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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - January 26, 1993SPECIAL "TOWN HALL" MEETING CARNEGIE FORUM, 305 WEST PINE STREET LODI, CALIFORNIA TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1993 7:30 P.M. Roll was recorded by the City Clerk as follows: Present: Council Members - Sieglock, Snider and Pennino (Mayor) Absent: Council Members - Davenport and Mann Also Present: City Manager Peterson, Assistant City Manager Glenn, Community Center Director Lange, City Attorney McNatt, and City Clerk Perrin BUDGET PRESEIWATION FOR COMMUNITY CENTER DEPARTMENT - 3UTCHINS STREET SQUARE CC -21(b) Mayor Pennino opened the meeting and reminded the audience of the following guidelines for public input at the "Town Hall" meetings. "Specifically, the public is invited to tell the City Council: 1. What City services do you (the public) feel could be reduced or eliminated? 2. What ideas do you have for making the City more efficient? 3. What City services are you willing to pay more for in order to maintain them? 4. What City services are you UNWILLING to see cut, no matter what?" City Manager Peterson commented on the unsigned letter that was sent to local residents on Lodi Symphony letterhead that talked about cutting all funding for Hutchins Street Square and that the City was going to "bull doze" the facility. The City Manager said the letter was a total misrepresentation, and he assured the public that it was untrue. Community Center Director Charlene Lange gave a brief overview of Hutchins Street Square and introduced the following speakers, who outlined their functions in detail: 1 Continued JF:,+iary 26, 1993 _ a) Dennis Bennett, Old Lodi Union High School Foundation; b) Trella Arieda, representing the Lodi Senior Citizens Commission; c) Ann Arieda-Hintz, Senior Services Coordinator, City of Lodi; d) Terry Whitmire, repreeenting the Adult Day Care Center; and e) Tim Mattheis, representing the Lodi Arts Commission. Following discussion among the City Council, staff and those who had made presentations, the Mayor opened the discussion to the public. Speaking on the matter were the following persons: a) Bruce Hopperstad,"805 West Walnut, Lodi; b) Donna Munson, 1963 Carmel Circle, representing Omega Nu Sorority; c) Frank Alegre, 2000 Edgewood Drive, Lodi; d) Tanya Geest, part-time Lifeguard for the City of Lodi; e) Curtis Willis, 734 South Central Avenue, part-time Lifeguard for the City of Lodi; f) Richard Sanford, 914 South Church Street, Lodi; g) Diane Coyner, a volunteer at the Hutchins Street Square; and h) Jack Carter, Lodi Memorial Hospital Director; ADJOURNMENT Following a brief discussion among the City Council, Mayor Pennino adjourned the meeting at approximately 9:03 p.m. Attest: Znnifer, Perrin ity Clerk 2