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CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF LODI
COUNCIL CHAMBER, CITY HALL
AUGUST 13, 195,9
This regularly adjourned neeting of the City Council of the
City of Lodi held beginning at 8:00 o'clock p.m, of Wednesday,
August 13, 1958; Councilmen Culbertson, Mitchell, Robinson, and
Katzakian (Mayor) present; Brown absent. Also present: City
Manager Glaves, Planning Director Rodgers, Administrative Assistant
Brown and Director of Public Works A. C. Heckenlaible.
Councilman Brown and City Attorney Mullen arrived at approxi-
mately 8:05 and 8:10 respectively,
STOR;4 At the invitation of the Mayor, Mr. Heckenlaible
DRAINAGE explained the City's present drainage system, the
PLAN plan proposed by Wilsey and Han, and his proposal
for modifying the Wilsey and Ham plan and retaining
the City's present system of draining into the
Mokelumne River. Mr. Heckenlaible esti-mated that
his olan would save the City approximately X300,000
over the Wilsey and Ham proposal; however, the 'level
of drainage would not be as high as that proposed
by Wilsey and Ham which is on the basis of a ten-
year storm. Councilmen Bro.,;n and Robinson questioned
the use of an open ditch, stating it wo,.:ld be diffi-
cult to obtain rights of way, maintenance costs
would be high, and the City would be subject to
damage claims. It was pointed out that costs of
installing and maintaining pipe lines would be more
expensive and the plan was to obtain rights of way
along section lines. It was stated that no further
use of the Woodbridge Irrigation District canal
beyond the 85 cubic feet per second presently allowed
could be hoped for. The City Manager stated that
three decisions would have to be made by the Council
as follows: (1) The level of drainage desired,
(2) the method of disposal and (3) whether or not
to use the plan recommended by the Director of
Public Works. Mr. Heckenlaible stated that his
proposal would take care of twice as much storm
waters in the downtown area as the present system.
It was noted that the Wilsey and Ham proposal covered
an area of 6000 acres which is larger than the
Master Plan which covers 4200 acres. Further discus-
sion was held over to the meeting on Au;ust 20.
PUC The City Manager reported that the Public Utilities
HF-ARING Commission was to conduct a hearing on lnvcstigation
on the Commission's own motion concerning the Proper
Treatment for Rate -Fixing Purposes, to be accorded
Accelerated Amortization and Accelerated Depreciation.
He stated that the Northern California Municipal
Electric Association was to file as an interested
party and suggested that the City could file as an
interested party also, but thatthere was no need
to file as a protestant. The City Attorney recom-
mended that the Attorney General's office be commended
for its investigation of the matter. Councilman
Robinson felt it unnecessary for the City to take
a stand on the matter. The Mayor requested that
the City Tanager and City Attorney keep the Council
informed of the proceedings.
Minutes of August 13, 1958 continued
SJBDIVIS_ON The Mayor opened the meeting to further consider -
ORDINANCE ation of the proposed Subdivision Ordinance, The
Planning Director presented the following list of
improvements for subdivisions: grading, oiling,
curb and gutter, sidewalk, final paving, street
signs, water, fire protection, sanitary sewer,
storm drainage, electricity and street lights.
On motion of Councilman Mitchell, Robinson second,
the Council determined that all the improvements
listed should be required, Councilman Robinson
moved that the developer do the grading, oiling,
curb and gutter, sidewalk and street lights and
the City do the final paving, street signs, water,
and fire protection, sanitary sewer, storm drainage
and electricity and that all the improvements were
to be paid by the subdivider on an equitable basis,
The notion was seconded by Councilman `ditchell and
passed by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen - Culbertson, Mitchell and
Robinson
NOES: Councilmen - Brown and Katzakian
Council members expressed their understanding that
the cost of installation of electric utilities
would be refunded to the subdivider as is the
present policy.
It was noted that oroposed ordinance had a
minimum lot requirement of 50 feet, On motion of
Co:ncilman Culbertson, Mitchell second, the Council
eli^inated the 50 -foot requirement by deleting the
words "excezat that in no case shall the lot width
be less than 50 feet" from subsection LL.41 of the
proposed ordinance,
The Council adjourned on motion of Councilman Cul-
bertson, Robinson seconder __
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