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1955-11-15 Regular CC MinutesREGULAR MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ALAMEDA HELD TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 15, 1955 The meeting convened at 8:00 o'clock P. M. with President Kranelly presiding. The Pledge of Allegiance was lead by Councilman Moresi. ROLL CALL: The roll was called and Councilmen Haag, Hove, McCall, Moresi and President Kranelly, (5), were noted present. Absent: None. MINUTES: 1. The minutes of the adjourned reular meeting held November 8, 1955, were approved as transcribed. According to the letter, at the time this water main was installed, the City was requested to participate for its share of the cost of the pipe. The City had in- dicated it did not intend to use the main but, if it was ever used, the company would be reimbursed at 2.12 per running footfor the service. With the sale of the property to a private owner, and the request of use of the main by that owner, the Central Avenue Land Development Co. requests reimbursement in the amount of e558.08 and suggests that the City in turn collect this amount from the East Bay Municipal Utilities District and Mr. R. L. Wooldridge, the new owner and developer of the adjacent property. President Kranelly stated the City has no legal responsibility in this matter, and it has therefore determined that this request should be denied. The City Manager was requested to direct a letter to this company to this effect. I 3% From R. A. Wondolleck Co., Insurance Brokers, with reference to quotation submitted on the liability insurance needs of the City, and to the quotation by that company. President i.ranelly expressed the appreciation of the Council for this letter, and stated it would be referred to the file on these liability and property damage in- surance bids. 4: From Ross Wright, stating that through an inadvertency signature had been omitted on his proposal on the general comprehensive liability and property damage insurance specifications on which bids were opened and read at the previous regu- lar meeting held November 1, 1955. The letter also stated that Fireman's Fund In- demnity Company, through this agency, guarantees the quotation and bond submitted to be correct in every detail and that it stands by its every statement. Councilman Hove moved, in view of the fact that this bidder had bound his company insofar as stipulations set forth in the quotation and bond submitted are concerned, that the requirement of the signature on the bid be waived in this instance. The motion was seconded by Councilman Moresi and unanimously carried. This letter was then referred to the file on insurance bids. 5'. From Arthur F . Strehlow, submittin7 several suggestions for consideration by the Council in awarding the contract covering the general comprehensive liability and property damage insurance needs of the City. President Kranelly stated that this letter would also be referred to the file on this subject. J (--, • A petition, signed by eighty-one property owners and residents, as well as boat owners who use the Alameda Boat Harbor, complaining about the excessive -quantity of litter which accumulates between the curb and the fence which encloses Stok7,111%- Van Camp warehouse on the north side of Buena , Vista Avenue in the vicinity of Stanton and Arbor Streets, as well as the heavy fall of black oily soot which they believe to come from merchant ships cleaning their boilers while tied up at Encinal Terminals and the old Alaska Packers docks. The City Manager was requested to make investigation of this situation and report back to the Council, with a view to having the proper party clean up this objection- able debris along Buena Vista Avenue, and also to determine the cause of the soot WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS: 0/. From the Central Avenue Land Development Co., signed by George T. Hansen and Richard P. Thunder, Trustees, with reference to the nursery property on East Shore Drive, and installation of a certain water main. which is mentioned in this petition. HEARINGS: 7. The matter of abatement of a nuisance - a dilapidated building located at 1536 Ninth Street, on which hearing was called up at the regular meeting of the Council on August 16, 1955 - had been continued for ninety days to give this property owner, Mrs. Phyllis mcEachern, more time to proceed with cleaning up the property or disposing of it. Upon request, the City Manager stated that the owner of these premises is proceeding with the demolition of the house, that the building is about three-quarters destroyed at this time, He therefore suggested that such abatement proceedings be abandoned. The City Attorney, upon the request of President Kranelly for his legal opinion, stated it is possible to consider the matter closed, under these circumstances. Councilman McCall made the suggestion that the City Manager be requested to write to Mrs. McEachern, thanking her for her very ready cooperation in this matter. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES: From the City Manager, recommending that the contract be awarded to Wulfert Company, Inc., San Leandro, for furnishing and erecting Chain Link Fences for the New Municipal Golf Course, in accordance with Specifications, Special Provisions and Plans therefor, No. PW 10-55-23, at their low-bid price of $13,242.96. Councilman Moresi moved that the recommendation of the City Manager be adopted, that the specified contract be awarded to Wulfert Company, Inc., at the price designated, and that bid bonds and checks be returned to the unsuccessful bidders. The motion was seconded by Councilman McCall and on roll call carried by the following vote. Ayes: Councilmen Haag, Hove, McCall, Moresi and. President Kranelly, (5). Noes: None. Absent: None, 9V From the City Manager, recommending that contract be awarded to Western Pump Company, San Jose, for furnishing and installing Turbine Pump for the New Well at the New Municipal Golf Course, Specifications, Special Provisions and Plans No. PW 10-55-22, at the low-bid price of 011,830.40. Councilman McCall moved that the recommendation of the City Manager be accepted; that contract be awarded to Western Pump Company for the specified project at the price named, and that bid bonds and checks be returned to the unsuccessful bidders. The motion was seconded by Councilman Haag and on roll call carried by the following vote. Ayes: Councilmen Haag, Hove, McCall, Moresi and President Kranelly, (5). Noes: None. Absent: None. 10. From the City Manager, recommending that Malott & Peterson-Grundy be granted an extension of ten days' time on completion of construction of Tennis Courts at Krusi Park. This work is under Specifications, Special Provisions and Plans No. PW 7-55-20. Work has been slowed up due to the cold nights making it possible to place only one course of finishing coat per day. Councilman Haag moved that this requested extension be granted, but for twenty-one days rather than the ten days specified. The motion was seconded by Councilman Hove and unanimously carried. 11. From the City Planning Board, signed by Marshall Pease, Chairman, stating the Board does not propose the Southshore Freeway for inclusion as part of the Master Plan at this time. This letter also invites the Council to attend the Public Hear- ings to be held November 22 and December 1, 1955. President Kranelly thanked the Board for this letter and the invitation to attend these Hearings. He then referred this matter to the file on the Master Plan, stating that the Council can take no action until such time as these Public hearings have been held and the recommendations of the Planning Board have been made on the basis of the findings of the Hearings. 12. From the City Manager, stating that all work in connection with the install tion of Storm Drains and Ditches for the New Golf Course has been completed, and recommend ing its acceptance and that Notice of Completion be ordered filed. Councilman Hove moved that the recommendation of the City Manager be accepted in this matter, that this work be accepted and Notice of Completion be ordered filed. The motion was seconded by Councilman Moresi and unanimously carried. 1. From the City Manager, recommending that Proposal No. 1 (one year policy) of the bids received on furnishing Fleet General Comprehensive Liability and Property Damage Insurance from Fireman's Fund Indemnity Company in the amount of $18,572.14, be accepted; that the common practice of drawing lots be used to determine the broker to whom the award should be made, five brokers having submitted identical bids on insurance underwritten by the Fireman's Fund Indemnity Company, under Proposal No. 1. President Kranelly stated the Council agrees with the City Manager that this bid druid be accepted on the one year policy and placed with Fireman's Fund Indemnity Company. However, it is not in agreement as to the method of making the award by drawing lots. Therefore, the President stated, there will be a Special Meeting of the Council held Thursday evening, November 17, 1955, at 7:30 o'clock P. M., at which time it was hoped this matter could be determined and the award made. INTRODUCTION OF ORDINANCES: 14. Councilman Moresi introduced the following ordinance, after which it was laid over under provision of law and the Charter: "Ordinance No. New Series An Ordinance Amending the Alameda Municipal Code by Adding Subdivision (69) to Section 17 -432 Thereof, Relating to Stop Intersections." (Pacific Avenue and Union Street) RESOLUTIONS: 15. The following resolution was introduced by Councilman Moresi, who moved its adoption: "Resolution No. 5184 Cancelling City Taxes on Property Acquired by the City of Alameda for Municipal Purposes." (Substation) The motion to adopt said resolution was seconded by Councilman McCall and on roll call carried by the following vote. Ayes: Councilmen Haag, Hove, McCall, Moresi and President Kranelly, (5). Noes: None. Absent: None. Thereupon the President declared said resolution duly adopted and passed. 16. The following resolution was introduced by Councilman McCall, who moved its adoption: "Resolution No. 518.5 Requesting Cancellation of County Taxes on Property Acquired by the City of Alameda for Municipal Purposes." (New Electrical Substation) The motion to adopt said resolution was seconded by Councilman Haag and on roll call carried by the following vote. Ayes: Councilmen Haag, Hove, McCall, Moresi and President Kranelly, (5). Noes: None. Absent: None. Thereupon the President declared said resolution duly adopted and passed. 17. The following resolution was introduced by Councilman Haag, who moved its adoption: "Resolution No. 5186 Authorizing Execution of Contract with the California State Department of Public Health for Administration of the Poliomyelitis Vaccine Program." The motion to adopt said resolution was seconded by Councilman Hove, and on roll call carried by the following vote. Ayes: Councilmen Haag, Hove, McCall, Moresi and President Kranelly, (5). Noes: None. Absent: None. Thereupon the President declared said resolution duly adopted and passed. 18. The following; resolution was introduced by Councilman Hove, who moved its adoption: "Resolution No. 5187 Authorizing Attendance of Councilmen at Conference of American Municipal Association, Miami, Florida, November 27 to November 30, 1955, and Appropriating 41200 to Defray the Expense Incident to Such Attendance." The motion to adopt said resolution was seconded by Councilman Moresi and on roll call carried by the following vote. Ayes: Councilmen Haag, Hove, McCall, Moresi and President Kranelly, (5). Noes: None. Absent: None. Thereupon the President declared said resolution duly adopted and passed. 19. The following resolution was introduced by Councilman Moresi, who moved that it be laid over until the next regular meeting of the Council, to be considered under "Unfinished Business": "Resolution No. Consenting to Contract of Partial Assignment Between Utah Construction Company and heclama- tion District No. 2087." The motion was seconded by Councilman McCall and on roll call carried by the following vote. Ayes: Councilmen Haag, hove, McCall, Moresi and President Kranelly, (5). Noes: None. Absent: None. ORDINANCES FOR PASSAGE: 20. "Ordinance No. 1164, New Series An Ordinance Amending the Alameda Municipal Code by Amending Subsection (1) of Section 11-1518 Thereof, Relating to Obstructions in Yards and Courts." Councilman McCall moved the ordinance be adopted as read. The motion was seconded by Councilman Haag and on roll call carried by the following vote. Ayes: Council- men Haag, Hove, McCall, Moresi and President Kranelly, (5). Noes: None. Absent: None. FILING: 21. Financial Statement - Bureau of Electricity, as of September 30, 1955 - Verified by Dalton, Graupner & Barber. 22. Financial Statement - City of Alameda, as of October 31, 1955 - Verified by Dalton, Graupner & Barber. BILLS: 23. An itemized list of Claims against the City of Alameda and the Departments thereof, in the total amount of 442,626.51, was submitted to the Council at this meeting. The List was accompanied by a certification from the City Manager that the Claims shown were correct. Councilman McCall moved the bills as itemized in the List of Claims filed with the City Clerk on November 15, 1955, and submitted to the Council at this time, be allowed and paid. The motion was seconded by Councilman Haag and on roll call carried by the following vote. Ayes: Councilmen Haag, Hove, McCall, Moresi and President Kranelly, (5). Noes: None. Absent: None. ADJOURNMENT: 24. There being no further business to come before the meeting, the Council adjourned - to assemble in regular session on Tuesday evening, December 6, 1955, at 8:00 o'clock P. M. Respectfully submitted, 07° IRMA L. NELSON Deputy City Clerk