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CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF LODI
CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS
THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 1969
A special meeting of the City Council of the City of Lodi was held
beginning at 5:40 p. m, on Thursday, August 28, 1969 in the City Hall Council
Chambers.
ROLL CALL Present: Councilmen - BROWN, CULBERTSON,
HUNNELL, SCHAFFER and
KIRSTEN (Mayor)
Absent: Councilmen - None
Also present: Assistant City Manager Peterson,
City Attorney Mullen and Public Works Director Jones.
A-2 BASIN Mayor Kirsten explained to the City Council that the
special meeting had been called to discuss the agree-
ment between the City of Lodi and the Westmont
Development Company concerning the purchase of a
parcel of land by the City for the A-2 Basin. He then
asked Assistant City Manager Peterson to introduce
the subject.
The Assistant City Manager gave a brief history of
the A-? Basin. He explained that the staff had met
with representatives of the Westmont Develooment
Company to negotiate the agreement as directed by
the City Council at the meeting of August 20, 1969. He
gave a resume of the staff's discussions with the
developers and reported they had been unable to arrive
at a mutually satisfactory agreement relative to the
bicycle oath and the extra fill which were a part of the
proposed agreement and had been included in the
City's specifications.
Mr. Robert Houston, representing the Westmont
Development Company, agreed with the Assistant City
Manager's remarks.
Mayor KLrsten then stated that the Council must start
anew to negotiate the agreement as at this point there
was no agreement. After considerable Council dis-
cussion_, Mayor Kirsten suggested the City purchase
the property at $4500 per acre and provide the extra
fill and cost of the bicycle path which he felt would be
consistent with treatment given to other developers.
Councilman Hunnell asked what the cost of the extra
fill would be. Public Works Director Jones reported
that Claude C. Wood Company had estimated the cost
of the bicycle path and the extra fill to be approximately
$8, 100.
After further discussion concerning the bicycle path
and the extra fill, Councilman Culbertson moved that
the bicycle path be a part of the A-2 Basin. The
motion was seconded by Councilman Schaffer and
carried by unanimous vote.
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ADJOURNMENT
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Councilman Culbertson then moved the City offer to pur-
chase the approximately 16. 64 acres as .planned for
$4500 per acre; grading of the entire park area to be plus
or minus 0. 1 foot tolerance; the City to pay $8, 100 far,.:
the bicycle path and the extra fill required as specified
in the basin design and considered above excavation and
grading requirements in previous ponding basins; and
the timing of the removal of the -dirt to be consistent
with City specifications. The motion was seconded by
Councilman Brown and carried by unanimous vote.
Mr. Victor Meyer, speaking on behalf of the Westmont
Development Company, accepted _the offer of the City,
stating it was his understanding that the Company would be
obtaining the dirt without chargeand requested the sale of
the property be closed by September 1 or 2. The Council
agreed there would be no charge for the dirt and the sale
would be closed as soon as possible.
.There being no further business,. the Council adjourned.
at approximately 6:30 p.m.
Attest.EB SSLE L. 1, E T�
City. Clerk
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