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Home My WebLink AboutMinutes - City Council - 1943-05-03 � •~t��'� COT7NCTL'°CAA�BERS Rsc�ding, �alifornie r �ay 3rd� 1943. 8:0o P.�. e The meeting was ealled to order by Mayor A.� H. Gron�eoldt; and upon roll call the following Councilmen were presentg Roscoe J. Anderson; 9Gm Harrison, ,B.P. Aaskell, and A. H: GronwoTdt. �, Absent: Ivan A. Dunlap �' City Attorney Glenn D. N�wton was p nsent. '. The minutes oP the meeting of April lj, i943 wera read and approved. I . Resurfacing Eureka. Way ._ � i,flr. R. A. Tremper, State givision oP Highways Fyngineer, appeared befora the ; .City. Council and asked the Council to approve, a chan�e of program. Mr. Tremper stated that according to the �as Production Bor�rd Rulings, it is impossible to rebuild �ureka �1�y, as it would require the use of consider- � able critical materials necessary to t he war efPort. Instead oP new constru�— � . -t�tion, the street is to be repaved at a cost oP �10,000.00. Eureka Way will be resurfaced from I�arket Street to the west city limits, which is paxt of High- � Way 299w. A motion was� made by Councilman Ander-son and seconded by Council- man Haskell -that •Resoluti�on��To. 1264, approving the pro�ram change, be adopted and upon roll call voting was as follows; Ayes: Councilmen A.nderson, Harrison, Haskell, and Gronwoldt. Noe s: Counc ilmen: Nane _, �bsent: Councilman Dunlap � Lease U. S. Farest Service nrtr. Jaek Gilman appeared before h it;y Council regarding the lease to the �-�-... ' Forest Sepvice, an8 was informed that `City Engineer, Gep. L. Pearl, wns msking a check on the amount of land uahich the lease included and definite aetion would be taken at the next meetin�. Navy Lease Resolution No. 12� � A Motion was made by Councilman Anderson,. seconded by Counei].man Haskell that Resolution No. 1263 granting the U. S. Navy a lease. in the Eity �sll buildi�g be �pproved and �vas a8opted by the following vote: Ayes: Cauncilmen, ,Anderson, Harrison, Haskell, and Gro nwoldt Noes: Cou�icilmen�: ;ATnn�:�=�� Absent: �ouncilman DuiiTap� . Bids, Specifications Sewer Survey � The Council discussed the manner in which the const�ruction work should pro- cedd installing n,ew lines in the southeast part of �the city to eliminate sewers from over�lowing �ech w�nter. City Attorney, Glenn D. Newton, informed the Council t�at they could do� t'tiis work with day labor if an emergency� existed. Tt was the unanimous opinion oP� all Councilmen present an emergency��did exist, but that in order to eliminate any trouble �eith work proceeding, Councilman Anderson su��ested that City �ngine�r Geo. L. Pearl � prepare plans and:speeifications and�ca21 for bids. _--�i�tq-"Ordinance 'License Organizers �Ir. Ne.wton, City gttorney; informed the�"City �ouncil� that Judge Albert �'. Ross in a:recent :ruling upheld the 3ustice Court convi•ction oP James� Porterfield, Union Leader, on a charge of' soliciting members without first havin� obtained a Gity License. I��r. Nec�ton also stated he has been informed the Union� plan � . to take .this case to the State Supreme Court. ardina.nce No. � An� Ordinance of the City- �ouncil of� the City oP� Redding providing penalties Por damaging, trespassing upon, or stealing Prom Victo�ry Gardens, or any other ve�etable garden or orchard and declaring an emergency, was read for the Pirst time�-by the� City Attorney; Glenn D. Newton. - Chemical Warfare School Stanford IIninersity � . A letter was received from the Redding Gouncil of Givilian Ilefense, asking the City Gouncil to send the Senior Gas Warden to a Pive day training course to be held at StanPord University beginnin� May 9, 194�j. , By a unanimous vote of all Councilmen present;. Mr. Earl Sholes�was granted premission to attend this sehool.. �bl��rae Matron �g-��ip�� Swi�riming Resort �•letter was received from P�Jirs. W. L. Dimmick, .making application for the posi- tion of Police Matrol at the Mun;�cipal Swimming Pool Por the coming season. k motion was mede by Councilman Haskell and seconded by Councilman H�rrison that Mrs. Dimmick be appointed police Matron, and on roll call carried� by a unanimous vote. . �:��2 Detective Sergeant - Police Patrolman. Mr. Earl Sholes, Acting--Chief of Police was granted permis�ion to promote Officer Marvin Woodruff_to the ran� of Detective Sergeant of the Reddmng Police Department, and also to employ.�@pilliam g. Shattuck as a new Patrol- msn. . The Council discnssed at some length card plsying establishi:�ents which -ope�rate � in the Gity of Reddiz�,: and after much discussion on this matter Mr. Glenn D. I3ewton, City 8ttorney,�d�ordered to prepare an ordinance wl�ich would regulate the sctivities of th�se�clubs. � - • P�onthly Bills A motion w�s duly made, seconded and passed that the nonthly bills ,bes,paid after audit by the��"i'nance��Committee: • : � - � There being no Purther busffiness, the meeting was duly ad3ourned. - Approved ��i:��???�� -�� B�ayor, -City of Reddin� Attest .�,�, ' City Clerk