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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - December 9, 19815tt; 11.A (-it, iLo kQ)A INUvt.ivibhtx IZ5, 1y2511V11114U1r5 CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF LODI CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS December 9, 1981 An adjourned regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Lodi was held beginning at 8:00 p.m., Wednesday, December 9, 1981 in the City Hall Council Chambers. ROLL CALL Present: Councilmen - Hughes, Katnich, Murphy, Pinkerton and McCarty (Mayor) Absent: Councilmen - None Also Present: City Manager Glaves, Assistant City Manager Glenn, Community Development Director Schroeder, City Attorney Stein, and City Clerk Reimche INVOCATION Mrs. Judy Johnson and Mr. Gary Borelli presented selections of Christmas music in the spirit of the approaching Christmas holidays. PLEDGE Mayor McCarty led the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag PUBLIC HEARINGS Mayor McCarty announced that no Public Hearings had been scheduled for this meeting. PLANNING COMMISSION Council received the following report of the Planning Commission meeting of November 23, 1981: The Planning Commission - ITEMS OF INTEREST\ 1. Conditionally approved the request of Baumbach and Piazza, Consulting Engineers, on behalf of Dennis Bennett for a Tentative Subdivision Map of Homestead Oaks, a 4 -lot condominium project proposed for 511 Murray Street in an area zoned C-1, Neighborhood Commercial. 2. Conditionally approved the request of Baumbach and Piazza, Consulting Engineers, on behalf of John Zabelle for a Tentative Parcel Map to create 3 -lots on the north side of Cochran Road, west of the Woodbridge Irrigation District right -o£ -way in an area zoned R-1, Single -Family Residential. 3. Conditionally approved the request of Monte Seibel, Land Surveyor, on behalf of Glen R. Ruth for a Tentative Parcel Map to create two lots at 325 and 333 Harold Street, in an area zoned R -MD, Residential Medium Density, Multiple Family. 4. Approved the request of U -Haul Company of Fresno to extend a Use Permit until May 12, 1982 for a temporary office trailer and truck and trailer rental at 450 North Cherokee Lane in an area zoned C-2, General Commercial. 5. Recommended that the San Joaquin County Board of Zoning Adjustment approve the request of Joseph Newfield for a Use Permit for a 31 -Unit recreational vehicles campground at the northeast corner of State Route 99 and the Mokelumne River. COMMUNICATIONS City Clerk Reimche apprised the Council that a Memorandum had been received from the Community Development Director, AMENDED LOT LINE James Schroeder, stating that there was a drafting error ADJUSTMENT APPROVED on the map of the Lot Line Adjustment between Lots 255 LOTS 255 AND 256, and 256 in the Vineyard Subdivision, Unit No. 3 which VINEYARD SUBDIVISION was approved on November 18, 1981. Following discussion, UNIT #3 on motion of Mayor Pro Tempore Murphy, Hughes second j A 5H Contined December 9, 1981 COMMUNICATIONS Council adopted Resolution No. 81-160A approving the (Cont'd) corrected Lot Line Adjustment between Lots 255 and 256 in the Vineyard Subdivision, Unit #3. DOWNTOWN ASSESSMENT Council received a report from the City Clerk that she DISTRICT had completed the preliminary examination of the Downtown Assessment District petitions and that it would indicate that the proponents have accomplished their task of obtaining the necessary signatures. The petitions have now been forwarded to the engineers for final verification and certification. REQUEST FOR SEWER Following Council discussion, Council, on motion of HOOK-UP DENIED Councilman Katnich, Pinkerton second, denied the request received from Mr. Joseph Newfield for a sewer hook-up ✓�"� to the existing city sewer lines directly across the Mokelumne River from the proposed recreational vehicle park on the north side of the Mokelumne River just across from Casa De Lodi Mobile Home Park. REQUEST FOR REQUIRE- City Clerk Reimche apprised Council that a letter had MENT TO COMPLETE been received from Mr. Bill Stemler, 1200 W. Lodi Avenue INSTALLATION OF and Mr. Earl H. Johnson 305 S. Sunset Drive, requesting SIDEWALKS ON EAST that Council require completion of installation of side - SIDE OF SOUTH SUN- walks on the east side of South Sunset Drive, south of SET DRIVE, SOUTH OF Lodi Avenue. Following Council discussion, with the LODI AVENUE ;',1% tacit concurrence of the Council, this matter was referred to Staff. ABC LICENSES Council received an application for Alcoholic Beverage License from John P. Jensen and Judith Karker, John's 1 Back Bay, 100 N. Cherokee Lane, Suite 5 - on -sale general eating place. LETTER OF APPRECIATION City Clerk Reimche presented a letter which had been RECEIVED RE: COUNCIL'S received from Jack W. Corell, President Board of Trustees, SUPPORT OF MEASURE San Joaquin County Mosquito Abatement District and A, THE SPECIAL TAX J. Don Lawson, Treasurer, Friends of Measure A expressing ASSESSMENT FOR appreciation for the Council's endorsement of Measure A, MOSQUITO CONTROL-,-- the special tax assessment for mosquito control. RECEIVED REQUEST TO Council referred to Ms. Charlene Lange, Community Relations TRANSFER BRICK AND Assistant, a letter which had been received from Mr. Milton TILE APPRENTICE CLASS E. Stirm, Chairman for the Joint Apprenticeship Committee, TO AUTO SHOP AREA OF Bricklayers and Allied Craftsmen, Local No. 12, requesting LODI COMMUNITY CENTER permission to transfer the Brick and Tile Apprentice Class to the Auto Shop area of the Lodi Community Center y ? if the Wood Shop area is to be renovated. CLAIMS On recommendation of R.L. Kautz and Company, and the City Attorney, Council, on motion of Councilman Pinkerton, Murphy second, denied the following Claim and referred J same to R.L. Kautz and Company. Michael Villarin - Date of loss August 29, 1981 CHECK RECEIVED Council received a check From the "old" Lodi High School FROM OLD LODI HIGH Site Foundation in the amount of $5,000.00 and extended SCHOOL SITE FOUNDA- sincere appreciation to the Foundation for all of its TION,- �� efforts. ALMOND DRIVE MOBILE City Clerk Reimche presented a letter which had been ESTATES received from Laura E. Bainbridge, Attorney at Law asking that Council at a shirt -sleeve session go out and view the driveway at Almond Drive Mobile Estates. On motion of Mayor Pro Tempore Murphy, McCarty second, Council placed this matter on the agenda for the Informal Informational meeting of January 5, 1982 and directed the City Clerk to apprise Attorney Bainbridge of the date and time. -2- 5S Continued December 9, 1981 COMMENTS BY CITY Mayor Pro Tempore Murphy and Council Pinkerton gave a COUNCILMEN report on the National Congress of Cities Conference they recently attended in Detroit. UPDATE ON RECENT NATIONAL CONGRESS OF 1 CITIES CONFERENCE REPORTS OF THE CITY In accordance with report and recommendation of the City MANAGER Manager, the following actions, hereby set forth between asterisks, on motion of Councilman Pinkerton, Murphy CONSENT CALENDAR second, were approved by the Council. CLAIMS �'`." Via' CLAIMS WERE APPROVED IN THE AMOUNT OF $624,894.54. MINUTES The minutes of November 4, 1981 were approved as written. PLANS AND SPECS FOR Council approved the plans and specifications for "Salas "SALAS PARK CONCESSION Park Concession Stand Fill" and authorized the City Clerk STAND FILL" APPROVED to advertise for bids thereon. Council was apprised that in general, the work consists of placing and compacting approximately 500 cubic yards of fill within the Salas Park concession stand structure and the project is estimated to cost approximately $8,500.00. SPECS APPROVED FOR Council approved the specifications for the purchase of one PURCHASE OF TWO 500 KVA and one 750 KVA padmounted transformer and authorized THREE-PHASE PAD- the Purchasing Agent to advertise for bids thereon. MOUNTED TRANSFORMERS ALDON PLACE Council approved the Final Map and Security Agreement for SUBDIVISION FINAL Aldon Place Subdivision and directed City Clerk to execute MAP APPROVED the agreement on behalf of the City. This map is for a one -lot condominium subdivision comprised . of eight separately owned condominium units and a common area. It is located at 1311 South Central Avenue. The off-site improvements are being installed under an encroachment permit and no subdivision agreement is required. 1982 GENERAL Following introduction of the matter by the City Clerk MUNICIPAL ELECTION Alice Reimche and discussion, Council took the following actions pertaining to the 1982 General Municipal Election: RES. NO. 81-164 - 81-168 a) On motion of Councilman Pinkerton, Murphy second, determined not to consolidate with the County for the 1982 r �1 General Municipal Election. 3 On motion of Mayor Pro Tempore Murphy, Katnich second, adopted Resolution No. 81-164 - Resolution calling a General Municipal Election to be held April 13, 1982. On motion of Councilman Katnich, Murphy second, adopted Resolution No. 81-165 determining that no limit shall be established on the amount of expenditures or contributions for campaigns for the April 13, 1982 General Municipal Election. On motion of Councilman Katnich, Pinkerton second, adopted Resolution No. 81-166 - Resolution adopting regulations pertaining to the Candidates Statement for the April 13, 1982 General Municipal Election in that 1) No charges shall be levied to the candidate for the printing, handling, or distribution of the Candidate's Statement. f () Continued December 9, 1981 1982 GENERAL 2) The Candidate's Statement shall be limited to a maximum MUNICIPAL ELECTION of 200 words. RES. NO. 81-164-81-168 3) Candidates for elective office will not be permitted to (Cont'd) prepare separately other materials to be sent to each voter in addition to the sample ballot and the voters pamphlet. On motion of Councilman Pinkerton, Hughes second, Council adopted Resolution No. 81-167 determining that there will be filing fee charged for the processing of a candidate's nomination papers for the April 13, 1982 General Municipal Election. On motion of Mayor Pro Tempore Murphy, Pinkerton second, Council adopted Resolution No.81-168 approving agreement with the County of San Joaquin Election Department to provide equipment and various services for the April 13, 1982 General Municipal Election. On motion of Councilman Katnich, Pinkerton second, Council reaffirmed -its earlier position of providing oral assistance only regarding bilingual voting requirements for the April 13, 1982 General Municipal Election. REYNOLDS' PARCEL City Manager Glaves introduced Agenda item "g" asking that REIMBURSEMENT Council clarify its intent regarding the reimbursement PAYMENTS DISCUSSED payments which are to be made at the time the Reynolds request water or sewer service or make major on-site improvements to their property at 310 North Cluff Avenue. Council was informed that Mr. Henry Reynolds recently requested a meeting with staff to discuss conditions in the agreement for conveyance of Cluff Avenue, Right-of-way. At this meeting, Mr. Reynolds requested that the City Council be asked to clarify their intent regarding the reimbursements to the Assessment District for the installation of the water and sewer mains fronting his property. It was Mr. Reynolds' understanding that the cost of the water and sewer mains was to be the Assessment District's responsibility and that he would not now or in the future share in the installation cost of these utilities. He understood that he would pay the cost of the sewer lateral and the connection fee. It was also his understanding that the City would be responsible for the installation of curb, gutter and sidewalk in exchange for right-of-way but that the eight feet of paving on the easterly side of Cluff Avenue would be his responsibility at the time of development or request for water or sewer service. The cost of the paving would be the amount the City paid for the paving plus accrued interest. The rate of interest was not addressed previously. Mr Reynolds would like to know what that interest rate would be. As a point of information, the interest rate on the Northeast Area Sanitary Sewer Lift Station Reimbursement Agreement is 10%. Staff feels that this would also be a fair rate for the paving reimbursement. A very lengthy discussion followed with questions being directed to Staff and to Mr. Reynolds, who was in the i audience. On motion of Councilman Katnich, Pinkerton - second, Council confirmed that the City's adopted Utility Reimbursement policy does apply to Reynolds and indicated that it felt it was unjust to force Reynolds to tie onto the sanitary sewer. Further Council asked for a study of the sewer ordinance to see if it is viable.. RECESS Mayor McCarty declared a five-minute recess, and the meeting was reconvened at approximately 9:35 p.m. -a- Q Continued December 9, 1981 BUS ZONE ESTABLISHED Council was informed that Carolyn Wilson, Principal of ON VINE STREET WEST OF Senior Elementary School, has requested that an additional HAM LANE bus loading zone be installed on the south side of Vine Street adjacent to the school. The school transports RES. NO. 81-169 between 600 and 700 students daily. At the present time there is a bus zone on Ham Lane sufficient for 2 buses and the school has an on-site loading area sufficient =o for 6 buses. RES. PETITIONING Following introduction of the matter by Mayor McCarty, BRD.OF SUPERVISORS TO Council on motion of Councilman Pinkerton, Murphy second, CONSIDER CITY'S PRO- adopted Resolution No. 81-171 - Resolution petitioning POSAL REGARDING USE the Board of Supervisors to consider the City of Lodi's OF STATE PARKS AND Proposal regarding use of State Parks and Recreational RECREATIONAL BOND Bond Subventions to Cities and County. SUBVENTIONS TO CITIES AND COUNTY RES. 81-171 �Vv Following discussion with questions being directed to Staff and to Ms. Wilson who was in the audience, Council on motion of Councilman Pinkerton, Murphy second, adopted Resolution No. 81-169 establishing a bus zone on Vine Street, west of Ham Lane. APPROVAL OF INSTRU- Following introduction of the matter by Staff, Council, MENT MAINTENANCE on motion of Councilman Pinkerton, Murphy second, approved SERVICE SPECIFICA- specifications for White Slough Instrument Maintenance TIONS/WHITE SLOUGH Service and authorized the Purchasing Agent to advertise for bids thereon. SPECS APPROVED Specifications for the Salas Park Light Fixture Project FOR SALAS PARK were presented for Council's approval. Council was LIGHT FIXTURE apprised that installation after the materials have been PROJECT received will be done primarily by the Boosters of Boys Sports organization. Funds for this project will be derived from the 1976 and 1980 Bond Fund Programs. On motion of Councilman Pinkerton, Katnich second, Council approved the specifications for the Salas Park Light Fixture Project and authorized the City Clerk to advertise for bids thereon. HUTCHINS STREET Council was apprised that in June 1981, the City's ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT consultant, CHIN Hill, began work on the Environmental REPORT Impact Report and a special traffic analysis for the Hutchins Street Improvement Project. A public meeting cz, - til - - was held in September to review the project. The draft environmental impact report which includes the traffic analysis is now ready for public circulation. The Public Hearing is to receive comments on the adequacy of the EIR and the project in general. On motion of Mayor Pro Tempore Murphy, Pinkerton second, PUBLIC HEARING SET Council set the public hearing on the Hutchins Street Improvement Project, Kettleman Lane to Pine Street, for January 20, 1982 at 8:00 p.m. COUNCIL SUPPORTS OF Following introduction of the matter by Councilman Pinkerton P.G.& E. and Council discussion, Council, on motion of Mayor Pro Tempore Murphy, Katnich second, adopted Resolution RELICENSING OF ROCK No. 81-170 - Resolution in support of P.G.& E. relicensing CREEK/CRESTA AND of Rock Creek/Cresta and Mokelumne Projects. The MOKELUMNE PROJECTS motion carried by the following votes: RES. NO. 81-170 Ayes: Councilmen - Katnich, Murphy, Pinkerton, and McCarty (Mayor) P n 5 �, C joo Noes: Councilmen - Hughes Absent: Councilmen - None RES. PETITIONING Following introduction of the matter by Mayor McCarty, BRD.OF SUPERVISORS TO Council on motion of Councilman Pinkerton, Murphy second, CONSIDER CITY'S PRO- adopted Resolution No. 81-171 - Resolution petitioning POSAL REGARDING USE the Board of Supervisors to consider the City of Lodi's OF STATE PARKS AND Proposal regarding use of State Parks and Recreational RECREATIONAL BOND Bond Subventions to Cities and County. SUBVENTIONS TO CITIES AND COUNTY RES. 81-171 �Vv J Continued December 9, 1981 City Manager Glaves apprised the Council that after the first of the Year, NCPA will move its headquarters office to the Roseville area. This decision was made to place the office in a more central location, avoid high housing costs and reduce business travel to the Energy Commission. The present treasurer and controller are from the city of Palo Alto. With the move, the Treasurer and Controller will come from Roseville. This requires an amendment to the Joint Powers Agreement. Other changes in wording, etc. was outlined by City Manager Glaves for the benefit of the Council. AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO On motion of Councilman Pinkerton, Hughes second, Council NCPA JOINT POWERS adopted Resolution No. 81-172 approving Amendment No. 3 AGREEMENT to NCPA Joint Powers Agreement and authorized the Mayor and City Clerk to execute the Agreement on behalf of the RES. NO. 81-172 City. COUNCIL AUTHORIZES Following introduction of the matter by Councilman SALE OF SCENIC OVER- Pinkerton, Murphy second, Council adopted Resolution No. LOOK PROPERTY .. V' 81-173 authorizing the sale of the Scenic Overlook Property C` 3� ) under the procedure set forth in Government Code Section RES. NO. 81-173 25526 et seq. AGREEMENT WITH Following introduction of the matter by City Manager WEIGHT WATCHERS FOR Glaves, Council, on motion of Councilman Pinkerton, USE OF CITY FACILITY Murphy second, approved an Agreement for use of a portion APPROVED of the Carnegie Library by Weight Watchers and authorized ��_,•' *`-�1 the City Manager and City Clerk to execute the Agreement on behalf of the City. COMPLIANCE AUDIT FOR on motion of Councilman Pinkerton, Murphy second, Council REVENUE SHARING AND received for filing Compliance Audit for Revenue Sharing MANAGEMENT LETTER and Management Letter, City of Lodi, June 30, 1981 as RECEIVED FOR FILING prepared by Ernst and Whinney. REMY AND ASSOCIATES Following introduction of the matter by City Attorney RETAINED TO DEFEND Stein, and Council discussion, Council on motion of MEASURE A Councilman Katnich, Murphy second, appointed Remy and r Associates to assist the City Attorney in the defense ✓'� of Measure A. The compensation will be at the rate of $75.00 per hour. Councilman Hughes addressed the Council stating that there has been considerable discussion between the City Council and the City Manager regarding the assurance of continuity of performance in the positions of City Manager and Department Heads, and I might add, considerable speculation, and that he would like to lay this matter to rest. CONTINUITY OF Section 17-2-1 of the City Code speak of mandatory retirement PERFORMANCE OF CITY at the age of 65 unless there are circumstances, approved MANAGER AND DEPART- by the City Council, to extend employment to the maximum MENT HEADS age of 70. The City Manager has been asked to assess his retirement plans and those of his department heads. In this respect, we would formally ask that the City Manager give the City Council at least 6 months notice of his plans to retire should he plan retirement earlier than the age specified in the City Code. Also that the language of Section 17-2-1 of the City Code be clarified to provide, in as much as possible, adequate advance notice to the City Council of planned retirements of other key administrative personnel. Councilman Hughes then asked that this statement be considered to be in the form of a motion. The motion was seconded by Councilman Katnich. The motion carried by unanimous vote. Following Continued December 9, 1981 6 CONTINUITY OF an inquiry by Mayor McCarty, it was determined with the PERFORMANCE OF CITY tacet concurrence of the Council that the final authority MANAGER AND DEPART- to hire and discharge a City Manager will rest with the MENT HEADS City Council. Council asked the City Manager to prepare (Cont'd) a report regarding the matters included in the motion for presentation to the City Council at its January 20, 1982 regular meeting. ORDINANCES Ordinance No. 1244 - Ordinance approving General Plan Land Use Element Amendment No. GPA -LU -61-3 which consists of three sections: Section 1: Redesignating the .62 acre parcel at 1435 Academy Street, Lodi from Low Density Residential to Commercial; GENERAL PLAN LAND Section 2: Redesignate the 2.30 acre parcel at 1420 USE ELEMENT AMEND- West Kettleman Lane, Lodi from Office -Institutional to MENT NO. GPA -LU -81-3 Commercial. ORDINANCE NO. 1244 Section 3: Redesignate parcel at 1001 Windsor Drive from ADOPTED Low Density Residential to Office Institutional having been introduced at a regular meeting of the Council held November 18, 1981, was brought up for passage after reading Cy t ;�? by title. On motion of Councilman Pinkerton, Murphy (c '1 second, the Ordinance.was then adopted and ordered to print by the following vote: -7- Ayes: Councilmen - Katnich, Murphy, Pinkerton, Hughes, McCarty (Mayor) Noes: Councilmen - None Absent: Councilmen - None ORDINANCE REZONING Ordinance No. 1245 - Ordinance rezoning the .62 acre parcel .62 ACRE PARCEL AT at 1435 Academy Street, Lodi from R-2, Single -Family 1435 ACADEMY STREET Residential to C -M, Commercial -Light Industrial having FROM R-2 TO C -M been introduced at a regular meeting of the Council held November 18, 1981, was brought up for passage after ORD. NO. 1245 reading by title. On motion of Mayor Pro Tempore Murphy, ADOPTED Pinkerton second, the Ordinance was then adopted and order- ed to print by the following vote: J - ' Ayes: Councilmen - Katnich, Murphy, Pinkerton, C (�� Hughes, McCarty (Mayor) Noes: Councilmen - None Absent: Councilmen - None Ordinance No. 1246 - Ordinance amending P -D (15), Planned Development No. 15 to permit the 2.30 acre parcel at 1420 West Kettleman Lane to conform to the C -S, Commercial f Shopping District, rather than the R -C -P, Residential - Commercial -Professional District having been introduced at a regular meeting of the Council held November 18, 1981 ,\`\C\ C was brought up for passage after reading by title. On motion of Mayor Pro Tempore Murphy, Pinkerton second, the Ordinance was then adopted and ordered to print by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen - Katnich, Murphy, Pinkerton, Hughes, McCarty (Mayor) Noes: Councilmen - None Absent: Councilmen - None -7- h4 Continued December 9, 1981 ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to come before the Council, Mayor McCarty adjourned the meeting at approximately 10:00 p.m. ATTEST: ALICE M. REIM HE City Clerk -8-