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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - July 15, 1964�5? CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF LODI CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS JULY 15, 1964 A regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Lodi was held beginning at 8:00 p.m. of Wednesday, July 15, 1964, in the City Hall Council Chambers. ROLL CALL PRESENT: Councilmen - CULBERTSCN, DCW, KIRSTEN WALTCN and BROWN(Mayor) ABSENT: Councilmen - None Also present were City Manager Glaves, Administra- tive Assistant Peterson, City Attorney Mullen and Planning Director Rodgers. MINUTES Minutes of July 1, 1964, were approved as written and mailed on motion of Councilman Culbertson, Dow second. PLANNING COMMISSION HAM-KETTLEMAN Mx. Glaves presented the recommendation of the INTERSECTION Planning Commission that the Council adopt design "8" for'the Ham-Kettleman Lane intersection as pro- posed and recommended by the Engineering Department. The recommendation is based on the anticipated future need for left -turn lanes at this intersection Plan "B" provides for the expansion of the ordinary 80 -foot right of way on Ham Lane by 20 feet for a distance of 350 feet, making it possible to retain on -street parking along Ham Lane and still provide adequate width for the installation of a left -turn lane. Councilman Culbertson felt the City should obtain an additional 5 feet on the north side of Kettleman Lane so as to have adequate width for sidewalk in the future. Councilman Culbertson moved that plan 118" for the intersection of Ham and Kettleman Lane be approved and that an additional 5 feet of right of .way be acquired an the north side of Kettleman. His motion was seconded by Councilman Dow and carried. The Council then discussed the problem of acquiring right of way for Ham Lane from Gray's because of the locatior of their liquid gas tanks. The City Manager said an appraisal should be secured and because of the urgency in getting Ham Lane completed, he suggested that he be authorized to acquire an appraisal and to negotiate for the right of way. Councilman Dow moved that the City Manager be authorized to enter into negotiations and secure appraisal for Ham Lane right of way. His motion was seconded by Councilman Walton and carried. FINAL MAP All requirements of the subdivision ordinance VISTA RAY having been met by the subdivider, the final map SUBDIVISION of Vista Ray Subdivision was presented to the Council. Mayor Brown objected to utilities being placed in the street rights of way rather than having easements at the rear of the lots for instal- lation of utilities. On motion of Councilman Dow, Walton second, the map of Vista Ray Subdivision was approved. PROPOSED The Planning Commission recommended approval of REZONING the request of Mr. Robert 3aumbach for a change of 1335 W. zoning from the R-4 multiple family residential LOCKEFORD zone to the C -P commercial-pxofessional office TO C -P zone for property located at 1335 West Lockeford - 1 - Minutes of July 15,'\1964 continued Street (noxthwes corner of Lockeford Street and Neplus Courtk. The proposal was set fox public hearing on August 5, 1964, on motion of Councilman Dow, Culbertson second. PLANNING 1. Denied the request of Mr. C. L. Jones for COMMISSION a change zoning for the R-1 one -family ACTIONS residential zone to the C -P commercial professional office zone for property located at 1651 West Lodi Avenue (north-. east corner of Lodi Avenue and Corinth Avenue). 2. Approved the request of Mr. Herb Helwig for a use permit to establish an off-street parking lot on property located at 1016 South Hutchins Street in the R-3 multiple - family residential zone. JUNK YARDS Mr. Glaves stated that the Planning Commission was recommending that the -Council reconsider the proposed amendment to the zoning ordinance requiring a use permit for all junk yards -or wrecking yards. There is much concern by the Commission that failure to enact this amendment -leaves all industrially -zoned areas open for the possible - establishment of future junk yards. The Commission feels.stxongly.that the control of this type of business:is necessary if.other industrial uses are to be attracted to the Lodi area. At the present time the zoning ordinance requires the issuance of a use permit prior to the establish- ment of some fifty specified uses in the industrial zone. Councilman Kirsten said that until the Cockerham request had come.up•, the Planning Commission had considered that it had jurisdiction over junk yards and the proposed amendment would take care of this omission. -Councilman Dow said he would not object to having junk yards controlled by a use permit until an ordinance could be written which would set forth -specific regulations. Councilman Walton wanted to know how long it would be before the Planning -Commission would have an ordinance ready which would set forth specific regulations. Mr. Robert. D. Houston, 824 Mariposa Way, Chairman of the Planning Commission, said the Commission did not adopt the regulations suggested by the Planning Director for junk yards at the Commission meeting of July 13, as at the present time there are some 50 types of business that must have a use permit under the present ordinance and one business should not be singled out. He felt the -Planning Commission would be able to complete its:study of.industrial uses in six or eight months. Councilman Dow suggested that an ordinance requiring a use permit for junk yards be adopted which. would be effective .fox' one year only. Councilman Dow then moved that the - proposal to amend the zoning ordinance in regard to junk yards be set for public hearing on August 5, 1964. His motion was seconded by Councilman Walton and carried. COMMUNICATICNS ABC LICENSE Notice of Application for Alcoholic Beverage License was received re the application of Albert M. and Pauline M. Untexnaher, for Retail Package Off -Sale, Lakewood Liquors, Lakewood Shopping Center. :. !WAW Minutes of July 15, 1964, continued RAY An appeal was received from Maurice O. Ray, Jr., APPEAL on the action taken by the Planning Commission which denied his request for variance in order to enclose a proposed swimming pool at 1201 Edgewood Drive. .On motion of Councilman Dow, Culbertson second, the matter was set for public hearing on August 5, 1964. PARTAIN A letter was received from June S. Partain appeal - APPEAL ing the decision of the Planning Commission in denying her request for a variance to permit the re-establishment of a non -conforming use in a building located at 408 East Locust Street. On motion of Councilman Kirsten, Walton second, the appeal was set for public hearing on August 5, 1964. LAKE-LOMA A petition was read from property owners residing RESIDENTS RE in the vicinity of Loma -Drive and Lake Street 650 LOMA DR. requesting the Council to initiate the installation of curb, gutter and sidewalk at 650 Loma Drive. On motion of Councilman Dow, Kirsten second, the petition was referred to the administration. HOTEL -MOTEL A communication was read from the Executive Board ROOM TAX of the Central Valley Division of the League of California Cities urging the city councils in the Central Valley Division and the supervisors of - Merced, Stanislaus, San Joaquin, Tuolumne and Calaveras counties to adopt a hotel -motel room tax ordinance. The Executive Committee is of the opinion that if cities and counties do not take advantage of this enabling legislation which per - wits cities and counties to impose a hotel occu- pancy tax, the State may enter this field of tax- ation. - The committee suggested that such funds collected should be ear -marked for purposes as determined by each individual city or county, but felt that.the hotel.and motel proprietors would be more favorable toward such tax if the revenue were used primarily for promotion purposes. Councilman Culbertson suggested that the Council meet with local hotel and motel owners to discuss the proposed tax. Mr. Glaves said he would make arrangements fora -breakfast meeting. STATETOA letter was -read from the State Division of High -- RELINQUISH ways stating the State would be: relinquishing to CHEROKEE -LANE the City all right, title and interest to Cherokee Lane within the City, along with access rights. It was urged that the City maintain and protect these access rights after the relinquishment becomes effective. Mayor Brown asked if the State was going to.do anything about the pavement. He said in some places there was a 11" jump off from the curb and in some places the curb was broken. The Director of Public Works said he would investi- gate. TRAFFIC A second letter from the Division of Highways REGULATIONS informed the Council that, after Cherokee Lane is ON CHEROKEE relinquished to the City, the speed zones and stop LANE signs along this street shall have no legal author- ity after the relinquishment. The Division of Highways will be glad to advise the City with regard to traffic control along this street. City Manager Glaves said a traffic study of the area would be made. - 3 - Minutes of July 15, 1964 continued REPORTS OF THE CITY MANAGER CLAIMS Claims in the amount of $59,202.30 were approved on motion of Councilman Culbertson, Dow second. SPECS - On motion of Councilman Dow, Walton second, speci- STREET fications for street materials were approved and MATERIALS calling for bids authorized. DEED FOR Mr. Glaves presented a deed from Lodi Door and PORTION OF Metal Company for the east half of Cluff Avenue CLUFF AVE. south from a point approximately 175 feet south of Victor Road. He said no consideration was to be given in exchange for this right of way. The parcel of land fronting on this portion of street is being developed by the Lodi Door and Metal Company whose access to the property is on Victor Road and since the City did not have the right of way on Cluff, it cannot require the street improve- ments. The Council approved acceptance of the deed on motion of Councilman Kirsten, Dow second. LAKEWOOD Mr. Glaves presented a recommendation accompanied SCHOOL by a sketch from Director of Public Works Jones WALKWAY AND in regard to the children crossing Turner Road on CRCSSWAL:C the west side of Ham Lane and proceeding to and from Lakewood School. After consultation with RES. NO. 2745 Mr. Ezra Ehrhardt of the Lodi Safety Council and ADOPTED Mr. James Arieda, Superintendent of the Woods School District the solution as shown on the sketch was considered the most feasible at this time. The recommendation is that an oiled walkway be installed along the westerly side of Ham Lane up to a point adjacent to the school and that a school crosswalk be painted from the walkway across Ham Lane to the school. The Council concurred in the recommendation, and on motion of Councilman Kirsten, Culbertson second, the Council approved the installation of an oiled walkway on the wester- ly side of Ham Lane to the Lakewood School in accordance with the sketch submitted. Councilman Dow then moved the adoption -of Resolution No. 2745 establishing a school crosswalk across Ham Lane in front of the Lakewood school. The motion was seconded by Councilman Walton and carried. AWARD - Mr. Glaves explained that after -the last Council POLICE CAR meeting it had been discovered that in order to get a 1964 model car for -the police department, - informal bids would need to be taken and that - since the cars available would not meet all police car specifications, the Police Chief would take the new car and his car would be used for the =patrol.' The following bids were received: Loewen Auto Company. $2,332.44 Krieger Motor Company 2,380.95 Weil Motors 2,425.25 Mitchell & Koenig 2,540.72 The City Manager recommended that the low bid be accepted.- On motion of Councilman Dow, Culbertson second. Loewen Auto Company was awarded the con- tract for the furnishing of one car in the amount of $2,332.44. HOUSTON LANE The City Manager stated that a letter had been received from Mrs. Ida E. Lunsford to the effect - 4 - 91 Minutes of July 15, 1964 continued that Houston Lane in the Westrjay Subdivision was in a dangerous and defective condition. Mrs. Lunsford would be willing to dedicate a small portion to complete the widening of the street on the condition that the City install curb and gutter, provide a driveway to her property and round off the existing bluff. According to Mr. Glaves, Mrs. Lunsford has access to her property on Victor Road, but now that Houston Lane is im- proved she would like to be able to use that street - However, the curb is lower than her property creating a bluff. The Director of Public Works has determined that it would cost the city approxi- mately $300 to comply with her request, which would place the price of the property she would dedicate to $3.30 per square foot. He suggested the following: 1. The City accept her offer and pay the price; 2. Wait until the property is developed from its present residential use to an industrial use, at which time these improvement would be made by the developer of the property; or 3. Acquire the property through a negotiated value or eminent domain proceedings and order improvements installed as permitted under State law when in excess of 50% of improvements exist It was the consensus of the Council that no action be taken on the proposal of Mrs. Lunsford.. AWARD - Mr. Glaves presented the tabulation of bids REGLIATOR received for the voltage regulator as follows: RES'. NO. 2746 Pennsylvania Transformer Div. $50,264.00 ADOPTED Westinghouse Electric Supply 49,918.36 Allis Chalmers 48,839.00 Consolidated Electric 47,999.00 Graybar Electric(General Elect.) 47,427.12 Moloney Electric Company 38,600.00 All bids conform to specifications except that delivery by Moloney Electric Company is 238 days which does•not meet• the requirement in the specifi- cations which states that delivery is required not later than January 15, 1965. Mr. Glaves read a memorandum from the -Superintendent of Utilities which said in part: "Time is of the 'essence,' but only for peace of mind in completing phases of the 12 kv program as planned and scheduled. Naturally we do - not want 'to wait $forever' for a piece of equipment to be delivered. We have a moral obligation to serve our customers with ade- quate and regulated voltage power, hence the date January 15, 1965 was picked as an arbitrary date. ..Since time is not of the essence as one might interpret the specifications, I suggest the deliv- ery date deadline of January 15, 1965 be waived and the award be made to Moloney Electric Company whose bid is $38,600 with 238 days for delivery time. This will be saving the City of Lodi $8,827.12 over the next low bidder and only 51 days delay for installation." The City Manager agreed that time was not essential and that the specified delivery date be considered as of marginal value. - 5 - Minutes of July 15, 1964 continued He therefore also recommended that award be made to the low bidder. Mr. William Wagner, represent- ing Allis Chalmers, said the bid was on the basis of the time requirement and he felt they should have an opportunity to rebid. Mr. Don Frey, General Electric Company, Sacramento, said his company might have been able to bid differently if they had not considered the delivery date. Mr. R.L. Blink, representing the Moloney Company, said there was no reason why the other companies could not have submitted an alternate. He said the reason his companyls delivery date was so late was because they had a strike last year and due to more business than expected, felt they could not honestly promise to deliver before the time set in their bid. After some discussion and questions concerning legalaspects of the specifications and the bids, it was moved by Councilman Culbertson that the Council adopt Resolution No. 2746 declar- ing that the date of delivery set forth in -the specifications for the regulator is not of impor- tance in determining the best bid and therefore be waived as a minor deviation from specifications, and awarding the contract for the regulator to Moloney Electric Company, whose bid substantially complies with specifications, for a total of $38,600, delivery to be made within 238 days. His motion was seconded by Councilman Dow and carried unanimously. WITHDRAW Annexation of the Owens addition to the City of QVENS ADDN Lodi having been completed, it was moved by FROM RURAL Councilman Culbertson, Dow second, that Resolution FIRE DIST. No. 2747 be adopted withdrawing the Owens Addition RES. NO. 2747 from the Woodbridge Rural County Fire Protection ADOPTED District. Motion carried. ROGERS Mr. Fred Dunn, Vice President of Rogers Engineering ENGINEERING Company, addressed the Council concerning the REPORT ON organization of his company and the type of servicae ELECTRICAL it performs. Mr. John Galat, electrical engisieer SYSTEM for Rogers Engineering, then informed the Council that they would be happy to discuss the report on the City's electrical system which the company had recently completed. He stated that this report had been prepared in answer to specific needs for the next five years, and he recommended that it -be updated yearly. There was some discussion con- cerning the funds that would be required to imple- ment the program. The Council thanked Mr. Dunn and Mr. Galat for coming and agreed that a meeting should be held for the specific purpose of review- ing the report. 1964-65 The Council then spent considerable time discussing UTILITY AND the Utility Outlay and Capital Outlay Budgets CAPITAL OUTLAY proposed by the City Manager for 1964-65. In BUDGETS regard to carrying over the improvement of East Lodi Avenue, City Manager Glaves stated that it ORD. NO. 767 could not be done -this summer because of other INTRODUCED projects having higher priority, mentioning the necessity of improving Ham Lane between Kettleman and Vine first because of the opening of the Senior Elementary School this fall. Mr. Herbert Lehr, 1215 Edgewood Drive, said he had circulated the petition for the street lights on East Lodi Avenue with the understandiftg the street would be improved this year and that the price would be in - 6 92 Minutes of July 15, 1964 continued IWM the neighborhood of $1.50 per front foot. He was concerned that the price would be higher next year. City Attorney Mullen told Mr. Lehr that the prop- erty owners were protected since the bid on the lights could not exceed 107c of the estimate given in the notice of intention to form the district. After further discussion of the budgets, Councilman Walton moved the introduction of Ordinance No. 767 adopting the Capital -Outlay and Utility Outlay Budgets for 1964-65 and making the necessary appropriations.therefor. His motion was seconded by Councilman Dow and carried. GAS TAX The budget proposal -for State allocated funds (SEC. 2107) (Sec.2107, S & H Code) for construction and main - 1964 -65 BUDGET tenance of certain streets during 1964-65 was presented for Council approval. On motion of RES. N0. 2748 Councilman Dow, Culbertson second, the City Council ADOPTED adopted Resolution No. 2748•.adopting the budget for use of Sec. 2107 gas tax funds and authorizing the City Engineer to sign the budget proposal for submission to the State. GAS TAX The budget proposal for State allocated funds (SEC.2107.5) (Sec. 2107.5, S & H Code) for engineering was sub - 1964 -65 BUDGET mitted for Council consideration. On motion of Councilman Dow, Walton second, the Council RES. NO. 2749 adopted Resolution No. 2749 adopting the budget ADOPTED for use of Sec. 2107.5 gas tax funds and authorizing the City Engineer to sign the budget proposal for submission to the State. SPECS - Specifications and plans for storm drain improve - CARDINAL ST. ments on Cardinal Street were presented to the STORM DRAIN Council for approval. On motion of Councilman Doer, Walton second, the plans and specifications were approved and advertising for bids authorized. SPECS - The City Manager then submitted the specifications STADIU1 LIGHTS for the Stadium lighting. On motion of Councilman Culbertson, Kirsten second, the specifications were approved and advertising for bids authorized. ORDINANCES REZCNE S/S ORDINANCE NO. 766, entitled "AMENDING THE OFFICIAL W. LOCKEFORD DISTRICT YAP OF THE CITY OF LCDI AND THEREBY BrVl PLEASANT REZONING CERTAIN PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE & HUTCHINS OF LOCKEFCQRD STREET BETWEEN PLEASANT AVENUE AND TO C-1 HUTCHINS STREET TO BE IN THE C-1 NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT," having been introduced at ORD. NO. 766 the regular meeting of July 1, 1964, was brought ADOPTED up for passage on motion of Councilman Dow, Walton second. Second reading was omitted after reading by title and then passed,'adopted and ordered to print by the following vote:' AYES: Councilmen - CULBERTSON, DOW, KIRSTEN, WALTON and BR CWN NOES: Councilmen - None ABSENT: Councilmen - None IWM Minutes of July 15, 1964 continued WALTCN RE Councilman Walton proposed that the County Board SHERIFFIS of Supervisors be gent a resolution suggesting the SUBSTATION & possibility of having a Sheriffs substation and DIST. ATTY office space for the District Attorney in Lodi's SPACE proposed Public Safety Building. He felt this was the time to make such a consideration when RES. NO. 2750 the building is in the preliminary planning stage. ADOPTED douncilman Kirsten felt that it should be up to the Sheriff to make the decision 'on whether or not to have a substation in Lodi. Stating that he thought it would help Lodi, Councilman Walton moved the adoption of Resolution No. 2750 request- ing the San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors consider the possibility of establishing a ;tpp eriff's substation and space fox the District Attorney in the Lodi ,Public Safety Building. His -motion was seconded by Councilman Culbertson and carried. There being no further business, the Council adjourned at 11 p.m. Attest: Beatrice Garibaldi' City Clerk - 8 -