HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Report - January 2, 1985 (49)CITY COUNCIL MEETING
JANUAPY 2, 1985
I•YXUL PRM Rh'. David J. Shermanresen
TO CITY Imo{ dancing partner for Dr. Norman the City of Lodi with a
DR. 1\L�311AN KING; performed his infamous'(�fIIC[� who had recently
4 Hutchins Street SCIZAT'C�i" to raise funds for \�
Square. Dir. Shen-nan dubbed the fowl "KING A'
LA CIlIaM," and continuE-d his presentation expounding the
many virtues of the "bird".
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GOOD, EVENING, W. MAYOR AND COUNCIL AS\iB:?.RZS. OUR NAMES OU=Z DAVE & IRENE SHF.R-4AN, AND
WHILE WE'VE BEEN RESIDENTS OF LODI FOR THE FAST 8 YEARS, WE'RE SOMEWHAT ASHAMED TU
ADMIT THAT WE'VE SHIRKED OUR RESPONSIBILITIES BY NOT TAKING PART IN THF CIVIC AND ft)i._
TUBAL AFFAIRS OF THIS FINE COMMUNITY. THERE ARE MANY BENEFITS ACCRUING TO THQ,y'g
WHO CHOOSE TO ESTABLISH RESIDENCE HERE, AND EACH OF THOSE BENEFITS, IN THEMSELVES
SHOULD HAVE MOTIVATED US TO RESPOND AT AN EARLIER DATE. THE bDVING FORCE THAT BRQtj(- T
US TO THE REALIZATION THAT WE HAVE PERSONALLY FAILED TO MEET OUR. OBLIGATIONS, HOW4y#R,
HAS BEEN THE SUBSTANTIAL COMMUNITY EFFORT DIRECTED TO THE HUTCHINS STREET SQUARE P-ROJBCTI
THE CATALYST THAT BROUGHT US TO THIS CONCLUSION, AND THAT BRINGS US HERE TONIGHT, .W
PROVIDED BY ONE HIGHLY RESPECTED CITIZEN, A PERSON OF DEEP NORM. CONVICTIONS, A Pf.WsON
WITH IMNNWSS PRIDE IN HIS COMMUNITY, A PERSON WITH SUBSTANTIAL DEXTERITY AND PHYSXIA.L
-STAHIPA•*. WE REFER, OF COURSE, TO DOCTOR NORAAN KING AND HIS SELFLESS, SOLO PER-
FORMANCB OF THE "CHICKEN SCRATCH DANCE"I IRENE AND I HAVE GIVEN SONS SERIOUS
THOUGHT TO NORMS EFFORTS AND WE'VE COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT IF THE CITY OF LOBI
FINDS ITSELF TO AGAIN BE IN THE NHIA) OF HIS FINE AND TALENTED SERVICES, HE SHOULD A'C
LEAST BE PROVIDED WITH SUPPORT PERSONNEL. SO WITH NO FURTHER ADO, WE'D LIKE TO PR4—
SENT THIS AUGUST BODY WITH OUR OWN, SMALL, CONTRIBUTION, A DANCING PARTNER FOR TH4
GOOD DOCTORI WE RECOGNIZE THAT EXISTING MUNICIPAL CODE MAY PROHIBIT THE KUJ"ING
OF LIVESTOCK WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS, BUT WE WISH TO ASSURE YOU THAT THIS FOWL WILD,, NOT
FOUL ITS ENVIRONMENT - IT COMES WITH ITS OWN SCOOPHR; AND RECOGNIZING YOUR POSSI*.s
CONCERN OVER A POTENTIAL PROLIFERATION OF OFFSPRING, PLEASE REST ASSURED THAT WS"VS
PROTECTED AGAINS THAT POSSIBILITY - ITS SPAD81 WE CANNOT GUARANTEE THAT THIS ANIt
WILL MEET NOISE RESTRICTIONS, THOUGH; WHILE IT CAN'T CROW, IT WILL CERTAINLY CLANfi3
IF DROPPED OR THROWN! WITH THESE FACTS IN HIND, WE HOPE YOU'LL FIND IT IN YQw
HEARTS TO ADOPT VARIANCES TO ANY CONFLICTING CODES AND WE SINCERELY HOPE THAT YOUot_L