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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - January 8, 1958242 =_- COJNCI,, CI -2Y OF LODI .,,,:;.,CIL 0:..i- R, CITY .ALL JA -ITA -'-Y 3, 1958 :his regularly adjourned meeting of the City Council of the City of 'Lodi held beginning at 8:00 o'clock p.m. of Wed- nesday, January 8, 1958; Councilmen Fuller, Katzakian, chell, Robinson and Hughes (m=ayor) present; none absent. City `:anager Glaves present. City Attorney Mullen absent. On motion of Councilman Katzakian, Fuller second, the minutes of December 13, 1957, and January 2, 1953, were approved as written_ and mailed. PUBLICH---AR-70S LODI A-TEI:CE 3E:; . CHIRCH • ?LLS . D. NC. 607 ISZR�D;0=0 TURNER ROAD SE?3ACK LINES ORD. NC. 603 --'TROD-,=D PARK -NG 200 SLK. so;;.F • ii, =-'!3 1,:ayor Hughes called for nubile hearing on the rezoning of the north side of West Lodi Avenue between Church Street and Pleasant Avenue from 3-4 ::ultinle Family Residential to C-1 :;ei - borhood Commercial. There being no protests, either written or oral, Ordinance :;o. 607, approving the requested rezoning, was intro- duced on motion of Councilman Robinson, chell second. Councilman Katzakian abstained from voting because of personal interest -n the area to be rezoned. Mayor Hughes then called for public hearing on the establishment of building setback lines on Turner Road between Cherokee Lane and the Lower Sacramento Road at 40 feet each side of the center line. There were no protests either written or oral. Ordinance No. 608, establish- ing such setback lines on Turner Road, was introduced on motion of Councilman Fuller, Katzakian second. The petition of property owners ir. the 200 block of South Hutchins Street requesting that the block be made a two-hour parking zone, having been held over from the meeting of December 13, 1957, was brought up for action. The City :tanager had written a letter to the High School Student Council inviting them to this meeting; however, there were no students present. There was considerable discussion regarding the advisability of zoning ;his block for two-hour parking. Councilman Katzakian felt that the students should be approached and asked for their cooperation. He moved that the matter be held over to the _ting of February 5 and that the students be appraised of the situation and their co- operation requested. Motion seconded and carried. PL__-._:I::G CJi---Issi0:; 3Einr The Planning Commission recommended that a building setback line be established on :lam Lane 40 feet on each side of the center line. On motion of Councilman Katzakian, Fuller second, a public hearing was set for ?ebruary 5, 1953. 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Fred Spie__erman also stipulated .hat "that nor -,ion of Sacramento Street _from the south siie of Tokay street continuing to our procerty, will be widened approximately ecual to that portion in front of our property or parking removed so that reasonable room for transportation to our lot will be obtained." _._ City 7ngineer recommended that tha City comply with :•__. Spiekerman's stipulation by prohibiting parking along the east side of Saoramento Street between_ Tokay Street and Spruce Street. Councilman Robinson -moved, Eitchell second, that the deeds be accepted subject to the above conditions and the City Engineer's recommendation. 'Notion carried. TR:1Ca S:- 3 Specifications for a two -ton truck and a pick- _ RTI SL ut_ truck to be used by the Street Department were approved or motion of Councilman puller, .itohell second and advertising for bids author- ized. =_LL='= _he City Nanager stated that complaints had 2 -.7 TR _'i C,Z been received from the Greyhound 3us office ON :I. SAC'TO. regarding the difficulty the busses have in turning into the alley off of Sacramento Street at the rear of the station due to imnro_oer parking in the area on Yorth Sacramento Street between the alley and :,oewen's driveway. =t was the recommendation of the .iiy Engineer that this area be established as a red zone. co Sihce public convenience and necessity reeiire that the busses be able to enter this alley, Resolution No. 2079, establishing a red zone on the west side of the 200 block of Sacramen- to Street between the alley and Loewen's drive- way, was adopted on the motion of Councilman ?:itched, Buller second. LO�- til=.. ;;' •r• vlaves presented a memorandum from the ;.TDE_;Tj, a_- .._ty Engineer regarding allocation of costs =_ for improving the north side of Lodi revenue SC L S -"_'D the new high school site. it was suggested that the school furnish the rim o_' way ar.d provide the curb, gutter and sidewalk and that the City remove the trees, do the necessary filling and the street paving. Councilman i,:itchell moved, _uller second, that the City accept the right of way from the school district Sub;;eCt to the above Conditions. SC = -31 CROSS- -'he City :tanager read a letter from the Div,*- I_f v ;T „? si on of Highways t o the City En,ineer stating 7^T1D"_� t^at the Division of Highways was designating the crossing across Kettleman Lane on the east side of Church Street as a school crossing with advance signs and pavement markings. I•Iembers of the Council noted that no flashing lights were being installed and agreed that markings proposed by the Division of Hihways sould be tried out. .._._.:tes 01�T,-Uar- 3, 195?, con ,- X45 ? �e C; ty :•=ana- repo that he and `•_'r. David �.. _.. R�- Th Vie' __ 7IDI73D ;D Raridan of 900 :•:ills -venue had been unable to R -RID-_- ?RC IL reach an agreement regarding the parkingprob- lem in fronto = the Raridan proDe_-� 7=. City Engineer recommended that parking be prohibited on the east side of eril'_s -verve RES. :.C. 2030 adjacent to the Raridan property because of -DO?'traffic hazards. Councilman. Robinson moved, "7itchell seccnc, that no action be taken to prohibit parking in this area. The motion was defeated by the following vote: 3S: Councilmen - :•:itchell and Robinson :iO�S Councilmen - Fuller, {atzakian and Hughes 3S ENT Councilmen - None Councilman yatzakian moved, Fuller second, that the recommendation of the City Engineer be approved and that Resolutior. Ho. 2080, pro- hibiting parking on the east side of Hills Avenue from the southeast corner of the Raridan property r_ort:^erly to the railroad tracks, be adopted. The motion passed by the '10110,4 -- vote: :,"ES: Coun3ilmer_ — Muller, Katzakian and Hughes _;oES: Councilmen - Eitchell and Robinson BSE: ;^. Councilmen - hone P a;7' S -'he City :ar_ager stated that since there would _i0, 1 not be sufficient funds in Parking District iFo. 1 to purchase all of the lots selected, it was recommended that the Ling and White Properties be eliminated from those being ?-. 200, acquired for off-street parsing. On motion_ :D P ;; of Councilman fuller, Katzak.ian second, the Council adopted Resolution No. 2081, desolation of _._tention to :•take Charges and Lodifications, Parking Distric 'N yo. 1, and setting the public -fearing thereon for February 5, 1958. The Cour- ci1 also accepted the Second Supplemental Report on Parking District No. 1 from Pacific Planning & Research formerly Harold F. Mise, =ssociates. -- contract for the sale of the =oegermar. lot on West ',+alnut Street for the Off -Street PartingDistrict for $30,000 was accepter on motion of Councilman Salle_ ._tcheil seconc, and the :ayor authorized to execute the contract on behalf of the City -he City :4anager stated that the Engineering 400 3.3-,7 Department had been negotiating with property 7. =-,E ST, owners on the north side of line Street be- tween Garfield and Central -venue for an additional_ feet of right of way which is required in order to provide for a 40 -foot pavement as called for in the r=aster Plan. ^_he City=ngineer recommended that the City install, curb, gutter and sidewalk in exchange for this proDert'j. Councilman Fuller moved, 1.-, 4- tch-311 second, that such deeds be accept=_d a under the coed` -:ions recommended. �4V _inutes of January 3, 1958 continued u TrR;_R C _he City Nanager reported that had received U;{DERP _3S the decision of the Public Jtilities Commis- sion on the Priority List ofGrade Separation Projeots for the Year o 1958and that the ^urner Road Underpass had not been included. The Council agreed that the project should not be abandoned, but that means of financing would have to be sought. TRI_-= RIMER The City i:anager reported on a meeting of the PROj::C-_P^G&E northern California 14unicipal-lectric asso- ciation attended by him and the _.:ayor on ,:anuary 7. The Meeting was called to discuss the DroDosal of the Pacific Gas and Electric Company for "partnership" in the -rinity River Project which is being heard 'before a Congressional Committee starting January 20. _he consensus of opinion at the iiCi•_Ra_ meeting was that the Association should not remain silent, but should actively oppose the PG&E proposal. The PG&E has given the -Ssociation no assurance that power generated by P><aE on lhe Trinity _'river would be avail- able to members of the Association; further; it is the responsibility of the Association to obtain power at the lowest cos! possible, and therefore the attempt of a private utility to obtain prior rights to public power should be opposed. The City idanager stated that the =ssociation '-ad therefore unar,i--ously passed a resolution opposing the "partnership" proposal of the ?G&Z, regaestino the Federal Government to construct 'trinity _river gen- erating facilities, and asking favorable con- sideration be given to applications of member cities for purchase of Dower from this source. :dr. Glaves said that such a resolution did not bind the individual cities to take this action. Councilman Katzakian stated that it was the duty of the Council to adopt a resolution endorsing theivCi•cE-A resolution. Councilman Robinson disagreed with 'Councilman Katzakian and cuesti oned the right of the City :tanager and the Payor to act on such a matter before discussing it with t -e Council. The City Manager stated he was certain of his prerogative to vote at the iC`.3A meeting as a representative of the City. :ouncilman Robinson expressed his opposition to the fCNEA resolution and read the followi � statement: "Should the City of Lodi oppose t o Trinity Power development b; the P.G.wZ.? If rt. government builds the electric facili- ties(power plants), we, the City of Lodi may, under the ?reference Clause of the Bureau contracts (as interpreted by the Secretary of Interior) secure our power at lower costs ,han we could from 'e ?.G.aZ. _.._re is no guarantee, however, that this will be the case for there may not be enough power gen- erated to go around. Government agencies, such as the Central Talley Project, :•:ilitary in- stallations, pumps for delivering Northern California water over the iehachaDi to South- ern California, will have priority over us and there may be none left for Lodi. _n tes of -ar_uary 3, 1 „3 co^ ._'xed 0A_ From a selfisa standpoin-� this may be the proper procedure, but I am wondarin<_ if we would not be "selling our birth right fo- a mess of porridge". For the comparative f2'.i dollars we would be saving on our bulk power bill, we will help destroy that which has made lmerica great - Private Enterprise. we would help fora a Government r'.oncpoly over P. very vital service to our country. :,`onopoly This is the aim of the Federal Power Advocates. If they succeed in this, what is to stop the government from taking over the Rail Roads, Telephone and Telegraph Service, The Press, Radio, T.V., idanufacturing and distribution of Automobiles, Feed Processing Plants and eventually every process of our living? Under the Partnership plan of developing the Trinity Project wit._ t' ^e P.G.,F. constructing the Power Plants and paying the Government for the use of the Falling :later, which they would return to the stream for other bene- ficial uses, the Federal Taxpayer (you and 1) would be saved an investment of .650 ..illion or 25;0 of the total cost of the Project. in addition, during the repayment period, the Cocpany would pay 31I :illion :et for the use of the falling water than would be recovered under Federal operation. The Company would also pay 383 Yillion in taxes to the Federal Government and 5-82 b=illion to state and local aovern*ent. __ grand total of 3310 'cillio_ _t is true that these costs would ultimately be paid by the users of P. ._1E. power but they are all legitimate and'should be paid by those served. There is no evidence that the _ederal Government can operate as economically as does Private Enterprise. All of these costs would have to be duplicated by the Govern- ment and ultimately paid by some one. ire ,he favored few served directly by Federal Power entitled to be subsidized by all the people o: our country? __ we will examine those agencies under Govern - __ant Control, we shall not be proud of their „ccnoxic and efficient operation. For instance, without subsidies and deficit financing the Post Office could not function. The Hoover Co.mmiss'-on 'ask Force on 'nater Resources tell us that "The principal Power systems were found to have a total revenue deficiency of nearly. 'o .zillion Oo_lars for the „raar andin- June 30, 7_954 and a cumulative deficiency of� 332 :zillion dollars . The Federal yardstick I or rates was short by ¢0.' (Survey published by tie Guarantee _rust Co. of i.f.) Some one aside from those served by the Power Systems' ..ad to make up the deficiency. Each of us has paid his share. 'Ne are asked .o accept a bribe of possible ,eapar electric power in return for assist- ing in wreckingLhe Partnership Development of the Trinity --Our 3irthri3ht for a mess of Porridge:" c.�`tv _n.utes of anuary 3, 15;3 continued RES. 2092 Councilman Fuller stated that he concurred dD0PTED with Councilman. Robinson to a limi—,ed extent, but that the 'City had no guarantee of reason- able rates for rower from the PGl-F and that he was afraid of big business as much as big goverr_ment and favored endorsement of the Ct:= resolution. Councilman natzakian seated that a situation where there is no competition is not like private enterprise and that it was the responsibility of tae Council to obtain power at the lowest possible cost. Vayor Hughes felt that the City had as good a right to power as the PG&E and the City has the obli- gation to look after the interests of its citizens. Councilman Katzakian then moved; Fuller second, that the Council adopted Reso- lution `;o. 2082 endorsing the resolution of the GCYZA , opposing the "partnership" proposal of PG&E to construct generating facilities of the 'Trinity River=roject, and urging the Federal Government to proceed with such con- struction. The motion passed by the follow- ing vote: Y-79: Councilmen - Fuller, Katza'_tian and cughes -_;CES: Councilmen - Mitchell and Robinson ;BS SI—. Councilmen - None The meeting adjourned at 10:10 p.m. ii i•i;:.5'i. - Bnn^3ICF GdRIBALu= City Clerk