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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - March 12, 1969329 CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF LODI CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 1969 An adjourned regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Lodi was held beginning at 7:40 p.m. on Wednesday, March 12, 1969 in the City Hall Council Chambers. ROLL CALL Present: Councilmen - BROWN, CULBERTSON, E RSTEN, SCHAFFER and HUNNELL (Mayor) Also present: City Manager Glaves, Assistant City Manager Peterson and City Attorney Mullen (8:00 p. m. ). PLEDGE Mayor Hunnell led the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM Mayor Hunnell stated that the adjourned meeting was for the purpose of discussing the City's Capital Improvement Program in the areas of drainage, sewer and water. He complimented the Public Works Director and his staff on the outstanding report, "A Ten Year Capital Improvement Program, " which was presented to the Council at the meeting of March 5, 1969. DRAINAGE - City Manager Glaves gave a brief background of the City's present PRIORITIES drainage system. He stated that ordinarily he would have submitted ESTABLISHED the complete Capital Improvement Program to the Council for considera- tion, but he felt it was not advisable to prepare a complete presentation to the Council at this time. He asked that the Council review the areas suggested in his memorandum of March 5, 1969 - drainage, sewer and water - and to give the staff direction in these areas so it might proceed with the development of the entire Capital Improvement Program. The City Manager reminded the Council that at the time the basin -park drainage system was adopted the system had two obvious shortcomings: it was quite expensive and it was inflexible. He pointed out that the drainage plan sets out drainage zones in which each have a basin -park and its own collection system. Also, to a major extent the zones are tied together and one drainage area is dependent upon the development of another area before it is functional. He asked the Council to determine priorities for the various drainage areas in the City. Councilman Culbertson felt the Council should not make this deter- mination until it had reviewed the total Capital Improvement Program rather than just a part of it. City Manager Glaves explained that the staff needed direction from the Council so that it might proceed with the development of the entire Capital Improvement Program. He said the entire program is keyed to the development of the drainage program. The Manager suggested that Area A should be top priority since it is the key to the entire drainage program. After considerable discussion, Mayor Hunnell stated the first priority of the drainage program should be completion of Area A; the second priority would then be Area D. He felt further priorities could not be established without further informa- tion. Councilman Kirsten agreed, stating he felt Areas A and D should be completed at the earliest practicable time without increased taxes. The general feeling of the Council was that the first priority in the drainage program was Area A; the second priority was Area D and no further priorities were established at this time. RECESS At 9:45 p.m. Mayor Hunnell declared a five-minute recess. DRAINAGE - Under the discussion of rate of progress of the Capital Improvement RATE OF Program in the area of drainage, the Council agreed the rate could be PROGRESS slowed down somewhat and the program extended over a longer period of time than originally planned. - 1 - 6du Minutes of March 12, 1969 continued DRAINAGE - City Xlanager Glaves explained that the question of what the City LEVEL OF will provide and finance in the drainage program should also be SERVICE determined. Councilman Kirsten suggested the present policy be maintained in this area. The Council concurred. DRAINAGE - After discussion, it was the general concensus of the Council that FINANCING the present manner of financing the drainage program was acceptable and development at a slower pace than originally planned may be necessary to finance the program. SAN. SEWER, The City Manager reviewed the other phases of the report submitted WATER, by the Public Works Director which included the sanitary sewer INDUS. WASTE program, water program, industrial waste program and streets STREETS program. The Council took no action on this portion of the report. ADJOLRNMENT At approximately 10:35 p.m. the Mayor adjourned the meeting. J ATTEST: Bessie L. Bennett City Clerk -2-