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AGENDA TITLE: Presentation of Donation for Lodi Station Parking Structure Walldog Mural
Project by Central California Traction Company
MEETING DATE: April 19,2006
PREPARED BY: Public Works Director
RECOMMENDED ACTION: That the City Council receive the donation presented by the
Central California Traction Company for the Lodi Station Parking
Structure Walldog Mural project.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION: The Central California Traction Company (CCTC) has agreed to
sponsor the Walldog Mural at the Lodi Station Parking Structure.
Participation in the Mural project, and specifically at the Structure,
was previously approved by the City Council.
This mural will be one of the largest and most dramatic of the eight murals being planned, as it will wrap
around the corner of the building. A description of the mural is attached. This description will be
incorporated into a plaque to be placed on the building.
Staff would like to thank and acknowledge the community spirit and outstanding cooperation of the CCTC
and its owners, Union Pacific Railroad and Burlington Northern/Santa Fe, in this project which is an
outcome of recentjoint projects in the area. including the Measure K -funded Central City Railroad Safety
Project which removed the tracks in Lodi Avenue.
FISCAL IMPACT: Not applicable
FUNDING AVAILABLE: Not applicable
Ric twdl C. Plri'mm, Jr.
Public Works Director
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Attachment
cc: Dave Buccalo, Central California Traction Company
George Sturm, Union Pacific Railroad
Debbie Valentine, Burlington Northern/Santa Fe
Tony Segale
APPROVED:
Blair Ki Ity Manager
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THE LODI STATION MURAL / Designed by Mark Oatis
This mural is designed in the Moderne or Art Deco style, which is appropriate to the
Art Deco -influenced architectural design of the building itself. The mural will appear on
the southern and eastern exposures of the parking structure and is intended to create
interest from the eastern approach.
The mural's period design acknowledges the architectural theme but has much greater
historic subtext.
The mural commemorates the events of August 16, 1927, when the Interstate
Commerce Commission approved the sale of the Central California Traction Company to
the Santa Fe, Western Pacific and Southern Pacific railroads. During the 1920's and
earlier, buildings were often decorated in cast terra cotta tiles, many with bas-relief
images that evoked the use of the building. The Lodi Station mural imagines a special
terra cotta feature, commissioned by the partner railroads, ordered to honor the CCTC
and to generate interest in its popular electric passenger service. The "tiles" would be
composed of both sculptural and flat elements, having areas in both monochromatic
color (to support the existing architectural scheme) and areas in brighter colors. With
our mural, we will depict these effects through painted dimension, also known as
Trompe I'oiel, or "fool the eye."
California was home to many important terra cotta designers and manufacturers, among
them the Batchelder Tile Co., Malibu Tiles and California Faience. All operated during
the mural's "Era of Significance."
The primary panel (on the east) is a Moderne Tableaux, with three bas-relief female
figures in classical costume meant to represent the heritage railroads: they stand on a
pedestal "engraved" with the 1927 date. In their arms, they hold a bear cub, which
honors the State of California and the people of Lodi and which shows a relationship to
the Arch, nearby. The primary panel is flanked by Art Deco columns, which intersect
with the architectural frieze, above. The area above the panel contains the "newly
commissioned" CCTC trademark, which sits in the middle of a field of Deco -styled
scrollwork.
The secondary panel, facing south, is a smaller panel, located to the right of the parking
entry. It represents a cast Art Deco sign, which identifies the Central California Traction
Company and advertises, "Electric Service to Sacramento, Stockton and Points
Intermediate." It is surrounded by the same architectural columns and scrollwork as the
primary panel.
The frieze, above, runs the length of the south elevation, turns the corner and terminates
at the primary panel. The frieze depicts stylized CCTC passenger cars, circa 1927,
which are captured by additional cast trademarks — these also act as architectural
capitals for the real building columns. The cars are numbered 201 through 208 — actual
numbers which appeared on the cars during that era.
The mural will be rendered in water-based paint and will be painted during the
Head West Letterhead meeting in Lodi, in May 2006.
CITY COUNCIL CITY OF L O D I
SUSAN HITCHCOCK.
Mayor
BOB JOHNSON,
Mayor Pro Tempore
JOHN BECKMAN +�
LARRY D. HANSEN
JOANNE MOUNCE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
CITY HALL. 221 WEST PINE STREET ( P.O. BOX 3006
LODI. CALIFORNIA 95241-1910
TELEPHONE (209) 333-6706 1 FAX (209) 333-6710
EMAIL pwdept@lodi.gov
http://www.lodi.gov
April 13, 2006
Mr. Dave Buccolo Mr. George Sturm
Central California Traction Company Union Pacific Railroad
2201 W. Washington Street, Ste. 12 1416 Dodge Street, Room 1200
Stockton, CA 95203 Omaha, NE 68179-1200
BLAIR KING,
City Manager
SUSAN J. BLACKSTON,
City Clerk
D. STEPHEN SCHWABAUER
City Attorney
RICHARD C. PRIMA, JR
Public Works Director
Ms. Debbie Valentine Tony Segale
BN & SF Railway Company Segale FineArts and Gold Leaf Sign Company
2600 Lou Menk Drive 415 W. Pine Street
Fort Worth, TX 76131 Lodi. CA_ 95240
SUBJECT: Presentation of Donationfor Lodi Station Parking Structure Walldog Mural Project by
Central California Traction Company
Enclosed is a copy of background information on an item on the City Council agenda of Wednesday,
April 19, 2006. The meeting will be held at 7 p.m. in the City Council Chamber, Camegie Forum,
305 West Pine Street.
This item is on the presentation portion of the agenda, near the beginning of the Council meeting.
If you wish to write to the City Council, please address your letterto City Council, City of Lodi. P. O.
Box 3006, Lodi. California. 95241-1910. Be sure to allow time for the mail. Or, you may hand -
deliver the letter to City Hall, 221 West Pine Street.
If you wish to address the Council at the Council Meeting, be sure to fill out a speaker's card
(available at the Carnegie Forum immediately prior to the start of the meeting) and give it to the
City Clerk. If you have any questions about communicating with the Council, please contact Susan
Blackston. City Clerk, at (209) 333-6702.
If you have any questions about the item itself, please call me at (209) 333-6759.
Richard C. Prima, Jr.
r • Public Works Director
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Enclosure
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