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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - August 19, 1970Ila CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF LODI CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS AUGUST 19, 1970 A regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Lodi was held beginning at 8:05 p.m. on Wednesday, August 19, 1970 in the City Hall Council Chambers. ROLL CALL Present: Councilmen - EHRHARDT, HUGHES, KATNICH, KIRSTEN and SCHAFFER (Mayor) Absent: Councilmen - None Also Present: Susjat t City Manager Peterson, Assistant City Attorney " `�ttlietr, ' Planning Director Schroeder and Public Works Director Jones. PLEDGE Mayor Schaffer led the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag. MINUTES On motion of Councilman Hughes, Katnich second, the Minutes of August 5, 1970 were approved as written and mailed. PRESENTATION RECREATION Mayor Schaffer presented Mr. Gregory J. Costa COMMISSIONERS and Councilman Walter Katnich with Certificates of Appreciation thanking them for their service to the community while serving on the Recreation Commis Sion. PUBLIC HEARINGS Notice thereof having been published in accordance with law, Mayor Schaffer called for the public hearing on the appeal of Mr. Leland Ehlers and Dr. Gordon Roget of Ehlers and Roget Development Company from the decision of the Planning Commission in denying their request for a change in zoning from the R-1, Single-family, Residential District to the R -GA, Garden Apartment Residential District and the C-1, Neighborhood Commercial District for a parcel located at the southeast corner of West Lodi Avenue and Lower Sacramento Road. Assistant City Manager Peterson read a letter from Mr. Victor W. Meyer, 41 South Sacramento Street, on behalf of Dr. Roget and Mr. Ehlers, requesting to withdraw the above appeal. Councilman Kirsten moved the withdrawal of the appeal be complied with. The motion was seconded by Councilman Ehrhardt and carried by unanimous vote. W 114 Minutes of August 19, 1970 continued DRUG Mr. Robert Hunnell, 115 North Orange Avenue, ABUSE addressed the Council concerning a Drug Abuse CONFERENCE conference being presented by the University of California at San Francisco on September 19-20, I970. Mr. Hunnell reported he had attended a similar conference and recommended it very highly. AWARD OF Mayor Ben Schaffer announced that an Award of MERIT " Merit had been presented to the City of Lodi Water Department in recognition of an excellent safety record during the near of 1969 by the American Water Works Association. , He commended the employees for their excellent safety record. COMMUNICATIONS APPRECIATION A letter of appreciation from Mr. A. Norman Hopkins, Scoutmaster Troop 367, Concord, California, for use of the Lodi Lake Park the weekend of August 1 and 2 was read by the Mayor. PLANNING COMMISSION OF INTEREST At its meeting of August 10, 1970 the City Planning Commission took the following action of interest to the City Council: Approved the request of Mr. Roland Mounce for a variance to re-establish a non -conforming private swim club (Robby's Olympic Club) on the east side of West Lane, south of Kettleman Lane in an area zoned R -MD, Medium Density Multiple -Family Residential, with certain conditions. REPORTS OF THE CITY MANAGER CLAIMS Claims in the amount of $98, 649.64 were approved on motion of Councilman Kirsten, Ehrhardt. second. AWARD - STREFaT Only one bid was received for street materials MATERIALS for the 1970-71 fiscal year. The bid was from Claude C. Wood Company as follows: RES. NO. 3410 600 T Class 2 aggregate base $2.70/T 400 T Concrete sand 2.85/T 500 T Asphalt concrete 3/8" SC -800 6.45/T 500 T Asphalt concrete 1/2" 85-100 6.20/T 3,500 T Asphalt concrete 3/8" 86-100 6.45/T Assistant City Manager Peterson recommended award of the bid. On -notion of Councilman Ehrhardt, Kirsten second, the Council adopted Resolution_ No. 3410 awarding the contract for the street materials to Claude C. Wood Company in accordance with the bid. -2- 116 Minutes of August 19, 1970 continued LODI AVENUE Assistant City- Manager Peterson stated that the TRAFFIC Engineering Division had recently conducted studies STUDY of traffic movement and parking on West Lodi Avenue and as a result had prepared a traffic study, copies of which had been forwarded to the Council prior to the meeting. Mr. Peterson requested Public Works Director Jones to present the "Lodi Avenue Traffic Study. " Mr. Jones reviewed the study explaining that for the past few months the City staff had been meeting with the Highway Trans- portation Committee of the Lodi District Chamber of Commerce as well as representatives of merchants and property owners along Lodi Avenue. He explained that the traffic study included a review of existing improvements, traffic volumes and capacity, parking availability and practices both on and off-street, accidents and future improvements. The Public Works Director pointed out that he recommended a two-way left -turn lane be installed on Lodi Avenue between Ham Lane and Hutchins Street but was not requesting Council action at this time. He stated he would be presenting the study to both the Chamber committee and the City Planning Commission for review and the matter would then be brought back to the Council for action. The Council commended Mr. Jones on the report, and no action: was taken at this time. LIMITING Assistant City Manager Peterson reported that a PARKING request had been received from the Lodi Unified E. CAMPUS School District for limited parking on Hutchins Street in front of the East Campus. The Public Works RES. NO. 3411 Director had submitted a recommendation that parking RES. NO. 3412 be limited on the east side of Hutchins Street between Walnut Street and the alley north of Walnut Street to two hours and that parking be prohibited in two areas on Hutchins Street adjacent to the above parking. Mr. Peterson stated that both Police Chief Yates and Mr. James Arieda of the School District concurred with this recommendation. On motion of Councilman Kirsten, Ehrhardt second, the Council then adopted Resolution No. 3411 estab- lishing "No Parking" zones on the east side of Hutchins Street from 40 feet north of the centerline of Walnut Street to 58 feet north of the centerline of Walnut Street (18') and from 186 feet north of the centerline of Walnut Street to 205 feet north of the centerline of Walnut Street (19'). Councilman Ehrhardt then moved adoption of Resolution No. 3412 establishing a two-hour parking zone on the east side of Hutchins Street from 58 feet north of the centerline of Walnut Street to 186 feet north of the centerline of Walnut Street (128'). The motion was seconded by Councilman Kirsten and carried by unanimous vote. -3- 116 Minutes of August 19, i9 7 0 continued. CAPITAL OUTLAY- The Capital Ou:1ay Budget for fiscal 1970-71 yras UTILITY OUTLAY presented for furthe- review. (The U `Lity Outlay BUDGETS ADOPTED Budget had been d_scl.:ssed at the meeting of .T -_e 24, 1970). ORD. NO. 935 INTRODUCED Councilman Kirsten remarked that certain cel -1=2 :s had been made and priority established in the area of storm drainage at the time the bond issue was passed by the voters. He pointed out that de=•elcpment of Basin D v, -as L -i line with the City's established policy to provide service to the east side of tc•r, rather than extending lines to new areas. He q_iesticned if the Capital Outlay Budget had been prepared in accordance with the established priorities. Mr. Peterson assured him that the budget had been prepared in accordance with policies established by the Council. Councilman Hughes questioned the Lockeford Street track relocation work recommended in the budget_, He suggested that correcting the problem at the curve on Lockefcrd Street between the main Southern Pacific tracks and Stockton Street might be more urgent than the widening project recommended in the Capital Lmprover_:ent Program. The Council discussed the matter and instructed the staff to study the projects to evaluate priority and report back to the Council at a later date. After further discussion of the Capital Outlay Budget, Councilman Kirsten :^_-loved introduction of Ordinance No. 935 adopting the Capital Outlay Budget and the Utility Outlay Budget for 1970-71 as presented. The motion was seconded by Councilman Ehrhardt and carried by unanimous vote. 1970-71 TAX Councilman. Kirsten moved the adoption of Resclut.-:cn RATE No. 3413 fixzr_g the tax :-ate for fiscal 1970-71 as follows- RES. ollows-RES. NO. 3413 General Fund .98 Storm Drain Fund .20 Pension Fund .20 Library Fund .20 Library Cons`.ructlon Fund .10 The rr_otion was seconded by Councilman Katnich and carried by unan:r_icus vote. KOFU PARK Courcilma^_ Katn.ch re_ninded the Council that the DEDICATION dedication of Kcfu Pa --k had been set °or Saturday, August 22, 1970 at 10:00 a. m. 10 Minutes of August 19, 1970 continued COMMUNITY Assistant City Manager Peterson announced that the ANALYSIS Board of Supervisors had recently approved prepar- PROGRAM ation of a Federal application for funding a Cornmu_nity Analysis Program for San Joaquin County and that Planning Director Schroeder would be monitoring the project and keeping the Council informed. C & C OF The Assistant City Manager reported that the City S.J. COUNTY of Lodi would be hosting the Cities and County of San Joaquin meeting to be held Thursday, September 10. NCPA Councilman Kirsten reported on a recent meeting in Washington, D.C. with U.S. Secretary of the Interior Walter Hickle concerning the Northern California Power Agency. BICYCLE Councilman Ehrhardt discussed the problem of TRAFFIC bicycle traffic and safety in the area of South S. STOCKTON ST. Stockton Street. The matter was referred to the staff for study and recommendation. ORDINANCES ADOPT ORDINANCE NO. 934, entitled "AN ORDINANCE SPECIFIC PLAN- ADOPTING A SPECIFIC PLAN FOR TURNER ROAD TURNER ROAD BETWEEN CHURCH STREET AND MYRTLE ROAD," having been introduced at a regular meeting on ORD. NO. 934 August 5, 1970 was brought up for passage on ADOPTED motion of Mayor Schaffer, Katnich second. Second reading was omitted after reading by title, and the ordinance was then passed, adopted and ordered to print by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen - Ehrhardt, Hughes, Katnich, Kirsten and Schaffer ADJOURNMENT Noes: Councilmen - None Absent: Councilmen - None There being no further business, on motion of Councilman Kirsten, Ehrhardt second, the meeting was adjourned at approximately 9:45 p.m. Attest: BESSIE L. BENNETT City Clerk -5-