render any financial assistance to help .defray the cost of .taking, care of
the local_ condition. Mr. Stanfield reported that he personally could.not make any
definite, pledge,..however -that he realized that. the present condition of the lake
is a serious menace to the entire :community -and, promised, that he, personally would
cooperate in every wag possible and would support and urge.the County Board of
Supervisors to render - substantial - financial >aid to this community to help correct
the existing serious. menace.
Mr. Stanfield further - suggested -that a committee of local citizens be appointed to wait upon the Board of Supervisors at their next meeting and personally - Mended
an invitation to such a committee -to- appear before the Board to present to them a
statement - of- the-local : problem: A large number of local citizens volunteered to
serve on this committee.
Whereupon it was moved by Councilman Mills and seconded by Councilman Roach
that it be authorized to order five tons of bluestone at once, which motion was
carried by the following vote:
Ayes: Councilmen: Smit #, Sheane, Roach, Mills and Matich.
Noes: None.
Absent: None.
Whereupon it was moved by Councilman Roach and seconded by Councilman Sheens
that the Clerk be- instructed to forward a letter to C. G. Gillespie., State Sanitary
Engineer, and inform him of the present condition of the lake and request that he
REGULAR ADJOURNED MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL March 11th, 1936
make a personal inveatigation:of the local condition and advise us as -to the
proper remedy, which motion upon vote was carried.
Thereupon it -*as -.agreed .1y.1Counoil,.,that Councilmam Smith :be -appointed 'a
Committee, of one to.,Zed-to-"the purchase;�of the ,.five ... tons of bluestone and to . ... ....
arrange for its transportation to Elsinore.
.Vhereupon .,-it was i.further agreed by Counoil that Councilman Roach be appointed
to take charge of and arrange for a crew to bluestati6..the...lake,,and.,.that-he ba--r:
authorized to purchase any necessary material.
Thereupon it was moved by Councilman Sheane and seconded by Councilman
Mills that it be authorized to trans-fer,4500 from the Wa*tir Fund 1o:a Fund' , to
be known as a Lake Fund, which motion was carried by the:;following,-vote-