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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - August 21, 19634-58 CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF LODI CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS AUGUST 21, 1963 A regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Lodi was held beginning at 8:00 p.m. of Wednesday, August 21, 1963 - Councilman Brown, Culbertson, Dow and Katzakian (Mayor) present. Ullmann absent. Also present: City Manager Glaves, Administrative Assistant Carlton, Planning Director Rodgers and City Attorney Mullen. MINUTES On motion of Councilman Brown, Culbertson second, the Minutes of July 31, 1963 and August 7, 1963, were approved as written and mailed after correct- ing the Minutes of August 7, 1963, by changing the word "residents" to "residences" in the ninth line from the bottom of page 2. - PUBLIC HEARINGS JOHN CAPELL Mr. John Capell, 324 La Vida Drive, reported.that RE LACK OF he had received a letter from Planning Director STORM DRAINAGE Rodgers informing him that the Erich Park Unit & SANITARY No. 2 had been rejected by the Planning Commission LINES because of lack of storm drainage facilities and because of sanitary sewer problems. Mr. Capell cited the difficulties encountered in getting approval from FHA for the Westdale Subdivision, and was not certain, but hoped to get FHA approval for Erich Park Unit No. 1. FHA had informed him that before making any more commitments in Lodi, they would have to study the capacity of the sewage plant. He had been told by Mr. Rodgers that until sanitary sewer and storm drain problems were solved there was no land that could be made available for subdivisions. Mr. Capell stated that according to present demands for housing, the present supply of lots will be exhausted within six months. In his opinion, 40% of the City's economy will be affected by the cessation of sub- division development; it is therefore urgent that action be taken to solve the sewage and storm drainage problems. Mr. Capell said he was not criticizing the Council, but was using this means to bring the urgency of the situation before the citizens of the community. Councilman Dow wanted to know what was being done about the Capital' Improvement Program and said he would like to have technical data on all phases of the program. City Manager Glaves said the problem is to get the public interested and the Civic Affairs Committee of the Chamber of Commerce was making plans to. inform the public of the City's needs. He said the sanitary sewer system was back on schedule which indicates construction of a new plant in 1965. Preliminary plans could be drawn in five or six months and he recommended that Mr. Yoder be instructed to start work thereon. Councilmen Drown and Culbertson indicated that the Council should hold special meetings as soon as.possible to review the program and get a composite picture of the City's needs. Councilman Culbertson moved that consideration of the Capital Improvement Program be tabled to a special meeting and that said meeting be held on August 28 to review all phases of the program. The motion was seconded by Councilman Dow and carried unanimously. - 1 - 459 Minutes of August 21, 1963 continued PLANNING COMMISSION ACTIONS The following actions of the Planning Commission were reported: 1. Rejected the tentative may of the Lakewood Subdivision, Unit No. 1, because of undesir- able street and lot patterns. 2. Rejected the tentative map of the Erich Park Subdivision, Unit No. 2, because of the lack of storm drainage facilities to serve the area. 3. Approved a variance for Mr. Eddie Henson to construct an attached garage on the property line at 520 East Lodi Avenue in the C-2 general commercial zone. COMMUNICATIONS APPEAL RE A letter was read from Ted Schneider Jr. appealing LAKEWOOD SUBD. the decision of the City Planning Commission which TENT._ MAP rejected the map of the Lakewood Subdivision Unit No. 1. Councilman Culbertson moved that the appeal be considered at the meeting of September 4, 1963 and that a report thereon be submitted by the Planning Commission. The motion was seconded by Councilman Dow and carried. FALSE ARREST Notice was received from Cain and Walton, Attorneys, CLAIM of a false arrest claim made on behalf of Frank Lopez of Thornton against two City police officers. The matter was referred to the City Attorney on motion of Councilman Brown, Culbertson second. ABC LICENSE Notice was received of application for Alcoholic Beverage License, On Sale Beer and Wine, by James A. Smith, The Pioneer, 103 East Pine Street. REPORTS OF THE CITY MANAGER CLAIMS On motion of Councilman Culbertson, Dow second, claims in the amount of $182,927.80 were approved by the City Council. CONTRACT WITH City Manager Glaves presented a proposed agreement COUNTY RE between the City and the County for the paving of TURNER RD Turner Road between Stockton Street and Highway 99. PAVING The County agrees to pay 509 of the costs to cover the portion of Turner Road which is in the RES. NO. 2649 County. Councilman Brown moved the adoption of ADOPTED Resolution No. 2649 approving the agreement and authorizing its execution by ,the Mayor. The motion was seconded by Councilman Culbertson and carried. ESTABLISH The Southern Pacific Company has requested that RED ZONE AT the parallel parking stall east of the freight SP DRIVEWAY office driveway on the south side of Elm Street be eliminated to afford better use of this drive. RES. NO. 2650 When the stall is occupied, trucks leaving the ADOPTED Southern Pacific property have difficulty making the turn onto Elm Street without crossing the center line of the street. During the Council discussion it was suggested that the Company might find it to its advantage to widen the driveway to 25 feet. Councilman Dow moved the adoption of - 2 - M Minutes of August 21, 1963 continued Resolution No. 2650 eliminating the parking stall on the south side of Elm Street immediately east of the Southern Pacific driveway and establishing a parking zone therein and further that approval be given to widening said driveway to 25 feet if the Company so desires. The motion was seconded by Councilman Brown and passed by unanimous vote. BID ON Only one bid was received on rehabilitation of two GENERATORS Government Surplus generators in the amount of TABLED $18,099.35 from R & L Diesel Service in Stockton. The bid was higher than expected and the City Manager recommended that action thereon be tabled to the next regular meeting. On motion of Council- man Dow, Culbertson second, the matter was tabled to the meeting of September 4, 1963. SPECS -•• Separate specifications for a new cab and chassis FIRE DEPT. and for the transfer of the body from the old fire TRUCK truck onto the new chassis were presented. The City Manager suggested that alternate bids be accepted providing for the furnishing of the cab and chassis and installation of the body thereon in one bid'as he said a better bid might be received in the event one firm could do both. On motion of Councilman Culbertson, Dow second, speci- fications above mentioned were approved and also alternate specifications as recommended by the City Manager and calling for bids authorized by unanimous vote of the Council. AWARD - City Manager Glares reported that one bid had been RADIO ALERT- received for the Fire Department radio alerting ING SYSTEM system which was from the Air Borne Electronics company for a total of $49301.88, which was in RES. NO. 2651 line with the amount budgeted. On motion of ADOPTED Councilman Dow, Culbertson second, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2651 awarding the contract for the radio alerting system to Air Borne Electronics. SUPPLEMENTAL A supplemental agreement has been received from AGREEMENT - the State Division of Highways which provides for TURNER ROAD reimbursement to the City on the final costs of . UNDERPASS the Turner Road Underpass which exceeded the esti- mated cost. Under the agreement the City will " RFS. NO. 2652 receive an additional $4,152.38 from the State ADOPTED Grade Separation Fund. Councilman Brown moved the adoption of Resolution No. 2652 approving the supplemental agreement with -the State and authori- zing its execution by the Mayor. The motion was seconded by Councilman Dow and carried. DRIVEWAY - Mr. Frank Guglimetti has requested permission to 320 SOUTH enlarge a 10 -foot driveway to 30 feet at 320 South SACRAMENTO Sacramento Street where he proposed to erect a commercial building. The driveway would provide access to a parking lot at the rear of the building. The Engineering Department has recommended that the request be granted. On motion of Councilman Culbertson, Dow second,the Council approved the enlargement of an existing driveway at 320 South Sacramento Street to 30 feet. miw Minutes of August 21, 1963 continued SPECS - Specifications for the Subdivision Paving Project SUBDIVISION 1963 were presented for Council approval. This PAVING 1963 includes certain streets in Cherrywood Park, Pietzke and Wohl Minor Subdivisions, Benson Manor Units 1 and 2, Eunice Glen, Kristmont Acres Unit No. 3, Glenhurst Place No. 1, and Willow Glen Units No. 2 and 3. The Council approved the speci- fications for this project and authorized adver- tising for bids on motion of Councilman Culbertson, Brown second. SALARY SURVEY Mr. Glaves stated that for the past few years the Council has considered employees salaries in RES. NO. 2653 August; however, he has been unable to complete ADOPTED the present survey since he has not received answers from all the cities being contacted and recommends that any action taken by the Council in September be made effective as of August 1. Council- man Dow moved the adoption of Resolution No. 2653 determining that any action taken by the Council in September concerning employee salaries be made effective August 1, 1963. The motion was seconded by Councilman Culbertson and carried. FIRE HYDRANT City Manager Glaves reported on the information AT 620 W. ELM received from the Engineering Department concerning the request of Mrs. Mary Riggle that a fire hydrant in the area of her garage driveway at 620 West Elm Street be moved. The.City had offered to move the hydrant a few feet so that it would not be in the way of the driveway, but Mrs. Riggle would prefer not to have it in front of her property. It will cost the City approximately $328 to move the hydrant a few feet so that it will not be in the driveway area. The Council agreed that the City could not move the hydrant just to please someone, but that from the standpoint of safety the City should move the hydrant from in front of the driveway. Councilman Culbertson moved that the hydrant be moved sufficiently to correct the hazard and that any curb work necessary be done also. The motion was seconded by Councilman Brown and carried. BLAKELY PARK A sum of $600 was budgeted to provide ladders at POOL EQUIPMENT Blakely Park pool, but the Recreation Department has been able to obtain new ladders at half that amount because of a business which had gone bank- rupt. They would also: be able to buy a $400 slide for $300 on the same basis and are requesting that the money saved on the ladders be used for this purpose. The City Manager recommended that the slide be purchased. On motion of Councilman Dow, Brown second, the City Council authorized the purchase of a slide for Blakely Pool with the bal- ance of the money remaining from that budgeted for the ladders. BALLIET Mr. Glaves gave a report on the Balliet house at HOUSE 701 South Cherokee Lane as requested at the previous Council meeting. The property is presently being handled by Bank of America, 343 East Main Street, Stockton, and the Building Department has a letter from the Bank stating that the building is vacant and the bank does not intend to rent it. As matters stand, unless there is evidence that the residence is a nuisance, the City cannot do anything about its condition. However, the City - 4 - 462 Minutes of August 21, 1963 continued - 5 - Manager said that he would make an informal suggestion that the house be boarded up and the Council agreed that this should be done. 1963-64 TAX City Manager Glaves said that the present budget RATE could be balanced with a tax rate of $1.00; however he suggested that the Council might wi@h to con- sider raising the Library portion of the tax by 120 in order to build up a fund to provide for a new library in eight or ten years on a pay-as-you-go basis. The advisability of raising taxes on the least popular item in the 1962 bond issue was discussed. Since the Capital Improvement Program is to be considered at a special meeting on August 26, it was moved by Councilman Culbertson, Dow second, that setting of the 1963-64 tax rate be tabled to that meeting. Motion carried. FALSE City Attorney Mullen reported that he had been ARREST approached by the attorney for Ronald Cries in the SUIT false arrest suit against officers Norman Mauch and Miles Sperling concerning the possibility of getting the case settled out of court for 32500. It would cost around $1500-2000 for preparation of the case and possibly three days of trial. He suggested that the Council go into executive session to consider what action should be taken. FINANCING Mr. Mullen stated that certain property owners were SUBDIVISIONS interested in financing subdivision improvements UNDER 1911 under the 1911 Act. In general terms, the property IMPROVEMENT owner files a petition with`the City Council asking ACT for the formation of an assessment district for the improvements; the Council has the prerogative of accepting or rejecting the request, but in the event the Council elects to form the district, bonds would be issued and sold -and the money turned over to the City to make the improvements. The City charges all costs, including engineering, Finance Department costs, etc., against the district. The bonds are a lien against the land and as the lots are sold become the responsibility of the individual property owners. EXECUTIVE The Council went into executive session to con - SESSION aider the proposal of Ronald Cries' attorney previ- ously mentioned by the City Attorney. There being no further business the Council adjourned to 8 p.m. of�_August 28, 19 Attest: BEATRICE�dARI'BALDI City Clerk - 5 -