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:
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_ 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
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