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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - August 4, 1965-Z56 CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF LODI CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS AUGUST 4, 1965 This regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Lodi Was held beginning at 8 p.m. of Wednesday, August 4, 1965, in the City Hall Council Chambers. ROLL CALL Present: Councilmen - BROWN, CULBERTSON, VAL7ON(8:03) and DOW(Mayor pro tempore) Absent: Councilmen - KIRSTPr3(Nayor) Also present: City Manager Glaves(8:10 p.m.), City Attorney Mullen and Administrative Assistant Peterson. MINUTES On motion of Councilman Culbertson, Brown second, the minutes of July 21, 1965, were approved as written and mailed. COWUNICATIONS AN. LEGION An invitation was received from Lodi Post No. 22, INSTALLATION American Legion, to attend their installation of officers on August 14, 1965, commencing at 7 p.m. ABC LICENSE Notice of application for Alcoholic Beverage License, On Sale Beer & Wine, by Jerzy Calvin Ballard, Club 15, 15 N. Sacramento Street. WK. G. HOLZ A letter was read from Mr. William G. Holz, President RE STOCKTON ST. of the Holz Rubber Company, stating that as a member of SETBACK LINA the Planning Commission he felt proper consideration had not been given by the Commission to the Stokely -Van Camp problem relating to the building setback lines on South Stockton Street. In his opinion, proper consideration was not possible because of 1) Lack of complete infor- mation on the subject; 2) Absence of staff recommen- dations for possible alternate solutions; 3) Insufficient time taken for due deliberation, study and discussion; and 4) Insufficient detail supplied in the presentation by the applicant. REPORTS OF CITY MANAGER ACQUISITION City Attorney Mullen suggested that the Council consider OF WEBER the deed being offered by Mrs. Anna Marie Weber for the PROPERTY property at 31 North Pleasant Avenue for the sum of $12,600.00. This sum is the appraised value of the property and Mr. Mullen recommended that her offer be accepted. The property is being acquired as part of the Public Safety Building site. On motion of Councilman Walton, Brown second, the Council approved purchase of the land in accordance with the terms of the offer. (City Manager Glaves arrived.) PLANNING COMMISSION S. STOCKTON ST Mr. Glaves read the recommendation from the Planning BLDG. SETBACK Commission that the City Council adopt legislation which LINE would make the following changes on Stockton Street between Vine Street and Kettleman Lane: 1. Increase the right of way from 71 feet to 80 feet and the curb to curb dimension from 60 feet to 64 feet. 2. Increase the building setback on the west side of the street from 41 feet to 45 feet measured from the center line; and - 1 - ABW 2S7 Minutes of August 4, 1965, continued Mr. Glaves stated the bid was reasonable and he recom- mended that award be made. On motion of Councilman Brown, Walton second, the City Council adopted Resolution IJo. 2843 awarding the contract for street materials to Claude C..'Wood Company for the amount of their bid. - 2 - 3. Increase the building setback on the east side of the street from 30 feet to 35 feet measured from the center line. r On motion of Councilman Brown, Culbertson second, the above recommendation was set for public hearing at the j meeting of August 18, 1965. INFORJG%27,ON At its meeting of July 26, 1965 the Planning Commission approved a use permit for Mr. Sam Salas to construct a funeral home on the west side of South Fairmont Avenue north of Sylvia Drive in a C -P zone, subject to certain conditions. REPORTS OF CITY MANAGER(Continued) CLAIMS Claims in the amount of $342,305.72 were approved on motion of Councilman Culbertson, Brown second. AWARD - Bids received for Ham Lane Storm Drain-Mokelumne River HAM LANE Outfall -Unit 1 totalled as follows: STORM DRAIN Alt. 1 Alt. 2 RES. NO. 2848 ADOPTED Cecil Sand & Gravel $20,140.00 $16,540.00 W. M. Lyles 23,586.90 Claude C. Wood Co. 25,245.00 A. Teichert & Son 26,233.00 Mr. Glaves explained that Alternate 1 was for precast pipe while Alternate 2 was for cast -in-place pipe. He -- recommended awarding the contract to the low bidder for Alternate 2. There was some discussion of the methods of placing the cast -in-place pipe. On motion of Councilman Culbertson, Walton second, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2848 awarding the contract for the Ham Lane Storm Drain to Cecil Sand & Gravel Company on the Alternate 2 bid in the amount of $16,540. AWARD - The following bids were received for the B-2 Retention B-2 BASIN Basin Structures and Piping: STRUCTURES & PIPING A. Teichert & Sone $15,064.00 Donald M. Fletcher 18,604.00 RES. NO. 2842 ADOPTED The City Manager recommended that award be made to the low bidder. On motion of Councilman Brown, Walton second, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2842 awarding the contract for the B-2 Retention Basin Structures and Piping to A. Teichert & Son for the amount of their bid. AWARD Only one bid was received for street materials, from STREET Claude C. Wood, as follows: MATERIALS Per Ton 700 Tons Aggregate 1" max. 2.30 RES. NO. 2843 300 Tons Concrete Sand 2.65 ADOPTED 300 Tons Plantmix, 3/8" max. 6.00 to spreader 5.75 to stockpile 1000 Tons Surfacing, 1/2" max. 5.75 2000 Tons Surfacing, 3/8" max. 6.00 Mr. Glaves stated the bid was reasonable and he recom- mended that award be made. On motion of Councilman Brown, Walton second, the City Council adopted Resolution IJo. 2843 awarding the contract for street materials to Claude C..'Wood Company for the amount of their bid. - 2 - 2 S$ ivsinutes of August 4, 1965, continued SACTO ST. The City Manager reported on the study which had been PARKING made of the parking problem on Sacramento Street between Daisy and Forrest Avenue. At the present time there are RES. NO. 2844 three marked parallel stalls on Sacramento Street abutt- ADOPTED ing the Super Mold parking lot north of the Daisy P_venue intersection. On the balance of the block the public parks either diagonal or parallel according to personal preference. Mr. Glaves stated that Mr. B. W. Fuller of Fuller's Rentals preferred angle parking. Mr. Glaves said the block would accommodate eight parallel stalls or ten diagonal stalls. He recommended parallel parking. During the discussion the Council talked about other areas of the City with diagonal parking, possible con- sideration of parking on Sacramento Street from Lockeford to Turner Road, and the parking problems in this particu- lar block. Councilman Culbertson stated that the numer- ous driveways created a problem with angle parking and that sometimes cars double parked in front of Fuller's creating additional traffic problems. Councilman Culbertson then moved the adoption of Resolution No. 2844 establishing parallel parking stalls on the west side of Sacramento Street between Daisy and Forrest Avenue. His motion was seconded by Councilman Brown and carried unanimously. SPECS - Mr. Glaves presented specifications for the sale of a REMOVAL OF vacant dwelling at 212 West Elm Street, stating that he HOUSE AT felt the City should move the houses which are on the 212 LJ. ELNI site for the Public Safety Building as soon as possible and it would be advantageous to advertise them for sale one at a time because of the market. On motion of Councilman Brown, Walton second, the City Council approved the specifications and authorized calling for bids on sale of the house at 212 West Elm Street. VACATE The developers of Twin Oaks [Jest have modified a lot line BASEMENT IN on Oxford Way which necessitates a change in the easement TIJIN OAKS BEST location. They have granted the City a new easement and are asking that the original easement be abandoned. On motion of Councilman Culbertson, Brown second, the Council adopted its Order Vacating Easement in Twin Oaks West Subdivision, being the northerly five feet of Lot 24. SPECS - Plans and specifications for Subdivision Paving 1965 SUBDIVISIOIJ were presented for Council consideration. Six subdi- PAVING 1965 visions are involved. On motion of Councilman Culbertson, Brown second, the City Council adopted the plans and specifications and authorized calling fox bids thereon. SPECS - Mr. Glaves presented the plans and specifications fox BASIN A-1 A-1 Basin Fencing. He explained the type of the fence FENCING to be used and where it would be located. On motion of Councilman Brown, Culbertson second, the Council approved the plans and specifications for the fencing and author- ized calling for bids. GAS TAX The proposed gas tax (engineering) budget for fiscal (ENGINEERING) 1965-66 was presented for Council approval. On motion FUNDS of Councilman Culbertson, Walton second,the City Council _ adopted Resolution No. 2845 adopting the budget for RES. NO. 2845 expenditure of State allocated funds and directing the ADOPTED Director of Public Works to submit said budget to the State Division of Highways BASIN B-1 The City Manager requested that the Administration be SITE authorized to negotiate for purchase of 13.476 acres of PLRCHASE land for Basin B-1 south of Hutchins -Sunset Park which - 3 Z59 Minutes of August 4, 1965, continued - 4 - is to be developed in conjunction with Vinewood School. The property owners have indicated they are willing to accept the appraised value of $7,200 per acre. On motion of Councilman Brown, Walton second, the City Manager was authorized to negotiate for the Basin B-1 site at the appraised value. OPEN SPACE In connection with acquisition of the Basin B-1 site, LAND GRANT Nix. Glaves said the City should be able to qualify for a grant from the Federal Government to acquire open space RES. NO. 2846 land. He suggested that he be authorized to file an ADOPTED application for such funds which would help towards the acquisition of the basin site. On motion of Councilman Walton, Brown second, the City Council adopted Resolution Ido. 2846 authorizing the City Manager to file an appli- cation for such open space land grant. ACQUISITION The City Manager reported that Mrs. Lillian Armstrong OF PRMSTRONG wished to have two more weeks to consider the offer of PROPERTY the City for her property at the southwest corner of Elm and Pleasant. Since time is so important in RES, 14O. 2847 scheduling construction of the Public'Safety Building, ADOPTED. the City -Attorney has requested that the Council author - him to start condemnation proceedings so that in the event negotiations with firs. Armstrong fail, the City will not have been delayed for two weeks on the condem- nation process. Mr. Glaves said he had given his word to Firs. Armstrong that she would have two more weeks to consider the City's offer and it.would not be necessary for her to consult an attorney because of condemnation proceedings during that time. Councilman Brown said people feel they are being pressured when condemnation is started. After further discussion, Councilman Walton moved the adoption of Resolution Ido. 2847 authorizing the City Attorney to start condemnation proceedings, providing Mrs. Armstrong does not have to answer prior to F.ugust 17. His notion was seconded by Councilman Culbertson and carried, with Councilman Brown voting no. ADJOURN1KUIT There being no further business, the Council adjourned at 9:15 p.m. on motion of Councilman Culbertson, Brown second. Attest: Beatrice Garibaldi City Clerk - 4 -