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HomeMy WebLinkAbout08-10-1936 City Council MinutesREGULAR nEZITING OF THE CITY COUNCIL Aug. 10th, 1936 A regular meeting of the City Council of the City of ,Elsinore was held or, the above date'. The meeting was called to order at the hour of 7 :30 2.3d. with Mayor IMatich in the Chair. Councilmen: F. H. Sr_ -.ith, H. Perret, J. E. Mills and N,,Matich answered the >roll call. - Absent: Councilman: W. H. Hopkins. - L inutes of the previous meeting 'held on July 27th were then read by the Clerk ` and -there being no corrections -or omissions were approved as read. Thereupon the Treasurer's monthly report was presented to Council and on motion duly made and carried was accepted and or- d =red placed on file. Whe- reupon the monthly report submitted by F. A. Roach cover - ing the -J�ly collections for Bldg Permits, 'Licenses and Couri fines was presented to Council and on motion duly made and carried was accepted and ordered placed on file. Thereupon the Clerk presented to Council a communication frog: Russell S. Waite. Secretary of Riverside County Bar Association with reference to a Resolution adopted by said body recommending to the County ;Hoard of Supervisors and to the goberning bodies 61 the various' municipal corporations in Riverside County, the adoption aed passaga of an Ordina,.c= or Resolution prohibiting the Solicitation of tort claims. Whereupon it was moved by Councilman Mills and seconded by Councilman Smith that said communication be referred to the City Atty. for consideration; which motion upon vote was carried. Thereupon the Clerk presented to Council a communication from the State Dept. of Natural Resources, Division of Parks calling to Councils attention the inititive measur; that will appear on the November ballot which if adopted by the voters will provide for leasing of oil pools under the tidelands. The measure while authorizing slant drilling, prohibits tideland drilling and therby protect the beachers against the pollution of the water and interference in any way with the recreational uses of the beaches. A suggested form of Resolution endorsing said initiative measure was enclosed -?or Councils adoption. Upon Councils con:ideratibn of the matter it was agreed that said communication be laid of the table for farther consideration. Thereupon the Clerk presented to Council a communication from the State Division of Highways submitting a tabulation showing the apportionment of the July 1936 payment of thew cent gas tag allocation for expenditure on Major Sts and a like amount for State Highways. Thereupon it was moved by Councilman .;fills and seconded by Councilman Perret that said report be receoved and ordered placed on file which motion upon vote was carried. Thereupon the Clerk presented to Council a communication r i MINUTE. RECORD OF REGULAR tEETING -OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON THE 1 Oth _ DAY OF Aug 1936 from Congressman Sam L. Collins being a response to the personal solicitation of the Mayor and letters received from Council members who urged upon him the necessity of attention to the problem of the Lake and in which he advised that he will exhaust every means at his command to secure som relief and as_ured Council that he will cooperate with them in an effort to alleviate this situation. Whereupon it was mov -d by Councilman !dills and seconded by Councilman Perret that the Clerk be instructed to forward a letter to Congressman Collins expressing to him on behalf of Council their sincere thanks and appreciation for his efforts and cooperation in the Lake problem, which motion upon vote was carried. Mayor 1datich voting no an said motion. Thereupon the Clerk presented to Council a communication from Ralph B. Smith, Director 'Works Progress Admisitration with reference to 49. P. A. Project #244 Remodeling Elsinore Pumping Plant and in which he advised the present status of this project is that an addition- al contribution of ,;5,388.00 is required of' the sponsor, which amount raises the total contribution required to � 9,502.00 and further advised that it is required before operation of this project can begin a statement must b: signed by the lelayor and City Clerk showing that the City;Couhcil understand arA accept this additional obligation. Thereupon it was moved by Councilman Smith and seconded by Council- man [ills that the Clerk be directed to rei;ly to said letter and advise Ralph B. Smith, Director Works Progress Administration that the City Council do no, available funds, necesessary to meet the additional contrib�ition required o:" the sponsor, which motion upor_ vote was car;_ied. Thereupon a committee lion. the Elsinore Lusiness and Professional womens Assn. appeared be ore Council to make further report on their investigation o the proposed W.P.A. h1unicipal Plunge Project, submitting a letter received from the Works Progress Administration in which it was stated ths.t the estimated cost of the proposed project would be about E 318000.00 and that the sponsor would be required to assume i�3000.00 of this cost. The Council informed the Committee th :t they do no have available funds to meet the amount required of the sponsor and a. general discussion rras has as to ways and means of raising the necessary fund but no definite- action was taken. Thereupon mills in the amount of 7212,022.74 as audited by the auditi- ing committee were presented to the Council and on motion duly Wade and on call vote carried were ordered paid and the clerk was instructed to issue warrants in payment of same. Thereupon there being no iurther business to come before Council on motion duly made and carried Council adjourned to meet in regular session on Monday Aug. 24th at the hour of 7 :30 P.N. in the City Hall the usual meeting place. 1 1 A OR 0 i W, , / • :i