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CONSENT CALENDAR In accordance with report and recommendation of the City
Manager, Council, on motion of Council Member Reid,
Hinchman second, approved the following actions hereinafter
set forth with the following exceptions:
a) Agenda item a -1-C -"Approve plans and specifications
for Softball Complex Shade Structure, and authorize
advertising for bids" was removed from the agenda.
b) Agenda item a -1-H - "Approve hiring of consultant for
development of wastewater discharge requirements for
petroleum hydrocarbons" was removed from the Consent
Calendar.
c) Council Member Pinkerton and Snider asked to abstain
from discussion and voting on agenda item a -1-I -
"Adopt resolution declaring weeds a public nuisance and
initiating abatement proceedings on various parcels
throughout the City" because of a possible conflict of
interest.
CLAIMS CC -21(a) Claims were approved in the amount of $2,271,816.00.
MINUTES The Minutes of April 1, 1987, April 15, 1987 - Regular
Meeting, and April 15, 1987 - Special Meeting, were
approved as written.
ACCEPT IMPROVEMENTS
UNDER TRAFFIC SIGNAL
INSTALLATIONS, HAM
AND LOCKEFORD,
TURNER AND CHURCH,
CONTRACT Council was apprised that the contract for "Traffic Signal
Installations, Ham and Lockeford, Turner and Church,
CC -20 Contract" was awarded to Collins Electric of Stockton on
CC -47 October 1, 1986, in the amount of $114,441.50. The
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CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF LODI
CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS
WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1987
7:30 P.M.
ROLL CALL
Present: Council Members - Hinchman, Pinkerton,
Reid, Snider, and Olson (Mayor)
Absent: Council Members - None
Also Present: City Manager Peterson, Assistant City
Manager Glenn, Public Works Director Ronsko,
City Attorney Stein, and City Clerk Reimche
INVOCATION
The invocation was given by Reverend Darrell Thomas, 1st
United Methodist Church.
PLEDGE OF
The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Mayor Olson.
ALLEGIANCE
PRESENTATIONS
PROCLAMATIONS
Mayor Olson presented the following proclamations:
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A) "Children's Miracle Network Telethon Week"
B) "California Vietnam Veteran Week"
REPORTS OF THE
CITY MANAGER
CONSENT CALENDAR In accordance with report and recommendation of the City
Manager, Council, on motion of Council Member Reid,
Hinchman second, approved the following actions hereinafter
set forth with the following exceptions:
a) Agenda item a -1-C -"Approve plans and specifications
for Softball Complex Shade Structure, and authorize
advertising for bids" was removed from the agenda.
b) Agenda item a -1-H - "Approve hiring of consultant for
development of wastewater discharge requirements for
petroleum hydrocarbons" was removed from the Consent
Calendar.
c) Council Member Pinkerton and Snider asked to abstain
from discussion and voting on agenda item a -1-I -
"Adopt resolution declaring weeds a public nuisance and
initiating abatement proceedings on various parcels
throughout the City" because of a possible conflict of
interest.
CLAIMS CC -21(a) Claims were approved in the amount of $2,271,816.00.
MINUTES The Minutes of April 1, 1987, April 15, 1987 - Regular
Meeting, and April 15, 1987 - Special Meeting, were
approved as written.
ACCEPT IMPROVEMENTS
UNDER TRAFFIC SIGNAL
INSTALLATIONS, HAM
AND LOCKEFORD,
TURNER AND CHURCH,
CONTRACT Council was apprised that the contract for "Traffic Signal
Installations, Ham and Lockeford, Turner and Church,
CC -20 Contract" was awarded to Collins Electric of Stockton on
CC -47 October 1, 1986, in the amount of $114,441.50. The
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contract has been completed in substantial conformance with
SALE OF POLICE
DEPARTMENT CONFISCATED
AND OBSOLETE WEAPONS
AT AUCTION APPROVED
RES. NO. 87-51 City Manager Peterson reported that it is the
recommendation of the Chief of Police that the Police
CC -6 Department sell, at auction, confiscated and obsolete
CC -24 (b) weapons. This sale will be held in accordance with the
CC -185 procedures set forth in California Penal Code Sections
12020 through 12032.
Proceeds from the sale will be used by the police
department to purchase new weapons.
Council adopted Resolution No. 87-51 authorizing the sale,
at auction by the Police Department, of confiscated and
obsolete weapons.
PUBLIC HEARING SET
ON TRAFFIC ORDINANCE
AND TRAFFIC
RESOLUTION City Manager Peterson advised the Council that the adoption
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the plans and specifications approved by the City Council.
The contract completion date was March 10, 1987, and the
actual completion date was April 17, 1987. The final
contract price was $118,846.73. The difference between the
contract amount and the final contract price is mainly due
to additional curb, gutter, and sidewalk and driveway work.
Council accepted the improvements for the "Traffic Signal
Installations, Ham and Lockeford, Turner and Church,
Contract" and directed the Public Works Director to file a
Notice of Completion with the County Recorder's Office.
AWARD - CONTRACT
FOR TOKAY STREET
RECONSTRUCTION,
SPRR TO STOCKTON
STREET
RES. NO. 87-50
City Manager Peterson presented the following bids which
had been received for the contract for "Tokay Street
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Reconstruction, SPRR to Stockton Street":
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BIDDER BID
Teichert Construction $62,323.00
Claude C. Wood Company $66,974.00
Granite Construction Company $78,200.00
Engineers Estimate $58,010.00
This project includes minor storm drain work and
reconstruction of the pavement. A minor amount of curb and
gutter work will be done prior to the reconstruction under
a separate purchase order. Plans and specifications for
this project were approved on April 1, 1987.
Council adopted Resolution No. 87-50 awarding the contract
for the above project to Teichert Construction in the
amount of $62,323.00.
SALE OF POLICE
DEPARTMENT CONFISCATED
AND OBSOLETE WEAPONS
AT AUCTION APPROVED
RES. NO. 87-51 City Manager Peterson reported that it is the
recommendation of the Chief of Police that the Police
CC -6 Department sell, at auction, confiscated and obsolete
CC -24 (b) weapons. This sale will be held in accordance with the
CC -185 procedures set forth in California Penal Code Sections
12020 through 12032.
Proceeds from the sale will be used by the police
department to purchase new weapons.
Council adopted Resolution No. 87-51 authorizing the sale,
at auction by the Police Department, of confiscated and
obsolete weapons.
PUBLIC HEARING SET
ON TRAFFIC ORDINANCE
AND TRAFFIC
RESOLUTION City Manager Peterson advised the Council that the adoption
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of a new Traffic Ordinance and accompanying Traffic
CC -48 (a) Resolution are being recommended for the following reasons:
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1. Some sections of the present ordinance are obsolete
with respect to the California Vehicle Code and should
be revised or deleted.
Our present ordinance is written such that it must be
revised frequently in areas where the Vehicle Code
allows changes to be made by resolution or by staff.
By taking advantage of all, or some, of these
situations Council and staff time will be saved and
there will be a small savings in actual expenditures
(i.e., publication of ordinances, revising code book).
3. Revision of the outdated ordinance has been
recommended by the Institute of Transportation Studies
under the auspices of the State Office of Traffic
Safety.
To accomplish the above, sample ordinances from the League
of California Cities and a model ordinance from the
Southern California Chapter of the American Public Works
Association were reviewed. The City's ordinance was
reorganized to follow the order of the applicable sections
of the model ordinance. Revisions were made to meet Lodi's
needs and the draft was reviewed by all affected
departments.
The major change is the use of the "Traffic Resolution".
It contains items now done by ordinance (one-way streets
and alleys, through streets, speed limits, prohibitions on
commercial vehicles, parking regulations). In general, it
includes all traffic restrictions which are controlled on
the street by signs. Citations can be issued under the
appropriate Vehicle Code section or the City ordinance
section requiring obedience to official traffic control
devices.
The resolution compiles other actions now done by separate
resolution. Its use will eliminate the need for frequently
revising the City Code in order to make changes in these
areas. In fact, some ordinances (i.e., through streets and
stop intersections) have not been placed in the Code
because of the difficulty and expense in revising the Code
with every change.
Because of the sections on prohibitions of commercial
vehicles, a special hearing must be held on this
ordinance. Pursuant to State statute, the time for
submission of objections shall not expire, and the hearing
may not be held less than 60 days after the first
publication of notice.
Council initiated adoption proceedings of a new Traffic
Ordinance and accompanying Traffic Resolution and set the
matter for public hearing at the regular meeting of July
15, 1987, pursuant to Streets and Highways Code Section
35705.
RESOLUTION, DECLARING
WEEDS A PUBLIC
NUISANCE AND
INITIATING ABATEMENT
PROCEEDINGS ON VARIOUS
PARCELS THROUGHOUT
THE CITY, ADOPTED
RES. NO. 87-52 Throughout the spring and summer months, the Lodi Fire
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Department has an ongoing program of contacting property
CC -24 (b) owners to remove weeds on property they own within the
City. Follow-up contacts are made in an effort to have the
weeds removed at the earliest possible date.
The City is in receipt of a list from the Fire Department
of 338 parcels within the City that are not in compliance
with weed abatement requirements. Numerous contacts have
been made with the property owners seeking compliance. It
is recommended that Council adopt Resolution No. 87-52 -
Resolution Declaring Weeds a Public Nuisance and Initiating
Abatement Proceedings as provided under the State of
California Government Code Section 39501, et seq. The
subject Resolution also calls for a public hearing to be
held concerning this matter at the Regular Council Meeting
of June 3, 1987.
Council adopted Resolution No. 87-52 - Resolution Declaring
Weeds a Public Nuisance and Initiating Abatement
Proceedings on Various Parcels Throughout the City and set
the matter for Public Hearing at the Regular Council
Meeting of June 3, 1987.
Council Member Pinkerton and Snider abstained from
discussion and voting on the above matter because of
possible conflict of interest.
PUBLIC HEARINGS There were no Public Hearings scheduled for this meeting.
PLANNING COMMISSION City Manager Peterson presented the following Planning
REPORT Commission Report of the Planning Commission Meeting of
April 13, 1987:
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The Planning Commission -
ITEMS OF
INTEREST 1. Continued the request of PASCO Enterprises for a Use
Permit for a 22 unit planned unit development of Lot
86, Johnson Ranch, Unit #1, in an area zoned P -D (19),
Planned Development No. 19.
2. Conditionally approved the request of Terry Piazza, c/o
Baumbach and Piazza, Consulting Engineers, on behalf of
Daryl Geweke for a Tentative Parcel Map to resubdivide
1140 South Cherokee Lane and 1150 South Cherokee Lane
into 3 parts with Parcel "A" containing 1.90 acres,
Parcel "B" 1.86 acres and Parcel "C" 1.28 acres in an
area zoned C-2, General Commercial.
3. Conducted a community meeting regarding the revision of
the City General Plan.
4. Heard a presentation from Jones and Stokes, Associates,
and took comments on the.Notice of Preparation of the
Draft Environmental Impact Report for the East Side
Residential Density Study.
City Manager Peterson presented the following Planning
Commission Report of the Planning Commission Meeting of
April 27, 1987:
The Planning Commission
ITEMS OF INTEREST 1. Conditionally approved the request -of PASCO Enterprises
for a Use Permit for a 22 unit, planned residential
development on Lot 86, Johnson Ranch, Unit No. 1, in an
area zoned P -D (19), Planned Development District No.
19.
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2. Recommended that the San Joaquin County Planning
Commission approve the request of Charles Ferdun for a
Grading Permit No. GR -87-4 to excavate 179,000 cubic
feet of soil on the south side of the Mokelumne River,
approximately 400 feet east of the north end of
Kennison Lane (i.e. 6600 East Highway 12) for a
commercial catfish farm.
3. Heard a presentation by Terry L. Berry, District 10,
Department of Transportation, concerning CalTrans
desire for precise plans for the section of State Route
12 within the City's General Plan.
COMMUNICATIONS
(CITY CLERK)
CLAIMS
On recommendation of the City Attorney and L.J. Russo
Insurance Services, Inc., the City's Contract
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Administrator, Council, on motion of Council Member
Hinchman, Reid second, denied the following Claim and
referred same to L. J. Russo Insurance Services, Inc., the
City's Contract Administrator.
a) Lucille Roper, DOL 4/2/87
ABC LICENSE
APPLICATIONS
City Clerk Reimche presented the following applications for
Alcoholic Beverage Licenses which had been received:
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a) Sanna Market
10 East Tokay Street, Lodi,
Off Sale Beer and Wine, Original License
b) Star Market
741 South Cherokee Lane, Lodi,
Off Sale General, Person to Person Transfer
LETTER OF RESIGNATION
RECEIVED FROM LODI
ARTS COMMISSIONER
City Clerk Reimche presented a letter of resignation
received from Lodi Arts Commissioner Virginia Rippey.
CC -2 (k)
Following discussion, Council, on motion of Council Member
Reid, Hinchman second, asked the City Manager to direct a
letter to the Arts Commission asking for its comments and
recommendations on the size, status, and future of the
Commission. Further, the City Clerk was directed by the
Council not to post for this vacancy at this time.
COMMENTS BY CITY
COUNCIL MEMBERS
CONGRATULATIONS
EXTENDED TO CITY
CLERK
On introduction of Council Member Snider, Council extended
congratulations to City Clerk Reimche on her efforts on
behalf of the California City Clerks' Association and
acknowledged a letter of appreciation received from the
President of that Association on behalf of Mrs. Reimche.
PRESENTATION RECEIVED
BY COUNCIL MEMBER
HINCHMAN
Mayor Olson presented Council Member Hinchman with a gift
which is intended to assist him in being recognized by the
Mayor when he wishes to speak at the Council Table.
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LETTER RECEIVED
REGARDING MULTI-
FAMILY ZONING ON
WEST LOCUST AND
HUTCHINS STREET Council Member Hinchman acknowledged receipt of a letter
from Joseph K. Handel regarding multi -family zoning on West
CC -16 Locust and Hutchins Street. Council Member Hinchman
CC -53 (a) indicated that he feels the Council needs to address this
problem.
City Manager Peterson indicated that he felt the letter
should be referred to the Community Development Department.
City Clerk Reimche advised the Council that Mr. Handel had
been contacted and advised that, because of recent
revisions to the Brown Act, his letter was being placed on
the agenda for the next Regular Council Meeting. Mr.
Handel indicated that he had no problem with that schedule.
Additional discussion followed with Council Member
Pinkerton indicating his consternation with the Brown Act
and suggesting that the City Attorney coordinate an effort
with the League of California Cities to attempt to draft
legislation which would rescind the present restrictive
provisions of the Brown Act relating to discussion and
action on non -agenda items, 72 hour posting requirements of
agendas, etc.
COMPLAINTS RECEIVED
REGARDING CABLE
TELEVISION Council Member Hinchman indicated that he had again
received complaints regarding Cable television and the lack
CC -16 of communication. Following discussion on the matter,
CC -22 (c) Council requested that the City Manager prepare and
present a report for the Council's review on complaints
received regarding cable television. The report is to
enumerate the number of complaints which have been received
and the type of complaints.
WORLD RENOWN FOLK
DANCE INSTRUCTOR
HENRY "BUZZ" GLASS
PRESENTS WORKSHOPS
IN LODI
Council Member Hinchman announced that former Lodi educator
and world renown folk dance instructor Henry "Buzz" Glass
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presented a workshop at Parklane Elementary School. Glass,
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now on the verge of his 72nd birthday, decided long ago to
put his love for folk dance to good use. Glass has helped
produce more than 20 educational records, has authored
several books and magazine articles and served as the
editor for "Let's Dance Magazine". Much of what Glass
teaches and promotes as part of -his movement education is
used by the Lodi Unified School District physical education
specialists. Mr. Glass plans to return to Lodi in the near
future to put on additional workshops.
CONCERN EXPRESSED
REGARDING EXPENSE
OF
RELOCATING PAROLEE
STAPLETON
Mayor Olson expressed her concern on the amount of dollars
which have been expended to relocate Parolee Stapleton.
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COMMENTS BY THE
PUBLIC ON NON
AGENDA ITEMS
There were no persons in the audience wishing to speak
under this segment of the agenda.
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REPORTS OF THE
CITY MANAGER
REGULAR CALENDAR
HIRING OF CONSULTANT
FOR DEVELOPMENT OF
WASTEWATER DISCHARGE
REQUIREMENTS FOR
PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS
APPROVED Council was apprised that, at the present time, there are a
number of locations within the City's service area that
CC -88 have known groundwater contamination due to leaky
underground fuel tanks. One of the most economical methods
of cleaning up this type of contamination includes the
removal of the groundwater from the immediate area,
performing on-site filtering and clean up, and then
discharging into the City's wastewater system.
The City has been approached by one firm requesting
discharge into the City's wastewater system and it is
anticipated that additional requests will be received in
the near future. The City should have standards which
cover this type of discharge. The present City Code only
vaguely addresses hydrocarbon.discharges which could have a
major impact on the City's collection system, the treatment
plant operation, and the usability of waste sludges.
A Request for Proposal (RFP) was sent to three consulting
firms and included the following three major tasks:
- Recommendation on acceptable limits which would not
impact the collection system (explosive atmosphere), the
treatment system (effects on biochemical process),
and the disposal system (sludge contamination).
- Recommendation on safeguards to ensure limits are not
exceeded.
- Recommendation on methods of determining actual flows.
The City received proposals from the three firms, all of
which met the requirements of the RFP and all were
qualified to do this project. Listed below is a breakdown
of the fees for the proposals submitted:
Black & Veatch $4,500
Environmental Science and Engineering, Inc. $5,442
Environmental Resource Management - West $8,000
It is recommended that Black. & Veatch be retained by the
City to do this work and that the City Council authorize
the allocation of $5,000 for this study. The additional
$500 is for minor work which will have to be done by City
personnel which will also be charged to the project.
Following discussion, with questions being directed to
Staff, Council, on motion of Council Member Reid, Snider
second, authorized the Public Works Department to retain
the firm of Black & Veatch for the development of petroleum
hydrocarbon discharge standards and approved an allocation
from the Wastewater Reserve in the amount of $5,000 for
this study.
AGREEMENT APPROVED
FOR WELL 1OR
ACQUISITION Council Member Pinkerton asked to abstain from discussion
and voting on the following item because of a possible
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CC -27 (a) conflict of interest. Council Member Pinkerton then left
CC -183 (a) the Council Table.
Following introduction of the matter by the City Manager,
Council, on motion of Council Member Snider, Hinchman
second, approved the agreement for Well 1OR site
acquisition, eastside of Central California Traction line
at Lime Street off of Guild Avenue, and authorized the City
Manager and City Clerk to execute the subject document on
behalf of the City.
The motion carried by the following vote:
Ayes: Council Members - Hinchman, Reid, Snider,
and Olson (Mayor)
BIDDER BID
Hennings Bros. Drilling Co., Inc. $48,270
Arthur & Orum Well Drilling $49,751
Myer Bros. Farming and Well drilling $59,998
Clark Well and Equipment Co., Inc. $64,000
Engineer's Estimate $49,500
Council was apprised that this project includes the
drilling of a replacement Well No. 10. Plans and
specifications for this project were approved on February
4, 1987.
On motion of Mayor Pro Tempore Snider, Reid second, Council
adopted Resolution No. 87-53 awarding the contract for
"Well 1OR Drilling, East .Side of Central California
Traction Line at Lime Street off of Guild Avenue" to
Hennings Bros. Drilling Co., Inc. in the amount of
$48,270.00.
REQUEST FOR FOUR-WAY
STOP SIGNS AT
WASHINGTON STREET
AND TOKAY STREET
DENIED Council was apprised that, at the regular Council meeting
of April 1, 1987, the City Council received a request for
CC -48 (h) four-way stop signs at Washington Street and Tokay Street.
At the request of City Council, staff performed an
intersection study at this -location which is currently
controlled with two-way stop signs.
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Noes:
Council Members - None
Absent:
Council Members - None
Abstain:
Council Members - Pinkerton
AWARD - CONTRACT
FOR
WELL IOR DRILLING
RES. NO. 87-53
Council Member
Pinkerton asked to abstain from
discussion
and voting on
the following agenda item and
then left the
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Council Table.
City Manager
Peterson presented the following
bids which
had been received
for the contract for Well
IOR Drilling,
East Side of
Central California Traction
Line at Lime
Street off of
Guild Avenue:
BIDDER BID
Hennings Bros. Drilling Co., Inc. $48,270
Arthur & Orum Well Drilling $49,751
Myer Bros. Farming and Well drilling $59,998
Clark Well and Equipment Co., Inc. $64,000
Engineer's Estimate $49,500
Council was apprised that this project includes the
drilling of a replacement Well No. 10. Plans and
specifications for this project were approved on February
4, 1987.
On motion of Mayor Pro Tempore Snider, Reid second, Council
adopted Resolution No. 87-53 awarding the contract for
"Well 1OR Drilling, East .Side of Central California
Traction Line at Lime Street off of Guild Avenue" to
Hennings Bros. Drilling Co., Inc. in the amount of
$48,270.00.
REQUEST FOR FOUR-WAY
STOP SIGNS AT
WASHINGTON STREET
AND TOKAY STREET
DENIED Council was apprised that, at the regular Council meeting
of April 1, 1987, the City Council received a request for
CC -48 (h) four-way stop signs at Washington Street and Tokay Street.
At the request of City Council, staff performed an
intersection study at this -location which is currently
controlled with two-way stop signs.
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The study concludes that four-way stop signs at this
location are not warranted. The accepted warrants for
installing four-way stop signs and their applicability to
this location are as follows:
1. Interim measure to signal installation - signals not
needed
2. High number of accidents (five in 12 months) - none
last year; only two in the last 3 years
3. High volumes (500 per hour total with 200 on minor
street) - 370 total, less than 100 on Washington Street
4. High speed on major street (over 40 m.p.h.), above
criteria is reduced - not applicable
5. Volumes on both streets should be somewhat equal -
Tokay Street, 81%; Washington Street, 19%
Staff reviewed and commented on the reasons cited in the
request as follows:
1. School children crossing - "Suggested Route to School"
which was developed by the Chamber's Highway and
Transportation Committee working together with the
School District. The "Suggested Route to School" was
implemented in the fall of 1986. Teachers discussed
the routes with the students and pamphlets were sent
home to parents.
Staff presented "Suggested Route to School" which indicates
that the students should be crossing Washington Street at
Tokay Street where the Washington traffic stops for the
Tokay traffic. It also shows that students should not
cross Tokay Street at Washington, but should cross at
Garfield Street where there is presently a four-way stop t
sign. Based on a recent pedestrian count it appears the
majority of the students are following the "Suggested
Route."
2. Speeding - The radar survey performed in 1986 shows the
85th percentile speeds are 26 M.P.H. (west bound) and
29 M.P.H. (east bound). This is among the lowest
speeds of residential streets surveyed in the last year.
3. Right angle accidents - The accident rate at this
location is well below the average for two-way stops in
Lodi.
4. The daily traffic volumes on Tokay Street and
Washington Street are 4,100 vehicles and 1,000 vehicles
respectively. Again, students should be crossing Tokay
at Garfield Street, not at Washington Street.
5. Additional traffic - Additional residential units will
cause the traffic to increase, although it is unlikely
the increase will significantly change the above
figures.
6. Truck traffic - This street has a weight limit. Trucks
should not be using this segment of Tokay Street;
apparently additional enforcement is needed.
7. The suggested route suggests students cross Tokay
Street at Garfield Street since it is controlled by
four-way stop signs. Heritage School is located on
Garfield Street.
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REQUEST FOR "NO
PARKING" ZONE ON
WASHINGTON STREET
SOUTH OF WALNUT
STREET DENIED
CC -48 (e)
DOWNTOWN PARKING
STUDY REVIEW SET
FOR PUBLIC HEARING
CC -48 (a)
8. Police Department prepares an accident report on all
accidents called in, no matter what the damage is. It
is true that there may have been some unreported
accidents.
Discussion followed regarding the matter with questions
being directed to Staff.
On motion of Mayor Pro Tempore Snider, Reid second, Council
denied the request.
Council was apprised that Shirley Kleim, the Site
Coordinator of Loel Center, requested the existing loading
zone, which was previously requested by them, be replaced
with a "No Parking" zone on Washington Street. An area for
unloading and loading of passengers using Dial -a -Ride is
needed.
Apparently the Senior Citizens have difficulty seeing the
white passenger loading zone and tend to park in this
area. Since this is the appropriate curb marking for this
purpose, Staff does not recommend changing the zone.
However, if Council wishes to establish the "No Parking"
area, Staff recommended that Loel Center be charged for the
installation of the "No Parking" zone (includes 36 feet of
red paint and one sign).
A lengthy discussion followed with questions regarding the
matter being directed to Staff.
Mr. Dorance Ochs, Loel Center Board of Director, 1812
Burgundy Lane, Lodi, addressed the Council speaking on
behalf of the request.
Council, on motion of Mayor Pro Tempore Snider, Hinchman
second, determined to erect a permanent sign in the subject
area reading "PASSENGER LOADING AND UNLOADING ONLY",
suggesting that the Loel Center install temporary signing,
and implement other ideas that will serve to resolve the
problem.
The City Council was reminded that it had approved various
recommendations on the Downtown Parking Study which was
prepared by the City of Lodi Engineering Division with the
UDID Committee. The new controls were implemented in
October 1986 as shown on a map of the downtown area
presented for Council's perusal. Staff had indicated the
new controls would be reviewed after a six-month period.
Staff has performed two parking surveys (day after
Thanksgiving and Friday before Christmas). Bar charts
showing the before and after peak parking use in the
parking lots and the on -street permit areas were presented
for Council review. The City has received various comments
and complaints in the last six months. The City had not
solicited a formal public review. Many of the comments
were received verbally by the City's Parking Enforcement
Assistants.
The City of Lodi Finance Department began selling permits
quarterly in September 1986. The number of permits sold
has increased from approximately 215 to 250.
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The following list of the comments received, together with
staff responses were reviewed overall, it appears that the
parking changes that were implemented in October of 1986
have improved the parking in the downtown area.
DOWNTOWN PARKING STUDY - REVIEW April 1987
1. COMMENT: Request to modify parking time limit from 2
hours to 3 hours at the NW corner of Locust and School
Streets.
RESPONSE: Staff originally recommended converting
2 -hour to all -day parking on School Street N/Locust.
The average parking occupancy on School Street and
Locust Street was 21% (north side) and 7% (west side),
respectively. However, since the northwest corner of
Locust and School was being developed with a
residential/commercial project, no recommendation was
made. This request came from the owners of the
northwest building which included a petition with
signatures of owners of other businesses in the area.
If Council approves this request, it is recommended at
least half of the block faces be converted. It is also
more difficult for the Parking Enforcement Assistants
to enforce 3 hours than 4 hours.
2. COMMENT: Request for enforcement on 12 -minute
parking stall adjacent to PG&E building at 12 West Pine
Street.
RESPONSE: One parking space is currently painted
green. However, the current ordinance refers to time
zones at metered locations and there is no time limit
marked. If Council wishes to officially establish a
short time zone, an ordinance revision is necessary.
3. COMMENT: Request for 2 -hour parking on Sacramento
Street S/Lodi Avenue.
RESPONSE: Since the parking was removed on Lodi
Avenue in order to install left turn lanes, motorists
are parking on Sacramento Street_ The business located
on the southwest corner of the Sacramento/Lodi
intersection requested this area be changed to 2 -hour
parking. Staff performed two parking surveys and
verified the problem. However, staff does not
recommend installing 2 -hour parking. The business does
have some off-street parking. Implementing 2 -hour
parking on -street would most likely push the problem
southerly into the residential area.
4. COMMENT: Install 2 -hour plus all -day parking with
Zone B permit on Church Street from Elm Street to Pine
Street on the east side.
RESPONSE: Staff originally recommended 2 -hour or
all -day (Zone B) permit parking in areas which had low
parking demand and were not adjacent to businesses.
This parking area has businesses adjacent to it but the
businesses have entrances on other streets. The
parking occupancy varied considerably in both the
before and after surveys. Staff recommends installing
2 -hour or all -day (Zone B) permit parking at all, or a
portion of, this location.
COMMENT: Remove the 2 -hour parking and reinstall
permit parking at Lots 3 and 4 on both sides of
westerly aisle (same as before).
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RESPONSE: This request was received verbally from
the Parking Enforcement Assistants. The recent surveys
taken the day after Thanksgiving and the Friday before
Christmas showed the parking usage was low compared to
when this area was permit parking. It is felt that
expanding permit parking in this area should be
considered. An option would be to make this area
2 -hour or all -day (Zone B) permit parking, however, it
would probably be filled with permit users.
6. COMMENT:
Replace 2 -hour parking zone with 4 -hour parking on
Elm Street from School to Sacramento on the
north side (adjacent to Beauty College).
B. Reinstall the 5 -hour parking zone at Lot 5
(4 -hour).
RESPONSE: The Parking Enforcement Assistants have
received a number of requests from the Beauty College
students that longer time limits are needed. Staff has
no position on this matter. If City Council wishes to
pursue this matter, the businesses in the vicinity
should be notified of the hearing date.
7. COMMENT: Improve the Southern Pacific lot.
RESPONSE: The City does not have a long-term lease
with Southern Pacific Railroad Company. Therefore,
staff does not recommend making any substantial
improvements.
On motion of Mayor Pro Tempore Snider, Pinkerton second,
the Downtown Parking Study Review was set for public
hearing at the Regular Council Meeting of June 3, 1987.
A discussion regarding the United Downtown Improvement
District (UDID) Committee followed with questions being
directed to Staff. Council then requested that the City
Manager provide a .report on the status of the United
Downtown Improvement District Committee, if the group
should formally be disbanded, what the assessment district
fund balances are being used for, and requested information
regarding the installation and serving of waste receptacles.
TOKAY STREET
OVERLAYS, STOCKTON
TO CHEROKEE Council was reminded that, at a recent shirtsleeve meeting,
staff presented a problem on the Tokay Street overlay
CC -45 (a) project. The problem involved the large amount and high
cost of curb and gutter replacement. Council requested
that the matter be given additional study and brought back
at a regular meeting.
To put the problem in perspective, the following is a brief
description, as presented by Public Works Director Ronsko,
of the normal maintenance program on a typical street:
Age of Street
Description of
Work Cost
Remarks
1 year
Seal Coat
30.01/SF
5 to 10 years
Crack Seal
Varies
10- years
Slurry Seal
$0.05/SF
20- years
Thin Overlay
$0.20/SF
(Minor St.)
Little or
no curb
gutter
work done
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20- years Thick Overlay $0.40 to Curb &
(Major St.) $1.00/SF gutter?
30- years Reconstruct $3.00+/SF Usually
widening
so all
curb &
gutter is
new, or
major
repairs to
new
standard
The "curb and gutter" under the thick overlay remarks is
shown with a "?" because there has been no formal procedure
established for the following reasons:
-The City has done very few thick overlays over the last 10
years; usually the major streets needed widening or
reconstruction.
-The thick overlays that have been done were on streets
that needed relatively little curb and gutter replacement.
Reduced funding levels have made the use of thick overlays
imperative. We are now using these on older streets that,
10 years ago we would have considered candidates for
reconstruction. (Example - Pine Street between Cherokee
and Highway 99.) As we use thick overlays on older
streets, we are and will continue to find extensive amounts
of poor curb and gutter. Broken and depressed curb and
gutter allows water to pond and weakens the edge of the
street subgrade (aside from being a nuisance). In the
past, we have been attempting to repair gutters when the
ponded water extends out of the gutter into the street.
This is referred to as the "Std. Design" in the remaining
discussion.
On a street with few driveways and reasonable grade,
replacing curb and gutter is fairly straightforward. On a
flat, old street with lots of driveways (like Tokay
Street), curb and gutter repair becomes a major project.
There are four construction alternatives which are
described below.
Construction Alternatives
Alternative Description Advantages Disadvantages
1. Std. Design Replace curb & Improves High cost,
gutter where drainage still only
ponding exceeds and street a partial fix
gutter width shoulder compared to
life complete
replacement,
affects drive-
way access
2. Pave the By replacing the Relatively Will not hold
gutter high spots in low cost, up to street
the gutter and improves sweeper broom,
paving from curb driveway will require
to curb, the access additional
depressions will maintenance
be filled and a (patching)
marginal flow
line could be
established.
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Some older
examples include:
Hutchins Street (E)
S/Pine, Elm Street (S)
E/Sacramento, and
Sacramento (E) S/Elm
3. Fix worst Replace only Relatively Difficult to
gutter the absolute low cost select from
worst depressed which gutter to
or raised gutters replace,leaves
significant
amount of poor
gutter affects
driveway access
Do nothing
with the
gutter
a) pave Pave the travel Least cost, Leaves poor
center lanes, leaving no affect on gutter
of the parking driveways
street lanes as is
only
b) pave Pave gutter toe Low cost Leaves poor
full to gutter toe gutter,
width affects
driveway
access
The costs of the alternatives applied to the Tokay Street
project were presented for Council's perusal. They would
be representative of similar projects on other older,
residential streets.
Another alternative involves financing. Presently, these
projects are funded out of the various street funds, which
mainly come from taxes on fuel. The City could require the
property owners to pay for the sidewalk and driveway work.
Driveways
A related problem is that of driveway access. Older
streets generally have a higher crown than the newer design
streets and, in some cases, have higher curbs. Many modern
vehicles scrape the pavement when using a driveway. An
overlay only makes this problem worse.
Staff feels that this problem is not one that the City
should spend additional money to correct. Overlays are a
normal, accepted street maintenance technique. Insuring
that vehicles will not scrape is nearly impossible and even
attempting to do so would take an enormous amount of
engineering time and construction expense in driveway
replacement.
In some instances, property owners have installed illegal
ramps with or without culverts in the gutter. These are a
maintenance problem and often are a safety hazard. The
policy has been to have any new ramps removed and for ones
that have been in place, they will be removed when the curb
and gutter is replaced.
Summary
Staff feels that street maintenance is very important and
should not be neglected. Street maintenance has a much
higher priority than curb and gutter maintenance. Thus,
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COUNCIL APPROVES
RETAINING ERNST
AND WHINNEY TO
PERFORM AUDITING
SERVICES
CC -21 (a)
the additional money that could be spent on curb and gutter
replacement is better spent on pavement maintenance and
reconstruction. The City of Lodi does budget a minor
amount of funds for curb and gutter replacement.
Initially, we were recommending that we pave over the
gutter portion of the curb; however, after further
evaluation, it is felt that Alternative 4b, paving the full
street width with no curb and gutter replacement, is in
everyone's best interest. This alternative provides the
property owner with a new street, allows the City to do
curb and gutter repair in the future under our existing
curb and gutter replacement program, and provides
additional funds over the standard design for needed street
maintenance in other areas.
Public Works Director Ronsko presented diagrams and
responded to questions as were posed by the Council
regarding the matter.
Following a lengthy discussion, Council, on motion of Mayor
Pro Tempore Reid, Snider second approved paving alternate
4.b - paving gutter toe to gutter toe. Further, Council
approved certain curb, gutter, and handicapped
installations in the subject area at a total cost of
$106,000.
The motion carried by the following vote:
Ayes: Council Members - Pinkerton, Reid, Snider
and Olson (Mayor)
Noes: Council Members - Hinchman
Absent: Council Members - None
Council was reminded that, at the February 18, 1987
Council meeting, Council approved the Request for Proposals
for Audit Services and authorized the Finance Director to
advertise and solicit proposals. At February 18, 1987
meeting, Mayor Fred Reid, with Council approval, appointed
the following screening committee of five persons to review
proposals submitted:
Mayor Fred M. Reid
Councilmember John R. (Randy) Snider
Assistant City Manager Jerry Glenn
Finance Director Robert Holm
Rich Emde, Plant Controller --General Mills, Inc.
On March 30, 1987, proposals were received from the
following firms:
Bartig, Basler & Ray
Citrus Heights
Deloitte, Haskins, Sells
Sacramento
John Donovan & Co.
Lodi
Ernst & Whinney
Sacramento
Peat, Marwick, Main & Co.
Sacramento
Price Waterhouse
Sacramento
Touche Ross & Co.
Sacramento
The screening committee met April 15, 1987. After careful
review and evaluation of each proposal in the areas of
technical experience, qualifications of the audit team and
comparison of costs, it was the unanimous agreement of the
committee to continue with the services of Ernst & Whinney.
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'LCL ;�, &.
Alice M. Reimche
City Clerk
SEE PAGE 35 FOR MINUTES OF MAY 15, 1987
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Each respondent was notified of the committee's
recommendation by letter on April 28, 1987.
On motion of Council Member Reid, Snider second, Council
accepted the proposal from Ernst and Whinney to provide
audit services for fiscal year 1986-87 at a cost of $22,500
with an option to renew the contract for an additional four
years.
REPORT REGARDING
AMBULANCE SERVICE
WITHIN THE CITY
As requested by Council, at an earlier Council Meeting,
City Manager Peterson gave a report regarding ambulance
CC -22.1 (a)
service within the City of Lodi. Also speaking to the
Council regarding the matter was Mr. Louis K. Meyer, Chief
Administrative Officer of Life Medical Industries.
Discussion followed with no formal action being taken by
the Council on the matter.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business to come before the Council,
Mayor Reid adjourned the meeting at approximately 9:20 p.m.
ATTEST:
'LCL ;�, &.
Alice M. Reimche
City Clerk
SEE PAGE 35 FOR MINUTES OF MAY 15, 1987
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CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF LODI
CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS
WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 1987
Wednesday, May 20, 1987 at 7:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers, City Hall,
being the time and place of a regular meeting of the City Council of the
City of Lodi, I appeared on said date at said hour and place and finding
no members of the City Council in attendance, did then and there adjourn
said regular Council meeting, all in accordance with Section 36811 of the
Government Code of the State of California.
jDeAtte t•
udith Jo son
pu ty Clerk
for
Alice M. Reimche
City Clerk